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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
Masaaki Sekino, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Yamamichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroji Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Kuroshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuto Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Isobe, Chiba, JP;
Makoto Yoshie, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Sekino, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Yamamichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroji Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Kuroshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuto Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Isobe, Chiba, JP;
Makoto Yoshie, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inquiry respondinq apparatus receives an inquiry and stores a response to the inquiry in a first database. The apparatus determines whether or not the first database can be searched for the response to the inquiry, and when it is determined that the first database can be searched for the response to the inquiry, and when it is determined that the first database can be searched, a search for the response is performed. However, when it is determined that the first database cannot be searched, the apparatus transmits the inquiry to an external information processing device, and the apparatus receives a response to the inquiry which is transmitted from the external information processing device. Then, one of the response obtained by searching the first database and the response received from the external device is displayed on a display.