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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Shinichi Nagano, Minato-ku, JP;
Yasuyuki Tahara, Minato-ku, JP;
Tetsuo Hasegawa, Minato-ku, JP;
Akihiko Ohsuga, Minato-ku, JP;
Shinichi Nagano, Minato-ku, JP;
Yasuyuki Tahara, Minato-ku, JP;
Tetsuo Hasegawa, Minato-ku, JP;
Akihiko Ohsuga, Minato-ku, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus collects information stored in a host computer through a network. A correspondence acquirement unit acquires a correspondence between an information identifier of requested information and host identifiers of a plurality of host computers each of which stores the requested information. A first decision unit decides at least one host computer to retrieve the requested information by referring to the correspondence. A second decision unit decides a retrieval method used for each host computer decided by the first decision unit from a plurality of retrieval methods. A retrieval unit indicates retrieval of the requested information based on the retrieval method decided by the second decision unit and each host computer decided by the first decision unit.