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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Applicant:
Taeko Gotoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Taeko Gotoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for retrieving data includes a displaying step of displaying data including a plurality of attributes, a first selecting step of selecting a data segment functioning as a search key from the displayed data, a determining step of determining an attribute of the search key, and a searching step of searching a database by a search method corresponding to the determined attribute of the search key.