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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Makoto Iwayama, Kawagoe, JP;
Shingo Nishioka, Hatoyama, JP;
Yoshiki Niwa, Hatoyama, JP;
Akihiko Takano, Higashimatsuyama, JP;
Makoto Iwayama, Kawagoe, JP;
Shingo Nishioka, Hatoyama, JP;
Yoshiki Niwa, Hatoyama, JP;
Akihiko Takano, Higashimatsuyama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention aims to provide an efficient means of performing a document search wherein relevance between plural document databases is examined. A summary making module and a search module are provided to document databases, and these are connected to a network as a server. A client obtains a relevant set of documents in a specified document database via this summary from a set of documents in the specified document database. The summary obtained is sent to another server, and a search is performed according to the summary in a document database in the server to which the summary is transferred.