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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Takahiro Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Inaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Inaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for retrieving a structured document including a first specifying unit that specifies a plurality of object documents from a plurality of structured documents being accessible via a network, the object document being the structured document according to retrieval condition; a first extracting unit that extracts text included in the object document; a second extracting unit that extracts metadata appended to the object document, the metadata being first data concerning the text of the object document and second data indicating a link relation between the object document and the structured documents; and a first calculating unit that calculates importance of each of the object documents, based on the text and the metadata of each of the object documents.