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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Tooru Ishizaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tooru Ishizaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus for combining a plurality of structured documents, including an acquiring unit, for each of the plurality of structured documents, correspondence information showing a correspondence between vocabulary information and token information, and encoded information in which the vocabulary information included in the structured document has been replaced with corresponding token information, a replacing unit for, if the vocabulary information included in a first correspondence information is common with the vocabulary information included in a second correspondence information, replace the common vocabulary information with a reference to the common vocabulary information included in the second correspondence information, and a combining unit to generate combined information by combining the correspondence information and the encoded information, of each of the plurality of structured documents.