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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:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Shiro Horibe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shiro Horibe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is disclosed which determines, based on fitness to a specified condition, an order of displaying multiple to-be-searched information items which are pre-stored. The apparatus includes a specifying-condition information obtaining unit, an index-information obtaining unit, a population-limiting information obtaining unit, an index-information modifying unit, and a fitness calculating unit.