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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Yukio Uematsu, Yokosuka, JP;
Kengo Fujioka, Yokosuka, JP;
Syunsuke Konagai, Yokosuka, JP;
Ryoji Kataoka, Yokosuka, JP;
Yukio Uematsu, Yokosuka, JP;
Kengo Fujioka, Yokosuka, JP;
Syunsuke Konagai, Yokosuka, JP;
Ryoji Kataoka, Yokosuka, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information search apparatus is provided. The information search apparatus includes: a character string input unit configured to obtain a character string from a client; a character string information search unit configured to obtain information that includes the character string from an index DB; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate degree of similarity between the character string and searched information; and an output unit configured to output the searched information in descending order of the degree of similarity. In the information search apparatus, the character string information search unit includes a unit configured to, when the input character string contains a plurality of words, search an index DB, based on each word, that stores words and occurrence position information of the words to obtain a distance between occurrence positions of the words, and the similarity calculation unit includes a unit configured to calculate the degree of similarity based on the distance between occurrence positions of the words.