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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Seiichi Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a search system for requesting a user to select any of a plurality of options and searching based on a result of selection by the user, capable of assisting the user so as to readily select an option. A selection screen display control unit () displays on a display unit a selection screen showing a plurality of lower node information items corresponding to a plurality of lower nodes positioned immediately below the current node in a tree structure in which a search condition and a node are correlated with each other. A search result screen display control unit () displays on the display unit a search result screen showing a list of information items satisfying a search condition corresponding to the nodes from the top node to the current node. In the selection screen, the selection screen display control unit () outputs, so as to be correlated to each of the plurality of lower node information items, a display concerning a list of information items satisfying a search condition corresponding to nodes from the top node to a lower node corresponding to the lower node information item.
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