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Information search terminal and system

Patent 5220625 Issued on June 15, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 17, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 914334 filed on 07/17/1992

US Classes:

715/809, Dialog box707/4, Query formulation, input preparation, or translation715/804Interwindow link or communication

Examiners

Primary: Brinich, Stephen

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 60-105039 JP. 06/12/1985
  • 60-105040 JP. 06/12/1985
  • 60-117326 JP. 06/12/1985
  • 62-105270 JP. 10/12/1985
  • 62-11932 JP. 01/12/1987
  • 6435662 JP. 07/12/1987
  • 62-241026 JP. 10/12/1987
  • 63-311530 JP. 12/12/1988

International Class

G10L 003/02

Foreign Application Priority Data

1989-06-14 JP

Abstract

An information search terminal apparatus and information search system for performing information search by using a variety of windows assure high manipulatability for the user by making available information of the results of searches performed in the past and the current system state. The information search terminal and system includes a query statement input window for inputting a search query statement for a search term, a search history display window for displaying the search query statement and the number of documents as hit in the search, a search result list display window for displaying in juxtaposition a plurality of titles of documents as hit in the form of a list, and a document display window for displaying a document containing the search term and resulting from the search

Other References

  • Journal of the American Society for Information Science vol. 37 No. 3 May 1986, pp. 123-135. U. Mukhopadyay et al. "An intelligent system for document retrieval in distributed office environments"
  • Robert L. Haskin, et al. "Operational Characteristics of a Hardware-Based Pattern Matcher", ACM Transactions On Database Systems, vol. 8, No. 1, Mar. 1983, pp. 15-4
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