Patent ID: 7107256
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information search system comprising: an information storage unit which stores personal information, including a number of family members, with respect to each of a plurality of users and a plurality of pieces of search target information; a control unit which calculates search parameters based on the stored personal information; a searching unit which searches, when a user specifies a search condition, for a piece of search target information satisfying the search condition and the calculated search parameters from the pieces of search target information in the information storage unit, and stores information indicating that the pieces of search target information are searched by the user into the information storage unit; a calculating unit which calculates a fitting value indicating how much the search target information satisfies the search condition about the respective pieces of search target information searched by said searching unit in accordance with a fitting value calculation procedure specified by the user; a result-of-search presenting unit which presents, to the user, at least a part of information that forms each piece of search target information searched by said searching unit together with the filling value calculated by said calculating unit with respect to that piece of search target information and the search parameters calculated by the control unit; and an outputting unit which outputs, when a piece of search target information is specified, the personal information on each user by whom the piece of search target information is searched based on the pieces of information stored in the information storage unit.