Patent ID: 6751605
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A search system for searching a multi-item data base, said system comprising:said multi-item data base; a search-object specification table for specifying items as search objects; an attribute definition table for specifying a pointer to attributes of data of each of said items specified as a search object; an analogy table for cataloging analogy relations among said data based on said attributes; a search index table for referencing data of a search object; a priority-order definition table for defining a priority order of search items; and a search-result display range definition table with each entry thereof used for recording a number of a display step of a search result and an indicator indicating how much said search result must match a keyword or a minimum number of matching searched items in said search result before said search result can be displayed, wherein pieces of data analogous to an input keyword or pieces of data with a meaning close to said input keyword are displayed as search results step by step, even if said data does not perfectly match said input keyword, in a priority order desired by the user starting with a piece of data closest to said input keyword.