Patent ID: 6807571
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: G06F,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
An information retrieval system comprising:an information network; a plurality of information servers connected to said information network; an information retrieval terminal connected to said information network, said information retrieval terminal employing a specifying number to specify an identifier corresponding to a requested item; and a search assisting server connected to said information network, wherein said search assisting server has list data of a list of: facility contents data; first identifiers to have access to information pages corresponding to facility contents; and second identifiers to have access to information pages representing facility contents, stored in each of said information servers connected to said information network, said search assisting server searches said list data for a first identifier and a second identifier that correspond to a requested item, in response to the designation of an information item as said requested item by said information retrieval terminal, using a specifying number, via the information network, and wherein said search assisting server is adapted to send said first identifier to said information retrieval terminal when the same item as a requested item designated by said information retrieval terminal exists in the list data, and to send a second identifier to have an access to an information page representing a facility content of said requested item to said information retrieval terminal when the same item as said requested item designated by said information retrieval terminal does not exist in the list data, and said information network is accessed by said searched out first or second identifier so as to obtain an information page corresponding to said requested item.