Patent ID: 8521561

Claim:
A database system comprising: a computer comprising a central processing unit; an association information database in communication with said central processing unit that accumulates and stores 1) words or phrases constructing a report, 2) one or more pieces of image data related to said report, and 3) a plurality of association information in which said words or phrases constructing said report and said one or more pieces of image data related to said report are associated with each other; an image designating unit in response to an operation of a user, for designating a first set of one or more pieces of image data associated with said words or phrases belonging to at least part of a predetermined number of classification items to which said words or phrases belong; a server comprising an image detecting unit for detecting a second set of one or more pieces of image data different from but similar to said first set of one or more pieces of image data designated by said image designating unit, wherein said image detecting unit performs the following process among said one or more pieces of image data stored in said association information database: 1) performing a keyword search of said one or more pieces of image data stored in said association information database using a search keyword group formed by said words or phrases associated with said first set of one or more pieces of image data designated by said image designating unit, and 2) detecting image data from said keyword search that is consistent with said search keyword group, wherein said detected image data constitutes said second set of one or more pieces of image data and is associated with words or phrases that are consistent with said search keyword group; and a terminal device connected to said server via an Internet line so that data can be transmitted/received to/from said server, wherein, in response to an operation of a user to said terminal device, said image designating unit designates said one or more pieces of image data with which said words or phrases belonging to at least a part of said predetermined number of classification items is/are associated, said server has a transmitting unit for transmitting said one or more pieces of image data detected by said image detecting unit to said terminal device via said Internet line, and said terminal device has an output unit for visibly outputting said one or more pieces of image data transmitted from said transmitting unit.