Patent ID: 8854645

Claim:
A method of displaying search screen information with a display device for displaying the search screen information, an input device for entering a plurality of search conditions in the search screen information, and an information processing apparatus for acquiring a search result that agrees with entered search conditions, the information processing apparatus having a database of at least two data having search contents information related to the search conditions, wherein the search result acquired by the information processing apparatus is displayed in the search screen information, the method comprising the steps of: displaying, as the search screen information, condition entry image information capable of entering the search contents information corresponding to the search conditions; displaying data from the database that agree with a plurality of entered pieces of the search contents information; and generating symbol image information having an identification label based on the search contents information, constructing layers according to an order in which the search conditions are entered, and displaying a plurality of pieces of the symbol image information based on the constructed layers, wherein image information capable of identifying features of the at least two data as the search screen information is further displayed as a scaled-down image.