Patent ID: 7065518

Claim:
A search system comprising: a first search server connected to a first database; a second search server connected to a second database; a third server connected to said first and second search servers; a display means for displaying a screen image representing a first search interface included in said first search server and a screen image representing a second search interface included in said second search server; a switching means for switching connections to said first and second search servers, wherein: said third server an electronic digital computer including a means for producing a transfer data table for converting a first ID in the first database to a corresponding second ID in the second database, said transfer data table is used to display results of a first search at said second search interface, wherein said results of the first search have been acquired by said first search interface, wherein said third server includes a document identifier reading means for reading first document identifiers, said identifiers are assigned to the results of the first search displayed through said first search interface and the results of the first search, and a document identifier correspondence querying means for querying said second search server about second document identifiers which are displayed through said second search interface and which are associated with the results of the first search displayed through said first search interface; and wherein said means for producing a transfer data table includes the first document identifiers, second document identifiers, and the results of the first search.