Patent ID: 8793266

Claim:
A system for generating a graphical user interface to support generation of a search query to be issued to a document search engine, the system comprising: a search query creation support apparatus including: a GUI creation unit that is operable by the search query creation support apparatus to generate a graphical user interface for supporting generation of a search query, wherein the GUI creation unit generates a query-node creation window that is a GUI window for generating a new search word to be connected to a search query by a logical operator, the query-node creation window including: a sample-document preview area that displays a sample document; a facet list area that displays facets automatically extracted from the sample document in list form by the GUI creation unit; a query-node creation assist area to assist generation of the new search word such that the query-node creation assist area facilitates user selection of one or more search words from the sample-document preview area as well as user selection of one or more facets automatically extracted by the facet list area to add the new search word to the search query; and a logical-operator selection icon to select a logical operator that connects the generated search word.