Patent Document ID: 9977794
Application ID: 14542127

Base Claim:
1. A design management apparatus comprising: at least one hardware processor configured to execute modules comprising: a calculator configured to: receive a plurality of templates that are used to create designs and that include a plurality of character strings serving as predetermined samples; and calculate a score for each character string in each template, the score concerning a subject of the template and corresponding to a size of the character string; and an outputter configured to: receive information indicating a search subject; and output a template including a character string which corresponds to the search subject, in response to the calculated score for the character string in the template meeting an output condition.

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Claim 5:
5. The design management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the score is increased in proportion to the size of the character string, and wherein the outputter is further configured to receive the character string indicating the search subject and, in response to the calculated score being equal to or higher than a reference value, output the template including the character string which coincides with the character string indicating the search subject and the calculated score.