Claims
- 1. A document retrieval method comprising:a step of executing a retrieval command satisfying given search queries; and a step of arranging and displaying an area for displaying search results of the executed retrieval in a list of retrieved documents including information convenient for a user to identify each of the retrieved documents and an area for displaying topic words extracted from a set of the retrieved documents reflecting the search results in a list style or in a graph style including an indication of a degree of relevance between the topic words, wherein said areas are displayed at positions close to each other.
- 2. A document retrieval method according to claim 1,wherein the search queries are given by key words extracted from input word sequences, phrases or sentences or using logical binding of the key words, and wherein the document retrieval method is capable of achieving associative search by using, as keys, documents given by a user, including the case where the document is selected from the retrieved documents.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELEVANT APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/145,155, filed Sep. 1, 1998. This application is related to U.S. Ser. No. 09/515,323, filed Feb. 29, 2000, and U.S. Ser. No. 10/015,790, filed Dec. 17, 2001.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/888,017, filed on Jul. 3, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,987,460 which is now pending to U.S. PTO and the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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