METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system or a method which is more convenient in operation for retrieval, and to provide a computer program. SOLUTION: When a database is retrieved based upon retrieval information entered into an area 1201, a plurality of labels for narrowing down retrieval results are extracted and displayed in an area 1204, a label is specified to further select retrieval results according to the specified label, and the results are displayed in an area 1203. When the specification of the label is changed, the selection results in the area 1203 are changed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO