INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION GENERAL-PURPOSE SEARCH PLATFORM AND METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intellectual property information general-purpose search platform allowing a user to search various intellectual property information Web sites. SOLUTION: This search platform includes: a user interface for inputting a search condition; a search processor element for converting the inputted search condition into a format allowing appreciation by an intellectual property information Web site; and a download element for transmitting information returned from the Web site to the user interface. The search processor element includes an XML format conversion module for converting the search condition, and an HTTP format conversion module for converting the search condition of an XML format into the HTTP format allowing the appreciation by the Web site. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO