PRODUCT INFORMATION MERGING RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, ITS CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily derive and use various data which are held in various systems without requiring any expert knowledge of each system by combining the data derived from those systems for the mutual cooperation and merging these data into a single screen for display. SOLUTION: This product information merging retrieval system 1 includes a system retrieval means 1b which retrieves the systems other than its own one one based on the conditions that are designated by an operator in charge, a data retrieval means 1c which has a function to retrieve the data based on a keyword that is designated in the system and a retrieval system control means 1a which controls both means 1b and 1c. The means 1a also controls a data cooperation means 1d having a function that processes the data derived from other systems for cooperation of them and a display control means 1e having a function that displays those data which are cooperated with each other.