Document retrieval system involving ranking of documents in accordance with a degree to which the documents fulfill a retrieval condition corresponding to a user entry

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PATENT NO 5535382
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08153279

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A document retrieval system retrieves one or a plurality of registered documents from a document database responsive to retrieval conditions designated by a user. The document retrieval system includes a query converter for converting the retrieval condition designated by the user into a query which has a predetermined normal form in which keywords and at least one type of logical operation out of logical operations AND, OR and NOT are connected, a bibliographical information indicator for indicating a relation between each of said registered documents and keywords and a keyword connection table having relationship values, each of the relationship values representing the degree of relationship between each two keywords. The document retrieval system also includes a selector for referring the inverted file and the keyword connection so as to select one or a plurality of registered documents which satisfy the query, and an outputting circuit for outputting one or a plurality of registered documents selected by the selecting means.

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RICOH COMPANY LTD3-6 NAKAMAGOME 1-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 1438555 ?1438555

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Ogawa, Yasushi Yokohama, JP 114 1652

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