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Abstract

An agent computer block 16 analyzes and classifies the meaning of a request for advice on an individual's action, on the basis of voice recognition character data inputted by an input/output computer block 15, and requests a personal computer 2 to start up an information retrieval application program involving the request for advice on the individual's action. When the agent computer block 16 receives from the started-up application extraction items set in an information data base of interest, the agent computer block 16 extracts from the voice recognition character data a keyword corresponding to any one of the extraction condition items or a keyword specifiable on the basis of the individual's preference data in an information file stored in a storage device 17, and transfers to the personal computer 2 an instruction to retrieve information which meets the information extraction conditions to thereby causes the personal computer 2 to retrieve required information and provide the retrieved information back for the agent computer block 16.

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First Claim