JP6046477B2 - Search system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a search system for searching for information, and more particularly to index management for high-speed search.

  Conventionally, in a search system that handles a large amount of data, such as a patent information management system, the performance of the search function has always been an issue.

  Therefore, conventionally, there has been an index creation system for creating an index of a large-scale database at high speed regardless of the limitation of the capacity of the main memory as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-3541 (Patent Document 1).

  In Patent Document 1, a document set is decomposed into subsets having no common part, and the keyword hash value is divided by a fixed integer value for a set of keywords appearing in the divided subset. Group and create an index file for each group.

  Further, the index files prepared for each subset of the documents are merged with each other having the same group number, and thus an integrated index file corresponding to each group number is generated.

  There are as many index files as the number of group numbers, and the index file does not yet correspond to the entire document set.

  Then, the index files corresponding to the number of such group numbers are further merged to generate an index file corresponding to the entire document set.

JP 2009-3541 A

  Conventionally, in a search system such as a patent information management system, a search engine using a search index is used for speeding up an online search function. However, in using the search engine, in the method described in Patent Document 1, However, since it takes a lot of time to create a search index, there are the following problems.

  (1) When the creation is completed, a difference occurs between the search index and the latest data.

  (2) Since the search function cannot be used while the search index is being created, the quality of the online service is deteriorated.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a search system capable of realizing a high-speed search index creation used for a search engine.

  The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

  Of the inventions disclosed in the present application, the outline of typical ones will be briefly described as follows.

  That is, a typical overview is a search system that performs a search process of information registered in a storage unit, and includes a search index creation processing unit that creates a search index for information registered in the storage unit, and a search index A search unit that searches for information based on the search index created by the creation processing unit, and the search index creation processing unit creates a search index when creating the information search index. An intermediate file is created, the intermediate file is divided into a plurality of folders and stored, the intermediate files in the plurality of folders are processed in parallel in units of folders, and a search index is created.

  The effects obtained by typical ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.

  That is, the effect obtained by the representative one is that parallel processing of search index creation processing is possible, and processing time of the entire search index creation processing is shortened.

  Further, since it is necessary to stop the online service during processing, the processing time is shortened, so that the online service stopping time is shortened and the service level can be improved.

  In addition, since the processing time is shortened, the search index is created with data that is closer to the latest, so that the quality of the search unit is improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the search part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a display screen at the time of operation | movement of the search part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the invention report registration part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the display screen at the time of operation | movement of the invention report registration part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the invention report approval part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the display screen at the time of operation | movement of the invention report approval part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the form output part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the display screen at the time of operation | movement of the form output part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the application request registration part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a display screen at the time of operation | movement of the application request registration part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the application request approval part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a display screen at the time of operation | movement of the application request approval part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the intermediate recording registration part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a display screen at the time of operation | movement of the intermediate recording registration part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the intermediate | middle record approval part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the display screen at the time of operation | movement of the intermediate | middle record approval part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operation | movement of data update and search index creation of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the XML preparation part of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the difference data of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the folder for XML output of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the FIXML preparation part of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the index preparation part of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that components having the same function are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings for describing the embodiment, and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

<Configuration of search system>
With reference to FIG. 1, a configuration of a search system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a search system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a patent information management system as an example.

  In FIG. 1, a patent information management system 101 is a system for managing patents, and includes a business server 102 and a search server 103, and a user operates an operation terminal 121 and the like via a network 120 to provide an online service. Can be used.

  The business server 102 includes a search unit 104 that searches for patent information, an invention report registration unit 105 that registers an invention report, an invention report approval unit 106 that approves an invention report, a form output unit 107 that outputs a search result of patent information, An application request registration unit 108 that registers an application request, an application request approval unit 109 that approves an application request, an intermediate record registration unit 110 that registers an intermediate record, and an intermediate record approval unit 111 that approves the intermediate record.

  In the business server 102, an invention table 113, an application table 114, a comment table 115, and an intermediate recording table 112 are recorded as main data registered in the storage unit.

  The search server 103 has a search index creation processing unit 124 for creating a search index 119.

  The search index creation processing unit 124 includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) creation unit 116 that is an intermediate file creation unit, a FIX Index Markup Language (FXML) creation unit 117 that is a search index configuration information creation unit, and an index creation unit 118. Have.

  The search server 103 stores, as main data, a search index 119, difference data XML 122 that is an intermediate file, and difference data FIX XML 123 that is configuration information of the search index.

<Operation of each part in the business server>
Next, the operation of each unit in the business server of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2-17 is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of each part in the business server of the search system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention.

  2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the search unit 104, FIG. 3 is a display screen example when the search unit 104 is operating, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the invention report registration unit 105, and FIG. It is an example of a display screen at the time.

  6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the invention report approval unit 106, FIG. 7 is an example of a display screen during operation of the invention report approval unit 106, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the form output unit 107, and FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen when the unit 107 is operating.

  10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the application request registration unit 108, FIG. 11 is an example of a display screen during operation of the application request registration unit 108, FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the application request approval unit 109, and FIG. It is an example of a display screen when the request approval unit 109 operates.

  14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the intermediate recording registration unit 110, FIG. 15 is an example of a display screen during operation of the intermediate recording registration unit 110, FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the intermediate recording approval unit 111, and FIG. It is an example of a display screen during operation of the recording approval unit 111.

○ Operation of the search unit 104 The search unit 104 uses a high-speed search using a search engine so that it can quickly search for a case satisfying the conditions set by the user from among a million cases. The search is performed based on the information recorded in the search index 119 in the search server 103.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the search unit 104 displays a search screen as shown in FIG. 3 on the operation terminal 121, and inputs the search conditions input on the search screen of the operation terminal 121 (step S201).

  In the search screen shown in FIG. 3, as the search condition setting area, the proposal number, application number, application country, report title, intellectual property promotion manager, intellectual property representative, intellectual property representative company, one-line abstract, invention report The document acceptance date, the scheduled application date, and the application request date can be entered as search conditions.

  Then, after inputting the search condition, the search is started by pressing the Search button 210. In addition, when the Clear button 211 is pressed, the search condition can be cleared.

  When a search condition is input in step S201, data that matches the input search condition is acquired from the search index 119 of the search server 103 (step S202).

  Thereafter, the data acquired in step S202 is displayed on the search screen of the operation terminal 121 (step S203), and the process ends.

  The display of the search result in step S203 is displayed at the bottom of the screen of FIG. 3. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the search result number, proposal number, application number, application country, report title, invention report reception date, The scheduled application date and application request date items are displayed.

Operation of Invention Report Registration Unit 105 The invention report registration unit 105 displays an invention report input screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the operation terminal 121 as shown in FIG. The invention report information input in step S301 is input (step S301).

  In the invention report input screen shown in FIG. 5, as an invention report information input area, a proposal number, an application country, an invention report draft date, a report title, an outline of an invention, a business unit evaluation, an organization belonging to an invention report submission, The invention report reception date, the scheduled application date, the intellectual property promotion manager, the intellectual property manager, and a comment can be input as invention report information.

  Then, after inputting the invention report information, the Entry button 310 is pressed to start the registration process of the input invention report information.

  When the invention report information is input in step S301, it is determined whether or not a value is set in the essential item (step S302). If the value is set in the essential item in step S302, It is determined whether or not a future date is set (step S303).

  If a future date is set on the application filing date in step S303, it is determined whether a past date is set on the invention report draft date (step S304).

  If the past date is set in the invention report drafting date in step S304, it is determined whether or not a code existing in the master such as a database related to the code is set for the item to be input as the code. (Step S305).

  If the values are not set in steps S302 to S305, an error content screen is displayed on the operation terminal 121 (step S306), and the process ends.

  Note that the error content may be displayed in step S306, the process may return to step S301, and the error content may be added or corrected, and the invention report information may be input again.

  If the code existing in the master is set in step S305, all the information as the invention report information is normal, and the data is stored in the invention table 113 and the comment table 115 (step S307).

  Then, an e-mail is transmitted to the approver of the invention report information (step S308), and the process ends.

Operation of Invention Report Approval Unit 106 The invention report approval unit 106 displays an invention report approval screen as shown in FIG. 7 on the operation terminal 121 as shown in FIG. The invention report approval information input in step S401 is input (step S401).

  In the invention report approval screen shown in FIG. 7, the right part is the invention report information display area and the left part is the invention report approval area. In the invention report information display area, the information registered by the invention report registration unit 105 is displayed. In the displayed invention report approval area, a case report approver, a case report approval date, and a comment at the time of approval can be input as invention report approval information.

  After inputting the invention report approval information, pressing the Entry button 410 starts registration processing of the input invention report approval information.

  When the invention report approval information is input in step S401, it is determined whether or not a value is set for the essential item (step S402). It is determined whether a past date has been set for the day (step S403).

  In step S403, it is determined whether a past date has been set. However, it may be determined whether a past date including the current day has been set.

  If the values are not set in step S402 and step S403, an error content screen is displayed on the operation terminal 121 (step S404), and the process ends.

  Note that the error content may be displayed in step S404, the process may return to step S401, and the error content may be added / corrected, and the invention report approval information may be input again.

  If the past date is set on the case report approval date in step S403, all the information as the invention report approval information is normal, so the data is stored in the invention table 113 and the comment table 115 (step S405). The process ends.

Operation of form output unit 107 The form output unit 107 displays a search screen as shown in FIG. 9 on the operation terminal 121 as shown in FIG. Is input (step S501).

  In the search / form output screen shown in FIG. 9, the search condition setting area includes a proposal number, an application number, an application country, a report title, an IP promotion manager, an IP manager, an IP manager company, a one-line abstract The invention report reception date, scheduled application date, and application request date can be entered as search conditions.

  Then, after inputting the search condition, the search is started by pressing the Search button 510. In addition, when the Clear button 511 is pressed, the search condition can be cleared.

  Further, after the search result is displayed, the search result is output as a form by pressing the CSV output button 512.

  When a search condition is input in step S501, data that matches the input search condition is acquired from the search index 119 of the search server 103 (step S502).

  After that, the data acquired in step S502 is displayed on the search screen of the operation terminal 121. When the CSV output button 512 is pressed, the search result is output (step S503), and the process ends.

  The display of the search result in step S503 is displayed at the bottom of the screen of FIG. 9. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the search result number, proposal number, application number, application country, report title, invention report reception date, The scheduled application date and application request date items are displayed.

  Note that the form output unit 107 may be provided with a CSV output button on the search screen displayed by the search unit 104 and operate when the CSV output button is pressed to output a form as a search result.

Operation of Application Request Registration Unit 108 The application request registration unit 108 displays an invention request registration screen as shown in FIG. 11 on the operation terminal 121 as shown in FIG. The invention request information input in step S601 is input (step S601).

  In the invention request registration screen shown in FIG. 11, the right part is a case information display area and the left part is an invention request input area, and the case information registered by the invention report registration part 105 is displayed in the case information display area. In the invention request input area, the scheduled application date, one-line abstract, application type, application request date, application number, invention name, and abstract text can be input as invention request information.

  Then, after the invention request information is input, by pressing the Entry button 610, the registration process of the input invention request information is started.

  Then, when the invention request information is input in step S601, it is determined whether or not a value is set in the essential item (step S602). If a value is set in the essential item in step S602, It is determined whether a future date is set (step S603).

  If a future date is set on the scheduled application date in step S603, it is determined whether a past date is set on the application request date (step S604).

  If a past date is set in the application request date in step S604, it is determined whether or not a code existing in a master such as a database related to the code is set for the item to be input as a code (step S604). S605).

  If the values are not set in steps S602 to S605, an error content screen is displayed on the operation terminal 121 (step S606), and the process ends.

  Note that the error content may be displayed in step S606, and the process may return to step S601 to add / correct the error content and input the invention report information again.

  If the code existing in the master is set in step S605, the information as invention request information is all normal, and the data is stored in the application table 114 and the comment table 115 (step S607).

  Then, an e-mail is transmitted to the approver of the invention request information (step S608), and the process ends.

Operation of application request approval unit 109 The application request approval unit 109 displays an application request approval screen as shown in FIG. 13 on the operation terminal 121 as shown in FIG. The application request approval information input in step S701 is input (step S701).

  In the application request approval screen shown in FIG. 13, the right part is a case information display area and the left part is an application request approval area. In the case information display area, information registered by the application request registration unit 108 is displayed. In the application request approval area, an application request approver, an application request approval date, and a comment at the time of approval can be input as application request approval information.

  After the application request approval information is input, by pressing an Entry button 710, registration processing of the input application request approval information is started.

  Then, when application request approval information is input in step S701, it is determined whether or not a value is set in an essential item (step S702). If a value is set in an essential item in step S702, application request approval is determined. It is determined whether a past date has been set for the day (step S703).

  In step S703, it is determined whether a past date has been set. However, it may be determined whether a past date including the current day has been set.

  If the values are not set in step S702 and step S703, an error content screen is displayed on the operation terminal 121 (step S704), and the process ends.

  Note that the error content may be displayed in step S704, and the process may return to step S701 to add / correct the error content and input the invention report approval information again.

  If the past date is set in the application request date in step S703, all the information as the application request approval information is normal, so the data is stored in the application table 114 and the comment table 115 (step S705), Processing ends.

Operation of Intermediate Record Registration Unit 110 The intermediate record registration unit 110 displays an intermediate record registration screen as shown in FIG. 15 on the operation terminal 121 as shown in FIG. The intermediate recording registration information input in step S801 is input (step S801).

  In the invention report input screen shown in FIG. 15, the right part is the case information area, the left part is the intermediate record information input area, the case information is displayed in the case information area, and the intermediate record information input area is Intermediate record, intermediate record entry date, intermediate record statutory deadline date, interim record internal deadline date, intermediate record intellectual property charge course, intermediate record intellectual property charge course decision date, and comments can be entered as intermediate record information Yes.

  Then, after the intermediate recording information is input, the Entry button 810 is pressed to start registration processing of the input intermediate recording information.

  When the intermediate recording information is input in step S801, it is determined whether or not a value is set in the essential item (step S802). If a value is set in the essential item in step S802, the intermediate recording statutory deadline is set. It is determined whether or not a future date is set for the internal / intermediate recording internal deadline (step S803).

  If the future date is set in the intermediate record legal deadline date / intermediate record internal deadline date in step S803, it is determined whether or not the past date is set in the intermediate record intellectual property charge course determination date (step S803). S804).

  If the past date is set on the intermediate record intellectual property charge course determination date in step S804, whether or not a code that exists in the master such as a database related to the code is set for the item to be input as the code. Is determined (step S805).

  If the values are not set in steps S802 to S805, an error content screen is displayed on the operation terminal 121 (step S806), and the process ends.

  Note that the error content may be displayed in step S806, and the process may return to step S801 to add / correct the error content and input the invention report information again.

  If the code existing in the master is set in step S805, all the information as the intermediate recording information is normal, and the data is stored in the intermediate recording table 112 and the comment table 115 (step S807).

  Then, an e-mail is transmitted to the approver of the intermediate record information (step S808), and the process ends.

Operation of Intermediate Record Approval Unit 111 The intermediate record approval unit 111 displays an intermediate record approval screen as shown in FIG. 17 on the operation terminal 121 as shown in FIG. The intermediate recording approval information input in step S901 is input (step S901).

  In the intermediate record approval screen shown in FIG. 17, the right part is the case information / intermediate record information display area, and the left part is the intermediate record approval area. The application information registration part 108 is displayed in the case information / intermediate record information display area. The information registered by the intermediate record registration unit 110 is displayed, and an intermediate record approver, an intermediate record approval date, and a comment at the time of approval can be input as intermediate record approval information in the intermediate record approval area. .

  After the input of the intermediate recording approval information, pressing the Entry button 910 starts registration processing of the input intermediate recording approval information.

  When the intermediate recording approval information is input in step S901, it is determined whether or not a value is set for the essential item (step S902). If the value is set for the essential item in step S902, the intermediate recording approval is determined. It is determined whether a past date has been set for the day (step S903).

  In step S903, it is determined whether the past date has been set. However, it may be determined whether the past date is set including the current day.

  If the values are not set in step S902 and step S903, an error content screen is displayed on the operation terminal 121 (step S904), and the process ends.

  Note that the error content may be displayed in step S904, the process may return to step S901, and the error content may be added / corrected, and the intermediate recording approval information may be input again.

  If the past date is set on the intermediate recording approval date in step S903, the information as the intermediate recording approval information is all normal, and the data is stored in the intermediate recording table 112 and the comment table 115 (step S905). ), The process ends.

<Operation of data update / search index creation>
Next, the data update / search index creation operation of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the data update / search index creation operation of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, for example, during the day of the first day, the user performs registration work and approval work online using the operation terminal 121, and updates the invention table 113, application table 114, intermediate recording table 112, and comment table 115 ( Step S1001).

  Then, the data of the invention table 113, the application table 114, the intermediate recording table 112, and the comment table 115 updated in step S1001 are used as input, and the XML creation unit 116, the FIXML creation unit 117, and the index creation unit are batch processed at night A search index creation process is executed by 118 (step S1002).

  The search index 119 created by the night processing is used for online search and form output by the user using the operation terminal 121 during the second day of the next day (step S1003).

  Further, the user searches for an update object by searching using a search index 119 created at night yesterday or a form output, and performs registration work / approval work. The invention table 113, the application table 114, the intermediate recording table 112, The comment table 115 is updated (step S1004).

  Then, using the data of the invention table 113, the application table 114, the intermediate recording table 112, and the comment table 115 updated in step S1004 as input, the XML creation unit 116, the FIXML creation unit 117, and the index creation unit 118 search at night. Index creation processing is executed (step S1005), and the same processing is executed thereafter.

  In search index creation processing, in order to improve the processing efficiency of search index creation, the output destination of intermediate files in the process can be divided into multiple folders, and processing can be performed in parallel by processing in units of folders. Yes.

<Search index creation process>
Next, the search index creation processing of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing processing of the XML creation unit of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram for explaining difference data of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. .

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an XML output folder of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing processing of the FIX XML creation unit of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing processing of the index creation unit of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As the search index creation process, first, the XML creation unit 116 obtains the process start time as shown in FIG. 19 (step S1101), and from the invention table 113, the intermediate recording table 112, the application table 114, and the comment table 115. Difference data is acquired (step S1102).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the difference data acquired in step S1102 exists (step S1103). If the difference data exists in step S1103, the difference data of one record is output as XML as difference data XML122 (step S1103). S1104).

  Then, the next data is referred to (step S1105), the process returns to S1103, and the processing of difference data of all records is completed, and steps S1103 to S1105 are repeated until there is no difference data.

  If there is no difference data in step S1103, the difference acquisition completion flag is updated for the invention table 113, the intermediate recording table 112, the application table 114, and the comment table 115 (step S1106). Become.

  Here, the difference data acquisition and difference acquisition completion flag update processing will be described.

  In the difference data acquisition process, in order to acquire only data that has not been processed before the previous time, as shown in FIG. 20, the previous process date and the last update date of each table are compared, and the update date after the previous process date Only the record of is targeted.

  Further, the difference acquired flag is referred to, and only the data with the flag “0” is used for the processing. The difference acquired flag is not used for the next and subsequent processes by updating the flag of the record for which the XML output of the difference data has been completed to “1”.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 21, the output of the difference data XML 122 in step S1104 is divided into a plurality of folders to store XML files.

  In the XML output destination folder / file configuration shown in FIG. 21, folders with proposal numbers (1203, 1208, 1209) each having a proposal number of 10000 are arranged under the XML output folder 1201, and the processing of the XML creation unit 116 is performed. The XML files (1204, 1205, 1206) created in step 1 are arranged in the target proposal number folder for each proposal number.

  When the creation of the XML file for the target proposal number is completed, an in-folder completion flag 1207 is arranged in the folder for each proposal number.

  When the creation of all XML files is completed, an all folder completion flag 1202 is arranged under the XML output folder 1201.

  In the processing of the FIX creation unit 117, processing is performed by determining the XML file creation status from the presence or absence of the completion flag of each folder.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the XML creation unit 117 acquires the processing target XML output folder 1201 (step S1201), and determines whether or not the all folder completion flag 1202 in the XML output folder 1201 exists. Determination is made (step S1202).

  If the all folder completion flag 1202 is present in step S1202, the process is completed and the process ends. If all folder completion flag 1202 is not present in step S1202, steps S1203 to S1203 are performed for all folders. The processing of S1208 is looped, and FIXML creation processing is performed for all folders by proposal number.

  First, it is determined whether or not an in-folder completion flag exists in each proposal number folder (step S1204). If an in-folder completion flag exists in step S1204, the next step after step S1203 to step S1208 is determined. The process proceeds to a loop process, and a process for creating a FIXML for the next folder is performed.

  If the in-folder completion flag does not exist in step S1204, the difference data XML 122 in the folder is read as an XML file reading process (step S1205), and the difference data FIX123 for creating the search index 119 is created as a FIX file creation process. Is created (step S1206).

  Then, after processing all the difference data XML 122 in the folder, an in-folder completion flag is arranged (step S1207), and the process proceeds to the next loop of steps S1203 to S1208.

  When the loop for all folders in steps S1203 to S1208 ends, an all folder completion flag 1202 is arranged (step S1209), and the process ends.

  Further, in the processing of the index creation unit 118, as shown in FIG. 23, the difference data FIXML 123 created by the FIXL creation unit 117 is acquired (step S1301), and the index creation is performed based on the difference data FIXML 123 obtained in step S1301. Processing is performed (step S1302), and the result is output to the search index 119.

  22 is processed in units of folders, for example, the processes in steps S1205 to S1207 can be performed on a plurality of folders in parallel.

  For this reason, the FIXML creation process can be performed at high speed by performing the FIXML creation process in parallel.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, parallel processing of search index creation processing is possible, and the processing time of the entire search index creation processing can be shortened.

  As mentioned above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

  For example, in the present embodiment, the search system has been described as the patent information management system. However, the present invention can be applied to any system or apparatus as long as it is configured to create a search index for searching for information.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Patent information management system 102 ... Business server 103 ... Search server 104 ... Search part 105 ... Invention report registration part 106 ... Invention report approval part 107 ... Form output part 108 ... Application request registration part 109 Application request approval unit, 110 Intermediate recording registration unit, 111 Intermediate recording approval unit, 112 Intermediate recording table, 113 Invention table, 114 Application table, 115 Comment table, 116 XML creation unit, 117 XML Creation unit, 118 ... Index creation unit, 119 ... Search index, 120 ... Network, 121 ... Operation terminal, 122 ... Differential data XML, 123 ... Differential data FIXML, 210 ... Search button, 211 ... Clear button, 310, 410, 610, 710, 810, 910 ... Entry button, 10 ... Search button, 511 ... Clear button, 512 ... CSV output button.

Claims (2)

A search system for performing a search process of information registered in a storage unit,
A search index creation processing unit for creating a search index for the information registered in the storage unit;
A search unit that searches for the information based on the search index created by the search index creation processing unit,
The search index creation processing unit
An intermediate file creation unit for creating an intermediate file;
A search index configuration information creating unit that creates the search index configuration information from the intermediate file;
An index creation unit that creates the search index based on configuration information of the search index;
When creating the search index, to create the intermediate file to create the search index, the intermediate file of the intermediate file saved in a plurality of folders, the plurality of the folders, folder Process in parallel, create the search index ,
The intermediate file is an XML file,
The search system, wherein the search index configuration information is a FIXML file . The search system according to claim 1 ,
The search index creation processing unit creates the search index based on difference information of the information registered in the storage unit.

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