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A mall server with a product search function, in which each product category has a particular effective period during which it is presented to customers as a selectable search key. In a virtual shopping mall system, customers can conduct a search for a set of products by designating a particular pro

A mall server with a product search function, in which each product category has a particular effective period during which it is presented to customers as a selectable search key. In a virtual shopping mall system, customers can conduct a search for a set of products by designating a particular product category as a search key. As part of a mall server, a category master table stores a plurality of product categories accompanied by information on their respective effective periods, and a product master table stores information on various online products along with their respective category definitions. Based on the category master table, a product search screen generation unit produces product search screen data containing a set of categories whose effective periods include the present date. Receiving the product search screen data from the mall server, the customer terminal displays a product search screen including a category selection menu to provide the customer with a list of selectable categories. The customer issues a search request after selecting one category from the list. A product searching unit searches the product master table for the products that fall under the selected category. The customer terminal displays a product list screen upon receipt of the product list screen data from the mall server.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A mall server comprising:a category master table indexing a plurality of categories, each category being accompanied by information on an effective period thereof;a product master table cross-referencing products to categories, having at least two category columns for sto

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A mall server comprising:a category master table indexing a plurality of categories, each category being accompanied by information on an effective period thereof;a product master table cross-referencing products to categories, having at least two category columns for storing a first category code and a second category code so as to allow each product to have two different categories;product search screen creation means, responsive to a search screen request from a customer terminal, for creating product search screen data including a category selection menu listing categories having effective periods which include a present date; andproduct searching means, responsive to a search command from the customer terminal, for searching said product master table for the products belonging to a category selected from the list of the categories of the category selection menu.