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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Rakuten, Inc., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Umeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01);
Abstract
Users are enabled to select a category with more ease than in the past. An information processing device estimates, for a target category that is one of a plurality of categories which have a tree structure including a plurality of hierarchy levels and to each of which one or more objects belong, whether a user is knowledgeable about categories below the target category, based on an input from the user, and controls whether or not display means displays the categories below the target category, based on whether or not the user is estimated as being knowledgeable about the categories below the target category.