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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Takuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuki Furue, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tajika, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kitao, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuki Furue, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tajika, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kitao, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an information search apparatus includes: search means configured to search for an associated object associated with a specified search source object; associated object display means configured to display a searched associated object onto a display screen; display count setting object display means configured to display a display count setting object for setting the number of the associated objects to be displayed on the display screen onto the display screen; and associated object display count control means configured to, if a setting of the number of associated objects has been changed by an operation executed on the display count setting object, adjust the number of associated objects displayed on the display screen in accordance with the changed setting and display the resultant number of associated objects.