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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Kazuna Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsubayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuna Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsubayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to propose viewer-desired search words in searching for related programs. A view determining unit identifies viewed programs based on a view history including channel information and time information about the viewed programs, and based on program supplement data held in a program information holding unit. A search word extracting unitextracts search words from the program supplement data about the programs identified by the view determining unit. A program search unit searches for related programs related to the search words by using the extracted search words and the program supplement data held in the program information holding unit.