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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2003
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoki Tsunokawa, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoki Tsunokawa, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus and an information processing method for providing the results of searches of broadcast content. A search space processing section acquires a search keyword based on search information coming from a user terminal, and searches a search keyword dictionary database for search-related keyword data related to the search keyword. On the basis of the search keyword and search-related keyword data, the search space processing section generates a search keyword space and submits the generated space to a correction process. A search processing section compares the corrected search keyword space, EPG data, and an EPG keyword space for a match. A search display processing section prepares a list of display-ready information from the result of the matching and sends the list to the user terminal.