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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiharu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Hideaki Okamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiharu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Hideaki Okamura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus which allows a user to select programs that are interesting to the user and are current topics of conversation. The information processing apparatus includes: a first setting section for extracting a keyword from article information described in an RSS format and being delivered to the user, and giving a ranking to the extracted keyword; and a second setting section for acquiring at least one of program information on a program being received and program information on a recorded program, and giving a ranking to the program including, in the program information, the same keyword as a keyword having as far as a predetermined ranking among the keywords having rankings given by the first setting section.