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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Yousuke Ito, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Yousuke Ito, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06K 9/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a changing unit configured to change content data arranged in a predetermined region to other content data in response to a user request, a counting unit configured to count a remaining number of metadata added to content data remaining unchanged by the changing unit among a plurality of pieces of content data arranged in the predetermined region, and a ranking information generation unit configured to generate ranking information representing a degree of popularity of metadata based on the remaining number of metadata counted by the counting unit.