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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2011
Soh Masuko, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Shigaku Iwabuchi, Tsukuba, JP;
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention acquires article data (S), extracts characteristic words from the acquired article data (S), specifies a characteristic word which is not stored as a local area word in a databasewhich stores a local area word indicating a local area in association with geography information for specifying the local area, from the extracted characteristic words (S), acquires a result of searching performed in a search device, according to the specified characteristic word (Sand S), specifies a local area related to article data based on the search result and finds geography information (S), and stores the specified characteristic word in the databaseas the local area word in association with the specified local area (S).