Information processing apparatus and method and program storage medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMari Saito, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hourin, Kazunori Ohmura
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Abstract
Disclosed is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium which can present associated information related to a document to be processed to a user. An accumulation block accumulates a database of associated information. A presentation block presents to the user the associated information corresponding to the document to be processed at occurrence of an event. An agent control block controls the manner of displaying an agent for example.
Claims16
An information processing apparatus for detecting a keyword from a text file corresponding to an event that has taken place and displaying associated information corresponding to said keyword, comprising:
- extraction means for extracting attribute information from an existing text file;
- selection means for selecting an important word from among words contained in said existing text file;
- acquisition means for acquiring said associated information related to said important word selected by said selection means;
- database construction means for constructing a database by use of at least one of said attribute information extracted by said extraction means and said associated information acquired by said acquisition means;
- event occurrence detection means for detecting the occurrence of said event;
- keyword detection means for detecting a keyword from said text file corresponding to said event detected by said event occurrence detection means;
- search means for searching said database constructed by said database construction means for said associated information corresponding to said keyword detected by said keyword detection means;
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- display control means for controlling displaying of said associated information retrieved by said search means.
An information processing method for an information processing apparatus for detecting a keyword from a text file corresponding to an event that has taken place and displaying associated information corresponding to said keyword, comprising the steps of:
- extracting attribute information from an existing text file;
- selecting an important word from among words contained in said existing text file;
- acquiring said associated information related to said important word selected in the selecting step;
- constructing a database by use of at least one of said attribute information extracted in the extraction step and said associated information acquired in the acquiring step;
- detecting the occurrence of said event;
- detecting a keyword from said text file corresponding to said event detected in the event occurrence detecting step;
- searching said database constructed in the database constructing step for said associated information corresponding to said keyword detected in the keyword detecting step;
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- controlling displaying of said associated information retrieved in the searching step.
A program storage medium storing a computer-readable program for detecting a keyword from a text file corresponding to an event that has taken place and displaying associated information related to said keyword, comprising the steps of:
- extracting attribute information from an existing text file;
- selecting an important word from among words contained in said existing text file;
- acquiring said associated information related to said important word selected in the selecting step;
- constructing a database by use of at least one of said attribute information extracted in the extraction step and said associated information acquired in the acquiring step;
- detecting the occurrence of said event;
- detecting a keyword from said text file corresponding to said event detected in the event occurrence detecting step;
- searching said database constructed in the database constructing step for said associated information corresponding to said keyword detected in the keyword detecting step;
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- controlling displaying of said associated information retrieved in the searching step.
An information processing apparatus for displaying a character on a display device and for displaying associated information related to a text file processed by a predetermined application program, comprising:
- processing detection means for detecting, as an event, predetermined processing of said predetermined application program;
- keyword detection means for detecting a keyword from said text file processed by said predetermined application program corresponding to said event detected by said detection means;
- search means for searching a database for said associated information corresponding to said keyword detected by said detection means;
- input means for inputting a command;
- command processing means for executing, in response to said command inputted by said input means, processing on said associated information retrieved by said search means;
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- display control means for displaying, in response to said event detected by said processing detection means, said character onto said display device and changing a manner of displaying said character in response to said command inputted by said input means.
An information processing method for an information processing apparatus for displaying a character on a display device and for displaying associated information related to a text file processed by a predetermined application program, comprising the steps of:
- detecting, as an event, predetermined processing of said predetermined application program;
- detecting a keyword from said text file processed by said predetermined application program corresponding to said event detected in the processing detecting step;
- searching a database for said associated information corresponding to said keyword detected in the keyword detecting step;
- inputting a command;
- executing, in response to said command inputted in the inputting step, processing on said associated information retrieved in the searching step;
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- displaying, in response to said event detected in the processing of said detecting step, said character onto said display device and changing a manner of displaying said character in response to said command inputted in the inputting step.
A program storage medium storing a computer-readable program for displaying a character on a display device and for displaying associated information related to a text file processed by a predetermined application program, comprising the steps of:
- detecting, as an event, predetermined processing of said predetermined application program;
- detecting a keyword from said text file processed by said predetermined application program corresponding to said event detected in the processing detecting step;
- searching a database for said associated information corresponding to said keyword detected in the keyword detecting step;
- executing, in response to a command inputted, processing on said associated information retrieved in the searching step;
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- displaying, in response to said event detected in the processing of said detecting step, said character onto said display device and changing a manner of displaying said character in response to said command inputted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.