Information processing apparatus and method, and program

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring keywords extracted from text data representing a first content to be a base of a search and scores of the respective keywords, and keywords extracted from text data representing a second content for calculating a degree of matching with the first content, and scores of the respective keywords;
• calculating the degree of matching between the first content and the second content based on scores of keywords commonly included in the acquired keywords extracted from the text data representing the first content and the acquired keywords extracted from the text data representing the second content;
• and
• outputting, as a search result, information on a predetermined number of the second content which has a high degree of matching with the first content based on a result of calculation.

A program including the steps of:

• acquiring keywords extracted from text data representing a first content to be a base of a search and scores of the respective keywords, and keywords extracted from text data representing a second content for calculating a degree of matching with the first content, and scores of the respective keywords;
• calculating the degree of matching between the first content and the second content based on scores of keywords commonly included in the acquired keywords extracted from the text data representing the first content and the acquired keywords extracted from the text data representing the second content;
• and
• outputting, as a search result, information on a predetermined number of the second content which has a high degree of matching with the first content based on a result of calculation.