Content filtering method, apparatus thereby, and recording medium having filtering program recorded thereon

A recording medium including a computer-executable filtering program for selecting a desired piece of content from a plurality of pieces of content, the filtering program comprising the steps of:

• associating additional information about each piece of content from the plurality of pieces of content and reduced image data representing the piece of content, with the piece of content and registering the additional information and the reduced image data in a table;
• retrieving the desired piece of content the desired piece of content having a highest level of coincidence with the additional information from the table by using the additional information, corresponding to the reduced image data specified by a user as a search key;
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• presenting the reduced image data about the desired piece of content to the user.

A content filtering apparatus for selecting a desired piece of content from a plurality of pieces of content, the apparatus comprising:

• registering means for associating additional information about each piece of content from the plurality of pieces of content and reduced image data representing the piece of contents with the piece of content and registering the additional information and the reduced image data in a table;
• retrieving means for retrieving the desired piece of content the desired piece of content having a highest level of coincidence with the additional information from the table by using the additional information, corresponding to the reduced image data specified by a user as a search key;
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• presenting means for presenting the reduced image data about the desired piece of content to the user.

A content filtering apparatus for selecting a desired piece of content from a plurality of pieces of content, the apparatus comprising:

• a registering unit that associates additional information about each piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content and reduced image data representing the piece of content, with the piece of content and registers the additional information and the reduced image data in a table;
• a retrieving unit that retrieves the desired piece of content, the desired piece of content having a highest level of coincidence with the additional information, from the table by using the additional information corresponding to the reduced image data specified by a user as a search key;
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• a presenting unit that presents the reduced image data about the desired piece of content to the user.