Input candidate providing device, input candidate providing system, input candidate providing method, and input candidate providing program

An input candidate providing device for providing input candidates with respect to a form embedded in a content to be displayed, the input candidate providing device comprising:

• a content retrieving unit that retrieves a content from inside or outside of the input candidate providing device;
• a parsing unit that parses the retrieved content;
• an analyzing unit that analyzes a context of the content based on the parsing result;
• a storing unit that stores information about input candidates which is obtained from an external device;
• an input candidate determining unit that determines input candidates from the storing unit based on the analyzing result;
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• an input candidate displaying unit that displays the determined input candidates as the input candidates for the form.

An input candidate providing device which is able to communicate with a server device, the server device being able to output input candidates for a content based on context information of the content, the input candidate providing device comprising:

• a content retrieving unit that retrieves a content from inside or outside of the input candidate providing device;
• a parsing unit that parses the retrieved content;
• an analyzing unit that analyzes a context of the content based on the parsing result;
• a client's side transmitting unit that transmits a request for obtaining input candidates and the analyzing result to the server device;
• a client's side receiving unit that receives the input candidates from the server device as a response to the request;
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• a displaying unit that displays the received input candidates as the input candidates for the form.

An input candidate providing device which is able to communicate with a server device, the server device outputting input candidates for a content based on a parsing result of the content, the input candidate providing device comprising:

• a content retrieving unit that retrieves a content from inside or outside of the input candidate providing device;
• a parsing unit that parses the retrieved content;
• a client's side transmitting unit that transmits a request for obtaining input candidates and the parsing result to the server device;
• a client's side receiving unit that receives the input candidates from the server device as a response to the request;
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• an input candidate displaying unit that displays the received input candidates as the input candidates for the form.

An input candidate providing system in which a client device and a server device cooperate to provide input candidates for a form embedded in a content, the client device and the server device being able to communicate with each other,

• the client device comprising:
• a client's side content retrieving unit that retrieves a content from inside or outside of the client device;
• a parsing unit that parses the retrieved content;
• a form determining unit that determines whether the content includes a form or not based on the parsing result;
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• an address notifying unit that notifies a storage address of the content to the server device when the form determining unit determines that the content includes a form,
• the server device comprising:
• a server's side content retrieving unit that retrieves the content by accessing the notified storage address;
• an analyzing unit that parses the retrieved content and analyzes context information of the content based on the parsing result;
• an input candidate determining unit that determines input candidates based on the analyzing result;
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• a transmitting unit that transmits the determined input candidates to the client device;
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• the client device further comprising:
• a receiving unit that receives the input candidates from the server device;
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• a displaying unit that displays the received input candidates as the input candidates for the form.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, configures the processor to function as:

• a parsing unit that parses a content;
• an analyzing unit that analyzes a context of the content based on the parsing result;
• a client's side transmitting unit that transmits the analyzing result and a request for obtaining input candidates to the server device;
• a client's side receiving unit that receives the input candidates from the server device as a response to the request;
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• an input candidate displaying unit that displays the received input candidates as the input candidates for the form.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, configures the processor to function as:

• a parsing unit that parses a content;
• a client's side transmitting unit that transmits the result of the parsing and a request for obtaining input candidates to the server device;
• a client's side receiving unit that receives the input candidates from the server device as a response to the request;
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• an input candidate displaying unit that displays the received input candidates as the input candidates for the form.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of a device, configures the processor to perform:

• a parsing result obtaining step of requesting and obtaining a result of parsing performed by a parsing function which parses a content;
• an analyzing step of passing the result of the parsing to an analyzing function which analyzes a context of the content, letting the analyzing function execute analysis, and obtaining a result of the analysis from the analyzing function;
• an input candidate determining step of passing the result of the analysis to an input candidate determining function which determines input candidates, letting the input candidate determining function determine the input candidates, and obtaining the input candidates from the input candidate determining function;
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• an input candidate displaying step of displaying the obtained input candidates on a display as the input candidates with respect to the form.