Information Procession Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Program, History Management Server, History Management Method, and Information Processing System

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a page identification information acquisition unit for acquiring, from a search server, one or more pieces of page identification information matching a search string;
• a page selection unit for selecting page identification information from the one or more pieces of page identification information acquired by the page identification information acquisition unit;
• and
• a transmission control unit for performing control such that the search string and the page identification information selected by the page selection unit are transmitted to a history management server.

An information processing method comprising:

• acquiring, from a search server, one or more pieces of page identification information matching a search string;
• selecting page identification information from the one or more pieces of page identification information which have been acquired;
• and
• performing control such that the search string and the page identification information are transmitted to a history management server.

A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus including:

• a page identification information acquisition unit for acquiring, from a search server, one or more pieces of page identification information matching a search string;
• a page selection unit for selecting page identification information from the one or more pieces of page identification information acquired by the page identification information acquisition unit;
• and
• a transmission control unit for performing control such that the search string and the page identification information selected by the page selection unit are transmitted to a history management server.

A history management server comprising:

• a storage unit storing, for each search string, one or more pieces of selected information selected from one or more pieces of page identification information obtained by using the search string;
• a selected information acquisition unit for acquiring, from the storage unit, selected information matching a selected string acquired from an information processing apparatus;
• and
• a transmission control unit for performing control such that the selected information acquired by the selected information acquisition unit is transmitted to the information processing apparatus.

A history management method comprising:

• storing, for each search string, one or more pieces of selected information selected from one or more pieces of page identification information obtained by using the search string;
• acquiring, from the one or more pieces of page identification information, selected information matching a selected string acquired from an information processing apparatus;
• and
• performing control such that the selected information which has been acquired is transmitted to the information processing apparatus.

An information processing system comprising:

• a history management server including
• a storage unit storing, for each search string, one or more pieces of selected information selected from one or more pieces of page identification information obtained by using the search string,
• a selected information acquisition unit for acquiring, from the storage unit, selected information matching a selected string, and
• a transmission control unit for performing control such that the selected information acquired by the selected information acquisition unit is transmitted;
• and
• an information processing apparatus including
• a selected information acquisition unit for acquiring the selected information from the history management server, and
• a display control unit for performing control such that information regarding a page identified by the selected information acquired by the selected information acquisition unit is displayed.