# US 8,788,521 B2 · Information processing device, information processing method, program for information processing device, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,788,521 B2 - Document ID: US8788521B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/131,535 - Filed: 2012-06-29 - Published: 2014-05-22 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-29 - Assignees: Rakuten, Inc. - Applicants: Keiji Shinzato - Inventors: Keiji Shinzato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8788521B2 ## CPC - G06F 16/93: Document management systems - G06F 16/245: Query processing - G06F 16/438: Presentation of query results - G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques - G06F 16/9538: Presentation of query results - G06F 16/43: Querying - G06F 16/95: Retrieval from the web - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A first word is acquired (S1), a plurality of relevant words associated with the acquired first word and containing a character string of the first word are generated (S3, S4), search results using the generated relevant words as search keywords are acquired (S5, S6), and search result information 40 is generated so as to display a search result 42 on a screen of a displaying means in accordance with each of the relevant words (S7, S8). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device comprising: a first word acquiring unit that acquires a first word; a relevant word generating unit that generates a plurality of relevant words associated with the first word acquired by the first word acquiring unit and containing a character string of the first word; a search result acquiring unit that acquires a search result using the relevant word generated by the relevant word generating unit as a search keyword; and a search result information generating unit that generates search result information so as to display the search result acquired by the search result acquiring unit on a screen of a displaying unit in accordance with each of the relevant words, wherein the search result acquiring unit acquires a first search result using the first word as a search keyword and a second search result using the relevant word generated by the relevant word generating unit as a search keyword, and the search result information generating unit generates search result information so as to discriminate and display a search result in which the second search result is removed from the first search result, and the second search result in accordance with the relevant word on the screen of the displaying unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the relevant word generating unit has: a relevant word candidate generating unit that generates candidates of the relevant words from the first word; and a relevant word determining unit that determines the relevant word from the candidates. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the relevant word determining unit finds a number of shops which contain a candidate of the relevant words generated by the relevant word candidate generating unit in an explanation of a product and sell the product, and determines the relevant word in accordance with the number of shops. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the relevant word determining unit determines the relevant word in accordance with a number of appearances at which the first word appears in a predetermined database. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the relevant word determining unit determines the relevant word in accordance with a number of hit searches using a candidate of the relevant words generated by the relevant word candidate generating unit as a search keyword. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, comprising: a second word acquiring unit that acquires a second word different from the first word, wherein the relevant word candidate generating unit generates the candidates containing a combination of a character string of the first word and a character string of the second word. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the relevant word candidate generating unit generates the candidates by intermediate characters between the first word and the second word, and the search result information generating unit generates the search result information so as to group and display the second search result per intermediate character on the screen of the displaying unit. ### Claim 8 An information processing method of an information processing device for processing information, the method comprising: a first word acquiring step of acquiring a first word; a relevant word generating step of generating a plurality of relevant words associated with the first word acquired in the first word acquiring step and containing a character string of the first word; a search result acquiring step of acquiring a search result using the relevant word generated in the relevant word generating step as a search keyword; and a search result information generating step of generating search result information so as to display the search result acquired in the search result acquiring step on a screen of a displaying unit in accordance with each of the relevant words, wherein a first search result using the first word as a search keyword and a second search result using the relevant word generated in the relevant word generating step as a search keyword are acquired in the search result acquiring step, and search result information is generated so as to discriminate and display a search result in which the second search result is removed from the first search result and the second search result in accordance with the relevant word on the screen of the displaying unit. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory recording medium computer-readably recording a program for an information processing device therein, the program causing a computer to function as: a first word acquiring unit that acquires a first word; a relevant word generating unit that generates a plurality of relevant words associated with the first word acquired by the first word acquiring unit and containing a character string of the first word; a search result acquiring unit that acquires a search result using the relevant word generated by the relevant word generating unit as a search keyword; and a search result information generating unit that generates search result information so as to display the search result acquired by the search result acquiring unit on a screen of a displaying unit in accordance with each of the relevant words, wherein the search result acquiring unit acquires a first search result using the first word as a search keyword and a second search result using the relevant word generated by the relevant word generating unit as a search keyword, and the search result information generating unit generates search result information so as to discriminate and display a search result in which the second search result is removed from the first search result and the second search result in accordance with the relevant word on the screen of the displaying unit.