Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

An information processing method carried out by a computer, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring, according to user's operation, an instruction for selecting content information, which is related to plural contents and includes plural attributes, and related information having at least one of the plural attributes;
• searching for, according to the instruction acquired in the step of acquiring, plural pieces of the content information or related information which are related to at least a part of the selected content information or the selected related information;
• generating first image data in which the content information is arranged using axes of two attributes of the content information, and second image data in which the content information or the related information searched for in the step of searching is arranged using at least two axes of at least two attributes of the content information or the related information in different directions from the two axes of the first image data;
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• controlling a display screen to transparently overlay and simultaneously display the first image data and the second image data generated in the step of generating,
• wherein generating first image data further comprises generating the first image data using axes in a long side direction and a short side direction on a substantially rectangular display screen, the axes in the long side direction and the short side direction being arranged within a first visual planar layer,
• wherein the second image data is generated using axes in diagonal line directions, the axes in the diagonal line directions being arranged within a second visual planar layer that is the same as or parallel to the first visual planar layer, and
• wherein the second image data contains only the selected content information arranged in the first displayed first image data and content information related to the selected content information arranged in the displayed first image data.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a computer to execute the steps of:

• acquiring, according to user's operation, an instruction for selecting content information, which is related to plural contents and includes plural attributes, and related information having at least one of the plural attributes;
• searching for, according to the instruction acquired in the step of acquiring, plural pieces of the content information or related information which are related to at least a part of the selected content information or the selected related information;
• generating first image data in which the content information is arranged using axes of two attributes of the content information, and second image data in which the content information or the related information searched for in the step of searching is arranged using at least two axes of at least two attributes of the content information or the related information in different directions from the two axes of the first image data;
• and
• controlling a display screen to transparently overlay and simultaneously display the first image data and the second image data generated in the step of generating,
• wherein generating first image data further comprises generating the first image data using axes in a long side direction and a short side direction on a substantially rectangular display screen, the axes in the long side direction and the short side direction being arranged within a first visual planar layer,
• wherein the second image data is generated using axes in diagonal line directions, the axes in the diagonal line directions being arranged within a second visual planar layer that is the same as or parallel to the first visual planar layer, and
• wherein the second image data contains only the selected content information arranged in the first displayed first image data and content information related to the selected content information arranged in the displayed first image data.