Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and storage medium with recorded information processing program

An information processing apparatus which communicates with terminals, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• acquire, from a terminal into which word-of-mouth transmission information will be input, terminal environment information that contains position information expressing a current position of the terminal, the terminal environment information is an information about an environment of the terminal;
• read a plurality of keywords associated with position information in a predetermined distance range from the current position of the terminal expressed by the position information of the acquired terminal environment information, the read plurality of keywords being recorded keywords in word-of-mouth transmission information which has been inputted through terminals and associated with terminal environment information of the terminals through which the word-of-mouth transmission information has been inputted;
• calculate levels of importance for the read plurality of keywords respectively based on distances calculated based on the position information associated with the read plurality of keywords and the position information of the acquired terminal environment information and the respective numbers of appearances of the read plurality of keywords;
• and
• present the read plurality of keywords as selection candidates to the terminal into which word-of-mouth transmission information will be input so that the keywords are presented in order of importance.

A computer-readable storage medium having an information processing program recorded thereon so that processing written in the information processing program is executed by a computer communicable with terminals, the processing comprising:

• a terminal environment acquiring process to acquire, from a terminal into which word-of-mouth transmission information will be input, terminal environment information that contains position information expressing a current position of the terminal, the terminal environment information is information about an environment of the terminal;
• a keyword reading process to read a plurality of keywords associated with position information in a predetermined distance range from the current position of the terminal expressed by the position information of the acquired terminal environment information, the read plurality of keywords being recorded keywords in word-of-mouth transmission information which has been inputted through terminals and associated with terminal environment information of the terminals through which the word-of-mouth transmission information has been inputted;
• a calculating process to calculate levels of importance for the read plurality of keywords respectively based on distances calculated based on the position information associated with the read plurality of keywords and the position information of the acquired terminal environment information and the respective numbers of appearances of the read plurality of keywords;
• and
• a keyword presenting process to present the read plurality of keywords as selection candidates to the terminal into which word-of-mouth transmission information will be input so that the keywords are presented in order of importance.

A method comprising:

• storing keywords in word-of-mouth transmission information which has been inputted through terminals and respectively associated with terminal environment information of the terminals through which the word-of-mouth transmission information has been inputted;
• acquiring, from a respective terminal into which word-of-mouth transmission information will be input by a user of the respective terminal, terminal environment information that contains position information expressing a current position of the respective terminal;
• reading, from the stored keywords, a plurality of keywords associated with position information in a predetermined distance range from the current position of the respective terminal expressed by the position information of the acquired terminal environment information;
• calculating levels of importance for the read plurality of keywords respectively based on distances calculated based on the position information associated with the read plurality of keywords and the position information of the acquired terminal environment information and the respective numbers of appearances of the read plurality of keywords;
• and
• displaying the read plurality of keywords on the respective terminal as selection candidates by the user for the word-of-mouth transmission information that will be input so that the keywords are displayed in order of importance.