Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method comprising:

• extracting selection candidate text from a text string displayed on a display screen;
• placing selectable areas for the selection candidate text on the display screen in a manner that the selectable areas differ from a display area of the selection candidate text, said selectable areas having a first selectable area and a number of second selectable areas:
• and
• recognizing a touch operation by a user on the display screen,
• the extracting extracts (i) first text closest to a position at which the touch operation is performed and (ii) one or more second text neighboring the first text, as the selection candidate text, and
• the placing places the first text in the first selectable area and places each said second text in a respective second selectable area which is above, below, to a right of or to a left of the first selectable area,
• in which the first selectable area is different from each said second selectable area such that the first text in the first selectable area is caused to be displayed differently from that of each said second text in each said second selectable area and in which each said second text in each said second selectable area is caused to be displayed differently from that of the text in the text string which is displayed on the display screen and is other than the first text and each said second text.

A non-transitory computer readable memory having stored thereon a program which upon execution causes a computer to function as:

• a text extraction unit that extracts selection candidate text from a text string displayed on a display screen;
• a selection area placement unit that places selectable areas for the selection candidate text on the display screen in a manner that the selectable areas differ from a display area of the selection candidate text, said selectable areas having a first selectable area and a number of second selectable areas;
• and
• an operation recognition unit that recognizes a touch operation by a user on the display screen,
• the text extraction unit extracts (i) first text closest to a position at which the touch operation is performed and (ii) one or more second text neighboring the first text, as the selection candidate text, and
• the selection area placement unit places the first text in the first selectable area and places each said second text in a respective second selectable area which is above, below, to a right of or to a left of the first selectable area,
• in which the first selectable area is different from each said second selectable area such that the first text in the first selectable area is caused to be displayed differently from that of each said second text in each said second selectable area and in which each said second text in each said second selectable area is caused to be displayed differently from that of the text in the text string which is displayed on the display screen and is other than the first text and each said second text.