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Information processing apparatus and method, program and recording medium

US8117212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 2007
Grant dateFeb 14, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/24
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Herein disclosed an information processing apparatus for providing a service of introducing, from a predetermined item which is to make a reference, associated items associated with the reference item to one or more different information processing apparatus, including: an association degree collection section configured to collect association degrees applied between items by users of the different information processing apparatus and indicative of weights of a relationship between the items; and an introduction section configured to determine the associated items from the reference item based on a result of the collection by the association degree collection section and introduce the determined associated items to any of the different information processing apparatus.

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