JP2010140264A - Information processor, program, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce labor when a user inputs a plurality of search keywords. <P>SOLUTION: The information processor includes a first keyword group storing part 110, an input keyword obtaining part 100, and a first keyword displaying part 130. The first keyword group storing part 110 stores a plurality of candidate keywords being search keywords that can be input to a browser 140 separately in each of a plurality of groups. The input keyword obtaining part 100 obtains an input keyword being a search keyword input to the browser 140 by the user of the information processor. The first keyword display part 130 specifies a group including the input keyword, and displays candidate keywords belonging to the specified group. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a program, and an information processing method for processing a search keyword input to a browser.

  When searching for information on the Internet, it is necessary to enter a search keyword in the browser. Since there is a habit of selection of search keywords for each user, if the search keyword history is maintained and the search keyword is provided to the user using this history, the user has less labor when selecting the search keyword. Become.

On the other hand, Patent Literature 1 describes a technique for storing and utilizing mutual search keywords so that users can exchange information within a community when performing a keyword search using a terminal connected to the Internet. ing. For example, it is described that a search keyword is extracted from a search word storage unit in which a search keyword is stored before executing a search.
JP 2002-092028 A

  When searching for information on a communication network such as the Internet, a plurality of search keywords are often used. For this reason, if the keyword which has the relevance with the input search keyword is displayed, a user's effort can be reduced. On the other hand, if the relevance between the keywords is not accurately defined, keywords having a substantially low relevance to the input search keyword are displayed, and the user's labor is increased.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, a program, and an information processing method capable of reducing labor when a user inputs a plurality of search keywords. It is to provide.

According to the present invention, first keyword group storage means for storing a plurality of candidate keywords, which are search keywords that can be input to a browser, for each of a plurality of groups;
Input keyword acquisition means for acquiring an input keyword that is a search keyword input by a user into a browser;
First keyword display means for specifying the group including the input keyword and displaying the candidate keyword belonging to the specified group;
An information processing apparatus is provided.

According to the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus that displays search keyword candidates input to a browser,
In the computer,
A first keyword group storage function for storing a plurality of candidate keywords, which are search keywords that can be input to a browser, in a plurality of groups;
An input keyword acquisition function for acquiring an input keyword that is a search keyword input by a user into a browser;
A first keyword display function for identifying the group including the input keyword and displaying the candidate keyword belonging to the identified group;
A program for realizing the above is provided.

According to the present invention, the computer stores a plurality of candidate keywords, which are search keywords that can be input to the browser, in a plurality of groups,
Provided is an information processing method in which the computer acquires an input keyword which is a search keyword input by a user into a browser, specifies the group including the input keyword, and displays the candidate keyword belonging to the specified group. The

  According to the present invention, labor when a user inputs a plurality of search keywords can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. The information processing apparatus includes a first keyword group storage unit 110, an input keyword acquisition unit 100, and a first keyword display unit 130. The first keyword group storage unit 110 stores a plurality of candidate keywords, which are search keywords that can be input to the browser 140, for each of a plurality of groups. The input keyword acquisition unit 100 acquires an input keyword that is a search keyword input to the browser 140 by the user of the information processing apparatus. The first keyword display unit 130 identifies a group including the input keyword, and displays candidate keywords belonging to the identified group. In the present embodiment, the first keyword display unit 130 displays candidate keywords via the browser 140.

  The information processing apparatus includes the browser 140 described above. The browser 140 acquires and displays information on a communication network such as the Internet. The information processing apparatus further includes a candidate keyword adding unit 120 and an initial keyword acquiring unit 150. The candidate keyword adding unit 120 performs a process of adding a candidate keyword to the first keyword group storage unit 110. Specifically, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 stores the other keywords described above in the first keyword group storage unit 110 when any candidate keyword is input to the browser together with the other keywords and used for the search. And storing the new candidate keyword of the group to which the candidate keyword used for the search belongs. The initial keyword acquisition unit 150 causes the user to input the first candidate keyword, and causes the first keyword group storage unit 110 to store the input first candidate keyword for each of a plurality of groups.

  The first keyword group storage unit 110 stores each of the plurality of candidate keywords in association with the number of uses, which is the number of times the candidate keyword has been used for the search. The first keyword display unit 130 displays the candidate keywords in descending order of the number of uses.

  In FIG. 1, the configuration of parts not related to the essence of the present invention is omitted. Each component of the information processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 is not a hardware unit configuration but a functional unit block. Each component of the information processing apparatus is centered on a CPU, a memory of a computer, a program that realizes the components of the figure loaded in the memory, a storage unit such as a hard disk that stores the program, and a network connection interface. Realized by any combination of hardware and software. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus.

  Each of FIGS. 2 and 3 is a diagram showing the structure of data stored in the first keyword group storage unit 110 in a table format. Each figure in FIG. 3 shows the structure of data located at the lower level of the data shown in FIG.

  As described above, the first keyword group storage unit 110 stores candidate keywords divided into a plurality of groups. The first keyword group storage unit 110 stores a plurality of candidate keywords in association with the number of uses.

  Specifically, the first keyword group storage unit 110 stores candidate keywords divided into a plurality of small groups in each of the plurality of groups. And the 1st keyword group memory | storage part 110 is matched with each small group, and has memorize | stored the total value of the frequency | count of use of the candidate keyword which belongs to the said small group. In the present embodiment, the small group indicates the attribute of the user, and each attribute is associated with a specific attribute of the user. This specific attribute is also treated as a candidate keyword belonging to the small group.

  For example, in FIG. 2, each of the group Nos. 1 to 3, 5, and 6 includes only one small group, but each of the group Nos. 4 and 7 includes a plurality of small groups. Each small group is associated with the total number of times of use of candidate keywords belonging to each small group.

  Each table in FIGS. 3A and 3B shows a correspondence between a small group and candidate keywords belonging to the small group. For example, FIG. 3 (a) shows “30's” (ie, age) and “31” (ie, age) as candidate keywords in “19xx × January 1st” as the date of birth, which is a small group. Shows an example of correspondence. FIG. 3B shows “XX Corporation” as a company name which is a small group, “computer manufacturing and sales” (that is, industry) as candidate keywords, “computer”, “server”, and “wisdom”. "(That is, industry-related) corresponds to an example.

  The total number of times of use of candidate keywords in each table of FIG. 3 (including candidate keywords as small group names) is greater than the number of uses of the corresponding small group shown in FIG. This is because when a plurality of candidate keywords belonging to the same small group are simultaneously used for the search, only one total value corresponding to the small group is increased. However, in the data shown in the table shown in FIG. 3, the number of times each candidate keyword is used increases by one.

  Then, when the group corresponding to the input keyword has a plurality of small groups, the first keyword display unit 130 selects a candidate keyword belonging to a small group with a large total value as a candidate belonging to another small group. Display before keywords.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when the initial keyword acquisition unit 150 acquires the first candidate keyword stored in the first keyword group storage unit 110. First, when the user inputs information indicating that an input screen is requested to the information processing apparatus, the initial keyword acquisition unit 150 displays the input screen on a display (not shown) of the information processing apparatus (step S10). The user inputs the first candidate keyword along the input screen displayed on the display (step S20). The candidate keyword input here is, for example, information related to the profile, and is a specific attribute shown in FIG. When the user inputs the first candidate keyword, the initial keyword acquisition unit 150 acquires the input first candidate keyword and stores it in the first keyword group storage unit 110 (step S30).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing apparatus when a user searches for information on a communication network (for example, information on the Internet or an in-house LAN) using the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. First, the browser 140 of the information processing apparatus starts up according to the input from the user (step S100). Then, the user inputs the first search keyword (that is, input keyword) in the search keyword input field of the browser 140 (step S110). Then, the input keyword acquisition unit 100 acquires an input keyword via the browser 140.

  Next, the first keyword display unit 130 reads necessary information from the first keyword group storage unit 110, and specifies a group to which the input keyword acquired by the input keyword acquisition unit 100 belongs (step S120). Then, the first keyword display unit 130 reads the candidate keywords belonging to the specified group and the number of uses thereof from the first keyword group storage unit 110 (step S130), and displays the read candidate keywords on the display of the information processing device in order of the number of uses. (Step S140).

  At this time, if the group corresponding to the input keyword has a plurality of small groups, the first keyword display unit 130 belongs to the other small group for the candidate keyword belonging to the small group having a large total value. The candidate keywords may be displayed before the candidate keywords, or the candidate keywords may be displayed in order of the number of times of use in candidate keyword units. The first keyword display unit 130 may display the candidate keywords in a pull-down format in the keyword input field of the browser 140, for example, or may display the candidate keywords on a different screen from the browser 140.

  The user of the information processing apparatus looks up the candidate keywords displayed on the display and adds search keywords. For example, the user adds a search keyword to the browser 140 by selecting a candidate keyword (step S150). The user adds a search keyword by inputting a search keyword different from the candidate keyword (step S160). Note that only one of the processes shown in step S150 and step S160 may be performed, or none of them may be performed.

  When the search keyword is confirmed, the user of the information processing device transmits the search keyword to a search device (not shown) on the communication network via the browser 140 to search for information (step S170).

  Further, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 acquires the search keyword added by the user in step S160 from the browser 140, and stores the acquired search keyword as a new candidate keyword in the first keyword group storage unit 110. At this time, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 stores the added candidate keyword in the first keyword group storage unit 110 so as to belong to the group specified in step S120 (step S180).

  Further, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 acquires the search keyword used for the search in step S170, and updates the use count stored in the first keyword group storage unit 110 corresponding to the acquired search keyword (step S190). ). The updating method at this time is as described above with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of candidate keywords in step S140 of FIG. In this figure, candidate keywords are displayed in a pull-down format in the keyword input field of the browser 140. Specifically, the browser 140 has a display field 142 for displaying the keyword input in step S110 of FIG. 5 and a display field 144 for displaying the candidate keyword in a pull-down format.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the search keyword used for the search in step S170 of FIG. In the example shown in the figure, the candidate keywords stored in the first keyword group storage unit 110 at the timing before the process of step S170 is performed are as shown in FIGS. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, there are four search keywords, “wisdom”, “server”, “computer”, and “system”. Among these, “wisdom” is a search keyword input by the user in step S110 of FIG. 5, and “server” and “computer” are search keywords input by the user in step S150 of FIG. “System” is a search keyword added by the user in step S160 of FIG.

  8 and 9 show an example of data stored in the first keyword group storage unit 110 after the processing of steps S180 and S190 of FIG. 5 is performed, and FIG. 2 and FIG. It corresponds to 3. In the example shown in FIG. 7, that is, in step S170, four search keywords “wisdom”, “server”, “computer”, and “system” are used at the same time, and “system” is a new search keyword. "Is used.

  “Wisdom”, “server”, and “computer” are candidate keywords, and correspond to “XX corporation” as a small group name as shown in FIG. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 8, the number of times “XX Corporation” is used is increased by one. Also, as shown in FIG. 9, the number of times each of “wisdom”, “server”, and “computer” is increased by one. In addition, since “system” is used as a new search keyword in step S170 of FIG. 5, “system” is added as a new candidate keyword belonging to the small group “xx corporation”.

  Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described. According to the present embodiment, the first keyword group storage unit 110 stores a plurality of candidate keywords as a group. Then, when the user inputs a search keyword (input keyword) to the browser 140, the first keyword display unit 130 displays candidate keywords belonging to the same group as the input keyword on the display of the information processing apparatus. Since the candidate keyword displayed on the display belongs to the same group as the input keyword, it is highly relevant to the input keyword. For this reason, when a user inputs a plurality of search keywords into a browser, it is highly likely that a candidate keyword displayed on the display is selected. Therefore, it is possible to reduce labor when the user inputs a plurality of search keywords.

  The first keyword display unit 130 also displays candidate keywords on the display in descending order of the number of uses. For this reason, the user can recognize quickly the search keyword with high use frequency. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the labor when the user inputs a plurality of search keywords.

  In addition, when the group corresponding to the input keyword has a plurality of small groups, the first keyword display unit 130 selects a candidate keyword belonging to a small group having a large total value as a candidate belonging to another small group. Display before keywords. In this case, there is a high possibility that the display order of the candidate keywords displayed on the display further conforms to the possibility of use by the user. This effect becomes particularly prominent when the total number of uses corresponding to the small group is increased by one when a plurality of candidate keywords belonging to the same small group are used simultaneously for the search.

  Further, when a new search keyword is used, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 adds the search keyword to a small group to which the search keyword used at the same time as the search keyword belongs. Therefore, the effort for adding candidate keywords to the first keyword group storage unit 110 is reduced.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. The information processing apparatus includes a second keyword group storage unit 160, a second keyword reading unit 170, a practical frequency storage unit 180, a second keyword display unit 190, a search date storage unit 200, a third keyword display unit 210, and a selection unit. Except for the point provided with 220, it is the same as that of the structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment.

  The second keyword group storage unit 160 stores the input keyword actually used for the search in the browser 140 in association with another input keyword used simultaneously with the input keyword. The second keyword reading unit 170 reads the input keyword stored in the second keyword group storage unit 160 corresponding to the input keyword acquired by the input keyword acquisition unit 100. The practical number storage unit 180 stores a practical number that is the number of times the input keyword is used in the search for each input keyword. The second keyword display unit 190 reads the practical number corresponding to the input keyword read by the second keyword reading unit 170 from the practical number storage unit 180, and the second keyword reading unit 170 reads the practical number in the order of the read practical number. Display input keywords. The second keyword display unit 190 causes the browser 140 to display the input keyword, for example.

  The search date storage unit 200 stores search date information that specifies the latest date and time when the input keyword was used in the search for each input keyword. The third keyword display unit 210 reads the search date / time information corresponding to the input keyword read by the second keyword reading unit 170 from the search date / time storage unit 200, and the second keyword reading unit executes the date / time indicated by the search date / time information in ascending order. The read input keyword is displayed.

  The selection unit 220 selectively operates any one of the first keyword display unit 130, the second keyword display unit 190, and the third keyword display unit 210. The selection unit 220 selects a display unit to be operated among the first keyword display unit 130, the second keyword display unit 190, and the third keyword display unit 210, for example, according to information input by the user.

  In this embodiment, when the browser 140 performs a search using the input keyword, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 performs the second keyword group storage unit 160 and the practical frequency storage unit 180 based on the input keyword used for the search. And the search date storage unit 200 is updated.

  In FIG. 10, the configuration of the part not related to the essence of the present invention is omitted. Each component of the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 10 is not a hardware unit configuration but a functional unit block. Each component of the information processing apparatus is centered on a CPU, a memory of a computer, a program that realizes the components of the figure loaded in the memory, a storage unit such as a hard disk that stores the program, and a network connection interface. Realized by any combination of hardware and software. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the second keyword group storage unit 160 in a table format. The second keyword group storage unit 160 stores, for each input keyword, other input keywords that are used simultaneously with the input keyword. In the example shown in the figure, the second keyword group storage unit 160 stores “computer”, “server”, “system”, and the like in association with the input keyword “wisdom”.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the practical use number storage unit 180 in a table format. The practical number storage unit 180 stores, for each input keyword, a practical number that is the number of times the input keyword has been used for the search. In the example shown in the figure, the practical number storage unit 180 is associated with each of “wisdom”, “computer”, “server”, and “system”, and “12”, “6” “15”, “ 1 "is stored.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the search date storage unit 200 in a table format. The search date storage unit 200 stores search date information that specifies the latest date and time when the input keyword was used in the search for each input keyword. In the example shown in this figure, the search date storage unit 200 stores “December ○ day ○ hour ○ minute” in association with “wisdom”, for example.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a method for a user to input to the selection unit 220. In the drawing, a first selection button 222, a second selection button 224, and a third selection button 226 for inputting to the selection unit 220 are displayed on the display screen by the browser 140. The first selection button 222 is a button for selecting the first keyword display unit 130, the second selection button 224 is a button for selecting the second keyword display unit 190, and the third selection button 226 is a third button. This is a button for selecting the keyword display unit 210. When any one of the first selection button 222, the second selection button 224, and the third selection button 226 is selected, information indicating a display unit corresponding to the selected button is input to the selection unit 220.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing apparatus when a user searches for information on a communication network (for example, information on the Internet or an in-house LAN) using the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. First, the browser 140 of the information processing apparatus starts up according to an input from the user (step S210). The display screen by the browser 140 is, for example, the screen shown in FIG. 14, and the first selection button 222, the second selection button 224, and the third selection button 226 are displayed (step S220). The user selects and inputs one of the first selection button 222, the second selection button 224, and the third selection button 226 (step S230).

  When the first selection button 222 is selected in step S230 (step S240: Yes), display processing by the first keyword display unit 130 is performed (step S300). When the second selection button 224 is selected (Step S240: No and Step S250: Yes), display processing by the second keyword display unit 190 is performed (Step S400). When the third selection button 226 is selected (step S240: No and step S250: No), display processing by the third keyword display unit 210 is performed (step S500).

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing details of step S300 in FIG. In the flowchart shown in this figure, the processing shown in steps S310 to S370 is the same as the processing shown in steps S110 to S170 in FIG.

  When the search is performed by the browser 140 (step S370), the candidate keyword adding unit 120 acquires the search keyword added by the user in step S360 from the browser 140, and uses the acquired search keyword as a new candidate keyword, the first keyword group. The data is stored in the storage unit 110, the second keyword group storage unit 160, the practical frequency storage unit 180, and the search date storage unit 200 (step S380). Specifically, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 causes the first keyword group storage unit 110 to store the added candidate keyword so as to belong to the group specified in step S320. Further, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 adds the added candidate keyword as “another input keyword” (see FIG. 11) to the table of other input keywords used simultaneously with the candidate keyword, and the added candidate keyword is added. A table (see FIG. 11) with “input keywords” is generated.

  The candidate keyword adding unit 120 acquires the search keyword used for the search in step S370, and stores the number of uses and the number of practical use stored in the first keyword group storage unit 110 corresponding to the acquired search keyword. The practical number of times stored in 180 is updated (step S390).

  Further, the candidate keyword adding unit 120 updates the search date storage unit 200. Specifically, information indicating the search keyword and search date and time used for the search in step S370 is acquired, and the search date and time information corresponding to the acquired search keyword is updated (step S395).

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing details of step S400 in FIG. First, the user inputs a search keyword (that is, an input keyword) in the search keyword input field of the browser 140 (step S410). Then, the input keyword acquisition unit 100 acquires an input keyword via the browser 140.

  Next, the second keyword reading unit 170 reads out other input keywords corresponding to the input keyword acquired by the input keyword acquiring unit 100 from the second keyword group storage unit 160 as candidate keywords (step S420). Next, the second keyword display unit 190 reads the practical number of times corresponding to the candidate keyword read by the second keyword reading unit 170 from the practical number storage unit 180 (step S430). Next, the second keyword display unit 190 displays the candidate keywords read by the second keyword reading unit 170 in order of the number of practical use (step S440). The second keyword display unit 190 may display the candidate keywords in a pull-down format in the keyword input field of the browser 140, for example, or may display the candidate keywords on a screen different from the browser 140.

  The subsequent processing (step S450 to step S495) is the same as step S350 to step S395 in FIG.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing details of step S500 in FIG. The processing from step S510 to step S520 is the same as the processing shown in step S410 to step S420 in FIG.

  After the processing shown in step S520 is performed, the third keyword display unit 210 reads the search date information corresponding to the candidate keyword read by the second keyword reading unit 170 from the search date storage unit 200 (step S530). . Next, the third keyword display unit 210 displays the candidate keywords read by the second keyword reading unit 170 in the order from the newest search date (step S540). For example, the third keyword display unit 210 may display the candidate keywords in a pull-down format in the keyword input field of the browser 140 or may display the candidate keywords on a different screen from the browser 140.

  The subsequent processing (step S550 to step S595) is the same as step S450 to step S495 in FIG.

  According to the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. In addition, when the second keyword display unit 190 or the third keyword display unit 210 operates, candidate keywords input in the past in relation to the input keywords input by the user to the browser 140 are displayed. When the second keyword display unit 190 operates, the candidate keywords are displayed in descending order of the number of times used together with the input keyword, and when the third keyword display unit 210 operates, the candidate keywords are displayed in order of the newest search date. In any of these cases, it is possible to reduce the labor when the user inputs a plurality of search keywords.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, these are the illustrations of this invention, Various structures other than the above are also employable. For example, in the first and second embodiments, the data shown in the table format by each storage unit may be stored for each user in association with the user identification information. In this case, the user inputs user identification information when using the information processing apparatus. Then, each function unit of the information processing apparatus executes the process described in each embodiment using data corresponding to the input user identification information.

  In the first and second embodiments, the browser 140 of the information processing apparatus may display the candidate keyword display function and the other candidate keyword display function usable on the Internet in a selectable manner. good.

  In the first and second embodiments, the server may have the functions shown in FIGS. 1 and 10 (except for the browser 140). In this case, the server and the browser 140 of the client terminal that has accessed the server cooperate to realize the above-described function. The server preferably stores the data stored in each storage unit for each user in association with the user identification information.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data which the 1st keyword group memory | storage part has memorize | stored in a table format. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data which the 1st keyword group memory | storage part has memorize | stored in a table format. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement when an initial keyword acquisition part acquires the first candidate keyword memorize | stored in a 1st keyword group memory | storage part. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when the information processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 searches for information on a communication network. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the candidate keyword in step S140 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the search keyword used for the search in step S170 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data which the 1st keyword group memory | storage part after the process of FIG.5 S180 and S190 performed is memorize | stored. It is a figure which shows an example of the data which the 1st keyword group memory | storage part after the process of FIG.5 S180 and S190 performed is memorize | stored. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure of a 2nd keyword group memory | storage part in a table format. It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure of a practical frequency memory | storage part in a table format. It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure of a search date storage part in a table format. It is a figure for demonstrating the method for a user to input with respect to a selection part. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when the information processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 10 searches for information on a communication network. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S300 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S400 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S500 of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

100 input keyword acquisition unit 110 first keyword group storage unit 120 candidate keyword addition unit 130 first keyword display unit 140 browser 142 display field 144 display field 150 initial keyword acquisition unit 160 second keyword group storage unit 170 second keyword reading unit 180 Practical use storage unit 190 Second keyword display unit 200 Search date storage unit 210 Third keyword display unit 220 Selection unit 222 First selection button 224 Second selection button 226 Third selection button

Claims (15)

First keyword group storage means for storing a plurality of candidate keywords, which are search keywords that can be input to the browser, in a plurality of groups;
Input keyword acquisition means for acquiring an input keyword that is a search keyword input by a user into a browser;
First keyword display means for specifying the group including the input keyword and displaying the candidate keyword belonging to the specified group;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The first keyword group storage means stores each of the plurality of candidate keywords in association with the number of times of use, which is the number of times the candidate keyword has been used for the search,
The first keyword display means is an information processing apparatus that displays the candidate keywords in descending order of the number of times of use. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,
The first keyword group storage means includes
In each of the plurality of groups, the candidate keywords are stored in a plurality of small groups,
In association with each of the small groups, the total number of times of use of candidate keywords belonging to the small group is stored,
The information processing apparatus, wherein the first keyword display unit displays the candidate keywords belonging to the small group having the large total value before the candidate keywords belonging to the other small groups. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3.
The first keyword group storage means is an information processing apparatus that increases only one total value corresponding to a small group when a plurality of candidate keywords belonging to the same small group are used for a search simultaneously. In the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When any one of the candidate keywords is input to a browser together with another keyword and used for a search, the other keyword belongs to the first keyword group storage unit and the candidate keyword used for the search belongs to An information processing apparatus further comprising candidate keyword adding means for storing as a new candidate keyword of a group. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,
Initial keyword acquisition means for allowing the user to input the first candidate keyword for each of the plurality of groups;
The information processing apparatus, wherein the first keyword group storage unit stores the first candidate keyword for each of the plurality of groups. In the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
Second keyword group storage means for storing the input keyword actually used for the search in the browser in association with the other input keyword used simultaneously with the input keyword;
For each of the input keywords, a practical number storage means for storing a practical number that is the number of times the input keyword has been used in a search;
Second keyword reading means for reading out the input keyword stored in the second keyword group storage means corresponding to the input keyword;
The practical number of times corresponding to the input keyword read by the second keyword reading means is read from the practical number storage means, and the input keywords read by the second keyword reading means are displayed in descending order of the read practical numbers. Second keyword display means for
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,
Search date and time storage means for storing search date and time information for identifying the latest date and time when the input keyword was used in the search for each input keyword;
The search date and time information corresponding to the input keyword read by the second keyword reading means is read from the search date and time storage means, and the input read by the second keyword reading means is in order of the date and time indicated by the search date and time information. Third keyword display means for displaying keywords;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,
An information processing apparatus further comprising selection means for selectively operating any one of the first keyword display means, the second keyword display means, and the third keyword display means. A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing device that displays search keyword candidates input to a browser,
In the computer,
A first keyword group storage function for storing a plurality of candidate keywords, which are search keywords that can be input to a browser, in a plurality of groups;
An input keyword acquisition function for acquiring an input keyword that is a search keyword input by a user into a browser;
A first keyword display function for identifying the group including the input keyword and displaying the candidate keyword belonging to the identified group;
A program that realizes The program according to claim 10, wherein
The first keyword group storage function has a function of storing each of the plurality of candidate keywords in association with the number of times of use, which is the number of times that the candidate keyword is used in the search,
The first keyword display function is a program having a function of displaying the candidate keywords in descending order of the number of times of use. The program according to claim 11,
The first keyword group storage function is:
In each of the plurality of groups, a function of storing the candidate keywords divided into a plurality of small groups;
A function of storing the total number of times of use of candidate keywords belonging to the small group in association with each small group;
The first keyword display function is a program having a function of displaying the candidate keywords belonging to the small group having a large total value before the candidate keywords belonging to other small groups. The program according to claim 12,
The first keyword group storage function is a program for increasing only one total value corresponding to the small group when a plurality of candidate keywords belonging to the same small group are simultaneously used for a search. In the program according to any one of claims 10 to 13,
In the computer,
When any one of the candidate keywords is input to a browser together with another keyword and used for a search, the other keyword belongs to the first keyword group storage function and the candidate keyword used for the search belongs to the first keyword group storage function A program that further realizes a candidate keyword addition function to be stored as a new candidate keyword of a group. The computer stores a plurality of candidate keywords, which are search keywords that can be input to the browser, in a plurality of groups,
An information processing method in which the computer acquires an input keyword which is a search keyword input by a user into a browser, specifies the group including the input keyword, and displays the candidate keyword belonging to the specified group.

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