JP4035623B2 - Information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a program, and the like for efficiently searching for store target information described on a homepage on a WEB, for example.

  As the first conventional technique, there are the following techniques. In other words, from a large number of web pages existing on the Internet, a combination of attribute-related conditions and hyperlink-related conditions is specified, and in the query processing method for searching a series of web pages, the web page index is used. Predicts the processing cost and processing result of conditions that can be processed without depending on the processing result of other conditions from the conditions specified in the query, and is optimal according to the progress of the query processing There is a search method for obtaining a series of Web pages satisfying the inquiry condition by repeating the operation of selecting and processing a proper condition until all the conditions specified by the inquiry are processed. With this search method, it is possible to search a series of Web pages at high speed (see Patent Document 1).

As a conventional second technique, from a home page specified as a starting point by a user terminal, it is dynamically generated by evaluating the relevance between home pages in response to a hyperlink defined between home pages or a user's search request Specify from the user terminal while repeatedly evaluating the step of expanding the link, the text described in the expanded home page, the home page attribute specified by the HTML tag, and the home page attribute extracted from the expression in the home page There is a search method including a step of outputting a homepage according to the inquired content and a series of links as a search result. By such a search method, it is possible to reach the target home page while tracing the relationship between the information from a certain home page, and to acquire the information sequence itself for reaching the information (see Patent Document 2). .
There is also a home page for searching for a specific type of store such as a restaurant (see Non-Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-20389 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.) JP 2001-344283 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.) Gurunavi website, Internet <URL: http://www.gnavi.co.jp/>

  However, the above-described conventional technology does not extract information described by two or more users from two or more home pages and output information on restaurants or the like based on the evaluations of many users. That is, the user has not been able to acquire information such as stores based on objective information of many users.

The information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention is a receiving unit that receives search information that is information for specifying two or more search targets, and two or more pieces of information relating to evaluation of two or more search targets specified by the search information. The target information acquisition unit that acquires the target information from two or more pieces of original information, and the output unit that outputs the target information of the two or more search targets.
With this configuration, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can collect information related to evaluation of a search target such as a store from original information such as many home pages.

In the information processing apparatus according to the second invention, the output unit in the information processing apparatus according to the first invention summarizes the two or more pieces of target information and obtains two or more pieces of summary information; Summary information output means for outputting summary information is provided.
With this configuration, summary information of a large number of original information is output, so that a display screen with a limited area can be used effectively.

In the information processing apparatus of the third invention, the summarizing means in the information processing apparatus of the second invention includes a word extraction means for extracting a word from the target information, and a search target in each word extracted by the word extraction means. A search object word appearance frequency calculating means for calculating the appearance frequency for each search object, and a summary acquiring means for acquiring summary information of each search object from the target information based on the appearance frequency.
With such a configuration, it is possible to obtain suitable summary information by acquiring summary information by paying attention to a word indicating a characteristic of a search target such as a store.

  The summarizing means includes a word total appearance count calculating means for calculating the number of appearances in all target information of all search targets in each word extracted by the word extracting means, and a word appearance count calculating means for each search target. A ratio calculation unit that calculates a ratio between the calculated number of appearances for each search target and the number of appearances in all target information calculated by the word total appearance number calculation unit, and a word that has a high ratio calculated by the ratio calculation unit And a word list creation means for creating a word list for each search object, wherein the summary acquisition means of the information processing device according to the third invention is configured to search each of the target information based on the word list for each search object. It is preferable to acquire the summary information of the object.

In the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the invention, the target information acquisition unit acquires link information that is information indicating the location of the information in which the target information is described, and the reception unit receives an instruction for the summary information. When a summary information selection instruction is also received, and the reception unit receives the summary information selection instruction, based on link information of the original information in which target information that is a source of the summary information corresponding to the summary information selection instruction is described The original information acquisition unit for acquiring the original information is further provided, and the output unit further includes original information output means for outputting the original information acquired by the original information acquisition unit.
Such a configuration is suitable for a user who is not satisfied with summary information alone because the original information can be easily acquired.

In the information processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the target information acquisition unit also acquires link information that is information indicating the location of information in which the target information is described, and the output unit corresponds to the link information Link symbol output means for outputting link symbol information as information is further provided, the accepting unit also accepts a link symbol selection instruction as an instruction for the link symbol information, and the accepting unit accepts a link symbol selection instruction A source information acquisition unit that acquires source information, which is information describing target information indicated by the link information, based on link information corresponding to the instructed link symbol information, and the output unit Is configured to include original information output means for outputting the original information acquired by the original information acquisition unit.
With such a configuration, it is preferable that a user who wants to acquire original information without reading the summary can easily acquire the original information.

In the information processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the output unit further includes ranking determining means for ranking the two or more search targets based on the target information of the two or more search targets, and the ranking Based on the ranking of the determining means, the target information or / and summary information of the two or more search targets are output.
With this configuration, search target information such as stores that the user wants is ranked and output. Therefore, it is possible to output information that the user desires in an easy-to-see form.

In the information processing apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the ranking determining means determines whether the number of characters of the target information to be searched or two or more and / or whether the target information includes telephone number information, and / or The two or more search targets are ranked based on the page ranking of the original information in which the target information is described.
Such a configuration is particularly suitable for ranking stores based on the reputation of stores and the like described on a website on the WEB.
In the information processing apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the invention, the search information includes search point information that is information related to a search point, and target group information that is information for specifying a search target group.

  With this configuration, it is possible to search for stores and the like that match the user's behavioral characteristics. Behavior identification is behavioral characteristics of urban people who act mainly at the station, or behavioral characteristics that if it is a delicious restaurant, they will walk about a few minutes from the station.

In the information processing device according to the ninth aspect of the invention, the target information acquisition unit includes search target name information that is information indicating the name of the search target, telephone number information that is information indicating the telephone number of the search target, Search target information group storage means for storing a search target information group having one or more search target information having address information that is address information, and the search target information group based on the search information Based on part or all of the search target information acquired by the search target information acquisition means acquired by the search target information acquisition means for acquiring part or all of the search target information from the storage means, It comprises target information acquisition means for acquiring target information that is information relating to two or more specified search targets.
With this configuration, it is possible to appropriately narrow down search targets such as stores that match the user's request.

In the information processing apparatus of the tenth invention, the search information further includes search range information that is information for specifying a search range from the search point indicated by the search point information, and the search target information acquisition unit includes: Based on the search point information included in the search information, the address information of the search target, and the search range information, one or more search target information is selected from the search target information group storage means, and the selected search target Obtain some or all of the information.
With this configuration, it is possible to search for a store or the like that further matches the behavioral characteristics of the user.

In the information processing apparatus according to the eleventh aspect of the invention, the search target information acquisition unit acquires the longitude and latitude of the search point information included in the search information and the longitude and latitude of the address information of the search target. The distance between the search point indicated by the search point information and the search target point indicated by the address information is calculated from two longitudes and latitudes, and whether or not the condition indicated by the search range information is met based on the distance Is selected, one or more search target information is selected from the search target information group storage means, and a part or all of the selected search target information is acquired.
With this configuration, for example, in the case of search information such as a 10-minute walk from a station, it is possible to obtain information about a search target such as a store that can be targeted fairly accurately.

In the information processing apparatus according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the source information that is the source from which the target information is acquired is information with a hierarchical tag, and the target information acquisition unit In the case of acquiring a plurality of pieces of target information from information, information having the same hierarchical level is acquired.
With this configuration, target information can be obtained at high speed.

In the information processing apparatus according to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, when the target information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of target information from a single source information, the target information acquisition unit searches for the source information, phone number information, address information, In this configuration, a hierarchy level including location information that is one or more pieces of information of a zip code is determined, and information on the determined hierarchy level is acquired.
With this configuration, target information can be obtained accurately and at high speed.

  According to the present invention, objective information such as a store can be acquired appropriately.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, re-explanation may be abbreviate | omitted.
(Embodiment 1)

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information processing system in the present embodiment. The information processing system includes an information terminal 11, an information processing device 12, and an information storage device 13. The information terminal 11 is a so-called client terminal, for example, a terminal that outputs target information such as a restaurant. The target information is information regarding two or more search targets (restaurants, etc.) specified by the search information. Such target information is, for example, information on evaluation of restaurants and the like (delicious, stylish, bad, etc.). The information processing device 12 is a device that acquires target information in response to a request from the information terminal 11 and transmits the target information to the information terminal 11. The information processing device 12 is, for example, a server device of an application service provider equipped with a so-called search engine. The information storage device 13 is a device that stores target information such as a restaurant, for example. The information storage device 13 stores, for example, information on evaluations of restaurants and the like described in an information portal, target information indicating evaluations of restaurants and the like written by individual users, and information such as diaries recorded by individual users. is doing. In an information processing system, there are usually a plurality of information storage devices 13. Information in which target information is described is referred to as original information. The original information is, for example, a so-called WEB homepage

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment. The information terminal 11 includes a user input reception unit 1101, a request transmission unit 1102, an information reception unit 1103, and an information output unit 1104. The information processing apparatus 12 includes a reception unit 1201, a target information acquisition unit 1202, an original information acquisition unit 1203, an output unit 1204, an original information reception unit 1205, an original information storage unit 1206, and an original information storage unit 1207. The target information acquisition unit 1202 includes a search target information group storage unit 12021, a search target information acquisition unit 12022, and a target information acquisition unit 12023. The output unit 1204 includes ranking determination means 12041, target information output means 12042, summary means 12043, summary information output means 12044, original information output means 12045, and link symbol output means 12046. The summarizing means 12043 includes a word extracting means 120431, a word appearance count calculating means 120432 for each search target, a total word appearance count calculating means 120433, a ratio calculating means 120434, and a word list creating means 120435. The information storage device 13 includes an original information storage unit 1301 and an original information transmission unit 1302.

  The user input receiving unit 1101 receives search information that is information for specifying two or more search targets from the user. The search target is, for example, a restaurant, an English conversation school, a travel destination, or the like. The search information is information for specifying information desired by the user, and is a so-called search key. The search information includes, for example, search point information (information such as a station name such as Shibuya Station, an address, or a region specified by a telephone number), and target group information that is information for specifying a search target group. (Ramen [information for specifying a group to be searched for ramen shop], Italian restaurant, Chinese food [information for specifying a group to be searched for Chinese restaurant] and the like). The search information may further include, for example, search range information (for example, within 5 minutes on foot, within 1 km) that is information for specifying a search range from the search point indicated by the search point information. Further, the search information may include other search keys. The user input receiving unit 1101 also receives a summary information selection instruction that is an instruction for the output summary information. The summary information is information that summarizes the target information. There are various methods for summarizing target information. An example of the target information summarization method will be described later. Further, the user input receiving unit 1101 also receives a link symbol selection instruction that is an instruction for link symbol information. The link symbol information is information corresponding to link information that is information indicating the location of the original information in which the target information is described. A specific example of link symbol information will be described later. Further, the user input receiving unit 1101 receives various instructions and inputs from the user. The search information input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The user input receiving unit 1101 can be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, menu screen control software, or the like.

  Based on the search information received by the user input reception unit 1101, the request transmission unit 1102 transmits request information having the search information to the information processing apparatus 12. The request information is information indicating a request for acquiring target information to be searched corresponding to the search information. The data structure of request information does not matter. The request information usually includes information for specifying the information processing apparatus 12. The information specifying the information processing apparatus 12 is, for example, a URL or URI indicating a folder included in the target information in the information processing apparatus 12, an IP address of the information processing apparatus 12, or the like. The request transmission unit 1102 normally includes a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be a broadcast unit instead of the communication unit.

  The information reception unit 1103 receives information such as target information and original information from the information processing device 12 based on the transmission of request information in the request transmission unit 1102. The information receiving unit 1103 is normally realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but can also be realized by a broadcast receiving unit.

  The information output unit 1104 outputs information such as target information and original information received by the information receiving unit 1103. The output here is a concept that mainly includes display on a display, printing on a printer, sound output, and transmission to an external device. The information output unit 1104 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The information output unit 1104 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device. Note that the processing of the user input reception unit 1101, the request transmission unit 1102, the information reception unit 1103, the information output unit 1104, and the like in the information terminal 11 can be realized by, for example, a so-called WEB browser process.

  The accepting unit 1201 accepts search information that is information for specifying two or more search targets and an instruction to acquire other information. The search information is included in the request information. The other information acquisition instruction is information including a URL, for example. When receiving an instruction to acquire such other information, information (for example, a homepage) specified by the URL is returned to the information terminal 11. The receiving unit 1201 normally receives request information. The reception here usually means reception from the information terminal 11. However, in general, it may include reception of information manually input by the user and reading from a recording medium. The accepting unit 1201 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast. The receiving unit 1201 can also be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad and a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The target information acquisition unit 1202 acquires target information that is information on two or more search targets specified by the search information received by the reception unit 1201. The destination from which the target information is acquired may be two or more information storage devices 13 or the original information storage unit 1207 of the information processing device 12. The target information acquisition unit 1202 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the target information acquisition unit 1202 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). When the target information is received from an external device, the target information acquisition unit 1202 can be realized with a configuration including wireless or wired communication means.

  When the receiving unit 1201 receives a summary target information selection instruction, the source information acquisition unit 1203 is based on link information of the source information in which target information that is the basis of the summary target information corresponding to the summary target information selection instruction is described. To obtain the original information. In addition, when the reception unit 1201 receives a link symbol selection instruction, the original information acquisition unit 1203 is based on link information corresponding to link symbol information corresponding to the link symbol selection instruction, and target information indicated by the link information The original information which is information in which is described is acquired. The link information is, for example, a URL or URI indicating the location of the original information. In such a case, the original information acquisition unit 1203 acquires a home page corresponding to, for example, a URL or a URI. The original information acquisition unit 1203 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the original information acquisition unit 1203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). When the original information is received from an external device, the original information acquisition unit 1203 can be realized with a configuration including wireless or wired communication means.

  The output unit 1204 outputs target information for two or more search targets. The output unit 1204 may output two or more pieces of summary target information that is information obtained by summarizing two or more pieces of search target information. The output unit 1204 may rank and output two or more search target information or / and summary target information, as will be described below. Furthermore, the output unit 1204 may also output the original information acquired by the original information acquisition unit 1203. The output unit 1204 may also output link symbol information that is information corresponding to the link information. Here, the output is normally a transmission to the information terminal 11, but is a concept including display on a display, printing on a printer, sound output, and the like. The output unit 1204 is usually realized by software constituting information to be transmitted and wireless or wired communication means, but may be broadcast means instead of the communication means. The output unit 1204 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device. The output unit 1204 may or may not include an output device.

  The original information receiving unit 1205 receives the original information from the information storage device 13. The original information is information including target information. The original information is information to which hierarchical tags such as HTML, compact HTML (hereinafter referred to as “C-HTML” as appropriate) and XML are attached, for example. The original information is, for example, a so-called home page. There is no limitation on the timing or trigger at which the original information receiving unit 1205 receives the original information. Here, for example, the original information receiving unit 1205 automatically acquires the original information from a large number of information storage devices 13 at a predetermined time. The original information receiving unit 1205 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

The original information accumulation unit 1206 accumulates the original information received by the original information reception unit 1205 in the original information storage unit 1207. The original information storage unit 1206 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the original information storage unit 1206 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
The original information storage unit 1207 stores original information. The original information storage unit 1207 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The search target information group storage unit 12021 includes search target name information that is information indicating a search target name, telephone number information that is information indicating a search target telephone number, and an address that is information indicating a search target address. A search target information group having one or more search target information having information is stored. Note that the search target information may include zip code information that is information indicating a zip code. The search target information group is, for example, so-called yellow page information. The search target information group storage unit 12021 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  Search target information acquisition means 12022 acquires part or all of the search target information from search target information group storage means 12021 based on the search information. The search target information acquisition unit 12022 acquires, for example, part or all of the search target information including information on the type of business that the search information has (for example, “English conversation school”, “Ramen shop”, etc.). The search target information acquisition unit 12022 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the search target information acquisition unit 12022 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The target information acquisition unit 12023 acquires target information that is information on two or more search targets specified by the search information, based on part or all of the search target information acquired by the search target information acquisition unit 12022. . When acquiring a plurality of pieces of target information from one source information, the target information acquisition unit 12023 searches for one source information, and location information that is one or more of telephone number information, address information, and zip code A hierarchy level that has a predetermined relationship with the hierarchy level including is determined, and information on the determined hierarchy level is acquired. The target information acquisition unit 12023 acquires, for example, information on a predetermined block including two or more pieces of information of telephone number information, address information, and zip code information acquired by the search target information acquisition unit 12022. The predetermined lump information may be one paragraph of information, one page of information, or information with a predetermined tag (for example, “<tr>”). The target information acquisition unit 12023 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the target information acquisition unit 12023 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The ranking determining unit 12041 ranks two or more search targets based on the target information of two or more search targets. For example, the ranking determination unit 12041 may rank two or more search targets based on the number of characters of all target information, or search two or more based on the number of all target information (number of articles described). You may rank the target. The ranking determination unit 12041 may determine the ranking based on whether or not the telephone number information is included in the target information of two or more search targets, or based on the page ranking of the original information in which the target information is described. The page ranking of the original information (for example, WEB page) is assumed to be held in advance, for example. There are various known methods for determining the page ranking of a WEB page. The known various methods include a ranking method based on the number of links to other home pages. The page ranking of the WEB page may be determined by such a known method. In addition, the algorithm for ranking two or more search objects is not limited. The ranking determining unit 12041 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the ranking determination unit 12041 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The target information output unit 12042 outputs target information of two or more search targets based on the ranking of the ranking determination unit 12041. The target information output means 12042 normally configures and outputs information so that it is presented to the user from information related to the search target ranked higher (target information, summary information, search target name, etc.). Here, the output is normally a transmission to the information terminal 11, but is a concept including display on a display, printing on a printer, sound output, and the like.

  The summarizing means 12043 summarizes two or more pieces of target information and acquires two or more pieces of summary information. It doesn't matter how to summarize. For example, the summarizing unit 12043 acquires the first 50 characters of the target information and uses the character string as summary information. The summarizing means 12043 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory or the like. The processing procedure of the summarizing means 12043 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The summary information output unit 12044 outputs two or more pieces of summary information acquired by the summary unit 12043. Output is a concept that includes display on a display, printing on a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, and the like. Here, normally, the output is transmission to the information terminal 11. The summary information output unit 12044 is realized by, for example, a wireless or wired communication unit.

  The original information output unit 12045 outputs the original information acquired by the original information acquisition unit 1203. Output is a concept that includes display on a display, printing on a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, and the like. Here, normally, the output is transmission to the information terminal 11. The original information output unit 12045 is realized by, for example, a wireless or wired communication unit.

  Link symbol output means 12046 outputs link symbol information which is information corresponding to link information. The link symbol information is, for example, an image (“Evaluation 1”, “Evaluation 2”, which is a character string indicating a link source of evaluation information such as a restaurant, or an image ( Icon). The concept of output is as described above. The link symbol output unit 12046 is realized by, for example, a wireless or wired communication unit.

  The word extraction unit 120431 extracts words from the target information. There are various algorithms for extracting words. For example, the word extraction unit 120431 holds a dictionary and extracts words registered in the dictionary. Moreover, the word extraction means 120431 may extract a noun. Since this technique is a known language processing technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The word extraction unit 120431 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the word extraction means 120431 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The word appearance count calculation unit 120432 for each search target calculates the number of appearances for each search target in each word extracted by the word extraction unit 120431. The word appearance count calculation means 120432 for each search target can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the word appearance count calculating means 120432 for each search target is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The total word appearance count calculating unit 120433 calculates the number of appearances in all target information of all search targets for each word extracted by the word extracting unit 120431. The word total appearance count calculating unit 120433 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the total word appearance count calculating unit 120433 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The ratio calculation unit 120434 calculates the ratio between the number of appearances for each search target calculated by the word appearance count calculation unit 120432 for each search target and the number of appearances in all target information calculated by the total word appearance count calculation unit 120433. The ratio calculating unit 120434 can be realized usually by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the ratio calculating means 120434 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The word list creation unit 120435 creates a word list for each search target by arranging words having a high percentage calculated by the percentage calculation unit 120434. The word list creation means 120435 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the word list creation means 120435 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Note that each output means held by the output unit 1204 is usually realized by a single physical means. The output unit 1204 normally configures one file (for example, a file described in HTML) from information to be output such as summary information and link symbol information, and transmits the file to the information terminal 11. Further, when the output unit 1204 outputs one or more pieces of information among target information, summary information, original information, and link symbol information, the output unit 1204 synthesizes such information to create one file, for example. Perform configuration processing. More specifically, the output unit 1204 constitutes a WEB page that includes one or more information of target information, summary information, source information, and link symbol information of two or more search targets (for example, two or more restaurants). And output.

  The original information storage unit 1301 stores one or more pieces of original information. The original information includes target information to be searched. The original information is, for example, a so-called page described in HTML, C-HTML, XML, or the like. The original information storage unit 1301 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

The original information transmission unit 1302 transmits the original information of the original information storage unit 1301. The trigger and timing at which the original information transmission unit 1302 transmits the original information does not matter. For example, the original information transmission unit 1302 transmits original information in response to a request from the information processing apparatus 12. The original information transmission unit 1302 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.
Hereinafter, the operation of the information processing system will be described. First, the operation of the information terminal 11 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S301) The user input receiving unit 1101 determines whether or not an input from a user has been received. If an input is accepted, the process goes to step S302, and if no input is accepted, the process returns to step S301.

(Step S302) The user input receiving unit 1101 determines whether or not the input received in step S301 is search information. If it is search information, it will go to step S303, and if it is not search information, it will jump to step S307.
(Step S303) The request transmission unit 1102 configures request information based on the search information received in step S301. The request information is information for requesting acquisition of target information to be searched.
(Step S304) The request transmission unit 1102 transmits the information configured in step S303, step S308, or step S310.
(Step S305) The information receiving unit 1103 determines whether information such as target information has been received from the information processing apparatus 12. If information is received, it will go to step S306, and if information is not received, it will return to step S305.

  (Step S306) The information output unit 1104 outputs the information received in step S305. The information output unit 1104 interprets a file described in HTML received by the information receiving unit 1103, configures a page, and displays the page on the display. The process returns to step S301.

  (Step S307) The user input receiving unit 1101 determines whether or not the input received in step S301 is a summary information selection instruction. If it is a summary information selection instruction, the process proceeds to step S308, and if it is not a summary information selection instruction, the process jumps to step S309.

  (Step S308) The request transmission unit 1102 constitutes an information acquisition request including a summary information selection instruction. The constituent information includes link information of original information in which target information that is the basis of summary information corresponding to the summary information selection instruction is described. The link information is, for example, a URL or URI indicating the location of the original information. Go to step S304.

  (Step S309) The user input receiving unit 1101 determines whether or not the input received in step S301 is a link symbol selection instruction. If it is a link symbol selection instruction, the process proceeds to step S310, and if it is not a link symbol selection instruction, the process jumps to step S311.

(Step S310) The request transmission unit 1102 constitutes an information acquisition request including a link symbol selection instruction. The constituent information includes link information of original information corresponding to the link symbol selection instruction. The link information is, for example, a URL or URI indicating the location of the original information. Go to step S304.
(Step S311) Processing according to the accepted input is performed. There are various such processes. Such processing is, for example, processing performed by a so-called WEB browser. The process returns to step S301.
In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.
Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 12 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S401) The reception unit 1201 determines whether information has been received. If the information is accepted, the process goes to step S402. If the information is not accepted, the process returns to step S401.

  (Step S402) The receiving unit 1201 determines whether or not the information received in step S401 includes search information. When the search information is included, the process goes to step S403, and when the search information is not included, the process jumps to step S406. The case where the search information is included is a case where the above-described request information is received.

(Step S403) The target information acquisition unit 1202 acquires target information that is information on two or more search targets specified by the search information received in step S401. Details of the target information acquisition processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S404) The output unit 1204 configures information to be transmitted to the information terminal 11. Details of the transmission information configuration process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S405) The output unit 1204 outputs the information configured in step S404. The output here is transmission to the information terminal 11. The process returns to step S401.

(Step S406) The reception unit 1201 determines whether the information received in step S401 is a summary information selection instruction. If it is a summary information selection instruction, the process proceeds to step S407, and if it is not a summary information selection instruction, the process jumps to step S408.
(Step S407) The original information acquisition unit 1203 acquires the original information based on the link information of the original information in which the target information that is the source of the summary target information corresponding to the summary target information selection instruction is described. Go to step S405.

(Step S408) The reception unit 1201 determines whether the information received in step S401 is a symbol information selection instruction. If it is a symbol information selection instruction, the process proceeds to step S408, and if it is not a symbol information selection instruction, the process returns to step S401.
(Step S409) The original information acquisition unit 1203 acquires original information, which is information in which target information indicated by the link information is described, based on link information for the specified link symbol information. Go to step S405.
In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.
Next, the operation of the target information acquisition process of the information processing apparatus 12 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S501) The search target information acquisition unit 12022 substitutes 1 for a counter i.

  (Step S502) The search target information acquisition unit 12022 determines whether or not the i-th search target information exists. If the i-th search target information exists, the process goes to step S503, and if the i-th search target information does not exist, the process jumps to step S506.

  (Step S503) The search target information acquisition unit 12022 determines whether or not the i-th search target information satisfies the search information requirement. If the requirement for search information is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S504, and if the requirement for search information is not satisfied, the process jumps to step S505. There are various methods for determining whether or not the i-th search target information satisfies the requirements for the search information. For example, when the i-th search target information includes information constituting all search information, it may be determined whether the search information requirement is satisfied. Further, for example, when the i-th search target information includes a predetermined number of pieces of information constituting the search information, it may be determined whether the search information requirement is satisfied. Furthermore, as will be described later, based on the position of the i-th information to be searched, information on the type of business, etc., whether the search information (for example, “Ramen restaurant about a 10-minute walk from JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku”, etc.) It may be determined whether or not.

(Step S504) The search target information acquisition unit 12022 acquires part or all of the search target information that satisfies the requirements of the search information. Part or all of the search target information is a search key. The search target information acquisition unit 12022 temporarily stores a search key.
(Step S505) The search target information acquisition unit 12022 increments the counter i by one. The process returns to step S502.
(Step S506) The search target information acquisition unit 12022 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

(Step S507) The target information acquisition unit 12023 determines whether or not the i-th search key exists. If the i-th search key exists, the process goes to step S508, and if the i-th search key does not exist, the process returns to the upper function.
(Step S508) The target information acquisition unit 12023 substitutes 1 for the counter j.

  (Step S509) The target information acquisition unit 12023 determines whether or not the j-th original information exists in the original information storage unit 1207. If the j-th original information exists, the process proceeds to step S510, and if the j-th original information does not exist, the process jumps to step S517.

(Step S510) The target information acquisition unit 12023 determines whether a search target tag corresponding to the i-th search key exists. If the search target tag exists, the process goes to step S511, and if the search target tag does not exist, the process jumps to step S518. Note that the initial value of the search target tag corresponding to all search keys is NULL (no search target tag exists).
(Step S511) The target information acquisition unit 12023 substitutes 1 for the counter k.

(Step S512) The target information acquisition unit 12023 determines whether or not the kth search target tag exists in the jth original information. If the kth search target tag exists, the process goes to step S513, and if the kth search target tag does not exist, the process jumps to step S516.
(Step S513) The target information acquisition unit 12023 acquires information corresponding to the search target tag. Such information is a candidate for target information.

(Step S514) The target information acquisition unit 12023 determines whether or not the information acquired in Step S513 matches the condition indicated by the search key. If the condition is met, the process proceeds to step S515, and if the condition is not met, the process jumps to step S521. Whether or not the condition indicated by the search key is met can be determined by various algorithms. For example, if the information acquired in step S513 includes one or more of two or more pieces of information (for example, store name, address information, telephone number information, and zip code information) that the search key has, the condition is met. You may judge. Further, for example, when the information acquired in step S513 includes the store name included in the search key and includes a part of the address information, it may be determined that the condition is met.
(Step S515) The target information acquisition unit 12023 temporarily stores the information acquired in Step S513. Such information is target information. The target information is stored in a pair with the search key or the search target information.
(Step S516) The target information acquisition unit 12023 increments the counter j by 1. The process returns to step S509.
(Step S517) The target information acquisition unit 12023 increments the counter i by 1. The process returns to step S507.

(Step S518) The target information acquisition unit 12023 determines whether or not there is a portion where the j-th original information matches the condition indicated by the search key. That is, for example, when the search key includes “store name”, “phone number information”, and “address information”, when two or more pieces of information are included among “store name”, “phone number information”, and “address information”, It is assumed that the location matches the condition. In addition, various algorithms can be considered as an algorithm for determining whether or not there is a place where the j-th original information matches the condition indicated by the search key.
(Step S519) The target information acquisition unit 12023 acquires a tag corresponding to a location that matches the condition indicated by the search key.

(Step S520) The target information acquisition unit 12023 registers the tag acquired in Step S519 as a search tag corresponding to the jth original information. Here, registration means writing to a memory or a predetermined buffer. Go to step S515.
(Step S521) The target information acquisition unit 12023 increments the counter k by 1. The process returns to step S512.

In this flowchart, the target information acquisition unit 12023 performs processing for acquiring information of the same hierarchical level when acquiring a plurality of target information from one source information using the tag structure of the source information. It was. However, the processing in this flowchart is an example of processing for acquiring information at the same hierarchical level when a plurality of pieces of target information are acquired from one original information. For example, first, the target information acquisition unit 12023 forms a tag structure tree of original information, and includes tags including two or more pieces of location information (address information, telephone number information, postal code information, etc.) in the structure tree. You may register as a search tag. Then, at the time of searching, only information corresponding to the registered search tag may be targeted and it may be determined whether or not the condition indicated by the search key is met. In the above description, a tag including two or more place information is registered as a search tag. However, a tag including one or more place information may be registered as a search tag, or a tag including three or more place information may be registered. You may register as a search tag. In addition, when acquiring a plurality of pieces of target information from one source information, the target information acquisition unit 12023 may perform a process of acquiring information of the same hierarchical level, and it goes without saying that the processing procedure is not limited. .
Next, the operation of the transmission information configuration process of the information processing apparatus 12 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S601) The ranking determination unit 12041 ranks two or more search targets based on the target information of two or more search targets. The details of the ranking process, which is the ranking process, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S602) The target information output unit 12042 substitutes 1 for the counter i.
(Step S603) The target information output means 12042 constitutes the heading of the i-th target information. There are various methods for constructing headings. A specific method for configuring the headings will be described later.
(Step S604) The target information output means 12042 substitutes 1 for the counter j.

(Step S605) The link symbol output means 12046 constitutes the j-th link symbol information. When configuring the link symbol information, link information indicating the location of the original information is used. This is because when the link symbol information is pressed, the original information acquisition unit 1203 accesses the original information using the link information.
(Step S606) The summary unit 12043 acquires summary information. Details of the summary information acquisition process, which is a process of acquiring summary information, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S <b> 607) The target information output unit 12042 forms a summary unit using one or more pieces of summary information. The summary unit is information that constitutes information to be output. For the configuration of the summary unit, summary information of the summary unit and link information of the original information from which the summary information is configured are also used. This is because when the summary information is pressed, the original information acquisition unit 1203 accesses the original information using the link information.
(Step S608) The counter j is incremented by one.

(Step S609) The target information output means 12042 determines whether or not the processing of all link symbol information and summary information of the i-th search target has been completed (whether j is the last). Such a determination may be made when the processing of the summary information extracted earlier is completed, or may be performed when the processing of a predetermined number of summary information is completed. If j is the last, the process goes to step S610, and if j is not the last, the process returns to step S605.
(Step S610) The target information output means 12042 increments the counter i by 1.

  (Step S611) The target information output unit 12042 determines whether or not the i-th search target exists. If the i-th search target exists, the process proceeds to step S612. If the i-th search target does not exist, the process jumps to step S603.

(Step S612) The target information output unit 12042 constitutes information to be output. Such processing is, for example, recording a tag such as “</ HTML>” of the HTML file in the last line of the file. That is, it is post-processing for configuring information to be transmitted. Return to upper function.
Next, the ranking processing operation of the information processing apparatus 12 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S701) The ranking determining unit 12041 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

(Step S702) The ranking determining unit 12041 determines whether or not the i-th search target exists. If the i-th search target exists, the process proceeds to step S703, and if the i-th search target does not exist, the process jumps to step S713.
(Step S703) The ranking determination unit 12041 substitutes 0 for the i-th search target point information. Point information is information used to determine ranking.
(Step S704) The ranking determining unit 12041 substitutes 1 for the counter j.

(Step S705) The ranking determining unit 12041 determines whether or not the j-th target information exists in the i-th search target. If the j-th target information exists, the process proceeds to step S706, and if the j-th target information does not exist, the process jumps to step S714.
(Step S706) The ranking determining unit 12041 acquires the data amount of the j-th target information. The data amount may be the number of characters, the number of bytes (data length), the number of words, the number of sentences, or the like.

  (Step S707) The ranking determining unit 12041 acquires the page rank of the original information of the jth target information. For example, it is assumed that the information processing apparatus 12 holds the page rank of the original information in advance corresponding to the original information.

(Step S708) The ranking determining unit 12041 determines whether or not the i-th search target telephone number information is included in the j-th target information. If the telephone number information is included, the process goes to step S709, and if the telephone number information is not included, the process jumps to step S715.
(Step S709) The ranking determining unit 12041 substitutes ON for the telephone number flag. The telephone number flag is a flag indicating whether or not the i-th search target telephone number information is included.

(Step S710) The ranking determination unit 12041 calculates points based on the data amount acquired in Step S706, the page rank of the original information acquired in Step S707, and one or more information in the telephone number flag. An example of a specific point calculation algorithm will be described later.
(Step S711) The ranking determining unit 12041 adds the point calculated in Step S710 to the point information of the i-th search target.
(Step S712) The ranking determining unit 12041 increments the counter j by 1. Go to step S705.
(Step S713) The ranking determination unit 12041 sorts the search targets using the point information as a key. Return to upper function.
(Step S714) The ranking determining unit 12041 increments the counter i by 1. Go to step S702.
(Step S715) The ranking determining unit 12041 substitutes OFF for the telephone number flag. Go to step S710.

In the flowchart of FIG. 7, the ranking determination unit 12041 displays the number of characters of target information to be searched for two or more, whether the target information includes telephone number information, and the original information page on which the target information is described. Two or more search objects were ranked based on the ranking. However, the ranking determination unit 12041 ranks two or more search targets based on the number of characters of the target information of two or more search targets and whether or not the telephone number information is included, and one or more pieces of information in the page ranking. You may do it. Furthermore, the ranking determining unit 12041 may rank two or more search targets based on other information such as the number of articles to be searched for two or more.
Next, the summary information acquisition processing operation of the information processing apparatus 12 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S801) The summarizing means 12043 substitutes 1 for the counter i.
(Step S802) The summarizing means 12043 determines whether or not the i-th search target exists. If the i-th search target exists, the process goes to step S803, and if the i-th search target does not exist, the process returns to the upper function.
(Step S803) The word extraction unit 120431 assigns 1 to the counters j and k.
(Step S804) The word extraction unit 120431 extracts the kth word from the jth target information.
(Step S805) The word appearance count calculation unit 120432 for each search target calculates the number of appearances (first appearance count) of the word extracted in step S804 in all target information of the i th search target.
(Step S806) The word total appearance count calculating unit 120433 calculates the number of appearances (second appearance count) of the word extracted in step S804 in all target information of all search targets.
(Step S807) The ratio calculation means 120434 calculates the ratio of the first appearance count to the second appearance count.
(Step S808) The word list creation unit 120435 registers (temporarily accumulates) the word extracted in Step S804 and the ratio information calculated in Step S807 as a pair.
(Step S809) The word extraction means 120431 increments the counter k by 1.

(Step S810) The word extraction means 120431 determines whether or not the kth word exists from the jth target information. The kth word is a word that has not been processed so far. If the kth word exists, the process goes to step S804, and if the kth word does not exist, the process goes to step S811.
(Step S811) The counter j is incremented by one.

(Step S812) The word list creation means 120435 determines whether or not the j-th target information of the i-th search target exists. If the j-th target information exists, the process proceeds to step S804. If the j-th target information does not exist, the process proceeds to step S813.
(Step S813) The word list creation means 120435 sorts the words based on the ratio information. For example, it is considered that the word at the top of the sort is a word unique to the search target.
(Step S814) The summarizing means 12043 substitutes 1 for the counter m.

(Step S815) The summarizing means 12043 determines whether or not the i-th search target summary information is larger than a predetermined size. Note that the initial value of the summary information for each search target is NULL. If it is larger than the predetermined size, go to step S818, and if it is smaller than the predetermined size, go to step S816.
(Step S816) The summarizing means 12043 acquires the sentence containing the mth word from all the target information of the i th search target and adds it as summary information.
(Step S817) The summarizing means 12043 increments the counter m by 1.
(Step S818) The summary unit 12043 cuts the summary information so that it is within a predetermined size. Cut is a process of erasing information beyond a predetermined size.
(Step S819) The summarizing means 12043 increments the counter i by one. Go to step S802.

In the flowchart of FIG. 8, an algorithm for acquiring summary information by focusing on a word that is a characteristic of a search target is shown. However, the summarizing means 12043 includes a word extracting means for extracting words from the target information, a word appearance count calculating means for each search target for calculating the number of appearances for each search target in each word extracted by the word extracting means, and an appearance count. Based on the above, it is only necessary to have summary acquisition means for acquiring the summary information of each search target from the target information. That is, it is not always necessary to construct the word list based on the ratio of the first appearance number to the second appearance number.
Another algorithm is, for example, the following algorithm. One sentence is taken out from “a set of sentences included in all target information of the i-th search target”, and scored according to the score and ratio of feature words included in the sentence. For example, if the phrase “special gyoza is recommended” is “special” is 5th in the feature word (4.6 points) and “gyoza” is 3rd in the feature word (5.0 points), the score for this sentence is 9 .6 / word count. On the other hand, the statement “Recommended for this shop is gyoza using special black pork” also contains “special” and “gyoza”, but it has a lower score than the previous example because there are many words. Become. However, if “black pig” is the first feature word and the points are high enough, this sentence will be preferentially selected. The feature word is a word specific to the search target, and the point is information indicating the degree of peculiarity of the search target of the word. As described above, the number of appearances is a concept including the concept of the above points and the concept of the appearance degree of other words. That is, the summary acquisition means is configured to acquire summary information of each search target from the target information based on the number of appearances.
Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system in the present embodiment will be described. A conceptual diagram of the information processing system is shown in FIG.

  The information terminal 11 is, for example, a personal computer equipped with a WEB browser. The information terminal 11 is a terminal that outputs target information such as a ramen shop, for example. The information processing device 12 is, for example, a server device equipped with a so-called search engine. The information storage device 13 is, for example, a server device that stores a ramen shop homepage. The home page is described in, for example, HTML.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a home page received by the information processing apparatus 12 from a large number of information storage apparatuses 13. Such a home page corresponds to the original information described above. The original information reception unit 1205 receives a home page from the information storage device 13, and the original information storage unit 1206 stores the home page received by the original information reception unit 1205 in the original information storage unit 1207. The original information storage unit 1207 stores a large number of home pages.

  FIG. 10 shows a search target information group stored in the search target information group storage unit 12021. The search target information group includes “search target name information”, “postal code information”, “address information”, and “telephone number information”. “Search target name information” is, for example, a store name. The search target information group is, for example, a so-called yellow page.

  FIG. 11 is an information portal management table. The information portal management table manages HP URLs of highly reliable information portals. The homepage identified by the URL managed in the information portal management table is a homepage with a high page rank. On the other hand, a homepage not managed by the information portal management table is a homepage with a low page rank. Note that the page rank information is used by the ranking determination unit 12041.

  Now, assume that the user inputs the URL of the home page of the information processing apparatus 12 from the information terminal 11 and accesses the home page. The information terminal 11 receives and displays a home page for searching for a restaurant. Next, the user inputs search information in a field on the homepage in order to obtain information on a restaurant (in this case, a ramen shop) to be searched (see FIG. 12). Here, the search information includes information indicating “search point”, information indicating “range”, and “keyword”. Then, it is assumed that the user presses the “Search” button after inputting the search information. In FIG. 12, the user searches for a ramen shop located within a 10-minute walk from JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku.

  Next, the request transmission unit 1102 of the information terminal 11 configures request information (see FIG. 13) having the search point “JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku”, the range “about 10 minutes on foot”, and the keyword “ramen”. Is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 12. Note that “1” in the request information in FIG. 13 is a search flag for instructing a search. Further, “-” in the name of the request information indicates that the name is not a search key.

  Next, the reception unit 1201 of the information processing apparatus 12 receives request information from the information terminal 11. The request information includes search information that is information for specifying two or more search targets. Next, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 is based on the received search information (search point “JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku”, range “about 10 minutes walk”, keyword “ramen”), search target information group storage unit Part or all of the search target information is acquired from 12021. Specifically, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 calculates a distance of about a 10-minute walk from Shinjuku JR Yamanote Line. In this case, for example, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 calculates a 1-minute walk as 80 m, and calculates a ramen shop within 800 m from the JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku from the search target information group in FIG. The search target information acquisition unit 12022 holds addresses of a number of search points such as JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku, and holds map information for converting the addresses into latitude and longitude. Then, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 acquires location information (latitude and longitude) of the JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku from the address of the JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku. Next, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 acquires position information (latitude and longitude) from the address information of the search target information group in FIG. Then, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 calculates the distance from the location information of the JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku and the location information of the store to be searched, and determines whether it is within 800 m. And the to-be-searched object information acquisition means 12022 acquires the record of the store within 800 m from the to-be-searched object information group of FIG. Next, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 acquires a record including the character string “ramen” in “search target name information” from the acquired records. A part or all of the record is the search target information. In addition, the search flow of search target information is not ask | required. That is, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 may first narrow down records corresponding to ramen shops and then acquire search target information of ramen shops within 800 m. Further, whether or not the record is a ramen shop record is determined by whether or not the character string “ramen” is included in the “search target name information”, but the search target information in FIG. Information on the type of business (ramen restaurant, Italian restaurant, sushi restaurant, etc.) may be held, and based on the information on the type of business, it may be determined whether the record is a ramen restaurant. Then, the search target information acquisition unit 12022 obtains the search target information intermediate table of FIG. The search target information intermediate table is a set of records indicating search targets.

  Next, the target information acquisition unit 12023 searches the original information storage unit 1207 based on the search target information intermediate table in FIG. 14 acquired by the search target information acquisition unit 12022, and acquires target information. The target information is information related to the store specified by each record in the searched target information intermediate table in FIG. That is, the target information acquisition unit 12023 first searches the entire homepage of the original information storage unit 1207 for information described regarding “Kumamoto XX ramen” in the first record of the searched target information intermediate table. Such a search is performed by the following algorithm.

  That is, the home page is described here by data hierarchized by tags such as HTML and XML. For example, it is assumed that the home page is described in HTML. Then, the target information acquisition unit 12023 configures an HTML structure tree from the home page. The HTML structure tree is information indicating the hierarchical relationship of HTML tags as shown in FIG. 15, for example. FIG. 15 shows that the <tr> tag exists below the <table> tag and the <td> tag exists below the <tr> tag. The <table> tag is a tag that designates the entire table, and the <tr> tag is a tag that designates a row (record) in the table. The <td> tag is a tag for designating a cell. This process is performed because the information of each store is very often described in the same hierarchy on the HTML tag hierarchy.

  Next, the target information acquisition means 12023 searches the one homepage, and among the address information “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ...” and telephone number information “03-1122-2456” of “Kumamoto XX ramen”, A sentence group including one or more pieces of information is acquired. A sentence group is information surrounded by tags and is target information. And the target information acquisition means 12023 is the tag of the hierarchy containing one or more information among address information "Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ..." and telephone number information "03-1122-2456" of "Kumamoto XX ramen" To get. Here, it is assumed that the target information acquisition unit 12023 detects that a tag including address information “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ...” exists in the <td> tag. That is, the target information acquisition unit 12023 determines that the target information exists in the <td> tag of the one home page. The target information acquisition unit 12023 may be an algorithm that determines a tag having two or more place descriptions (address information, etc.) as a tag having the target information. Then, the target information acquisition unit 12023 temporarily stores the acquired target information. The reason why the target information is a text group including one or more pieces of location information (address information, telephone number information, zip code information, etc.) is because information on stores often contains one or more pieces of location information. is there.

  Next, the target information acquisition means 12023 searches the next homepage, and among the address information “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ...” of the “Kumamoto OO Ramen” and the telephone number information “03-1122-2456”, Target information including one or more information, and a tag of a hierarchy in which the target information exists are acquired.

  The target information acquisition means 12023 includes one or more pieces of information on address information “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ...” and telephone number information “03-1122-2456” of “Kumamoto XX ramen” on the homepage. If there is no sentence group to include, it moves to the search process of the next homepage.

  In this way, the target information acquisition means 12023 is one or more of “Kumamoto OO Ramen” address information “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ...” and telephone number information “03-1122-2456” from all websites. Target information including information (location information) is acquired.

  The above processing is also performed for the second store “Ramen ABC” and the third store “Ramen XYZ”, and all the target information is temporarily stored. For example, when searching for target information of the second store “Ramen ABC”, the tag (store information exists) extracted during the target information search processing of the first store information “Kumamoto OO Ramen”. Search for information that corresponds to the tag), and not search for information that corresponds to other tags, thereby removing text (banner advertisements, left and right menus, etc.) that are irrelevant to the homepage Can do. In addition, the acquisition speed of the target information is increased. The same applies when searching for the target information of the third store “Ramen XYZ”. First, for each source information, an HTML structure tree is configured, a tag including two or more location information is registered as a search target tag, and only information corresponding to the registered tag may be used as a target information candidate. good.

With the above processing, the target information management table shown in FIG. 16 is obtained. That is, the target information acquisition unit 12023 searches all home pages in the original information storage unit 1207, and acquires target information of IDs “1” to “n”, which are target information of “Kumamoto XX ramen”. Similarly, the target information acquisition unit 12023 acquires target information of ID “n + 1” to “n + m”, which is target information of “ramen ABC”. Furthermore, the target information acquisition unit 12023 similarly acquires target information of p of “n + m + p” from ID “n + m + 1”, which is target information of “ramen XYZ”.
Next, a specific process of the transmission information configuration process will be described.

  The ranking determination unit 12041 acquires the attribute value of “original information URL” of the record with ID “1” in the target information management table of FIG. 16, and the URL that is the attribute value exists in the information portal management table of FIG. Determine whether or not. For example, the original information URL “http://www.gourmet.co.jp” of ID “1” in the target information management table of FIG. 16 exists in the information portal management table of FIG. " Next, the ranking determination unit 12041 determines whether or not telephone number information is included in the “target information” of the record of ID “1” in the target information management table of FIG. The ranking determining unit 12041 sets an attribute value “telephone number” in a ranking intermediate table to be described later as “1” if the telephone number information is included and “0” otherwise. Next, the ranking determination unit 12041 counts the number of characters of “target information” in the record of ID “1” in the target information management table of FIG. 16 to obtain “384”. The ranking determining unit 12041 forms a ranking intermediate table having one or more records having “ID”, “search target name information”, “page rank”, “phone number”, and “number of characters”. Such a ranking intermediate table is shown in FIG. With the above processing, the record with ID “1” in FIG. 17 is configured.

  Next, the ranking determination unit 12041 acquires the attribute value of “original information URL” of the record of ID “2” in the target information management table of FIG. 16, and the URL that is the attribute value is the information portal management table of FIG. It is determined whether or not it exists. The original information URL “http: // abc... Com” of the record with ID “2” in the target information management table does not exist in the information portal management table of FIG. Next, the ranking determining unit 12041 sets the telephone number “1” because the telephone number information is included in the “target information” of the record of ID “2” in the target information management table of FIG. Next, the ranking determination unit 12041 counts the number of characters of “target information” in the record of ID “2” in the target information management table of FIG. 16 to obtain “129”. With this process, the record with ID “2” in FIG. 17 is configured. The ranking determining unit 12041 performs the above processing on the records after ID “3” in the target information management table of FIG. 16 to obtain the ranking intermediate table of FIG.

  Next, the ranking determination means 12041 calculates points for each store (search target name information) based on the ranking intermediate table of FIG. That is, the ranking determining unit 12041 sets the multiple to “1” when the page rank is “high”, sets the multiple to “0.3” when the page rank is “low”, and sets the multiple when the page number is “1”. When the telephone number is “0”, the multiple is “0.5”. Then, the ranking determination unit 12041 calculates points by multiplying the “number of characters” by a multiple of the page rank and a multiple of the telephone number. And the ranking determination means 12041 shall make a point into an integer by rounding off.

  Specifically, the ranking determination unit 12041 calculates the point of “Kumamoto OO Ramen” by the formula “384 × 1 × 1 + 129 × 0.3 × 1 +... + 291 × 1 × 1”. Similarly, the ranking determination unit 12041 calculates points for “ramen ABC” and “ramen XYZ”. As a result, it is assumed that the ranking determination unit 12041 calculates the point “2522” of “Kumamoto XX ramen”, the point “1529” of “ramen ABC”, and the point “4211” of “ramen XYZ”. There are various point calculation algorithms, and it goes without saying that points may be calculated using other calculation formulas. However, it is preferable to consider the page rank and presence / absence of a telephone number in the point calculation. This is because it is possible to evaluate the reliability of the website.

  Next, summary information acquisition processing will be described. First, the summarizing means 12043 reads all target information (target information from ID “1” to ID “n” in FIG. 16) of the first search target “Kumamoto OO Ramen”. The word extraction unit 120431 extracts a word (noun) “salt ramen” or the like from all target information. Then, the word appearance count calculation means 120432 for each search target sets the number of appearances (first appearance count) of the word (noun) “salt ramen” in all target information of the search target “Kumamoto OO ramen”, for example, “10 Is calculated. Next, the number of first appearances of other words is also calculated by the same process.

Next, the summarizing means 12043 reads out all target information (target information from ID “n + 1” to “n + m” in FIG. 16) of the second search target “ramen ABC”. The word extraction unit 120431 extracts a word (noun) “special made shrimp ramen” and the like from all target information. Then, the word appearance count calculation means 120432 for each search target sets the number of appearances (first appearance count) of the word (noun) “special shrimp ramen” in all target information of the search target “ramen ABC”, for example, “8 Is calculated. Next, the number of first appearances of other words is also calculated by the same process.
Further, the same processing is performed for the third search target “ramen XYZ”.

  Next, the total word appearance count calculating unit 120433 calculates the number of appearances (second appearance count) of all the search target information for words such as “salt ramen” and “special shrimp ramen”. Then, the ratio calculation unit 120434 calculates ratio information that is a ratio of the first appearance count and the second appearance count. Further, the word list creation unit 120435 sorts the words for each search target using the “ratio” as a key. Then, the summarizing means 12043 obtains the word list management table of FIG. The word list management table holds one or more records having “search target name information”, “word”, “first appearance count”, “second appearance count”, and “ratio”.

Next, the summarizing means 12043 acquires sentences from the target information of FIG. 16 until the text in the target information including words having a large ratio reaches a predetermined size (for example, 512 bytes) for each store. At that time, the summarizing means 12043 also acquires the original information URL corresponding to the target information. Then, the summarizing means 12043 obtains the summary information management table shown in FIG. The summary information management table is a record having “search target name information”, “summary information”, and “original information URL”. “Summary information” is a piece of text in which words indicating the characteristics of the store appear at a high rate from the target information to a predetermined size.
Next, the target information output unit 12042 configures information to be output by the following processing using the summary information obtained by the above processing. An example of the information finally configured by the target information output unit 12042 is shown in FIG.

  That is, the target information output means 12042 constitutes the headline information “Ramen XYZ” ranked first. The heading information may be anything as long as it is information indicating that the ranking is first. Here, the heading information includes the number “1” indicating the first ranking, the search target name information (store name), and the number of stars rounded up (5 stars for the point “4211”). Have. Then, the target information output means 12042 constitutes link symbol information. The link symbol information is information such as “evaluation 1” and “evaluation 2” directly under the heading information of “ramen XYZ” in FIG. The information such as “evaluation 1” is an anchor, and holds a URL indicating the location of the original information of the first target information. That is, when “Evaluation 1” is pressed, the original information of the first target information is displayed. Specifically, the target information output means 12042 constructs a character string of “evaluation 1” from the summary information “XYZ of sesame ramen” of the ramen XYZ in the summary information management table of FIG. 19, and the original information URL “http: // www. Gourmet.co.jp "is given to" Evaluation 1 "as anchor information. The configuration of the character string “evaluation 1” is generated by combining the order (number) of the summary information with the fixed character “evaluation”. Then, the configuration of the information in the area (1) in FIG. 20 is completed.

  Next, the target information output means 12042 adds the summary information acquired by the summarization means 12043 below the area (1) in FIG. The summary information is also an anchor, and a URL indicating the location of the original information corresponding to the target information to be summarized is given to the summary information. Then, the target information output unit 12042 obtains the area (2) in FIG. (2) in FIG. 20 is the above-described summarizing unit.

The above processing is performed on the search target of “Kumamoto XX ramen” in the second ranking and “Ramen ABC” in the third ranking, and the target information output unit 12042 obtains the information to be output in FIG. FIG. 20 shows a display image, which is actually described in HTML.
Next, the output unit 1204 transmits the configured information (information in FIG. 20) to the information terminal 11.
Next, the information terminal 11 receives the information in FIG. 20 (information described in HTML), interprets and executes the information, and displays the screen in FIG.

  Furthermore, it is assumed that the user of the information terminal 11 presses “evaluation 1” of link symbol information, ramen XYZ, with a mouse. Then, the information terminal 11 searches the information processing apparatus 12 for a page corresponding to the URL “http://www.gourmet.co.jp” corresponding to the “evaluation 1” of the ramen XYZ, and “http: // / Www. Gourmet.co.jp "is displayed. Since this process is a process according to a known technique, a detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Further, it is assumed that the user of the information terminal 11 presses summary information “sesame ramen XYZ” with a mouse, for example. The information terminal 11 then searches the information processing apparatus 12 for a page corresponding to the URL “http://www.gourmet.co.jp” corresponding to the summary information “XYZ of sesame ramen.” : // www. Gourmet.co.jp "is displayed. Since this process is also a process according to a known technique, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As mentioned above, according to this Embodiment, objective information, such as a store, can be acquired appropriately. Specifically, a store or the like that matches the user's behavior (such as 10 minutes on foot) can be searched from a target point (for example, JR Yamanote Line Shinjuku). Further, by narrowing down stores using address book information such as so-called town pages, it becomes possible to search for stores with high accuracy. In addition, when searching for information such as stores from structured information such as HTML files, the probability of extracting unnecessary information can be reduced by dividing and searching information based on the tag structure. , Can get necessary information at high speed. In particular, by determining a hierarchy level having a predetermined relationship with a hierarchy level including location information that is one or more of telephone number information, address information, and postal code, and acquiring information on the determined hierarchy level The probability of extracting unnecessary information can be reduced. Specifically, for example, information that is not information that the user wants to search, such as advertisement information on a WEB page, can be prevented from being acquired, and a good search result can be obtained. In addition, information ranking appropriate for the user can be presented by performing ranking based on the description data amount of the store to be searched, etc., instead of the information ranking in the order of distance and new arrival order conventionally used. Furthermore, by performing ranking in consideration of the reliability of information depending on the page rank and presence / absence of a telephone number, it is possible to present information more appropriate for the user. Furthermore, by constructing the summary information in consideration of the appearance frequency of words on each page to be searched, a document portion specific to the search target (store or the like) is cut out, and appropriate summary information can be configured.

  In the present embodiment, the summarizing means includes a word extracting means for extracting words from the target information, and a word appearance count for each search target for calculating the number of appearances for each search target in each word extracted by the word extracting means. And a summary acquisition means for acquiring a summary of each search target from the target information based on the number of appearances. However, the summarizing means may be a process that only cuts out the beginning of the target information, for example, 100 characters. However, it is possible to acquire summary information that clearly represents the characteristics of the search target such as a store by the summarization method that takes into account the number of appearances of the word.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the summary of the target information becomes an anchor and the anchor is pressed with a mouse or the like, the original information of the target information is accessed and the original information is displayed. However, this is not essential. . That is, the output unit 1204 may only output summary information that is not an anchor.

In this embodiment, link symbol output means 12046 outputs link symbol information (such as “evaluation 1” and “evaluation 2”), but link symbol output means 12046 is not essential. That is, it is not essential to output link symbol information (such as “evaluation 1” and “evaluation 2”).
In the present embodiment, the ranking determination unit 12041 for ranking two or more search targets is not essential. That is, store information may be output in the order of processing without ranking.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the ranking determination unit 12041 describes the number of characters of target information to be searched for two or more, or / and whether the target information includes telephone number information, and / or target information. Two or more search targets are ranked based on the page ranking of the source information. However, ranking may be performed other than such processing. For example, the ranking determination unit 12041 may rank two or more search targets based only on the number of home pages on which two or more search targets are described.

Further, in the present embodiment, the search information includes search point information that is information about the search point and target group information that is information for specifying a search target group. The target group information is a keyword “ramen” or the like. However, the search information may be only the search point information or may have other information (such as store size and business hours information).
In the present embodiment, the search target is mainly a dining place (restaurant) such as a ramen shop, but it may be anything such as an English conversation school or a bookstore, a store that sells or rents services or goods.

Further, in the present embodiment, the original information that is the information from which the target information is acquired is information with a layered tag, and the target information acquisition unit is configured to acquire a plurality of targets from a single source information. When acquiring information, information of the same hierarchy level was acquired. However, the target information acquisition unit may search for the target information by a simple search process or the like without using the tag hierarchy information. Needless to say, when the target information is searched using the tag hierarchy information, the search processing is speeded up.
In the present embodiment, the target information acquisition unit searches for one original information and acquires one of the telephone number information, the address information, and the zip code when acquiring a plurality of target information from one original information. The same hierarchy level as the above-described information including the location information is determined, and information on the determined hierarchy level is acquired. However, when acquiring a plurality of pieces of target information from one source information, the target information acquisition unit searches for one source information, and is a place that is one or more of telephone number information, address information, and postal code A hierarchy level having a predetermined relationship with a hierarchy level including information may be determined, and information on the determined hierarchy level may be acquired. For example, as shown in FIG. 21 (a), when location information such as telephone number information is included in the <td> tag, the <tr> tag or lower (here, “below” means a lower hierarchy in the hierarchy) It is also possible to extract the information in the tag and search for the extracted information. Note that the home page having the tag structure of FIG. 21A includes information desired by the user, such as a restaurant, in each row of the table as shown in FIG. 21B. Further, for example, a telephone number is provided as an attribute value in each row of the table, and an address is provided as another attribute value.
Also, for example, as shown in FIG. 22 (a), when location information such as telephone number information is included in the <td> tag, information in the tag below the <table> tag is cut out and the cut out It is also possible to search for information. Note that the homepage having the tag structure of FIG. 22A includes information desired by the user, such as a restaurant, in the table record as shown in FIG. 22B. That is, the above-described “hierarchy level having a predetermined relationship with the hierarchy level including the location information” may be the same hierarchy level as the “hierarchy level including the location information” or one of the “hierarchy level including the location information”. It may be the level of the upper hierarchy or the level of the upper hierarchy.
Further, in the present embodiment, the original information is the WEB home page, but it goes without saying that it may be other information.

    Furthermore, the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program receives a search step for receiving search information, which is information for specifying two or more search targets, and two or more pieces of target information for information related to two or more search targets specified by the search information. It is a program for executing a target information acquisition step acquired from two or more original information and an output step of outputting the target information of the two or more search targets. The output step may include a summarization step of summarizing the two or more pieces of target information and acquiring the two or more pieces of summary information, and a summary information output step of outputting the two or more pieces of summary information. In addition, the summarizing step includes a word extracting step for extracting a word from the target information, and a word appearance count calculation unit for each search target for calculating an appearance count for each search target in each word extracted in the word extraction step; You may comprise the summary acquisition step which acquires the summary information of each search object from the said object information based on the said appearance frequency. The summarizing step includes a word total appearance count calculating step for calculating the number of appearances in all target information of all search targets in each word extracted in the word extracting step, and a word appearance count calculating step for each search target. From the ratio calculation step for calculating the ratio between the number of appearances for each search target calculated in step 1 and the number of appearances in all target information calculated in the total word appearance count calculation step, and from the words with a high ratio calculated in the ratio calculation step In addition, the method further comprises a word list creation step of creating a word list for each search target, wherein the summary acquisition step acquires summary information for each search target from the target information based on the word list for each search target. May be.

  Furthermore, in the target information acquisition step, link information that is information indicating the location of the information in which the target information is described is also acquired, and in the reception step, a summary information selection instruction that is an instruction for the summary information is also received, Source information for acquiring the original information based on link information of the original information in which the target information that is the source of the summary information corresponding to the summary information selection instruction is received when the summary information selection instruction is received in the receiving step An acquisition step may be further executed, and the output step may include an original information output step for outputting the original information acquired in the original information acquisition step.

  Further, in the program, in the target information acquisition step, link information that is information indicating a location of information in which the target information is described is also acquired, and the output step is link symbol information that is information corresponding to the link information. A link symbol output step that outputs a link symbol selection instruction that is an instruction for the link symbol information. The link symbol output instruction is received when the link symbol selection instruction is received in the reception step. A source information acquisition step of acquiring source information that is information in which target information indicated by the link information is described based on link information corresponding to the link symbol information, and in the output step, the source information acquisition Source information output step that also outputs source information acquired in step It may be equipped also constitute a.

  The output step further includes a ranking determination step of ranking the two or more search targets based on the target information of the two or more search targets, and based on the ranking of the ranking determination step, Two or more search target information and / or summary information may be output.

Further, in the ranking determination step, the number of characters of the two or more search target object information, and / or whether the target information includes telephone number information, and / or an original information page on which the target information is described The two or more search objects may be ranked based on the ranking.
The search information preferably includes search point information that is information about a search point and target group information that is information for specifying a search target group.

  Further, search target name information that is information indicating the name of the search target, telephone number information that is information indicating the telephone number of the search target, and address information that is address information that is the information indicating the address of the search target. A search target information group including one or more search target information groups, wherein in the target information acquisition step, a part or all of the search target information is acquired based on the search information; A target information acquisition step of acquiring target information that is information related to two or more search target targets specified by the search information, based on part or all of the search target information acquired in the search target information acquisition step; You may do it.

  The search information further includes search range information that is information for specifying a search range from the search point indicated by the search point information. The search target information acquisition step includes the search point information included in the search information and the search One or more search target information may be selected based on the target address information and the search range information, and a part or all of the selected search target information may be acquired.

  Further, in the search target information acquisition step, the longitude and latitude of the search point information included in the search information and the longitude and latitude of the address information of the search target are acquired, and the search point indicated by the search point information from the two longitudes and latitudes One or more search target objects by calculating a distance between the search target point indicated by the address information and determining whether the search range information satisfies a condition based on the distance. Information may be selected, and some or all of the selected search target information may be acquired.

  Moreover, the original information which is the information from which the target information is acquired is information with a hierarchical tag, and a plurality of target information is acquired from one source information in the target information acquisition step. In some cases, it is preferable to acquire information of the same hierarchical level.

Also, in the target information acquisition step, when a plurality of target information is acquired from one original information, the one original information is searched, and a place that is one or more of telephone number information, address information, and zip code A hierarchy level including information may be determined, and information on the determined hierarchy level may be acquired.
Further, in the target information acquisition step, a hierarchical level including two or more pieces of location information may be determined, and information on the determined hierarchical level may be acquired.

  In the above program, in a transmission step for transmitting information, a reception step for receiving information, etc., processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmission step (only performed by hardware). Not included) is not included.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be. That is, the above processing method may be realized by one or more apparatuses. Specifically, for example, the information processing apparatus 12 may not hold the search target information group storage unit 12021, and another apparatus may hold the search target information group storage unit 12021. In such a case, the information processing apparatus 12 searches for the other apparatus and acquires search target information.

In the information processing system, the information terminal 11 and the information processing device 12 may be realized by a single device. In such a case, the information processing apparatus 12 holds the user input receiving unit 1101, and the output unit 1204 performs processing such as displaying information on a display or outputting sound through a speaker.
Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (such as an information transmission unit) existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention has an effect that objective information such as a store can be appropriately output, and is useful as, for example, a server apparatus having a search engine in WEB.

Conceptual diagram of an information processing system in an embodiment Block diagram of the information processing system Flow chart for explaining the operation of the information terminal Flow chart for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus Flowchart explaining the target information acquisition process Flowchart explaining the transmission information configuration process Flow chart explaining the ranking process Flowchart explaining the summary information acquisition process Figure showing an example of the homepage Figure showing the search target information group Figure showing the information portal management table Figure showing an example of the same input screen Figure showing the request information Figure showing the search target information intermediate table The figure which shows the same HTML structure tree Figure showing the same information management table Figure showing the same interim ranking table The figure which shows the same word list management table Figure showing the summary information management table Figure showing an example of the information to be output The figure which shows the same HTML structure tree The figure which shows the same HTML structure tree

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Information terminal 12 Information processing apparatus 13 Information storage apparatus 1101 User input reception part 1102 Request transmission part 1103 Information reception part 1104 Information output part 1201 Reception part 1202 Target information acquisition part 1203 Original information acquisition part 1204 Output part 1205 Original information reception part 1206 Original information storage unit 1207 Original information storage unit 1301 Original information storage unit 1302 Original information transmission unit 12021 Search target information group storage unit 12022 Search target information acquisition unit 12023 Target information acquisition unit 12041 Ranking determination unit 12042 Target information output unit 12043 Summary Means 12044 Summary information output means 12045 Original information output means 12046 Link symbol output means 120431 Word extraction means 120432 Word appearance count calculation means for each search target 120433 Total number of word occurrences Calculation means 120434 Ratio calculation means 120435 Word list creation means

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A reception unit that receives search information that is information for specifying two or more search targets;
It is original information stored in two or more information storage devices, and is information of user evaluation for two or more search targets specified by the search information from the original information that is information with hierarchical tags. A target information acquisition unit that acquires two or more target information;
An information processing apparatus comprising an output unit that outputs target information of two or more search targets,
The target information acquisition unit
When acquiring multiple pieces of target information from a single source information, acquire the same hierarchical level information in the source information ,
One or more search target information including search target name information that is information indicating a search target name, telephone number information that is information indicating a search target telephone number, and address information that is information indicating a search target address A search target information group storing means for storing a search target information group having;
Search target information acquisition means for acquiring part or all of the search target information from the search target information group storage means based on the search information;
Means for acquiring target information, which is information about two or more search target targets specified by the search information, using a part or all of the search target information acquired by the search target information acquiring means; When acquiring a plurality of pieces of target information from one original information, search for one original information and display a hierarchy level including location information that is one or more of telephone number information, address information, and postal code. And a target information acquisition unit that is a unit for acquiring information of the determined hierarchy level.
The output unit is
Summarizing means for summarizing the two or more pieces of target information and obtaining two or more pieces of summary information;
Comprising summary information output means for outputting the two or more summary information;
The summarizing means includes:
Word extraction means for extracting words from the target information;
In each word extracted by the word extraction means, a word appearance count calculation means for each search target for calculating the appearance count for each search target;
Summary acquisition means for acquiring summary information of each search target from the target information based on the number of appearances;
In each word extracted by the word extracting means, a word total appearance count calculating means for calculating the number of appearances in all target information of all search targets;
A ratio calculating means for calculating a ratio between the number of appearances for each search target calculated by the word appearance count calculating means for each search target and the number of appearances in all target information calculated by the word total appearance count calculating means;
Arranged from words with a high ratio calculated by the ratio calculation means, comprising a word list creation means for creating a word list for each search target,
The summary acquisition means includes
An information processing apparatus that acquires summary information of each search target from the target information based on the word list for each search target. The target information acquisition unit
Also obtain link information that is the information indicating the location of the original information where the target information is written,
The reception unit
Also accept summary information selection instructions that are instructions for the summary information,
When the reception unit receives a summary information selection instruction,
Based on the link information of the original information in which the target information that is the basis of the summary information corresponding to the summary information selection instruction is provided, further comprising an original information acquisition unit that acquires the original information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output unit further includes original information output means for outputting the original information acquired by the original information acquisition unit. The target information acquisition unit
Also obtain link information that is the information indicating the location of the original information where the target information is written,
The output unit is
Link symbol output means for outputting link symbol information, which is information corresponding to the link information,
The reception unit also receives a link symbol selection instruction that is an instruction for the link symbol information,
When the reception unit receives a link symbol selection instruction,
Based on link information corresponding to the instructed link symbol information, further comprising an original information acquisition unit that acquires original information that is information in which target information indicated by the link information is described;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the output unit further includes original information output means for outputting the original information acquired by the original information acquisition unit. The output unit is
Further comprising a ranking determining means for ranking the two or more search targets based on the target information of the two or more search targets;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the target information or / and summary information of the two or more search targets are output based on the ranking of the ranking determination unit. The ranking determining means includes
Based on the number of characters of the target information of the two or more search targets, and / or whether the target information includes telephone number information, and / or the page ranking of the original information in which the target information is described The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the search targets are ranked. On the computer,
A reception step for receiving search information that is information for specifying two or more search targets;
It is original information stored in two or more information storage devices, and is information of user evaluation for two or more search targets specified by the search information from the original information that is information with hierarchical tags. A target information acquisition step of acquiring two or more target information;
A program for executing an output step of outputting the target information of two or more search targets,
The target information acquisition step includes:
When acquiring multiple pieces of target information from a single source information, acquire the same hierarchical level information in the source information,
One or more search target information including search target name information that is information indicating a search target name, telephone number information that is information indicating a search target telephone number, and address information that is information indicating a search target address A search target information acquisition step for acquiring a part or all of the search target information based on the search information from a storage medium storing the search target information group having;
Using a part or all of the search target information acquired in the search target information acquisition step, acquiring target information that is information relating to two or more search target targets specified by the search information; When acquiring a plurality of pieces of target information from one original information, search for one original information and display a hierarchy level including location information that is one or more of telephone number information, address information, and postal code. And a target information acquisition step that is a step of acquiring information of the determined hierarchy level.
The output step includes
A summarizing step of summarizing the two or more pieces of target information and obtaining two or more pieces of summary information;
A summary information output step for outputting the two or more summary information;
The summarizing step comprises:
A word extracting step of extracting a word from the target information;
In each word extracted in the word extraction step, a word appearance count calculation step for each search target for calculating the number of appearances for each search target;
A summary acquisition step of acquiring summary information of each search target from the target information based on the number of appearances;
In each word extracted in the word extraction step, a word total appearance count calculating step for calculating the number of appearances in all target information of all search targets;
The number of appearances for each search object calculated in the word appearance frequency calculation step for each search object and all the words A ratio calculating step for calculating a ratio with the number of appearances in all target information calculated in the appearance number calculating step;
Arranging from the words with a high ratio calculated in the ratio calculation step, comprising a word list creation step of creating a word list for each search target,
The summary acquisition step includes:
A program for obtaining summary information of each search target from the target information based on the word list for each search target. An information processing method executed by a reception unit, a target information acquisition unit, and an output unit,
A reception step of receiving search information, which is information for specifying two or more search targets, by the reception unit;
Two or more searches specified by the search information from the original information that is the original information stored in two or more information storage devices by the target information acquisition unit, and is the information with the hierarchized tag. A target information acquisition step of acquiring two or more pieces of target information that is user evaluation information for the target;
An information processing method comprising an output step of outputting the target information of the two or more search targets by the output unit,
In the target information acquisition step,
When acquiring multiple pieces of target information from a single source information, acquire the same hierarchical level information in the source information,
One or more search target information including search target name information that is information indicating a search target name, telephone number information that is information indicating a search target telephone number, and address information that is information indicating a search target address A search target information acquisition step for acquiring a part or all of the search target information based on the search information from a storage medium storing the search target information group having;
Using a part or all of the search target information acquired in the search target information acquisition step, acquiring target information that is information relating to two or more search target targets specified by the search information; When acquiring a plurality of pieces of target information from one original information, search for one original information and display a hierarchy level including location information that is one or more of telephone number information, address information, and postal code. And a target information acquisition step that is a step of acquiring information of the determined hierarchy level.
The output step includes
A summarizing step of summarizing the two or more pieces of target information and obtaining two or more pieces of summary information;
A summary information output step for outputting the two or more summary information;
The summarizing step comprises:
A word extracting step of extracting a word from the target information;
In each word extracted in the word extraction step, a word appearance count calculation step for each search target for calculating the number of appearances for each search target;
A summary acquisition step of acquiring summary information of each search target from the target information based on the number of appearances;
In each word extracted in the word extraction step, a word total appearance count calculating step for calculating the number of appearances in all target information of all search targets;
A ratio calculation step for calculating a ratio between the number of appearances for each search target calculated in the word appearance count calculation step for each search target and the number of appearances in all target information calculated in the word total appearance count calculation step;
Arranging from the words with a high ratio calculated in the ratio calculation step, comprising a word list creation step of creating a word list for each search target,
The summary acquisition step includes:
An information processing method for acquiring summary information of each search target from the target information based on a word list for each search target.

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