JP5880174B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The disclosed technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

  In order to enhance the added value, decoration, and entertainment of an email sent to a specific partner, information other than the text may be attached to the email. Examples of the information attached to the e-mail include pictographs inserted into the body of the e-mail and image files attached as a background image of the body of the e-mail.

  As a technique for attaching an image file to an e-mail, there is known a technique for attaching an image file representing a composite image obtained by synthesizing a user's own portrait image and an existing character image to the e-mail. A technique for adding further information to an electronic file to be attached is also known. For example, a technique is known in which an image selected from a plurality of images each representing a different character is combined with one selected from a plurality of images each representing a different balloon, and the body of an e-mail is inserted into the balloon portion. Yes. In addition, a technique of writing an e-mail text and pasting an image on a predetermined template is also known.

JP 2009-163465 A JP 2008-83785 A JP 2010-204778 A

  However, the types of information that can be inserted into the body of an e-mail and the types of information that can be attached to an e-mail have been increasing year by year. There arises a problem that it becomes difficult to select information according to interest.

  An object of the disclosed technique is to support a selection operation of information to be transmitted to a communication partner.

The technique disclosed in the first storage section, for each type of presentation information to be presented, a plurality of tokens each comprising a different iconic plurality of symbolic information representing the contents of the presentation information along with corresponding to the type of the presentation information An information group and presentation information are stored in association with each other. In the disclosed technology, the first acquisition unit acquires communication partner specifying information for specifying a communication partner. In the disclosed technology, the second acquisition unit acquires attribute specifying information for specifying an attribute of a communication partner specified by the communication partner specifying information acquired by the first acquisition unit. In addition, the disclosed technique is such that the third acquisition unit corresponds to the symbol information group including the symbol information whose affinity with the attribute specifying information acquired by the second acquisition unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree. Presentation information is acquired from the first storage unit. In the disclosed technology, the presentation unit presents the presentation information acquired by the third acquisition unit.

  The disclosed technique has an effect that it is possible to support the operation of selecting information to be transmitted to a communication partner.

It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the principal part function of the smart phone which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the electrical system of the smart phone which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of presentation information DB which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of telephone directory DB which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the state with which multiple types of keyword was registered into telephone directory DB which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the format of the image file attached to the email transmitted / received with the smart phone which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the registration process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the email preparation process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the narrowing-down / presentation process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is an image figure which shows an example of the state by which the background template designation | designated screen was displayed on the display part of the smart phone which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is an image figure which shows an example of the other background template designation | designated screen displayed on the display part of the smart phone which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is an image figure which shows an example of the state by which the background image shown by a background template was displayed on the display part of the smart phone which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is an image figure which shows an example of the state by which the background template designation | designated screen was concealed in the display part of the smart phone which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of presentation information DB which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the narrowing-down / presentation process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the modification of the technique of an indication. It is the schematic which shows the modification of the technique of an indication.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the disclosed technology will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a multifunctional mobile phone, a so-called smartphone will be described as an example of the information processing apparatus, but the disclosed technique is not limited to this. The disclosed technology can also be applied to various information processing apparatuses such as portable personal computers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and stationary personal computers.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 shows an example of main functions of the smartphone 10 according to the first embodiment. The smartphone 10 has a call function and an e-mail function. The call function is a function for receiving and transmitting a call with a specific partner via a public line, and is a function mounted on a general telephone. The e-mail function is a function for creating an e-mail and sending / receiving e-mail. In the first embodiment, creation of an email includes attachment of an electronic file to the email in addition to creation of the body of the email. In addition, attachment of an electronic file to an electronic mail includes attachment of an electronic file indicating a decorative pattern (for example, a pictograph or an animation image) that decorates the body by being inserted into the body of the electronic mail. In addition, attaching an electronic file to an electronic mail includes attaching an electronic file indicating a background image displayed in a creation area where a body of the electronic mail is created to the electronic mail. Hereinafter, in order to avoid complications, an electronic file indicating a decorative design is referred to as “decorative design information”, and an electronic file indicating a background image is referred to as a “background template”.

  The smartphone 10 includes a first storage unit 12, a second storage unit 13, a first acquisition unit 14, a second acquisition unit 15, a third acquisition unit 16, a presentation unit 18, a reception unit 20, and a registration unit 22. The first storage unit 12 stores a presentation information DB (database) 24 in which presentation information presented to the user of the smartphone 10 and symbol information symbolizing the content of the presentation information are associated with each other. In the first embodiment, a background template is applied as an example of presentation information. Therefore, the presentation information DB 24 stores a plurality of types of background templates. In addition to the background template, decorative symbol information and sound information indicating sound may be stored, or other information other than the background template may be stored instead of the background template. In other words, the symbol information can be said to be an identifier indicating the content of the presentation information. In the first embodiment, a keyword indicating the content of the presentation information is adopted as an example of the symbol information. The “keyword” referred to here is, for example, a symbolic word that can express the content of the presentation information in one word. A symbolic word is a word indicating characteristic information included in a title or presentation information given in advance to the presentation information, for example. Note that another identifier may be applied instead of the keyword. For example, if the amount of data may be larger than that of a keyword, symbolic image information or audio information included in the presentation information may be applied as symbol information instead of the keyword.

  The second storage unit 13 stores a telephone book DB 70 in which communication partner specifying information for specifying a communication partner is associated with attribute specifying information for specifying an attribute of the communication partner. The phone book DB 70 is a database corresponding to a phone book in which a telephone number and a mail address are assigned to each communication partner. In the first embodiment, a mail address is applied as an example of communication partner identification information. Therefore, a unique mail address is registered in the telephone directory DB 70 for each communication partner. The “communication partner attribute” referred to here is, for example, a hobby or a tendency of interest of the communication partner. Therefore, in the first embodiment, as an example of the “attribute specifying information”, a keyword that can specify a hobby or a tendency of interest of the communication partner is adopted. The keyword may be a compound word in which a plurality of words (words) having different meanings are combined. Information that substitutes for a keyword may be applied. For example, if the amount of data may be larger than that of a keyword, image information or voice information that can specify a hobby or a tendency of interest of a communication partner can be applied instead of the keyword.

  The receiving unit 20 receives information including sender specifying information for specifying a sender of information and attribute specifying information. The “sender” here refers to, for example, a person who sent an e-mail to the smartphone 10. Accordingly, the sender identification information includes, for example, an e-mail address. Therefore, in the first embodiment, as an example of the information including the sender specifying information and the attribute specifying information, an e-mail attached with an electronic file including a keyword that is an example of the attribute specifying information is employed.

  The registration unit 22 corresponds to the communication partner specifying information that specifies the sender specified by the sender specifying information included in the received information as the communication partner, the attribute specifying information included in the information received by the receiving unit 20 At the same time, it is registered by being stored in the telephone directory DB 70. For example, when the keyword that is an example of the attribute specifying information is included in the electronic file attached to the email received by the receiving unit 20, the registration unit 22 receives the email address and the email address from the email received by the receiving unit 20. Get keywords. Then, the acquired keyword and mail address are associated with each other and registered in the telephone directory DB 70. In the first embodiment, an image file in EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) format is adopted as an example of an electronic file attached to an e-mail. Therefore, the registration unit 22 acquires a keyword as attribute specifying information from the tag information included in the image file. The tag information stores additional information about the original image included in the image file, such as shooting date and time, model information indicating the model of the camera used for shooting, and GPS (Global Positioning System) information indicating the shooting location. ing. Therefore, by referring to this tag information, it is possible to estimate the current hobby and interest tendency of the sender of the e-mail.

  The first acquisition unit 14 acquires communication partner identification information. In the first embodiment, the first acquisition unit 14 acquires, for example, an e-mail address accepted by the smartphone 10 as communication partner identification information when designating an e-mail transmission destination. A telephone number may be applied instead of the mail address. This is because the telephone number can uniquely identify the person (communication partner) who sent the e-mail as well as the e-mail address.

  The second acquisition unit 15 acquires attribute specifying information that specifies the attribute of the communication partner specified by the communication partner specifying information acquired by the first acquisition unit 14. In 1st Embodiment, the 2nd acquisition part 15 acquires the attribute specific information matched with the communication partner specific information acquired by the 1st acquisition part 14 from telephone directory DB70.

  The third acquisition unit 16 acquires the presentation information corresponding to the symbol information whose affinity with the attribute specifying information acquired by the second acquisition unit 15 is a predetermined degree or more from the presentation information DB 24. The case where the “affinity is greater than or equal to a predetermined level” as used herein means that the attribute specifying information and the symbol information are partially matched, as well as the attribute specifying information and the symbol information being completely matched. This includes cases where

  The presentation unit 18 presents the presentation information acquired by the third acquisition unit 16 to the user of the smartphone 10. In the first embodiment, the presentation information is presented by displaying the presentation information on a display (for example, a liquid crystal display).

  The 1st memory | storage part 12, the 2nd memory | storage part 13, the 1st acquisition part 14, the 2nd acquisition part 15, the 3rd acquisition part 16, the presentation part 18, the receiving part 20, and the registration part 22 were incorporated in the smart phone 10, for example. It can be realized by the computer 30 and other input / output devices shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows an example of the main configuration of the electrical system of the smartphone 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the computer 30 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 42, a memory 44, and a nonvolatile storage unit 46, which are connected to each other via a bus 48. The storage unit 46 can be realized by an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory, or the like. The storage unit 46 as a recording medium stores a registration processing program 50, a narrowing / presentation processing program 52, a presentation information DB 24, and a telephone directory DB 70. The CPU 42 reads out the registration processing program 50 from the storage unit 46, expands it in the memory 44, and sequentially executes processes included in the registration processing program 50. The registration processing program 50 includes a reception process 56 and a registration process 58. The CPU 42 operates as the reception unit 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 by executing the reception process 56.

  Further, the CPU 42 reads out the narrowing / presentation processing program 52 from the storage unit 46 and develops it in the memory 44, and sequentially executes the processes of the narrowing / presentation processing program. The narrowing / presentation processing program 52 includes a first acquisition process 60, a second acquisition process, a narrowing process 62, and a presentation process 64. The CPU 42 operates as the first acquisition unit 14 illustrated in FIG. 1 by executing the first acquisition process 60. Further, the CPU 42 operates as the second acquisition unit 15 illustrated in FIG. 1 by executing the second acquisition process 61. The CPU 42 operates as the presentation unit 18 illustrated in FIG. 1 by executing the presentation process 64.

  When the 3rd acquisition part 16 is implement | achieved by the computer 30, the memory | storage part 46 which memorize | stores presentation information DB24 is used as the 1st memory | storage part 12 shown in FIG. When the registration unit 22 is realized by the computer 30, the storage unit 46 that stores the telephone directory 70 is used as the second storage unit 14 shown in FIG. Thereby, the computer 30 that has executed the narrowing process 62 included in the narrowing / presentation processing program 52 functions as the third acquisition unit 16, and the computer 30 that has executed the registration process 58 included in the registration processing program 50 is It functions as the registration unit 22. Although the case where the registration processing program 50 and the narrowing / presentation processing program 52 are read from the storage unit 46 is illustrated here, it is not always necessary to store them in the storage unit 46 from the beginning. For example, each program is first stored in an arbitrary “portable physical medium” such as a flexible disk connected to the computer 30, so-called FD, CD-ROM, DVD disk, magneto-optical disk, IC card, or the like. It may be left. Then, the computer 30 may acquire and execute each program from these portable physical media. Each program is stored in another computer or server device connected to the computer 30 via the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), etc., and the computer 30 acquires and executes each program from these. It may be.

  The smartphone 10 is an input / output interface (I / O) 49 that electrically connects the computer 30 and various input / output devices to control transmission and reception of various information between the computer 30 and various input / output devices. It has. In the first embodiment, as an input / output device that is electrically connected to the computer 30 via the bus 48 by being connected to the I / O 49, the reception unit 32, the display unit 34, the communication unit 36, and the transmission A unit 38 and a receiver 40 are provided.

  The accepting unit 32 accepts an operation input by a user of the smartphone 10. Examples of the accepting unit 32 include input devices such as a transmissive touch panel that is used to overlap a display, an operation button for turning on power, an operation button for setting various information, and a scroll key. Therefore, in the first embodiment, as an example of the first acquisition unit 14 illustrated in FIG. 1, a configuration for acquiring the communication partner identification information received by the reception unit 32 is adopted. However, the disclosed technique is not limited to this. For example, the first acquisition unit 14 may be a communication unit that acquires communication partner identification information input via an input device provided in an external information processing apparatus via the communication unit 36. In the first embodiment, as described above, the second acquisition unit 15 acquires the attribute specifying information from the phone book DB 70, but the acquisition destination of the attribute specifying information is not limited to the phone book DB 70. . For example, the second acquisition unit 15 may acquire information received by the reception unit 32 at a predetermined time as attribute specifying information. The “predetermined time” mentioned here can be exemplified by a time specified in advance by the user as a time when the receiving unit 32 receives the attribute specifying information. In this case, information received by the receiving unit 32 at a time specified in advance by the user is adopted as the attribute specifying information.

  The display unit 34 displays various information. An example of the display unit 34 is a liquid crystal display. In the first embodiment, a touch panel display formed by superimposing a touch panel which is a part of the receiving unit 32 on the liquid crystal display as the display unit 34 is employed. Therefore, in the first embodiment, a configuration in which the presentation information is displayed on the display unit 34 is adopted as an example of the presentation unit 18 illustrated in FIG. That is, the presentation information is presented by the presentation unit 18 by displaying the presentation information on the display unit 34. However, the disclosed technique is not limited to this, and the presentation information may be presented via a presentation device provided outside the smartphone 10 instead of being displayed on the display unit 34. Examples of the “presentation device” mentioned here include a display connected to the computer 30, a sound reproduction device connected to the computer 30, and a printer connected to the computer 30. In this case, an example of a process executed to present the presentation information on the presentation device is a process of displaying the presentation information on a display connected to the computer 30 when the instruction to present by the display is received by the reception unit 32. it can. Moreover, when the instruction | indication of the reproduction | regeneration (output) by an audio | voice is received by the reception part 32, the process which outputs presentation information as an audio | voice from the audio | voice reproduction apparatus connected to the computer 30 can be illustrated. In addition, when the receiving unit 32 receives a presentation instruction on a sheet, a process of recording the presentation information on the sheet and discharging the sheet by a printer connected to the computer 30 can be exemplified.

  The communication unit 36 transmits and receives various types of information between an information processing apparatus (not shown) connected to the wireless communication network and the computer 30 by performing wireless communication with the nearest base station of the wireless communication network. To manage. The communication unit 36 includes, for example, an antenna (not shown) and an RF (Radio Frequency) circuit (not shown). In this case, for example, the communication unit 36 receives a signal wirelessly transmitted from an external information processing apparatus via a base station by an antenna, demodulates the received signal by an RF circuit, and is included in the received signal. Information is supplied to the computer 30. The communication unit 36 modulates information supplied from the computer 30 and transmits the information to an external information processing apparatus via the base station via the antenna.

  The transmitter 38 captures the voice emitted by the user of the smartphone 10 during a call and outputs a voice signal indicating the captured voice to the computer 30. For example, the transmitter 38 includes a microphone (not shown) and a signal processing circuit (not shown). In this case, for example, a voice is captured by a microphone, and the voice captured by the microphone is converted into a voice signal by a signal processing circuit and output to the communication unit 36 via the computer 30. Here, an example in which an audio signal is output to the communication unit 36 via the computer 30 is illustrated, but a signal processing unit included in the transmitter 38 may be directly output to the communication unit 36.

  The receiver 40 outputs the voice indicated by the voice information received by the communication unit 36. The receiver 40 includes, for example, a D / A (digital / analog) conversion circuit (not shown), an amplifier (not shown), and a speaker (not shown). In this case, for example, the D / A conversion circuit performs D / A conversion on the audio signal supplied from the computer 30, and outputs the signal amplified by the amplifier after D / A conversion to the speaker. The speaker outputs sound corresponding to the signal supplied from the D / A conversion circuit to the outside. Here, an example in which the audio signal received by the communication unit 36 is supplied to the receiver 40 via the computer 30 is illustrated, but the audio signal received by the communication unit 36 does not pass through the computer 30. May be supplied directly to the receiver 40.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the presentation information DB 24. The presentation information DB 24 stores a plurality of keyword groups and a plurality of background template groups. Each keyword group is a set of keywords that are more strongly related to each other than other keywords (for example, keywords belonging to other keyword groups). A unique background template group is assigned to each keyword group. The background template group is a collection of a plurality of background templates that are the same type but have different contents. Here, “same kind” means belonging to the same keyword group, for example. The presentation information DB 24 includes a cat keyword group, a dog keyword group, and a heart keyword group, and a type of background template that is commonly conceived on a keyword group basis from a plurality of keywords included in each of the keyword groups. Multiple are assigned to each. The cat keyword group is a collection of a plurality of keywords reminiscent of “cat” such as “cat”, “cat”, “CAT”, “Russian blue”, “pet” and “small animal”. The dog keyword group is a collection of a plurality of keywords reminiscent of “dogs” such as “dog”, “dog”, “DOG”, “poodle”, “pet” and “small animal”. The heart keyword group is a collection of a plurality of keywords reminiscent of “heart” such as “heart”, “HEART”, “heart”, “feelings”, “pounding”, “love” and “love”. is there. Therefore, a cat background template group in which a plurality of background templates (cat templates A to Z in the example shown in FIG. 3) are collected is assigned to the cat keyword group. ing. In addition, a dog background template group in which a plurality of background templates (in the example shown in FIG. 3, dog templates A to Z) that include images showing dogs and having different contents are assigned to the dog keyword group. ing. Furthermore, a heart background template group in which a plurality of background templates (heart templates A to Z in the example shown in FIG. 3) are aggregated is assigned to the heart keyword group, each including an image indicating a heart and different images. ing.

  In the first embodiment, an image obtained by reducing each background template is associated with each background template constituting the background template group. An example of the “image obtained by reducing the background template” mentioned here is a thumbnail image using the background template as an original image.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the phone book DB 70 stored in the storage unit 46. The phone book DB 70 stores information for each communication partner, and includes items of a communication partner name, a telephone number, a mail address, an adopted keyword, a keyword, and a count value. The communication partner name is assigned to the communication partner name item. In the telephone number item, a telephone number is registered. A mail address is assigned to the mail address item. A keyword which is an example of attribute specifying information for specifying an attribute of a communication partner having a name registered in the communication partner name item is assigned to the adopted keyword item. As will be described in detail later, the keyword assigned to the adopted keyword item is used when narrowing down information to be attached to an e-mail transmitted to the communication partner having the name assigned to the communication partner name item.

  Keyword candidates to be assigned to the adopted keyword items are assigned to the keyword items. The keyword assigned to the keyword item is a keyword acquired by the CPU 42 from the electronic file attached to the email received by the smartphone 10. In the first embodiment, the keyword is acquired by the CPU 42 based on the premise that the keyword is included in the tag information of the electronic file attached to the email transmitted to the smartphone 10. Become.

  CPU42 acquires a keyword from the electronic file attached to the received electronic mail, and allocates the acquired keyword to the item of the keyword of telephone directory DB70. In addition, a count value item is associated with the keyword item. When the keyword already assigned to the keyword item is acquired again by the CPU 42, the CPU 42 adds 1 to the count value of the count value item corresponding to the corresponding keyword item. When the count values are added in this way, a count value is assigned to each of a plurality of keywords as shown in FIG. 5 as an example. The keyword having the highest count value is assigned to the adopted keyword item. In the first embodiment, the initial value of the count value is “0”, but the initial value of the count value for a specific keyword item may be set to a value other than “0”. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the keyword “cat” is assigned in advance to the keyword item, and the initial setting value of the count value corresponding to the keyword “cat” is set to “4”. Also good. In this case, as long as the count values of other keywords (“dog” and “heart” in the example shown in FIG. 5) do not exceed “4”, the keyword “cat” is assigned to the adopted keyword item as the adopted keyword. It will be.

  In the first embodiment, a keyword corresponding to a count value that is smaller than a count value of another keyword and that has been in a state of a predetermined value (for example, “2”) or less continues for a predetermined period corresponds. It is deleted from the telephone directory DB 70 together with the count value. Examples of the “predetermined period” include a period from when a keyword is first registered until an e-mail attached with an electronic file with the keyword is received a predetermined number of times (for example, 1000 times). In the first embodiment, the number of keywords that can be registered in the telephone directory DB 70 is determined. Therefore, when more keywords are registered with the upper limit number of keywords (for example, 999) already registered in the phone book DB 70, the keyword with the oldest date and time registered in the phone book DB 70 is counted from the phone book DB 70. Deleted with the value.

  In the first embodiment, keywords registered after a predetermined point in the past are used as candidates for the adopted keyword. An example of the “predetermined point in time” mentioned here is the date and time that the user of the smartphone 10 has instructed via the reception unit 32. In addition to this, when a predetermined number of keywords can be registered in the phone book DB 70 in chronological order, it is possible to exemplify the point in time when the keywords were registered most recently.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the structure of an EXIF format image file, which is an example of an electronic file attached to an electronic mail transmitted and received by the smartphone 10. An EXIF format image file includes the tag information, thumbnail image information, and original image information described above. The original image information is image information indicating an original image. The thumbnail image information is image information indicating an image obtained by reducing the original image.

  Next, as an operation of the first embodiment, a registration process performed by the smartphone 10 by the CPU 42 executing the registration process program 50 will be described with reference to FIG. In the registration process shown in FIG. 7, first, in step 100, it is determined whether or not an e-mail has been received by the receiving unit 20. In this step 100, when the e-mail is not received by the receiving unit 20, the determination is denied and this step 100 is repeated. In step 100, when an e-mail is received by the receiving unit 20, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 102. In step 102, the registration unit 22 determines whether or not an electronic file is attached to the electronic mail received in the previous step 100. In step 102, if an electronic file is attached to the electronic mail received in step 100, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 104. In step 102, if an electronic file is not attached to the electronic mail received in the previous step 100, the determination is denied and the main registration process ends.

  Subsequently, in step 104, the registration unit 22 acquires an electronic file attached to the electronic mail received in the previous step 100. In the next step 106, the registration unit 22 determines whether or not a keyword is included in the electronic file acquired in the previous step 104. That is, in the first embodiment, an EXIF format image file is adopted as the electronic file. Therefore, in this step 106, whether or not the keyword is included in the tag information of the image file acquired in the previous step 104. Is determined. In this step 106, if the keyword is included in the electronic file acquired in the previous step 104, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 108. If the keyword is not included in the electronic file acquired in the previous step 104 in this step 106, the determination is denied and the main registration process is terminated.

  In step 108, the registration unit 22 acquires a keyword from the electronic file attached to the e-mail. That is, in the first embodiment, an EXIF format image file is used as the electronic file. Therefore, in this step 108, a keyword is acquired from the tag information of the image file attached to the e-mail. In the next step 110, the registration unit 22 acquires the telephone book DB 70 for the communication partner specified from the email address of the e-mail received in the previous step 100 from the storage unit 46. In the next step 112, the registration unit 22 determines whether or not the same keyword as the keyword acquired in the previous step 108 has already been registered in the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 110. In this step 112, if the same keyword is already registered in the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 110, the determination is affirmed and the routine proceeds to step 114. In this step 112, if the same keyword is not already registered in the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 110, the determination is negative and the routine proceeds to step 116.

  Subsequently, in step 114, the registration unit 22 adds 1 to the count value corresponding to the same keyword as the keyword acquired in the previous step 108 in the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 110, Control goes to step 118. On the other hand, in step 116, after the keyword is newly registered by the registration unit 22 by assigning the keyword acquired in the previous step 108 to the keyword item of the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 110, Control goes to step 118.

  In step 118, the registration unit 22 assigns the keyword having the highest count value among the keywords in the keyword item of the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 110 to the adopted keyword item, so that the adopted keyword is changed. Registered (updated). When the adopted keyword is updated in this way, the main registration process ends.

  Next, as an operation of the first embodiment, an e-mail creation process performed by the smartphone 10 when the CPU 42 executes an e-mail creation process program including the narrowing / presentation process program 52 will be described with reference to FIG. To do. In the e-mail creation process shown in FIG. 8, first, in step 130, it is determined whether or not information is received by the receiving unit 32. In this step 130, when information is not received by the reception part 32, determination is denied and the process of this step 130 is repeated. If the information is received by the receiving unit 32, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 132.

  Subsequently, in step 132, the first acquisition unit 14 determines whether or not the information received in the previous step 130 is communication partner specifying information for specifying a communication partner included in the telephone directory DB 70. In this step 130, if the information accepted in the previous step 130 is communication partner specifying information for specifying the communication partner included in the telephone directory DB 70, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 134. In step 134, the first acquisition unit 14, the second acquisition unit 15, the third acquisition unit 16, and the presentation unit 18 perform narrowing / presentation processing. In this step 132, when the information accepted in the previous step 130 is not the communication partner specifying information for specifying the communication partner included in the telephone directory DB 70, the determination is denied and the process proceeds to step 136.

  In step 136, processing corresponding to the information received in the previous step 130 (for example, processing for displaying characters corresponding to the received information on the display unit 34) is executed, and then the process proceeds to step 138. In step 138, it is determined whether or not a condition (e-mail creation process end condition) predetermined as a condition for ending this e-mail creation process is satisfied. In this step 138, if the e-mail creation process end condition is not satisfied, the determination is denied and the process returns to the previous step 130. On the other hand, if the e-mail creation process end condition is satisfied, the determination is affirmed. The e-mail creation process ends. The e-mail creation process termination condition employed in step 138 includes, for example, a condition that a predetermined instruction has been received as an instruction to end the e-mail creation process by the receiving unit 32. Examples of the instruction predetermined as an instruction to end the e-mail creation process include an instruction to send an e-mail and an instruction to cancel the e-mail creation and activate another function (for example, a call function).

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the narrowing / presentation process, first, in step 150, the first acquisition unit 14 acquires the communication partner identification information received in the previous step 130. In the next step 152, the telephone book DB 70 for the communication partner specified by the communication partner specifying information acquired in the previous step 150 is acquired from the storage unit 46 by the second acquisition unit 15. In the next step 154, the third acquisition unit 16 determines whether or not the adopted keyword is assigned to the adopted keyword item of the telephone directory DB 70 obtained in the previous step 152. If the adopted keyword is assigned to the adopted keyword item in step 154, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 156. If the adopted keyword is not assigned to the adopted keyword item in step 154, the determination is denied and the narrowing / presentation process is terminated.

  In step 156, the third acquisition unit 16 acquires from the presentation information DB 24 the background template group corresponding to the adopted keyword assigned to the adopted keyword item in the telephone directory DB 70 obtained in the previous step 152. In the first embodiment, for example, when the adopted keyword is “cat”, “cat”, “CAT”, or “Russian blue”, a cat background template group is acquired from the presentation information DB 24. For example, when the adopted keyword is “dog”, “dog”, “DOG”, or “poodle”, a dog background template group is acquired from the presentation information DB 24. For example, when the adopted keyword is “heart”, “HEART”, “heart”, “feelings”, “pounding”, “love” or “love”, the heart background template group is acquired from the presentation information DB 24. Further, when the adopted keyword is “pet” or “small animal”, a cat background template group and a dog background template group are acquired.

In the first embodiment, in order to avoid complications, the keywords themselves included in the presentation information DB 24 are assigned as adopted keywords to the adopted keyword items in the telephone directory DB 70, but the disclosed technology is limited to this. It is not a thing. For example, there is a possibility that a composite word in which the same word as a certain keyword included in the presentation information DB 24 and a word not included in the presentation information DB 24 are combined is used as the adopted keyword. Examples of compound words include “Cat Cafe” and “Pet Shop”. In this case, in step 156 , the third acquisition unit 16 acquires a background template group corresponding to the same word as the keyword included in the presentation information DB 24 from the words constituting the compound word from the presentation information DB 24. Is done. Taking the above “cat cafe” as an example, the word “cat” is included in the presentation information DB 24, but the word “cafe” is not included in the presentation information DB 24. However, even in such a case, in this step 156 , the background template group corresponding to the word “cat” is acquired from the presentation information DB 24 by the third acquisition unit 16.

As described above, in this step 156 , the third acquisition unit 16 acquires a background template group corresponding to a keyword having an affinity of a predetermined level or higher with respect to the compound word used as the adopted keyword. Will be narrowed down. If a plurality of keywords belonging to different keyword groups are included in the composite word, in step 156 , the third acquisition unit 16 causes a plurality of background template groups corresponding to each of the keywords included in the composite keyword. Will be acquired. If the keyword assigned to the keyword item is composed of a predetermined number of characters (for example, 20 characters or more), even if it is a compound word, such a keyword is excluded from the adopted keyword candidates. It may be. That is, a keyword composed of a predetermined number of characters has an affinity with a keyword included in the presentation information DB 24 that is less than a predetermined degree and is not used as an adopted keyword.

  In step 158, the presentation unit 18 displays the reduced image associated with each background template constituting the background template group acquired in the previous step 156 on the display unit 34, which is the same type. A plurality of background templates having different contents are presented. In step 158, for example, the presentation unit 18 displays a template designation screen in which thumbnail images associated with the background templates constituting the background template group acquired in the previous step 156 are displayed in a list format. It is displayed on the display unit 34.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of a template designation screen 80 displayed so as to be superimposed on a screen for creating the text of an e-mail. The example shown in FIG. 10 shows a template designation screen 80 in which a plurality of thumbnail images respectively associated with a plurality of cat templates are displayed in a list format. The template designation screen 80 is displayed so as to overlap a part of the screen for creating the text of the e-mail. Therefore, the user considers which background template (“cat template” in the example shown in FIG. 10) to adopt while viewing the thumbnail image displayed on the template designation screen 80 while creating the body of the e-mail. be able to.

  The template designation screen 80 is displayed when the keyword assigned to the adopted keyword item in the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 152 is “cat”, “cat”, “cat”, or “Russian blue”. 4 is an example of a screen displayed on a unit. Depending on the keyword assigned to the adopted keyword item, the display content naturally changes. For example, when the adopted keywords of the telephone directory DB 70 acquired in the previous step 152 are “heart”, “HEART”, “heart”, “feelings”, “dokidoki”, “love” or “love”, as an example, FIG. 11 is displayed. The template designation screen 82 is a screen in which a plurality of thumbnail images associated with a plurality of heart templates are displayed in a list format, and is displayed so as to overlap a part of a screen for creating the body of an e-mail.

  Subsequently, in step 160, information (designation information) for designating one of the thumbnail images included in the template designation screen 82 currently displayed on the display unit 34 by the presentation unit 18 is accepted by the reception unit 32. It is determined whether or not it has been. In step 160, when the designation information is accepted by the accepting unit 32, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 162. In step 162, the presentation unit 18 attaches the background template associated with the thumbnail image designated by the designation information received in the previous step 160 to the e-mail currently being created. In this step 162, when a background template is attached to an e-mail, as shown in FIG. 12, as an example, a background image 34B indicated by the background template is displayed in the creation area 34A in which the body of the e-mail is created in the display unit 34. Is displayed.

  Subsequently, in step 164, the presentation unit 18 determines whether or not a condition (squeezing / presentation process end condition) predetermined as a condition for terminating the narrowing / presentation process is satisfied. In this step 164, if the narrowing / presentation process end condition is satisfied, the determination is affirmed and the routine proceeds to step 166. If the narrowing / presentation process end condition is not satisfied in step 164, the determination is denied and the process returns to step 160. The narrowing / presentation process end condition employed in step 164 includes a condition that a predetermined instruction has been received as an instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process by the receiving unit 32, for example. Examples of the instruction predetermined as the instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process include an instruction to send an e-mail and an instruction to stop the creation of the e-mail and activate another function (for example, a call function).

  On the other hand, if the designation information is not accepted by the accepting unit 32 in step 160, the determination is denied and the process proceeds to step 168. Next, in step 168, the presentation unit 18 determines whether an instruction to hide the template designation screen 80 currently displayed on the display unit 34 (concealment instruction) has been received by the reception unit 32. In step 168, if the concealment instruction is received by the receiving unit 32, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 170. If the concealment instruction is not accepted by the accepting unit 32 in step 168, the determination is denied and the process proceeds to step 164.

  In step 170, the presentation unit 18 hides the template designation screen currently displayed on the display unit 34. FIG. 13 shows an example in which the template designation screen 80 is hidden. In the example shown in FIG. 13, a horizontally reduced box in which only the title of the template designation screen (the title “template list (cat)” in the example shown in FIG. 13) is displayed in the lower right portion of the display unit 34 when viewed from the front. An example in which 80B is displayed is shown.

  Subsequently, in step 172, the presentation unit 18 determines whether or not the receiving unit 32 has received an instruction to cancel the state where the template designation screen is concealed (concealment cancellation instruction). In step 172, when the concealment release instruction is received by the receiving unit 32, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 174. In step 172, if the concealment release instruction is not received by the receiving unit 32, the determination is denied and the process proceeds to step 176.

  In step 174, the template display screen 80 is displayed again on the display unit 34 by the presentation unit 18, thereby presenting a plurality of background templates to the user. When the template designation screen 80 is displayed again on the display unit 34, the process returns to step 160.

  In step 176, the presentation unit 18 determines whether or not the narrowing / presentation process end condition is satisfied. In this step 176, if the narrowing / presentation process end condition is satisfied, the determination is affirmed and the routine proceeds to step 166. If the narrowing / presentation process end condition is not satisfied in step 176, the determination is denied and the process returns to step 172. The narrowing / presentation process end condition employed in step 176 includes, for example, a condition that a predetermined instruction has been received as an instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process by the receiving unit 32. Examples of the instruction predetermined as the instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process include an instruction to send an e-mail and an instruction to stop the creation of the e-mail and activate another function (for example, a call function).

  In step 166, the template designation screen currently displayed on the display unit 34 is hidden by the presentation unit 18. When the template designation screen 80 is not displayed, the narrowing / presentation process ends.

  As described above, in the smartphone 10 according to the first embodiment, a plurality of background template groups each associated with a plurality of keywords are stored in advance. For this reason, the background templates whose affinity with the adopted keyword assigned to the communication partner specified by the communication partner specifying information acquired by the first acquisition unit 14 is a predetermined level or more are narrowed down and presented. That is, the background templates associated with the keywords corresponding to the adopted keywords are narrowed down and presented from the background templates included in the presentation information DB 24. Therefore, even if there are a large number of background templates, the background templates corresponding to the hobbies and interests of the e-mail transmission partner are narrowed down and presented. The trouble of selecting a suitable background template is reduced. In the smartphone 10 according to the first embodiment, the background template corresponding to the keyword with the highest count value among the keywords registered in the phone book DB 70 is presented to the user of the smartphone 10 via the display unit 34. Is done. This makes it possible to select a background template that is more likely to correspond to the current hobby and interest tendency of the other party of the e-mail than the case where the background template corresponding to the keyword with the highest count value is not displayed. The time and effort to select is reduced.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the disclosed technique will be described. Since the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment described above, the same reference numerals are given to the respective portions, description of the configuration is omitted, and only the portions different from the first embodiment will be described.

  In the second embodiment, the presentation information DB 90 illustrated in FIG. 14 is stored in the storage unit 46 of the smartphone 10 as an example. The presentation information DB 90 is different from the presentation information DB 24 described in the first embodiment in that a decorative symbol group is applied instead of the background template group. That is, a unique decorative design group is assigned to each keyword. The decorative symbol group is a collection of a plurality of decorative symbol information of the same type but having different contents. To a plurality of keywords associated with “cat” included in the presentation information DB 90, a plurality of decorative symbol information (cat decorative symbol information A to Z in the example shown in FIG. 14) indicating the decorative symbols of cats having different contents are assigned. It has been. Further, a plurality of decorative symbol information (dog decorative symbol information AZ in the example shown in FIG. 14) indicating dog decorative symbols having different contents are assigned to a plurality of keywords reminiscent of “dog”. Furthermore, a plurality of decorative symbol information (heart decorative symbol information AZ in the example shown in FIG. 14) indicating heart decorative symbols having different contents are assigned to a plurality of keywords associated with “heart”.

  In the second embodiment, the narrowing / presentation process illustrated in FIG. 15 is performed by the smartphone 10 as an example. In the narrowing-down / presentation processing according to the second embodiment, if a keyword is assigned to the adopted keyword item in step 154, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 256. In step 256, the decorative pattern group associated with the keyword assigned to the adopted keyword item in the telephone book DB 70 acquired in the previous step 152 is acquired from the presentation information DB 90 by the third acquisition unit 16. . In the next step 258, the presentation unit 18 displays a plurality of decorative symbols indicated by the decorative symbol information constituting the decorative symbol group acquired in the previous step 256 on the display unit 34. However, a plurality of decorative symbols with different contents are presented. In this step 258, for example, a decorative symbol designation screen in which a plurality of decorative symbols indicated by the decorative symbol information constituting the decorative symbol group acquired in the previous step 256 is displayed in a list format by the presentation unit 18 Is displayed on the display unit 34. In the second embodiment, as a decorative design designation screen, for example, a screen in which a decorative design indicated by the decorative design information is applied instead of the thumbnail images of the background templates displayed in a list on the template designation screen 80 shown in FIG. Is adopted.

  Subsequently, in step 260, whether or not information (designation information) for designating one of the decorative symbols included in the decorative symbol designation screen currently displayed on the display unit 34 has been accepted by the accepting unit 32 is determined. Determined. In this step 260, when the designation information is accepted by the accepting unit 32, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 262. In step 262, the presentation unit 18 attaches decorative symbol information indicating the decorative symbol designated by the designation information received in the previous step 260 to the e-mail currently being created. In this step 262, when the decorative symbol information is attached to the e-mail, the decorative symbol indicated by the attached decorative symbol information is inserted at a predetermined position (for example, the position where the cursor is displayed) in the body of the e-mail. Displayed.

  Subsequently, in step 264, whether or not the presenting unit 18 satisfies a condition (restriction / presentation process end condition) predetermined as a condition for terminating the narrowing / presentation process according to the second embodiment. Is determined. In this step 264, if the narrowing / presentation process end condition is satisfied, the determination is affirmed and the routine proceeds to step 266. If the narrowing / presentation process end condition is not satisfied in step 264, the determination is negative and the routine returns to step 260. The narrowing / presentation process end condition employed in step 264 includes, for example, a condition that a predetermined instruction has been received as an instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process by the receiving unit 32. Examples of the instruction predetermined as the instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process include an instruction to send an e-mail and an instruction to stop the creation of the e-mail and activate another function (for example, a call function).

  On the other hand, if the designation information is not accepted by the accepting unit 32 in step 260, the determination is denied and the process proceeds to step 268. Next, in step 268, it is determined whether or not an instruction for concealing the decorative design designation screen currently displayed on the display unit 34 (concealment instruction) has been accepted by the accepting unit 32. In step 268, if the concealment instruction is accepted by the accepting unit 32, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 270. If the concealment instruction is not accepted by the accepting unit 32 in step 268, the determination is denied and the process proceeds to step 264.

  In step 270, the presenting unit 18 hides the decorative design designation screen currently displayed on the display unit 34. As an example of the state of hiding the decorative design designation screen, for example, instead of a horizontally long box showing only the title of the template designation screen shown in FIG. 13, the title of the decorative design designation screen (for example, “decorative design list (cat For example, a horizontally long box in which only the title “)” is displayed.

  Subsequently, in step 272, it is determined whether or not an instruction to cancel the concealed state of the decorative design designation screen (concealment release instruction) is received by the receiving unit 32. In step 272, if the concealment release instruction is received by the receiving unit 32, the determination is affirmed and the process proceeds to step 274. In step 272, when the concealment release instruction is not received by the receiving unit 32, the determination is denied and the process proceeds to step 276.

  In step 274, the presentation unit 18 displays the decorative design designation screen on the display unit 34 again, thereby presenting a plurality of decorative designs to the user. When the decorative symbol information designation screen is displayed again on the display unit 34, the process returns to step 260.

  In step 276, it is determined whether or not a narrowing / presentation process end condition is satisfied. In this step 276, if the narrowing / presentation process end condition is satisfied, the determination is affirmed and the routine proceeds to step 266. If the narrowing / presentation process end condition is not satisfied in step 276, the determination is denied and the process returns to step 272. The narrowing / presentation process end condition employed in step 276 includes a condition that a predetermined instruction has been received as an instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process by the receiving unit 32, for example. Examples of the instruction predetermined as the instruction to end the narrowing / presentation process include an instruction to send an e-mail and an instruction to stop the creation of the e-mail and activate another function (for example, a call function).

  In step 266, the decoration designating screen currently displayed on the display unit 34 is hidden by the presentation unit 18. When the decorative symbol designation screen is not displayed, the narrowing / presentation process is terminated.

  In the second embodiment, since the object to be attached to the e-mail is the decorative symbol information, the decorative symbol candidate to be inserted into the body of the e-mail is displayed by displaying the decorative symbol designation screen on the display unit 34. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if the target to be attached to an e-mail is decoration symbol information and a background template, in addition to the decoration symbol designation screen, the background template designation screen is also displayed on the display unit 34 so that the background template candidates are also presented to the user. Also good. In this case, both the decorative design designation screen and the background template designation screen may be displayed at the same time, but may be appropriately hidden as in steps 170 and 270 described above.

  Moreover, although the aspect which acquires a keyword from the electronic file attached to the email which the smart phone 10 received above and determines an adoption keyword from the acquired keyword was demonstrated above, the technique of an indication is limited to this It is not a thing. For example, the adopted keyword may be fixed from the beginning. Further, the adopted keyword in the telephone directory DB 70 may be rewritten (updated) via the reception unit 32. Further, the adopted keyword of the phone book DB 70 may be rewritten via another information processing apparatus that is communicably connected to the smartphone 10.

  Moreover, although the presentation information DB 24 was stored in the storage unit 46 in the first embodiment and the presentation information DB 90 was stored in the storage unit 46 in the second embodiment, the disclosed technique is limited to this. It is not a thing. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, the presentation information DBs 24 and 90 are stored in the storage unit 92 </ b> A included in the server device 92, and the information included in the presentation information DBs 24 and 90 is provided to the smartphone 10 in response to a request from the smartphone 10. May be. In this case, for example, a keyword is acquired from an electronic file attached to an e-mail received by the smartphone 10, and the acquired keyword is transmitted to the server device 92. The server device 92 acquires a background template group corresponding to the keyword transmitted from the smartphone 10 from the presentation information DB 24, or acquires decorative design information corresponding to the keyword transmitted from the smartphone 10 from the presentation information DB 90. Then, the acquired background template group and decorative symbol information are transmitted to the smartphone 10. The smartphone 10 receives the background template group and the decorative symbol information transmitted from the server device 92 and displays the received background template group and decorative symbol information on the display unit 34. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 18, the case where the presentation information DBs 24 and 90 are stored in the storage unit 92A is shown, but either of the presentation information DBs 24 and 90 may be stored in the storage unit 92A. .

  Moreover, although each said embodiment demonstrated the aspect which memorize | stored telephone directory DB70 in the memory | storage part 46, the technique of an indication is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the phone book DB 70 may be stored in the storage unit 94 </ b> A included in the server device 94, and information may be registered in the phone book DB 70 in response to a request from the smartphone 10. In this case, for example, a keyword is acquired from an electronic file attached to an e-mail received by the smartphone 10, and the acquired keyword is transmitted to the server device 92 together with information (for example, an e-mail address) specifying the sender of the e-mail. And the server apparatus 92 receives the mail address and keyword transmitted from the smart phone 10, and registers the keyword received with the mail address in the telephone directory DB 70 for the communication partner specified from the received mail address.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the adopted keyword is determined based on the count value for all keywords registered in the telephone directory DB 70, but the count value is targeted for keywords that satisfy a specific condition. The adopted keyword may be determined based on the above. In this case, there is a mode in which the keyword with the highest count value is set as the adopted keyword for registered keywords other than the keywords whose past date is registered in the phone book DB 70. It is done. The “predetermined date / time” may be an invariable date / time, or may be specified by the user of the smartphone 10. In this case, the user of the smartphone 10 may specify via the reception unit 32, for example, or may specify from the external information processing apparatus via the communication unit 36. In addition, some keywords are designated in advance from the keywords registered in the phone book DB 70 as candidates for the adopted keyword, and the keyword with the highest count value among the keywords that have been designated is adopted as the adopted keyword. Good. Also in this case, the user of the smartphone 10 may specify the candidate for the adopted keyword via the reception unit 32 or may specify from the external information processing apparatus via the communication unit 36.

  In the above description, the background template and the decorative pattern are exemplified as the electronic file attached to the e-mail. In this case as well, as in the case of displaying a list of background templates and decorative symbols, a list of title names indicating the titles of the audio information is displayed to display audio information attached to the e-mail to the user of the smartphone 10. You can make it specify.

  All documents, patent applications and technical standards mentioned in this specification are to the same extent as if each individual document, patent application and technical standard were specifically and individually stated to be incorporated by reference. Incorporated by reference in the book.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Smartphone 12 1st memory | storage part 13 2nd memory | storage part 14 1st acquisition part 15 2nd acquisition part 16 3rd acquisition part 18 presentation part 20 reception part 22 registration part 24,90 presentation information DB
30 Computer 32 Reception Unit 34 Display Unit 42 CPU
46 storage unit 70 phone book DB

Claims (9)

For each type of presentation information to be presented, the association and a plurality of symbolic information group and the presentation information each containing a different iconic plurality of symbolic information representing the contents of the presentation information with corresponding to the type of the presentation information A first storage unit stored and
A first acquisition unit for acquiring communication partner specifying information for specifying a communication partner;
A second acquisition unit for acquiring attribute specifying information for specifying an attribute of a communication partner specified by the communication partner specifying information acquired by the first acquisition unit;
The presentation information corresponding to the symbol information group including the symbol information whose affinity with the attribute specifying information acquired by the second acquisition unit is a predetermined degree or more is acquired from the first storage unit. 3 acquisition units;
A presentation unit for presenting the presentation information acquired by the third acquisition unit;
An information processing apparatus including: A second storage unit that stores the communication partner specifying information and the attribute specifying information in association with each other;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second acquisition unit acquires the attribute specifying information corresponding to the communication partner specifying information acquired by the first acquiring unit from the second storage unit. A receiving unit for receiving the information including sender specifying information for specifying a sender of information and the attribute specifying information;
The attribute identification information included in the information received by the receiving unit corresponds to the communication partner identification information that identifies the sender specified by the sender identification information included in the received information as the communication partner. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a registration unit that is additionally stored in the second storage unit.   The second acquisition unit stores the second storage by the registration unit among the attribute specification information stored in the second storage unit in association with the communication partner specification information acquired by the first acquisition unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the attribute specifying information having the largest number of times stored in the section is acquired.   The second acquisition unit is a past predetermined point in time by the registration unit among the attribute specification information stored in the second storage unit in association with the communication partner specification information acquired by the first acquisition unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the attribute specifying information having the largest number of times stored in the second storage unit is acquired thereafter.   The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the presentation information is background image information indicating a background image that can be displayed in a creation area in which a body of an electronic mail is created.   The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the presentation information is decorative symbol information indicating a decorative symbol that can be inserted into a body of an electronic mail. A first acquisition step of acquiring communication partner specifying information for specifying a communication partner;
A second acquisition step of acquiring attribute specifying information for specifying an attribute of a communication partner specified by the communication partner specifying information acquired in the first acquisition step;
For each type of presentation information to be presented, the association and a plurality of symbolic information group and the presentation information each containing a different iconic plurality of symbolic information representing the contents of the presentation information with corresponding to the type of the presentation information The presentation information corresponding to the symbol information group including the symbol information whose affinity with the attribute specifying information acquired in the second acquisition step is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree is acquired from the first storage unit stored in A third acquisition step,
A presenting step of presenting the presenting information acquired by the third acquiring step;
An information processing method including: On the computer,
A first acquisition step of acquiring communication partner specifying information for specifying a communication partner;
A second acquisition step of acquiring attribute specifying information for specifying an attribute of a communication partner specified by the communication partner specifying information acquired in the first acquisition step;
For each type of presentation information to be presented, the association and a plurality of symbolic information group and the presentation information each containing a different iconic plurality of symbolic information representing the contents of the presentation information with corresponding to the type of the presentation information A third acquisition step of acquiring the presentation information corresponding to the symbol information whose affinity with the attribute specifying information acquired in the second acquisition step is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree from the first storage unit stored in ,
A presenting step of presenting the presenting information acquired by the third acquiring step;
An information processing program for executing processing including: