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- the present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are used suitably when information from other users is displayed in a form of a list.
- JP 4524709B As methods of changing information provided from behaviors of users, a normal recommendation method (for example, refer to Su, X., Khoshgoftaar, T. M., “A Survey of Collaborative Filtering Techniques”, Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 2009) and JP 4524709B are known. According to technology described in JP 4524709B, provision of information is performed in consideration of a point of view of whether items which a user is apt to evaluate are famous or evaluation tendencies of users for the items such as interlocking conditions with evaluations of all users.
- JP 2010-200648A a specific method of setting priorities is not described in JP 2010-200648A.
- an information processing apparatus including a statistical amount selecting unit that selects, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts, a priority setting unit that sets priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount, and a display control unit that controls display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- the priority setting unit may set the priorities of the plurality of users, based on a value designated with respect to the selected statistical amount.
- the priority setting unit may set a priority of a user whose statistical amount is within a range of the designated value high or low.
- the display control unit may perform control in a manner that a user interface for designating the value of the selected statistical amounts is displayed together with the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information.
- the display control unit may control display order of the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- the display control unit may extract a user or information to be displayed, from the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- the display control unit may perform control in a manner that a value of the selected statistical amount of each user is displayed together with the plurality of users.
- the priority setting unit may set high a priority of a user whose similarity of the selected statistical amount with the plurality of users or users viewing the plurality of pieces of information are high.
- the statistical amount selecting unit may select the statistical amounts to be used, based on an extent of the distribution of the statistical amount in the plurality of users with respect to distribution of the statistical amount in a specific group including the plurality of users.
- an information processing method including selecting, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts, setting priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount, and controlling display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- a program for causing a computer to execute processing including selecting, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts, setting priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount, and controlling display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- the statistical amounts to be used are selected from the plurality of statistical amounts showing the features of the users, based on the distributions of the individual statistical amounts, the priorities of the plurality of users are set based on the selected statistical amounts, and the display of the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users is controlled based on the set priorities.
- a user having a specific feature or information from the user can be preferentially viewed.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present disclosure is applied;
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing active view display control processing
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a method of calculating a relative SD
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first example of an active view
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second example of an active view
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a third example of an active view.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a computer.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present disclosure is applied.
- An information processing system 1 includes a server 11 and clients 12 - 1 to 12 - n .
- the server 11 and the clients 12 - 1 to 12 - n are mutually connected through a network 13 .
- the clients 12 - 1 to 12 - n are simply referred to as the clients 12 .
- the server 11 provides a social service to each client 12 . If the social service has at least a function of displaying activities of other users on the client 12 , a kind of the social service is not limited in particular. Also, a kind of activity displayed on each client 12 is not limited in particular.
- a method of displaying activity is not limited in particular.
- activities of other users which a user follows may be arranged in chronological order and may be displayed, such that the activities are viewed by Twitter (registered trademark).
- activities with respect to content becoming viewing objects may be arranged in chronological order and may be displayed, such that the activities are viewed by YouTube (registered trademark).
- activities may be dynamically displayed according to advancement of content becoming viewing objects, such that the activities are viewed by Niconico (registered trademark).
- activities that are given from each user to the social service include not only activities given intentionally from the users, such as a remark, a posting such as an image, and feedback to various content, but also activities given regardless of the intention of the users, such as position information.
- a screen that displays the activities of the users is called a view.
- the activity of the corresponding user as well as the activities of other users may be displayed.
- a user who displays the view and reads the view is called an active user.
- a view that is to be displayed by the active user or is displayed by the active user is called an active view.
- a user of a source of the activity that is displayed on the active view is called a user in the active view.
- content that is displayed on the active view is called content in the active view.
- the server 11 includes a user information storage unit 21 , a user log storage unit 22 , a user statistical amount calculating unit 23 , a user statistical amount storage unit 24 , a user statistical amount selecting unit 25 , a user activity storage unit 26 , a priority parameter storage unit 27 , a priority setting unit 28 , a display control unit 29 , and a communication unit 30 .
- a user information storage unit 21 a user log storage unit 22 , a user statistical amount calculating unit 23 , a user statistical amount storage unit 24 , a user statistical amount selecting unit 25 , a user activity storage unit 26 , a priority parameter storage unit 27 , a priority setting unit 28 , a display control unit 29 , and a communication unit 30 .
- FIG. 1 only portions of the server 11 relating display of an active view are mainly shown and the other portions are not partially shown.
- the user information storage unit 21 collects user information (for example, private information) of each user who participates in a social service, from information transmitted from each client 12 to the communication unit 30 through the network 13 , and stores the user information.
- user information for example, private information
- the user log storage unit 22 collects a log on the social service (hereinafter, referred to as a user log) of each user who participates in the social service, from the information transmitted from each client 12 to the communication unit 30 through the network 13 , and stores the user log.
- a user log a log on the social service
- the user statistical amount calculating unit 23 calculates a statistical amount (hereinafter, referred to as a user statistical amount) showing a feature of each user from various viewpoints, on the basis of the user information stored in the user information storage unit 21 and the user log stored in the user log storage unit 22 .
- the user statistical amount calculating unit 23 stores the calculated user statistical amount in the user statistical amount storage unit 24 .
- the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 selects the user statistical amount used for setting the priority of the user in the active view, from the user statistical amounts stored in the user statistical amount storage unit 24 .
- the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 notifies the priority setting unit 28 of the selected user statistical amount.
- the user activity storage unit 26 collects information regarding the activity of each user who participates in the social service, from the information transmitted from each client 12 to the communication unit 30 through the network 13 , and stores the information.
- the priority parameter storage unit 27 acquires a priority parameter transmitted from the client 12 displaying the active view to the communication unit 30 through the network 13 and stores the priority parameter.
- the priority parameter is a parameter that shows a rule used for setting the priority of the user in the active view, which will be described in detail below.
- the priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user in the active view, on the basis of the user statistical amount selected by the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 and the priority parameter stored in the priority parameter storage unit 27 .
- the priority setting unit 28 reads information regarding the activity displayed on the active view, from the user activity storage unit 26 .
- the priority setting unit 28 adds the priority of the user corresponding to the source of the activity to the read information regarding the activity and supplies the information to the display control unit 29 .
- the display control unit 29 generates data to display the active view (hereinafter, referred to as active view display data). At this time, the display control unit 29 sorts or filters the activity displayed on the active view, on the basis of the priority selected by the priority setting unit 28 . The display control unit 29 transmits the active view display data to the client 12 through the communication unit 30 and the network 13 and controls display of the active view in the client 12 .
- the communication unit 30 performs communication with each client 12 through the network 13 and transmits and receives various information or commands regarding the social service.
- step S 1 the user statistical amount calculating unit 23 calculates the user statistical amount of each user, on the basis of the user information stored in the user information storage unit 21 or the user log stored in the user log storage unit 22 .
- the user statistical amount calculating unit 23 stores the calculated user statistical amount in the user statistical amount storage unit 24 .
- the number of friends, the number of followers, the number of followees, and the number of entire remarks can be used as the user statistical amount.
- the number of friends shows the number of other users who make a friendship with the active user on the social service, by mutual authentication of the active user and other users.
- a mutual authentication method, a mutual authentication form, and a mutual authentication effect are not limited in particular.
- the number of followers shows the number of other users who follow the active user, that is, the number of other users who read the activity of the active user.
- the number of followees shows the number of other users which the active user follows, that is, the number of other users of which activities are read by the active user.
- the number of entire remarks shows a total number of remarks of the active user on the social service.
- a collection period of the number of entire remarks may be an entire period after the active user participates in the social service or a limited period (for example, past one month).
- the number of content remarks, the number of intra-genre content remarks, content reproduction frequency; intra-genre content reproduction frequency, a specialty level, and a property can be adopted as the user statistical amount.
- use, a purchase, and an evaluation of content, a remark with respect to the content, and read of information regarding the content are assumed as the activities with respect to the content.
- a kind of content is not limited to a specific kind.
- the number of content remarks shows the number of remarks of the user with respect to the content in the active view.
- the number of intra-genre content remarks shows the total number of remarks of the user with respect to a content group of a genre to which the content in the active view belongs.
- the content reproduction frequency shows the number of times of reproducing the content in the active view by the user.
- the intra-genre content reproduction frequency shows the total number of times of reproducing a content group of a genre to which the content in the active view belongs, by the user.
- the number of intra-genre content possessions shows the number of content groups of a genre to which the content in the active view belongs, which are possessed by the user.
- the number of intra-genre content possessions can be adopted when the social service is a non-subscription service.
- the specialty level shows a level of a specialty of remark content of the user.
- the specialty level is measured using a content rate of words registered in a technical term dictionary prepared in advance.
- the specialty level is measured using content rates of katakana words, long kanji phrases, and terms of other languages.
- the property shows a property of the user that is expressed on the basis of evaluations with respect to the content.
- a lowbrow degree and a reputation intention degree that are described in JP 4524709B can be used as the property.
- step S 2 the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 selects the user statistical amount that is used for setting the priority.
- all users distributions of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are narrower than distributions of the user statistical amounts of all users who participate in the social service (hereinafter, simply referred to as all users), that is, when variations of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are smaller than variations of the user statistical amounts of all users, the activities of the users who have the similar user statistical amounts are gathered in the active view. Therefore, even though the priorities of the users in the active view are set using the user statistical amounts, it is difficult to make the priorities of the users different from each other, which results in rarely contributing to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view.
- the distributions of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are wider than the distributions of the user statistical amounts of all users, that is, when the variations of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are larger than the variations of the user statistical amounts of all users, the activities of the users who have the various user statistical amounts are gathered in the active view. Therefore, even though the priorities of the users in the active view are set using the user statistical amounts, it is easy to make the priorities of the users different from each other, which results in greatly contributing to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view.
- the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 calculates the relative standard deviation (hereinafter, referred to as the relative SD) functioning as an index to compare the extents of the distributions of the individual user statistical amounts, with respect to the individual user statistical amounts.
- the relative SD is a ratio of the standard deviation of the user statistical amounts in the users in the active view, with respect to the standard deviation of the user statistical amounts in all users.
- the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 selects the user statistical amounts of the predetermined number in which the relative SD is higher, as the user statistical amounts used for setting the priority.
- the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 notifies the priority setting unit 28 of the selected user statistical amounts.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of distributions of the number of friends, the number of entire remarks, and the genre reproduction frequency; among the user statistical amounts described above.
- a relative SD of the number of friends becomes 0.35 by dividing 15.3 to be the SD (standard deviation) in the users in the active view by 43.5 to be the SD in all users.
- a relative SD of the number of entire remarks becomes 1.03 by dividing 212.3 to be the SD in the users in the active view by 205.3 to be the SD in all users.
- a relative SD of the genre reproduction frequency becomes 2.67 by dividing 174.4 to be the SD in the users in the active view by 65.2 to be the SD in all users.
- the number of entire remarks becomes the user statistical amount in which the distribution in the users in the active view is widest.
- the distribution in the users in the active view and the distribution in all users are similar to each other, the number of entire remarks rarely contributes to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view, as described above.
- the genre reproduction frequency becomes the user statistical amount in which the distribution in the users in the active view is widest. Because the distribution in the users in the active view is wider than the distribution in all users, the genre reproduction frequency greatly contributes to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view, as described above.
- the user feature amount in which an effect of contributing to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view is large can be selected.
- step S 3 the priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user, on the basis of the selected user statistical amount.
- methods of setting the priority of the user a method of setting the priority of the user automatically and a method of setting the priority of the user manually by the active user are known.
- the priority setting unit 28 calculates the similarity of the active user and each user in the active view, using the selected user statistical amount. For example, the priority setting unit 28 calculates a Euclidean distance between the active user and each user in the active view as the similarity, using the selected user statistical amount. The priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user having the high similarity high and sets the priority of the user having the low similarity low.
- the priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user in the active view, on the basis of the priority parameter set by the active user and stored in the priority parameter storage unit 27 .
- the priority parameter is represented by a value of the user statistical amount designated by the active user.
- the priority setting unit 28 applies the weight based on the designated value of the user statistical amount and sets the priority of the user in the active view. For example, the priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user of which the user statistical amount is included in a range of the designated value high or sets the priority low. The priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user of which the user statistical amount is similar to a center value of the range of the designated value high or sets the priority low.
- Timing at which the priority parameter is set may be set, regardless of display timing of the active view, or may be set before the display of the active view or during the display of the active view.
- a specific example of the method of setting the priority parameter during the display of the active view will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the weight between the used user statistical amounts may be set as the priority parameter. That is, the user statistical amount on which the weight is laid may be set when the priority is set.
- the priority setting unit 28 reads information regarding the activities becoming candidates displayed on the active view, from the user activity storage unit 26 . In addition, the priority setting unit 28 adds the priorities of the users corresponding to the sources of the activities to the read information regarding the activities and supplies the information to the display control unit 29 . Thereby, the priority based on the user of the source is set to each activity.
- step S 4 the display control unit 29 controls the display of the active view. Specifically, the display control unit 29 generates active view display data to display the active view and transmits the active view display data to the client 12 becoming a display object of the active view, through the communication unit 30 and the network 13 . The client 12 that has received the active view display data displays the active view on the basis of the received active view display data.
- the display control unit 29 controls the display of the active view, such that the activity having the high priority is preferentially displayed or is emphasized and displayed, on the basis of the priority set to each activity (the user of the source of the activity). For example, a method of setting the display order of the activity having the high priority to a high rank is considered. Alternatively, a method of extracting the activity in which the priority is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold value and displaying the activity or displaying the activity other than the activity in which the priority is less than the predetermined threshold value is considered. Alternatively, a method of changing a display size, a display position, a color, and a display effect according to the priority is considered.
- the display control unit 29 may display a user interface to set the priority parameter in the active view, according to necessity.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of the active view that displays the activity of each user with respect to the content. Specifically, FIG. 4 shows an example of the active view when a remark of each user with respect to a musical composition is displayed on a reproduction screen of the musical composition.
- an icon 101 showing a musical composition, a title of the musical composition, and an artist name are displayed.
- the slider 102 a can be slid to left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the genre reproduction frequency. If the slider 102 a is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if the slider 102 a is slid to the right side, the setting value increases.
- the slider 102 b can be slid to the left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the number of remarks. If the slider 102 b is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if the slider 102 b is slid to the right side, the setting value increases.
- the (ranges of) values of the genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks that are set by the sliders 102 a and 102 b are transmitted as the priority parameters from the client 12 to the server 11 through the network 13 .
- the activity of each user (in this case, remark with respect to the musical composition) is arranged from the upper side in order of the high priorities and is displayed.
- remarks of users U 3 and U 7 are displayed.
- an icon 103 a that shows the user U 3 is displayed on a left end and a user name and values of a genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks of the user U 3 are displayed under the icon 103 a .
- a balloon 104 a is displayed on a right side of the icon 103 a and the remark of the user U 3 with respect to the musical composition in a reproduction state is displayed in the balloon 104 a.
- an icon 103 b that shows the user U 7 is displayed on a left end.
- a user name and values of a genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks of the user U 7 are displayed.
- a balloon 104 b is displayed on a right side of the icon 103 b and the remark of the user U 7 with respect to the musical composition in a reproduction state is displayed in the balloon 104 b.
- the active user operates the sliders 102 a and 102 b , so that the active user can sort remarks of other users displayed with respect to the musical composition in a reproduction state or change the display order, on the basis of the user statistical amount of each user. For example, only the remarks of the user in which the genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks are in the range designated by the active user can be displayed or displayed in the high rank. Thereby, the active user can preferentially view the remarks of the user having the specific feature. For example, the active user can find a remark to be worth reading for the active user simply and quickly.
- the value of the user statistical amount that is used for setting the priority is displayed together with the icon and the remark of the user. Therefore, the active user can know the tendency of the user corresponding to the source of the remarks displayed on the active view or the reason why each remark is displayed in the high rank.
- FIG. 5 shows an example of an active view that displays a timeline of the active user.
- activities of friends of the active users or users which the active user follows are arranged in chronological order and are displayed.
- information given from the user to the social service or a use history for example, a recent situation, a posting of a photo, an evaluation with respect to content, position information, and a history of a change of a friendship.
- an icon 121 showing an active user and a title (your timeline) are displayed.
- sliders 122 a and 122 b to set values of the user statistical amounts selected by the user statistical amount selecting unit 25 are displayed under the icon 121 and the title.
- FIG. 5 an example of the case in which the number of friends and the number of remarks are selected is shown.
- the slider 122 a can be slid to left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the number of friends. If the slider 122 a is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if the slider 122 a is slid to the right side, the setting value increases.
- the slider 122 b can be slid to the left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the number of remarks. If the slider 122 b is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if the slider 122 b is slid to the right side, the setting value increases.
- the values of the number of friends and the number of remarks that are set by the sliders 122 a and 122 b are transmitted as the priority parameters from the client 12 to the server 11 through the network 13 .
- an icon 123 a that shows a user U 13 is displayed on a left end and a user name and values of the number friends and the number remarks of the user U 13 are displayed under the icon 123 a .
- a balloon 124 a is displayed on a right side of the icon 123 a and a remark and a remark date and time of the user U 13 are displayed in the balloon 124 a.
- an icon 123 b that shows a user U 17 is displayed on a left end. Under the icon 123 b , a user name and values of number of friends and the number remarks of the user U 17 are displayed. A balloon 124 b is displayed on a right side of the icon 123 b and a remark and a remark date and time of the user S 17 are displayed in the balloon 124 b.
- the active user operates the sliders 122 a and 122 b , so that the active user can sort the activities of other users displayed on the timeline, on the basis of the user statistical amount of each user. For example, only the remarks of the user in which the number of friends and the number of remarks are in the range designated by the active user can be displayed in chronological order and can be displayed on the timeline. Thereby, the active user can preferentially view the activities of the user having the specific feature. For example, the active user can find the activities of the users to be worth viewing for the active user simply and quickly.
- FIG. 6 illustrates an example of an active view in which activities are scrolled and displayed according to advancement of content (for example, a musical composition and a moving image) along a time axis.
- content for example, a musical composition and a moving image
- FIG. 6 illustrates an example of an active view in which activities are scrolled and displayed according to advancement of content (for example, a musical composition and a moving image) along a time axis.
- content for example, a musical composition and a moving image
- FIG. 6 illustrates an example of an active view in which activities are scrolled and displayed according to advancement of content (for example, a musical composition and a moving image) along a time axis.
- remarks of users performed after the users designate positions of the content are scrolled from the upper side to the lower side, according to the advancement of the content.
- a remark of the user having the high priority is displayed big on a forefront surface and a remark of the user having the low priority is displayed small at an inner side of
- icons 141 a to 141 d are icons that show users corresponding to sources of remarks displayed in balloons 142 a to 142 d displayed on the right sides of the icons 141 a to 141 d .
- Levels of the priorities of the users are set in two steps and the icons 141 a and 141 c are icons showing the users having the high priorities and are displayed bigger than the icons 141 b and 141 d showing the users having the low priorities.
- the balloons 142 a and 142 c that correspond to the icons 141 a and 141 c are displayed bigger than the balloons 142 b and 142 d corresponding to the icons 141 b and 141 d.
- the icon and the balloon of the user having the high priority are displayed on front surfaces of the display positions of the icon and the balloon of the user having the low priority.
- the icon 141 c and the balloon 142 c of the user having the high priority are displayed on the front surfaces of the display positions of the icon 141 d and the balloon 142 d of the user having the low priority.
- the icons 141 a to 141 d and the balloons 142 a to 142 d move downward according to the advancement of the content.
- the active user can view the remark of each user on the basis of the remark of the user having the specific feature and the high priority, according to the advancement of the content.
- the present disclosure can be applied to the case in which users extracted from users participating in a social service are displayed in a form of a list as well as the case in which the activities are displayed.
- the candidates of the friends can be displayed in display order based on the priorities, by the method described above. Thereby, the active user can easily search the friends that are actually associated with the active user.
- the distributions of the user statistical amounts in all users on the social service can be set as the comparison objects.
- the specific group a group including users who have common user attributes (for example, a place of residence and a use language) of the users in the active view is assumed.
- conditions for example, conditions based on the user attributes
- Other conditions can be combined with the priorities of the users and the users or the activities displayed on the active view can be sorted or filtered.
- the active user can adjust the priority manually by the method ascribed above.
- the above mentioned series of processes can be executed by hardware, or can be executed by software.
- a program configuring this software is installed in a computer.
- a general purpose personal computer that can execute various functions is included in the computer, by installing a computer incorporated into specialized hardware and various programs.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of hardware of a computer executing the above series of processes by a program.
- a CPU Central Processing Unit
- ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access memory
- An input/output interface 305 is further connected to the bus 304 .
- An input unit 306 , an output unit 307 , a storage unit 308 , a communication unit 309 , and a drive 310 are connected to the input/output interface 305 .
- the input unit 306 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone or the like.
- the output unit 307 includes a display, a speaker or the like.
- the storage unit 308 includes a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory or the like.
- the communication unit 309 includes a network interface or the like.
- the drive 310 drives a removable medium 311 , such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.
- the above mentioned series of processes are executed, for example, by the CPU 301 loading and executing a program, which is stored in the storage unit 308 , in the RAM 303 through the input/output interface 305 and the bus 304 .
- the program executed by the computer (CPU 301 ) can be, for example, recorded and provided in a removable medium 311 as a packaged medium or the like. Further, the program can be provided through a wired or wireless transmission medium, such as a local area network, the internet, or digital satellite broadcasting.
- the program can be installed in the storage unit 308 through the input/output interface 305 , by installing the removable medium 311 in the drive 310 . Further, the program can be received by the communication unit 309 through the wired or wireless transmission medium, and can be installed in the storage unit 308 . Additionally, the program can be installed beforehand in the ROM 302 and the storage unit 308 .
- the program executed by the computer may be a program which performs time series processes, in accordance with the order described in the present disclosure, or may be a program which performs the processes at a necessary timing in parallel, such as when calling is performed.
- a system has the meaning of a set of a plurality of configured elements (such as an apparatus or a module (part)), and does not take into account whether or not all the configured elements are in the same casing. Therefore, the system may be either a plurality of apparatuses, stored in separate casings and connected through a network, or a plurality of modules within a single casing.
- the present disclosure can adopt a configuration of cloud computing which processes by allocating and connecting one function by a plurality of apparatuses through a network.
- each step described by the above mentioned flow charts can be executed by one apparatus or by allocating a plurality of apparatuses.
- the plurality of processes included in this one step can be executed by one apparatus or by allocating a plurality of apparatuses.
- present technology may also be configured as below.
- An information processing apparatus including:
- a statistical amount selecting unit that selects, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts
- a priority setting unit that sets priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount
- a display control unit that controls display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- the priority setting unit sets the priorities of the plurality of users, based on a value designated with respect to the selected statistical amount.
- the priority setting unit sets a priority of a user whose statistical amount is within a range of the designated value high or low.
- the display control unit performs control in a manner that a user interface for designating the value of the selected statistical amounts is displayed together with the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information.
- the display control unit controls display order of the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- the display control unit extracts a user or information to be displayed, from the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- the display control unit performs control in a manner that a value of the selected statistical amount of each user is displayed together with the plurality of users.
- the priority setting unit sets high a priority of a user whose similarity of the selected statistical amount with the plurality of users or users viewing the plurality of pieces of information are high.
- the statistical amount selecting unit selects the statistical amounts to be used, based on an extent of the distribution of the statistical amount in the plurality of users with respect to distribution of the statistical amount in a specific group including the plurality of users.
- An information processing method including:
- a program for causing a computer to execute processing including:
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Description
- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/859,103 (filed on Apr. 9, 2013), which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-120724 (filed on May 28, 2012), which are all hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
- The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are used suitably when information from other users is displayed in a form of a list.
- Recently, it is general to arrange and display activities (for example, remarks and feedback with respect to various content) of other users in various social services like a timeline of Twitter (registered trademark) and a news feed of Facebook (registered trademark). As a result, behaviors of other users can be listed. However, if the number of other users following a user such as friends increases, a large amount of information may be displayed at a time, which makes it difficult to read the information.
- Therefore, a method of arranging the activities of other users according to priorities and displaying the activities has been suggested (for example, refer to JP 2010-200648A).
- In addition, as methods of changing information provided from behaviors of users, a normal recommendation method (for example, refer to Su, X., Khoshgoftaar, T. M., “A Survey of Collaborative Filtering Techniques”, Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 2009) and JP 4524709B are known. According to technology described in JP 4524709B, provision of information is performed in consideration of a point of view of whether items which a user is apt to evaluate are famous or evaluation tendencies of users for the items such as interlocking conditions with evaluations of all users.
- However, a specific method of setting priorities is not described in JP 2010-200648A.
- Because the activities of the users are not exposed to evaluations of a number of users, differently from general content, it is difficult to apply the technology described in JP 4524709B to when the activities of other users are displayed.
- It is desirable to enable a user having a specific feature or information from the user to be preferentially viewed.
- According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a statistical amount selecting unit that selects, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts, a priority setting unit that sets priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount, and a display control unit that controls display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- The priority setting unit may set the priorities of the plurality of users, based on a value designated with respect to the selected statistical amount.
- The priority setting unit may set a priority of a user whose statistical amount is within a range of the designated value high or low.
- The display control unit may perform control in a manner that a user interface for designating the value of the selected statistical amounts is displayed together with the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information.
- The display control unit may control display order of the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- The display control unit may extract a user or information to be displayed, from the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- The display control unit may perform control in a manner that a value of the selected statistical amount of each user is displayed together with the plurality of users.
- The priority setting unit may set high a priority of a user whose similarity of the selected statistical amount with the plurality of users or users viewing the plurality of pieces of information are high.
- The statistical amount selecting unit may select the statistical amounts to be used, based on an extent of the distribution of the statistical amount in the plurality of users with respect to distribution of the statistical amount in a specific group including the plurality of users.
- According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided an information processing method including selecting, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts, setting priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount, and controlling display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided a program for causing a computer to execute processing including selecting, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts, setting priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount, and controlling display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the statistical amounts to be used are selected from the plurality of statistical amounts showing the features of the users, based on the distributions of the individual statistical amounts, the priorities of the plurality of users are set based on the selected statistical amounts, and the display of the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users is controlled based on the set priorities.
- According to the embodiments of the present disclosure described above, a user having a specific feature or information from the user can be preferentially viewed.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present disclosure is applied; -
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing active view display control processing; -
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a method of calculating a relative SD; -
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first example of an active view; -
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second example of an active view; -
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a third example of an active view; and -
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a computer. - Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the appended drawings. Note that, in this specification and the appended drawings, structural elements that have substantially the same function and structure are denoted with the same reference numerals, and repeated explanation of these structural elements is omitted.
- The following description will be made in the order described below.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present disclosure is applied. - An
information processing system 1 includes aserver 11 and clients 12-1 to 12-n. Theserver 11 and the clients 12-1 to 12-n are mutually connected through anetwork 13. - Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to individually distinguish the clients 12-1 to 12-n, the clients 12-1 to 12-n are simply referred to as the
clients 12. - The
server 11 provides a social service to eachclient 12. If the social service has at least a function of displaying activities of other users on theclient 12, a kind of the social service is not limited in particular. Also, a kind of activity displayed on eachclient 12 is not limited in particular. - Also, a method of displaying activity is not limited in particular. For example, activities of other users which a user follows may be arranged in chronological order and may be displayed, such that the activities are viewed by Twitter (registered trademark). Alternatively, activities with respect to content becoming viewing objects may be arranged in chronological order and may be displayed, such that the activities are viewed by YouTube (registered trademark). Alternatively, activities may be dynamically displayed according to advancement of content becoming viewing objects, such that the activities are viewed by Niconico (registered trademark).
- Further, activities that are given from each user to the social service include not only activities given intentionally from the users, such as a remark, a posting such as an image, and feedback to various content, but also activities given regardless of the intention of the users, such as position information.
- Hereinafter, a screen that displays the activities of the users is called a view. On the view, the activity of the corresponding user as well as the activities of other users may be displayed. Hereinafter, a user who displays the view and reads the view is called an active user. Hereinafter, a view that is to be displayed by the active user or is displayed by the active user is called an active view. Hereinafter, a user of a source of the activity that is displayed on the active view is called a user in the active view. Hereinafter, content that is displayed on the active view is called content in the active view.
- The
server 11 includes a userinformation storage unit 21, a userlog storage unit 22, a user statisticalamount calculating unit 23, a user statisticalamount storage unit 24, a user statisticalamount selecting unit 25, a useractivity storage unit 26, a priorityparameter storage unit 27, apriority setting unit 28, adisplay control unit 29, and acommunication unit 30. InFIG. 1 , only portions of theserver 11 relating display of an active view are mainly shown and the other portions are not partially shown. - The user
information storage unit 21 collects user information (for example, private information) of each user who participates in a social service, from information transmitted from eachclient 12 to thecommunication unit 30 through thenetwork 13, and stores the user information. - The user
log storage unit 22 collects a log on the social service (hereinafter, referred to as a user log) of each user who participates in the social service, from the information transmitted from eachclient 12 to thecommunication unit 30 through thenetwork 13, and stores the user log. - The user statistical
amount calculating unit 23 calculates a statistical amount (hereinafter, referred to as a user statistical amount) showing a feature of each user from various viewpoints, on the basis of the user information stored in the userinformation storage unit 21 and the user log stored in the userlog storage unit 22. The user statisticalamount calculating unit 23 stores the calculated user statistical amount in the user statisticalamount storage unit 24. - A specific example of the user statistical amount will be described below.
- The user statistical
amount selecting unit 25 selects the user statistical amount used for setting the priority of the user in the active view, from the user statistical amounts stored in the user statisticalamount storage unit 24. The user statisticalamount selecting unit 25 notifies thepriority setting unit 28 of the selected user statistical amount. - The user
activity storage unit 26 collects information regarding the activity of each user who participates in the social service, from the information transmitted from eachclient 12 to thecommunication unit 30 through thenetwork 13, and stores the information. - The priority
parameter storage unit 27 acquires a priority parameter transmitted from theclient 12 displaying the active view to thecommunication unit 30 through thenetwork 13 and stores the priority parameter. The priority parameter is a parameter that shows a rule used for setting the priority of the user in the active view, which will be described in detail below. - The
priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user in the active view, on the basis of the user statistical amount selected by the user statisticalamount selecting unit 25 and the priority parameter stored in the priorityparameter storage unit 27. Thepriority setting unit 28 reads information regarding the activity displayed on the active view, from the useractivity storage unit 26. Thepriority setting unit 28 adds the priority of the user corresponding to the source of the activity to the read information regarding the activity and supplies the information to thedisplay control unit 29. - The
display control unit 29 generates data to display the active view (hereinafter, referred to as active view display data). At this time, thedisplay control unit 29 sorts or filters the activity displayed on the active view, on the basis of the priority selected by thepriority setting unit 28. Thedisplay control unit 29 transmits the active view display data to theclient 12 through thecommunication unit 30 and thenetwork 13 and controls display of the active view in theclient 12. - The
communication unit 30 performs communication with eachclient 12 through thenetwork 13 and transmits and receives various information or commands regarding the social service. - Next, active view display control processing that is executed by the
server 11 will be described with reference to a flowchart ofFIG. 2 . - In step S1, the user statistical
amount calculating unit 23 calculates the user statistical amount of each user, on the basis of the user information stored in the userinformation storage unit 21 or the user log stored in the userlog storage unit 22. In addition, the user statisticalamount calculating unit 23 stores the calculated user statistical amount in the user statisticalamount storage unit 24. - In this case, a specific example of the user statistical amount will be described.
- For example, the number of friends, the number of followers, the number of followees, and the number of entire remarks can be used as the user statistical amount.
- The number of friends shows the number of other users who make a friendship with the active user on the social service, by mutual authentication of the active user and other users. A mutual authentication method, a mutual authentication form, and a mutual authentication effect are not limited in particular.
- The number of followers shows the number of other users who follow the active user, that is, the number of other users who read the activity of the active user.
- The number of followees shows the number of other users which the active user follows, that is, the number of other users of which activities are read by the active user.
- The number of entire remarks shows a total number of remarks of the active user on the social service. A collection period of the number of entire remarks may be an entire period after the active user participates in the social service or a limited period (for example, past one month).
- In the case of the social service including the activities with respect to the content, the number of content remarks, the number of intra-genre content remarks, content reproduction frequency; intra-genre content reproduction frequency, a specialty level, and a property can be adopted as the user statistical amount. In this case, use, a purchase, and an evaluation of content, a remark with respect to the content, and read of information regarding the content are assumed as the activities with respect to the content. A kind of content is not limited to a specific kind.
- The number of content remarks shows the number of remarks of the user with respect to the content in the active view.
- The number of intra-genre content remarks shows the total number of remarks of the user with respect to a content group of a genre to which the content in the active view belongs.
- The content reproduction frequency shows the number of times of reproducing the content in the active view by the user.
- The intra-genre content reproduction frequency shows the total number of times of reproducing a content group of a genre to which the content in the active view belongs, by the user.
- The number of intra-genre content possessions shows the number of content groups of a genre to which the content in the active view belongs, which are possessed by the user. The number of intra-genre content possessions can be adopted when the social service is a non-subscription service.
- The specialty level shows a level of a specialty of remark content of the user. The specialty level is measured using a content rate of words registered in a technical term dictionary prepared in advance. In the case of Japanese, the specialty level is measured using content rates of katakana words, long kanji phrases, and terms of other languages.
- The property shows a property of the user that is expressed on the basis of evaluations with respect to the content. For example, a lowbrow degree and a reputation intention degree that are described in JP 4524709B can be used as the property.
- In step S2, the user statistical
amount selecting unit 25 selects the user statistical amount that is used for setting the priority. - For example, when distributions of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are narrower than distributions of the user statistical amounts of all users who participate in the social service (hereinafter, simply referred to as all users), that is, when variations of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are smaller than variations of the user statistical amounts of all users, the activities of the users who have the similar user statistical amounts are gathered in the active view. Therefore, even though the priorities of the users in the active view are set using the user statistical amounts, it is difficult to make the priorities of the users different from each other, which results in rarely contributing to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view.
- Meanwhile, when the distributions of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are wider than the distributions of the user statistical amounts of all users, that is, when the variations of the user statistical amounts of the users in the active view are larger than the variations of the user statistical amounts of all users, the activities of the users who have the various user statistical amounts are gathered in the active view. Therefore, even though the priorities of the users in the active view are set using the user statistical amounts, it is easy to make the priorities of the users different from each other, which results in greatly contributing to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view.
- However, because standards of the individual user statistical amounts are different, extents of the distributions may not be simply compared using the dispersions or the standard deviations of the individual user statistical amounts. Therefore, the user statistical
amount selecting unit 25 calculates the relative standard deviation (hereinafter, referred to as the relative SD) functioning as an index to compare the extents of the distributions of the individual user statistical amounts, with respect to the individual user statistical amounts. The relative SD is a ratio of the standard deviation of the user statistical amounts in the users in the active view, with respect to the standard deviation of the user statistical amounts in all users. - The user statistical
amount selecting unit 25 selects the user statistical amounts of the predetermined number in which the relative SD is higher, as the user statistical amounts used for setting the priority. The user statisticalamount selecting unit 25 notifies thepriority setting unit 28 of the selected user statistical amounts. -
FIG. 3 shows an example of distributions of the number of friends, the number of entire remarks, and the genre reproduction frequency; among the user statistical amounts described above. A relative SD of the number of friends becomes 0.35 by dividing 15.3 to be the SD (standard deviation) in the users in the active view by 43.5 to be the SD in all users. A relative SD of the number of entire remarks becomes 1.03 by dividing 212.3 to be the SD in the users in the active view by 205.3 to be the SD in all users. A relative SD of the genre reproduction frequency becomes 2.67 by dividing 174.4 to be the SD in the users in the active view by 65.2 to be the SD in all users. - For example, when the user statistical amounts are compared simply by the SD, the number of entire remarks becomes the user statistical amount in which the distribution in the users in the active view is widest. However, because the distribution in the users in the active view and the distribution in all users are similar to each other, the number of entire remarks rarely contributes to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view, as described above.
- Meanwhile, when the user statistical amounts are compared by the relative SD, the genre reproduction frequency becomes the user statistical amount in which the distribution in the users in the active view is widest. Because the distribution in the users in the active view is wider than the distribution in all users, the genre reproduction frequency greatly contributes to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view, as described above.
- As such, if the relative SD is used, the user feature amount in which an effect of contributing to sorting or filtering of the activities displayed on the active view is large can be selected.
- In step S3, the
priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user, on the basis of the selected user statistical amount. As methods of setting the priority of the user, a method of setting the priority of the user automatically and a method of setting the priority of the user manually by the active user are known. - First, an example of the method of setting the priority automatically will be described.
- The
priority setting unit 28 calculates the similarity of the active user and each user in the active view, using the selected user statistical amount. For example, thepriority setting unit 28 calculates a Euclidean distance between the active user and each user in the active view as the similarity, using the selected user statistical amount. Thepriority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user having the high similarity high and sets the priority of the user having the low similarity low. - Alternatively, a method of using setting values of the priorities of other users associated with the active user (for example, users who make a friendship with the active user on the social service or users who follow the active users) is considered.
- Next, an example of the method of setting the priority manually by the active user will be described.
- For example, the
priority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user in the active view, on the basis of the priority parameter set by the active user and stored in the priorityparameter storage unit 27. - The priority parameter is represented by a value of the user statistical amount designated by the active user. In this case, the
priority setting unit 28 applies the weight based on the designated value of the user statistical amount and sets the priority of the user in the active view. For example, thepriority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user of which the user statistical amount is included in a range of the designated value high or sets the priority low. Thepriority setting unit 28 sets the priority of the user of which the user statistical amount is similar to a center value of the range of the designated value high or sets the priority low. - Timing at which the priority parameter is set may be set, regardless of display timing of the active view, or may be set before the display of the active view or during the display of the active view. A specific example of the method of setting the priority parameter during the display of the active view will be described below with reference to
FIGS. 5 and 6 . - For example, the weight between the used user statistical amounts may be set as the priority parameter. That is, the user statistical amount on which the weight is laid may be set when the priority is set.
- The
priority setting unit 28 reads information regarding the activities becoming candidates displayed on the active view, from the useractivity storage unit 26. In addition, thepriority setting unit 28 adds the priorities of the users corresponding to the sources of the activities to the read information regarding the activities and supplies the information to thedisplay control unit 29. Thereby, the priority based on the user of the source is set to each activity. - In step S4, the
display control unit 29 controls the display of the active view. Specifically, thedisplay control unit 29 generates active view display data to display the active view and transmits the active view display data to theclient 12 becoming a display object of the active view, through thecommunication unit 30 and thenetwork 13. Theclient 12 that has received the active view display data displays the active view on the basis of the received active view display data. - At this time, the
display control unit 29 controls the display of the active view, such that the activity having the high priority is preferentially displayed or is emphasized and displayed, on the basis of the priority set to each activity (the user of the source of the activity). For example, a method of setting the display order of the activity having the high priority to a high rank is considered. Alternatively, a method of extracting the activity in which the priority is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold value and displaying the activity or displaying the activity other than the activity in which the priority is less than the predetermined threshold value is considered. Alternatively, a method of changing a display size, a display position, a color, and a display effect according to the priority is considered. - The
display control unit 29 may display a user interface to set the priority parameter in the active view, according to necessity. - In this case, a display example of the active view will be described with reference to
FIGS. 4 to 6 . -
FIG. 4 shows an example of the active view that displays the activity of each user with respect to the content. Specifically,FIG. 4 shows an example of the active view when a remark of each user with respect to a musical composition is displayed on a reproduction screen of the musical composition. - On an upper end of the active view, information regarding a musical composition in a reproduction state is displayed. Specifically, an
icon 101 showing a musical composition, a title of the musical composition, and an artist name are displayed. - Under the
icon 101, the title of the musical composition, and the artist name,sliders amount selecting unit 25 are displayed. InFIG. 4 , an example of the case in which the genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks are selected is shown. - The
slider 102 a can be slid to left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the genre reproduction frequency. If theslider 102 a is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if theslider 102 a is slid to the right side, the setting value increases. - Likewise, the
slider 102 b can be slid to the left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the number of remarks. If theslider 102 b is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if theslider 102 b is slid to the right side, the setting value increases. - The (ranges of) values of the genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks that are set by the
sliders client 12 to theserver 11 through thenetwork 13. - Under the
sliders - Specifically, an
icon 103 a that shows the user U3 is displayed on a left end and a user name and values of a genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks of the user U3 are displayed under theicon 103 a. Aballoon 104 a is displayed on a right side of theicon 103 a and the remark of the user U3 with respect to the musical composition in a reproduction state is displayed in theballoon 104 a. - Under the user name and the values of the genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks of the user U3, an
icon 103 b that shows the user U7 is displayed on a left end. Under theicon 103 b, a user name and values of a genre reproduction frequency and the number of remarks of the user U7 are displayed. Aballoon 104 b is displayed on a right side of theicon 103 b and the remark of the user U7 with respect to the musical composition in a reproduction state is displayed in theballoon 104 b. - The active user operates the
sliders - The value of the user statistical amount that is used for setting the priority is displayed together with the icon and the remark of the user. Therefore, the active user can know the tendency of the user corresponding to the source of the remarks displayed on the active view or the reason why each remark is displayed in the high rank.
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FIG. 5 shows an example of an active view that displays a timeline of the active user. In this case, in the timeline, activities of friends of the active users or users which the active user follows are arranged in chronological order and are displayed. As the activities that are displayed on the timeline, information given from the user to the social service or a use history (for example, a recent situation, a posting of a photo, an evaluation with respect to content, position information, and a history of a change of a friendship) is assumed. - On an upper end of the active view, an
icon 121 showing an active user and a title (your timeline) are displayed. - Similar to the active view of
FIG. 4 ,sliders amount selecting unit 25 are displayed under theicon 121 and the title. InFIG. 5 , an example of the case in which the number of friends and the number of remarks are selected is shown. - The
slider 122 a can be slid to left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the number of friends. If theslider 122 a is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if theslider 122 a is slid to the right side, the setting value increases. - Likewise, the
slider 122 b can be slid to the left and right sides and is used for setting (a range of) a value of the number of remarks. If theslider 122 b is slid to the left side, a setting value decreases and if theslider 122 b is slid to the right side, the setting value increases. - The values of the number of friends and the number of remarks that are set by the
sliders client 12 to theserver 11 through thenetwork 13. - Under the
sliders - Specifically, an
icon 123 a that shows a user U13 is displayed on a left end and a user name and values of the number friends and the number remarks of the user U13 are displayed under theicon 123 a. Aballoon 124 a is displayed on a right side of theicon 123 a and a remark and a remark date and time of the user U13 are displayed in theballoon 124 a. - Under the user name and the values of the number of friends and the number of remarks of the user U13, an
icon 123 b that shows a user U17 is displayed on a left end. Under theicon 123 b, a user name and values of number of friends and the number remarks of the user U17 are displayed. Aballoon 124 b is displayed on a right side of theicon 123 b and a remark and a remark date and time of the user S17 are displayed in theballoon 124 b. - The active user operates the
sliders -
FIG. 6 illustrates an example of an active view in which activities are scrolled and displayed according to advancement of content (for example, a musical composition and a moving image) along a time axis. In this example, remarks of users performed after the users designate positions of the content are scrolled from the upper side to the lower side, according to the advancement of the content. A remark of the user having the high priority is displayed big on a forefront surface and a remark of the user having the low priority is displayed small at an inner side of a display position of the remark of the user having the high priority. - Specifically,
icons 141 a to 141 d are icons that show users corresponding to sources of remarks displayed inballoons 142 a to 142 d displayed on the right sides of theicons 141 a to 141 d. Levels of the priorities of the users are set in two steps and theicons icons balloons icons balloons icons - When two or more icons and balloons are overlapped and displayed, the icon and the balloon of the user having the high priority are displayed on front surfaces of the display positions of the icon and the balloon of the user having the low priority. For example, the
icon 141 c and theballoon 142 c of the user having the high priority are displayed on the front surfaces of the display positions of theicon 141 d and theballoon 142 d of the user having the low priority. - In the
balloons 142 a to 142 d, remarks and remark times are displayed. - The
icons 141 a to 141 d and theballoons 142 a to 142 d move downward according to the advancement of the content. - Thereby, the active user can view the remark of each user on the basis of the remark of the user having the specific feature and the high priority, according to the advancement of the content.
- Hereinafter, modifications of the embodiment of the present disclosure described above will be described.
- The present disclosure can be applied to the case in which users extracted from users participating in a social service are displayed in a form of a list as well as the case in which the activities are displayed.
- For example, when users associated with the active user among users participating in a social service, that is, candidates of friends are displayed in a form of a list, the candidates of the friends can be displayed in display order based on the priorities, by the method described above. Thereby, the active user can easily search the friends that are actually associated with the active user.
- When the relative SD is calculated, it is not necessary to set the distributions of the user statistical amounts in all users on the social service as the comparison objects. For example, the distributions of the user statistical amounts in a specific group on the social service including the users in the active view can be set as the comparison objects. As the specific group, a group including users who have common user attributes (for example, a place of residence and a use language) of the users in the active view is assumed.
- Other conditions (for example, conditions based on the user attributes) can be combined with the priorities of the users and the users or the activities displayed on the active view can be sorted or filtered.
- After the
priority setting unit 28 sets the priority automatically, the active user can adjust the priority manually by the method ascribed above. - The above mentioned series of processes can be executed by hardware, or can be executed by software. In the case where the series of processes is executed by software, a program configuring this software is installed in a computer. Here, for example, a general purpose personal computer that can execute various functions is included in the computer, by installing a computer incorporated into specialized hardware and various programs.
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FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of hardware of a computer executing the above series of processes by a program. - A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 301, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 302, a RAM (Random Access memory) 303, and a
bus 304 are mutually connected in the computer. - An input/
output interface 305 is further connected to thebus 304. Aninput unit 306, anoutput unit 307, astorage unit 308, acommunication unit 309, and adrive 310 are connected to the input/output interface 305. - The
input unit 306 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone or the like. Theoutput unit 307 includes a display, a speaker or the like. Thestorage unit 308 includes a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory or the like. Thecommunication unit 309 includes a network interface or the like. Thedrive 310 drives aremovable medium 311, such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory. - In a computer configured such as above, the above mentioned series of processes are executed, for example, by the
CPU 301 loading and executing a program, which is stored in thestorage unit 308, in theRAM 303 through the input/output interface 305 and thebus 304. - The program executed by the computer (CPU 301) can be, for example, recorded and provided in a
removable medium 311 as a packaged medium or the like. Further, the program can be provided through a wired or wireless transmission medium, such as a local area network, the internet, or digital satellite broadcasting. - In the computer, the program can be installed in the
storage unit 308 through the input/output interface 305, by installing theremovable medium 311 in thedrive 310. Further, the program can be received by thecommunication unit 309 through the wired or wireless transmission medium, and can be installed in thestorage unit 308. Additionally, the program can be installed beforehand in theROM 302 and thestorage unit 308. - Note that the program executed by the computer may be a program which performs time series processes, in accordance with the order described in the present disclosure, or may be a program which performs the processes at a necessary timing in parallel, such as when calling is performed.
- Further, in the present disclosure, a system has the meaning of a set of a plurality of configured elements (such as an apparatus or a module (part)), and does not take into account whether or not all the configured elements are in the same casing. Therefore, the system may be either a plurality of apparatuses, stored in separate casings and connected through a network, or a plurality of modules within a single casing.
- It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alterations may occur depending on design requirements and other factors insofar as they are within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.
- For example, the present disclosure can adopt a configuration of cloud computing which processes by allocating and connecting one function by a plurality of apparatuses through a network.
- Further, each step described by the above mentioned flow charts can be executed by one apparatus or by allocating a plurality of apparatuses.
- In addition, in the case where a plurality of processes is included in one step, the plurality of processes included in this one step can be executed by one apparatus or by allocating a plurality of apparatuses.
- Additionally, the present technology may also be configured as below.
- (1) An information processing apparatus including:
- a statistical amount selecting unit that selects, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts;
- a priority setting unit that sets priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount; and
- a display control unit that controls display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- (2) The information processing apparatus according to (1),
- wherein the priority setting unit sets the priorities of the plurality of users, based on a value designated with respect to the selected statistical amount.
- (3) The information processing apparatus according to (2),
- wherein the priority setting unit sets a priority of a user whose statistical amount is within a range of the designated value high or low.
- (4) The information processing apparatus according to (2) or (3),
- wherein the display control unit performs control in a manner that a user interface for designating the value of the selected statistical amounts is displayed together with the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information.
- (5) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (4),
- wherein the display control unit controls display order of the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- (6) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (5),
- wherein the display control unit extracts a user or information to be displayed, from the plurality of users or the plurality of pieces of information, based on the priorities.
- (7) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (6),
- wherein the display control unit performs control in a manner that a value of the selected statistical amount of each user is displayed together with the plurality of users.
- (8) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (7),
- wherein the priority setting unit sets high a priority of a user whose similarity of the selected statistical amount with the plurality of users or users viewing the plurality of pieces of information are high.
- (9) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (8),
- wherein the statistical amount selecting unit selects the statistical amounts to be used, based on an extent of the distribution of the statistical amount in the plurality of users with respect to distribution of the statistical amount in a specific group including the plurality of users.
- (10) An information processing method including:
- selecting, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts;
- setting priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount; and
- controlling display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
- (11) A program for causing a computer to execute processing including:
- selecting, from a plurality of statistical amounts showing features of users, a statistical amount to be used based on distribution of each of the statistical amounts;
- setting priorities of a plurality of users, based on the selected statistical amount; and
- controlling display of the plurality of users or a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of users, based on the set priorities.
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