WO2013061490A1

WO2013061490A1 - Information display apparatus, information display method, and computer program

Info

Publication number: WO2013061490A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/003928
Authority: WO
Inventors: 昌毅高瀬
Original assignee: 株式会社ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント
Priority date: 2011-10-25
Filing date: 2012-06-15
Publication date: 2013-05-02
Also published as: JP2013092892A

Abstract

A user terminal (10) is provided with: an inputted character string acquiring unit (84), which acquires an inputted character string inputted by a user; a conversion candidate acquiring unit (85), which acquires one or more conversion candidate character strings having converted character strings including the inputted character string; a conversion candidate display unit (86), which displays a list of conversion candidate character strings; an output unit (83), which outputs a conversion candidate character string selected by the user from the list of the conversion candidate character strings; a search result display unit (89) which acquires search results of information relating to the inputted character string, and displays a list of search result character strings for identifying the searched information; and a browser (44), which acquires and displays information that corresponds to the search result character string selected by the user from among the search result character strings.

Description

Information display device, information display method, and computer program

The present invention relates to an information display technique, and more particularly, to an information display device and an information display method for displaying information related to an input character string.

Now that the network infrastructure has been developed and information terminals such as personal computers and smartphones have become widespread, users of information terminals can easily access an enormous amount of information. A service is provided that accepts a character string that serves as a search key and searches and displays information desired by the user, or displays related advertisement information when the user is browsing a web page.

Although the amount of information that can be used by the user has increased dramatically, it is not always easy to find desired information by skillfully using such an environment. A more convenient information providing technique is required so that a user can easily obtain desired information.

The present invention has been made in view of these circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a highly convenient information display technology.

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a computer program. The computer program includes: an input character string acquisition unit that acquires an input character string input by a user; and one or more conversions obtained by converting the character string including the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit A conversion candidate acquisition unit that acquires candidate character strings, a conversion candidate display unit that displays a list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings acquired by the conversion candidate acquisition unit on a display device, and the display device that includes the conversion candidate display unit An output unit that outputs a conversion candidate character string selected by the user from the list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings displayed on the screen, and information related to the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit A search result display unit for obtaining a search result string and displaying a list of search result character strings for identifying the searched information on the display device, the search result display Wherein the information display unit to be displayed on the display device, to function as to obtain the search result information corresponding to the character string selected by the user from the displayed the search result string by.

It should be noted that an arbitrary combination of the above-described components and a representation obtained by converting the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

According to the present invention, a highly convenient information display technique can be provided.

It is a figure showing the whole information display system composition concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the user terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the user terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the structure of an information delivery server. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display apparatus of the user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display apparatus of the user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display apparatus of the user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display apparatus of the user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display apparatus of the user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display apparatus of the user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display apparatus of the user terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the information display method which concerns on this Embodiment.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the information display system according to the embodiment. In the information display system 1, the information distribution server 200 and a plurality of user terminals 10 as an example of an information display device are connected by the Internet 2 as an example of a network. In the user terminal 10, when the user inputs a character string, the input character string is transmitted to the information distribution server 200. The information distribution server 200 searches for information related to the character string received from the user terminal 10 and transmits the search result to the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 presents a list of search results received from the information distribution server 200 to the user together with a list of conversion candidate character strings obtained by converting character strings including input character strings.

2 and 3 show the appearance of the user terminal 10 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, on the front side of the user terminal 10, that is, the side facing the user when the user holds and operates the user terminal 10, the instruction input button 21, the direction key 22, the R button 23, L A button 20 such as the button 24 and a display device 68 are provided. The display device 68 is provided with a touch panel 69 for detecting contact with a user's finger or stylus pen.

As shown in FIG. 3, a back touch panel 70 is provided on the back side of the user terminal 10. Although a display device may be provided on the back side of the user terminal 10 similarly to the front side, in the present embodiment, only the back touch panel 70 is provided on the back side of the user terminal 10 without providing a display device.

While holding the user terminal 10 with both hands, for example, the user operates the instruction input button 21 with the right thumb, operates the direction key 22 with the left thumb, operates the R button 23 with the right index finger or middle finger, The L button 24 can be operated with the index finger or the middle finger, the touch panel 69 can be operated with the thumbs of both hands, and the back touch panel 70 can be operated with the ring finger or the little finger of both hands. In the case of using a stylus pen or the like, for example, with the user terminal 10 held by the left hand, the touch panel 69 and the instruction input button 21 are operated with the stylus pen or index finger with the right hand, the direction key 22 is operated with the left thumb, and the left hand The L button 24 can be operated with the index finger or the middle finger, and the rear touch panel 70 can be operated with the left ring finger or the little finger.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 includes a button 20, a touch panel 69, a rear touch panel 70, a communication unit 30, a control unit 40, a dictionary holding unit 60, a file holding unit 62, a file database 64, and a display device 68. In terms of hardware components, these configurations are realized by a CPU of a computer, a memory, a program loaded in the memory, and the like, but here, functional blocks realized by their cooperation are illustrated. Accordingly, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof.

The communication unit 30 controls communication with other devices such as the information distribution server 200 via the Internet 2.

The touch panel 69 may be a touch panel of an arbitrary system such as a matrix switch system, a resistive film system, a surface acoustic wave system, an infrared system, an electromagnetic induction system, or a capacitance system. The touch panel 69 outputs the coordinates of the position where the input is detected at a predetermined cycle.

The rear touch panel 70 may also be an arbitrary type touch panel. The back touch panel 70 may include a pressure sensor that can detect pressure applied to the back touch panel 70, and calculates the input intensity based on the area, voltage value, capacitance, and the like of the area where the input is detected. May be. The rear touch panel 70 outputs the coordinates of the position where the input is detected and the intensity (pressure) of the input at a predetermined cycle.

The dictionary holding unit 60 converts a character string into kanji when a Japanese reading is input, or extracts a word predicted to be input when a part of an English word is input. It holds dictionary data used for display. The file holding unit 62 holds various data files. The file database 64 stores information on data files held in the file holding unit 62. The file holding unit 62 may be realized by a storage device such as a hard disk. The dictionary holding unit 60 and the file database 64 may be stored in a storage device such as a hard disk, or may be read out from a storage device such as a hard disk to a memory at any timing and may be resident.

The control unit 40 receives an operation instruction from the user input from the button 20, the touch panel 69, and the rear touch panel 70, and displays an application 42 such as a game program, a web page, and the like based on the received operation instruction from the user. For example, an input function for inputting characters and symbols to the browser 44, the application 42 and the browser 44, and other various functions are executed. The control unit 40 includes an application 42, a browser 44, and an input control unit 80. The input control unit 80 includes an input receiving unit 81, a keyboard display unit 82, an output unit 83, an input character string acquisition unit 84, a conversion candidate acquisition unit 85, a conversion candidate display unit 86, a search request unit 87, a search unit 88, and a search A result display unit 89 is included.

The application 42 realizes various functions based on operation instructions input from the buttons 20, the touch panel 69 and the rear touch panel 70, a character string input from the input control unit 80, and the like. The browser 44, which is an example of an information display unit, displays information such as a web page acquired from the information distribution server 200 or the like via the communication unit 30 or a list or contents of files held in the file holding unit 62. To display.

The keyboard display unit 82 reads the screen data of the on-screen keyboard from the storage device and displays it on the display device 68. The input receiving unit 81 determines which key on the on-screen keyboard has been input based on the user's operation instruction input from the button 20, the touch panel 69, or the rear touch panel 70, and the character or number by the user Or a selection of symbols.

The input character string acquisition unit 84 acquires the character selected by the user, received by the input reception unit 81, and adds it to the input character string. The conversion candidate acquisition unit 85 acquires one or more conversion candidate character strings obtained by converting a character string including an input character string. The conversion candidate acquisition unit 85 may acquire the conversion candidate character string when receiving an instruction input for requesting display of the conversion candidate character string obtained by converting the input character string from the user. You may acquire the conversion candidate character string which converted the input character string, when added. Moreover, you may acquire the prediction conversion candidate character string extracted by predicting the subsequent input character string from the conversion candidate character string which converted the character string which contains an input character string ahead. The conversion candidate acquisition unit 85 may generate a conversion candidate character string with reference to the dictionary holding unit 60, notify the input character string to another device or application, and convert converted by the other device or application A candidate character string may be acquired. Any known technique may be used as the conversion function or the predictive conversion function. When acquiring a plurality of conversion candidate character strings, the conversion candidate acquisition unit 85 also acquires their display order.

The conversion candidate display unit 86 displays the conversion candidate character strings acquired by the conversion candidate acquisition unit 85 on the display device 68 according to the display order. The input receiving unit 81 is a confirmation key for the user to touch any conversion candidate character string from among the conversion candidate character strings displayed by the conversion candidate display unit 86 or to confirm the conversion candidate character string being selected. When the conversion candidate character string is confirmed by selecting or pressing down, etc., the output unit 83 outputs the confirmed conversion candidate character string to the application 42 or the like. Character strings that do not require conversion, such as alphanumeric characters and symbols, may be output directly by the output unit 83 without conversion. For example, when an on-screen keyboard for Japanese input is selected, even if alphanumeric characters or symbols are input, it is output through the conversion function, and when an on-screen keyboard for English input is selected, You may output without passing through a conversion function. Even when the on-screen keyboard for inputting English is selected, the above-described predictive conversion function for English words may be used. As for the basic technique related to the on-screen keyboard as described above, any known technique can be used, and thus will not be described in detail here.

The search request unit 87 requests the information distribution server 200 or the search unit 88 to search for information related to the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit 84. The search request unit 87 sends the character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit 84 to the information distribution server 200 or the search unit 88 as a search key. When the user requests a search for information such as an HTML document accessible via the Internet 2, the search request unit 87 transmits a search key to the information distribution server 200, and the file holding unit 62 of the user terminal 10 itself. When a search for the file held in the file is requested, a search key is sent to the search unit 88.

The search unit 88 refers to the file database 64 to search for a file related to the search key from among the files held in the file holding unit 62, and sends the search result to the search result display unit 89. When a plurality of files are searched, the search unit 88 assigns a score to the search results based on a predetermined evaluation criterion, and notifies the search result display unit 89 of the search results in order.

The search result display unit 89 displays a list of search results acquired from the information distribution server 200 or the search unit 88 on the display device 68. When the search result display unit 89 acquires a search result from the information distribution server 200, the search result display unit 89 identifies not the searched information itself but the searched information such as metadata, index data, and URL of the searched information. Data may be acquired. The search result display unit 89 sets a character string including a part of information or a file acquired as a search result or a character string for identifying information or a file as a search result character string, and a list of search result character strings. Is displayed on the display device 68. The search result character string may be extracted from information such as an HTML document or a character string included in the data file held in the file holding unit 62, or extracted from metadata indicating the contents of the information or data file. Alternatively, it may be the title or file name of the information or data file, or identification information such as a URL for accessing the information or data file. When the conversion candidate display unit 86 displays the conversion candidate character string on the display device 68, the search result display unit 89 displays the conversion candidate character string and the search result character string on the same display screen. Simultaneously display the search result string. Details of the display screen will be described later.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the information distribution server 200. The information distribution server 200 includes a communication unit 230, a control unit 240, a user database 260, a distribution information holding unit 262, and a distribution information database 264. These configurations can also be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof.

The communication unit 230 controls communication with other devices such as the user terminal 10 via the Internet 2.

The user database 260 stores user data of the user terminal 10. The user database 260 includes, for example, user identification information, user terminal 10 identification information, user attribute information such as sex, age, address, and occupation, user preference information, past search history, and information Stores distribution history and browsing history of information. These pieces of information are used when selecting information to be distributed to the user.

The distribution information holding unit 262 holds various information data files distributed to the user terminal 10. The distribution information database 264 stores data file information held in the distribution information holding unit 262. The distribution information database 264 stores information such as identification information, name, metadata, index data, and keywords included in the data file, for example. These pieces of information are used to search for information to be distributed to the user terminal 10.

The control unit 240 includes a search request reception unit 281, a search unit 282, a search result transmission unit 283, a distribution request reception unit 284, a distribution unit 285, and a billing unit 286.

The search request receiving unit 281 receives a search request from the user terminal 10. The search request receiving unit 281 receives a search key from the user terminal 10 and passes it to the search unit 282. The search unit 282 searches the distribution information database 264 based on the search key received by the search request receiving unit 281. The search result transmission unit 283 transmits the search result by the search unit 282 to the user terminal 10. The search unit 282 searches a data file including a character string acquired as a search key or a part of the character string as a name, metadata, and index data, and matches the search key with the name, metadata, index data, and the like. Each data file may be scored based on the user information stored in the user database 260 or the like. The search unit 282 may search for information to be distributed to the user from information stored in other information distribution servers. The search result transmission unit 283 may transmit the name, metadata, index data, URL, and the like of a predetermined number of data files having higher scores to the user terminal 10 as a search result.

The distribution request receiving unit 284 receives a distribution request for information such as a data file held in the distribution information holding unit 262 from the user terminal 10. The distribution request receiving unit 284 receives information that can identify the data file, such as the URL of the data file, from the user terminal 10 and passes it to the distribution unit 285. The distribution unit 285 reads the data file requested for distribution from the distribution information holding unit 262 based on information such as the URL received by the distribution request receiving unit 284 and transmits the data file to the user terminal 10.

The charging unit 286 performs a charging process associated with information distribution. When the advertisement information is distributed to the user terminal 10 by the search result transmission unit 283 or the distribution unit 285, the charging unit 286 charges a predetermined advertisement fee to the advertiser of the distributed advertisement information. When fee-based information is distributed to the user terminal 10, the charging unit 286 charges a predetermined information fee to the distribution destination user.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the user terminal. In the new message creation screen 100 displayed on the screen by the mail transmission / reception application 42, the application 42 activates the input control unit 80 to accept the input character string. The keyboard display unit 82 displays an on-screen keyboard 102 for character input on the new message creation screen 100. The input character string acquisition unit 84 acquires a character selected from the on-screen keyboard 102 and adds it to the input character string. In the example of FIG. 6, an input character string “Hare” is input. The conversion candidate display unit 86 displays a list of conversion candidate character strings of character strings including the character string “are” acquired by the conversion candidate acquisition unit 85 in the upper part of the conversion candidate character string display area 110. The search result display unit 89 displays a list of search result character strings for identifying the search result information acquired from the information distribution server 200 in the lower part of the conversion candidate character string display area 110. When the button 112 is tapped, the conversion candidate display unit 86 expands the conversion candidate character string display area 110, further displays a list of other conversion candidate character strings in the conversion candidate character string display area 110, and displays a search result display unit. 89 further displays a list of other search result character strings in the conversion candidate character string display area 110.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the user terminal. When the user selects any one of the conversion candidate character strings displayed in the conversion candidate character string display area 110 on the new message creation screen 100 shown in FIG. 6, the output unit 83 displays the selected conversion candidate character string. The column is output to the application 42. The application 42 adds the selected conversion candidate character string 106 to the new message and displays it on the new message creation screen 100.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the user terminal. When the user selects any one of the search result character strings displayed in the conversion candidate character string display area 110 on the new message creation screen 100 shown in FIG. 6, the output unit 83 displays the selected search result character string. A URL for accessing information corresponding to the column is output to the browser 44. The browser 44 accesses a server such as the information distribution server 200 based on the output URL, acquires information such as a web page, and displays it on the browser screen 108. Thus, according to the technique of the present embodiment, the user views not only the conversion candidate character string but also the search result character string indicating the search result of the information related to the input character string during the input of the character string. And access the information for details if necessary. Thereby, a user's convenience can be improved.

When the user selects any one of the search result character strings, the output unit 83 outputs a URL for accessing information corresponding to the search result character string in accordance with the content of the operation for selection. It may be determined whether information is displayed on 44 or a search result character string is output to the application 42 or the like. For example, when the user selects one of the search result character strings by a first operation such as double-clicking or continuing to tap for a predetermined time or more, the output unit 83 displays information corresponding to the search result character string. A URL for access may be output to the browser 44, and when a second operation such as click or tap is selected, the search result character string may be output to the application 42 as a confirmed character string. In this way, the user of the user terminal 10 according to the present embodiment can display the selected information as in the example shown in FIG. 8 according to the operation instruction, and the search result character string can be converted into the conversion candidate character. It can also be output to the application 42 as well as the columns. Thereby, the convenience for the user can be further improved.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the user terminal. In the example shown in FIG. 6, a list of conversion candidate character strings is displayed in the upper part of the conversion candidate character string display area 110, and a list of search result character strings is displayed in the lower part. In the example shown in FIG. In the conversion candidate character string display area 110, a list of conversion candidate character strings and a list of search result character strings are displayed together. The conversion candidate display unit 86 and the search result display unit 89 evaluate the acquired conversion candidate character string and the information search result based on a common index, give a score, and determine the display order according to the given score. . The conversion candidate display unit 86 and the search result display unit 89 display the conversion candidate character string and the search result in a display format that can be distinguished from each other. In the example of FIG. 9, the search result display unit 89 displays the search result with an underline, and the conversion candidate display unit 86 displays the conversion candidate character string without an underline. Thus, the conversion candidate character string and the search result character string may be distinguished from each other by being displayed in different display areas, or may be distinguished from each other by being displayed in different display formats in the same display area. May be.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the user terminal. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, the conversion candidate display unit 86 displays a list of conversion candidate character strings in the conversion candidate character string display region 110, and the search result display unit 89 displays the search result in the search result character string display region 120. Display a list of The conversion candidate display unit 86 expands the conversion candidate character string display area 110 when the button 112 is tapped, and the search result display unit 89 expands the search result character string display area 120 when the button 122 is tapped. To do. In this way, the conversion candidate display unit 86 and the search result display unit 89 may display the conversion candidate character string and the search result character string in different display areas on the same display screen of the display device 68, respectively.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the user terminal. In the example shown in FIG. 11, the conversion candidate display unit 86 displays a list of conversion candidate character strings in the conversion candidate character string display area 110, and when one of the conversion candidate character string lists is selected, The output unit 83 outputs the selected conversion candidate character string to the application 42. Further, the search result display unit 89 displays a list of search result character strings in the search result character string display area 120, and when any one of the search result character string lists is selected, the output unit 83 selects The retrieved search result character string is output to the application 42. When any one of the search result character string lists is dragged to the search button 124, the output unit 83 outputs a URL for accessing information corresponding to the selected search result character string to the browser 44. The browser 44 acquires information and displays it on the browser screen 108. When any of the search result character strings is dragged to the search button 124, a list of search results may be displayed by the browser 44 or the like.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the user terminal. In the example shown in FIG. 12, when either the conversion candidate character string or the search result character string displayed in the conversion candidate character string display area 110 is selected by an operation such as tap input or right click for a predetermined time or more. The search request unit 87 displays the context menu 114 on the display screen. In the context menu 114, the user outputs the selected character string by the output unit 83, requests the information distribution server 200 for a web search using the selected character string as a search key, or searches the selected character string. As a key, it is possible to select whether the search unit 88 is requested to perform a local search. When the web search is selected, the search request unit 87 may request the information distribution server 200 to search, and the browser 44 may display a web page indicating the search result. When the local search is selected, the search request unit 87 may request the search from the search unit 88, and the browser 44 may display a page indicating the search result. As described above, according to the technique of the present embodiment, during the input of a character string, the user can store information that can be accessed via the Internet 2 using the conversion candidate character string of the input character string as a search key or a file Desired information can be searched from among the files held in the unit 62. For example, during creation of an e-mail or document, information related to the character string being input is retrieved and displayed, or another file containing the character string being input is retrieved from the file holding unit 62 and displayed. can do. Thereby, the convenience for the user can be further improved.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the information display method according to the present embodiment. When the input character string acquisition unit 84 acquires the input character string (S100), the conversion candidate acquisition unit 85 acquires a conversion candidate character string obtained by converting the character string including the input character string (S102). The search request unit 87 requests the search from the search unit 88 or the information distribution server 200 using the input character string as a search key (S106). When the search result is acquired (S106), the search result display unit 89 displays a search result character string indicating information included in the search result on the display screen. At this time, the conversion candidate display unit 86 displays the conversion candidate character string on the same display screen on which the search result character string is displayed (S108).

When one of the conversion candidate character strings is selected (Y in S110), the output unit 83 outputs the selected conversion candidate character string to the application 42 (S112). When no conversion candidate character string is selected (N in S110), S112 is skipped. When any one of the search result character strings is selected by the first operation (Y in S114), the output unit 83 sets a URL for accessing information corresponding to the selected search result character string to the browser 44. The browser 44 acquires and displays information (S116). When the search result character string is not selected by the first operation (N of S114), S116 is skipped. When any one of the search result character strings is selected by the second operation (Y in S118), the output unit 83 outputs the selected search result character string to the application 42 (S120). When the search result character string is not selected by the second operation (N of S118), S120 is skipped.

The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to combinations of the respective constituent elements and processing processes, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. is there.

10 user terminal, 30 communication unit, 40 control unit, 42 application, 44 browser, 60 dictionary holding unit, 62 file holding unit, 64 file database, 68 display device, 69 touch panel, 70 back touch panel, 80 input control unit, 81 input Reception part, 82 Keyboard display part, 83 Output part, 84 Input character string acquisition part, 85 Conversion candidate acquisition part, 86 Conversion candidate display part, 87 Search request part, 88 Search part, 89 Search result display part, 200 Information distribution server .

Claims

Computer
An input string acquisition unit for acquiring an input string input by the user,
A conversion candidate acquisition unit that acquires one or more conversion candidate character strings obtained by converting a character string including the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit;
A conversion candidate display unit that displays a list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings acquired by the conversion candidate acquisition unit on a display device;
An output unit that outputs a conversion candidate character string selected by a user from a list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings displayed on the display device by the conversion candidate display unit;
A search result display for acquiring a search result of information related to the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit and displaying a list of search result character strings for identifying the searched information on the display device Part,
An information display unit for acquiring information corresponding to the search result character string selected by the user from the search result character strings displayed by the search result display unit and displaying the information on the display device;
Computer program to function as.
The conversion candidate display unit and the search result display unit are configured such that the conversion candidate character string and the search result character string can be distinguished from each other on the same display screen of the display device. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein each of the search result character strings is displayed.
The computer program according to claim 2, wherein the conversion candidate display unit and the search result display unit display the conversion candidate character string and the search result character string in different display areas of the display screen, respectively. .
3. The conversion candidate display unit and the search result display unit display the conversion candidate character string and the search result character string in different display formats in the same display area of the display screen, respectively. A computer program described in 1.
When the search result display unit displays the list of search result character strings and receives selection of the search result character string by the first operation, the information display unit displays the selected search result character string. The corresponding information is displayed on the display device, and when the selection of the search result character string is received by the second operation, the output unit outputs the selected search result character string. 5. The computer program according to any one of 4.
The search result display unit searches the input character string from a search server that performs a search for information accessible via a network or a search unit that performs a search for data included in the computer. 6. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein a search result using a key is acquired.
An input string acquisition unit for acquiring an input string input by the user;
A conversion candidate acquisition unit that acquires one or more conversion candidate character strings obtained by converting a character string including the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit;
A conversion candidate display unit that displays a list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings acquired by the conversion candidate acquisition unit on a display device;
An output unit that outputs a conversion candidate character string selected by a user from a list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings displayed on the display device by the conversion candidate display unit;
A search result display for acquiring a search result of information related to the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit and displaying a list of search result character strings for identifying the searched information on the display device And
An information display unit for acquiring information corresponding to the search result character string selected by the user from the search result character strings displayed by the search result display unit and displaying the information on the display device;
An information display device comprising:
An input character string acquisition unit for acquiring an input character string input by a user;
A conversion candidate obtaining unit obtaining one or more conversion candidate character strings obtained by converting a character string including the input character string obtained by the input character string obtaining unit;
A conversion candidate display unit displaying a list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings acquired by the conversion candidate acquisition unit on a display device;
An output unit that outputs a conversion candidate character string selected by a user from a list of the one or more conversion candidate character strings displayed on the display device by the conversion candidate display unit;
A search result display unit acquires a search result of information related to the input character string acquired by the input character string acquisition unit, and displays a list of search result character strings for identifying the searched information. Steps to display in
An information display unit acquiring information corresponding to a search result character string selected by a user from the search result character strings displayed by the search result display unit and displaying the information on the display device;
An information display method characterized by comprising:
A computer-readable recording medium on which the computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is recorded.