INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20120150892A1
• Filed: 06/23/2010
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Umezu, Keisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,751,517 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

In general information processing apparatuses, determination on what sort of operational interface is appropriate to be provided for which application (AP, hereinafter) is left up to the user.

An information processing apparatus in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: an operation-definition storage means for storing a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type, with respect to each of a plurality of applications (APs); and an operation modification means for acquiring from the above-mentioned operation-definition storage means a set of records having an identical function ontology (identical ontology set) or a set of identifiers of the records belonging to the identical ontology set, and for replacing an operation type of a record including the above-mentioned identical function ontology of a designated AP with an operation type having a high appearance frequency (high frequency type) in the identical ontology set.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation-definition storage unit which stores a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type, with respect to each of a plurality of APs which are applications; and

an operation modification unit which acquires from said operation-definition storage unit an identical ontology set which is a set of records having an identical function ontology or a set of identifiers of the records belonging to said identical ontology set, and replaces an operation type of a record including said identical function ontology of a designated AP with a high frequency type which is an operation type having a high appearance frequency in said identical ontology set.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function search unit which searches said operation-definition storage unit for a record matching both an inputted AP name and an operation type of a detected operation, and outputs a function name of the extracted said record and said inputted AP name to a function execution unit which executes a function of an AP identified by the AP name and the function name.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, comprising:

a context-definition storage unit which stores a context name and a corresponding sensor value;

said operation-definition storage unit which stores said record with respect to each context of each of said plurality of APs;

said function search unit which acquires from said context-definition storage unit a context corresponding to an inputted sensor value, and searches said operation-definition storage unit for said context, an inputted AP name and a record matching an inputted operation type, and outputs a function name of the extracted said record and said inputted AP name to said function execution unit which executes a function of an AP identified by the AP name and the function name; and

said operation modification unit which acquires from said operation-definition storage unit a set of records having both an identical context and an identical function ontology, as said identical ontology set.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

an external operation storage unit which stores a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type, with respect to each of a plurality of APs identical with or different from said plurality of APs; and

said operation modification unit which acquires said identical ontology set from both said operation-definition storage unit and said external operation storage unit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said high frequency type is an operation type having the highest appearance frequency among said identical ontology set or having an appearance frequency equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

6. An information processing system including:

a peripheral device comprising said function execution unit, and the information processing apparatus according to claim 1.

7. A computer readable non-transitory medium storing an information processing program for enabling a computer, the computer comprising an operation-definition storage unit which stores a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type with respect to each of a plurality of APs which are applications, to execute an operation modification process in which comprises the steps of:

acquiring from said operation-definition storage unit an identical ontology set which is a set of records having an identical function ontology or a set of identifiers of the records belonging to said identical ontology set; and

replacing an operation type of a record including said identical function ontology of a designated AP with a high frequency type which is an operation type having a high appearance frequency in said identical ontology set.

8. A computer readable non-transitory medium storing the information processing program according to claim 7 for enabling said computer to execute a function search process which comprises the steps of:

searching said operation-definition storage unit for a record matching both an inputted AP name and an operation type of a detected operation; and

outputting a function name of the extracted said record and said inputted AP name to a function execution unit executing a function of an AP identified by the AP name and the function name.

9. A computer readable non-transitory medium storing the information processing program according to claim 8 for enabling said computer, the computer further comprising a context definition storage unit for storing a context name and a sensor value relating them to each other and said operation-definition storage unit for storing said record with respect to each of said plurality of AP names, to execute:

said function search process comprising the steps of acquiring from said context-definition storage unit a context corresponding to an inputted sensor value, of searching said operation-definition storage unit for a record matching said context, an inputted AP name and an inputted operation type, and of outputting a function name of the extracted said record and said inputted AP name to said function execution unit executing a function of an AP identified by the AP name and the function name; and

said operation modification process of acquiring from said operation-definition storage unit a set of records having both an identical context and an identical function ontology, as said identical ontology set.

10. A computer readable non-transitory medium storing the information processing program according to claim 7 for enabling said computer, the computer further comprising an external operation storage unit which stores a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type with respect to each of a plurality of APs identical with or different from said plurality of APs, to execute

said operation modification process of acquiring said identical ontology set from both said operation-definition storage unit and said external operation storage unit.

11. A computer readable non-transitory medium storing the information processing program according to claim 7, wherein said high frequency type is an operation type having the highest appearance frequency among said identical ontology set or having an appearance frequency equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

12. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

storing in an operation-definition storage unit a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type, with respect to each of a plurality of APs which are applications;

acquiring from said operation-definition storage unit an identical ontology set which is a set of records having an identical function ontology or a set of identifiers of the records belonging to said identical ontology set; and

replacing an operation type of a record including said identical function ontology of a designated AP with a high frequency type which is an operation type having a high appearance frequency in said identical ontology set.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12 including a function search process, the function search process comprising the steps of:

searching said operation-definition storage unit for a record matching both an inputted AP name and an operation type of a detected operation; and

outputting a function name of the extracted said record and said inputted AP name to a function execution unit executing a function of an AP identified by the AP name and the function name.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13 comprising the steps of:

storing in a context-definition storage unit a context name and a sensor value, relating them to each other;

storing said record in said operation-definition storage unit, with respect to each context of each of said plurality of APs;

acquiring from said context-definition storage unit a context corresponding to an inputted sensor value;

searching said operation-definition storage unit for a record matching said context, an inputted AP name and an inputted operation type;

outputting a function name of the extracted said record and said inputted AP name to said function execution unit executing a function of an AP identified by the AP name and the function name; and

acquiring from said operation-definition storage unit a set of records having both an identical context and an identical function ontology, as said identical ontology set.

15. The information processing methods according to claim 12 comprising the steps of:

storing in an external operation storage unit a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type, with respect to each of a plurality of APs identical with or different from said plurality of APs; and

acquiring said identical ontology set from both said operation-definition storage unit and said external operation storage unit.

16. The information processing method according to claim 12, wherein said high frequency type is an operation type having the highest appearance frequency among said identical ontology set or having an appearance frequency equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

17. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation-definition storage means for storing a record including a function name, a function ontology and an operation type, with respect to each of a plurality of applications (APs); and

an operation modification means for acquiring from said operation-definition storage means a set of records having an identical function ontology (identical ontology set) or a set of identifiers of the records belonging to said identical ontology set, and for replacing an operation type of a record including said identical function ontology of a designated AP with an operation type having a high appearance frequency (high frequency type) in said identical ontology set.