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Portable terminal, information recommendation method and program

  • US 8,219,071 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2006
  • Issued: 07/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable terminal comprising:

  • a recommendation calculation section for calculating recommendation values indicating recommended degrees to recommend the use to a user, for each of a plurality of applications,wherein the recommendation calculation section places each of the applications in an upper hierarchy, calculating the recommendation values for the relevant each application and for each of the contents of the respective applications, the contents being in a lower hierarchy relative to each application, andwherein the recommendation calculation section further divides each of the contents of the respective applications into a plurality of hierarchies, calculating the recommendation values for each of the hierarchies of the applications and for each of the contents of each application;

    an information acquisition section for acquiring predetermined basic information that the recommendation calculation section uses for calculating the recommendation values, for each of the applications,wherein the information acquisition section acquires the predetermined basic information for each of the hierarchized applications and for each of the contents of the respective applications, andwherein the information acquisition section acquires the basic information for each of the hierarchies of the applications and for each of the contents of each application;

    a prioritization section for giving priorities to the plurality of applications based on the recommendation values the recommendation calculation section calculated,wherein the prioritization section gives priorities to each of the plurality of applications and to each of the contents of the respective applications, based on the recommendation values that the recommendation calculation section calculated; and

    a presentation section for presenting the applications to the user in the order of priority as defined by the prioritization section,wherein the presentation section presents the applications and the contents of the applications to the user, in the order of priority.

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