Recording medium recording object contents search support program, object contents search support method, and object contents search support apparatus

• US 8,244,704 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2009
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yano, Ai, Matsumoto, Tatsuro, Takahashi, Eiichi, Fukui, Masayuki, Hara, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Wilson
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Jessica N
• Application Number:
  US12/388,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20090240691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,272 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

An object contents search support apparatus supporting a user to search for desired object contents information, the object contents search support apparatus including an operating part, an information collecting part collecting composite operation information including all of contents information, an overall operation history database recording the collected composite operation information, a matching part matching historical records and extracting at least one item of contents information, a display part generating display information and displaying the generated display information, a feedback part accepting the operation input, holding the object contents information, comparing the composite operation information included in the operation input after displaying the generated object contents information, and generating effective contents information from a comparison result, and a verifying part accepting the effective contents information and the composite operation information, extracting effective operation information, and updating the certainty determination parameter.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program for causing a computer, which is configured to access an overall operation history database connectable to a network and access contents on the network, to perform:

displaying information on a monitor;

accepting an operation input of a user to search for desired object contents information;

collecting composite operation information including contents information indicating the contents having been subjected to an operation from among a plurality of operations and operation information including an operation time;

registering the composite operation information in the overall operation history database by separating the composite operation information into the operation information and the contents information, relating the separated operation information and the separated contents information to each other, and registering the contents information and the operation information in a per-contents operation history database based on the relating of the separated operation information and the separated contents information;

matching, when the operation input is accepted, historical records of the composite operation information having been accepted during a certain period of time against the historical records of the composite operation information registered in the overall operation history database;

extracting, as the object contents information, at least one item of contents information having a high certainty based on a matching result by referring to a certainty determination parameter related to the user;

generating display information of the extracted object contents information;

displaying the generated display information on the monitor;

accepting the operation input of the user;

holding the object contents information;

comparing the composite operation information included in the operation input, which has been accepted after displaying the generated display information, with the operation input of the user;

generating effective contents information from a comparison result;

accepting both the effective contents information and the composite operation information related to the effective contents information;

extracting effective operation information from the accepted effective contents information and the accepted composite operation information;

updating the certainty determination parameter based on the extracted effective operation information;

accepting the contents information obtained with the registering;

determining, based on a predetermined object contents determination criterion, whether the accepted contents information is the object contents information; and

informing, in the relating, the contents information obtained with the registering and a flag indicating whether or not the accepted contents information is the object contents information,

wherein the relating includes registering the contents information, the operation information, and the flag in the per-contents operation history database based on the related contents information.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the updating further includes:

updating the predetermined object contents determination criterion based on the effective operation information.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the updating further includes:

judging an operation tendency of the user from the composite operation information stored in the overall operation history database, and

updating at least one of the object contents determination criterion and the certainty determination parameter depending on the judged operation tendency.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per contents; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per contents based on the effective operation information.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 2, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per contents; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per contents based on the effective operation information.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per application related to the contents; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per application based on the effective operation information.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 2, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per application related to the contents; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per application based on the effective operation information.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per user; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per user based on the effective operation information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 2, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per user; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per user based on the effective operation information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per group to which the user belongs; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per user group based on the effective operation information.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 2, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the object contents determination criterion per group to which the user belongs; and

at the updating, updating the object contents determination criterion per user group based on the effective operation information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the certainty determination parameter per contents; and

at the updating, updating the certainty determination parameter per contents based on the effective operation information.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the certainty determination parameter per application related to the contents; and

at the updating, updating the certainty determination parameter per application based on the effective operation information.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein the object contents search support program further causes the computer to perform:

managing the certainty determination parameter per user; and

at the updating, updating the certainty determination parameter per user based on the effective operation information.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, the object contents search support program further causing the computer to perform:

managing the certainty determination parameter per group to which the user belongs; and

at the updating, updating the certainty determination parameter per user group on the basis of the effective operation information.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an object contents search support program according to claim 1, wherein

the updating further includes

updating data in the per-content operation history database after determining again the data based on the updated object contents determination criterion.

17. An object contents search support method for a computer, which is configured to access an overall operation history database, to be connected to a network, and to access contents on the network, the method comprising:

accepting an operation input of the user to search for desired object contents information;

displaying information on a monitor;

registering, in the overall operation history database, all of contents information of the contents having been subjected to an operation from among a plurality of operations and operation information including an operation time, the registering including separating the composite operation information into the operation information and the contents information, relating the separated operation information and the separated contents information to each other, and registering the contents information and the operation information in a per-contents operation history database based on the relating of the separated operation information and the separated contents information;

matching by a processor, when the operation input is accepted, historical records of composite operation information having been accepted during a certain period of time against the historical records of the composite operation information registered in the overall operation history database;

extracting, as the object contents information, at least one item of contents information having a high certainty based on a matching result by referring to a certainty determination parameter related to the user;

generating display information of the extracted object contents information;

displaying the generated display information on the monitor;

accepting the operation input from the user;

holding the object contents information;

comparing the composite operation information included in the operation input, which has been accepted after displaying the generated display information, with the held object contents information;

generating effective contents information from a comparison result;

accepting the effective contents information and the composite operation information related to the effective contents information;

extracting effective operation information from the accepted effective contents information and the accepted composite operation information;

updating the certainty determination parameter based on the extracted effective operation information;

accepting the contents information obtained with the registering;

determining, based on a predetermined object contents determination criterion, whether the accepted contents information is the object contents information; and

informing, in the relating, the contents information obtained with the registering and a flag indicating whether or not the accepted contents information is the object contents information,

wherein the relating includes registering the contents information, the operation information, and the flag in the per-contents operation history database based on the related contents information.

18. An object contents search support apparatus supporting a user to search for desired object contents information, the object contents search support apparatus comprising:

an operating part accepting an operation input from the user;

an information collecting part collecting, in accordance with the operation input from the operating part, composite operation information including all of contents information of the contents having been subjected to an operation from among a plurality of operations and operation information including an operation time;

an overall operation history database in which the composite operation information collected by the information collecting part is registered, the registering including separating the composite operation information into the operation information and the contents information, relating the separated operation information and the separated contents information to each other, and registering the contents information and the operation information in a per-contents operation history database based on the relating of the separated operation information and the separated contents information;

a processor matching, when the operation input is accepted, historical records of the composite operation information having been accepted during a certain period of time against the historical records of the composite operation information registered in the overall operation history database, and extracting, as the object contents information, at least one item of contents information having a high certainty based on a matching result by referring to a certainty determination parameter related to the user;

a display part generating display information of the object contents information extracted by the processor, and displaying the generated display information;

a feedback part accepting the operation input from the user, holding the object contents information, comparing the composite operation information included in the operation input, which has been accepted after displaying the generated display information, with the held object contents information, and generating effective contents information from a comparison result; and

a verifying part accepting the effective contents information and the composite operation information related to the effective contents information from the feedback part, extracting effective operation information from the accepted effective contents information and the accepted composite operation information, and updating the certainty determination parameter based on the extracted effective operation information, wherein

the contents information obtained with the registering is accepted,

it is determined, based on a predetermined object contents determination criterion, whether the accepted contents information is the object contents information,

the relating includes informing the contents information obtained with the registering and a flag indicating whether or not the accepted contents information is the object contents information, and

the relating includes registering the contents information, the operation information, and the flag in the per-contents operation history database based on the related contents information.