Keyword presenting device

• US 8,782,049 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2010
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Okamoto, Masayuki, Watanabe, Nayuko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US12/883,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246464A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,398 Days
• Field of Search: 707/737, 707/E17.089, 707/758, 707/E17.009, 707/E17.022, 707/805, 715/237, 715/257, 715/FOR.243, 704/9, 704/E15.02, 704/7
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/355 Class or cluster creation or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/94 Hypermedia Hyperlinking G06F40/134
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/237 Lexical tools

Abstract

In one embodiment, there is provided a keyword presenting device including: an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of keywords from a browsing document; a determination unit configured to arrange keywords with spellings similar to each other among the plurality of keywords to obtain a plurality of groups of similar keyword; an integration unit configured to classify the keywords into main keywords that are titles and the other sub-keywords for each group of similar keywords, and to integrate the sub-keywords into the main keywords; and a presentation unit configured to present the main keywords to a user.

Claims

1. A keyword presenting device comprising:

an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of keywords from a browsing document;

a determination unit configured to arrange keywords, of the plurality of keywords, with spellings similar to each other to obtain a plurality of groups of similar keywords;

an integration unit configured to classify keywords of each of the plurality of groups into a main keyword that is a title and at least one sub-keyword, and to associate the main keyword with the sub-keywords for each of the plurality of groups; and

a presentation unit configured to present the main keywords of respective groups of the plurality of groups,

wherein the presentation unit is further configured to, in response to one of the main keywords being selected by a user, allow selection of a sub-keyword, with a spelling similar to the one of the main keywords, of the at least one sub-keyword associated with the one of the main keywords.

2. The keyword presenting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store one or more search rules for determining search methods and search services corresponding to meaning attributes of keywords;

wherein the integration unit is further configured to acquire the search methods and the search services corresponding to meaning attributes of the main keywords and the sub-keywords using the one or more search rules.

3. The keyword presenting device according to claim 2,

wherein the one or more search rules comprise one or more extension queries, and

wherein the integration unit is further configured to acquire at least one of the one or more extension queries corresponding to the meaning attributes of the main keywords and the sub-keywords.

4. The keyword presenting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a calculation unit configured to calculate keyword statistic information from keywords selected from among the main keywords presented by the presentation unit.

5. The keyword presenting device according to claim 1,

wherein the integration unit is further configured to classify the keywords into the main keywords and the at least one sub-keyword that includes any of the main keywords and different character strings before and after the main keyword, and to integrate the at least one sub-keyword into the main keywords.

6. The keyword presenting device according to claim 1,

wherein, the presentation unit is further configured to, in response to an operation of pinching at least one of the main keywords presented by the presentation unit, convert the at least one of the main keywords into an abbreviation of the at least one of the main keywords.

7. The keyword presenting device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation unit is further configured to present the main keywords of the respective groups so that the main keyword that is associated with the sub-keyword with the spelling similar to the main keyword is visually distinguishable from another main keyword that is not associated with the sub-keyword with the spelling similar to the main keyword.

8. A keyword presenting method comprising:

extracting a plurality of keywords from a browsing document;

arranging keywords with spellings similar to each other among the plurality of keywords to obtain a plurality of groups of similar keywords;

classifying the keywords of each of the plurality of groups into a main keyword that is a title and at least one sub-keyword;

associating the main keyword with the at least one sub-keyword for each of the plurality of groups;

presenting the main keywords of respective groups of the plurality of groups; and

allowing selection of a sub-keyword, with spelling similar to a specific main keyword of the main keywords, from the at least one sub-keyword associated with the specific main keyword in response to the specific main keyword being selected by a user.

9. The keyword presenting device according to claim 8, wherein the main keywords of the respective groups are presented so that the main keyword that is associated with the sub-keyword with spelling similar to the main keyword and another main keyword that is not associated the sub-keyword with spelling similar to the main keyword are visually distinguishable from each other.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a program for causing a computer to perform a series of procedures comprising:

extracting a plurality of keywords from a browsing document;

arranging keywords, of the plurality of keywords, having spellings similar to each other to obtain a plurality of groups of similar keywords;

classifying the keywords of each of the plurality of groups into a main keyword that is a title and at least one sub-keyword;

associating the main keyword with the at least one sub-keyword for each group of the plurality of groups;

presenting the main keywords of respective groups of the plurality of groups; and

in response to receiving a user selection of a specific main keyword of the main keywords, allowing selection of a sub-keyword, with spelling similar to the specific main keyword, from the at least one sub-keyword associated with the specific main keyword.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the presenting comprises presenting the main keywords of the respective groups so that the main keyword that is associated the sub-keyword with spelling similar to the main keyword is visually distinguishable from another main keyword that is not associated the sub-keyword with spelling similar to the main keyword.