Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for presenting associated information upon selection of information

• US 9,176,954 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2012
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Fuse, Tohru, Ren, Beili
• Primary Examiner(s): SYED, FARHAN M
• Application Number:
  US13/369,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20130073549A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,363 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a presenting unit, an information extracting unit, a characteristics extracting unit, and a limiting unit. The presenting unit presents information. The information extracting unit extracts, in a case where the information presented by the presenting unit is selected, information associated with the selected information from a storing unit that stores plural pieces of information and association between the plural pieces of information. The characteristics extracting unit extracts characteristics relating to the plural pieces of information and the association between the plural pieces of information. The limiting unit limits, in a case where the presenting unit presents the information extracted by the information extracting unit and the number of pieces of information to be presented is greater than or equal to or greater than a predetermined number, information to be presented on the basis of the characteristics extracted by the characteristics extracting unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor, coupled to a memory, that is configured to execute modules comprising;

a presenting unit configured to use the at least one processor to present information related to a search that is being performed on a display;

a selection detection unit configured to use the at least one processor to detect a selection of a et information from the information related to the search that is being performed that is presented by the presenting unit on the display;

a storing unit configured to use the at least one processor to store a plurality of pieces of information and associations between the plurality of pieces of information;

an information extracting unit configured to use the at least one processor to, in response to the selection detection unit detecting the selection of the target information, extract stored information, from the storing unit, that is associated with the selected target information;

a characteristics extracting unit configured to use the at least one processor to extract characteristics relating to the plurality of pieces of information and the associations between the plurality of pieces of information; and

a limiting unit configured to use the at least one processor to, in response to the presenting unit presenting on the display the information extracted by the information extracting unit that is associated with the selected target information and a number of pieces of information to be presented on the display being greater than a predetermined number, limit the information to be presented on the display based on the characteristics extracted by the characteristics extracting unit,

wherein the characteristics extracting unit is configured to extract, as characteristics relating to each of the plurality of pieces of information, a time at which each of the plurality of pieces of information was selected or a time at which information associated with each of the plurality of pieces of information was selected,

wherein the limiting unit is configured to limit the information to be presented on the display by selecting information to be presented on the display by the presenting unit or, when information has already been presented on the display by the presenting unit, by selecting information for which presentation on the display by the presenting unit is to be deleted, in accordance with a comparison between a value based on the characteristics extracted by characteristics extracting unit and a predetermined threshold, and

wherein the presenting unit is configured to present information on the display, using a light color, indicating that the information for which presentation is deleted by the limiting unit was previously presented on the display.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the characteristics extracting unit is configured to extract, as characteristics relating to each of the plurality of pieces of information, in a case where a piece of information is selected, a number of pieces of information associated with the selected piece of information or a number of times information associated with the selected piece of information has been selected.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the characteristics extracting unit is configured to extract, as characteristics relating to association between a plurality of pieces of information, a value based on a number of times one of selected information and target information that are associated with each other in a path has been selected.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the selection detection unit is configured to receive, from a user, the selection of the target information.

4. A computer-implemented information processing method comprising:

presenting information related to a search that is being performed on a display;

detecting a selection of target information from the information related to the search that is being performed that is presented on the display;

storing, in a storing unit, a plurality of pieces of information and associations between the plurality of pieces of information;

in response to the detecting the selection of the target information, using a processor to extract stored information, from the storing unit, that is associated with the selected target information;

extracting characteristics relating to the plurality of pieces of information and the associations between the plurality of pieces of information; and

in response to the extracted information that is associated with the selected target information being presented on the display and a number of pieces of information to be presented on the display being greater than a predetermined number, limiting the information to be presented on the display based on the extracted characteristics,

wherein the extracting characteristics comprises extracting, as characteristics relating to each of the plurality of pieces of information, a time at which each of the plurality of pieces of information was selected or a time at which information associated with each of the plurality of pieces of information was selected,

wherein the limiting the information to be presented on the display comprises selecting information to be presented on the display or, when information has already been presented on the display, selecting information for which presentation on the display is to be deleted, in accordance with a comparison between a value based on the extracted characteristics and a predetermined threshold, and

wherein the presenting information further comprises presenting information on the display, using a light color, indicating that the information for which presentation is deleted was previously presented on the display.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for performing information processing, the process comprising:

presenting information related to a search that is being performed on a display;

detecting a selection of target information from the information related to the search that is being performed that is presented on the display;

storing, in a storing unit, a plurality of pieces of information and associations between the plurality of pieces of information,

in response to the detecting the selection of the target information, using a processor to extract stored information, from the storing unit, that is associated with the selected target information;

extracting characteristics relating to the plurality of pieces of information and the associations between the plurality of pieces of information; and

in response to the extracted information that is associated with the selected target information being presented on the display and a number of pieces of information to be presented on the display being greater than a predetermined number, limiting the information to be presented on the display based on the extracted characteristics,

wherein the extracting characteristics comprises extracting, as characteristics relating to each of the plurality of pieces of information, a time at which each of the plurality of pieces of information was selected or a time at which information associated with each of the plurality of pieces of information was selected,

wherein the limiting the information to be presented on the display comprises selecting information to be presented on the display or, when information has already been presented on the display, selecting information for which presentation on the display is to be deleted, in accordance with a comparison between a value based on the extracted characteristics and a predetermined threshold, and

wherein the presenting information further comprises presenting information on the display, using a light color, indicating that the information for which presentation is deleted was previously presented on the display.