Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
System and method for classifying and searching existing document information to identify related information
An information processing apparatus for processing related information about existing document information and specific document information is provided. The apparatus includes: an acquiring element for acquiring the related information corresponding to the existing document information. The acquiring is based on firstly, a first characteristic word extracted by an extracting element, and secondly a first weight modified by a weight modifying element. The apparatus further includes: a display controlling element for controlling display of the related information corresponding to the existing document information searched for by a searching element; and an attribute information extracting element for extracting attribute information from the existing document information and the specific document information; wherein the weight modifying element modifies the first weight based on the attribute information extracted byte attribute information extracting element.
Sony Corporation
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Mari Noriyuki
Saito Yamamoto