IP Library Granted Patent US 9,075,878
Granted Patent B2
US 9,075,878 · App. 13/761,631 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Information processing apparatus, content item management system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method

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Patent No.
US 9,075,878
App. No.
13/761,631
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus including a data acquisition unit that acquires content item data indicating a content item, an identification information generation unit that generates identification information of the content item on the basis of the content item data acquired by the data acquisition unit according to a predefined rule, and a browsing history extraction unit that extracts a browsing history of a user regarding the content item in correlation with the identification information of the content item generated by the identification information generation unit.

Claims (53)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a hardware processor;

a data acquisition unit that acquires content item data indicating a content item;

an identification information generation unit, executed by the processor, that (i) generates identification information of the content item on the basis of the content item data acquired by the data acquisition unit according to a predefined rule and (ii) generates identification information of a constituent dement on the basis of constituent element data that forms the content item data: and

a browsing history extraction unit that extracts a browsing history of a user regarding the content item and associates the browsing history with both of the identification information of the content item and the identification information of the constituent element, both of the identification elements being generated by the identification information generation unit;

wherein the browsing history includes operation position information that indicates a position coordinate of the content item corresponding to a touch position touched by a user, and

wherein the browsing history extraction unit associates the operation position information with the identification information of the constituent dement.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the predefined rule includes a function which outputs the same value for the same input value, and

the identification information generation unit generates identification information of the content item by converting content item data using the function.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the identification information generation unit generates identification information of the content item on the basis of at least one content item constituent element forming the content item.

4. A content item management system comprising:

a hardware processor;

a data acquisition unit that acquires content item data indicating a content item;

an identification information generation unit executed by the processor, that (i) generates identification information of the content item on the basis of the content item data acquired by the data acquisition unit according to a predefined rule and (ii) generates identification information of a constituent element on the basis of constituent element data that forms the content item data:

a browsing history extraction unit that extracts a browsing history of a user regarding the content item and associates the browsing: history with both of the identification information of the content item and the identification information of the constituent element, both of the identification elements being generated by the identification information generation unit; and

a browsing history management unit that manages the browsing history extracted by the browsing history extraction unit on the basis of the identification information of the content item;

wherein the browsing history includes operation position information that indicates a position coordinate of the content item corresponding to a touch position touched by a user, and

wherein the browsing history extraction unit associates the operation position information with the identification information of the constituent element.

5. The content item management system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the identification information generation unit generates identification information of the content item on the basis of at least one content item constituent element forming the content item, and

wherein the browsing history management unit manages browsing history for each content item constituent element.

6. The content item management system according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a constituent element identification information generation unit that generates constituent element identification information for identifying at least one content item constituent element forming a content item after browsing history is extracted by the browsing history extraction unit; and

a browsing history changing unit that changes the browsing history which has already been extracted, using the constituent element identification information generated by the constituent element identification information generation unit.

7. A content item management system comprising:

at least one information processing apparatus comprising a processor, and

a browsing history management apparatus that manages browsing history of a user regarding a content item,

wherein the information processing apparatus includes

a data acquisition unit that acquires content item data indicating a content item;

an identification information generation unit that (i) generates identification information of the content item on the basis of the content item data acquired by the data acquisition unit according to a predefined rule and (ii) generates identification information of a constituent element on the basis of constituent element data that forms the content item data;

a browsing history extraction unit that extracts a browsing history of a user regarding the content item and associates the browsing history with both of the identification information of the content item and the identification information of the constituent element, both of the identification elements being generated by the identification information generation unit; and

a transmission unit that transmits the browsing history to the browsing history management apparatus, and

wherein the browsing history management apparatus includes

a browsing history management unit that manages the browsing history transmitted from the information processing apparatus on the basis of the identification information of the content item,

wherein the browsing history includes operation position information that indicates a position coordinate of the content item corresponding to a touch position touched by a user, and

wherein the browsing history extraction unit associates the operation position information with the identification information of the constituent element.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process,

the process comprising:

acquiring content item data indicating a content item;

generating (i) identification information of the content item on the basis of the acquired content item data according to a predefined rule and (ii) identification information of a constituent element on the basis of constituent element data that forms the content item data; and

extracting a browsing history of a user regarding the content item in correlation with the generated identification information of the content item;

associating the browsing history with both of the identification information of the content item and the identification information of the constituent element,

wherein the browsing history includes operation position information that indicates a position coordinate of the content item corresponding to a touch position touched by a user, and

wherein the operation position information is associated with the identification information of the constituent element.

9. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring content item data indicating a content item;

generating (i) identification information of the content item on the basis of the acquired content item data according to a predefined rule and (ii) identification information of a constituent element on the basis of constituent element data that forms the content item data; and

extracting a browsing history of a user regarding the content item in correlation with the generated identification information of the content item,

associating the browsing history with both of the identification information of the content item and the identification information of the constituent element,

wherein the browsing history includes operation position information that indicates a position coordinate of the content item corresponding to a touch position touched by a user, and

wherein the operation position information is associated with the identification information of the constituent element.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data acquisition unit acquires document data as the content item data, and the identification information generation unit generates the identification information of the constituent element on the basis of at least one of headline data, text data or image data as constituent element data.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2013
From: HAYASHI, KAZUHIRO; OZEKI, SHINOBU; TATEISHI, AKIRA; KIJIMA, MASARU; TANIGUCHI, MOTOKI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030091/0546 →