JP7519404B2 - Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

Conventionally, there is technology that accepts responses to content such as news from users who distribute that content (e.g., "likes"), and allows other users to see the user's responses.

JP 2010-063008 A

However, conventional technology leaves room for further improvement in the processing to provide better content.

The present application has been made in view of the above, and aims to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program that can perform processing to provide high-quality content.

The information processing device according to the present application includes a reception unit and a linking unit. The reception unit receives a designation for highlighting a portion of content displayed on a screen and a comment corresponding to the highlighting. The linking unit links information indicating the designation for highlighting with the comment based on the result of reception by the reception unit.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, it is possible to perform processing that enables the provision of high-quality content.

FIG. 1 is a diagram (part 1) showing information processing according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram (part 2) showing information processing according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an information processing system according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an information processing device according to an embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information of the information processing device according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of highlighting information of the information processing device according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of reaction information provided by the providing unit of the information processing device according to the embodiment and superimposed on content. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information provided by the providing unit of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of information processing executed by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment.

Below, the information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program according to the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program according to the present application are not limited to these embodiments. In addition, the same parts in the following embodiments will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicated descriptions will be omitted.

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First, the information processing executed by the information processing device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a diagram (part 1) showing the information processing according to the embodiment, and Fig. 2 is a diagram (part 2) showing the information processing according to the embodiment. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show an operation example of an information processing system S including an information processing device 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in Fig. 1, the information processing system S according to the embodiment includes an information processing device 1 and a plurality of user terminals 50.

In the explanation using Figures 1 and 2, for convenience, the multiple user terminals 50 are divided into user terminal 50a and user terminal 50b. In the example shown in Figure 1, only one each of user terminal 50a and user terminal 50b is shown, but the information processing system S includes multiple each of user terminal 50a and user terminal 50b. User terminal 50 can be either user terminal 50a or user terminal 50b.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the information processing system S according to the embodiment, first, the information processing device 1 distributes content to the user terminal 50a (step S1). In FIG. 1, an example of distributing news is shown as an example of content, but the content is not limited to news and may be any content that includes text, images, etc., such as posted articles.

Next, the user terminal 50a displays the distributed content on the screen, and receives from the user a specification for highlighting a portion of the content and input of the content (step S2). FIG. 1 shows an example in which a portion of the text included in the content, specifically, "Remote work... is possible," is specified. Note that in addition to text, the user can also specify an image (still image or video) included in the content as the target for highlighting.

Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which specification is made on a sentence-by-sentence basis, specification may also be made on a character-by-character, word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase basis, and specification may also be made at multiple locations within one piece of content. In addition, in step S2, if no content is input, specification of highlighting is accepted.

Next, the information processing device 1 highlights a portion of the specified content (step S3). FIG. 1 shows an example in which a portion of the specified content is highlighted by underlining, but the text can also be displayed in bold, highlighted, or surrounded by a frame. Furthermore, the information processing device 1 can further strengthen the highlighting (underlined and bold, etc.) when, for example, a cursor (which can be moved with a mouse, etc.) displayed on the screen moves to a portion of the content, or when a user selects a portion of the content.

Next, the information processing device 1 associates the information indicating the highlighting designation with the comment and stores the associated information (step S4). The information indicating the highlighting designation is associated with the comment for each location where highlighting is designated. FIG. 1 shows an example where designation is made on a sentence-by-sentence basis, and in this case, the comment is associated with the information indicating the location where highlighting is designated for each sentence where highlighting is designated, but is not limited to this example.

For example, when highlighting is specified on a character-by-character, word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase basis, the information processing device 1 links a comment to information indicating the location where highlighting was specified on a character-by-character, word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase basis. In other words, a comment can be linked to each piece of information indicating the location where highlighting was specified. Furthermore, even when highlighting is specified on a character-by-character, word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase basis, the information processing device 1 can also link a comment to information on a sentence-by-sentence basis including the location where highlighting was specified.

In the processing of step S4, the information processing device 1 links the user ID or attribute information of the user who specified the highlighting and entered the comment, in addition to the information and comment indicating the highlighting specification.

If no content input is received in the processing of step S2, then in the processing of step S4, since there is no input of a comment to be linked to the information indicating the designation of highlighting, the information processing device 1 associates and stores the user ID or attribute information, etc. of the user who specified the highlighting with the information indicating the designation of highlighting.

Next, when the information processing device 1 receives a request to view the content from the user terminal 50b, it delivers the content with a part of it highlighted to the user terminal 50b (step S5). The content with a part of it highlighted may be delivered only to other users who have similar attribute information to the user who specified the highlighting. Furthermore, the content with a part of it highlighted may be delivered only to other users who are interested in the content (who are presumed to be interested based on behavioral information, etc.). Note that the processing of step S3 may be performed in the processing of step S5. Furthermore, hereinafter, the content with a part of it highlighted may be referred to as highlighted content.

Next, the information processing device 1 receives a user's reaction to the highlighted portion of the content via the user terminal 50b (step S6). For example, the information processing device 1 receives, as a user's reaction, a reaction of approval (evaluation) of the portion of the content (e.g., "like"), a comment on the portion of the content, etc.

For example, the information processing device 1 accepts user responses by displaying rating buttons (for and against) for responding with an evaluation and buttons for inputting comments near a portion of the highlighted content. The information processing device 1 can also display rating buttons for accepting evaluations (for and against) of the input comment.

In addition, the information processing device 1 can display information about the user who specified the highlighting (such as attribute information and the number of users who specified the highlighting) together with the highlighted content.

The information processing device 1 associates and stores the information indicating the highlighting designation with the information indicating the user's reaction (step S7). The information indicating the user's reaction associated with the information indicating the highlighting designation is, for example, the number of times the rating button was pressed for the highlighted portion, information indicating the number of comments entered for the highlighted portion, information indicating the number of ratings for the comments entered for the highlighted portion, etc. The information processing device 1 associates and stores the information indicating the highlighting designation with the user ID or attribute information, etc. of the user who responded to a part of the highlighted content.

Then, the information processing device 1 provides information based on the received user responses (step S8). For example, the information processing device 1 provides information on the number of users who pressed the rating button. The information processing device 1 can also provide a list of the input comments, a summary of the comments, and analysis results of the comments (such as trends in the comments). The information processing device 1 can also provide information about the users who responded (such as attribute information).

The information processing device 1 can also provide a ranking according to the number of users who pressed the rating button to indicate their approval. Such rankings can be displayed on a timeline, for example, together with access information (e.g., URL) to the content.

In addition, the information processing device 1 can highlight and provide comments that are highly rated (threshold value or more) for the input comment. In addition, the information processing device 1 can provide the input comment to other services (e.g., SNS, etc.).

The information processing device 1 can also provide integrated content that lists information indicating content. This will be explained with reference to FIG. 2.

Figure 2 shows an example of integrated content in which summaries of each news article displayed on a timeline of a news service are arranged. In other words, Figure 2 shows an example in which summaries of each piece of content are displayed on a screen that lists them. Specifically, the information processing device 1 provides integrated content in which information indicating the content is arranged in a display order based on the user's response to the highlighting.

In Figure 2, when the Highlights tab is selected, the integrated content is displayed in which summaries of each news article, which is the content, are arranged in such a way that the more users' ratings (e.g., "Likes") a highlight (an example of highlighting) has, the higher it is placed.

In this way, the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment accepts a specification for highlighting a part of the content displayed on the screen and a comment corresponding to the highlighting, and links the information indicating the specification for highlighting with the comment. This allows the information processing device 1 to easily provide the user with a comment on the highlighted portion, and to provide high-quality content.

In addition, the information processing device 1 provides integrated content whose display order is based on users' reactions to the highlighting, making it easy to understand which news articles many users have responded to the highlighting. In other words, the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment can provide high-quality content.

The display order of integrated content can be set based on, for example, the number of user comments on the highlighting or the number of users who have highlighted the content; details of integrated content, including these points, will be described later.

In addition, the information processing device 1 can also generate integrated content by arranging multiple sentences included in the content in units of sentences that include highlighted portions in an order based on the user's reaction to the highlighting. For example, the information processing device 1 generates integrated content by arranging multiple sentences included in the content in units of sentences that include highlighted portions in order of the number of comments. It is also possible to generate integrated content by arranging content in units of paragraphs, rather than units of sentences, in an order based on the user's reaction.

Next, a configuration example of an information processing system S according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing system S according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, in the information processing system S according to an embodiment, an information processing device 1 and multiple user terminals 50 are connected to a network N by wire or wirelessly. The network N is, for example, the Internet, a wide area network (WAN), a local area network (LAN), or the like.

The information processing device 1 is a server device that executes an information processing method. The information processing device 1 accepts a designation for highlighting a portion of content delivered to a user. The information processing device 1 also highlights the designated portion of the content and accepts the user's reaction to the highlighted portion of the content. The information processing device 1 also provides information based on the accepted user reaction.

The content may be distributed by the information processing device 1 or by an external distribution server.

In addition, the information processing device 1 is an information processing device that cooperates with each user's user terminal 50 and provides each user's user terminal 50 with API (Application Programming Interface) services for various applications (hereinafter, apps), etc., and various data, and is realized by a server device, a cloud system, etc.

The information processing device 1 may also be an information processing device that provides some kind of web service online to the user terminal 50 of each user. For example, the information processing device 1 may provide services such as Internet connection, search services, SNS (Social Networking Service), electronic commerce (EC), electronic payment, online games, online banking, online trading, accommodation and ticket reservations, video and music distribution, news, maps, route searches, route guidance, line information, operation information, and weather forecasts as web services. In practice, the information processing device 1 may cooperate with various servers that provide the above-mentioned web services, and may act as an intermediary for the web services or be responsible for processing the web services.

The user terminal 50 is a terminal device owned by a user. The user terminal 50 can be any type of terminal device, such as a smartphone, a desktop PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, or a tablet PC. The user terminal 50 transmits various types of information to the information processing device 1 and receives information provided by the information processing device 1.

Next, an example configuration of the information processing device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing device 1 according to an embodiment. As shown in Fig. 4, the information processing device 1 has a communication unit 2, a control unit 3, and a storage unit 4. The control unit 3 includes a distribution unit 31, a reception unit 32, a display control unit 33, a linking unit 34, and a provision unit 35. The storage unit 4 stores user information 41 and highlighting information 42.

The communication unit 2 is realized, for example, by a network interface card (NIC). The communication unit 2 is connected to the network via a wired or wireless connection.

The control unit 3 is a controller, and is realized, for example, by a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or MPU (Micro Processing Unit) that executes various programs (corresponding to an example of an information processing program) stored in a storage device inside the information processing device 1 using a RAM or the like as a working area. The control unit 3 is also a controller, and may be realized, for example, by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a GPGPU (General Purpose Graphic Processing Unit).

The storage unit 4 is realized, for example, by a semiconductor memory element such as a random access memory (RAM) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk.

User information 41 is information about a user. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of user information 41 of the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, user information 41 includes items such as "user ID," "attribute information," and "emphasis information."

"User ID" is identification information that identifies a user. "Attribute information" is information about the attributes of a user, and includes psychographic attribute information and demographic attribute information. Demographic attributes include, for example, gender, age, place of residence, and occupation, while psychographic attributes include interests such as travel, clothing, cars, and religion, lifestyle, thoughts, and ideological tendencies.

"Emphasis information" is information that indicates the emphasis points specified by the user, and is information that has been specified within the content as the target for emphasis display. "Emphasis information" is, for example, text, still images, videos, etc.

The highlighting information 42 is information related to the highlighted content. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the highlighting information 42 of the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the highlighting information 42 includes items such as "designated ID," "content information," "highlighted portion information," "comments," and "reaction information."

"Designation ID" is identification information that identifies a portion of the content designated as the target for highlighting. "Content information" is information indicating the entire content designated as the target for highlighting. "Highlighted portion information" is information indicating the portion of the content designated as the target for highlighting. "Comment" is information indicating a comment made by the user who designated the highlighting. "Reaction information" is information indicating the user's reaction to the portion of the highlighted content. Note that information indicating a comment made by the user who designated the highlighting may be included in the reaction information.

Next, we will explain each function of the control unit 3 of the information processing device 1 (distribution unit 31, reception unit 32, display control unit 33, linking unit 34, and provision unit 35).

The distribution unit 31 distributes content to the user terminal 50. For example, the distribution unit 31 distributes content that is partially highlighted by the display control unit 33 described below. The destination of the highlighted content is, for example, other users who have similar attribute information to the user who specified the highlighting. The destination of the highlighted content is also other users who are interested in the highlighted content.

The reception unit 32 receives a designation for highlighting a part of the content distributed by the distribution unit 31. For example, the reception unit 32 receives a designation for highlighting text or an image (still image or video) included in the content.

Note that highlighting can be specified for any range, such as sentences, words, or phrases. Also, highlighting can be specified for multiple locations in a single piece of content.

The reception unit 32 also receives a request to view content from the user terminal 50. If the reception unit 32 receives a specification that does not make sense, it can check with the user whether there is an input error or correct the specification range so that the meaning of the sentence is correct.

The display control unit 33 highlights a portion of the content specified by the reception unit 32. For example, the display control unit 33 can highlight the portion of the specified content, display the text in bold, underline, or frame it. In addition, the display control unit 33 can further strengthen the highlighting (highlighted and in bold, etc.) when, for example, a cursor (which can be moved with a mouse, etc.) displayed on the screen moves to a portion of the content or when a user selects a portion of the content.

The reception unit 32 receives input of comments on the highlighted portion by the highlighting user who specified the highlighting, and receives user reactions to a portion of the content highlighted by the display control unit 33. For example, the reception unit 32 receives, as user reactions, reactions that indicate approval (evaluation) of a portion of the content (e.g., "like") and comments on a portion of the content. In other words, the reception unit 32 can receive different types of reactions, such as evaluations and comments.

For example, the reception unit 32 receives the user's response by displaying, near a portion of the highlighted content, rating buttons (for and against) for providing an evaluative response and buttons for inputting comments. These buttons can be displayed, for example, when a user selects a portion of the highlighted content or moves a cursor to such a portion of the content. The reception unit 32 can also display rating buttons for receiving ratings (for and against) for the input comment.

The display control unit 33 also highlights all of the portions of the content for which the specification for highlighting has been accepted by the accepting unit 32, but is not limited to this example. For example, the display control unit 33 can also highlight a portion of the content for which the specification for highlighting has been accepted by the accepting unit 32 and which has been specified for highlighting by a user similar to the viewing user viewing the content.

For example, the display control unit 33 can highlight a part of the content for which a designation for highlighting has been accepted by the accepting unit 32 and which has been designated for highlighting by a user having attribute information similar to the attribute information of the viewing user. This makes it possible to highlight a part that is highly likely to interest the viewing user.

The display control unit 33 may also highlight based on similarity to other users who have responded to the highlighting by rating, commenting, or the like, rather than on similarity to the user who specified the highlighting. In other words, the display control unit 33 highlights a portion of the content for which the reception unit 32 has received a response from another user similar to the viewing user, among the portions for which the reception unit 32 has received a specification for highlighting. This allows highlighting to be performed on portions that are likely to interest the viewing user.

In addition, when there are multiple other users who have reacted to a portion for which the specification for highlighting has been accepted by the accepting unit 32, the display control unit 33 can also highlight a portion of the content if the tendencies of the multiple other users are similar to that of the viewing user. This makes it possible to highlight portions that are highly likely to interest the viewing user.

The display control unit 33 can also highlight a portion of the content specified by a user who has previously highlighted a portion similar to a portion previously specified by the viewing user among the portions for which highlighting designation has been accepted by the accepting unit 32. This makes it possible to highlight portions that are highly likely to interest the viewing user.

The display control unit 33 can also highlight a portion of content specified by a user who has responded similarly to a highlighting that the viewing user has responded to in the past. This allows highlighting to be performed on a portion that is likely to interest the viewing user.

Based on the result of reception by the reception unit 32, the linking unit 34 links the information indicating the highlighting designation with the comment and adds it to the highlighting information 42. The information indicating the highlighting designation includes information indicating the designated highlighting location and information about the user who designated the highlighting (e.g., user ID, attribute information, etc.).

The linking unit 34 also links information indicating the user's reaction to information indicating the highlighting designation based on the result of reception by the reception unit 32, and adds the information to the highlighting information 42. The user's reaction may be, for example, evaluations or comments by other users regarding the part of the content highlighted by the user.

The providing unit 35 provides other users with the content, a part of which has been highlighted by the display control unit 33. The providing unit 35 also provides information based on the user reactions received by the receiving unit 32. For example, the providing unit 35 provides information indicating reaction information, such as information indicating the number of users who pressed the rating button, information indicating the number of comments, and information indicating the number of sharing actions, for each highlighted portion. This allows the user to easily grasp the number of approvals or disapprovals from other users for the part of the highlighted content, the number of comments, the number of sharing actions, and the like, for each highlighted portion.

Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of reaction information provided by the providing unit 35 of the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment and superimposed on content. Reaction information 70, 71 is superimposed on the content 60 shown in Figure 7.

In reaction information 70, 65 is shown as the number of users who pressed the rating button corresponding to the reaction of approval, 13 is shown as the number of comments, and 7 is shown as the number of sharing actions. In reaction information 71, 123 is shown as the number of users who pressed the rating button corresponding to the reaction of approval, 28 is shown as the number of comments, and 13 is shown as the number of sharing actions.

In addition, the providing unit 35 can provide a list of the entered comments, a summary of the comments, analysis results of the comments (such as trends in the comments), etc. By providing such information about the comments, it is possible to easily understand the opinions of other users regarding the part of the highlighted content 60.

In addition, the providing unit 35 can provide information (such as attribute information) about the users who responded. This makes it easy to understand what attributes the users who responded have.

The providing unit 35 can also provide information about the user who specified the highlighting (such as attribute information and the number of users who specified the highlighting) together with the highlighted content 60. This allows a user to whom the highlighted content 60 has been delivered to easily grasp information about the user who specified the highlighting.

The providing unit 35 displays (provides) the various types of information described above, for example, when the user selects a highlighted portion of the content 60 or moves the cursor to that portion of the content 60.

The providing unit 35 can also provide a ranking according to the number of users who pressed the rating button to indicate approval. Such rankings can be displayed, for example, on a timeline in a service such as news together with link information (e.g., URL) to the content 60. This makes it easy to know which content 60 has a large (or small) number of approvals or disapprovals from other users.

In addition, the providing unit 35 can highlight and provide comments that have received high ratings (amount of approval equal to or greater than a threshold) for the input comment. This makes it easy to understand the main opinions of other users regarding the highlighted portion of the content 60.

In addition, the providing unit 35 can provide the input comment to other services (e.g., SNS, etc.). This allows the comment on the highlighted part of the content 60 to be shared in other services.

The providing unit 35 also provides integrated content in which information indicating the content 60 is arranged in a display order based on the user's response received by the receiving unit 32. The information indicating the content 60 is, for example, a summary of the content 60 or information that abstracts the entire contents of the content 60. The information indicating the content 60 may also be an image included in the content 60.

For example, the providing unit 35 sets the display order according to the number of users who have provided ratings. Specifically, the providing unit 35 sets the display order higher (or lower) the greater the number of users who have provided ratings (which can also be said as the number of ratings). This makes it easy to grasp the content 60 that has received many (or few) ratings for highlighting.

The contents 60 whose information is included in the integrated content may be narrowed down to those that satisfy a specified condition, such as only those contents 60 that have been rated by a threshold number of users or more, or only those contents 60 that have been rated by a specified number of users.

The providing unit 35 can also provide integrated content in which the information indicating the content 60 that has been rated by the largest number of users (or up to a predetermined top rank) is set to be displayed in a different manner from the information indicating the other contents 60. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the thumbnail image of the information indicating the content 60 that has been rated by the largest number of users can be made larger than the information indicating the other contents 60.

The providing unit 35 can also set the display order according to the number of user comments on the highlighting. For example, the providing unit 35 sets the display order higher (or lower) as the number of comments increases. This makes it easy to grasp which content 60 has many (or few) comments on the highlighting.

The providing unit 35 can also set the display order according to the number of favorable or unfavorable comments among the received comments. Whether a comment is favorable or unfavorable can be determined, for example, by the number of favorable words or the number of unfavorable words contained in the comment.

For example, the providing unit 35 sets the display order higher for comments with more favorable comments or fewer unfavorable comments. In addition, the providing unit 35 can exclude unfavorable comments from the integrated content if the number of unfavorable comments is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

In this way, by setting the display order according to the number of favorable and unfavorable comments, the providing unit 35 can easily identify the content 60 that has many favorable comments (or few unfavorable comments) in response to the highlighting. Note that the providing unit 35 determines whether a comment is favorable or unfavorable based on, for example, the number of favorable words or the number of unfavorable words contained in the comment.

The providing unit 35 can also use the different types of reactions received by the receiving unit 32 to calculate a score for each type of reaction and set the display order based on the score for each type. For example, the providing unit 35 calculates a score based on the user's evaluation and a score based on the user's comments, and sets the display order based on both scores.

The above scores can be calculated, for example, using a model generated by machine learning. For example, a score based on a user's evaluation can be calculated using a model generated by learning with the number of evaluations, the content of the evaluation (agreement or disagreement), etc. as explanatory variables and the score as the objective variable. Also, a score based on a user's comments can be calculated using a model generated by learning with the number of comments, the content of the comment (favorable or unfavorable), the number of characters in the comment, etc. as explanatory variables and the score as the objective variable.

For example, the providing unit 35 sets the display order based on an integrated score obtained by integrating the scores for each type. The integrated score may be a score obtained by adding up the scores for each type, or may be a score obtained by averaging (simple average or weighted average) the scores for each type.

In this way, the providing unit 35 can set the display order based on various types of reactions by calculating normalized scores based on different types of reactions and setting the display order.

The providing unit 35 can also count the number of users who have specified highlighting for each piece of content 60, and set the display order according to the number of users. The number of users may be the number of users who have specified the same (or similar) range in the content 60 as the target for highlighting, or the number of users who have specified highlighting in the content 60 (regardless of whether the locations match). Alternatively, the number of users may be the number of users who have specified a specific range in the content 60 as the target for highlighting.

For example, the providing unit 35 sets the display order higher for a content with a larger number of measured users. In this way, the providing unit 35 sets the display order according to the number of users who have specified highlighting, so that it is possible to easily grasp the content 60 for which a large (or small) number of users have specified highlighting.

The providing unit 35 can also identify the type of content of the highlighted portion, count the number of users who specified highlighting for each type, and set the display order according to the number of users. For example, the providing unit 35 sets the display order based on the number of users who specified highlighting of portions related to food (an example type).

This makes it easy to identify the content 60 for which a large number of users have specified highlighting for each type of highlighting content.

Then, the providing unit 35 generates integrated content in which information indicating the content 60 is arranged in the set display order, and provides the integrated content to the user. For example, the providing unit 35 provides integrated content that is displayed on a screen that displays a list of summaries of the content 60. In other words, the providing unit 35 generates and provides integrated content in which summaries of the content 60 are arranged in the above-mentioned display order in the list display.

The providing unit 35 also provides integrated content including information in which link information to each piece of content 60 is set. In other words, by setting link information in information indicating a piece of content 60, when such information is selected, a transition to the piece of content 60 occurs. This allows a transition to the piece of content 60 to be made by a user's selection operation.

In addition, when displaying thumbnails of content 60 such as news, the providing unit 35 can display information about the highlighted portion together with the thumbnail. This point will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of information provided by the providing unit 35 of the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in Fig. 8, when displaying a highlighted news article as a thumbnail, the providing unit 35 displays short content (speech bubble content in Fig. 8) extracted from a part or all of the highlighted part (highlighted in Fig. 8) alongside the thumbnail.

In addition, the providing unit 35 can display the short content not only alongside the thumbnail but also superimposed on the thumbnail. In addition, the providing unit 35 can extract and display only the short content for the highlighted display that has been highly rated (highly responded to) by users.

The providing unit 35 may also include the functionality of the distribution unit 31. In this case, the providing unit 35 distributes content that is partially highlighted by the display control unit 33.

Next, the procedure of the information processing executed by the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 9. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the information processing executed by the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 3 distributes the content 60 to the user terminal 50 (step S101). Next, the control unit 3 accepts a designation of highlighting and an input of a comment for a part of the distributed content 60 (step S102). The control unit 3 then associates the information indicating the designation of highlighting with the comment and stores them in the storage unit 4 (step S103).

Next, the control unit 3 highlights the specified part of the content 60 (step S104) and receives the user's reaction to the highlighted part of the content 60 (step S105). The control unit 3 then associates the information indicating the highlighting designation with the information indicating the user's reaction and stores them in the storage unit 4 (step S106).

Next, the control unit 3 provides integrated content in which information indicating the content 60 is arranged in a display order based on the received user response (step S107), and ends the process.

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In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiments, some of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually. Alternatively, all or some of the processes described as being performed manually can be performed automatically using a known method. In addition, the information including the processing procedures, specific names, various data, and parameters shown in the above documents and drawings can be changed arbitrarily unless otherwise specified. For example, the various information shown in each drawing is not limited to the information shown in the drawings.

In addition, each component of each device shown in the figure is a functional concept, and does not necessarily have to be physically configured as shown in the figure. In other words, the specific form of distribution and integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or part of them can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in any unit depending on various loads, usage conditions, etc.

For example, a part or all of the memory unit 4 shown in FIG. 4 may be stored in a storage server or the like, rather than being stored in each device. In this case, each device obtains various pieces of information by accessing the storage server.

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The information processing device 1 according to the embodiment described above is realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration as shown in Fig. 10, for example. Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment. The computer 1000 is connected to an output device 1010 and an input device 1020, and has a configuration in which a calculation device 1030, a primary storage device 1040, a secondary storage device 1050, an output IF (Interface) 1060, an input IF 1070, and a network IF 1080 are connected by a bus 1090.

The arithmetic device 1030 operates based on programs stored in the primary storage device 1040 and the secondary storage device 1050, programs read from the input device 1020, and the like, and executes various processes. The primary storage device 1040 is a memory device, such as a RAM, that temporarily stores data used by the arithmetic device 1030 for various calculations. The secondary storage device 1050 is a storage device in which data used by the arithmetic device 1030 for various calculations and various databases are registered, and is realized by a ROM (Read Only Memory), a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory, or the like.

The output IF 1060 is an interface for transmitting information to be output to an output device 1010 such as a monitor or printer, which outputs various types of information, and is realized, for example, by a connector conforming to a standard such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), DVI (Digital Visual Interface), or HDMI (registered trademark) (High Definition Multimedia Interface). The input IF 1070 is an interface for receiving information from various input devices 1020 such as a mouse, keyboard, scanner, etc., and is realized, for example, by a USB.

The input device 1020 may be a device that reads information from, for example, an optical recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), or a PD (Phase change rewritable Disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. The input device 1020 may also be an external storage medium such as a USB memory.

The network IF 1080 receives data from other devices via the network N and sends it to the computing device 1030, and also transmits data generated by the computing device 1030 to other devices via the network N.

The arithmetic unit 1030 controls the output device 1010 and the input device 1020 via the output IF 1060 and the input IF 1070. For example, the arithmetic unit 1030 loads a program from the input device 1020 or the secondary storage device 1050 onto the primary storage device 1040 and executes the loaded program.

For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the information processing device 1, the arithmetic unit 1030 of the computer 1000 realizes the functions of the control unit 3 by executing a program loaded onto the primary storage device 1040.

〔effect〕
As described above, the information processing device 1 according to the embodiment includes the receiving unit 32 and the linking unit 34. The receiving unit 32 receives a designation of highlighting for a part of the content 60 displayed on the screen and a comment corresponding to the highlighting. The linking unit 34 links information indicating the designation of highlighting with the comment based on the result of the reception by the receiving unit 32. This allows the information processing device 1 to easily provide the user with a comment on the highlighted portion, and to provide high-quality content.

The reception unit 32 also receives the comment of the user who specified the highlighting as a comment corresponding to the highlighting. This allows the information processing device 1 to easily provide the comment of the user who specified the highlighting to other users, and, for example, to easily provide other users with the reason why the highlighting was specified.

The information processing device 1 also includes a display control unit 33 and a providing unit 35. The display control unit 33 highlights a part of the content 60 for which the designation of highlighting has been accepted by the accepting unit 32. The providing unit 35 provides a comment linked to information indicating the designation of highlighting. This allows the information processing device 1 to provide high-quality content.

In addition, the providing unit 35 provides integrated content in which information indicating the content 60 is arranged in a display order based on the number of comments. This allows the information processing device 1 to provide high-quality content.

The providing unit 35 also sets the display order according to the number of favorable comments among the received comments. This allows the information processing device 1 to provide high-quality content.

In addition, the providing unit 35 sets the display order according to the number of unfavorable comments among the comments received.

The integrated content is also displayed on a screen that displays a list of summaries of the content 60. This allows the information processing device 1 to provide high-quality content.

In addition, the providing unit 35 counts the number of users who have specified highlighting for each piece of content 60, and sets the display order according to the number of users. This allows the information processing device 1 to provide high-quality content.

Although several embodiments of the present application have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, these are merely examples, and the present invention can be embodied in other forms that incorporate various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, including the forms described in the disclosure section of the invention.

The above-mentioned "section, module, unit" can be read as "means" or "circuit." For example, the control unit 3 can be read as control means or control circuit.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Information processing device 2 Communication unit 3 Control unit 4 Storage unit 31 Distribution unit 32 Reception unit 33 Display control unit 34 Linking unit 35 Provision unit 41 User information 42 Highlighting information 50, 50a, 50b User terminal 60 Content 70, 71 Reaction information S Information processing system

Claims (4)

a receiving unit that receives a specification of highlighting of a part of the content displayed on the screen and a comment corresponding to the highlighting;
a linking unit that links the information indicating the designation of highlighting with the comment based on a result of reception by the reception unit;
a display control unit that highlights a part of the content for which the highlighting designation has been accepted by the accepting unit;
a providing unit that provides the comment associated with information indicating the designation of the highlighting,
The reception unit is
receiving an evaluation of the highlighting by a user other than the user who specified the highlighting as a reaction of the user to the highlighting ;
The providing unit is
an information processing device that provides an integrated content in which summaries of the contents are arranged in a display order in which the greater the number of other users who have performed the evaluation received by the receiving unit, the higher the display order, and the summary of the content with the largest number of other users is displayed in a different manner from the summaries of the remaining contents . The reception unit is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a comment from a user who has specified the highlighting, the comment being accepted as a comment corresponding to the highlighting. 1. A computer-implemented information processing method, comprising:
a receiving step of receiving a specification of highlighting of a part of the content displayed on the screen and a comment corresponding to the highlighting;
a linking step of linking the information indicating the designation of highlighting with the comment based on a result of the reception step;
a display control step of highlighting a part of the content for which the designation of highlighting has been accepted in the accepting step;
providing the comment associated with information indicating the designation of the highlighting,
The receiving step includes:
receiving an evaluation of the highlighting by a user other than the user who specified the highlighting as a reaction of the user to the highlighting ;
The providing step includes:
an integrated content in which summaries of the contents received by the receiving process are arranged in a display order in which the greater the number of other users who performed the evaluation, the higher the display order , and the summary of the content with the largest number of other users is displayed in a different manner from the summaries of the remaining contents, the information processing method comprising: providing integrated content in which summaries of the contents received by the receiving process are arranged in a display order in which the greater the number of other users who performed the evaluation, the higher the display order, the summaries of the content with the largest number of other users being displayed in a different manner from the summaries of the remaining contents . a receiving step of receiving a specification of highlighting of a part of the content displayed on the screen and a comment corresponding to the highlighting;
a linking step of linking the information indicating the designation of highlighting with the comment based on a result of the reception step;
a display control step of highlighting a part of the content for which the designation of highlighting has been accepted in the accepting step;
providing the comment associated with the information indicating the designation of the highlighting;
The reception procedure includes:
receiving an evaluation of the highlighting by a user other than the user who specified the highlighting as a reaction of the user to the highlighting ;
The providing step comprises:
providing an integrated content in which summaries of the contents are arranged in a display order in which the greater the number of other users who have performed the evaluation received by the reception procedure, the higher the display order, and the integrated content in which the summary of the content with the largest number of other users is displayed in a different manner from the summaries of the remaining contents .

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