Patent ID: 8473471
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit constructed to receive user designation of at least one attribute value for one or more attribute items, wherein the user designated at least one attribute value and the corresponding one or more attribute items indicate a search condition of data; a presenting unit constructed to present data having the one or more attribute items of the search condition of which at least one attribute item has an unset attribute value, the presented data being from among a plurality of data that have been stored in a storage unit for storing the plurality of data and each attribute value of the plurality of data; and a setting unit constructed to set attribute values for data that has been selected by a user from among the data presented by said presenting unit, the setting being performed for each attribute item of the selected data that corresponds to the one or more attribute items of the search condition and that has an unset attribute value, wherein the setting unit sets the user designated at least one attribute value of the search condition to the attribute value for the attribute item of the selected data which has an unset attribute value, wherein a search is performed based on the search condition, and the setting is performed for data determined by the search.