Patent ID: 9069826
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An information provision system for providing a user with a list of information, the information provision system comprising a user terminal and a server, the information provision system comprising: a unit, implemented at least one microprocessor of the user terminal, that displays a screen showing content on a display; a designated position obtaining unit, implemented by the at least one microprocessor of the user terminal, that obtains a position in the screen designated by the user; a trace obtaining unit, implemented by the at least one microprocessor of the user terminal or at least one microprocessor of the server, that obtains a trace input by the user when the user designates a position in the screen and then moves the designated position to thereby input a trace; a character string extraction unit, implemented by the at least one microprocessor of the user terminal or the at least one microprocessor of the server, that extracts a character string pointed out by the user from among a plurality of character strings included in content shown in the screen, based on the position obtained by the designated position obtaining unit or the trace obtained by the trace obtaining unit; a list obtaining unit, implemented by the at least one microprocessor of the user terminal or the at least one microprocessor of the server, that obtains a list of information, based on the character string extracted by the character string extraction unit and the trace obtained by the trace obtaining unit; and a list screen display control unit, implemented by the least one microprocessor of the user terminal, that displays on the display a list screen showing the list of information obtained by the list obtaining unit, wherein the list obtaining unit comprises a search condition setting unit that sets a search condition using the character string, and obtains a list of information satisfying the search condition, and the search condition setting unit determines a manner of using the character string in a search condition based on the trace and correlation relationship information, and sets a search condition using the character string in the determined manner of use, the correlation relationship information being information concerning a correlation relationship between the trace and the manner of using the character string in the search condition, the manner of using the character string in the search condition being set to a manner correlated to the trace.