Patent ID: 7730100
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus configured to classify a plurality of contents to which a plurality of attributes is set, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store the plurality of contents, each of the contents having the plurality of attributes; a first classification unit configured to count, for each of the attributes, number of classifications and number of contents of each classification when the plurality of contents stored in the storage unit is classified by each of the attributes; and a first determining unit configured to determine which of the attributes is used as a criterion for classifying the plurality of contents based on the number of classifications and the number of contents counted by the first classification unit, wherein the first determining unit determines, as the criterion, an attribute whose maximum number of contents is smallest; wherein the first determining unit determines, as the criterion for classifying the plurality of contents, an attribute whose maximum number of contents is smallest from the attributes whose number of classifications are between 2 and the upper limit set by the setting unit when there is at least one attribute whose number of classifications are between 2 and the upper limit; and wherein the first determining unit determines, as the criterion for classifying the plurality of contents, an attribute whose number of classifications is 2 or more and is smallest when there is no attribute whose number of classifications are between 2 and the upper limit.