Patent ID: 8533196
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing device comprising: a first acquisition unit operable to acquire a plurality of contents; a second acquisition unit operable to acquire one or more characteristics of each acquired content and to search among a plurality of reference data items in order to acquire one or more reference data items that each include any of the one or more characteristics, each reference data item having attached thereto at least one attribute used for identifying the reference data item, the reference data items being data other than the plurality of contents; a specification unit operable to specify, among the attributes attached to the acquired one or more reference data items, an attribute that also pertains to the plurality of contents, the specified attribute being used for identifying each of the plurality of contents; and an attachment unit operable to attach the specified attribute to each of the plurality of contents, wherein the plurality of contents are shot images and each include at least one object, each reference data item includes at least one object identified by the attribute attached to the reference data item, the second acquisition unit the specification unit acquires, for each of the one or more similar objects, the attribute that identifies the object and is attached to the reference data item that includes the object, each reference data item is a shot image that includes at least one object identified by the attribute attached to the reference data item, the attribute attached to each reference data item indicates a shooting location, and based on the shooting locations indicated by the attributes acquired from the reference data items, the specification unit organizes the attributes into groups each of a predetermined range and specifies the group containing a greatest number of attributes, the range indicated by the specified group being the specified attribute used for identifying the plurality of contents.