Patent ID: 7761452

Claim:
A network connecting device connected to a network and capable of reproducing a program delivered to a plurality of users, the network connecting device, comprising: program information acquiring means for acquiring program information regarding a program reproduced in the network connecting device; keyword extracting means for extracting one or more keywords from the program information; a dictionary database for storing a plurality of terms respectively associated with different character strings; displaying means for displaying, when the user inputs a character string including at least one character, all terms associated with the character string in the dictionary database, in a display capable of receiving a display signal from the network connecting device; and input character converting means for receiving a term selected by the user among the terms displayed in the display section as an input character string given by the user, wherein: the input character converting means stores said one or more keywords in the dictionary database, the keywords being respectively associated with the different character strings in the dictionary database.