Patent ID: 7451076

Claim:
An information display control apparatus comprising: an example sentence storing unit for storing a plurality of example sentences each of which includes a plurality of words; a word inputting unit for inputting a word; a list display control unit for controlling a search for at least one example sentence each of which includes the word inputted by the word inputting unit among the plurality of example sentences stored in the example sentence storing unit, and for controlling a display of a list of the searched at least one example sentence; an addition word selecting unit for selecting an addition word among the plurality of words in the at least one example sentence in the list displayed by the list display control unit, in a state where the list of the at least one example sentence each of which includes the inputted word is displayed under control of the list display control unit; an addition word inputting unit for inputting an addition word in a state where the list of the at least one example sentence each of which includes the inputted word is displayed under control of the list display control unit; and a list display update control unit for controlling a search for at least one example sentence each of which includes both: (i) the addition word which is either selected by the addition word selecting unit or inputted by the addition word inputting unit and (ii) the inputted word, among the plurality of example sentences stored in the example sentence storing unit, and for controlling an update of the display of the list.