Patent ID: 7353451

Claim:
A meta data creation apparatus comprising: a contents input section configured to receive contents as input, a display configured to display the input contents; a segmentator configured to divide the input contents into a plurality of segments according to a content of the contents and to assign a start time and an end time for each segment as a second time information with respect to a first time information included in the contents; a viewpoint score input section configured to receive, as input, a pair of a viewpoint and a viewpoint score by operation of a key, the viewpoint comprising a keyword and being based on the content of the contents to be displayed by the display, and the viewpoint score indicating a degree of importance of the viewpoint; and a viewpoint score assignment table, where the pair of the viewpoint and the viewpoint score is assigned to the key, a meta data creator that determines whether the received pair of the viewpoint and the viewpoint score is received as input in a corresponding segment, and that, when the pair of the viewpoint and the viewpoint score is received as input in the corresponding segment, creates, with reference to the viewpoint score assignment table, meta data assigned to the input pair of the viewpoint and the viewpoint score corresponding to the operated key and the second time information, for the corresponding segment.