Patent ID: 8135826

Claim:
An information processing system for supporting medical diagnosis comprising: a server; and a plurality of terminals, wherein each of said plurality of terminals includes: an obtaining unit that generates word/phrase associated information that includes words or phrases, wherein said obtaining unit associates, directly and/or indirectly, said words or said phrases with each other regarding medical diagnosis belonging to a plurality of classifications so as to generate said word/phrase associated information; and a transmitting unit for transmitting said word/phrase associated information to said server, and said server includes: a receiving unit for receiving said word/phrase associated information from each of said plurality of terminals; a network information generating unit, in the case where one or more terminals included in said plurality of terminals satisfies a specific condition, that generates network information, wherein said network information generating unit associates said words or said phrases respectively between said plurality of classifications on the basis of a plurality of pieces of said word/phrase associated information received from said one or more terminals; and a recognizing unit for recognizing that each of said plurality of terminals satisfies said specific condition based on a plurality of pieces of said word/phrase associated information transmitted from each of said plurality of terminals to said server.