Patent ID: 8230346

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to: collect information from a plurality of information sources, the information sources being connected over a communication network, analyze the collected information using a statistical method, derive, using the analysis and information values of the collected information, an information value space, generate data for displaying a commonality between the information sources, represented by respective display objects, in the information value space, the commonality being represented by a location of one display object in the information value space relative to a location of another display object in the information value space, and the data including a display object for each information source, analyze natural sentences from the collected information and extract words from the natural sentences that match a predetermined condition, analyze the extracted words to determine an amount of correlation between the information sources, generate a base word and a coordinate value for the base word that represent the correlation, and transmit the data, the information value space, and the base word to a client device for display.