Patent Document ID: 7774338
Application ID: 11528045

Base Claim:
1. An information processing device for associating first text information with first numerical information of a time series of a given indicator, comprising: a first phrase database for storing a first phrase, representing a change in first numerical information over a first time period, generated based on changes in said first numerical information, in association with the first time period and with the first numerical information; wherein, said first phrase indicates whether said first numerical information has risen, declined, or stably shifted according to one or more predetermined thresholds within the first time period; an associating portion for associating said first numerical information and first text information based on said first phrase; an outputting portion for outputting said first numerical information and said first text information for said first time period corresponding to said first phrase, associated by said associating portion; said associating portion comprises a first retrieving portion that retrieves said first text information using a first retrieval condition that includes said first phrase, wherein said first retrieving portion normalizes an instance of the first phrase with a superordinate concept or a subordinate concept with a predetermined synonym dictionary, and wherein said first retrieving portion retrieves said first text information including said normalized instance of the first phrase; said outputting portion outputs said retrieved first text information associated with said first numerical information in said first time period; said first phrase database stores said first phrase that indicates a change in said first numerical information in the first time period, and associated with the first numerical information, for each of a plurality of second numerical information including said first numerical information; wherein said associating portion comprises a central processing unit controlling: an extracting portion for extracting, from said retrieved first text information, a second phrase indicating a change in third numerical information; an index registration unit for registering the second phrase as first index information for each of a plurality of pieces of the retrieved first text information; a second phrase database for storing the registered first index information; a second retrieving portion for retrieving, from said second numerical information, a fourth numerical information associated with said first phrase that satisfies second retrieval conditions, using the second retrieval conditions including said second phrase; the second retrieving portion configured to retrieve a second time period corresponding to the first phrase matching said second retrieval conditions including said second phrase, in which the second phrase indicates the change in the third numerical information; wherein: said outputting portion further outputs by a command of the central processing unit, in association with said retrieved first text information, said fourth numerical information, retrieved by said second retrieving portion including said second time period.

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Claim 2:
2. The information processing device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein: said outputting portion: outputs so as to display to a user said retrieved first text information retrieved by said first retrieving portion so that a location corresponding to said first retrieval conditions is identifiable; and outputs so as to display said fourth numerical information to the user when said location corresponding to said first retrieval conditions is selected by the user.