Patent Document ID: 8612429
Application ID: 12354229
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: an interface configured to receive a search result including image information identifying each one of a plurality of images that matches a search parameter based on a search image, image relevancy information indicating a degree of relevancy between the search parameter of the search image and each one of the plurality of images, and source data information identifying a corresponding data file from which each one of the plurality of images is obtained; a processor configured to determine whether the plurality of images that matches the search parameter includes a set of images obtained from a same data file, and to assign priority order information to each one of the images obtained from the same data file, the priority order information being determined based on the image relevancy information indicating the degree of relevancy between the search parameter of the search image and each one of the images obtained from the same data file; and a display device configured to display the set of images obtained from the same data file, one by one, in a priority order specified by the priority order information, such that only one image obtained from the same data file is displayed at a same time and such that all other images from the same data file are not displayed at said same time, wherein the display device is configured to display, for each data file, the set of images obtained from the same data file, one screen by one screen, in the priority order specified by the priority order information, such that one screen includes a group of images comprised of a single image from each of the different data files assigned with a same priority order, and wherein the display device is further configured such that a group of images from different data files and having a same priority order that are currently displayed are switched simultaneously to display another group of images all ranked in priority order a same one step lower or higher than the priority order of the currently displayed group of images.