Method and apparatus for image processing, program, and recording medium

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a managing unit that manages a scale calculated based on descriptions of an operation performed on a predetermined item and a series to which the item belongs in association with each other, a first extracting unit that extracts items belonging to the same series as top N series, obtained by sorting the scales, from among a plurality of items, a taste managing unit that manages taste of a user, a second extracting unit that calculates the degree of similarity between the taste managed by the taste managing unit and each item to extract items with higher degrees of similarity, and a recommending unit that recommends a predetermined number of items among the items extracted by the first extracting unit and the items extracted by the second extracting unit to the user.

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 circuitry configured to:
 calculate a first taste of a user at a time of performing an operation of the user on items, wherein the operation is generated via a user interface; 
 extract first items among recommendation items based on the first taste of the user; 
 extract second items among the recommendation items based on a second taste of the user; and 
 recommend one or more items among the extracted first and second items. 
   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the second taste of the user is calculated based on operations of the user during a predetermined time interval that includes the time of performing the operation of the user on the items. 
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to indicate to what extent the recommendation items are recommended. 
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to order the extracted first items and the extracted second items according to the extent the recommendation items are recommended. 
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to disregard a set of the extracted second items when the extent the recommendation items are recommended is below a predetermined threshold. 
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first taste is a taste based on a shorter time interval than the second taste. 
     
     
         7 . An information processing method executed in an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
 calculate a first taste of a user at a time of performing an operation of the user on items, wherein the operation is generated via a user interface;   extract first items among recommendation items based on the first taste of the user;   extract second items among the recommendation items based on a second taste of the user; and   recommend one or more items among the extracted first and second items.   
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a set of computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for causing an information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
 calculate a first taste of a user at a time of performing an operation of the user on items, wherein the operation is generated via a user interface;   extract first items among recommendation items based on the first taste of the user;   extract second items among the recommendation items based on a second taste of the user; and   recommend one or more items among the extracted first and second items.