Information processing system, information processing device, inofrmation processing method, and computer readable recording medium

Abstract

An information processing device that presents at least one of data stored in memory or indexes corresponding to the data; receives a selection of the presented at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data; obtains information related to the selected at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data; generates at least one search key abstracted from the obtained information; searches for data within the memory based on the at least one search key; and presents at least one of the data or indexes corresponding to the data as a search result.

1 - 19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 : An information processing system comprising:
 an information processing device;   a user interface configured to display information output from the information processing device, receive an input instruction, and send an input instruction signal corresponding to the input instruction to the information processing device;   wherein the information processing device includes   a memory configured to store data, and   circuitry configured to
 control the user interface to display at least one of the data stored in the memory or indexes corresponding to the data; 
 receive a data selection signal from the user interface, the data selection signal accompanying selection of the at least one of the data or the indexes indicating the data displayed by the user interface; 
 obtain information related to the at least one of the selected data or the indexes indicating the data; 
 generate at least one search key by using a part of the obtained information as a search key without using the obtained information as is; 
 search for data within the memory based on the at least one search key; and 
 control the user interface to display at least one of the data or indexes corresponding to the data as a search result. 
   
     
     
         21 : An information processing device comprising:
 a memory configured to store data; and   circuitry configured to:
 control presenting at least one of the data stored in the memory or indexes corresponding to the data, and 
 receiving a selection of the presented at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data; 
 obtain information related to the at least one of the selected data or the indexes corresponding to the data; 
 generate at least one search key by using a part of the obtained information as a search key without using the obtained information as is; 
 search for data within the memory based on the at least one search key; and 
 controlling presenting at least one of the data and indexes corresponding to the data as a search result. 
   
     
     
         22 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
 control presenting the at least one search key,   receive a selection of the at least one search key; and   search for data within the memory based on the selected at least one search key.   
     
     
         23 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the at least one search key corresponding to a number of data coinciding with at least part of the obtained information related to the selected at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data. 
     
     
         24 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to obtain a tag given to the data. 
     
     
         25 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein
 the data is image data or moving image data, and   the circuitry is configured to   obtain face recognition information for distinguishing a photographic subject by performing face recognition of the photographic subject included within the image data or the moving image data; and   generate the at least one search key for identifying the photographic subject using the face recognition information.   
     
     
         26 : The information processing device according to  claim 25 , wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the face recognition information as the at least one search key. 
     
     
         27 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
 receive a selection of a plurality of generated search keys; and   present at least one of (1) data as an union of sets of search results based on the selected plurality of generated search keys, (2) a product set of the search results, and (3) a combination of the unions of sets or the product set of the search results.   
     
     
         28 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to obtain date information related to the at least one piece of the selected data, and
 generate the at least one search key by extracting a part of date information.   
     
     
         29 : The information processing device according to  claim 28 , wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the at least one search key by extracting month, month and day, or day of the week, as a part of date information. 
     
     
         30 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein
 the circuitry is configured to generate the at least one search key by: checking whether an order can be set to the obtained information, and
 extracting a part of the obtained information by setting a range along the order to the obtained information if the order can be set. 
   
     
     
         31 : The information processing device according to  claim 30 , wherein
 the circuitry is configured to set the range along the order by referring to a thesaurus dictionary.   
     
     
         32 : The information processing device according to  claim 30 , wherein
 the obtained information includes numeral values as information in which the order can be set, and   the circuitry is configured to set the range along an ascending order or a descending order of the numeral values.   
     
     
         33 : The information processing device according to  claim 30 , wherein
 the obtained information has a periodicity order.   
     
     
         34 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to preferentially generate the at least one search key that has been received as a result of the search. 
     
     
         35 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein
 the data is image data or moving image data, and   the circuitry is configured to:   obtain positional information of a place at which the image data or the moving image data was taken as information; and   generate the at least one search key based on information corresponding to a landmark identified by the positional information.   
     
     
         36 : The information processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
 obtain information related to at least part of data included in the data stored in the memory; and   present at least part of the data to which the obtained information is related or indexes corresponding to the data, wherein information related to the presented at least part of the data or the indexes is pieces of information different from each other.   
     
     
         37 : An information processing method using an information processing device including a memory configured to store data, the information processing method comprising:
 presenting at least one of the data stored in the memory or indexes corresponding to the data;   receiving a selection of the presented at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data;   obtaining information related to the at least one of the selected data or the indexes corresponding to the data;   generating, using circuitry, at least one search key by using a part of the obtained information as a search key without using the obtained information as is;   searching for data within the memory based on the at least one search key; and   presenting at least one of the data and indexes corresponding to the data as a search result.   
     
     
         38 : A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an information processing program, when executed by an information processing device, causes the information processing device to:
 present at least one of data stored in memory or indexes corresponding to the data;   receive a selection of the presented at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data;   obtain information related to the at least one of the selected data or the indexes corresponding to the data;   generate at least one search key by using a part of the obtained information as a search key without using the obtained information as is;   search for data within the memory based on the at least one search key; and   present at least one of the data or indexes corresponding to the data as a search result.