Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Abstract

A system including at least one processor is provided. The at least one processor is configured to generate display information to display a list identifying a plurality of recommended contents including a television program or a content available on a network, a common recommendation reason for the plurality of recommended contents, and supplemental information for at least one of the plurality of recommended contents. The plurality of recommended contents is determined based on user preference information and a plurality of content characteristic information. The supplemental information includes content-specific information for the at least one of the plurality of recommended contents. The content-specific information includes a name of the at least one of the plurality of recommend contents and additional information for only one of the plurality of recommended contents.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A system comprising:
 at least one processor configured to
 generate display information to display a list identifying a plurality of recommended contents including a television program or a content available on a network, a common recommendation reason for the plurality of recommended contents, and supplemental information for at least one of the plurality of recommended contents, wherein 
   the plurality of recommended contents is determined based on user preference information and a plurality of content characteristic information, and   the supplemental information includes content-specific information for the at least one of the plurality of recommended contents, the content-specific information including a name of the at least one of the plurality of recommend contents and additional information for only one of the plurality of recommended contents.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a display device; wherein   the at least one processor is configured to output the display information to the display device.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the display information further includes a content-specific recommendation reason. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to generate at least one of the content characteristic information based on metadata associated with a corresponding content. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to generate the user preference information based on information input by a user. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to generate the user preference information based on at least one of (i) a content previously purchased by a user or (ii) one or more elements of electronic content previously accessed by the user. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the common recommendation reason comprises an identification of at least one of a content previously purchased by a user or a content previously accessed by the user. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the plurality of recommended contents by
 identifying a plurality of candidate reasons for identifying the plurality of recommended contents;   computing, for the plurality of recommended contents, metrics indicative of a relevance of the candidate reasons to the content characteristic information; and   calculating sums of the metrics for the candidate reasons.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify a candidate reason of the candidate reasons associated with a maximum of the calculated sums as the common recommendation reason for identifying the plurality of recommended contents. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to establish a subset of the candidate reasons as reasons for identifying the plurality of recommended contents. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the at least one of the plurality of recommended contents based on an attribute common to the user preference information and the content characteristic information associated with the at least one of the plurality of recommended contents. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the content-specific information comprises information about a level of similarity with regard to the user preference information. 
     
     
         14 . A method comprising:
 generating, by at least one processor, display information to display a list identifying a plurality of recommended contents including a television program or a content available on a network, a common recommendation reason for the plurality of recommended contents, and supplemental information for at least one of the plurality of recommended contents, wherein   the plurality of recommended contents is determined based on user preference information and a plurality of content characteristic information, and   the supplemental information includes content-specific information for the at least one of the plurality of recommended contents, the content-specific information including a name of the at least one of the plurality of recommend contents and additional information for only one of the plurality of recommended contents.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 outputting the display information to a display device.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the display information further includes a content-specific recommendation reason. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 generating at least one of the content characteristic information based on metadata associated with a corresponding content.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 generating the user preference information based on information input by a user.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 generating the user preference information based on at least one of (i) a content previously purchased by a user or (ii) one or more elements of electronic content previously accessed by the user.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the common recommendation reason comprises an identification of at least one of a content previously purchased by a user or a content previously accessed by the user. 
     
     
         21 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method, comprising:
 generating display information to display a list identifying a plurality of recommended contents including a television program or a content available on a network, a common recommendation reason for the plurality of recommended contents, and supplemental information for at least one of the plurality of recommended contents, wherein   the plurality of recommended contents is determined based on user preference information and a plurality of content characteristic information, and   the supplemental information includes content-specific information for the at least one of the plurality of recommended contents, the content-specific information including a name of the at least one of the plurality of recommend contents and additional information for only one of the plurality of recommended contents.