Program recommendation device and program recommendation program

摘要

The program recommendation device includes a search term receiver that receives at least one search term designated by a user, a partial match searcher that searches an electronic program list for programs having program information with words and phrases partially matching the search term designated by the user and outputs a partial match search result set, a language analyzer that performs a language analyzing process on the program information of each of the programs contained in the partial match search result set and outputs an analyzed search result set, an exact match searcher that searches the analyzed program information contained in the analyzed search result set for programs with words and phrases exactly matching the search term designated by the user and outputs an exact match search result set. A recommended program display displays programs contained in the exact match search result set as recommended programs.

主权项

1. A program recommendation device comprising:
a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor comprises:
a search term receiver which is configured to receive a search term designated by a user;a partial match searcher which is configured to search an electronic program list for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which at least partially matches the received search term, and to output a partial match search result set based on a result of the search;a language analyzer which is configured to translate the designated search term and the program information of each of the at least one program included in the partial match search result set into a language of a country where the at least one program is produced based on country information which relates to the at least one program, and to output an analyzed search result set; andan exact match searcher which is configured to search the analyzed search result set for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which exactly matches the translated search term, and to output an exact match search result set based on a result of the search, wherein the at least one program included in the exact match search result set is displayed on a display as a recommended program.