INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

Information about each of broadcast programs is subdivided into multiple items including program attributes and the other program association schemes for management. To each item, the relevance ratio with respect to a program is assigned. For example, the next broadcast schedule has the highest relevance ratio with respect to the program, the relevance ratio with respect to the program is high in order of cast, titles, and genre, and so on. Then, database search is done for programs related to the base program for each item, the search result is arranged in order of a decreasing relevance ratio with respect to the base program, and a base program related information page is created. Without deadening user's interest inspired by watching a program, information related to the program being watched is given, and a user can be guided smoothly to the next preselected recording operation.