Contents' relationship visualizing apparatus, contents' relationship visualizing method and its program

US9026643B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9026643-B2
Application numberUS-89903610-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 6, 2010
Priority dateOct 14, 2009
Publication dateMay 5, 2015
Grant dateMay 5, 2015

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There is provided a contents' relationship visualizing apparatus including a usage history acquiring unit for acquiring usage histories of multiple contents, a users' set specifying unit for specifying a content's users' set indicating users utilizing each content by use of the contents' usage histories, a similarity calculating unit for calculating a similarity between the specified users' sets by use of a similarity index, and a network creating unit for creating a network indicating a relationship between the contents by use of the calculated similarity between the users' sets.

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What is claimed is: 1. A contents' relationship visualizing apparatus comprising: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor programmed via the instructions to: acquire a usage history comprising, for each one of a plurality of items of content, a user set comprising a plurality of elements each corresponding to a user who has utilized the one item of content; compare the plurality of elements in each user set to identify a set of elements common to…

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What does patent US9026643B2 cover?
There is provided a contents' relationship visualizing apparatus including a usage history acquiring unit for acquiring usage histories of multiple contents, a users' set specifying unit for specifying a content's users' set indicating users utilizing each content by use of the contents' usage histories, a similarity calculating unit for calculating a similarity between the specified users' set…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ishioka Takuya, Sony Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/26. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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Publication date Tue May 05 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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