Abstract: An information display device switches content to be displayed without causing an eyesore to users. The information display device has a display means that displays information including a content display area which displays content, in a display area in a screen, a deciding means that decides whether or not the content display area hides, and a switching means that switches content displayed in the content display area when it is decided that the content display area hides.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device capable of obtaining a trimming image including a characteristic part of a target image without having a person to select the characteristic part of the target image. A setting unit sets a plurality of trimming candidate areas in a target image. A calculation unit calculates, with respect to each of a plurality of trimming candidate areas, a total value of edge amounts of pixels in the trimming candidate area. A determination unit determines a trimming area from among the plurality of trimming candidate areas, based on the total value of each of the plurality of trimming candidate areas. An obtaining unit obtains an image in the trimming area.

Abstract: A search device (200) correlates and records keywords representing products or the like, the degrees of importance of the keywords, and the locations of Web pages in which the products or the like are described. Upon receiving information indicating that a user intends to purchase: a first product or the like described on a Web page present at the searched location on the basis of a search query, which is a keyword designated by the user, and the degree of importance of the keyword; and a second product or the like described on a another Web page, the search device (200) correlates the location of the Web page in which the second item or similar item is described, the designated search query, and the degree of importance calculated by a prescribed statistical process.

Abstract: Provided are a device and a method which facilitate continued focusing of a user on specific content information even when said specific content information has been moved off the display screen by scrolling or page transitioning. Focus content information, which is identified from content information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device, is set in advance as content information for user focus. Then, in response to user operations which transition said focus content information out of the display area, copy content information, being a copy of said focus content information, is displayed for a certain period of time on the display screen of said terminal device.

Abstract: To provide an information processing device that is capable of restricting the use of an application or content in an unauthorized device to which the application or the content is copied. A storage situation information storing unit (32) stores, in a storage unit (30) where an application or content is stored, storage situation information which indicates a storage situation of the application or the content at predetermined reference timing, as one of components of the application or the content. An execution restricting unit (34) restricts execution of the application or the content in a case where the execution of the application or the content is instructed and a current storage situation of the application or the content differs from a storage situation that is indicated by the storage situation information.

Abstract: To provide a system for providing content or an application capable of restricting a terminal device in which the content or the application is able to be used to a single terminal device among one authorized terminal device and one or more unauthorized terminal devices. According to a generation rule, a new authentication symbol string is generated based on at least a part of an authentication symbol string stored in a first authentication symbol string storage unit (100).

Abstract: An information providing device can efficiently search for image data which includes an image of an object matching a user's preference, or can efficiently recommend information related to an image-capturing spot matching the user's preference.

Abstract: To provide an information provision system capable of improving a users operability in obtaining a list of desired information. A designated position obtaining unit (50) obtains a position in a screen designated by the user. In the case where the user designates a position in the screen and thereafter moving the designated position to thereby input a trace, a trace obtaining unit (51) obtains the trace input by the user. A character string extraction unit (52) extracts a character string from content shown in the screen, based on the position obtained by the designated position obtaining unit (50) or the trace obtained by the trace obtaining unit (51). A list obtaining unit (53) obtains a list of information, based on the character string extracted by the character string extraction unit (52) and the trace obtained by the trace obtaining unit (51). A display control unit (54) displays a list screen showing a list of information obtained by the list obtaining unit (53) on a display unit.

Abstract: Provided are a device and a method which facilitate continued focusing of a used on specific content information by increasing the opportunities for said content information to appear (be exposed) even in case that said specific content information has been moved off the display screen by scrolling. At least one set of copy content information is generated which is a copy of focus content information identified from content information contained in a content list displayed on the display screen of a terminal device. Then, said generated copy content information is inserted at any insertion position in the sequence of the content list, and said inserted copy content information is displayed on the display screen in response to operations in which the user scrolls the display content on the display screen.

Abstract: Content is displayed in an active display region of a terminal apparatus, and information relating to the display of said content when the content scrolls in accordance with a scrolling operation performed by a user and content identifying information for identifying the content are obtained from the terminal apparatus and it is determined whether or not the user of the terminal apparatus is interested in the content identified by the content identifying information that is extracted in accordance with the information relating to the display of the content.

Abstract: An advertisement management device for managing an advertisement using advertisement information including information indicating association of an advertisement with a category includes an integration target category identifying unit that identifies an integration target category based on the advertisement information, the integration target category being a category in which the number of advertisements associated with the same category is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, and an integration unit that associates the advertisement associated with the integration target category with a category different from the integration target category and updates the advertisement information.

Abstract: An advertisement management device for managing an advertisement using advertisement information including information indicating association of an advertisement with a category includes a division target category identifying unit that identifies a division target category based on the advertisement information, the division target category being a category in which the number of advertisements associated with the same category is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold; and a reclassifying unit that associates some of the advertisements associated with the division target category with a category different from the division target category and updates the advertisement information.

Abstract: An object is to conduct a search for an article absent in an input image. A recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with an input unit to achieve input of a still image, an article recognizing unit to analyze the input image to recognize an article section according to an article included in the image, a category specifying unit to specify a category according to the input image on the basis of the recognized article section, an article information extracting unit to extract identification information of an article section except for the recognized article section among article sections associated with the specified category, and an output unit to output the extracted identification information of the article section and/or information corresponding thereto.

Abstract: Provided are a server apparatus, an information providing program, an information providing method, and an information providing system, capable of effectively acquiring information regarding facilities, etc., which are located in an approximate direction from the current position of a user, even in the case that a destination is not determined. When the server apparatus receives, from the portable terminal device, position information, direction information, and an information acquisition request which have been acquired by the portable terminal device, the server apparatus determines an information extraction range on the basis of the position information and the direction information. Then, the server apparatus extracts provision information corresponding to a position located within the determined information extraction range, and provides the provision information to the portable terminal device.

Abstract: Content is displayed in an active display region of a terminal apparatus, and information relating to the display of said content when the content scrolls in accordance with a scrolling operation performed by a user and content identifying information for identifying the content are obtained from the terminal apparatus and it is determined whether or not the user of the terminal apparatus is interested in the content identified by the content identifying information that is extracted in accordance with the information relating to the display of the content.

Abstract: A content display device effectively displays content utilizing a visible area which is not hidden in a display area which is partially hidden, without changing the state of the display area. The content display device has: a determining means that determines whether or not one of display areas is partially hidden when the display areas arranged on a screen overlap each other; a specifying means that, when it is decided that one of the display areas is partially hidden, specifies a visible area included in the display area which is partially hidden; an acquiring means that acquires content comprising a feature portion of content positioned in the visible area at the time of display of the content in the display area which is partially hidden; and a display means that displays the acquired content in the display area which is partially hidden.

Abstract: An advertising management system (1) according to one aspect includes a decision unit (12) that decides a display pattern of an advertising content transmitted to a user terminal (10) among a plurality of predetermined display patterns based on at least one of a downloaded amount of the advertising content and a displayed region amount of the advertising content on a screen of the user terminal (10), and a counting unit (25) that executes update processing that counts number of times displayed corresponding to the decided display pattern of the advertising content on a count storage unit (23) that stores number of times each advertising content is displayed with respect to each of the plurality of predetermined display patterns.

Abstract: When display of an advertising content among a plurality of contents is deleted according to an operation by a user in a terminal apparatus that displays a Web page where the plurality of contents are arranged, a display area of a main content with the display area adjacent to the deleted advertising content among the plurality of contents is expanded. Content specific information indicating the deleted advertising content is stored, and the advertising content indicated by the stored content specific information is regenerated at predetermined timing.

Abstract: An information providing device associates in advance and stores a characteristic element which is a candidate to be specified from an image, with content. Further, the information providing device is configured to specify a difference between characteristic elements by comparing a characteristic element specified from a currently acquired image with a characteristic element specified from an image acquired prior to (in the past) the image, and acquire content associated with the characteristic element related to the difference, and display the content on a display.

Abstract: There are provided an information providing device, an information providing processing program, and an information providing method which can efficiently recommend information related to a shooting spot matching a user's preference. The information providing device is configured to search for image data based on object information specified by a user with respect to a frame, and an arrangement of the object information.