INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM

To provide an information processing device, an information processing system, a control method thereof and a program, which can provide retrieval results according to a viewpoint that a user pays attention to.SOLUTION: In an information processing system, a program development device comprises a selection acceptance unit which accepts a selection of a component, a question input acceptance unit which accepts input of a question, and a retrieval result table control unit which performs control to display an answer on the basis of a content of the question and information on the component. A database server includes a retrieval processing unit which, among other question sentences similar to a question sentence included in a retrieval request including the question sentence and a definition classification corresponding to the component the selection of which has been accepted, retrieves, from a database, the question sentence classified as the definition classification included in the retrieval request, and acquires an answer to the question sentence from the database.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】ユーザの注目している観点に応じた検索結果を提供可能な情報処理装置、情報処理システム、その制御方法及びプログラムを提供する。【解決手段】情報処理システムにおいて、プログラム開発装置は、部品の選択を受け付ける選択受付部と、質問の入力を受け付ける質問入力受付部と、質問の内容と部品の情報に基づいて回答を表示すべく制御する検索結果表制御部と、を備える。データベースサーバは、質問文と、選択を受け付けた部品に対応する定義分類を含んだ検索要求に含まれる質問文に類似する別の質問文のうち、検索要求に含まれる定義分類に分類された質問文をデータベースから検索し、当該質問文に対する回答をデータベースから取得する検索処理部を含む。【選択図】図３