An information processing system, for processing information obtained from multiple sites that are connected via the Internet 10, includes: a webcrawler 13, for crawling sites, across the Internet 10, which are registered in a registered site DB 11; a metadata DB 12, for storing metadata from which information...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7302646?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7302646 - Information rearrangement method, information processing apparatus and information processing system, and storage medium and program transmission apparatus therefor