Information providing system, a control method of an information providing system, information providing apparatus, a program, and information storage medium

To provide information providing system capable of improving user operability in obtaining a list of desired information. A designated position obtaining unit 50 obtains the position in the screen designated by the user. Trace obtaining unit 51, the user when inputting a locus by moving the indication position after instructing the position in the screen, to obtain a locus input by the user. Character string extraction unit 52, position acquired by designated position obtaining unit 50, or, trace obtained by the trace obtaining unit 51, on the basis, it extracts character strings from the content displayed on the screen. List obtaining unit 53, a character string extracted by the character string extraction unit 52, a trace obtained by the trace obtaining unit 51, based on, get a list of information. The display control unit 54 causes the display unit a list screen showing a list of information acquired by the list acquisition unit 53. .FIELD 8