There is provided an information processing apparatus that classifies objects having the respective attribute information which are disposed on a display screen of a graphical user interface, the apparatus including an operation information acquisition unit that acquires operation information containing movement information which indicates a position of a movement destination of the object on the display screen, an instructive request estimate unit that estimates an instructive request for classification processing on the object based on the attribute information and the movement information of the object, a classification processing unit that classifies the object based on the estimated instructive request, and a display control unit that controls display of the object on the display screen. Thus, the user can easily classify the objects without explicitly specifying classification conditions or instructing the performing of the classification processing.