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Information processing apparatus and update information notification method

  • US 10,372,294 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2014
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

  • circuitry configured to;

    acquire a plurality of content information pieces;

    set, in an arrangement sequence, a plurality of groups from among the plurality of content information pieces based on a type of each of the plurality of content information pieces;

    generate a content information set comprising the plurality of groups in the arrangement sequence;

    control a display device to display the content information set;

    detect a change in a first number of content information pieces in at least one group of the plurality of groups;

    determine one or more updated content information pieces from among the content information pieces in the at least one group, based on the detected change;

    generate an indicator based on the content information set and the one or more updated content information pieces,whereinthe indicator comprises a display part marking area, a plurality of read part marking areas, a first plurality of updated part marking areas, and a second plurality of updated part marking areas,the display part marking area, the plurality of read part marking areas, the first plurality of updated part marking areas, and the second plurality of updated part marking areas have at least one of a different color from each other or a different shape from each other,one of the first plurality of updated part marking areas or the second plurality of updated part marking areas are associated with a part of the plurality of read part marking areas, andone of the first plurality of updated part marking areas or the second plurality of updated part marking areas and the part of the plurality of read part marking areas are intermittently present in the arrangement sequence, and each associated updated part marking area and read part marking area are displayed next to each other;

    control the display device to display the indicator; and

    update the display of the indicator based on a scroll of the display of the content information set,wherein the update of the display corresponds to a conversion of a first part of a first updated part marking area of one of the first plurality of updated part marking areas or the second plurality of updated part marking areas into a second part of the display part marking area and a conversion of a third part of the display part marking area into a fourth part of a first read part marking area of the plurality of read part marking areas.

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