Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and program

• US 20070044036A1
• Filed: 08/18/2006
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishimura, Yuji, Kanda, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/506,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of content. The apparatus includes: a display information generator adapted to generate display information related to each of the content; a state manager adapted to manage a display state of the display information; a display layer manager adapted to manage a display layer of the display information; and a display controller adapted to control display of the display information on the basis of the display state managed by the state manager and the display layer of the display information managed by the display layer manager.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of contents, comprising:

display information generation means for generating display information related to each of the contents;

state management means for managing a display state of the display information;

display layer management means for managing a display layer of the display information; and

display control means for controlling display of the display information on the basis of the display state managed by the state management means and the display layer of the display information managed by the display layer management means.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display information includes for each display item a plurality of pieces of display parts information having a tree structure.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the display information or the display parts information is capable of containing an identifier,

the display control means controls the display of the display information on the basis of the identifier.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the display information or the display parts information is capable of containing an identifier,

the display control means sets a display mode on the basis of the display state managed by the state management means and the display layer of the display information managed by the display layer management means, and sets detailed display settings on the basis of the set display mode, whether the display information is selected, and the identifier.

5. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the state management means acquires an operation input by a user,

the display state managed by the state management means is information indicative of whether the display of the display information is being scrolled, on the basis of the operation input by the user.

6. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of contents, the method comprising:

generating display information related to each of the contents;

managing a display state of the display information; and

controlling display of the display information on the basis of the managed display state and a display layer of the display information.

7. An information processing method according to claim 6, further comprising:

searching details of a display form of the display information on the basis of an identifier, the identifier being contained in the display information;

in the controlling of the display of the display information, the display of the display information is controlled on the basis of the display state and the display layer of the display information as well as the details of the display form of the display information searched for.

8. A program executable by a computer constructed to handle a plurality of contents, the program causing the computer to execute processing comprising:

generating display information related to each of the contents;

managing a display state of the display information; and

controlling display of the display information on the basis of the managed display state and a display layer of the display information.

9. A recording medium on which the program according to claim 8 is recorded.

10. An information processing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of contents, comprising:

a display information generator adapted to generate display information related to each of the content;

a state manager adapted to manage a display state of the display information;

a display layer manager adapted to manage a display layer of the display information; and

a display controller adapted to control display of the display information on the basis of the display state managed by the state manager and the display layer of the display information managed by the display layer manager.