Information processing apparatus, method and program
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
- display control means for displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
detection means for detecting a contact of a user with said touch panel;
determination means for determining whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by said detection means;
selection means for completing, when said determination means determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by said display control means on a position where said contact of the user was detected by said detection means until just before; and
playback means for playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by said selection means, wherein said playback means plays back predetermined content during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by said detection means until said determination means determines that said contact of the user is released.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, includes: display control means for displaying, on the display, an item associated with predetermined content; detection means for detecting a contact of a user with the touch panel; determination means for determining whether or not the contact of the user is released, the contact being detected by the detection means; selection means for completing, when the determination means determines that the contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by the display control means on a position where the contact of the user was detected by the detection means until just before; and playback means for playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by the selection means.
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52 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
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display control means for displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
detection means for detecting a contact of a user with said touch panel;
determination means for determining whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by said detection means;
selection means for completing, when said determination means determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by said display control means on a position where said contact of the user was detected by said detection means until just before; and
playback means for playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by said selection means, wherein said playback means plays back predetermined content during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by said detection means until said determination means determines that said contact of the user is released. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a detection step of detecting a contact of a user with said touch panel;
a determination step of determining whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by the process of said detection step;
a selection step of completing, when the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by the process of said display control step on a position where said contact of the user was detected by the process of said detection step until just before; and
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by the process of said selection step, wherein the process of said playback step plays back predetermined content during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by the process of said detection step until the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released.
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5. A program for causing a computer to execute a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, said program comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a detection step of detecting a contact of a user with said touch panel;
a determination step of determining whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by the process of said detection step;
a selection step of completing, when the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by the process of said display control step on a position where said contact of the user was detected by the process of said detection step until just before; and
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by the process of said selection step, wherein the process of said playback step plays back predetermined content during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by the process of said detection step until the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released.
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6. An information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
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display control means for displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
detection means for detecting a contact of a user with said touch panel;
determination means for determining whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by said detection means;
selection means for completing, when said determination means determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by said display control means on a position where said contact of the user was detected by said detection means until just before, or a selection of all the items displayed by said display control means in an area specified by positions where said contact of the user was detected by said detection means during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by said detection means until said determination means determines that said contact of the user is released; and
playback means for playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by said selection means. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a detection step of detecting a contact of a user with said touch panel;
a determination step of determining whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by the process of said detection step;
a selection step of completing, when the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by the process of said display control step on a position where said contact of the user was detected by the process of said detection step until just before, or a selection of all the items displayed by the process of said display control step in an area specified by positions where said contact of the user was detected by the process of said detection step during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by the process of said detection step until the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released; and
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by the process of said selection step.
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9. A program for causing a computer to execute a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a detection step of detecting a contact of a user with said touch panel;
a determination step of determining whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by the process of said detection step;
a selection step of completing, when the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by the process of said display control step on a position where said contact of the user was detected by the process of said detection step until just before, or a selection of all the items displayed by the process of said display control step in an area specified by positions where said contact of the user was detected by the process of said detection step during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by the process of said detection step until the process of said determination step determines that said contact of the user is released; and
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by the process of said selection step.
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10. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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display control means for displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
selection means for selecting the item displayed by said display control means in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
acquisition means for acquiring related content that has a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection means, wherein said display control means displays the item selected by said selection means on a center of a circle or polygon, and a first related item associated with the related content acquired by said acquisition means on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
an acquisition step of acquiring related content that has a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step, wherein the process of said display control step displays the item selected by the process of said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and a related item associated with the related content acquired by the process of said acquisition step on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon.
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16. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
an acquisition step of acquiring related content that has a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step, wherein the process of said display control step displays the item selected by the process of said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and a related item associated with the related content acquired by the process of said acquisition step on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon.
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17. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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extraction means for extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
display control means for displaying an item associated with said content extracted by said extraction means on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
selection means for selecting the item displayed by said display control means in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
playback means for playing back content associated with the item selected by said selection means. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a extraction step of extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a display control step of displaying an item associated with said content extracted by the process of said extraction step on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step.
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25. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a extraction step of extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a display control step of displaying an item associated with said content extracted by the process of said extraction step on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step.
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26. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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selection means for selecting an item associated with content in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation, said item being displayed on said display;
acquisition means for acquiring related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection means;
first display control means for displaying the item selected by said selection means on a center of a circle or polygon, and a related item associated with the related content acquired by said acquisition means on a part or all of circumference of the circle or polygon;
extraction means for extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
second display control means for displaying an item associated with said content extracted by said extraction means on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata; and
display switching means for switching what is to be displayed between a screen displayed by said first display control means and a screen displayed by said second display control means, wherein when said display switching means switches what is to be displayed from one screen to another screen, said first or second display control means displays an image showing transition from the one screen to the another screen. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a selection step of selecting an item associated with content in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation, said item being displayed on said display;
an acquisition step of acquiring related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step;
a first display control step of displaying the item selected by the process of said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and a related item associated with the related content acquired by the process of said acquisition step on a part or all of circumference of the circle or polygon;
an extraction step of extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a second display control step of displaying an item associated with said content extracted by the process of said extraction step on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata; and
a display switching step of switching what is to be displayed between a screen displayed by the process of said first display control step and a screen displayed by the process of said second display control step, wherein when the process of said display switching step switches what is to be displayed from one screen to another screen, the process of said first or second display control step displays an image showing transition from the one screen to the another screen.
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31. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a selection step of selecting an item associated with content in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation, said item being displayed on said display;
an acquisition step of acquiring related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step;
a first display control step of displaying the item selected by the process of said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and a related item associated with the related content acquired by the process of said acquisition step on a part or all of circumference of the circle or polygon;
an extraction step of extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a second display control step of displaying an item associated with said content extracted by the process of said extraction step on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata; and
a display switching step of switching what is to be displayed between a screen displayed by the process of said first display control step and a screen displayed by the process of said second display control step, wherein when the process of said display switching step switches what is to be displayed from one screen to another screen, the process of said first or second display control step displays an image showing transition from the one screen to the another screen.
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32. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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extraction means for extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
first display control means for displaying an item associated with said content extracted by said extraction means on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
selection means for selecting the item displayed on said display in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
playback means for playing back content associated with the item selected by said selection step;
second display control means for displaying content associated with the item selected by said selection means in list format; and
display switching means for switching what is to be displayed between a first screen displayed by said first display control means and a second screen displayed by said second display control means, wherein when said display switching means switches what is to be displayed from said first screen to said second screen, said first display control means displays an image showing transition from said first screen to said second screen. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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an extraction step of extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a first display control step of displaying an item associated with said content extracted by the process of said extraction step on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed on said display in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step;
a second display control step of displaying content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step in list format; and
display switching step of switching what is to be displayed between a first screen displayed by the process of said first display control step and a second screen displayed by the process of said second display control step, wherein when the process of said display switching step switches what is to be displayed from said first screen to said second screen, the process of said first display control step displays an image showing transition from said first screen to said second screen.
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38. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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an extraction step of extracting content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a first display control step of displaying an item associated with said content extracted by the process of said extraction step on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed on said display in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a playback step of playing back content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step;
a second display control step of displaying content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step in list format; and
display switching step of switching what is to be displayed between a first screen displayed by the process of said first display control step and a second screen displayed by the process of said second display control step, wherein when the process of said display switching step switches what is to be displayed from said first screen to said second screen, the process of said first display control step displays an image showing transition from said first screen to said second screen.
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39. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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display control means for displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
selection means for selecting the item displayed by said display control means in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
content extraction means for extracting, based on metadata of the content, content having the same attribute as the content associated with the item selected by said selection means; and
list generation means for generating, by using the content extracted by said content extraction means, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection means are listed, wherein said display control means displays the item selected by said selection means on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by said list generation means.
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40. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a content extraction step of extracting, based on metadata of the content, content having the same attribute as the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step; and
a list generation step of generating, by using the content extracted by the process of said content extraction step, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step are listed, wherein the process of said display control step displays the item selected by said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by the process of said list generation step.
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41. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a content extraction step of extracting, based on metadata of the content, content having the same attribute as the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step; and
a list generation step of generating, by using the content extracted by the process of said content extraction step, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step are listed, wherein the process of said display control step displays the item selected by said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by the process of said list generation step.
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42. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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display control means for displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
selection means for selecting the item displayed by said display control means in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
content extraction means for extracting, based on analytical data generated by analyzing the content, content having an analytical data value whose degree of similarity to an analytical data value of the content associated with the item selected by said selection means is greater than a predetermined value; and
list generation means for generating, by using the content extracted by said content extraction means, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection means are listed, wherein said display control means displays the item selected by said selection means on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by said list generation means.
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43. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a content extraction step of extracting, based on analytical data generated by analyzing the content, content having an analytical data value whose degree of similarity to an analytical data value of the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step is greater than a predetermined value; and
a list generation step of generating, by using the content extracted by the process of said content extraction step, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step are listed, wherein the process of said display control step displays the item selected by the process of said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by the process of said list generation step.
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44. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control step of displaying, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection step of selecting the item displayed by the process of said display control step in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a content extraction step of extracting, based on analytical data generated by analyzing the content, content having an analytical data value whose degree of similarity to an analytical data value of the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step is greater than a predetermined value; and
a list generation step of generating, by using the content extracted by the process of said content extraction step, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by the process of said selection step are listed, wherein the process of said display control step displays the item selected by the process of said selection step on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by the process of said list generation step.
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45. An information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
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a display control section that displays, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a detection section that detects a contact of a user with said touch panel;
a determination section that determines whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by said detection section;
a selection section that completes, when said determination section determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by said display control section on a position where said contact of the user was detected by said detection section until just before; and
a playback section that plays back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by said selection section, wherein said playback section plays back predetermined content during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by said detection section until said determination section determines that said contact of the user is released.
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46. An information processing apparatus performing a predetermined process in accordance with an operation of a touch panel on a display, comprising:
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a display control section that displays, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a detection section that detects a contact of a user with said touch panel;
a determination section that determines whether or not said contact of the user is released, said contact being detected by said detection section;
a selection section that completes, when said determination section determines that said contact of the user is released, a selection of the item displayed by said display control section on a position where said contact of the user was detected by said detection section until just before, or a selection of all the items displayed by said display control section in an area specified by positions where said contact of the user was detected by said detection section during a period from when said contact of the user is detected by said detection section until said determination section determines that said contact of the user is released; and
a playback section that plays back content associated with the item whose selection is completed by said selection section.
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47. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control section that displays, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection section that selects the item displayed by said display control section in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
a acquisition section that acquires related content that has a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection section, wherein said display control section displays the item selected by said selection section on a center of a circle or polygon, and a first related item associated with the related content acquired by said acquisition section on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon.
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48. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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an extraction section that extracts content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a display control section that displays an item associated with said content extracted by said extraction section on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
a selection section that selects the item displayed by said display control section in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation; and
a playback section that plays back content associated with the item selected by said selection section;
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49. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a selection section that selects an item associated with content in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation, said item being displayed on said display;
an acquisition section that acquires related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection section;
a first display control section that displays the item selected by said selection section on a center of a circle or polygon, and a related item associated with the related content acquired by said acquisition section on a part or all of circumference of the circle or polygon;
an extraction section that extracts content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a second display control section that displays an item associated with said content extracted by said extraction section on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata; and
a display switching section that switches what is to be displayed between a screen displayed by said first display control section and a screen displayed by said second display control section, wherein when said display switching section switches what is to be displayed from one screen to another screen, said first or second display control section displays an image showing transition from the one screen to the another screen.
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50. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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an extraction section that extracts content whose at least one of metadata has a value within a predetermined range;
a first display control section that displays an item associated with said content extracted by said extraction section on a predetermined position of said display based on an axis of said one of the metadata;
a selection section that selects the item displayed on said display in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a playback section that plays back content associated with the item selected by said selection step;
a second display control section that displays content associated with the item selected by said selection section in list format; and
a display switching section that switches what is to be displayed between a first screen displayed by said first display control section and a second screen displayed by said second display control section, wherein when said display switching section switches what is to be displayed from said first screen to said second screen, said first display control section displays an image showing transition from said first screen to said second screen.
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51. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control section that displays, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection section that selects the item displayed by said display control section in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a content extraction section that extracts, based on metadata of the content, content having the same attribute as the content associated with the item selected by said selection section; and
a list generation section that generates, by using the content extracted by said content extraction section, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection section are listed, wherein said display control section displays the item selected by said selection section on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by said list generation section.
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52. An information processing apparatus performing a process of displaying a predetermined image on a display, comprising:
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a display control section that displays, on said display, an item associated with predetermined content;
a selection section that selects the item displayed by said display control section in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;
a content extraction section that extracts, based on analytical data generated by analyzing the content, content having an analytical data value whose degree of similarity to an analytical data value of the content associated with the item selected by said selection section is greater than a predetermined value; and
a list generation section that generates, by using the content extracted by said content extraction section, a related content list where related content having a certain relationship to the content associated with the item selected by said selection section are listed, wherein said display control section displays the item selected by said selection section on a center of a circle or polygon, and related items associated with said related content on a part or all of a circumference of the circle or polygon in order of the related content list generated by said list generation section.
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