Data display method and reproduction apparatus

• US 20080154953A1
• Filed: 05/03/2006
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kinouchi, Takashi, Tsukazaki, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 8,458,616 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

To provide a data display method for displaying an attribute item information linked to a content data on a display screen, having the following steps of: displaying a list including an attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of content data in a predetermined region of the display screen, and displaying, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, the list and a plurality of attribute item information linked to a content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information in part of the predetermined region.

Claims

1. A data display method for displaying an attribute item information linked to a content data on a display screen, comprising the following steps of:

displaying a list including an attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of content data in a predetermined region of the display screen, and

displaying, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, the list and a plurality of attribute item information linked to a content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information in part of the predetermined region.

2. A data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when the predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, a plurality of other attribute item information linked to the content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information is displayed, and a reproduction order list arranged with an attribute item information of a plurality of content data in a reproduction order based on a reproduction mode is displayed.

3. A data display method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the reproduction mode is a shuffled reproduction mode and

a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in a reproduction order determined randomly.

4. A data display method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the reproduction mode is a mode for reproducing in an order based on released days of the content data and

a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in the released-day order.

5. A data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when an order of a predetermined attribute item information is changed in a list arranged with a plurality of attribute item information in the reproduction order, the content data is reproduced in the changed reproduction order.

6. A data display method as set forth in claim 5, wherein, when detecting that a predetermined attribute item information is removed from a subject to be reproduced in the list arranged with the plurality of attribute item information in the reproduction order, a reproduction of a content data corresponding to the predetermined attribute item information is avoided.

7. A data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected in a plurality of other attribute item information linked to the content data in reproducing a content data corresponding to the attribute item information selected from the list, a list including a plurality of attribute item information associated with the attribute of the selected predetermined attribute item information is displayed in place of the reproduction order list.

8. A data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the content data includes a music data,

a list including a track name information of the attribute item information of the music data is displayed, and

when a predetermined track name information is selected for reproduction from the list, at least an album name information, an artist name information, and track name information in the music data corresponding to the selected track name information are displayed and a reproduction order list arranged with the track names of a plurality of content data in the reproduction order based on the reproduction mode is displayed.

9. A data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, a reproduction order list arranged with the attribute item information of a plurality of content data in the reproduction order based on the reproduction mode is displayed, and a plurality of other attribute item information linked to the content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information is displayed in a portion adjacent to a position where the selected attribute item information is displayed.

10. A reproduction apparatus for reproducing a content data comprising:

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a content data;

a display unit configured to display an information associated with the content data; and

a control unit connected to the display unit through a bus, and configured to cause the display unit to display in a predetermined section a list including an attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of content data, and, when detecting that a predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, cause the display unit to display the list and a plurality of other attribute item information linked to a content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information in part of the predetermined region.

11. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein the control unit, when detecting that the predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, causes the display unit to display a reproduction order list arranged with an attribute item information of a plurality of content data in a reproduction order based on a reproduction mode and to display a plurality of other attribute item information linked to a content data corresponding to the selected reproduction information in part of the predetermined section.

12. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein the reproduction mode is a shuffled reproduction mode and a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in a reproduction order determined randomly.

13. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein the reproduction mode is a mode for reproducing in an order based on released days of the content data, and a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in the released-day order.

14. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein, when an order of the predetermined attribute item information is changed in a reproduction order list displayed on the display unit, the control unit causes the content data to be reproduced in the changed reproduction order.

15. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 14, wherein, when detecting that a predetermined attribute item information is removed from a subject to be reproduced in the reproduction order list, the control unit avoids a reproduction of a content data corresponding to the predetermined attribute item information.

16. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein, when detecting that a predetermined attribute item information is selected in a plurality of attribute item information linked to a reproducing content data in reproducing the content data corresponding to the attribute item information selected from the list, the control unit causes the display unit to display a list including a plurality of attribute item information associated with an attribute of the selected predetermined attribute item information in place of the reproduction order list.

17. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces a music data, and

the control unit causes the display unit to display a list including a track name information indicating a track name of the music data, and, when detecting that a predetermined track name information is selected for reproduction from the list, to display at least an album name information and an artist name information of the music data linked to the selected track name information and to display a reproduction order list arranged with a track name of a plurality of content data in a reproduction order based on the reproduction mode.

18. A reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display a reproduction order list arranged with an attribute item information of a plurality of content data in a reproduction order based on the reproduction mode and to display a plurality of other attribute item information linked to the content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information in a portion adjacent to a position where the selected attribute item information is displayed.