GUI CONTENT REPRODUCING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

• US 20090044108A1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyayama, Akiko, Shin, Hidehiko
• Application Number:
  US11/914,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20090044108A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Provided is a GUI content reproducing device which is capable of displaying a GUI content, starting from an arbitrary part thereof by utilizing an existing GUI content player. A GUI content player section (105), immediately after loading the GUI content, reproduces a first scene which is previously defined in a GUI content (103), and thereafter, reproduces an arbitrary scene in accordance with an instruction from an application (102). A drawing determination section (107), when the scene being reproduced by the GUI content player section (105) is the same as the scene specified by the application (102), determines that the scene is to be drawn. A reproduction control section (104), in accordance with a result of the determination performed by the drawing determination section (107), instructs a drawing section 108 to draw the scene being reproduced.

Claims

1. A GUI content reproducing device operable to reproduce a GUI content including a plurality of elements in accordance with an instruction from an application and to instruct a drawing section to draw the reproduced GUI content, comprising:

a GUI content player section capable of reproducing a predetermined element immediately after loading the GUI content and thereafter, reproducing an arbitrary element;

a condition storage section for storing a drawing condition specified by the application;

a condition determination section for determining whether or not the drawing condition stored in the condition storage section is satisfied each time the GUI content player section reproduces one element; and

a reproduction control section for instructing the drawing section to draw the reproduced GUI content when the condition determination section determines that the drawing condition stored in the condition storage section is satisfied.

2. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the condition storage section stores an element specified by the application, and

the condition determination section determines that the drawing condition is satisfied when an element being reproduced by the GUI content player section is the same as the element stored in the condition storage section.

3. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the condition determination section does not determine whether or not the drawing condition is satisfied after having determined that the drawing condition is satisfied, and

the reproduction control section instructs the drawing section to continuously draw the reproduced GUI content after the condition determination section has determined that the drawing condition is satisfied.

4. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the application further specifies condition determination information indicating whether or not condition determination is to be performed by the condition determination section,

the condition determination section does not determine whether or not the drawing condition is satisfied when the condition determination information indicates that the condition determination is not to be performed, and

the reproduction control section instructs the drawing section to continuously draw the reproduced GUI content when the condition determination information indicates that the condition determination is not to be performed.

5. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the GUI content includes at least one scene to which a drawing content is assigned, and

the element is the scene.

6. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the GUI content includes at least one segment to which a predetermined time interval and a drawing content are assigned, and

the element is the segment.

7. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the GUI content includes at least one scene having a plurality of segments, to each of which a predetermined time interval and a drawing content are assigned, and

the element is at least either one of the scene and the segment.

8. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the condition storage section stores the number of times that an element is reproduced, the number of times being specified by the application, and

the condition determination section determines that the drawing condition is satisfied when the number of times that an element is reproduced by the GUI content player section is equal to the number of times stored in the condition storage section.

9. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the condition storage section stores unlock information which is specified by the application and includes a plurality of items,

the GUI content player section acquires information regarding the items included in the unlock information from the application, and thereby updates the information regarding the items included in the unlock information, and

the condition determination section determines that the drawing condition is satisfied when the information regarding all the items included in the unlock information is updated.

10. The GUI content reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein

the GUI content includes:

a first element to which information update request processing for acquiring information from the application is assigned; and

at least one second element to which an unlock request is assigned, the unlock request being for requesting the drawing section to start drawing when the information update request processing is completed,

the condition storage section stores, as the drawing condition, issuing of the unlock request,

the GUI content player section requests the information update processing by reproducing the first element, repeatedly reproduces the at least one second element and, in response to completion of the information update processing, issues the unlock request, and

the condition determination section, in response to the issuing of the unlock request, determines that the drawing condition is satisfied.

11. A program which reproduces a GUI content including a plurality of elements in accordance with an instruction from an application and instructs a drawing section to draw the reproduced GUI content, causing a computer to function as:

GUI content player means capable of reproducing a predetermined element immediately after loading the GUI content and thereafter, reproducing an arbitrary element;

condition storage means for storing a drawing condition specified by the application;

condition determination means for determining whether or not the drawing condition stored in the condition storage section is satisfied each time the GUI content player section reproduces one element; and

reproduction control means for instructing the drawing section to draw the reproduced GUI content when the condition determination section determines that the drawing condition stored in the condition storage section is satisfied.

12. An integrated circuit which reproduces a GUI content including a plurality of elements in accordance with an instruction from an application and instructs a drawing section to draw the reproduced GUI content, having integrated therein circuits which function as:

a GUI content player section capable of reproducing a predetermined element immediately after loading the GUI content and thereafter, reproducing an arbitrary element;

a condition storage section for storing a drawing condition specified by the application;

a condition determination section for determining whether or not the drawing condition stored in the condition storage section is satisfied each time the GUI content player section reproduces one element; and

a reproduction control section for instructing the drawing section to draw the reproduced GUI content when the condition determination section determines that the drawing condition stored in the condition storage section is satisfied.