CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD, A CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH A CONTENT DISPLAY PROGRAM IS RECORDED

• US 20090097361A1
• Filed: 12/09/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NAKAMURA, Takatoshi, KAWAKAMI, Itaru, SAKO, Yoichiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,406 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/963 Calendar or scheduling

Abstract

A content display method is disclosed. The content display method includes the steps of: accepting an instruction input to create a target calendar; extracting a content that indication information has to be displayed in an elapsed period having already passed and a content that indication information has to be displayed in a non-elapsed period to pass from now on in the target calendar based on the instruction input accepted through the accepting step; and arranging the indication information of each of the contents extracted in the extracting step in a corresponding date in a target calendar and displaying the target calendar on a display device.

Claims

1. A content display method comprising:

accepting an instruction input to create a target calendar;

for each date of a plurality of dates in the target calendar, extracting a first content that indicates first information has to be displayed when said date is in an elapsed period having already passed and extracting a second content that indicates second information has to be displayed when said date is in a non-elapsed period in the target calendar; and

arranging the information of each of the contents in a corresponding date in the target calendar and displaying the target calendar on a display device.

2. The content display method according to claim 1,

wherein in the act of accepting,

in order to create a calendar for a target period, an input of information to specify the period is accepted as the instruction input,

in the act of extracting,

for each of a plurality of contents stored and held, when a predetermined item of date information owned by one of the plurality of content belongs within the calendar for the target period, the date information is identified as display date information, whereas when the predetermined item of date information does not belong within the calendar for the target period, a predetermined computation, using the date information, generates the display date information, and

based on the display date information, a selected content having display date information belonging within the calendar for the target period is extracted, and

in the act of displaying,

based on the display date information about each of the first and second contents extracted in the extracting step, indication information of each of the contents is arranged in the calendar for the target period.

3. The content display method according to claim 2,

wherein in the act of extracting, when the predetermined item of date information owned by a content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, a first date after a first predetermined period with reference to the date information or a second date before a second predetermined period with reference to the date information is identified as the display date information.

4. The content display method according to claim 2,

wherein in the act of extracting, when the predetermined item of date information owned by a content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, a first date after a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a second date that is near that date and on the same day of the week as the date indicated by the date information is the display date information, or a third date before a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a fourth date that is near that date and on the same day of the week as the date indicated by the date information is the display date information.

5. The content display method according to claim 1,

wherein in the act of accepting, an input of identification information to identify a content that indication information has to be displayed in a calendar is accepted as the instruction input,

in the act of extracting,

a selected content having the identification information accepted in the accepting step is extracted from contents stored and held, and

in the act of displaying,

based on a predetermined item of date information about each of the contents extracted in the extracting step, a calendar for a target period is identified,

for each of the contents extracted in the extracting step, when the predetermined item of date information owned by the selected content belongs within the calendar for the target period, the date information is identified as display date information, whereas when the predetermined item of date information owned by the selected content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, a predetermined computation, using the date information, generates the display date information, and

based on the identified display date information about each of the extracted contents, indication information of each of the first and second contents is arranged in the calendar for the target period.

6. The content display method according to claim 5,

wherein in the act of displaying, when the predetermined item of date information owned by a particular content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, a first date after a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a second date before the predetermined period with reference to the date information is identified as the display date information.

7. The content display method according to claim 5,

wherein in the act of displaying, when the predetermined item of date information owned by a particular content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, a first date after a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a second date that is near that date and on the same day of the week as the date indicated by the date information is the display date information, or a third date before the predetermined period with reference to the date information or a fourth date that is near that date and on the same day of the week as the date indicated by the date information is the display date information.

8. The content display method according to claim 1,

wherein when indication information of a plurality of contents is allocated on the same date in a calendar to be displayed, the method comprises an act of controlling display in which the contents are in turn switched and displayed.

9. The content display method according to claim 1,

wherein when indication information of a plurality of contents is allocated on the same date in a calendar to be displayed, the method comprises an act of controlling display in which the contents are displayed in a list.

10. The content display method according to claim 2,

wherein in the act of displaying, display forms are varied at least in indication information of a content using the predetermined item of date information owned by a particular content as the display date information and in indication information of a particular content using date information as the display date information generated by computation.

11. A content display apparatus comprising:

an accepting means for accepting an instruction input to create a target calendar;

an extracting means configured to, for each date of a plurality of dates in the target calendar, extract a first content that indicates first information has to be displayed when said date is in an elapsed period having already passed and a second content that indicates second information has to be displayed in a non-elapsed period; and

a display means for arranging the first and second information of each of the first and second contents, respectively, extracted in the extracting means in a corresponding date in the target calendar and displaying the target calendar.

12. The content display apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the accepting means accepts an input of information to specify the period is accepted as the instruction input in order to create a calendar for a target period,

for each of a plurality of contents stored and held, the extracting means identifies the date information as display date information when a predetermined item of date information owned by a particular content belongs within the calendar for the target period, whereas the extracting means generates the display date information by a predetermined computation using the date information when a predetermined item of date information owned by the content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, and based on the display date information, the extracting means extracts a selected content having display date information belonging within the calendar for the target period, and

based on the display date information about each of the first and second contents extracted by the extracting means, the display means arranges first and second information of each of first and second contents in the calendar for the target period.

13. The content display apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein when the predetermined item of date information owned by the particular content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, the extracting means identifies a first date after a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a second date before the predetermined period with reference to the date information as the display date information.

14. The content display apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein when the predetermined item of date information owned by the particular content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, the extracting means sets as the display date information a first date indicated by the date information, a second date after a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a third date that is near that date and on the same day of the week as the date indicated by the date information, or the extracting means sets as the display date information a fourth date before the predetermined period with reference to the date information or a fifth date that is near that date and on the same day of the week.

15. The content display apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the accepting means accepts an input of identification information to identify a particular content that indication information has to be displayed in a calendar as the instruction input,

the extracting means extracts the particular content having the identification information accepted in the accepting step from contents stored and held, and

the display means identifies a calendar for a target period based on at least one predetermined item of date information about each of the first and second contents extracted by the extracting means,

for each of the first and second contents extracted by the extracting means, the display means identifies the date information as display date information when a predetermined item of date information owned by a particular content belongs within the calendar for the target period,

whereas the display means generates the display date information generated by a predetermined computation using the date information when a predetermined item of date information owned by the particular content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, and

based on the display date information about each of the extracted contents, the display means arranges indication information of each of contents in the calendar for the target period.

16. The content display apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein when the predetermined item of date information owned by a content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, the display means identifies as the display date information a first date after a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a second date before the predetermined period with reference to the date information.

17. The content display apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein when the predetermined item of date information owned by a content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, the display means set to the display date information a first date after a predetermined period with reference to the date information or a second date that is near that date and on the same day of the week as the date indicated by the date information is the display date information, or the display means set to the display date information a third date before the predetermined period with reference to the date information or a fourth date that is near that date and on the same day of the week as the date indicated by the date information.

18. The content display apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein when indication information of a plurality of contents is allocated on the same date in a calendar to be displayed, the apparatus comprises a display control means for in turn switching and displaying the contents.

19. The content display apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein when information of a plurality of contents is allocated on the same date in a calendar to be displayed, the apparatus comprises a display control means for displaying the contents in a list.

20. The content display apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein in displaying the contents, display forms are varied at least in information of a particular content using the predetermined item of date information owned by the particular content as the display date information and in indication information of a content using date information as the display date information generated by computation.

22. The recording medium on which the content display program is recorded according to claim 11,

wherein in the act of accepting,

in order to create a calendar for a target period, an input of information to specify the period is accepted as the instruction input through the accepting means,

in the act of extracting,

for each of a plurality of contents stored and held in the storage means, when a predetermined item of date information owned by a particular content belongs within the calendar for the target period, the date information is identified as display date information, whereas when the predetermined item of date information owned by the particular content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, the display date information is generated by a predetermined computation using the date information,

based on the display date information, the particular content having display date information belonging within the calendar for the target period is extracted, and

in the act of displaying,

based on the display date information about each of the contents extracted in the act of extracting, information of each of the contents is arranged in the calendar for the target period.

21. A recording medium on which a content display program is recorded, the program allowing a computer provided in a content display apparatus in which for contents stored and held in a storage means, information of each of contents is decompressed in a calendar and displayed on a display device, to execute:

accepting an instruction input to create a target calendar through an accepting means;

for each date of a plurality of dates in the target calendar, extracting a first content that indicates first information has to be displayed when said date is in an elapsed period having already passed and a second content that indicates second information has to be displayed when said date is in a non-elapsed period; and

arranging the indication information of each of the first and second contents extracted in the act of extracting in a corresponding date in the target calendar and displaying the target calendar on a display device.

23. The recording medium on which the content display program is recorded according to claim 21,

wherein in the act of accepting,

an input of identification information to identify a particular content that indicates information has to be displayed in a calendar is accepted as the instruction input through the accepting means,

in the act of extracting,

the particular content having the identification information accepted in the act of accepting is extracted from contents stored and held in the storage means, and

in the act of displaying,

based on a predetermined item of date information about each of the contents extracted in the act of extracting, a calendar for a target period is identified,

for each of the contents extracted in the act of extracting, when a predetermined item of date information owned by a particular content belongs within the calendar for the target period, the date information is identified as display date information, whereas when the predetermined item of date information owned by the particular content does not belong within the calendar for the target period, the display date information is generated by a predetermined computation using the date information, and

based on the identified display date information about each of the extracted contents, information of each of contents is arranged in the calendar for the target period.

24. A content display apparatus comprising:

an accepting unit configured to accept an instruction input to create a target calendar;

an extracting unit configured to, for each date of a plurality of dates on the target calendar, extract a first content that indicates first information has to be displayed when said date is in an elapsed period having already passed and a second content that indicates second information has to be displayed when said date is in a non-elapsed period; and

a display unit configured to arrange the first and second information of each of the first and second contents, respectively, extracted in the extracting unit in a corresponding date in the target calendar and display the target calendar.