CONTENTS DISPLAY SYSTEM, CONTENTS DISPLAY METHOD AND CONTENTS DISPLAY PROGRAM

• US 20100250561A1
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Senda, Shuji, Nishiyama, Kyosuke
• Application Number:
  US12/739,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20100250561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/754
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a contents display system that arranges an image corresponding to contents in accordance with predetermined attribute information. The contents display system is provided with a contents arrangement means that arranges a contents image corresponding to contents that do not meet a predetermined limitation condition at a position where a viewing recognition of at least part of the contents corresponding image is not obstructed by a contents image corresponding to contents that meet a predetermined limitation condition.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A contents display system, comprising:

a first contents arrangement unit that arranges contents-corresponding images corresponding to contents that have met a predetermined filtering condition on a screen based upon predetermined attribution information; and

a second contents arrangement unit that reduces the contents-corresponding images corresponding to the contents that have not met said filtering condition by a predetermined multiplying factor, and arranges them at a position in which a visual recognition of all of the above contents-corresponding images is not obstructed by the contents-corresponding images arranged by said first contents arrangement means.

17. A contents display system according to claim 16, wherein the second contents arrangement means arranges the contents-corresponding images corresponding to the contents that have not met the filtering condition in a descending order of being near to the filtering condition, to begin with the contents of which the condition is nearest to the filtering condition.

18. A contents display method, comprising:

a first contents arrangement step of arranging contents-corresponding images corresponding to contents that have met a predetermined filtering condition on a screen based upon predetermined attribution information; and

a second contents arrangement step of reducing the contents-corresponding images corresponding to the contents that have not met said filtering condition by a predetermined multiplying factor, and arranging them at a position in which a visual recognition of all of the above contents-corresponding images is not obstructed by the contents-corresponding images arranged by said first contents arrangement step.

19. A contents display method according to claim 18, wherein the second contents arrangement step arranges the contents-corresponding images corresponding to the contents that have not met the filtering condition in a descending order of being near to the filtering condition, to begin with the contents of which the condition is nearest to the filtering condition.

20. A computer-readable medium storing a contents display program, said contents display program causing an information processing device to execute:

a first contents arrangement process of arranging contents-corresponding images corresponding to contents that have met a predetermined filtering condition on a screen based upon predetermined attribution information; and

a second contents arrangement process of reducing the contents-corresponding images corresponding to the contents that have not met said filtering condition by a predetermined multiplying factor, and arranging them at a position in which a visual recognition of all of the above contents-corresponding images is not obstructed by the contents-corresponding images arranged by said first contents arrangement process.

21. A computer-readable medium storing contents display program according to claim 20, wherein the second contents arrangement process arranges the contents-corresponding images corresponding to the contents that have not met the filtering condition in a descending order of being near to the filtering condition, to begin with the contents of which the condition is nearest to the filtering condition.