MOBILE INFORMATION DEVICE AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD
First Claim
1. A mobile information device comprising:
- a first display control unit configured to display data of a content item, selected by a user, in a first region of a screen;
a second display control unit configured to adjacently arrange a plurality of icons through which the user selects the content item displayed in the first region, and configured to display the plurality of icons in a second region of the screen;
an operation detector configured to detect a selection operation, performed by the user, for an icon displayed in the second region; and
a pop-up display control unit configured to display, in a forefront manner, information on the selected icon in a third region of the screen when the selection operation is detected,wherein the operation detector detects, as the selection operation, a drag operation by the user over the plurality of icons displayed in the second region,wherein the pop-up display control unit sequentially switches among information on the plurality of icons selected sequentially by the drag operation so as to be displayed sequentially in the third region, andwherein, when a predetermined operation is detected for an icon located in a position where the drag operation ends, the first display control unit switches the content item displayed in the first region to a content item associated with the icon located in the position where the drag operation ends.
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Abstract
A user screen display control unit displays not only a content selected by the user but also places a plurality of icons, with which to select a content to be displayed, adjacent to each other and displays the plurality of icons. When a drag operation over the plurality of icons is detected by an operation detector, the user screen display control unit displays the caption for a selected icon in a forefront manner and switches the caption for each icon sequentially selected by a drag operation and sequentially displays the caption. When a predetermined operation is detected on an icon located in a position where the drag operation ends, the user screen display control unit switches the content displayed on the display device to a content associated with the icon located in the position where the drag operation ends.
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10 Claims
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1. A mobile information device comprising:
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a first display control unit configured to display data of a content item, selected by a user, in a first region of a screen; a second display control unit configured to adjacently arrange a plurality of icons through which the user selects the content item displayed in the first region, and configured to display the plurality of icons in a second region of the screen; an operation detector configured to detect a selection operation, performed by the user, for an icon displayed in the second region; and a pop-up display control unit configured to display, in a forefront manner, information on the selected icon in a third region of the screen when the selection operation is detected, wherein the operation detector detects, as the selection operation, a drag operation by the user over the plurality of icons displayed in the second region, wherein the pop-up display control unit sequentially switches among information on the plurality of icons selected sequentially by the drag operation so as to be displayed sequentially in the third region, and wherein, when a predetermined operation is detected for an icon located in a position where the drag operation ends, the first display control unit switches the content item displayed in the first region to a content item associated with the icon located in the position where the drag operation ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A content display method employed by a mobile information device, the method comprising:
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displaying a content item to be selected by a user on a screen, adjacently arranging a plurality of icons through which the user selects the content item to be displayed, and displaying the plurality of icons on the screen; switching among information on the plurality of icons selected sequentially by a drag operation so as to display the information sequentially on a predetermined region of the screen when the drag operation is detected over the plurality of icons; and switching the content item displayed on the screen to a content item associated with an icon located in a position where the drag operation ends when a predetermined operation is detected on said icon located in the position where the drag operation ends.
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10. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
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a display control module operative to display on a screen a content item to be selected by a user, to adjacently arrange a plurality of icons through which the user selects the content item to be displayed, and to display the plurality of icons on the screen; a first switching module operative to switch among information on the plurality of icons selected sequentially by a drag operation so as to display the information sequentially on a predetermined region of the screen when the drag operation is detected over the plurality of icons; and a second switching module operative to switch the content item displayed on the screen to a content item associated with an icon located in a position where the drag operation ends when a predetermined operation is detected on said icon located in the position where the drag operation ends.
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