Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and providing medium

• US 6,353,442 B1
• Filed: 10/14/1999
• Issued: 03/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Masui, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US09/418,050
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 345/123, 345/124, 345/125, 345/127, 345/146, 345/357, 345/684, 345/685, 345/686, 345/687
• US Class Current: 345/684
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, items to be displayed are easily controlled. A user operates a mouse to select an English word displayed in a scroll window with a pointer, and drags the selected word. Thus, English words to be displayed in the scroll window are restricted.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus for extracting a predetermined item from a plurality of items having predetermined registered numbers and for displaying the extracted item and selected other items from among said plurality of items, said information processing apparatus comprising:

degree-of-interest-value setting means for setting a degree-of-interest value for each item based on the registered number of the item and the registered number of the predetermined item;

threshold setting means for setting a threshold for the degree-of-interest value of said items to be displayed;

identifying means for identifying items from among said plurality of items having degree-of-interest values of a predetermined relation to said threshold;

first display control means for controlling the predetermined item to be displayed; and

second display control means for controlling the other items to be displayed from the items identified by said identifying means.

2. An information processing method for extracting a predetermined item from a plurality of items having predetermined registered numbers and for displaying the extracted item and selected other items from among said plurality of items, said information processing method comprising:

a degree-of-interest-value setting step of setting a degree-of-interest value for each item based on the registered number of the item and the registered number of the predetermined item;

a threshold setting step of setting a threshold for the degree-of-interest value of said items to be displayed;

an identifying step of identifying items from among said plurality of items having degree-of-interest values;

a first display control step of controlling the predetermined item to be displayed; and

a second display control step of controlling the other items to be displayed from the items identified in said identifying step.

3. A providing medium for providing a computer-readable program that causes an information processing apparatus for extracting a predetermined item from a plurality of items having predetermined registered numbers and for displaying the extracted item and selected other items from among said plurality of items to execute processing, said processing comprising:

a degree-of-interest-value setting step of setting a degree-of-interest value for each item based on the registered number of the item and the registered number of the predetermined item;

a threshold setting step of setting a threshold for the degree-of-interest value of said items to be displayed;

an identifying step of identifying items from among said plurality of items having degree-of-interest values;

a first display control step of controlling the predetermined item to be displayed; and

a second display control step of controlling the other items to be displayed from the items identified in said identifying step.