System, method, and program for content search and display
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1. A content search and display system comprising:
- content storing means in which many contents are stored;
search condition specifying means to be operated by a user for specifying a search condition;
content searching means for searching one or more contents, which meet at least part of the search condition, among the many music contents, based on the search condition specified by the user; and
search result displaying means for displaying a result of a search carried out by the content searching means on a display screen,the content searching means including;
operating situation detecting means for detecting an operating situation of the search condition specifying means during searching;
condition adding/modifying means for adding or modifying the search condition in the course of searching in accordance with the operating situation detected by the operating situation detecting means;
search result accumulating means for cumulatively storing a search result based on the search condition specified by the user or the search condition added or modified by the condition adding/modifying means, andcontent mark displaying means for defining a plurality of mark display regions on the display screen, and sequentially displaying a plurality of content marks, which respectively correspond to the many music contents stored in the content storing means, in each of the plurality of mark display regions in such a manner that the content marks are spaced to each other and moving from one side to the other side in a certain direction in each of the mark display regions, whereinthe search condition specifying means is configured to operate a pointer according to the user'"'"'s operation, the pointer making the content searching means operable to search when the pointer is displayed on the display screen and is enabled;
the operating situation detecting means is configured to detect the operating situation, based on a co-relation between the pointer moving on the display screen and the content marks displayed in the mark display regions; and
the condition adding/modifying means is configured to add or modify the search condition so as to search the contents that correspond to the content marks displayed in the mark display region and are overlapped with the pointer, when the pointer is placed in one of the mark display regions and is enabled.
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Abstract
A content search and display system capable of increasing opportunities for a user to encounter more unknown contents than ever. Operating situation detecting device detects an operating situation of search condition specifying device. According to the operating situation of the search condition specifying device, condition adding/modifying device adds or modifies a search condition. In the course of searching, opportunities are produced for the user to encounter unexpected unknown contents not randomly, but based on a certain search condition, by operating the search condition specifying device.
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19 Claims
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1. A content search and display system comprising:
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content storing means in which many contents are stored; search condition specifying means to be operated by a user for specifying a search condition; content searching means for searching one or more contents, which meet at least part of the search condition, among the many music contents, based on the search condition specified by the user; and search result displaying means for displaying a result of a search carried out by the content searching means on a display screen, the content searching means including; operating situation detecting means for detecting an operating situation of the search condition specifying means during searching; condition adding/modifying means for adding or modifying the search condition in the course of searching in accordance with the operating situation detected by the operating situation detecting means; search result accumulating means for cumulatively storing a search result based on the search condition specified by the user or the search condition added or modified by the condition adding/modifying means, and content mark displaying means for defining a plurality of mark display regions on the display screen, and sequentially displaying a plurality of content marks, which respectively correspond to the many music contents stored in the content storing means, in each of the plurality of mark display regions in such a manner that the content marks are spaced to each other and moving from one side to the other side in a certain direction in each of the mark display regions, wherein the search condition specifying means is configured to operate a pointer according to the user'"'"'s operation, the pointer making the content searching means operable to search when the pointer is displayed on the display screen and is enabled; the operating situation detecting means is configured to detect the operating situation, based on a co-relation between the pointer moving on the display screen and the content marks displayed in the mark display regions; and the condition adding/modifying means is configured to add or modify the search condition so as to search the contents that correspond to the content marks displayed in the mark display region and are overlapped with the pointer, when the pointer is placed in one of the mark display regions and is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A content search and display method comprising:
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a content storing means providing step of building up content storing means in which many contents are stored; a search condition specifying step of specifying a search condition using search condition specifying means to be operated by a user; a content searching step of searching one or more contents, which meet at least part of the search condition, among the many music contents, based on the search condition specified by the user; and a search result displaying step of displaying a result of a search carried out in the content searching step on a display screen, the content searching step including an operating situation detecting step of detecting an operating situation of the search condition specifying means during searching;
a condition adding/modifying step of adding or modifying the search condition in the course of searching in accordance with the operating situation detected in the operating situation detecting step; and
a search result accumulating step of cumulatively storing a search result based on the search condition specified by the user or the search condition added or modified in the condition adding/modifying step; anda content mark displaying step of defining a plurality of mark display regions on the display screen, and sequentially displaying a plurality of content marks, which respectively correspond to the many music contents stored in the content storing means, in each of the plurality of mark display regions in such a manner that the content marks are spaced to each other and moving from one side to the other side in a certain direction in each of the mark display regions;
whereinthe search condition specifying step operates a pointer according to the user'"'"'s operation, the pointer causing the content searching step to search when the pointer is displayed on the display screen and is enabled; and the operating situation detecting step detects the operating situation, based on a co-relation between the pointer moving on the display screen and the content marks displayed in the mark display regions; and the condition adding/modifying step adds or modifies the search condition so as to search the contents that correspond to the content marks displayed in the mark display region and are overlapped with the pointer, when the pointer is placed in one of the mark display regions and is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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