Display control device, method, and program

• US 8,386,938 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Issued: 02/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsuzaki, Katsuro
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US12/012,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20080229209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,853 Days
• Field of Search: 715/740, 715/738, 707/822
• US Class Current: 715/740
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/845 Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8063 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

A display control device that may control, in response to user'"'"'s operation, a list display of a file of contents accumulated in another device connected over a network, and a list display of a folder in a hierarchy for storing the file. The device may include type selection means for selecting a type for the file in accordance with the user'"'"'s operation; reception control unit for controlling reception of file attribute information coming from the another device about an attribute provided to the folder indicating the type of the file stored in the folder; attribute determination unit for determining, based on the file attribute information, whether the folder is provided with the attribute of the selected type; and display controller for controlling, when the folder is determined as not being provided with the attribute of the selected type, the list display to constrain a display of the folder.

Claims

1. A display control device that controls, in response to user'"'"'s operation to a remote controller, a list display of a file of contents accumulated in another device connected over a network, and a list display of a folder in a hierarchy for storing the file, the display control device comprising:

type selection means for selecting a type of contents for the file in accordance with the user'"'"'s operation to the remote controller;

reception control means for controlling reception of file attribute information coming from the another device about an attribute provided to the folder indicating the type of contents for the file stored in the folder at the another device, the file attribute information provided to the folder being other than information provided to the file to indicate type of contents for the file;

attribute determination means for determining (i) a determination result indicating whether the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device from information about contents in the another device received by the reception control means, and (ii) when the determination result is the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device, based on the file attribute information, whether the another device is recorded with a file of a type of contents same as the selected type and whether the folder is provided with the attribute of the selected type; and

display control means for controlling, when the folder is determined as not being provided with the attribute of the selected type, the list display to cause the folder to be displayed in a predetermined color.

2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the attribute determination means determines whether the type of contents for the file is the same as the selected type, and

the display control means controls, when the type of contents for the file is determined as not being the same as the selected type, the list display to cause the file to be displayed in the predetermined color.

3. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein

when the another device is determined as not being recorded with the file of the type of contents same as the selected type, the display control means controls a list display of devices to constrain a display of the another device.

4. The display control device according to claim, 1, wherein

the contents are a file of a still image, a moving image, or audio.

5. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the another device is compatible to specifications of DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

9. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined color is grey.

6. A display control method for a display control device that controls, in response to user'"'"'s operation to a remote controller, a list display of a file of contents accumulated in another device connected over a network, and a list display of a folder in a hierarchy for storing the file, the display control method comprising:

selecting a type of contents for the file in accordance with the user'"'"'s operation to the remote controller;

controlling reception of file attribute information coming from the another device about an attribute provided to the folder indicating the type of contents for the file at the another device, the file attribute information provided to the folder being other than information provided to the file to indicate type of contents for the file;

determining a determination result indicating whether the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device from information about contents in the another device that is received, wherein the determining includes, when the determination result is the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device, determining, based on the file attribute information, whether the another device is recorded with a file of a type of contents same as the selected type and whether the folder is provided with the attribute of the selected type; and

controlling, when the folder is determined as not being provided with the attribute of the selected type, the list display to cause the folder to be displayed in a predetermined color.

10. The display control method according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined color is grey.

7. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having stored thereon a program allowing a computer to execute a process of controlling, in response to user'"'"'s operation to a remote controller, a list display of a file of contents accumulated in another device connected over a network, and a list display of a folder in a hierarchy for storing the file, the display control process comprising:

selecting a type of contents for the file in accordance with the user'"'"'s operation to the remote controller;

controlling reception of file attribute information coming from the another device about an attribute provided to the folder indicating the type of contents for the file stored in the folder at the another device, the file attribute information provided to the folder being other than information provided to the file to indicate type of contents for the file;

determining a determination result indicating whether the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device from information about contents in the another device that is received, wherein the determining includes, when the determination result is the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device, determining, based on the file attribute information, whether the another device is recorded with a file of a type of contents same as the selected type and whether the folder is provided with the attribute of the selected type; and

controlling, when the folder is determined as not being provided with the attribute of the selected type, the list display to cause the folder to be displayed in a predetermined color.

11. The medium according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined color is grey.

8. A display control device that controls, in response to user'"'"'s operation to a remote controller, a list display of a file of contents accumulated in another device connected over a network, and a list display of a folder in a hierarchy for storing the file, the display control device comprising:

a type selection unit configured to select a type of contents for the file in accordance with the user'"'"'s operation to the remote controller;

a reception control unit configured to control reception of file attribute information coming from the another device about an attribute provided to the folder indicating the type of contents for the file stored in the folder at the another device, the file attribute information provided to the folder being other than information provided to the file to indicate type of contents for the file;

an attribute determination unit configured to determine (i) a determination result indicating whether the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device from information about contents in the another device received by the reception control unit, and (ii) when the determination result is the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device, based on the file attribute information, whether the another device is recorded with a file of a type of contents same as the selected type and whether the folder is provided with the attribute of the selected type; and

a display control unit configured to control, when the folder is determined as not being provided with the attribute of the selected type, the list display to cause the folder to be displayed in a predetermined color.

12. The display control device according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined color is grey.