Data display method and reproduction apparatus

• US 8,458,616 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2006
• Issued: 06/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kinouchi, Takashi, Tsukazaki, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
• Application Number:
  US11/416,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20080154953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,589 Days
• Field of Search: 715/807, 715/715
• US Class Current: 715/807
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

To provide a data display method for displaying an attribute item information linked to a content data on a display screen, having the following steps of: displaying a list including an attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of content data in a predetermined region of the display screen, and displaying, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, the list and a plurality of attribute item information linked to a content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information in part of the predetermined region.

Claims

1. A data display method for displaying attribute item information linked to content data on a touch display screen of a portable audio reproduction apparatus, comprising:

displaying, in the touch display screen, a list including a plurality of attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of different content data in a first predetermined region spanning a width of the display screen of the portable audio reproduction apparatus;

displaying, in response to selection of an attribute item information from the list, a plurality of attribute item information linked to content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information in a second predetermined region spanning the width of the display screen;

displaying status information of the portable audio reproduction apparatus in a third predetermined region spanning the width of the display screen;

rearranging a reproduction order of a predetermined attribute item information displayed in the list of the plurality of attribute item information via a user operation of touching the predetermined attribute item information in the touch display screen and dragging the predetermined attribute item information to another location on the touch display screen; and

reproducing the different content data according to the changed reproduction order,

wherein, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, a reproduction order list arranged with the attribute item information of a plurality of different content data in the reproduction order based on the reproduction mode is displayed, and a plurality of other attribute item information linked to the content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information is displayed in a portion adjacent to a position where the selected attribute item information is displayed.

2. The data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when the predetermined attribute item information is selected from the list to reproduce the content data linked thereto, a plurality of additional attribute item information linked to the content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information is displayed, and a reproduction order list arranged with an attribute item information of a plurality of content data in a reproduction order based on a reproduction mode is displayed.

3. The data display method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the reproduction mode is a shuffled reproduction mode and a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in a reproduction order determined randomly.

4. The data display method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the reproduction mode is a mode for reproducing in an order based on released dates of the different content data and a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in the released-date order.

5. The data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when detecting that a predetermined attribute item information is removed from a subject to be reproduced in the list arranged with the plurality of attribute item information in the reproduction order, a reproduction of a content data corresponding to the predetermined attribute item information is avoided.

6. The data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected in a plurality of other attribute item information linked to the different content data in reproducing a content data corresponding to the attribute item information selected from the list, a list including a plurality of attribute item information associated with the attribute of the selected predetermined attribute item information is displayed in place of the reproduction order list.

7. The data display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the different content data includes music data,

a list including a track name information of the attribute item information of the music data is displayed in the first predetermined region, and

when a predetermined track name information is selected for reproduction from the list, at least an album name information, an artist name information, and track name information in the music data corresponding to the selected track name information are displayed in the second predetermined region and a reproduction order list arranged with the track names of a plurality of content data in the reproduction order based on the reproduction mode, the reproduction order list being displayed in the first predetermined region.

8. The data display method according to claim 1, wherein the attribute item information is associated with the content data in a table stored in a storage unit of the portable audio reproduction device.

9. The data display method according to claim 1, wherein the third predetermined region is displayed in the top portion of the display screen.

10. The data display method of claim 1, further comprising:

deleting the predetermined attribute item information displayed in the list of the plurality of attribute item information via a user operation of touching the predetermined attribute item information in the touch display screen and dragging the predetermined attribute item information in a predetermined direction.

11. A portable audio reproduction apparatus for reproducing a content data comprising:

a touch display screen;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce different content data;

a display unit configured to display attribute information associated with the different content data; and

a control unit connected to the display unit through a bus, and configured to cause the display unit to display, in a first predetermined section on the touch display screen, a list including a plurality of attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of content data, and, in response to selection of a predetermined attribute item information from the list to reproduced content data, cause the display unit to display in a second predetermined section a plurality of other attribute item information linked to a content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information, and configured to cause the display unit to display in a third predetermined section portable audio reproduction apparatus status information,

the control unit further configured to;

rearrange a reproduction order of the predetermined attribute item information displayed in the list of the plurality of attribute item information via a user operation of touching the predetermined attribute item information in the touch display screen and dragging the predetermined attribute item information to another location on the touch display screen, and

reproduce the different content data according to the changed reproduction order, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display a reproduction order list arranged with an attribute item information of a plurality of different content data in a reproduction order based on the reproduction mode and to display a plurality of other attribute item information linked to the content data corresponding to the selected attribute item information in a portion adjacent to a position where the selected attribute item information is displayed.

12. The portable audio reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein the control unit, when detecting that the predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, causes the display unit to display a reproduction order list arranged with an attribute item information of a plurality of different content data in a reproduction order based on a reproduction mode and to display a plurality of other attribute item information linked to a content data corresponding to the selected reproduction information in part of the predetermined section.

13. The portable audio reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 12, wherein the reproduction mode is a shuffled reproduction mode and a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in a reproduction order determined randomly.

14. The portable audio reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 12, wherein the reproduction mode is a mode for reproducing in an order based on released days of the content data, and a plurality of attribute item information is displayed in the released-day order.

15. The portable audio reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein, when detecting that a predetermined attribute item information is removed from a subject to be reproduced in the reproduction order list, the control unit avoids a reproduction of a content data corresponding to the predetermined attribute item information.

16. The portable audio reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein, when detecting that a predetermined attribute item information is selected in a plurality of attribute item information linked to a reproducing content data in reproducing the content data corresponding to the attribute item information selected from the list, the control unit causes the display unit to display a list including a plurality of attribute item information associated with an attribute of the selected predetermined attribute item information in place of the reproduction order list.

17. The portable audio reproduction apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces a music data, and

the control unit causes the display unit to display a list including a track name information indicating a track name of the music data, and, when detecting that a predetermined track name information is selected for reproduction from the list, to display at least an album name information and an artist name information of the music data linked to the selected track name information and to display a reproduction order list arranged with a track name of a plurality of content data in a reproduction order based on the reproduction mode.

18. The portable audio reproduction device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a table associating the attribute item information with the content data.

19. The portable audio reproduction device according to claim 11, wherein the control unit is configured to display the third predetermined section in the top portion of the display unit.