Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program

• US 8,750,802 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2011
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsubara, Naoki, Isshi, Toyohide, Mine, Aramu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US13/097,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20110294433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.3
• US Class Current: 455/41.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, a reception processing section, a received data processing section which acquires information obtained by communication with the communication partner device, a display section which displays the information, and a display processing section which executes processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire information obtained by short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, and

execute processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information, the circuitry being configured to perform processing of displaying the information in a circular fashion surrounding the communication partner device, the communication partner device being at a center of the displayed information; and

a display device configured to display the information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the information includes at least one of information related to a type of data held by the communication partner device, identification information for identifying the communication partner device, and information related to a communication status when communicating with the communication partner device.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the communication partner device is placed, in a state of a connection of communication being established, in a territory within the display device or at a lateral side of the display device.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the circuitry is configured to perform display processing in a manner that data appears to pop-out of the communication partner device in a vicinity of the communication partner device with the communication partner device being at the center of the data.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to perform display processing in a manner that a ripple propagates on the display device depending on the content of the information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the circuitry is configured to perform processing in a manner that speed, frequency, and amplitude of the ripple propagation differ depending on the content of the information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to perform processing of determining and displaying a display position within the display device depending on the content of the information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to perform display processing in a manner that a display state in a case of the information being available differs from a display state in a case of the information being unavailable.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to perform display processing in a manner that information already displayed on the display device is kept away from the information to be newly displayed.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to perform display processing that works in conjunction with a display of a display device included in the communication partner device.

11. An information processing system comprising:

a first device which communicates with a second device by short-range one-to-one communication; and

the second device which includes

circuitry configured to

acquire information obtained by short-range one-to-one communication with the first device, and

execute processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information, the circuitry being configured to perform processing of displaying the information in a circular fashion surrounding the first device, the first device being at a center of the displayed information, and

a display device configured to display the information.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus, the computer executable instructions causing the computer to perform a method comprising:

acquiring information obtained by short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device;

displaying the information based on a content of the information, the displaying displaying the information in a circular fashion surrounding the communication partner device, the communication partner device being at a center of the displayed information.