Apparatus and method for displaying log information associated with a plurality of displayed contents

• US 9,342,813 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2008
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gvbb Holdings SARL (Vislink Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Gvbb Holdings SARL (Vislink Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Oishi, Kyoji
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burwell, Joseph R
• Application Number:
  US12/737,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20110083093A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,895 Days
• Field of Search: 715/772
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying log information, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving at least one content and correlation information; the correlation information including correlation that correlates each of a plurality of segments formed at a display and each of the at least one content outputted to the plurality of segments, an output unit for outputting the at least one content to the plurality of segments based on the correlation information; and a processor; wherein the processor is configured to generate the log information including segment information and content information, the log information representing content output history, the segment information identifying each of the plurality of segments, and the content information identifying each of the at least one content, extract part of the log information based on either of the segment information or the content information, and output the extracted log information.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying log information, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive multimedia content and correlation information, the correlation information for associating each of a plurality of segments formed at a display;

an output unit configured to output at least one multimedia content to each of the plurality of segments based on the correlation information, each segment being a display region, formed at a part of the display, where the output multimedia content is displayed; and

a processor configured to;

generate the log information including segment information and content information, the log information representing content output history, the segment information identifying each of the plurality of segments, and the content information identifying each of the at least one multimedia content, wherein the content output history comprises malfunction information representing a malfunction in displaying the multimedia content in a correlated segment;

present a segment designation window at the correlated segment, the segment designation window configured to receive a user selection of the segment having the malfunction in displaying the multimedia content;

receive a designation of the correlated segment;

extract part of the log information based on the received correlated segment information;

output for display the extracted log information for the correlated segment.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to generate log information further including time information indicating a time of generation of the log information, and further extract part of the log information based on the time information.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correlation information includes output time information indicating a predetermined time of outputting each of the at least one multimedia content, and being correlated to each of the plurality of segments and each of the at least one multimedia content;

the processor is further configured to;

output the at least one multimedia content to each of the plurality of segments at the predetermined time; and

extract the generated log information based on the output time information.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to extract part of the log information further based on a priority level, and

output at least either of segment information or content information included in the extracted log information together with the priority level.

5. A method for displaying log information, comprising steps of:

receiving content and correlation information, the correlation information for associating each of a plurality of segments formed at a display;

outputting at least one multimedia content to each of the plurality of segments based on the correlation information, each segment being a display region, formed at a part of the display, where the outputted content is displayed;

generating the log information including segment information and content information, the log information representing content output history, the segment information identifying each of the plurality of segments, and the content information identifying each of the at least one multimedia content, wherein the content output history comprises malfunction information representing a malfunction in displaying the multimedia content in a correlated segment;

presenting a segment designation window at the correlated segment, the segment designation window configured to receive a user selection of the segment having the malfunction in displaying the multimedia content;

receiving a designation of the correlated segment;

extracting part of the log information based on the received designation of the correlated segment;

outputting for display the extracted log information for the correlated segment.

6. The method for displaying log information according to claim 5, wherein the log generating step generates log information further including time information indicating a time of generation of the log information;

and

the extracting step further extracts part of the log information based on the time information.

7. The method for displaying log information according to claim 5, wherein the correlation information includes output time information indicating a predetermined time of outputting each of the at least one multimedia content, and being correlated to each of the plurality of segments and each of the at least one multimedia content;

the outputting step outputs the at least one content to each of the plurality of segments at the predetermined time; and

the extracting step further extracts the generated log information based on the output time information.

8. The method for displaying log information according to claim 5, wherein the extracting step extracts part of the log information based on a priority level, and

the outputting step outputs at least either of segment information or content information included in the extracted log information together with the priority level.

9. A computer program product comprising instructions on a nontransitory computer readable medium, the instructions causing a computer to execute the steps of:

receiving content and correlation information, the correlation information for associating each of a plurality of segments formed at a display;

outputting at least one multimedia content to each of the plurality of segments based on the correlation information, each segment being a display region, formed at a part of the display, where the outputted multimedia content is displayed;

generating log information including segment information and content information, the log information representing multimedia content output history, the segment information identifying each of the plurality of segments, and the content information identifying each of the at least one multimedia content, wherein the content output history comprises malfunction information representing a malfunction in displaying the multimedia content in a correlated segment;

presenting a segment designation window at the correlated segment, the segment designation window configured to receive a user selection of the segment having the malfunction in displaying the multimedia content;

receiving a designation of the correlated segment;

extracting part of the log information based on the received designation of the correlated segment information;

outputting output for display the extracted log information for the correlated segment.

10. A system for displaying log information, comprising:

a correlation generating unit for generating correlation information that correlates each of a plurality of segments formed at a display;

an output unit configured to output at least one multimedia content to each of the plurality of segments based on the correlation information, each segment being a display region, formed at a part of the display, where the outputted multimedia content is displayed; and

a processor configured to;

generate the log information including segment information and content information, the log information representing content output history, the segment information identifying each of the plurality of segments, and the content information identifying each of the at least one content, wherein the content output history comprises malfunction information representing a malfunction in displaying the multimedia content in a correlated segment;

present a segment designation window at the correlated segment, the segment designation window configured to receive a user selection of the segment having the malfunction in displaying the multimedia content;

receive a designation of the correlated segment;

extract part of the log information based on the received designation of the correlated segment;

output the extracted log information for the correlated segment.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the extracted part of the log information is a most recently generated log entry extracted based on the user selection.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to provide a selectable display option, which when selected causes additional log entries that comprise the received selection to display.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of segments at the display is associated with content of a different media format.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a selection of time information in addition to the received selection of the display region, wherein the time information indicates a time that a content is output to a display region.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

present selectable criteria to a user, wherein the selectable criteria comprises each of the plurality of segments of the display.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

present selectable criteria to a user, wherein the selectable criteria comprises content associated with the plurality of segments formed at the display.

17. A method for displaying log information, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of display regions on a display for displaying content of different media formats;

associating each of the plurality of display regions with a content, wherein the association indicates which content is to output to which display region, wherein the associated content comprises multimedia content;

generating log information for the plurality of display regions, wherein the log information comprises the plurality of display regions and content associated with the plurality of display regions and content output history, wherein the content output history comprises malfunction information representing a malfunction in displaying the multimedia content in an associated display region;

presenting a display region designation window at the associated display region, the display region designation window configured to receive a user selection of the display region having the malfunction in displaying the multimedia content;

receiving a selection of the associated display region;

extracting, from the log information, a portion of the log information based on received selection of the associated display region;

outputting the extracted portion of the log information for display for the associated display region.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the extracted portion of the log information is a most recently generated log entry extracted based on the received selection.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising providing a selectable display option, which when selected causes additional log entries that comprise the received selection to display.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein each display region of the plurality of display regions is associated with content of a different media format.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving a selection of time information in addition to the received selection of the display region, wherein the time information indicates a time that a content is output to a display region.

22. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

presenting selectable criteria to a user, wherein the selectable criteria comprises each of the plurality of display regions.

23. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

presenting selectable criteria to a user, wherein the selectable criteria comprises content associated with the plurality of display regions.