Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program

• US 9,400,628 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2014
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• 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:
  US14/268,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.3, 345/1.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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:

a communication section configured to perform short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device;

an information acquisition section configured to acquire information obtained by communication with the communication partner device;

a display section configured to display the information; and

a display processing section configured to execute processing of displaying a user interface (UI) including the information based on a content of the information,

wherein the UI comprises a ripple that moves on the display section depending on the content of the acquired information, with the communication partner device as a center of the ripple.

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 section or at a lateral side of the display section.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, in an event the communication partner device is placed on the display section, the display processing section is configured to perform processing of displaying the UI such that the information is displayed on a circumference with the communication partner device as a center.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing section is configured to perform display processing in a manner that speed, frequency, and amplitude of the ripple movement differ depending on the content of the information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display processing section is configured to perform display processing in a manner that data is flown off in a vicinity of the communication partner device with the communication partner device as a center.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing section is configured to perform processing of determining and displaying a display position within the display section depending on the content of the information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing section 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 display processing section configured to perform display processing in a manner that information already displayed on the display section is kept away from the information to be newly displayed.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing section configured to perform display processing that works in conjunction with a display of a display section included in the communication partner device.

11. An information processing system comprising:

a first device configured to communicate with a second device by short-range one-to-one communication; and

the second device which includes;

a communication section configured to perform short-range one-to-one communication with the first device,

an information acquisition section configured to acquire information obtained by communication with the first device,

a display section configured to display the information, and

a display processing section configured to execute processing of displaying a user interface (UI) including the information based on a content of the information,

wherein the UI comprises a ripple that moves on the display section depending on the content of the acquired information, with the first device as a center of the ripple.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions causing a computer, which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device to perform steps comprising,

acquiring information obtained by communication with the communication partner device,

displaying the information, and

executing processing of displaying a user interface (UI) including the information based on a content of the information,

wherein the UI comprises a ripple that moves on the computer depending on the content of the acquired information, with the communication partner device as a center of the ripple.