MENU SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND MENU SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20100313136A1
• Filed: 06/09/2010
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: YAMADA, Yoshito, SAWA, Kazuhide, ISHIMARU, Dai, OKUBO, Yoshimasa, KATAOKA, Hideo, TSUCHIUCHI, Takayasu, YOSHIZAWA, Junichi
• Application Number:
  US12/797,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20100313136A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/739
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus includes a memory, an output module, and a setting module. The memory is configured to store first menu configuration information to compose a first menu screen and second menu configuration information to compose a second menu screen. The output module is configured to output first menu screen display information to display the first menu screen based on the first menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection operation of the first menu screen, and to output second menu screen display information to display the second menu screen based on the second menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection operation of the second menu screen. The setting module is configured to set one of the first menu screen and the second menu screen as a top menu displayed at a startup timing.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store first menu configuration information for a first menu screen and second menu configuration information for a second menu screen;

an output module configured to output first menu screen display information based on the first menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection of the first menu screen, and to output second menu screen display information based on the second menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection of the second menu screen; and

a setting module configured to set one of the first menu screen and the second menu screen as a top menu displayed at a start time,

wherein the first menu screen comprises playback application items for individually launching playback applications corresponding to content sources, and

the second menu screen comprises network application items for individually launching network applications corresponding to network services.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first menu screen comprises the playback application items having different display sizes, and

the second menu screen comprises the network application items having a uniform display size.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the output module is configured to output the first menu screen display information to display an unselected playback application item in a first display size, and to display a selected playback application item in a second display size larger than the first display size.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first menu screen comprises a first switching item for switching from the first menu screen to the second menu screen, and

the second menu screen comprises a second switching item for switching from the second menu screen to the first menu screen.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the network application items comprise advertisement information corresponding to data downloaded from an external server.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store the first menu configuration information prepared in advance, and the second menu configuration information updated by data downloaded from an external server.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store a previous selection of the first menu screen or the second menu screen, and

the output module is configured to output either one of the first menu screen display information and the second menu screen display information in correspondence with the previous selection stored in the memory.

8. A menu display method comprising:

outputting first menu screen display information to display a first menu screen based on first menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection of the first menu screen; and

outputting second menu screen display information to display a second menu screen based on second menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection of the second menu screen,

wherein the first menu screen comprises playback application items for individually launching playback applications corresponding to content sources, and

the second menu screen comprises network application items for individually launching network applications corresponding to network services.