DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150033253A1
• Filed: 02/19/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nec Casio Communications, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoshioka, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 10,142,691 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4113 PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

Currently delivered content data of contents are received and are each able to be output to an output unit. An estimated value for evaluating a posting status of posted information, that is posted on a Web page in association with the content, is computed. Based on the estimated value, it is determined whether or not a switching condition for switching a main content among the contents, that is being output to the output unit, to a sub-content among the contents, that is not being output to the output unit, is satisfied. If it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, information utilized to switch the content is output to the output unit.

Claims

1. A display system comprising:

a communication unit that receives currently delivered content data of contents which are each able to be output to an output unit;

an estimated value computation unit that computes an estimated value for evaluating a posting status of posted information that is posted on a Web page in association with the content;

a determination unit that determines, based on the estimated value, whether or not a switching condition for switching a main content among said contents, that is being output to the output unit, to a sub-content among said contents, that is not being output to the output unit, is satisfied; and

an output control unit that controls, if it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output unit to output information utilized to switch the content.

2. The display system in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

the output control unit controls the output unit to output, as the information utilized to switch the content, information for switching to the sub-content whose estimated value is higher than that of the main content.

3. The display system in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

when the estimated value for the main content is less than a predetermined threshold, the determination unit determines that the switching condition is satisfied.

4. The display system in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

when the estimated value for the main content is less than the estimated value for the sub-content, the determination unit determines that the switching condition is satisfied.

5. The display system in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

when it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output control unit switches the content output to the output unit to the sub-content whose estimated value is higher than that of the main content.

6. The display system in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

the output control unit controls the output unit to output the estimated value computed by the estimated value computation unit.

7. The display system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

an operation unit that detects an operation input onto an operation image part that is output and displayed at the output unit,

wherein the output control unit controls the output unit to output and display the operation image part for switching from the main content to the sub-content

11. The display system in accordance with claim 2, wherein:

when the estimated value for the main content is less than a predetermined threshold, the determination unit determines that the switching condition is satisfied.

12. The display system in accordance with claim 2, wherein:

when the estimated value for the main content is less than the estimated value for the sub-content, the determination unit determines that the switching condition is satisfied.

13. The display system in accordance with claim 3, wherein:

when the estimated value for the main content is less than the estimated value for the sub-content, the determination unit determines that the switching condition is satisfied.

14. The display system in accordance with claim 2, wherein:

when it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output control unit switches the content output to the output unit to the sub-content whose estimated value is higher than that of the main content.

15. The display system in accordance with claim 3, wherein:

when it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output control unit switches the content output to the output unit to the sub-content whose estimated value is higher than that of the main content.

16. The display system in accordance with claim 4, wherein:

when it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output control unit switches the content output to the output unit to the sub-content whose estimated value is higher than that of the main content.

17. The display system in accordance with claim 2, wherein:

the output control unit controls the output unit to output the estimated value computed by the estimated value computation unit.

18. The display system in accordance with claim 3, wherein:

the output control unit controls the output unit to output the estimated value computed by the estimated value computation unit.

19. The display system in accordance with claim 4, wherein:

the output control unit controls the output unit to output the estimated value computed by the estimated value computation unit.

20. The display system in accordance with claim 5, wherein:

the output control unit controls the output unit to output the estimated value computed by the estimated value computation unit.

8. A display apparatus comprising:

a communication unit that receives currently delivered content data of contents which are each able to be output to an output unit;

an estimated value computation unit that computes an estimated value for evaluating a posting status of posted information that is posted on a Web page in association with the content;

a determination unit that determines, based on the estimated value, whether or not a switching condition for switching a main content among said contents, that is being output to the output unit, to a sub-content among said contents, that is not being output to the output unit, is satisfied; and

an output control unit that controls, if it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output unit to output information utilized to switch the content.

9. A display method comprising:

a step that receives currently delivered content data of contents which are each able to be output to an output unit;

a step that computes an estimated value for evaluating a posting status of posted information that is posted on a Web page in association with the content;

a step that determines, based on the estimated value, whether or not a switching condition for switching a main content among said contents, that is being output to the output unit, to a sub-content among said contents, that is not being output to the output unit, is satisfied; and

a step that controls, if it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output unit to output information utilized to switch the content.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program that makes a computer function as:

a communication device that receives currently delivered content data of contents which are each able to be output to an output unit;

an estimated value computation device that computes an estimated value for evaluating a posting status of posted information that is posted on a Web page in association with the content;

a determination device that determines, based on the estimated value, whether or not a switching condition for switching a main content among said contents, that is being output to the output unit, to a sub-content among said contents, that is not being output to the output unit, is satisfied; and

an output control device that controls, if it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, the output unit to output information utilized to switch the content.