INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20150046860A1
• Filed: 07/01/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SUTOU, Yasuhiro, Kitano, Hiroaki, Kawano, Midori
• Granted Patent: US 10,042,541 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor configured to cause a display to show a screen, the screen including an input area which accepts a text input or a drag & drop input performed by a user, a first icon which is associated with the input area and executes a first operation based on an input accepted by the input area, a second icon which is associated with the input area and executes a second operation based on an input accepted by the input area, the second operation being different from the first operation, a first display area for information acquired by the first operation, and a second display area for information acquired by the second operation.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising

a processor configured to cause a display to show a screen, the screen including

an input area which accepts a text input or a drag &

drop input performed by a user,

a first icon which is associated with the input area and executes a first operation based on an input accepted by the input area,

a second icon which is associated with the input area and executes a second operation based on an input accepted by the input area, the second operation being different from the first operation,

a first display area for information acquired by the first operation, and

a second display area for information acquired by the second operation.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the input area accepts a drag &

drop input of an object displayed in the first display area or in the second display area.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the first operation in a different way in accordance with a type or an attribute of the object.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the first operation in a different way in accordance with a file format of the object.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the first operation in a different way in accordance with whether metadata of a given type is associated with the object.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the first operation includes information search on a network using as a condition an input accepted by the input area, and

wherein the processor selects a different information search service in accordance with the type or the attribute of the object.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the input area further accepts, successively to the text input or the drag &

drop input, another one of the text input or the drag &

drop input.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the input area accepts both the text input and the drag &

drop input which are successive to each other.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first icon and the second icon are placed near both ends of the input area, respectively.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first display area and the second display area are displayed as areas separated from each other.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first display area and the second display area are displayed in a switchable manner in a common area.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first display area and the second display area are displayed alternately in a common area.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first operation includes information search on a network using as a condition an input accepted by the input area, and

wherein the second operation includes posting the input accepted by the input area on social media.

14. An information processing method performed by a processor, the method comprising

causing a display to show a screen, the screen including

an input area which accepts a text input or a drag &

drop input performed by a user,

a first icon which is associated with the input area and executes a first operation based on an input accepted by the input area,

a second icon which is associated with the input area and executes a second operation based on an input accepted by the input area, the second operation being different from the first operation,

a first display area for information acquired by the first operation, and

a second display area for information acquired by the second operation.