Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

• US 9,600,498 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2010
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ohwa, Tsunayuki, Inoue, Satoru, Satoh, Nariaki, Yuhara, Shinji, Ito, Daiki, Usami, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Chu, David H
• Application Number:
  US12/693,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20100188421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,611 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores a plurality of templates having different predetermined designs with template attribute information, the plurality of templates each being applied to a display of a content including at least one of a document and an image with the content being laid out on the template. The control section performs a matching processing of component information, as a search key, of the content with the template attribute information, and selects, as a template corresponding to the content to be applied to the display of the content, a template whose template attribute information has a higher match rate than others.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a storage section configured to store a plurality of templates with template attribute information, each template configured to be capable of being applied to a display of a content of a message with the content being laid out on the template, and each template being displayed in a form of a post card on a display device; and

a control section configured to

cause the display device to display, for an unopened message, only at least one of message transmission destination or source information on the post card;

perform an opening process, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the unopened message, to cause the display device to switch from displaying only at least one of message transmission destination or source information to displaying the content of the message on the post card; and

cause the display device to display, in response to the user'"'"'s selection of a previously read message that has been subjected to the opening process, the post card showing the content of the previously read message and without showing the message transmission destination or source information, to enable the user to view the content of the previously opened message without performing the opening process again.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control section extracts a search keyword from document information included in the content, performs a matching processing of the extracted search keyword with data included in the template attribute information, and selects, as the template to be applied to the display of the content, the template whose template attribute information having higher match rate than other templates.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the control section extracts metadata of the image included in the content, performs the matching processing of the extracted metadata with data included in the template attribute information, and selects, as the template to be applied to the display of the content, the template whose template attribute information having the higher match rate than the other templates.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the metadata of the image is image-taking date and time information of the image included in the content, and

wherein the control section performs the matching processing of the image-taking date and time information with the data included in the template attribute information, and selects, as the template to be applied to the display of the content, the template whose attribute information being judged to be one of the same image-taking date and time information and a similar image-taking date and time information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the metadata of the image is image-taking positional information of the image included in the content, and

wherein the control section performs the matching processing of the image-taking positional information with the data included in the template attribute information, and selects, as the template to be applied to the display of the content, the template whose attribute information being judged to be one of the same image-taking positional information and a similar image-taking positional information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the information processing apparatus is a relay server for the message that is transmitted and received among a plurality of communication apparatuses,

wherein the control section performs the matching processing using the component information of the message as the search key, selects, as the template to be applied to the display of the content, the template whose template attribute information having the higher match rate than the other templates, and provides, to a message reception apparatus, display data in the form of the post card in which the component information of the message is laid out on the selected template.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control section further sets link information indicating that the template is corresponding to the read or opened message, and sets link information indicating that the temperate corresponding to the unread or unopened message.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control section further sets identification information indicating whether a message has already been read or opened.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the storage section stores at least one of the link information associated with the read or opened message or the link information associated with the unread or unopened message.

16. The information processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the storage section stores the identification information with the link information associated with the read or opened message or the link information associated with the unread or unopened message.

7. An information processing method executed in an information processing apparatus, comprising:

selecting, by a control section, a template to be applied to a display of a content of a message, the content including at least one of a document or an image, the template having a predetermined design, and being displayed in a form of a post card on a display device;

causing, by the control section, the display device to display, for an unopened message, only at least one of message transmission destination or source information on the post card;

performing, by the control section, an opening process, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the unopened message, to cause the display device to switch from displaying only at least one of message transmission destination or source information to displaying the content of the message on the post card; and

causing, by the control section, the display device to display, in response to the user'"'"'s selection of a previously read message that has been subjected to the opening process, the post card showing the content of the previously read message and without showing the message transmission destination or source information, to enable the user to view the content of the previously opened message without performing the opening process again.

8. The information processing method of claim 7, further comprising:

setting link information indicating that the template is corresponding to the read or opened message; and

setting link information indicating that the temperate corresponding to the unread or unopened message.

9. The information processing method of claim 8, further comprising:

setting identification information indicating whether a message has already been read or opened.

10. The information processing method of claim 8, further comprising:

storing at least one of the link information associated with the read or opened message or the link information associated with the unread or unopened message.

11. The information processing method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing the identification information with the link information associated with the read or opened message or the link information associated with the unread or unopened message.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a program, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, causes the information processing apparatus to execute an information processing, the information processing comprising:

causing, by a control section, to select a template to be applied to a display of a content of a message, the content including at least one of a document or an image, and being laid out on the template, the template having a predetermined design, and being displayed in a form of a post card on a display device;

causing, by the control section, the display device to display, for an unopened message, only at least one of message transmission destination or source information on the post card;

performing, by the control section, an opening process, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the unopened message, to cause the display device to switch from displaying only at least one of message transmission destination or source information to displaying the content of the message on the post card; and

causing, by the control section, the display device to display, in response to the user'"'"'s selection of a previously read message that has been subjected to the opening process, the post card showing the content of the previously read message and without showing the message transmission destination or source information, to enable the user to view the content of the previously opened message without performing the opening process again.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, the information processing further comprising:

setting link information indicating that the template is corresponding to the read or opened message; and

setting link information indicating that the temperate corresponding to the unread or unopened message.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the information processing further comprising:

setting identification information indicating whether a message has already been read or opened.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the information processing further comprising:

storing at least one of the link information associated with the read or opened message or the link information associated with the unread or unopened message.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, the information processing further comprising:

storing the identification information with the link information associated with the read or opened message or the link information associated with the unread or unopened message.