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US 10,372,303 B2Granted
Device and method for selection and reproduction of content
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKeiichiro Yamada
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a controller configured to generate a plurality of groups of content, control a display to display at least one content from each of at least two of the plurality of groups of content, and control the display to change display of the at least two of the plurality of groups of content based on a user command. Each group includes a plurality of content stored on a storage unit. The controller generates the plurality of groups based on information describing a selected content and information describing other content.
Claims14
An apparatus, comprising:
- a touch screen panel comprising a display screen;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive a first user operation on the touch screen panel to execute an application program of the apparatus;
- select a first target content in response to the received first user operation;
- control, based on the first user operation, the touch screen panel to display a first image corresponding to the first target content at a predetermined position on the display screen;
- control, based on the first user operation, the apparatus to reproduce a first content item corresponding to the first target content;
- generate a plurality of groups of contents based on metadata of the first target content;
- control, based on the first user operation, the touch screen panel to display at least two groups of the plurality of groups of contents,
- wherein
- a first group, of the displayed at least two groups, comprises a first plurality of images,
- each of the first plurality of images corresponds to a respective content item of a first plurality of content items of the first group,
- the first plurality of images are displayed, at a first position aligned, in a first direction, with the first image corresponding to the first target content displayed at the predetermined position,
- a second group, of the displayed at least two groups, comprises a second plurality of images,
- each of the second plurality of images corresponds to a respective content item of a second plurality of content items of the second group, and
- the second plurality of images are displayed at a second position aligned with the first plurality of images in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- control the touch screen panel to highlight each of the first plurality of images of the first group displayed at the first position based on a priority of a reproduction turn, of the first plurality of content items of the first group, that is higher with respect to a priority of a reproduction turn of the second plurality of content items of the second group displayed at the second position,
- wherein each of the first plurality of images of the first group is highlighted by display of each of the first plurality of images of the first group inside double frame lines;
- receive a second user operation on the touch screen panel, wherein the second user operation is in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- control, based on the second user operation, the touch screen panel to move the second plurality of images, along the second direction, from the second position to the first position aligned, in the first direction, with the first image corresponding to the first target content displayed at the predetermined position, and move the first plurality of images, along the second direction, from the first position to a third position;
- control the touch screen panel to highlight each of the second plurality of images of the second group moved to the first position based on the priority of the reproduction turn, of the second plurality of content items of the second group, being higher with respect to the priority of the reproduction turn of the first plurality of content items of the first group moved to the third position,
- wherein each of the second plurality of images of the second group is highlighted by display of each of the second plurality of images of the second group inside the double frame lines;
- receive a third user operation on the touch screen panel, wherein the third user operation is in the first direction;
- select, based on the third user operation, a second target content from the second plurality of content items of the second group;
- control, based on the third user operation, the touch screen panel to display a second image corresponding to the selected second target content at the predetermined position on the display screen;
- control, based on the third user operation, the apparatus to reproduce a second content item corresponding to the second target content;
- regenerate the plurality of groups of contents based on metadata of the second target content;
- and
- control, based on the third user operation, the touch screen panel to update the displayed at least two groups based on the regenerated plurality of groups.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a first user operation on a touch screen panel of an apparatus, the touch screen panel comprising a display screen, to execute an application program of the apparatus;
- selecting a first target content in response to the received first user operation;
- controlling, based on the first user operation, the touch screen panel to display a first image corresponding to the first target content at a predetermined position on the display screen;
- controlling, based on the first user operation, the apparatus to reproduce a first content item corresponding to the first target content;
- generating a plurality of groups of contents based on metadata of the first target content;
- controlling, based on the first user operation, the touch screen panel to display at least two groups of the plurality of groups of contents,
- wherein a first group of the displayed at least two groups comprises a first plurality of images,
- each of the first plurality of images corresponds to a respective content item of a first plurality of content items of the first group,
- the first plurality of images are displayed, at a first position aligned, in a first direction, with the first image corresponding to the first target content displayed at the predetermined position,
- a second group of the displayed at least two groups comprises a second plurality of images,
- each of the second plurality of images corresponds to a respective content item of a second plurality of content items of the second group, and
- the second plurality of images are displayed at a second position aligned with the first plurality of images in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- controlling the touch screen panel to highlight each of the first plurality of images of the first group displayed at the first position based on a priority of a reproduction turn, of the first plurality of content items of the first group, that is higher with respect to a priority of a reproduction turn of the second plurality of content items of the second group displayed at the second position,
- wherein each of the first plurality of images of the first group is highlighted by display of each of the first plurality of images of the first group inside double frame lines;
- receiving a second user operation on the touch screen panel,
- wherein the second user operation is in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- controlling, based on the second user operation, the touch screen panel to move the second plurality of images, along the second direction, from the second position to the first position aligned, in the first direction, with the first image corresponding to the first target content displayed at the predetermined position, and move the first plurality of images, along the second direction, from the first position to a third position;
- controlling the touch screen panel to highlight each of the second plurality of images of the second group moved to the first position based on the priority of the reproduction turn, of the second plurality of content items of the second group, being higher with respect to the priority of the reproduction turn of the first plurality of content items of the first group moved to the third position,
- wherein each of the second plurality of images of the second group is highlighted by display of each of the second plurality of images of the second group inside the double frame lines;
- receiving a third user operation on the touch screen panel,
- wherein the third user operation is in the first direction;
- selecting, based on the third user operation, a second target content from the second plurality of content items of the second group;
- controlling, based on the third user operation, the touch screen panel to display a second image corresponding to the selected second target content at the predetermined position on the display screen;
- controlling, based on the third user operation, the apparatus to reproduce a second content item corresponding to the second target content;
- regenerating the plurality of groups of contents based on metadata of the second target content;
- and
- controlling, based on the third user operation, the touch screen panel to update the displayed at least two groups based on the regenerated plurality of groups.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor in an apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a first user operation on a touch screen panel of the apparatus, the touch screen panel comprising a display screen, to execute an application program of the apparatus;
- selecting a first target content in response to the received first user operation;
- controlling, based on the first user operation, the touch screen panel to display a first image corresponding to the first target content at a predetermined position on the display screen;
- controlling, based on the first user operation, the apparatus to reproduce a first content item corresponding to the first target content;
- generating a plurality of groups of contents based on metadata of the first target content;
- controlling, based on the first user operation, the touch screen panel to display at least two groups of the plurality of groups of contents,
- wherein a first group of the displayed at least two groups comprises a first plurality of images,
- each of the first plurality of images corresponds to a respective content item of a first plurality of content items of the first group,
- the first plurality of images are displayed, at a first position aligned, in a first direction, with the first image corresponding to the first target content displayed at the predetermined position,
- a second group of the displayed at least two groups comprises a second plurality of images,
- each of the second plurality of images corresponds to a respective content item of a second plurality of content items of the second group, and
- the second plurality of images are displayed at a second position aligned with the first plurality of images in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- controlling the touch screen panel to highlight each of the first plurality of images of the first group displayed at the first position based on a priority of a reproduction turn, of the first plurality of content items of the first group, that is higher with respect to a priority of a reproduction turn of the second plurality of content items of the second group displayed at the second position,
- wherein each of the first plurality of images of the first group is highlighted by display of each of the first plurality of images of the first group inside double frame lines;
- receiving a second user operation on the touch screen panel,
- wherein the second user operation is in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- controlling, based on the second user operation, the touch screen panel to move the second plurality of images, along the second direction, from the second position to the first position aligned, in the first direction, with the first image corresponding to the first target content displayed at the predetermined position, and move the first plurality of images, along the second direction, from the first position to a third position;
- controlling the touch screen panel to highlight each of the second plurality of images of the second group moved to the first position based on the priority of the reproduction turn, of the second plurality of content items of the second group, being higher with respect to the priority of the reproduction turn of the first plurality of content items of the first group moved to the third position,
- wherein each of the second plurality of images of the second group is highlighted by display of each of the second plurality of images of the second group inside the double frame lines;
- receiving a third user operation on the touch screen panel,
- wherein the third user operation is in the first direction;
- selecting, based on the third user operation, a second target content from the second plurality of content items of the second group;
- controlling, based on the third user operation, the touch screen panel to display a second image corresponding to the selected second target content at the predetermined position on the display screen;
- controlling, based on the third user operation, the apparatus to reproduce a second content item corresponding to the second target content;
- regenerating the plurality of groups of contents based on metadata of the second target content;
- and
- controlling, based on the third user operation, the touch screen panel to update the displayed at least two groups based on the regenerated plurality of groups.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.