Information providing device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor, information providing method and information displaying device

An information providing method for an image providing device including a controller and a communicating part,

• wherein the information providing method is to be performed by the controller,
• wherein the information providing method comprising:
• generating displaying data used by an information displaying device to display displaying information;
• and
• transmitting the displaying data as generated to the information displaying device through the communicating part,
• wherein, when the displaying data is generated, the displaying data is generated such that a displaying form of the displaying information displayed by the information displaying device is switchable between a first displaying form and a second displaying form, and a default displaying form of the displaying information is set to one of the first form and the second form in accordance with setting information arbitrarily set by a user,
• wherein the first displaying form is configured such that a content area is displayed and a menu area is not displayed, the menu area including a plurality of items, the content area including contents corresponding to at least one of the plurality of items, and
• wherein the second displaying form is configured such that both the menu area and the content area are displayed.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an information providing device having a controller a communicating part,

• wherein the recording medium stores instructions which cause, when executed by the controller, the information providing device to perform:
• a generating process of generating displaying data used by an information displaying device to display displaying information;
• and
• a transmitting process of transmitting the displaying data generated in the generating process to the information displaying device through the communicating part,
• wherein, in the generating process, the controller is configured to generate the displaying data so that a displaying form of the displaying information displayed by the information displaying device is switchable between a first displaying form and a second displaying form, and a default displaying form of the displaying information is set to one of the first form and the second form in accordance with setting information arbitrarily set by a user,
• wherein the first displaying form is configured such that a content area is displayed and a menu area is not displayed, the menu area including a plurality of items, the content area including contents corresponding to at least one of the plurality of items, and
• wherein the second displaying form is configured such that both the menu area and the content area are displayed.

An information displaying device, comprising:

• a controller;
• a communicating part;
• and
• a displaying part,
• wherein the controller is configured to perform:
• a receiving process of receiving displaying data used to display displaying information through the communicating part;
• and
• a displaying process of displaying the displaying information on the displaying part based on the displaying data received in the receiving process,
• wherein, in the displaying process, the controller displays the displaying information which is configured such that a displaying form of the displaying information displayed by the information displaying device is switchable between a first displaying form and a second displaying form, and a default displaying form of the displaying information is set to one of the first form and the second form in accordance with setting information arbitrarily set by a user,
• wherein the first displaying form is configured such that a content area is displayed and a menu area is not displayed, the menu area including a plurality of items, the content area including contents corresponding to at least one of the plurality of items, and
• wherein the second displaying form is configured such that both the menu area and the content area are displayed.