Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorFumiko Kobayashi
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Abstract
A play data storage section 22 stores a plurality of pieces of play data concerning the play situation of a plurality of pieces of contents. A library screen generating section 44 generates a selection screen which allows a user to select a piece of content to be played, and which includes images indicating the play situations for the plurality of pieces of contents, on the basis of the play data stored in the play data storage section 22. An output section 34 causes the selection screen generated by the library screen generating section 44 to be displayed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- storing, in memory and for each of a plurality of content items, play data that includes video from a content item at a time associated with saving a state of the content item;
- generating a selection screen, for selecting a content item to be played from the plurality of content items;
- retrieving the play data associated with each item on the selection screen from the memory;
- generating an image representing first play data of a first content item of the plurality of content items, wherein the first play data includes video from the first content item at a time associated with saving a state of the first content item, wherein the video comprises video of a time period before or after a time of saving the state of the first content item;
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- causing the generated selection screen and the generated image to be displayed.
One or more non-transitory computer storage media encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- storing, in memory and for each of a plurality of content items, play data that includes video from a content item at a time associated with saving a state of the content item;
- generating a selection screen, for selecting a content item to be played from the plurality of content items;
- retrieving the play data associated with each item on the selection screen from the memory;
- generating an image representing first play data of a first content item of the plurality of content items, wherein the first play data includes video from the first content item at a time associated with saving a state of the first content item, wherein the video comprises video of a time period before or after a time of saving the state of the first content item;
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- causing the generated selection screen and the generated image to be displayed.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- storing, in memory and for each of a plurality of content items, play data that includes video from a content item at a time associated with saving a state of the content item;
- generating a selection screen, for selecting a content item to be played from the plurality of content items;
- retrieving the play data associated with each item on the selection screen from the memory;
- generating an image representing first play data of a first content item of the plurality of content items, wherein the first play data includes video from the first content item at a time associated with saving a state of the first content item, wherein the video comprises video of a time period before or after a time of saving the state of the first content item;
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- causing the generated selection screen and the generated image to be displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.