# US 2008/0189611 A1 · Content presentation device, content presentation method, and information storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0189611 A1 - Document ID: US20080189611A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/926,225 - Filed: 2007-10-29 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2006-12-12 - Assignees: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Kazuo Ishii - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080189611A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract To selectively display a presentation screen exhibiting a mutual content relationship according to a plurality of criteria, so that the user can readily find their desired content. A presentation screen production unit (42) produces display data about a presentation screen on which images representative of any subset of contents among a plurality of contents together with a mutual relationship among the subset are shown, based on any kind of presentation data stored in presentation data storage means, the presentation storage means storing plural kinds of presentation data based on any of which display data about the presentation screen is produced. An instruction determination unit (41) determines whether or not a switching instruction for switching the presentation screen is issued while the presentation screen is displayed, the instruction including a designation of one of the contents represented by the images shown on the presentation screen. The presentation screen production unit (42) produces, when the switching instruction is issued, display data about a presentation screen including an image representative of the content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction, based on other kinds of presentation data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A content presentation device, comprising: presentation screen production means for producing display data about a presentation screen on which images representative of any subset of contents among a plurality of contents together with a mutual relationship among the subset are shown, based on any kind of presentation data stored in presentation data storage means, the presentation storage means storing plural kinds of presentation data based on any of which display data about the presentation screen is produced, and instruction determination means for determining whether or not a switching instruction for switching the presentation screen is made while the presentation screen is displayed, the instruction including a designation of one of the contents represented by the images shown on the presentation screen, wherein the presentation screen production means produces, when the switching instruction is issued, display data about a presentation screen where the images representative of the subset of contents among the plurality of contents, including content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction, are shown, based on other kinds of presentation data stored in the presentation data storage means. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The content presentation device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation screen production means produces, when the switching instruction is issued, display data about the presentation screen where the image representative of content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction is shown in a predetermined position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The content presentation device according to claim 1, wherein a first kind of presentation data among the plurality kinds of presentation data is data describing one or more contents related to respective content of the plurality of contents, and the presentation screen production means produces, when display data of a presentation screen based on the first kind of presentation data is produced, display data about the presentation screen where an image representative of content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction and images representative of contents related to that content are shown. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The content presentation device according to claim 1, wherein a second kind of presentation data among the plurality kinds of presentation data is data describing positions at which images representative of respective content of the plurality of contents are placed in the virtual three dimensional space, and the presentation screen production means determines, when display data of the presentation screen based on the second kind of presentation data is produced, a viewpoint and a viewing direction such that a position, at which an image representative of the content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction is placed, is contained in a field of view range, and produces an image representative of the virtual three dimensional space according to the viewpoint and the viewing direction, to thereby produce display data about the presentation screen where the images representative of the subset of contents of the plurality of contents, including the content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction, are shown. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The content presentation device according to claim 4, wherein the viewpoint and the viewing direction in the virtual three dimensional space are determined such that a position at which an image representative of at least one content, other than the content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction, is placed, among the contents represented by the images shown on a presentation screen which is shown before switching, is included in the field of view range. ### Claim at position 6 (depends on 1) The content presentation device according to claim 1, further comprising: related character string storage means for storing, so as to correspond to each of a plurality of character strings, at least one character string related to that character string; content related character string acquisition means for acquiring, for each of the plurality of contents, at least one character string related to that content; and related content selection means for selecting, according to the at least one character string related to respective content of the plurality of contents acquired by the content related character string acquisition means and the at least one character string related to respective character strings of the plurality of character strings stored in the related character string storage means, at least one content which is made related to predetermined content among the plurality of contents, based on content stored in the related character string storage means. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The content presentation device according to claim 6, further comprising display data output means for outputting display data for displaying relevance between the content selected by the related content selection means and the predetermined content. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The content presentation device according to claim 6, wherein the related content selection means includes content related character string storage means for storing, for each of the plurality of contents, at least one character string stored in the related character string storage means so as to correspond to at least one character string related to that content acquired by the content related character string acquisition means, and selects at least one content which is made related to the predetermined content according to content stored in the content related character string storage means. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The content presentation device according to claim 8, wherein the related content selection means selects at least one content which is made related to the predetermined content according to the content stored in the related character string storage means. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The content presentation device according to claim 6, further comprising related character string update means for updating the content stored in the related character string storage means, based on data stored in another device connected via a network to the content presentation device. ### Claim 11 A content presentation method, comprising: a step of producing display data about a presentation screen on which images representative of any subset of contents among a plurality of contents together with a mutual relationship among the subset are shown, based on any kind of presentation data stored in presentation data storage means, the presentation storage means storing plural kinds of presentation data based on any of which display data about the presentation screen is produced; a step of determining whether or not a switching instruction for switching the presentation screen is issued while the presentation screen is displayed, the instruction including a designation of one of the contents represented by the images shown on the presentation screen; and a step of producing, when the switching instruction is issued, display data about a presentation screen where the images, representative of the subset of contents among the plurality of contents, including content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction, are shown, based on presentation other kinds of data stored in the presentation data storage means. ### Claim 12 An information storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as: presentation data storage means for storing plural kinds of presentation data based on which display data about a presentation screen where images representative of any subset contents among a plurality of contents and a mutual relationship among the some desired contents are shown; presentation screen production means for producing, based on any kind of presentation data stored in the presentation data storage means, display data about the presentation; and instruction determination means for determining whether or not a switching instruction for switching the presentation screen is issued while the presentation screen is displayed, the instruction including a designation of one of the contents represented by the images shown on the presentation screen, wherein the presentation screen production means produces, when the switching instruction is issued, display data about a presentation screen where the images, representative of the subset of contents among the plurality of contents, including content concerning the designation which is made when issuing the switching instruction, are shown, based on other kinds of presentation data stored in the presentation data storage means.