US 2010/0164994 A1 · CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD, AND CONTENT DISPLAY PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

Abstract

In order to indicate a position of an object in content even when the object is not being displayed, a PC includes a content display portion to display part of content in a content display area, a setting portion to set an object selected from among a plurality of objects included in the content as a target object, and a marker display portion to display a first marker and a second marker in a first position indication area and a second position indication area, respectively, irrespective of whether or not the target object is being displayed in the content display area. The first and second markers indicate a position within the content where the target object is arranged. The first and second position indication areas are provided separately from the content display area and indicate positions within the content.

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Dependent claims

A content display apparatus comprising:

a content display portion to display part of content in a display area;
a setting portion to set an object selected from among a plurality of objects included in said content as a target object;
and
a marker display portion to display, in a position indication area, a marker indicating a position within said content where said target object is arranged, irrespective of whether or not said target object is being displayed in said display area, the position indication area being provided separately from said display area and indicating positions within said content.

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A content display method comprising the steps of:

displaying part of content in a display area;
setting an object selected from among a plurality of objects included in said content as a target object;
and
displaying, in a position indication area, a marker indicating a position within said content where said target object is arranged, irrespective of whether or not said target object is being displayed in said display area, the position indication area being provided separately from said display area and indicating positions within said content.

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A content display program embodied on a computer readable medium, the program causing a computer to perform the steps of:

displaying part of content in a display area;
setting an object selected from among a plurality of objects included in said content as a target object;
and
displaying, in a position indication area, a marker indicating a position within said content where said target object is arranged, irrespective of whether or not said target object is being displayed in said display area, the position indication area being provided separately from said display area and indicating positions within said content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Content display apparatus, content display method, and content display program embodied on computer readable medium

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Content display apparatus, content display method, and content display program embodied on computer readable medium

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Abstract

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