Information processing device and information processing method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an image information acquisition unit configured to acquire image information of image content from an external device;
• an image displaying unit configured to display an image of the image content on a predetermined display device in accordance with the acquired image information;
• a comment acquisition unit configured to acquire a comment of a viewer for image content from a posting site to which a comment, which is feedback on the image content of the moment of a viewer viewing the image content, is instantly posted;
• and
• a comment displaying unit configured to display the comment acquired by the comment acquisition unit while scrolling the comment in a comment display area of the display device displaying the image of the image content,
• wherein, when the comment to be displayed in the comment display area is longer than a predetermined number of characters, the comment displaying unit starts displaying a subsequent comment in the middle of displaying the comment.

An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• acquiring image information of image content from an external device;
• displaying an image of the image content on a predetermined display device in accordance with the acquired image information;
• acquiring a comment of a viewer for image content from a posting site to which a comment, which is feedback on the image content of the moment of a viewer viewing the image content, is instantly posted;
• and
• displaying the acquired comment on the display device displaying the image of the image content,
• wherein the comment acquired in the acquiring of the comment is stored in a predetermined storage area until the comment is displayed on the display device, and
• wherein, in the displaying of the comment, when a first comment acquired at a certain point in time is stored in the storage area in an undisplayed state and a second comment, which is posted after the first comment, is acquired at a time point later than the certain point, the second comment is displayed before the first comment.

An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• acquiring image information of image content from an external device;
• displaying an image of the image content on a predetermined display device in accordance with the acquired image information;
• acquiring a comment of a viewer for image content from a posting site to which a comment, which is feedback on the image content of the moment of a viewer viewing the image content, is instantly posted;
• and
• displaying the acquired comment while scrolling the acquired comment in a comment display area of the display device displaying the image of the image content,
• wherein, in the displaying of the comment, when the comment to be displayed in the comment display area is longer than a predetermined number of characters, the display of a subsequent comment is started in the middle of displaying the comment.

A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, comprising:

• a module configured to acquire image information of image content from an external device;
• a module configured to display an image of the image content on a predetermined display device in accordance with the acquired image information;
• a module configured to acquire a comment of a viewer for image content from a posting site to which a comment, which is feedback on the image content of the moment of a viewer viewing the image content, is instantly posted;
• and
• a module configured to display the acquired comment on the display device displaying the image of the image content,
• wherein the comment acquired by the module configured to acquire the comment is stored in a predetermined storage area until the comment is displayed on the display device, and
• wherein, when a first comment acquired at a certain point in time is stored in the storage area in an undisplayed state and a second comment, which is posted after the first comment, is acquired at a time point later than the certain point, the module configured to display the comment displays the second comment before the first comment.

A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, comprising:

• a module configured to acquire image information of image content from an external device;
• a module configured to display an image of the image content on a predetermined display device in accordance with the acquired image information;
• a module configured to acquire a comment of a viewer for image content from a posting site to which a comment, which is feedback on the image content of the moment of a viewer viewing the image content, is instantly posted;
• and
• a module configured to display the acquired comment while scrolling the acquired comment in a comment display area of the display device displaying the image of the image content,
• wherein, when the comment to be displayed in the comment display area is longer than a predetermined number of characters, the module configured to display the comment starts the display of a subsequent comment in the middle of displaying the comment.