Information processing apparatus and method as well as medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorMitsuhiro Miyazaki
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus and method as well as a medium are disclosed by which the sizes of title screens of a menu screen can be controlled based on a history of utilization of an information distribution system to allow desired information to be searched out in a short time. Priority degrees are set to information to be distributed based on a history of utilization of the information distribution system, and a title image of the information which has a comparatively high priority degree is displayed with a comparatively great size.
Claims7
An information processing method which presents distribution information distributed thereto from a server connected thereto by a network and having predetermined type information and title image data added thereto, comprising:
- a first storage step of storing said type information added to said presented distribution information;
- a second storage step of receiving and storing said type information and said title image data added to said distributed distribution information;
- a calculation step of calculating priority degrees of said distributed distribution information based on said type information added to said presented distribution information and stored at said first storage step and said type information added to said distributed distribution information and stored at said second storage step;
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- a display control step of controlling a display according to the title image data stored at said second storage step based on said priority degrees calculated at said calculation step.
An information processing apparatus which presents distribution information distributed thereto from a server connected thereto by a network and having predetermined type information and title image data added thereto, comprising:
- first storage means for storing said type information added to said presented distribution information;
- second storage means for receiving and storing said type information and said title image data added to said distributed distribution information;
- calculation means for calculating priority degrees of said distributed distribution information based on said type information added to said presented distribution information and stored in said first storage means and said type information added to said distributed distribution information and stored in said second storage means;
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- display control means for controlling a display according to the title image data stored in said second storage means based on said priority degrees calculated by said calculation means.
A medium for causing a computer to execute a program for information processing when distribution information distributed from a server connected to said computer by a network and having predetermined type information and title image data added thereto is presented, the program including:
- a first inputting step of inputting said type information added to said presented distribution information;
- a second inputting step of inputting said type information and said title image data added to said distributed distribution information;
- a calculation step of calculating priority degrees of said distributed distribution information based on said type information added to said presented distribution information and inputted by the processing in said first inputting step and said type information added to said distributed distribution information and inputted by the processing in said second inputting step;
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- a display control step of controlling a display according to said title image data inputted by the processing in said second inputting step based on said priority degrees calculated by the processing in the calculation step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.