US 8,942,534 B2Granted

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

AssigneeSony Corporation

InventorsShin Ito, Yoshinori Ohashi, Eiju Yamada, Tatsuya Narahara, Akihiko Kinoshita

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Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search information notification section which notifies a search device of search information via a communication section, a search result acquisition section which acquires a plurality of search result pages retrieved from a plurality of search pages, respectively, in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section, and a display control section which causes a display section to display one of the plurality of search result pages acquired by the search result acquisition section from the search device, and which causes the display section to display another one of the plurality of search result pages based on the operation information an input of which is accepted by an input section.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

a communication section which communicates via a network with a search device for providing search results;
a search information notification section which notifies the search device of search information via the communication section;
and
a search result acquisition section which acquires search results in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section,
wherein the information processing apparatus acquires content detailed information from another device via the communication section,
wherein the search information is acquired from the content detailed information based on user selection of content detailed information that is displayed by the information processing apparatus, and
wherein the information processing apparatus is operable to display the search results in a search result display screen that includes an area for designating switching to a content detailed information display screen, and an area for designating switching between search result display screens for respective search services, in which each of the search result display screens includes search results from a single search service of the respective search services, and designating switching to a service adding display screen,
in which, in response to an operation in a direction on the area for designating switching between search result display screens when search results of a respective first search service of the search services is displayed on a first search result display screen, the information processing apparatus switches display from the first search result display screen to a second search result display screen on which a second search result of a respective second search service of the search services is displayed, the second search service corresponding to an indication displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens of the first search result display screen and positioned in the direction in relation to another indication corresponding to the first search service simultaneously displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens on the first search result display screen.

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An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus which includes a communication section which performs communication via a network with a search device for providing search results, a search information notification section, and a search result acquisition section, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

acquiring, by the information processing apparatus, content detailed information from another device via the communication section;
and
when search information is acquired from the content detailed information based on user selection of content detailed information that is displayed by the information processing apparatus, notifying, by the search information notification section, the search device of search information via the communication section and acquiring search results in accordance with the search information, by the search result acquisition section, from the search device via the communication section, and
wherein the information processing apparatus is operable to display the search results in a search result display screen that includes an area for designating switching to a content detailed information display screen, and an area for designating switching between search result display screens for respective search services, in which each of the search result display screens includes search results from a single search service of the respective search services, and designating switching to a service adding display screen,
in which, in response to an operation in a direction on the area for designating switching between search result display screens when search results of a respective first search service of the search services is displayed on a first search result display screen, the information processing apparatus switches display from the first search result display screen to a second search result display screen on which a second search result of a respective second search service of the search services is displayed, the second search service corresponding to an indication displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens of the first search result display screen and positioned in the direction in relation to another indication corresponding to the first search service simultaneously displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens on the first search result display screen.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer-readable program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus which includes

a communication section which communicates via a network with a search device for providing search results,
a search information notification section which notifies the search device of search information via the communication section, and
a search result acquisition section which acquires search results in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section,
wherein the information processing apparatus acquires content detailed information from another device via the communication section,
wherein the search information is acquired from the content detailed information based on user selection of content detailed information that is displayed by the information processing apparatus, and
wherein the information processing apparatus is operable to display the search results in a search result display screen that includes an area for designating switching to a content detailed information display screen, and an area for designating switching between search result display screens for respective search services, in which each of the search result display screens includes search results from a single search service of the respective search services, and designating switching to a service adding display screen,
in which, in response to an operation in a direction on the area for designating switching between search result display screens when search results of a respective first search service of the search services is displayed on a first search result display screen, the information processing apparatus switches display from the first search result display screen to a second search result display screen on which a second search result of a respective second search service of the search services is displayed, the second search service corresponding to an indication displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens of the first search result display screen and positioned in the direction in relation to another indication corresponding to the first search service simultaneously displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens on the first search result display screen.

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An information processing system, comprising:

an information processing apparatus;
and
another device from which the information processing apparatus acquires content detailed information,
wherein the information processing apparatus includes
a communication section which communicates via a network with a search device for providing search results,
a search information notification section which notifies the search device of search information via the communication section, and
a search result acquisition section which acquires search results in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section,
wherein the search information is acquired from the content detailed information based on user selection of content detailed information that is displayed by the information processing apparatus,
wherein the another device is any device having a display section and/or a storage section capable of transmitting content detailed information to the information processing apparatus,
wherein the content detailed information is either stored in the storage section of the another device or obtained by the another device via a network like the Internet, and
wherein the information processing apparatus is operable to display the search results in a search result display screen that includes an area for designating switching to a content detailed information display screen, and an area for designating switching between search result display screens for respective search services, in which each of the search result display screens includes search results from a single search service of the respective search services, and designating switching to a service adding display screen,
in which, in response to an operation in a direction on the area for designating switching between search result display screens when search results of a respective first search service of the search services is displayed on a first search result display screen, the information processing apparatus switches display from the first search result display screen to a second search result display screen on which a second search result of a respective second search service of the search services is displayed, the second search service corresponding to an indication displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens of the first search result display screen and positioned in the direction in relation to another indication corresponding to the first search service simultaneously displayed in the area for designating switching between search result display screens on the first search result display screen.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.