IP Library Granted Patent US 8,799,962
Granted Patent B2
US 8,799,962 · App. 12/925,064 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Display control system, display control device, and display control method

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Patent No.
US 8,799,962
App. No.
12/925,064
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display control device including a display control unit that, when display information of one content among a plurality of contents is selected on a display screen, creates a next display screen containing display information of at least any of a plurality of contents relevant to the one content, wherein the display information contained in the next display screen is display information of contents according to a selection sequence of a plurality of display information having been selected before among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content.

Claims (28)

1. A display control system comprising:

a server device that stores content information and provides the content information; and

a display control device including a display control unit that, based on content information of a plurality of contents provided from the server device, creates a display screen containing display information of at least any of the plurality of contents and, when display information of one content of the plurality of contents is selected, creates a next display screen containing display information of at least any of a plurality of contents relevant to the one content,

wherein the display information contained in the next display screen is display information of contents according to (i) the one content which was last selected and (ii) a selection sequence of a plurality of display information having been selected before among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content, such that if the one content is selected after a first selection sequence of display information has been selected the next display screen displays first display information and if the same one content is selected after a second selection sequence of display information has been selected which is different from the first sequence selection the next display screen displays second display information which is different from the first display information.

2. The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display control device further includes an extraction unit that extracts an attribute classification of an attribute value common between two contents corresponding to two successive display information in the selection sequence, and

display information of a content having an attribute value common to the attribute value of the attribute classification of the one content extracted by the extraction unit among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content is preferentially incorporated into the next display screen.

3. The display control system according to claim 2 , wherein

the display control device further includes a priority setting unit that sets a priority to each of display information of the plurality of contents relevant to the one content based on whether each of the plurality of contents relevant to the one content has an attribute value common to the attribute value of the attribute classification of the one content extracted by the extraction unit, and

the display control unit creates the next display screen according to the priority set by the priority setting unit.

4. The display control system according to claim 3 , wherein

the priority setting unit sets a higher priority to display information of a content if the said content's attribute classification whose attribute value is common to the one content has a higher selections tendency.

5. The display control system according to claim 3 , wherein

the priority setting unit reduces a priority of display information having been contained in the display screen before among the display information of the plurality of contents relevant to the one content.

6. The display control system according to claim 5 , wherein

the priority setting unit reduces priorities of the plurality of display information having been selected before among the display information of the plurality of contents relevant to the one content.

7. The display control system according to claim 2 , wherein

the attribute classification extraction unit stores a log information that includes the extracted attribute classification and attribute value in a selection sequence table, and wherein

display control device further includes a selection tendency calculation unit that calculates a tendency that a user selects a relevant content to the one content based on the selection sequence table, wherein

the display control unit controls the display information to be incorporated into the next display screen by referring to the said selection tendency.

8. A display control device comprising:

a display control unit that, when display information of one content among a plurality of contents is selected on a display screen, creates a next display screen containing display information of at least any of a plurality of contents relevant to the one content,

wherein the display information contained in the next display screen is display information of contents according to (i) the one content which was last selected and (ii) a selection sequence of a plurality of display information having been selected before among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content, such that if the one content is selected after a first selection sequence of display information has been selected the next display screen displays first display information and if the same one content is selected after a second selection sequence of display information has been selected which is different from the first sequence selection the next display screen displays second display information which is different from the first display information.

9. A display control method comprising the steps of:

creating a display screen containing at least any of a plurality of contents; and

creating, when one content is selected on the display screen, a next display screen containing display information of at least any of a plurality of contents relevant to the one content,

wherein the display information contained in the next display screen is display information of contents according to i) the one content which was last selected and (ii) a selection sequence of a plurality of display information having been selected before among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content, such that if the one content is selected after a first selection sequence of display information has been selected the next display screen displays first display information and if the same one content is selected after a second selection sequence of display information has been selected which is different from the first sequence selection the next display screen displays second display information which is different from the first display information.

10. The display control method according to claim 9 , further comprising the steps of extracting an attribute classification of an attribute value common between two contents corresponding to two successive display information in the selection sequence, storing a log information that includes the extracted attribute classification and attribute value, and calculating a selection tendency that a user selects a relevant content to the one content based on the stored log information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2010
From: ITO, AKIHIKO; FUKUDA, KAZUHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025198/0978 →