Sony Corporation

Yoshiaki Arishima

Keiichi Yoshioka

Koji Fujita

Hidetoshi Ichioka

Shingo Utsuki

Hiroshi Takagi

Shigeharu Kondo

Shinichi Wakai

Ayako Nakayama

Tatsuya Narahara

Taro Suito

Nobuyuki Fujiwara

Ryo Takaoka

Kazuhiro Yanase

Takashi Karimoto

Yukihiro Isono

Rui Sugiuchi

Takashi Murayama

Yasuaki Yorikane

An information processing apparatus includes: a content-list creating unit for selecting, on the basis of a predetermined subject, contents out of recorded program contents, information contents concerning receivable program contents, contents acquired from an outside, and contents stored in the information processing apparatus in advance to thereby create a content list; a content-list selecting unit for selecting out of plural content lists created by the content-list creating unit, on the basis of at least one of contents of the content lists and a situation during user operation, plural content lists to be displayed; and a display control unit for causing a predetermined display unit to display the plural content lists selected by the content-list selecting unit.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program for generating content lists

The present invention enables a user to retrieve his or her desired one of a number of image programs easily and to view it quickly. An image retrieval assisting apparatus () for assisting retrieval of broadcast contents in a broadcast-contents-recording/reproducing apparatus or a broadcast receiving set comprises a classification criterion information storage portion () for storing classification criterion for classifying broadcast contents into a plurality of categories, program information acquisition means () for acquiring program information of said broadcast contents, program information classification means () for classifying said program information into said categories according to said classification criterion, an HDD () for storing said classified program information, and display means () for displaying said categories defined by said classification criterion horizontally on a monitor screen in a selectable manner and displaying only the program information fallen in a selected category vertically on said monitor screen in a selectable manner.

Image retrieval assisting method, image retrieval assisting apparatus, and broadcast receiving set

An image retrieval assisting apparatus and method for retrieving a desired image program from a number of image programs, such as broadcast contents in a broadcast-contents-recording/reproducing apparatus or a broadcast receiving set. A classification criterion information storage portion stores classification criterion for classifying broadcast contents into a plurality of categories. A program information acquisition portion acquires program information of the broadcast contents. A program information classification portion classifies the program information into the plurality of categories according to the stored classification criterion. An HDD stores the classified program information, and a display displays categories defined by the stored classification criterion horizontally on a monitor screen in a selectable manner and displays only the program information categorized in a selected category vertically on the monitor screen in a selectable manner.

Video search assisting method, video search assisting device, and broadcast receiving apparatus

When viewing and live recording broadcast content received by a first reception unit (recording of a first content file) simultaneously with the recording of broadcast content received by a second reception unit (recording of a second content file), and when a user performs a reproduction-related operation, reproduction processing on the first content file (live recorded content file) is performed when the first reception unit and the second reception unit are receiving different channels, and reproduction processing on the second content file (the normally recorded content file) is performed when the first reception unit and the second reception unit are receiving the same channel.

Recording and reproducing apparatus and reproduction processing method

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshiaki Arishima