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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Tomoyuki Kitagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ozawa, Chiba, JP;
Pieter Coenen, Lier, BE;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus including: a preference information generation unit for generating preference information; a status determination unit for determining a status of an operation application based on a change in the status of the operation application having a first status for displaying a first operation screen on which registered applications can be selectively executed and a second status for displaying a second operation screen on which display information attracting a user is selectively displayed; a display control unit for selectively displaying the first operation screen and the second operation screen on a display screen based on a determination result; a display information displaying control unit for displaying the display information on the second operation screen based on a determination result; and a processing unit for performing a processing corresponding to an application selected on the first operation screen or display information selected on the second operation screen.