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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Urayasu, JP;
Masaki Higuchi, Minato-ku, JP;
Hirofumi Shimada, Yokohama, JP;
Syunichi Souma, Funabashi, JP;
Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Ota-ku, JP;
Yuichiro to, Nakano-ku, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Urayasu, JP;
Masaki Higuchi, Minato-ku, JP;
Hirofumi Shimada, Yokohama, JP;
Syunichi Souma, Funabashi, JP;
Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Ota-ku, JP;
Yuichiro To, Nakano-ku, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A purchase type determining unitdetermines whether content is rental content, which has a valid time limit for enjoying, from purchasing type information included in the license information. An icon image processing unitdisposes an icon image of the content in a menu screen. In case the content is determined to be rental content by the purchase type determining unit, a rental mark disposing unitdisposes a rental mark indicating that associated content is rental content near the icon image of the content or disposes the rental mark so as to overlap with the icon image of the content.