Content output controller, content output control method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for allocating contents to areas or zones

Abstract

A content output controller includes a storage, an arbitration unit, and an output controller. The storage stores a rule definition. The arbitration unit arbitrates multiple contents according to the rule definition to satisfy a rule-based arbitration upon receiving an output request from an application. The output controller controls an output of the multiple contents allocated to multiple areas or multiple zones due to an arbitration of the plurality of contents. The arbitration unit selects an area as an arbitration target area from the multiple areas defined in a model or a zone as an arbitration target zone from the multiple zones defined in the model in response to receiving the output request from the application; arbitrates the arbitration target area or the arbitration target zone; and does not arbitrate remainder of the multiple areas or remainder of the multiple zones.