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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2001
Applicants:

Masakazu Hayashi, Chiba, JP;

Hideyuki Agata, Tokyo, JP;

Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Tokyo, JP;

Makoto Imamura, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masakazu Hayashi, Chiba, JP;

Hideyuki Agata, Tokyo, JP;

Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Tokyo, JP;

Makoto Imamura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and a method for processing information, and a program and a program storage medium are disclosed. A content processing routine-controls the display of a thumbnail and determines whether or not a predetermined time has passed with the thumbnail selected. If the predetermined time is found passed with the thumbnail selected, the content processing routine-controls the display of the information associated with the thumbnail to a predetermined position corresponding to the display position of the thumbnail.


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