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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2004
Takeshi Hoshino, Kodaira, JP;
Satoko Kojima, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsushi Ishibashi, Kokubunji, JP;
Gen Nagai, Ome, JP;
Takeshi Hoshino, Kodaira, JP;
Satoko Kojima, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsushi Ishibashi, Kokubunji, JP;
Gen Nagai, Ome, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A screen in which icons of a plurality of information items are arranged is displayed as a information selecting screen to display information selected from the screen by the user. In the operation, icons of information items of different kinds are horizontally displayed, and a degree of details of the information is changed in the vertical direction and a degree of recommendation of the information to the user is changed in a direction of depth. The user can easily select desired information from a large amount of various contents supplied and the information can be optimally displayed for the user.