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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Tomokazu Kake, Tokyo, JP;
Keiso Shimakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehisa Onai, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Kimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenjiro Komaki, Saitama, JP;
Hiromasa Horie, Tokyo, JP;
Toyoshi Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Muneki Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Hiramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Suzuoki, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomokazu Kake, Tokyo, JP;
Keiso Shimakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehisa Onai, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Kimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenjiro Komaki, Saitama, JP;
Hiromasa Horie, Tokyo, JP;
Toyoshi Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Muneki Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Hiramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Suzuoki, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus including a communication line connected to a network, an information acquisition device for acquiring in real time at least information relating to a predetermined site on the network via the communication line, the communication line being held by a communication line holding device. The display apparatus includes a display control device for displaying in real time information relating to a plurality of sites acquired by the information acquisition device, and forming symbols corresponding to the plurality of sites, displaying the symbols three-dimensionally in a contrastable state from each other. The information acquired by the information acquisition device is displayed will a symbol, which corresponds to the site, and the information acquisition device acquires at least one of or a plurality of pieces of information indicating congestion status, update status, response, type, popularity, cost, and links of each site, and congestion status of the network.