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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Noriaki Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Yamaji, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Takematsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus includes a first display control unit for controlling displaying a first representative image in a first folder on a first area of a display screen with first content recorded on a recording medium thereof belonging to the first folder, a second display control unit for controlling displaying a second representative image in a second folder on a second area of the display screen with second content supplied from a partner apparatus connected thereto via a network and belonging to the second folder, and a third display control unit for controlling displaying, on a third area of the display screen, a thumbnail image of one of the first content and the second content corresponding to one of the first folder and the second folder selected using one of the first representative image and the second representative image.