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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Takeshi Matsuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mayu Irimajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Muramatsu, Saitama, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiko Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Tanigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Matsuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mayu Irimajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Muramatsu, Saitama, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiko Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Tanigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range The display controller portion collects the contents, and displays, on a display portion along a time series, content-related graphical information of the respective contents, and a selector serving to select a desired content from among respective contents displayed. The operation state detector portion detects an operation state of an operation portion serving to perform an operation of moving the selector. In accordance with time information of a content selected when a predetermined operation state is detected, the popup display controller portion detects a content having past time information with respect to the time information of the selected content, and popup displays content-related graphical information of the detected content on the display portion.