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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Kazuhito Sumiyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Souraku, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhito Sumiyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Souraku, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2006.01); H04N 9/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a content display control section switching contents to be displayed on a display screen, and a related information display control section displaying, during a switching period when a content displayed on the display screen is switched from one content to another content, related information related to the other content, wherein the related information display control section fades out the related information displayed on the display screen at the time of displaying the other content on the display screen.