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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2006
Sho Murakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Noboru Murabayashi, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a first display control section, a first input section, and a second display control section. The first display control section controls displaying of a plurality of content representative pictures so that the content representative pictures are displayed and arranged in a first direction. The content representative pictures represent a plurality of titles of content. Each of the titles of content is made up of a plurality of structural units. The first input section inputs a first user's operation to select one content representative picture from the displayed content representative pictures. The second display control section controls displaying of structural unit representative pictures so that the structural unit representative pictures are displayed and arranged in a second direction starting from the selected content representative picture when the first user's operation is input. The structural unit representative pictures represent the structural units of the title of content.