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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Katsuro Matsuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuro Matsuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A display control device that may control, in response to user's operation, a list display of a file of contents accumulated in another device connected over a network, and a list display of a folder in a hierarchy for storing the file. The device may include type selection means for selecting a type for the file in accordance with the user's operation; reception control unit for controlling reception of file attribute information coming from the another device about an attribute provided to the folder indicating the type of the file stored in the folder; attribute determination unit for determining, based on the file attribute information, whether the folder is provided with the attribute of the selected type; and display controller for controlling, when the folder is determined as not being provided with the attribute of the selected type, the list display to constrain a display of the folder.