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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Takatoshi Nakamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for providing chronologic information that is generated by placing one or more pieces of related information according to information about elapsed time is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining, by an obtaining unit, (i) basic information associating pieces of the related information with the information about time indicating positions on the chronologic information and (ii) information indicating a display form of the chronologic information; and providing, by a control unit, the chronologic information to a user by displaying the chronologic information in a display unit based on the information indicating a display form of the chronologic information by using the basic information.