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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Takaichi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus includes: a voice message acceptance block configured to accept a voice message; an option identification block configured to identify, from among a plurality of options related with information indicative of voice messages, in accordance with acceptance of a voice message by the voice message acceptance block, an option of attention that is an option related with information indicative of the accepted voice message and an alternative option other than this option of attention identified on the basis of the information indicative of this voice message or this option of attention; and a display control block configured to display information indicative that the option of attention is in a selected state and information indicative of a voice message by which the option identification block identifies the alternative option as the option of attention in accordance with the acceptance by the voice message acceptance block.