Playback system, recording medium, and playback control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10901599-B2
Application number	US-201916526242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2019
Priority date	Aug 8, 2013
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A playback system includes a display device and an information terminal adapted to communicate with the display device. The information terminal includes a processor and a recording medium storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a process including displaying a first group of identification information items of content data stored in the information terminal in a first viewing area of a display screen, and displaying a second group of identification information items of the content data selected according to a selecting operation performed on the first group of identification information items displayed in the first viewing area in a second viewing area of the display screen at different times. The display device is adapted to play back the content data corresponding to the selected identification information items.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A playback system including a display device and an information terminal configured to communicate with the display device, the information terminal including a processor configured to execute a process comprising:
displaying identification information items, of content data stored in the information terminal, in a first viewing area of a display screen;
displaying an identification information item of a content data item in a second viewing area of the display screen every time a corresponding one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area is selected by a tap operation performed on the corresponding one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area; and
deleting, from the second viewing area, at least one identification information item displayed in the second viewing area every time selection of a selected content data item corresponding to the at least one identification information item is canceled by a separate tap operation performed on a corresponding at least one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area, the corresponding at least one of the identification information items corresponding to the at least one identification information item,
wherein the display device being is configured to play back the content data item corresponding to the selected identification information item.

2. An information terminal configured to communicate with a display device, the information terminal including a processor configured to execute a process comprising:
displaying identification information items, of content data items stored in the information terminal, in a first viewing area of a display screen;
displaying an identification information item of a content data item in a second viewing area of the display screen in response to the content data item being selected as a selected content data item based on a tap operation being performed on a corresponding one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area, the corresponding one of the identification information items corresponding to the content data item; and
deleting, from the second viewing area, a particular identification information item displayed in the second viewing area in response to selection of a particular selected content data item corresponding to the particular identification information item being canceled based on a separate tap operation being performed on a corresponding articular one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area, the corresponding particular one of the identification information items corresponding to the particular selected content data item.

3. The information terminal according to claim 2 , wherein
the displaying the identification information item in the second viewing area includes displaying a plurality of identification items in the second viewing area every time corresponding identification information items displayed in the first viewing area are selected by tap operations being performed on corresponding identification information items displayed in the first viewing area, and
the plurality of identification items are displayed in the second viewing area in a sequence of selection of the corresponding identification information items from the first viewing area.

4. The information terminal according to claim 2 , the process further comprising:
storing the identification information item displayed in the second viewing area into a storage part;
wherein the displaying the identification information item includes:
reading the identification information item from the storage part upon starting of execution of the process, and
displaying the identification information item read from the storage part in the second viewing area.

5. The information terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the displaying the identification information items in the first viewing area includes displaying, in the first viewing area, a group of identification information items, among the identification information items of the content data items stored in the information terminal, which are classified into a group specified by a user's display instruction.

6. The information terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the displaying the identification information items in the first viewing area includes displaying in the first viewing area, a group of identification information items, among the identification information items of the content data items stored in the information terminal, which are moved to be viewed in the first viewing area according to a user's display instruction.

7. The information terminal according to claim 2 , the process further comprising:
transmitting the content data item corresponding to the identification information item displayed in the second viewing area of the display screen to the display device by the information terminal.

8. A playback control method executed by a playback system including a display device and an information terminal configured to communicate with the display device, the method comprising:
displaying identification information items, of content data items stored in the information terminal, in a first viewing area of a display screen;
displaying an identification information item of a content data item in a second viewing area of the display screen every time a corresponding one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area is selected by a tap operation performed on the corresponding one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area;
deleting, from the second viewing area, at least one identification information item displayed in the second viewing area every time selection of a selected content data item corresponding to the at least one identification information item is canceled by a separate tap operation performed on a corresponding at least one of the identification information items displayed in the first viewing area, the corresponding at least one of the identification information items corresponding to the at least one identification information item; and
playing back the content data item corresponding to the selected identification information item by the display device.

9. The playback system according to claim 1 , wherein
the displaying the identification information item in the second viewing area includes displaying a plurality of identification items in the second viewing area every time corresponding identification information items displayed in the first viewing area are selected by tap operations being performed on corresponding identification information items displayed in the first viewing area, and
the plurality of identification items are displayed in the second viewing area in a sequence of selection of the corresponding identification information items from the first viewing area.

10. The playback system according to claim 1 , the process further comprising:
storing the identification information item displayed in the second viewing area into a storage part;
wherein the displaying the identification information item includes:
reading the identification information item from the storage part upon starting of execution of the process, and
displaying the identification information item read from the storage part in the second viewing area.

11. The playback system according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the identification information items in the first viewing area includes displaying, in the first viewing area, a group of identification information items, among the identification information

Assignees

• Higashi Haruomi
• Suzuki Tomohiro
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Higashi Haruomi
• Suzuki Tomohiro

Classifications

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B27/34

  Indicating arrangements  {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)} · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G11B27/105

  of operating discs · CPC title