Contents display apparatus and control method thereof

US9037985B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9037985-B2
Application numberUS-35652509-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 20, 2009
Priority dateFeb 6, 2008
Publication dateMay 19, 2015
Grant dateMay 19, 2015

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A contents display apparatus, which stores display schedule information indicating display schedules of a plurality of contents so as to sequentially display the plurality of contents, and displays contents on a display according to the display schedule information, receives a user operation associated with the display while a content is displayed, determines, with reference to metadata of respective contents, a content which is related to the content displayed when the user operation is received, and changes the display schedule information by changing the display schedule of the content determined as a related content.

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What is claimed is: 1. A contents display apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores display schedule information indicating display order and display method of a plurality of contents in a slideshow so as to sequentially display the contents; a display unit that displays the plurality of contents in the slideshow on a display while sequentially switching display of the contents according to the display order and the display method indicated in the display schedule informa…

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What does patent US9037985B2 cover?
A contents display apparatus, which stores display schedule information indicating display schedules of a plurality of contents so as to sequentially display the plurality of contents, and displays contents on a display according to the display schedule information, receives a user operation associated with the display while a content is displayed, determines, with reference to metadata of resp…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yamamoto Naoko, Urashima Hiroki, Mori Shigeki, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N5/44543. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 19 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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