US 12,282,651 B2
Display of retrievable content indicators with category information
Seiji Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Naoki Saito, Chiba (JP); Kazuto Nishizawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Masao Kondo, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Saturn Licensing LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/527,914.
Application 16/527,914 is a continuation of application No. 16/364,892, filed on Mar. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,126,343.
Application 16/364,892 is a continuation of application No. 15/969,240, filed on May 2, 2018, granted, now 10,331,328, issued on Jun. 25, 2019.
Application 15/969,240 is a continuation of application No. 14/570,186, filed on Dec. 15, 2014, granted, now 10,191,644, issued on Jan. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-270051 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0354258 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/0485 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
first circuitry configured to receive an electronic wireless signal conveying operation information from a remote controller, wherein the remote controller is a touch pad type remote controller or a button type remote controller; and
second circuitry configured to control
display of target content transmitted to the information processing apparatus with at least category information indicating a first category,
display of first thumbnails corresponding to content belonging to the first category in one direction along one side of a display screen such that no portion of the first thumbnails cross a center line of the display screen that runs parallel to the one direction in which the first category comprises only moving image content information, wherein the first thumbnails are displayed in at least two groups to which content corresponding to the first thumbnails belongs based on a registration operation performed on specific content and group information, wherein the first thumbnails are displayed on only the one side of the display screen with no first thumbnail overlapping any other first thumbnail, the first thumbnails are displayed to overlap the displayed target content transmitted to the information processing apparatus, the groups each comprise multiple thumbnails of the respective group and the multiple thumbnails are displayed, and the group information is generated based on viewing information including content information on current viewing content or content viewing history,
display of a textual indicator of each group within a periphery of the first thumbnails,
movement of the first thumbnails corresponding to the content belonging to the first category according to a user operation which indicates switching from the first category to a second category, and
simultaneous display of only parts of second thumbnails corresponding to content belonging to the second category according to the user operation which indicates switching from the first category to the second category such that no portion of the second thumbnails cross the center line of the display screen in which the second category comprises only moving image content information,
wherein the operation of switching is a flicking operation, in a case of the touch pad type remote controller, or an operation of pressing a button for switching category, in a case of the button type remote controller,
wherein the content belonging to the first category or the second category includes at least moving-images from the Internet.