K&L Gates LLP
Device control processing apparatus and method, display processing apparatus and method, and computer program
An apparatus and method capable of selecting and providing content while reducing the load on a user are provided. A controlled device is determined based on content identification information. Control information corresponding to the determined controlled device is generated and output to, for example, a remote controller, and device control is performed based on a control signal from the remote controller. The user can output and view content without performing processing necessary to output the content, such as processing on a control device, a channel operation to the control device, and searching for the content storage location. Further, content cards recording content information are displayed as a card group and content information of a card at a position of a cursor is displayed.
Sony Corporation
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Hideshi Osamu Tetsugo Yasuhiro
Yamada Watanabe Inada Moriyama