Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – On-screen workspace or object
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-01
2010-11-30
Nguyen, Kevin (Department: 2173)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
On-screen workspace or object
C715S841000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07844916
ABSTRACT:
In a multimedia reproducing apparatus, a read unit reads contents, content icons, and folders containing the contents from an external recording medium. A storage unit80stores data on a folder icon. A display processing unit processes menu screen display and content reproduction. A menu control unit switches between and displays a first level menu screen and a second level menu screen, the first menu screen displaying folder icons and content icons, the second level menu screen displaying folder icons in the state that contents are stored in folders. In the first level menu screen, a reproduction indicator is displayed near a content icon that corresponds to contents under reproduction. In the second level menu screen, the reproduction indicator is displayed near a folder icon that contains the contents.
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Hiramatsu Shuji
Nakayama Ryuji
Tsuda Munetaka
Yamanaka Yasuhiro
Katten Muchin & Rosenman LLP
Nguyen Kevin
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
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