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Display control device, storage medium, and integrated circuit

US8375323B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateOct 3, 2007
Grant dateFeb 12, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2310/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device including an update request section making an update request to update a display on a display device, and a display update section updating the display on the display device in response to the update request. In addition, the device includes a layout holding section holding layout information of each of screens hierarchically displayed on the display device, and a group assigning section, based on the layout information, assigning screens, which are displayed on the display device so as to be partially or entirely visible, to one group. The device also includes a group holding section holding group information consisting of the assigned group, and a switching request section for making a list display request to display a switching destination screen candidate list, which shows the screens included in the held group information as switching destination screen candidates in a group unit, on the display device so as to be visible.

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