JP6316627B2 - Display control apparatus, display control method, and display control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control apparatus, a display control method, and a display control program for displaying history information.

Conventionally, in an application such as a music player, a reproduced music is stored as a history, and a technique for facilitating access is used.
In addition, a communication terminal that plays back content can play back part or all of the content that is published on the network by purchasing, downloading, streaming, or the like.
In such a situation, a technique has been proposed in which content held by a user and content distributed on the Web are mixed and sequentially played back (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-262120 A

  However, for example, if the distribution content is content before the user possesses, such as music for trial listening, the content information is not stored on the terminal or the cloud, so the user can look back on the music played back in the past It was difficult to do.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a display control device, a display control method, and a display control program that can be confirmed in chronological order retroactively regardless of the storage state of reproduced content.

  The display control apparatus according to the present invention detects a user operation on a display unit and content, and includes at least a type of the operation and an operation target including any of reproduction, purchase, trial reproduction, review writing, and classification flagging. A history processing unit that stores history information associated with content information in a predetermined storage unit, an extraction unit that extracts the history information from the storage unit, and history information extracted by the extraction unit in time series A control unit that displays on the display unit and displays a processing instruction element related to the content corresponding to each history information, and the processing type of the instruction element changes according to a storage state of the content Is done.

  As the processing type, purchase processing is selected for content that has not been purchased, download processing is selected for content that is not yet stored in the device itself after purchase, and playback processing is selected for content that is stored in the device itself. May be.

  A display control method according to the present invention is a computer display control method for a display unit, wherein the computer detects a user operation on content, and at least one of reproduction, purchase, trial reproduction, review writing, and division flagging A history processing step of storing history information in which a type of the operation including the information of the operation and content information to be operated are associated with each other in a predetermined storage unit, and an extraction step in which the computer extracts the history information from the storage unit; And a control step for causing the computer to display history information extracted by the extraction unit on the display unit in a time series, and to display processing instruction elements related to the content corresponding to each of the history information, and The processing type of the instruction element is changed according to the storage state of the content.

  A display control program according to the present invention is a display control program for causing a computer to control a display unit, wherein the computer detects a user's operation on content, and at least playback, purchase, trial playback, review writing, and classification A history processing step for storing history information in which a type of the operation including flagging is associated with information on content to be operated in a predetermined storage unit, and the computer extracts the history information from the storage unit An extraction step, and a control step for causing the computer to display history information extracted by the extraction unit on the display unit in a time series, and to display processing instruction elements relating to the content corresponding to the history information, And the instruction element depends on the storage state of the content. , The process type is changed.

  According to the present invention, the user can check in chronological order retroactively regardless of the storage state of the reproduced content.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the log | history management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the display control process which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a history management system 1 according to the present embodiment.

The history management system 1 of the present embodiment includes a terminal 10 (display control device) operated by a user, a store content storage unit 21, a retained content storage unit 22, and a history information storage unit 23.
The terminal 10 is an information processing terminal having a communication function and a content reproduction function, such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, and a PC. The terminal 10 is connected to the store content storage unit 21, the possessed content storage unit 22, and the history information storage unit 23 via a predetermined network, and acquires and displays operation histories and the like for a plurality of contents.

  The content handled by the terminal 10 includes, for example, music, moving images, electronic books, and the like, and is purchased or downloaded free of charge in accordance with a user operation and stored on the terminal 10 or the cloud. In addition, some or all of these contents can be played back (trial listening, partial display, etc.) before purchase or download. Hereinafter, as an example, description will be made assuming that the content is music.

  The store content storage unit 21 stores information on contents that can be purchased or auditioned. The owned content storage unit 22 stores information on content purchased by the user. The history information storage unit 23 stores operation history information for content by the user.

  The terminal 10 includes a storage unit 11, a display unit 12, a history processing unit 13, an extraction unit 14, and a control unit 15.

  The storage unit 11 is a storage area for various programs and various data for causing the hardware group to function as the terminal 10, and may be a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, a hard disk (HDD), or the like. Specifically, the storage unit 11 stores a display control program for causing the terminal 10 to execute each function of the present embodiment, content information acquired from a network, and the like.

  The display unit 12 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, and outputs a screen for receiving an input from the user, a calculation processing result of the terminal 10, or the like. The display unit 12 may include an input device such as a touch panel. In the present embodiment, history information and various processing screens for executing purchase or download are displayed by a display control process described later.

The history processing unit 13 detects a user operation on any of a plurality of contents stored in the storage unit 11, the store content storage unit 21, or the possessed content storage unit 22, and determines the type of operation and the content to be operated. The history information associated with the information is stored in the history information storage unit 23.
The type of operation includes at least one of playback, purchase, audition, review writing, and flagging (interesting).

The extraction unit 14 extracts history information from the history information storage unit 23.
The control unit 15 causes the display unit 12 to display the history information extracted by the extraction unit 14 in time series.

The control unit 15 displays instruction elements for processing related to the content along with the history information.
The instruction element is, for example, a button for transitioning to a processing screen such as playback, purchase, or download, and the processing type is changed according to the storage state of the content.
Specifically, the processing type is purchase processing for unpurchased content, download processing for content not yet stored in the terminal 10 after purchase, and playback for content stored in the terminal 10 A process is selected.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen according to the present embodiment.
In the history display area 30, a list 31 of types of operations such as trial listening or purchase is displayed in one direction in time series (for example, from the bottom to the top in the oldest order).

For each operation, for example, a jacket image 32, a title and artist name 33, a date and time 34, and the like are displayed as music piece attribute information.
Furthermore, a button 35 for changing to a processing screen for reproduction, purchase, or download is arranged for each piece of music operated in the past.

  In addition, a plurality of types of narrowing button groups 40 are arranged on the screen. These are, for example, all histories, purchase histories, reproduction histories, review histories, audition histories, etc., and are used to narrow down and display specific types of history information.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing display control processing according to the present embodiment.
This process is started in response to the terminal 10 receiving a history display instruction.

  In step S <b> 1, the extraction unit 14 acquires, from the history information storage unit 23, history information that the user has operated on the content in the past.

  In step S2, the control unit 15 displays the history information acquired in step S1 as a list in time series.

  In step S3, the terminal 10 determines whether any content has been selected from the history information displayed in step S2. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S4. If the determination is NO, the determination in step S3 is repeated.

  In step S4, the terminal 10 determines whether or not the content selected in step S3 has been purchased. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S5, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S7.

  In step S5, the terminal 10 determines whether or not the content selected in step S3 is stored in the terminal. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S6, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S8.

  In step S6, the terminal 10 reproduces the content stored in the terminal 10 selected in step S3.

  In step S7, the terminal 10 makes a transition to a screen for purchasing the unpurchased content selected in step S3.

  In step S8, the terminal 10 makes a transition to a screen for downloading the purchased content selected in step S3.

  Note that the terminal 10 may perform the screen transition by omitting the determinations in steps S4 and S5 when the screen transition buttons having different transition destinations are selectively arranged by the control unit 15.

  According to the present embodiment, the terminal 10 can display the history of operations on the content in time series regardless of the storage state of purchased data or trial data. Thereby, the user can confirm the reproduced content in time series retroactively regardless of the storage state.

  In addition to the history information, the terminal 10 determines a process that can be executed, such as a purchase process, a download process, or a reproduction process, according to the storage state of the target content, and performs display control for easily transitioning to the process screen. . Therefore, the convenience of the user is improved, and it is possible to purchase unpurchased content.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. Further, the effects described in the present embodiment are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment.

  The history information storage unit 23 has been described as a configuration provided in a cloud outside the terminal 10, but is not limited thereto, and the terminal 10 may have.

  The display control method by the terminal 10 is realized by software. When realized by software, a program constituting the software is installed in the information processing apparatus (terminal 10). These programs may be recorded on a removable medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed to the user, or may be distributed by being downloaded to the user's computer via a network.

1 History management system 10 Terminal (display control device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Memory | storage part 12 Display part 13 History processing part 14 Extraction part 15 Control part 21 Store content memory | storage part 22 Owned content memory | storage part 23 History information memory | storage part

Claims (4)

A display unit;
The user's operation on the content is detected, and history information that associates at least the type of the operation including any one of reproduction, purchase, trial reproduction, review writing, and classification flag with information on the content to be operated is set as predetermined information. A history processing unit to be stored in the storage unit;
An extraction unit for extracting the history information from the storage unit;
The history information extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the display unit in time series, and a control unit is configured to display processing instruction elements related to the content corresponding to the history information.
The display control device in which the instruction element is changed in processing type in accordance with a storage state of the content.   As the processing type, purchase processing is selected for content that has not been purchased, download processing is selected for content that is not yet stored in the device itself after purchase, and playback processing is selected for content that is stored in the device itself. The display control device according to claim 1. A computer display control method for a display unit, comprising:
History information in which the computer detects a user operation on the content and associates at least the type of the operation including any one of reproduction, purchase, trial reproduction, review writing, and division flagging with information on the content to be operated. A history processing step to be stored in a predetermined storage unit;
An extraction step in which the computer extracts the history information from the storage unit;
A control step of causing the computer to display the history information extracted in the extraction step on the display unit in a time series, and to display processing instruction elements related to the content corresponding to the history information,
The display control method in which the instruction element is changed in a processing type according to a storage state of the content. A display control program for causing a computer to control the display unit,
History information in which the computer detects a user operation on the content and associates at least the type of the operation including any one of reproduction, purchase, trial reproduction, review writing, and division flagging with information on the content to be operated. A history processing step to be stored in a predetermined storage unit;
An extraction step in which the computer extracts the history information from the storage unit;
Causing the computer to display the history information extracted in the extraction step on the display unit in time series, and to execute a control step of displaying an instruction element of processing related to the content corresponding to each of the history information,
The instruction element is a display control program in which a processing type is changed according to a storage state of the content.

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