JP5045963B2 - Content selection device and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content selection device and a program thereof.

  A personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC) stores a plurality of contents (for example, music files, video files, image files, etc.), and is selected from a plurality of contents recorded on the PC by a user operation. Content can be recorded on a CD or portable music player. 2 and 8 show screen transitions when a user selects content to be recorded on a CD. As shown in FIG. 2A, a content list that is a list of all contents recorded in the HDD of the PC is displayed. As shown in FIG. 2B, the check boxes of the contents (content 1 and content 3) to be recorded on the CD are checked by a user operation. When an instruction to display a content recording list that is a list of contents to be recorded on a CD is input, a content recording list that is a list of contents whose check boxes are checked is displayed as shown in FIG. The When the “Create” button is selected on the screen of FIG. 2C, the screen moves to a screen for recording the content included in the content recording list on the CD. On the other hand, when the “return” button is selected on the screen of FIG. 2C, the content list is displayed as shown in FIG. 8A in order for the user to further select content to be included in the content recording list. Return to the screen.

  In FIG. 8A, the check box is checked by the user operation in the process of FIG. 2 and the check box is checked in advance for the contents (content 1 and content 3) included in the content recording list. Therefore, the user can grasp the content already included in the content recording list. When the content 4 is newly selected in FIG. 8B and an instruction to display the content recording list is input, the content 4 can be added to the content recording list as shown in FIG. 8C. However, with this method, content once included in the content recording list cannot be included in the content recording list in duplicate (that is, two or more). This is because if the user selects content 3 in FIGS. 8A and 8B in an attempt to include content 3 in the content recording list, the check box for content 3 is unchecked.

  In order to solve this problem, the process shown in FIG. 9 can be considered. When the “return” button is selected on the screen of FIG. 2 (c), in order for the user to further select content to be included in the content recording list, as shown in FIG. 9 (a), the screen displays the content list. And return. In FIG. 9 (a), unlike FIG. 8 (a), for the contents (content 1, content 3) that are included in the content recording list after the check box is checked by the user operation in the processing of FIG. The check is released. Accordingly, when the check boxes for content 3 and content 4 are newly checked in FIG. 9B and an instruction to display the content recording list is input, the content is displayed in the content recording list as shown in FIG. 9C. 3. Content 4 can be added. That is, the content 3 can be included in the content recording list in an overlapping manner. However, in this method, the user cannot grasp the content already checked in the content recording list with the check box checked by the user operation in the processing of FIG. 2 in FIGS. 9A and 9B. Therefore, if the user does not want to duplicate content and include it in the content record list, there is a risk that the content will be mistakenly included in the content record list.

  The following technology is described in Patent Document 1 below. Items that can be used as search conditions are listed on the screen, and in the user interface that allows you to add or delete any item to the search condition by switching the check box, only the selected item is above the other items. Control to be displayed together. That is, when it is detected that any item has been selected, the apparatus recalculates the order of each item so that the item being selected has a higher ranking on the screen. However, Patent Document 1 does not describe that the content is included in the content recording list in an overlapping manner.

JP 2006-39938 A

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described conventional problems. The purpose of the present invention is to enable the user to grasp the content already included in the content selection list and to duplicate the content. To provide a content selection device and its program that can be included in a selected list.

  A content selection device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a content selection device that selects content from a plurality of content, a content list display unit that displays a content list including the content to be selected, A selection means for selecting one or a plurality of contents in response to a user operation and displaying information indicating the selection on the selected contents in the contents list, and the contents selected by the selection means Content selection list generation means for including the content selection list in the content selection list, and when the content list is further displayed after the content selection list is generated, the content list display means is already included in the content selection list. Con included Information indicating that the content has already been included in the content selection list, and the selection unit is configured to display the content already included in the content selection list. Also, the display of the information indicating the selection is canceled so that the selection can be made again.

  A content selection device according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention is a content selection device that selects content from a plurality of content, and displays a content list that includes content to be selected and a check box for each content. A display unit, a selection unit that selects one or a plurality of contents from the content list according to a user operation, and checks a check box for the selected content, and a content selected by the selection unit Content selection list generation means to be included in the content selection list, and when the content list is further displayed after the content selection list is generated, the content list display means is already included in the content selection list. The selected content is highlighted and the check box is unchecked so that the selection means can select again the content already included in the content selection list. To do.

  In a preferred embodiment, when the content list is further displayed after the content selected list is generated, the content list display means is configured to display the content for the content already included in the content selected list. Further display information indicating the number already included in the selected list.

  After the content selection list is generated, if you want to display the content list to include content in the content selection list, the content already included in the content selection list is already included in the content selection list. Information is displayed on the content list (for example, highlighted), and the content already included in the content selection list is selected so that it can be selected again. The display of the information indicating this is canceled (for example, the check box is cleared). Therefore, the user can grasp the content already included in the content selection list, and the content can be redundantly included in the content selection list.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a PC according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the transition of the content selection screen by preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the transition of the content selection screen by preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of CPU2. It is a flowchart which shows the process of CPU2. It is a flowchart which shows the process of CPU2. It is a figure which shows the transition of the content selection screen by preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the transition of the conventional content selection screen. It is a figure which shows the transition of the conventional content selection screen.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC) 1 to which a content selection apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied. The PC 1 records a plurality of contents on the HDD, and can record one or more contents selected by a user operation on a CD, a portable music player, or the like. The content is generally a music file, a video file, an image file, etc., but may be other files (document file, spreadsheet file, etc.) used by the PC 1.

  The PC 1 includes a CPU 2, a RAM 3, a ROM 4, an HDD 5, an optical disk drive 6, a USB terminal 7, an operation unit 8, a display unit 9, and the like. These are connected to each other via a bus. An optical disk drive such as a CD or a DVD is inserted into the optical disk drive, and the content selected by the CPU 2 is recorded on the CD. A portable music player can be connected to the USB terminal 7, and the content selected by the CPU 2 is recorded in the portable music player. The operation unit 8 receives user operations and is a keyboard, a mouse, a remote controller, or the like. The display unit 9 displays a content selection screen described later, and is a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like. The operation unit 8 and the display unit 9 may be externally connected to the PC 1.

  The CPU 2 controls the entire PC 1, reads an OS (operating system) and a content recording program installed in the HDD 5 into the RAM 3, and executes each process such as a content selection process.

  A plurality of contents are recorded in the HDD 5. The HDD 5 stores a content database (hereinafter referred to as a content DB) for managing the content information of all the contents recorded in the HDD 5. When the content is a music file, the content information includes a song name, artist name, album name, and the like.

  A content recording program (having a function as a content selection program of the present invention) executed by the CPU 2 is installed in the HDD 5. The content recording program displays the content selection screens of FIGS. 2 and 3 on the display unit 9 to select a desired content to be recorded on the CD by a user operation from a plurality of contents. The content recording program records content selected by a user operation on a CD.

  That is, the content recording program selects one or a plurality of contents from the content list according to a user operation, and displays information indicating that the selected content is selected on the content list (that is, the content list). The CPU 2 is caused to execute a selection step of checking a check box) and a content selection list generation step of including the content selected in the selection step in a content selection list (corresponding to a content recording list described later in this example). . When the content list is further displayed after the content selected list is generated, the content list display step is already included in the content selected list with respect to the content already included in the content selected list. Information is displayed in the content list (for example, highlighted), and the selection step is performed so that the content already included in the content selection list can be selected again. Cancel the display of information indicating that the check has been performed (clear the check box).

  FIG. 2 shows screen transitions when content is first selected from the content list by a user operation and included in the content recording list. As shown in FIG. 2A, a content list that is a list of all the content recorded in the HDD 5 (that is, including the content to be selected and its check box) is displayed. As shown in FIG. 2B, the check boxes of the contents (content 1 and content 3) to be recorded on the CD are checked by a user operation. When an instruction to display a content recording list that is a list of contents to be recorded on a CD is input, a content recording list that is a list of contents whose check boxes are checked is created as shown in FIG. ,Is displayed. When the “Create” button is selected on the screen of FIG. 2C, the screen moves to a screen for recording the content included in the content recording list on the CD. On the other hand, when the “return” button is selected on the screen of FIG. 2C, the content list is displayed as shown in FIG. 3A in order for the user to further select content to be included in the content recording list. Return to the screen.

  FIG. 3 shows the transition of the screen when content is included in the content recording list again after the content is included in the content recording list after the content is included in the content recording list. In FIG. 3A, regardless of whether or not it is already included in the content recording list, the check boxes of all the contents in the content list are unchecked, and the processing of FIG. The contents (contents 1 and 3) that are already included in the content recording list with the check box checked are highlighted. Therefore, the user can grasp the content already included in the content recording list. For example, as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the highlighting is displayed in bold (or a different color) around the content. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be displayed in bold (or a different color), and the inside of the frame may be filled with a different color. In addition, content other than the content already included in the content recording list is highlighted, and the content already included in the content recording list is not highlighted, thereby indicating that it is already included in the content selection list. Information may be displayed in the content list.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the check boxes of the contents (content 3 and content 4) to be recorded on the CD are checked by a user operation. When an instruction to display the content recording list is input, as shown in FIG. 3C, contents whose contents are checked (content 3 and content 4) are added to the content recording list. Therefore, the content 3 can be included in the content recording list in an overlapping manner.

  Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. 4 to 6 are flowcharts showing content selection processing of the CPU 2 (content recording program). First, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 2 executes a content list display process (S1).

  The details of S1 are shown in FIG. The CPU 2 selects one content in the content list (S11). The CPU 2 determines whether or not at least one selected content is already included in the content recording list (S12). If not included (NO in S12), the process proceeds to S14. If it is included (YES in S12), the CPU 2 highlights the selected content in the content list (S13). The CPU 2 determines whether or not the processes of S11 to S13 have been executed for all the contents in the content list (S14). If the processing has not yet been executed for all the contents (NO in S14), the process returns to S11 to select the next content. Therefore, if all contents in the content list are included in the content recording list, a process of highlighting is executed. When the processing is completed for all the contents (YES in S14), the CPU 2 displays a content list on the display unit 9 (S15). At this time, regardless of content highlighting, the check boxes of all the contents in the content list are unchecked.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2A, when displaying the content list for the first time (that is, when no content is included in the content recording list), NO is determined in S12 for all the contents. The content list is displayed without highlighting all the content. On the other hand, when the “return” button is selected in FIG. 2C and the content list is displayed again (YES in S7, details will be described later), it is included in the content recording list as shown in FIG. 3A. The content (content 1, content 3) is highlighted and the content list is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 2 determines whether or not a content check box has been selected by a user operation (S2). If the check box is not selected (NO in S2), the process proceeds to S4. When the check box is selected (YES in S2), the CPU 2 selects the content and checks the check box (S3). Alternatively, when the check box is selected again when the check box is already checked, the selection of the content is canceled and the check box is unchecked.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to move from the screen displaying the content list to the screen displaying the content recording list is input by a user operation (S4). If not input (NO in S4), the process returns to S2. If input (YES in S4), the CPU 2 executes content recording list creation processing (S5). Details of S5 are shown in FIG.

  The CPU 2 selects one content from all the contents in the content list (S21). The CPU 2 determines whether or not the check box of the selected content is checked (S22). If not checked (NO in S22), the process proceeds to S24. If it is checked (YES in S22), the CPU 2 includes the selected content in the content recording list (S23). At this time, even if the selected content is already included in the content recording list, it is included in the content recording list redundantly.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not the processes of S21 to S23 have been executed for all contents in the content list (S24). If processing has not yet been executed for all the contents (NO in S24), the process returns to S21 to select the next content. Therefore, for all contents in the content list, if the check box is checked, a process of including the contents in the content recording list is executed. When the processing is completed for all the contents (YES in S24), the CPU 2 finishes creating the content recording list and stores the content recording list in the RAM 3.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 2 displays the content recording list on the display unit 9 (S6). The CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to move from the screen displaying the content recording list to the screen displaying the content list is input by a user operation (S7). That is, it is determined whether or not the “return” button is selected in FIGS. 2C and 3C. When the “return” button is selected (YES in S7), the process returns to S1. At this time, as described above, the CPU 2 highlights the content already included in the content recording list, cancels all the check boxes, and causes the display unit 9 to display the content list again.

  When the “return” button is not selected (NO in S7), the CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to move to the CD creation screen is input by a user operation (S8). If not input (NO in S8), the process returns to S7. If entered (YES in S8), the content selection process is terminated and the screen moves to the CD creation screen.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, by highlighting the content already included in the content recording list in the content list, the user can grasp the content already included in the content recording list. In the content list, since the check boxes of the contents already included in the content recording list are also unchecked, the contents can be included in the content recording list in duplicate.

  Next, another preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this example, as shown in FIG. 7, the content already included in the content recording list is highlighted in the content list and the number included in the content recording list is displayed. Specifically, in FIG. 5, when the selected content is included in the content recording list (YES in S12), the CPU 2 highlights the selected content and includes it in the content recording list in S13. Recognize and display the number. Instead of displaying the number, a frame or a character may be displayed in a color corresponding to the number, or the inside of the frame may be filled.

  As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these embodiment. The method for selecting content from the content list is not limited to the check box, and other selection methods may be used. The check of the check box is not limited to filling, and arbitrary characters such as x, o, and le may be displayed in the check box. The content selection device is also applied when selecting content to be included in a playlist for continuous playback by the PC 1 when the content is a music file. The content selection device may be applied to AV equipment such as a TV receiver, an AV amplifier, and an HDD recorder. The content selection program may be provided in a download format via the Internet, or may be provided by being stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM. The content selection device of the present invention is also applied to the case where the PC 1 accesses the seller's server via the Internet and the user selects an article to purchase. That is, information such as the name of the article to be purchased corresponds to the content of the present invention.

  The present invention can be suitably employed for PC applications and the like.

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Claims (5)

A content selection device that selects content from a plurality of content,
Content list display means for displaying a content list including content to be selected;
Selecting means for selecting one or a plurality of contents in response to a user operation from the contents list, and displaying information indicating that the selected contents are selected on the contents list;
Content selected list generating means for including the content selected by the selecting means in a content selected list,
When the content list is further displayed after the content selected list is generated, the content list display means includes the content already included in the content selected list with respect to the content already selected in the content selected list. The selection information is displayed on the content list, and the selection unit can select again the content already included in the content selection list. A content selection device that cancels the display of information indicating that it has been performed. A content selection device that selects content from a plurality of content,
Content list display means for displaying a content list including a content to be selected and a check box for each content;
Selecting means for selecting one or a plurality of contents in accordance with a user operation from the contents list, and checking a check box for the selected contents;
Content selected list generating means for including the content selected by the selecting means in a content selected list,
When the content list is further displayed after the content selection list is generated, the content list display unit highlights the content already included in the content selection list, and the selection unit includes: A content selection device that deselects the check box so that content already included in the content selection list can be selected again. A content selection program for selecting content from a plurality of content,
A content list display step for displaying a content list including the content to be selected;
A selection step of selecting one or a plurality of contents in response to a user operation from the content list, and displaying information indicating the selection on the selected content in the content list;
Causing the computer to execute a content selection list generation step of including the content selected in the selection step in the content selection list,
When the content list is further displayed after the content selected list is generated, the content list display step includes the content already included in the content selected list with respect to the content already included in the content selected list. The information indicating that the content has been displayed is displayed on the content list, and the selection step is performed so that the content already included in the content selected list can be selected again. A content selection program for canceling the display of information indicating that the operation has been performed. A content selection program for selecting content from a plurality of content,
A content list display step for displaying a content list including a content to be selected and a check box for each content;
A selection step of selecting one or a plurality of contents from the contents list according to a user operation, and checking a check box for the selected contents;
Causing the computer to execute a content selection list generation step of including the content selected in the selection step in the content selection list,
When the content list is further displayed after the content selected list is generated, the content list display step highlights the content already included in the content selected list, and the selection step includes: A content selection program for deselecting the check box so that the content already included in the content selection list can be selected again.   When the content list is further displayed after the content selected list is generated, the content list display step includes the content already included in the content selected list with respect to the content already included in the content selected list. 5. The content selection program according to claim 3 or 4, further displaying information indicating the number being displayed.

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