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| 20090153564 | Storage medium having stored thereon display control program and display control apparatus - In accordance with a size of a drawing area and a character size, the number of characters arrangeable in the drawing area is calculated. Based on the calculated number of characters, whether a character string in the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area or the character string in a character size different from the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area is selected, and the character string is arranged in the drawing area by using the determined character size. The arranged character string is displayed on the display apparatus. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090158162 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system is for displaying a degree of popularity of a plurality of selection objects like an electronic program guide displaying system, for example, and includes a plurality of user terminals. Each of the plurality of user terminals is connected to a server via a network, for example. Each user terminal displays a plurality of program information in a matrix manner, and accepts an operation to select desired program information. The server calculates a degree of popularity of each program information on the basis of the results of the selections by the respective user terminals, and transmits the degree of popularity to each user terminal. On the side of the user terminal, a display manner of each program information is changed on the basis of the degree of popularity. For example, the degree of popularity is calculated so as to be classified into plurality of levels, and as a display manner of each program information, the color density and the height are changed depending on the level of the degree of popularity. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090178080 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus has a plurality of display information, with respect to selected display information, displays a content part including a plurality of contents, and displays an index part of the other display information. In a case that an electronic program guide is displayed, as a content part, a program guide including a plurality of program information is displayed, and as an index part, date tubs are displayed. When a search condition is designated, it is determined whether or not program information matching the search condition is present. In the displayed program guide, a display manner of the program information matching the search condition is changed, and with respect to the index part, a display manner of the date tub corresponding to the program information matching the search condition is changed, for example. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090189903 | Storage medium having stored thereon display control program and display control apparatus - In accordance with an operation content indicated by a user's operation data, an amount of scrolling is calculated, and a display range of a table to be displayed on a display apparatus is moved in the table in accordance with the amount of the scrolling. With respect to respective drawing areas, whether or not drawing start points, from which drawing character strings are to be drawn, stay within the display range is determined. When the drawing start point of a drawing area, among the drawing areas, falls outside the display range, the drawing start point of the drawing area is changed to a position which is in the drawing area and also which stays within the display range. The character strings are arranged in the respective drawing areas from the drawing start points set to the respective drawing areas, and the table in the display range is displayed on the display apparatus together with the arranged character strings. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090195703 | Display control apparatus including a remote control function and a storage medium having stored thereon a display control program - A display control apparatus connected to a display apparatus, which is remotely controllable through wireless communication, generates a first video/audio signal for displaying a first image on the display apparatus, and outputs the first video/audio signal to the display apparatus. Either of a first signal pattern indicative of a command to cause the first image based on the first video/audio signal to be displayed on the display apparatus or a second signal pattern indicative of a command to cause a second image based on a second video/audio signal, which is obtained from a device different from the display control apparatus, to be displayed on the display apparatus is selected, and a wireless signal of the selected signal pattern is outputted to the display apparatus through the wireless communication. Information determined based on the signal pattern of the outputted wireless signal is informed from an apparatus different from the display apparatus. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090208191 | PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAYING PROGRAM AND PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A program information displaying apparatus includes a CPU, and displays a plurality of program information in tabular form. For example, users register accounts as user information in the program information that the user is interested in. A priority and a display manner are set for each of the plurality of accounts, and the program information in which the account is registered is depicted in the display manner on the basis of the priority. When a first depicting method is selected, the program information is depicted in a display manner of the account with the highest priority. When a second depicting method is selected, the program information is depicted such that the display manners are layered in order of the priority. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110316886 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - In accordance with a size of a drawing area and a character size, the number of characters arrangeable in the drawing area is calculated. Based on the calculated number of characters, whether a character string in the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area or the character string in a character size different from the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area is selected, and the character string is arranged in the drawing area by using the determined character size. The arranged character string is displayed on the display apparatus. | 12-29-2011 |
