Patent ID: 11966657
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive an input operation of a user; and
a display controller configured to display, in a display area having a first area and a second area, an image,
the display controller includes:
an icon controller configured to display, in the second area, a plurality of first icons associated one-to-one with a plurality of different layouts in splitting the first area, and
a first splitter configured to split the first area into a plurality of split areas based on a layout corresponding to a selected first icon when the receiver receives an input operation for selecting any of the plurality of first icons, wherein:

a plurality of layouts of splitting the first area includes a first layout and a second layout,
the number of split areas defined by the first layout is less than that defined by the second layout, and
when the split layout of the first area changes from the second layout to the first layout, from among a plurality of display images that are displayed by the display controller in the first area split by the first splitter based on the second layout, the icon controller is configured to display, in the second area, one or more second icons corresponding one-to-one to one or more display images that are not displayed in the first area split by the first splitter based on the first layout.