Patent ID: 11929101
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. An information processing method implemented on an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:
storing a plurality of program or playlist information including first program or playlist information received wirelessly by a network interface over a network from another information processing apparatus, wherein at least some of the plurality of program or playlist information is associated with a user profile;
outputting an audio; and
displaying a video:
wherein a first area including a first character associated with a first group of program or playlist information for a first classification and a second character associated with a second group of program or playlist information for a second classification different from the first classification, the first group of program or playlist information being configured to allow a user to edit, wherein the first group of program or playlist information and the second group of program or playlist information are part of the plurality of stored program or playlist information, and
a second area displaying thumbnails corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of stored program or playlist information,
wherein user selection of the first character enables the display of a first group of thumbnails corresponding to the first group of program or playlist information in the second area, and
wherein user selection of the second character enables the display of a second group of thumbnails corresponding to the second group of program or playlist information in the second area;
upon one program or playlist information stored on a recording medium included in both the first group of program or playlist information and the second group of program or playlist information being deleted from the first group of program or playlist information, the one program or playlist information continues to be included in the second group of program or playlist information, and displaying a thumbnail corresponding to the one program or playlist information as one of the second group of thumbnails when the second character is selected;
wherein the processor generating a group of program or playlist information based on user preferences determined by the user selections of the program or playlist information, and
upon user selection of the group, displaying thumbnails that correspond to the program or playlist information and no other thumbnails associated with program or playlist information of other users.