Patent ID: 11954298
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 6:
7. An information processing method comprising:
displaying a main screen image including a main content;
displaying a sub-screen image inside the main screen image including a sub-content of a kind different from a kind of the main content in a time period same as the main screen image;
receiving a switchover manipulation from a mode in which a manipulation from a mode in which a manipulation for the main screen image is received over to a mode in which a manipulation for the sub-screen image is received; and
when a switchover to the mode in which the manipulation for the sub-screen image is received is performed, the method includes displaying the sub-screen image in an emphasized manner including:
displaying an area having a predetermined background color surrounding an outer periphery of the sub-screen image to highlight the sub-screen image;
displaying guidance information in the area having the predetermined background color, where the guidance information informs the user in such a way as to guide an operation content on the sub-screen, and
displaying a guide image for guiding the switchover manipulation in association with the sub-screen image at a position on a boundary line between the sub-screen image and the main screen image, and on a side close to an outer periphery of the main screen image among outer peripheries of the sub-screen in a mode for receiving an operation on the main screen.