Patent ID: 9507863
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A content display method comprising acts of: (A) receiving a search request for pieces of content, from a user, the pieces of content each comprising main data and associated attributes, the search request specifying at least one search key attribute corresponding to one or more attributes of the pieces of content; (B) in response to receiving the search request, identifying one or more pieces of private content and one or more pieces of public content, each of the one or more pieces of private content and each of the one or more pieces of public content having a first attribute, the first attribute for a particular piece of private content denoting that the user was allowed to have edited the particular piece of private content, the first attribute for a particular piece of public content denoting that the user was not allowed to have edited the particular piece of public content, each of the one or more pieces of private content and each of the one or more pieces of public content having a time attribute and an access permission attribute, the access permission attribute for a piece of public content or a piece of private content indicating a person or group of people permitted to access the piece of public content or the piece of private content, the act of identifying one or more pieces of private content and one or more pieces of public content being based at least in part on the access permission attribute and information associated with the user; (C) causing first information associated with respective pieces of the private content and second information associated with respective pieces of the public content to be displayed on a display screen of a terminal operated by the user, wherein causing the first information and the second information to be displayed comprises causing the first information and the second information to be arranged in an order defined based at least in part on the time attributes of the respective pieces of the private content and the respective pieces of the public content; (D) receiving input indicating a selection of second information caused to be displayed in the act (C); and (E) obtaining the piece of public content associated with the second information selected via the input received in the act (D); wherein the content display method comprises an act, performed in response to receiving the input in the act (D), comprising providing access to preview data for the piece of public content associated with the second information, the preview data comprising still image data, and wherein each piece of the private content comprises associated data employed in causing the first information to be displayed in the act (C), each piece of the public content comprises associated data employed in causing the second information to be displayed in the act (C), and the associated data of the private content, the public content, or the private content and the public content comprises information which allows the first information to be visually distinguishable from the second information.