Patent ID: 9235430
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a memory to store reference parameter information made up of a plurality of pieces of parameter information and associated with each program; an acquisition unit, implemented by circuitry, to acquire plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time and temperature or weather information; a specifying unit, implemented by the circuitry, to specify a program associated with a reference parameter similar to the plurality of pieces of parameter information of the current time and temperature or weather information; a communication unit, implemented by the circuitry, to send, to an information server, the reference parameter information stored at the memory along with a request for additional reference parameter information, in response to a determination that the reference parameter information stored at the memory is insufficient information, and to transmit the plurality of pieces of parameter information of the current time and temperature or weather information to the information server storing reference parameter information in association with each program; a display control unit, implemented by the circuitry, to create, in response to the communication unit receiving, from the information server, a list of a plurality of icons of programs for display on a startup menu screen based on a similarity to the parameter information of the current time and temperature or weather information transmitted by the communication unit to the information server, the startup menu screen displaying icons of the programs in the list and an additional icon that is set to always be included in the startup menu screen, a first set of icons of the plurality of icons on the startup menu screen being gradually changed to a second set of icons of the plurality of icons while the information processing apparatus travels from a first location to a second location and while the information processing apparatus is in between the first location and the second location, and at least one icon of the plurality of icons present in both the first and second sets changing display location on the startup menu screen as the first set of icons is gradually changed to the second set of icons; and an information management unit, implemented by the circuitry, to calculate center parameter information of reference parameter information of a plurality of programs, wherein the specifying unit specifies a program by using the center parameter information as the plurality of pieces of parameter information of the current time and temperature or weather information.