Patent ID: 9420271
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an information processing program, said information processing program including computer executable instructions for causing an information processing apparatus having a computer processor, a display apparatus and an inputter to function as: a display controller which displays a predetermined portion out of information being made up of a plurality of separate sequentially prearranged displayable portions on a screen of said display apparatus; a scrolling processor which controls a scrolling of the predetermined portion in a predetermined direction on the screen in response to an input via the inputter which designates a scrolling operation; a previous/next portion displayer which, if there is an existing previous or next portion of said displayable portions which precedes or comes after said predetermined portion, displays either a blank space or a small part of said existing previous or next portion along with and in an area on the screen along a side of said predetermined portion being displayed which is orthogonal to the predetermined direction in which the predetermined portion is scrolled, wherein a displayed small part of said existing previous/next portion is smaller than said predetermined portion; and a display switcher which switches the predetermined portion being displayed to one or the other of the existing previous or next portion in response to an input from said inputter.