Patent ID: 8243199
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a content display control section switching contents to be displayed on a display screen; and a related information display control section displaying, during a switching period when a content displayed on the display screen is switched from one content to another content, related information related to the other content, wherein the related information display control section fades out the related information displayed on the display screen at the time of displaying the other content on the display screen, wherein the related information display control section displays on the display screen not only related information related to the other content, but also related information related to a subsequent content to be reproduced subsequent to the other content, wherein the related information display control section further displays on the display screen a time interval from the end of reproduction of the other content until the subsequent content is reproduced, and wherein the related information display control section includes a display scale adjusting section adjusting, according to the time interval, display scale of at least either of related information related to the other content and related information related to the subsequent content.