Patent ID: 8497867
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing system comprising: a storage unit configured to store data of a plurality of content items which have a predetermined order and are displayable on a display device at different display qualities for each content item; a display control unit configured to display a part of the plurality of content items on the display device based on the data of the content stored in the storage unit; a detection unit configured to detect a user operation to instruct switching of a content item displayed on the display device; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a switching speed of content display on the display device based on the user operation detected by said detection unit; and a control unit configured to cause the storage unit to store content data to be displayed at a first display quality for each content item from an Nth item to an (N+K)th item in the predetermined order in a case where the switching speed obtained by the obtaining unit is a first speed, and to cause the storage unit to store content data to be displayed at the first display quality for each content item from an Mth item to an (M+L)th (L>K) item in the predetermined order in a case where the switching speed obtained by the obtaining unit is a second speed which is faster than the first speed; wherein in a case where the switching speed is the second speed, the control unit makes a distribution of content data which is to be displayed at a second display quality, which is higher than the first display quality, in content data which is stored in the storage unit to be smaller than the distribution in a case where the switching speed is the first speed.