Patent ID: 8359483

Claim:
A communication device communicable with a server that distributes a plurality of content items and a content feed including a plurality of titles of the respective content items, comprising: a display section; a content feed acquiring unit configured to acquire the content feed from the server each time a first predetermined time duration elapses; a first display unit configured to control the display section to sequentially display the plurality of titles of the content items; a first control unit configured to shift the display section from a sleep mode to an active mode when a first event is generated while the display section is in the sleep mode, the first event being reception of an updated content feed by the content feed acquiring unit; and a second control unit configured to shift the display section from the sleep mode to the active mode when a second event different from the first event is generated in the sleep mode, the second control unit shifting the display section from the active mode to the sleep mode when the second predetermined time duration has elapsed without any event being generated in the active mode, wherein the first control unit shifts the display section from the active mode to the sleep mode either when sequential display of the plurality of titles is completed or when a second predetermined time duration has elapsed without any event being generated in the active mode, wherein when a last event is an application running event or a normal sleep reset event, the second control unit shifts the display section into the sleep mode when the sleep timer time up event is generated.