Patent ID: 8717301

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display-form managing means for: receiving, from a user, information associated with at least one of a plurality of content selection views, the content selection views being associated with corresponding arrangements of graphical representations of a set of content elements on a display screen; and establishing a display mode for a subset of the content elements based on the received information, metadata associated with the subset of the content elements, and a prior arrangement of the graphical representations of the subset of the content elements on the display screen; a display control means for generating at least one signal to display, on the display screen: a transition between a prior content selection view and the content selection view corresponding to the received information; and the graphical representations of the subset of the content elements in accordance with the established display mode; a detection means for detecting a contact between a human appendage and a surface of a touch screen, the contact being associated with a corresponding contact position on the touch screen surface; a judging means for determining whether the contact between the human appendage and the touch screen surface is released; a selecting means for selecting at least a first one of the content elements when the contact is released, the graphical representation of the first content element being associated with a display position corresponding to the contact position, the selecting means being further configured to store information associated with the selected item; and a playing means for generating a signal to play the first content element, the playing means being further configured to play a second one of the content elements when the contact is not released.