Patent ID: 8386938

Claim:
A display control device that controls, in response to user's operation to a remote controller, a list display of a file of contents accumulated in another device connected over a network, and a list display of a folder in a hierarchy for storing the file, the display control device comprising: type selection means for selecting a type of contents for the file in accordance with the user's operation to the remote controller; reception control means for controlling reception of file attribute information coming from the another device about an attribute provided to the folder indicating the type of contents for the file stored in the folder at the another device, the file attribute information provided to the folder being other than information provided to the file to indicate type of contents for the file; attribute determination means for determining (i) a determination result indicating whether the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device from information about contents in the another device received by the reception control means, and (ii) when the determination result is the another device is provided with information about attribute/type of a file of contents included in the another device, based on the file attribute information, whether the another device is recorded with a file of a type of contents same as the selected type and whether the folder is provided with the attribute of the selected type; and display control means for controlling, when the folder is determined as not being provided with the attribute of the selected type, the list display to cause the folder to be displayed in a predetermined color.