Patent ID: 8341517

Claim:
A content display method in a processing unit for laying out and displaying multiple pieces of content information on a display device comprising: a first dividing step using an area dividing section in said processing unit for dividing a display area on said display device into two divided display areas; a second dividing step using the area dividing section for selecting one of said divided display areas having a largest dimension among all of said divided display areas on said display device and further dividing the selected divided display area into two divided display areas, said second dividing step being repeated until a predetermined completion condition is satisfied; and a layout step for laying out said multiple pieces of content information to display the corresponding content information on said display device in each said divided display area a direction determining step for calculating aspect ratio of an area and determining direction to divide said area based on the calculated value; an aspect ratio estimating step for tentatively determining position to divide within said area and estimating aspect ratio of each area when said area is divided into two at said tentative position; a judging step for judging whether said aspect ratio of each area estimated in said aspect ratio estimating step is in a predetermined range; a position determining step for determining to divide said area at said tentative position when said aspect ratio of each area is in said predetermined range; and a dividing step for dividing said area into two in the direction determined in said direction determining step at the position determined in said position determining step, wherein said aspect ratio estimating step and said judging step are repeated to determine a position to divide until said aspect ratio of every area is judged to be in said predetermined range.