Patent ID: 7853037

Claim:
A content selecting method for allowing a target content to be selected as desired from a plurality of contents, the content selecting method comprising: transforming a three-dimensional image into a content selection image made up of a two-dimensional image viewed from a predetermined point of view, the three-dimensional image including content indicators each representing one of a plurality of contents, each of the content indicators being designated by a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates made of first, second, and third impression item values obtained by converting three items representative of impressions of each content into numerical terms, in which each of the three items is different from each other such that a first item thereof is different from a second item thereof which is different from a third item thereof; displaying the content selection image; and discriminating target content selected from the plurality of contents in accordance with the position of a selected target part on the content selection image and with the positions of the plurality of content indicators on the content selection image, in which respective content represents a respective song, and in which the first item represents a speed of the respective song, the second item represents a tone of the respective song in which the tone indicates whether the respective song is analog or digital, and the third item represents an age of the respective song.