Patent ID: 8060907

Claim:
A display processing apparatus for performing a process for displaying content information that is classified into genres, the display processing apparatus comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) configure content cards recording content information in association with content items; (b) display a card group including all of said content cards, a plurality of said content cards recording content information being hidden; (c) display a user-operable selection indicator, the user-operable selection indicator being associated with at least one of a plurality of control points, said control point associated with the user-operable selection indicator having a variable position, at least one of the plurality of control points having a static position, and said plurality of control points defining a content card movement curve, said content movement curve having: a first shape; and tip a second, different shape; (d) select a first one of the content cards based on a first location of the user-operable selection indicator, said control point associated with the user-operable selection indicator having a first position based on the first location of the user-operable selection indicator, and the content card movement curve having the first shape based, at least in part, on the first position of the control point associated with the user-operable selection indicator; (e) display the content card selected by the user-operable selection indicator in a portion adjacent to the card group with the content information being displayed; (f) display genres corresponding to displayed content information; (g) display the genre of the selected content information, wherein the content information is continuously displayed according to a user selection operation; and (h) in response to the user-operable selection indicator changing from the first location to a second, different location: (i) select a second, different one of the content cards based on said second location of the user-operable selection indicator; (ii) move at least one of the content cards from a first position along the content card movement curve to a second different position along the content card movement curve, (iii) determine a second, different position of the control point associated with the user-operable selection indicator based on the second location of the user-operable selection indicator; (iv) move said at least one control point associated with the user-operable selection indicator to said second, different position; and (v) change the shape of said content card movement curve from said first shape to said second, different shape based, at least in part, on said second position of said control point associated with the user-operable selection indicator.