US Patent 7587681 Method and apparatus for presenting information

Patent 7587681 was granted and assigned to Sony on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Sony

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7587681

Date of Patent

September 8, 2009

Patent Application Number

10858487

Date Filed

June 1, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Doug Hutton

Patent abstract

Files such as musical pieces are represented in symbols such as a star, and are clustered based on the attribute of each file so as to be allocated in an information space. An impression, such as “refreshing”, on the musical piece corresponding to the file is represented and given in the form of emotion. The initial search for a file is carried out by roughly cutting out a marked-out space. When narrowed down, the file is linearly developed so as to support a user selection.