JP2017037599A - Information processing device and method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily enable the classification and arrangement of many start icons so that a user can easily use them.SOLUTION: A display control part 80 executes control for causing a display part 17 to display a display image obtained by overlappingly arranging start icons for an instruction operation to start application software or a prescribed function on a background image. An association part 40 associates the start icons with one or more among a plurality of groups. A display object group selection part 41 selects a group of a display object among the plurality of groups. A display image generation part 50 generates data of a display image obtained by overlappingly arranging one or more start icons associated with the group of the display object on the background image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program.

  Conventionally, there is a technique for personalizing the arrangement of activation icons (see Patent Document 1).

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  In recent years, however, there has been a demand for categorizing and arranging a large number of activation icons so as to be easy for the user to use. However, it is difficult to say that the prior art including Patent Document 1 sufficiently satisfies the demand. It is.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it easy to classify and arrange a large number of activation icons so as to be easy for the user to use.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention provides:
Display control means for executing control for displaying on a predetermined display medium a display image in which a start icon for performing an instruction operation for starting application software or a predetermined function is superimposed on a background image;
Association means for associating the activation icon with one or more of a plurality of groups;
Display target group selecting means for selecting a group to be displayed on the display medium from the plurality of groups;
Display image generation means for generating data of the display image in which one or more startup icons associated with the group to be displayed are superimposed on the background image; and
Is provided.

Rearrangement means for rearranging the arrangement positions of the activation icons according to a predetermined standard;
A reference generation means for generating the reference based on the context information of the user;
Is provided.

Display form determining means for determining a display form of the activation icon according to a predetermined standard;
A reference generation means for generating the reference based on the context information of the user;
Is provided.

  Each of the information processing method and program of one embodiment of the present invention is each of an information processing method and program corresponding to the above-described information processing device of one embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily realize the classification and arrangement of a large number of activation icons so as to be easy for the user to use.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the user terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of the user terminal of FIG. It is a state transition diagram which shows the screen transition of the display part of the user terminal which has the functional structure of FIG. It is a screen displayed on a display part by control of the display control part of the user terminal of FIG. 1, Comprising: It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of an initial state. It is a figure which is an example of the screen which is the screen displayed on a display part by control of the display control part of the user terminal of FIG. 1, and has called the rearrangement menu. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part by control of the display control part of the user terminal of FIG. 1, and classified according to the predetermined classification criteria. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part by control of the display control part of the user terminal of FIG. 1, and classified according to the predetermined classification criteria. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which was displayed on the display part by control of the display control part of the user terminal of FIG. 1, and changed the display form.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a user terminal 1 according to an embodiment of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The user terminal 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a bus 14, an input / output interface 15, an input unit 16, and a display unit 17. A storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and a drive 20.

The CPU 11 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 12 or a program loaded from the storage unit 18 to the RAM 13.
The RAM 13 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus 14. An input / output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. An input unit 16, a display unit 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and a drive 20 are connected to the input / output interface 15.

The input unit 16 includes, for example, a capacitance type or resistance film type position input sensor stacked in the display area of the display unit 17, and detects the coordinates of the position where the touch operation is performed. Here, the touch operation refers to an operation of contact or proximity of an object (such as a user's finger or a touch pen) with respect to the input unit 16. Hereinafter, the position where the touch operation is performed is referred to as “touch position”, and the coordinates of the touch position are referred to as “touch coordinates”.
The display unit 17 includes a display and displays various images.
That is, in the present embodiment, the input unit 16 and the display unit 17 constitute a touch panel.

The storage unit 18 is configured by a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) or the like, and stores various data.
The communication unit 19 controls communication performed with other devices via a network.

  A removable medium 31 is appropriately attached to the drive 20 as necessary. The program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 20 is installed in the storage unit 18 as necessary. The removable medium 31 can also store various data stored in the storage unit 18 in the same manner as the storage unit 18.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functional configuration for executing the activation icon rearrangement process among the functional configurations of the user terminal 1.
The activation icon rearrangement process is a series of processes for changing the arrangement and display form of activation icons on the background screen.
Here, the activation icon refers to an icon that activates an application program or various functions of the user terminal 1 in response to an operation such as a tap among icons on a GUI (graphical user interface). As functions of the user terminal 1, for example, there are a call function, a camera photographing function, and the like. An icon in the GUI is configured by an image, a character, a figure, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

When the activation icon rearrangement process is executed, in the CPU 21, as shown in FIG. 2, the association unit 40, the display target group selection unit 41, the display image generation unit 50, and the position information acquisition unit 62. And the date information acquisition part 63, the rearrangement reference | standard production | generation part 70, and the display control part 80 function.
In one area of the storage unit 18, a group master DB 181, an icon DB 182, a group DB 183, a log DB 184, and a background image DB 185 are provided.

The associating unit 40 associates a group with an activation icon belonging to the group, and stores information indicating the association in the group DB 183 for each of one or more groups.
It is assumed that information regarding groups is stored in the group master DB 181 and information regarding activation icons (image data of activation icons, etc.) is stored in the icon DB 182.
Therefore, the information stored in the associating unit 40 includes information for identifying a group (for example, ID and group number) and information for identifying each of one or more activation icons belonging to the group (for example, ID and code information). It becomes the information which matched.

In this embodiment, it should be noted that a plurality of activation icons can be associated with each group, and conversely, a plurality of groups can be associated with each activation icon. Furthermore, a group that is set in advance is also used, but a group that is freely set by the user can also be used.
This makes it easy for the user to associate each activation icon with one or more desired groups. That is, as will be described later, the user simply displays an activation icon associated with the display target group on the display unit 17 by performing an operation of selecting the display target group from one or more groups. Will be able to.

  The display target group selection unit 41 generates a GUI screen that allows the user to select a display target group from one or more groups, and causes the display unit 17 to display the GUI screen. The display target group selection unit 41 selects, as a display target group, a group that has been designated by the user for the GUI screen. The selected display target group is notified to the icon extraction unit 51 of the display image generation unit 50.

The display image generation unit 50 generates a display image in which one or more activation icons associated with the display target group are arranged and superimposed on the background image.
Here, the display image generation unit 50 includes an icon extraction unit 51, an icon display form determination unit 52, an icon rearrangement unit 53, and an image superposition unit 54.

  The icon extraction unit 51 extracts information (ID and code information) specifying each of one or more activation icons belonging to the display target group from the group DB 183.

Based on the extraction result of the icon extraction unit 51, the icon display form determination unit 52 acquires each data of one or more activation icons belonging to the display target group from the icon DB 182. The icon display form determination unit 52 determines the display form of the activation icon with reference to various types of information from the sorting reference generation unit 70, the position information acquisition unit 62, and the date / time information acquisition unit 63.
The data of the activation icon in each display form may be prepared in advance in the icon DB 182, or only the data of the activation icon of one display form is stored in the icon DB 182, and based on the data Alternatively, a new one generated by the icon display form determination unit 52 or the display image generation unit 50 (changed to another form) may be employed.

  The icon display form determination unit 52 refers to various types of information from the sorting reference generation unit 70, the position information acquisition unit 62, and the date / time information acquisition unit 63, and compares one or more activation icons belonging to the display target group. The display form of the activation icon is determined by determining a specific size, darkness, color, and the like.

  The icon rearrangement unit 53 displays the arrangement position on the background screen for each of the one or more activation icons belonging to the display target group from the rearrangement reference generation unit 70, the position information acquisition unit 62, and the date / time information acquisition unit 63. Determine by referring to various information.

  The image superimposing unit 54 sets the position of the start icon image having the display form determined by the icon display form determining unit 52 on the background image data acquired from the background image DB 185 by the icon rearranging unit 53. The display image data is generated by superimposing each of the image on the screen.

  The display control unit 80 executes control for causing the display unit 17 to display the display image based on the display image data generated by the image superimposing unit 54.

  The user operates the input unit 16 and designates an activation icon desired to be activated among the one or more activation icons displayed on the display unit 17 (for example, performs a tap operation). Then, the application execution unit 60 activates and executes application software associated with the activation icon designated by the user.

  The log acquisition unit 61 generates information associating the contents of the application software executed by the application execution unit 60 with the date / time information obtained from the date / time information acquisition unit 63 as history information, and records it in the log DB 184. The history information may be information associated with location information obtained from the position information acquisition unit 62.

The position information acquisition unit 62 acquires the current position of the user terminal 1. The current position may be, for example, latitude and longitude information that are relative to the earth. The position information acquisition unit 62 may acquire the current position by communicating with a GPS (global positioning system) satellite, for example. The position information acquisition unit 62 may acquire the current position, for example, by communicating with surrounding radio base station apparatuses. The position information acquisition unit 62 may acquire the current position by communicating with a peripheral wireless LAN access point, for example. The position information acquisition unit 62 may be realized in any manner as long as the current position of the user can be acquired.
Furthermore, the position information acquisition unit 62 may acquire an address as the current position from the acquired current position and map information.

  The date / time information acquisition unit 63 acquires the current date and time. The date / time information acquisition unit 63 may acquire the date and time from a timekeeping function provided in the user terminal 1, for example, or may acquire the date and time from a standard radio wave transmitted by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan. May be.

The rearrangement reference generation unit 70 generates a reference for rearranging the activation icons on the background image (hereinafter referred to as “reordering reference”).
The rearrangement reference generation unit 70 includes a log reference generation unit 71, a location reference generation unit 72, and a date / time reference generation unit 73.

  The log reference generation unit 71 generates a reordering reference based on the history information stored in the log DB 184. For example, the log reference generation unit 71 can generate a reordering criterion based on the reordering of the corresponding activation icons in descending order of the number of activation times and activation times of application software and the like.

The location reference generation unit 72 generates a reordering reference based on the current position acquired by the position information acquisition unit 62. For example, the location reference generation unit 72 can generate a reordering criterion that reorders the corresponding activation icons in the order of the degree of match with the current position of application software or the like.
Specifically, for example, when the current position is a station, it is determined that the degree of coincidence with the current position is high in application software such as train timetables and transfer guidance. On the other hand, for example, when the current position is a workplace, application software used at work is judged to have a high degree of match with the current position, and conversely, application software such as train timetables and transfer guidance, It is determined that the degree of match with the current position is low.

The date / time reference generation unit 73 generates a reordering reference based on the current date / time acquired by the date / time information acquisition unit 63. For example, the date / time criterion generation unit 73 can generate a sorting criterion that rearranges the corresponding activation icons in the order of the degree of match with the current date / time of application software or the like.
Specifically, for example, when the current time is in the morning (commuting time), it is determined that the degree of coincidence with the current time is high in application software such as a train timetable and transfer guidance. On the other hand, for example, when the current time is 12:00 noon (lunch time), application software such as restaurant introduction is judged to have a high degree of match with the current time, and conversely, train timetables and transfers It is determined that application software such as guidance has a low degree of match with the current time.

  Note that the sorting reference generation method is not particularly limited to the generation method based on the log information, the current position, and the current time. That is, it is possible to employ a method of generating a reordering reference by combining an arbitrary number of arbitrary types of information including log information, current position, and current time.

  Next, the operation of the user terminal 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 while explaining the state transition of the screen of the display unit 17.

FIG. 3 is a state transition diagram showing screen transition of the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1 having the functional configuration of FIG.
In FIG. 3, each state is indicated by one ellipse, and is determined by a code including “S” drawn on the ellipse.
The state transition from one state to one state is executed when a predetermined condition (hereinafter referred to as “state transition condition”) is satisfied.
Such a state transition condition is represented in FIG. 3 by adding a symbol including “A” to an arrow indicating a transition from one state to one state.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the default state S1 is the basic state.
FIG. 4 shows an example of the display screen of the display unit 17 in the default state S1.
In the default state S1, the display target group selection unit 41 selects a group for displaying all activation icons. As a result, in the default state S1, as shown in FIG. 4, a display screen in which all activation icons are arranged on the background screen is displayed on the display unit 17.
In the default state S1, the user can visually recognize all activation icons.

When a predetermined operation specified in advance is performed in the default state S1, the state transition condition A1 is satisfied. Then, the state transitions to the association setting state S2.
In the association setting state S2, although not shown, an association setting screen including a list of activation icons and a list of groups is displayed on the display unit 17.
Therefore, the user can associate a desired activation icon with a desired group by operating the input unit 16 and inputting necessary items on the setting screen.
Here, as described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of activation icons can be associated with each group. Conversely, a plurality of groups can be associated with each activation icon. Further, a group set in advance is also used, but a group newly generated by the user on the setting screen can also be used.
In this way, the user can easily associate a desired activation icon with one or more types of desired groups simply by performing an operation on the setting screen.
When a predetermined operation for instructing the end of the association is performed, the state transition condition A2 is satisfied. Then, the state transitions to the default state S1.

In the default state S1, when a predetermined operation for instructing the definition of the display rule is performed, the state transition condition A3 is satisfied. Then, the state transitions to the display rule definition state S3.
In the display rule definition state S3, although not shown, a screen for defining the display rule for the start icon is displayed on the display unit 17.
Therefore, the user operates the input unit 16 to input the activation icon display rule on the screen. The display rule is a rule for determining the arrangement position and display form of the activation icon and can be arbitrarily set by the user. A specific example of changing the display rule will be described later with reference to FIG.
When a predetermined operation is performed to the effect that input of the display rule for the start icon has been completed, the state transition condition A4 is satisfied. Then, the state transitions to the default state S1.

  Further, in the default state S1, when an operation for selecting one of the groups listed in the “reorder MENU” as shown in FIG. 5 is performed, the state transition condition A5 is satisfied. Then, the state transitions to the rearrangement display state S4.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a display screen including a “sorting menu”.
The “sorting menu” is a menu screen that allows the user to select a display target group from one or more groups among the GUI screens generated by the display target group selection unit 41.
That is, the user operates the input unit 16 to select a group to be displayed from among the groups displayed in the list in “Sort MENU”.
In the example of FIG. 5, “ALL”, “XX school navi”, “information”, and “entertainment” exist as display target groups that can be selected by the user. Then, “XX school navi” is selected as the display target group.

When the display target group is selected and the state transition condition A5 is satisfied and the state transitions to the rearranged display state S4, one or more activation icons belonging to the display target group are arranged in the background image. A display screen is displayed on the display unit 17.
For example, in the example of FIG. 5, when “XX school navi” is selected as a display target group, a display screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 17 in the rearrangement display state S4.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a display screen when “XX school navi” in FIG. 5 is selected as a display target group.

Specifically, the icon extraction unit 51 extracts information (ID and code information) that identifies each of the eight activation icons associated with “XX school navi” that is a display target group.
Based on the extraction result of the icon extraction unit 51, the icon display form determination unit 52 acquires data of each of the eight activation icons (see FIG. 6) belonging to “XX school navi” from the icon DB 182. Then, the icon display form determination unit 52 determines the display form of these eight activation icons. An example in which the display form changes will be described later with reference to FIG.
The icon rearrangement unit 53 determines the arrangement position shown in FIG. 6 as the arrangement position on the background screen for each of the eight activation icons belonging to “XX school navi”.
The image superimposing unit 54 superimposes the data of eight activation icon images as shown in FIG. 6 on the data of the background image (white image in FIG. 6 but actually various background images). Generate image data.
The display control unit 80 causes the display unit 17 to display a display screen as shown in FIG. 6 based on the display image data generated by the image superimposing unit 54.

In the display screen of the example of FIG. 6, it can be seen that the activation icons “search” and “television program guide” that are displayed in the example of FIG. 4 where all the activation icons are displayed are not displayed.
Further, since the arrangement position of each activation icon is rearranged by the icon rearrangement unit 53, each activation icon of “Search”, “TV program guide”, and “Notification” is displayed in the example of FIG. In addition, in the example of FIG. 6, it can be seen that the activation icons “notification”, “browser mail”, and “library” are displayed in a packed manner.

In the rearrangement display state S4, when the user operates the input unit 16 to give an instruction to activate desired application software, that is, when a desired activation icon is tapped, the state transition condition A9 is satisfied. . Then, the state transitions to the application execution state S5.
In the application execution state S5, the application execution unit 60 activates and executes application software associated with the activation icon that has been tapped by the user. Thereby, although not shown, various images related to the application software are displayed on the display unit 17.
When the execution of the application software ends, the state transition condition A10 is satisfied. Then, the state returns to the rearrangement display state S4.

Here, since the activation icon is displayed even in the default state S1, the state transition condition A7 is satisfied when the user performs a tap operation or the like on the desired activation icon as in the rearrangement display state S4. Then, the state transitions to the application execution state S5.
In the application execution state S5, application software associated with an activation icon that has been tapped by the user is activated and executed.
When the execution of the application software ends, the state transition condition A8 is satisfied. Then, the state returns to the rearrangement display state S1.

In this way, the transition between the default state S1 and the application execution state S5 can be freely performed in the same manner as the transition between the rearrangement display state S4 and the application execution state S5 can be freely performed.
The same applies to other transition relationships. That is, the transition between the rearrangement display state S4 and the associated setting state S2 can be freely performed in the same manner as the transition between the default state S1 and the associated setting state S2 can be freely performed. That is, since the state transition conditions A11 and A12 are basically the same as the state transition conditions A1 and A2, description thereof is omitted here.
Just as the transition between the default state S1 and the display rule definition state S3 can be freely performed, the transition between the rearrangement display state S4 and the display rule definition state S3 can be freely performed. That is, each of the state transition conditions A13 and A14 is basically the same as each of the state transition conditions A3 and A4, and the description thereof is omitted here.

Here, also in the rearrangement display state S4, the user operates the input unit 16 to pop up “Sort MENU”, and change the display target group from the groups displayed in the list. (New choice).
When “ALL” is newly selected as the display target group, the state transition condition A6 is satisfied. Then, the state transitions to the default state S1.
On the other hand, when another group is newly selected as a display target group, one or more activation icons belonging to the newly selected group are displayed while maintaining the rearranged display state S4. Become so.

  For example, when “information” is newly selected as a display target group, a display screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 17.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a display screen when “information” is selected as a display target group.

Specifically, the icon extraction unit 51 extracts information (ID and code information) that specifies each of the five activation icons associated with “information” that is a display target group.
Based on the extraction result of the icon extraction unit 51, the icon display form determination unit 52 acquires data of each of the five activation icons (see FIG. 7) belonging to “information” from the icon DB 182. Then, the icon display form determination unit 52 determines the display form of these five activation icons. An example in which the display form changes will be described later with reference to FIG.
The icon rearrangement unit 53 determines the arrangement position shown in FIG. 7 as the arrangement position on the background screen for each of the five activation icons belonging to “information”.
The image superimposing section 54 superimposes the data of five activation icon images on the data of the background image (white image in FIG. 7 but actually various background images) as shown in FIG. Generate image data.
The display control unit 80 causes the display unit 17 to display a display screen as illustrated in FIG. 7 based on the display image data generated by the image superimposing unit 54.

  In the example of FIG. 7 in which the display target group is “information”, “navi XX school” and “learning compass” are compared with the example of FIG. 6 in which the display target group is “XX school navi”. , "Syllabus", and "Library" startup icons are no longer displayed. This is because each activation icon of “naviXX school”, “learning compass”, “syllabus”, and “library” was associated with “XX school navi”, but “information” It means that it is not associated.

  On the other hand, the “search” activation icon is not displayed in the example of FIG. 6, but is displayed in the example of FIG. This means that the “search” activation icon is not associated with “XX school navi” but is associated with “information”.

In addition, the activation icons of “clock”, “health management”, “notice”, and “browser mail” are displayed in both the example of FIG. 6 and the example of FIG. This means that the “clock”, “health management”, “notice”, and “browser mail” activation icons are associated with either “XX school navi” or “information”. ing.
As described above, in the conventional grouping of activation icons, one activation icon can be associated (classified) with only one group, but in this embodiment, one activation icon is assigned to each of a plurality of groups. This is very convenient for the user.

Further, as described above, the user transitions the state from the default state S1 or the rearranged display state S4 to the display rule definition state S3, and changes the display form and arrangement position of each activation icon (such display rule is changed). Can be defined).
For example, when the group to be displayed is “XX school navi”, the user can change the display screen from the example of FIG. 6 to the example of FIG.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a display screen when “XX school navi” in FIG. 5 is selected as a display target group, and shows an example different from FIG.
For example, in the example of FIG. 8, a display rule is defined in which the size of the corresponding activation icon changes according to the activation frequency of the application software.
That is, since the activation frequency of “navixxx school” is the highest, the activation icon of “navixxx school” is displayed the largest.
Next, since the activation frequency of “clock”, “learning compass”, “library”, and “notification” is high, each activation icon of “clock”, “learning compass”, “library”, “announcement” is displayed large The
Since the activation frequency of “Browser Mail” is medium, the “Browser Mail” activation icon is displayed in a medium size.
Since the activation frequency of “syllabus” and “health management” is low, the activation icons of “syllabus” and “health management” are displayed small.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the icon rearrangement unit 53 may appropriately arrange the activation icons according to the changed display form (size in the example of FIG. 8). it can. As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the activation icons overlap each other and become invisible, or a situation in which the number of activation icons that can be viewed at the same time is insufficient.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The deformation | transformation in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, improvement, etc. are included in this invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied is the user terminal 1 itself. However, the information processing apparatus is not particularly limited thereto, and may be another terminal that can remotely control the user terminal 1. Alternatively, a device owned by a user who does not have the display unit 17 (a device using an external monitor) may be used.
That is, the display medium that displays the display image including the start icon and the information processing apparatus that executes the control to generate the display image and display the display image are independent from each other, and the above-described embodiment. Thus, it is not always necessary to be in the same apparatus.

In other words, the information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied can take various embodiments including the user terminal 1 as the above-described embodiment and having the following configuration.
That is, the information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied, including the user terminal 1,
Display control means for executing control for displaying on a predetermined display medium a display image in which a start icon for performing an instruction operation for starting application software or a predetermined function is superimposed on a background image;
Association means for associating the activation icon with one or more of a plurality of groups;
Display target group selecting means for selecting a group to be displayed on the display medium from the plurality of groups;
Display image generation means for generating data of the display image in which one or more startup icons associated with the group to be displayed are superimposed on the background image; and
Is provided.

  As a result, it is possible to easily arrange and arrange a large number of activation icons so as to be easy for the user to use.

Here, the information processing apparatus
Rearrangement means for rearranging the arrangement positions of the activation icons according to a predetermined standard;
A reference generation means for generating the reference based on the context information of the user;
You may make it provide.

This makes it easy to rearrange the activation icons so that the activation icons that are more suitable for the user's context are arranged at positions that are easy for the user to see and attract attention (for example, positions above).
Here, the context refers to all the internal state and external state of the user. The internal state of the user refers to a state caused by the work of the user's body or brain, for example, the user's behavior, physical condition, emotion (feeling or psychological state), and the like. The external state of the user refers to the spatial or temporal arrangement position of the user (the spatial arrangement position refers to, for example, the current position. The temporal arrangement position refers to, for example, the current time. In addition, it indicates a predetermined state (a state of the surrounding environment) distributed in the spatial direction, the time direction, or all directions around the user.
That is, the application execution log (the action history that the user has used such an application), the current position, and the current date and time described above with reference to FIG. 2 are all examples of contexts.
In this way, the user can easily rearrange the activation icons according to his / her context, so that the target application can be easily activated quickly.

In addition, the information processing device
Display form determining means for determining a display form of the activation icon according to a predetermined standard;
A reference generation means for generating the reference based on the context information of the user;
You may make it provide.
Thereby, it becomes easy to make the startup icon more suitable for the user's context into a display form that is easy for the user to see and a display form that attracts attention.
In this way, the user can easily change the display form of the activation icon in accordance with his / her context, so that the target application can be easily activated quickly.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configuration of FIG. 2 is merely an example and is not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient that the user terminal 1 has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processes as a whole, and what functional block is used to realize this function is not particularly limited to the example of FIG.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 1 distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the user, but also in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body in advance. It is comprised with the recording medium etc. which are provided in this. The removable medium 31 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. The magneto-optical disk is configured by an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. In addition, the recording medium provided to the user in a state of being incorporated in advance in the apparatus main body includes, for example, the ROM 12 in FIG. 1 in which the program is recorded, the hard disk included in the storage unit 18 in FIG.

In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series along the order, but is not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.
Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus configured by a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... User terminal, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... Bus, 15 ... Input / output interface, 16 ... Input part, 17 ... Display unit, 18 ... storage unit, 19 ... communication unit, 20 ... drive, 50 ... display image generation unit, 51 ... icon extraction unit, 52 ... icon display form determination unit, 53 ... Icon rearrangement unit, 54 ... Image superposition unit, 61 ... Log acquisition unit, 62 ... Position information acquisition unit

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Display control means for executing control for displaying on a predetermined display medium a display image in which a start icon for performing an instruction operation for starting application software or a predetermined function is superimposed on a background image;
Association means for associating the activation icon with one or more of a plurality of groups;
Display target group selecting means for selecting a group to be displayed on the display medium from the plurality of groups;
Display image generation means for generating data of the display image in which one or more startup icons associated with the group to be displayed are superimposed on the background image; and
An information processing apparatus comprising: Rearrangement means for rearranging the arrangement positions of the activation icons according to a predetermined standard;
A reference generation means for generating the reference based on the context information of the user;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. Display form determining means for determining a display form of the activation icon according to a predetermined standard;
A reference generation means for generating the reference based on the context information of the user;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. In the information processing method executed by the information processing apparatus,
A display control step for executing control for displaying on a predetermined display medium a display image in which an activation icon for performing an instruction operation for activating an application software or a predetermined function is superimposed on a background image;
Associating the activation icon with one or more of a plurality of groups;
A display target group selection step of selecting a display target group on the display medium from the plurality of groups;
A display image generation step of generating data of the display image in which one or more startup icons associated with the display target group are arranged to be superimposed on the background image;
An information processing method including: In the computer that controls the information processing device,
A display control step for executing control for displaying on a predetermined display medium a display image in which an activation icon for performing an instruction operation for activating an application software or a predetermined function is superimposed on a background image;
Associating the activation icon with one or more of a plurality of groups;
A display target group selection step of selecting a display target group on the display medium from the plurality of groups;
A display image generation step of generating data of the display image in which one or more startup icons associated with the display target group are arranged to be superimposed on the background image;
A program that executes control processing including

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