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A display control device includes: a priority order searching unit that searches a priority order management table to retrieve the priority level corresponding to the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on a display device related to a usage starting operation when the usage star

A display control device includes: a priority order searching unit that searches a priority order management table to retrieve the priority level corresponding to the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on a display device related to a usage starting operation when the usage starting operation is detected from any of display devices in the standby state; a switch display target designating unit that retrieves display devices displaying standby content screens of lower priority levels than the retrieved standby content screen, and designates a display device as the switch display target that is the display device displaying the standby content screen of the lowest priority level; and a display control unit that causes the designated display device of the switch display target to switchingly display the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation.

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1. A content display system comprising: a plurality of display devices;a display control device that controls the display devices to display any of a plurality of standby content screens on the respective display devices that are in a standby state, the display control device controlling the display

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A content display system comprising: a plurality of display devices;a display control device that controls the display devices to display any of a plurality of standby content screens on the respective display devices that are in a standby state, the display control device controlling the display devices to stop displaying a standby content screen being currently displayed when detecting a usage starting operation from the display devices;a priority order managing unit that manages priority levels of standby content screens to be preferentially displayed on the display devices that are in the standby state;a state managing unit that manages a usage state of each of the display devices, and manages a standby content screen being currently displayed when the usage state is the standby state;a priority order searching unit that, when detecting a usage starting operation from the display device that is in the standby state, searches the state managing unit to retrieve a standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation, and searches the priority order managing unit to retrieve a priority level corresponding to the retrieved standby content screen;a display target designating unit that searches the priority order managing unit to retrieve standby content screens of lower priority levels than the priority level of the standby content screen retrieved by the priority order searching unit, searches the state managing unit to retrieve display devices displaying the retrieved standby content screens of lower priority levels, and designates a display device of a display target that is a display device displaying the standby content screen of the lowest priority level among the retrieved display devices; anda display control unit that controls the display device of the display target designated by the display target designating unit to display the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation. 2. The content display system according to claim 1, further comprising a distance managing unit that manages distances between each of the display devices and the other ones of the display devices, wherein, when there are a plurality of display devices displaying the standby content screen of the lowest priority level, the display target designating unit designates the display device of the display target that is a display device located at the shortest distance from the display device related to the usage starting operation, based on management contents of the distance managing unit. 3. The content display system according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the display device of the display target designated by the display target designating unit to switchingly display the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation. 4. The content display system according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the display device of the display target designated by the display target designating unit to display not only the standby content screen being currently displayed on the display device of the display target, but also the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation, the standby content screens being displayed as split screens. 5. The content display system according to claim 3, further comprising: an undisplayed content managing unit that manages standby content screens not being displayed on the display devices among the standby content screens; anda display recovery content searching unit that retrieves the standby content screen of the highest priority level among the standby content screens being managed by the undisplayed content managing unit, when a usage ending operation is detected from the display devices,wherein the display control unit controls the display device related to the usage ending operation to display the standby content screen of the highest priority level retrieved by the display recovery content searching unit. 6. The content display system according to claim 4, further comprising a display recovery content searching unit that retrieves the standby content screen of the highest priority level among the standby content screens being displayed as the split screens, when a usage ending operation is detected from the display devices, wherein the display control unit controls the display device related to the usage ending operation to display the standby content screen of the highest priority level retrieved by the display recovery content searching unit. 7. The content display system according to claim 4, wherein the display control unit sets a display area for displaying each standby content screen in accordance with priority levels of the standby content screens to be displayed as the split screens, when the standby content screens are to be displayed as the split screens on the display device of the display target designated by the display target designating unit. 8. The content display system according to claim 6, wherein the display control unit sets a display area for displaying each standby content screen in accordance with priority levels of the standby content screens to be displayed as the split screens, when the standby content screens are to be displayed as the split screens on the display device of the display target designated by the display target designating unit. 9. A content display method for controlling a plurality of display devices, controlling the respective display devices that are in a standby state to display any of a plurality of standby content screens, and controlling the display devices to stop displaying the standby content screen when detecting a usage starting operation from the display devices, the content display method comprising:managing priority levels of standby content screens to be preferentially displayed on the display devices that are in the standby state;managing a usage state of each of the display devices, and managing a standby content screen being currently displayed when the usage state is the standby state;searching the contents managed at the managing the usage state to retrieve a standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to a usage starting operation when the usage starting operation is detected from any of the display devices that are in the standby state, and searching the contents managed at the managing the priority levels to retrieve a priority level corresponding to the retrieved standby content screen;searching the contents managed at the managing the priority levels to retrieve standby content screens of lower priority levels than the standby content screen retrieved in the searching the priority levels, searching the contents managed at the managing the usage state to retrieve display devices displaying the standby content screens of the lower priority levels, and designating a display device of a display target that is a display device displaying a standby content screen of the lowest priority level among the retrieved display devices; andcontrolling the designated display device of the display target to display the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation. 10. The content display method according to claim 9, further comprising managing distances between each of the display devices and the other ones of the display devices, wherein, when there are a plurality of display devices displaying the standby content screen of the lowest priority level, the display device of the display target that is a display device located at the shortest distance from the display device related to the usage starting operation is designated based on management contents of the managed distances. 11. The content display method according to claim 9, wherein the controlling the display control unit includes controlling the display device of the display target designated by the display target designating unit to switchingly display the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation. 12. The content display method according to claim 9, wherein the controlling the display control unit includes controlling the display device of the designated display target to display not only the standby content screen being currently displayed on the display device of the display target, but also the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on the display device related to the usage starting operation, the standby content screens being displayed as split screens. 13. The content display method according to claim 11, further comprising: managing standby content screens not being displayed on the display devices among the standby content screens; andretrieving the standby content screen of the highest priority level among the standby content screens being managed at the managing the standby content screens not being displayed, when a usage ending operation is detected from the display devices,wherein the controlling the display control unit includes controlling the display device related to the usage ending operation to display the retrieved standby content screen of the highest priority level. 14. The content display method according to claim 12, further comprising retrieving the standby content screen of the highest priority level among the standby content screens being displayed as the split screens, when a usage ending operation is detected from the display devices, wherein the controlling the display device includes controlling the display device related to the usage ending operation to display the retrieved standby content screen of the highest priority level. 15. The content display method according to claim 12, wherein the controlling the display device includes setting a display area for displaying each standby content screen in accordance with priority levels of the standby content screens to be displayed as the split screens, when the standby content screens are to be displayed as the split screens on the display device of the display target designated at the designating. 16. The content display method according to claim 14, wherein the controlling the display device includes setting a display area for displaying each standby content screen in accordance with priority levels of the standby content screens to be displayed as the split screens, when the standby content screens are to be displayed as the split screens on the display device of the display target designated at the designating.