System, apparatus, method and program for processing information

• US 10,027,730 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2014
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyoshi, Toshimasa, Nagasaka, Hideo, Tominaga, Takashi, Kimijima, Tadaaki, Inoue, Shigeru, Atsumi, Soichiro, Tokashiki, Mamoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Razu A
• Application Number:
  US14/491,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20150006576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,397 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7328 Query by example, e.g. a complete video frame or video sequence graphical querying G06F16/7335
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

In response to a request, one of primary content data as a copyrighted work and incidental content data is received from a server. With a music editing and sharing application, the content data is used in a secondary usage fashion for editing in order to produce new incidental content data. The incidental content data is not the one that is produced by arranging directly the primary content data as an editing material but play control information for giving an instruction defining a play mode. The incidental content data is uploaded to an incidental content server.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method comprising;

in response to receiving a search request, searching a plurality of media contents based on the search request to identify media contents that satisfy the search request and that are individually associated with usage permission information of the media content, wherein the usage permission information indicates multiple uses including authority to use the media content to produce new media content and to playback the media content;

transmitting information regarding at least one media content identified in the searching to a source of the search request, wherein the at least one media content identified in the searching comprises a first media content, the first media content being individually associated with the usage permission information of the first media content; and

receiving a first new media content incorporating at least a portion of the first media content.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

each media content of the plurality of media contents is stored in the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a data structure; and

the usage permission information individually associated with at least some of the media contents of the plurality of media contents is data stored within the data structure of the media content with which the usage permission information is individually associated.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the data structure is a file.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the usage permission information further indicates authority to edit the media content.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request to store the first new media content and make the first new media content available for playback via at least one web page, the first new media content comprising at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of media contents.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of media contents comprise video contents.

7. A method of managing at least one data store storing a plurality of media contents, at least some of the media contents of the plurality being individually associated with usage permission information of the media content, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a search request, searching the plurality of media contents based on the search request to identify media contents that satisfy the search request and that are individually associated with the usage permission information, wherein the usage permission information indicates multiple uses including authority to use the media content to produce new media content and to playback the media content;

transmitting information regarding at least one media content identified in the searching to a source of the search request, wherein the at least one media content identified in the searching comprises a first media content, the first media content being individually associated with the usage permission information of the first media content; and

receiving a first new media content incorporating at least a portion of the first media content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

each media content of the plurality of media contents is stored in the at least one computer-readable storage in a data structure; and

the usage permission information individually associated with at least some of the media contents of the plurality of media contents is data stored within the data structure of the media content with which the usage permission information is individually associated.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data structure is a file.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the usage permission information further indicates authority to edit the media content.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request to store the first new media content and make the first new media content available for playback via at least one web page, the first new media content comprising at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of media contents.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the plurality of media contents comprise video contents.

13. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method of managing at least one data store storing a plurality of media contents, at least some of the media contents of the plurality being individually associated with usage permission information of the media content, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a search request, searching the plurality of media contents based on the search request to identify media contents that satisfy the search request and that are individually associated with the usage permission information, wherein the usage permission information indicates multiple uses including authority to use the media content to produce new media content and to playback the media content;

transmitting information regarding at least one media content identified in the searching to a source of the search request, wherein the at least one media content identified in the searching comprises a first media content, the first media content being individually associated with the usage permission information of the first media content; and

receiving a first new media content incorporating at least a portion of the first media content.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein:

each media content of the plurality of media contents is stored in the at least one computer-readable storage in a data structure; and

the usage permission information individually associated with at least some of the media contents of the plurality of media contents is data stored within the data structure of the media content with which the usage permission information is individually associated.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the usage permission information further indicates authority to edit the media content.

16. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request to store the first new media content and make the first new media content available for playback via at least one web page, the first new media content comprising at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of media contents.

17. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein:

the plurality of media contents comprise video contents.