Content using method, content using apparatus, content recording method, content recording apparatus, content providing system, content receiving method, content receiving apparatus, and content data format
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one storage device storing contents and data sets associated with the respective contents, the contents including a first content, the data sets including a first data set associated with the first content, the first data set including first and second time information, the first time information associated with a first indicator of a public attribute, the second time information associated with a person or group and with a second indicator of a private attribute including private time information of the person or group,the at least one storage device further storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform steps comprising;
receiving from a user, via a content receiving terminal, a request for content associated with a particular person or group other than the user and with a specified time period or date,searching the data sets for second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user and corresponding to the specified time period or date,determining that the second time information associated with the particular person or group of the first data set corresponds to the specified time period or date, andsending to the content receiving terminal, in response to the request, at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the first content associated with the first data set.
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Abstract
A method of using contents includes the steps of setting public time information and private time information, the public time information being associated with each content and defined universally for use by a large number of unspecified users, the private time being associated with the content and defined for use by a small number of particular persons, and searching for a content according to the public time information and/or the private time information and using the content detected in the searching.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one storage device storing contents and data sets associated with the respective contents, the contents including a first content, the data sets including a first data set associated with the first content, the first data set including first and second time information, the first time information associated with a first indicator of a public attribute, the second time information associated with a person or group and with a second indicator of a private attribute including private time information of the person or group, the at least one storage device further storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform steps comprising; receiving from a user, via a content receiving terminal, a request for content associated with a particular person or group other than the user and with a specified time period or date, searching the data sets for second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user and corresponding to the specified time period or date, determining that the second time information associated with the particular person or group of the first data set corresponds to the specified time period or date, and sending to the content receiving terminal, in response to the request, at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the first content associated with the first data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of searching data sets associated with respective contents, the contents including a first content, the data sets including a first data set associated with the first content, the first data set including first and second time information, the first time information associated with a first indicator of a public attribute, the second time information associated with a person or group and with a second indicator of a private attribute including private time information of the person or group, the method comprising:
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receiving from a user, via a content receiving terminal, a request for content associated with a particular person or group other than the user and with a specified time period or date; searching, using at least one processor, the data sets for second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user and corresponding to the specified time period or date; determining, using at least one processor, that the second time information associated with the particular person or group of the first data set corresponds to the specified time period or date; and sending to the content receiving terminal, in response to the request, at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the first content associated with the first data set. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having stored thereon processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method of searching data sets associated with respective contents, the contents including a first content, the data sets including a first data set associated with the first content, the first data set including first and second time information, the first time information associated with a first indicator of a public attribute, the second time information associated with a person or group and with a second indicator of a private attribute including private time information of the person or group, the method comprising:
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receiving from a user, via a content receiving terminal, a request for content associated with a particular person or group other than the user and with a specified time period or date; searching, using at least one processor, the data sets for second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user and corresponding to the specified time period or date; determining, using at least one processor, that the second time information associated with the particular person or group of the first data set corresponds to the specified time period or date; and sending to the content receiving terminal, in response to the request, at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the first content associated with the first data set.
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one storage device storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform steps comprising; sending a request by a user for content associated with a particular person or group other than the user and with a specified time period or date, in response to the request, receiving at least a portion of a first content and at least a portion of a first data set associated with the first content, wherein the first data set includes first and second time information, the first time information associated with a first indicator of a public attribute, the second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user and with a second indicator of a private attribute including private time information, and wherein the second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user corresponds to the specified time period or date. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method comprising:
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sending, with at least one processor, a request by a user for content associated with a particular person or group other than the user and with a specified time period or date; and in response to the request, receiving at least a portion of a first content and at least a portion of a first data set associated with the first content, wherein the first data set includes first and second time information, the first time information associated with a first indicator of a public attribute, the second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user and with a second indicator of a private attribute including private time information, and wherein the second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user corresponds to the specified time period or date. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having stored thereon processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform steps comprising:
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sending, with at least one processor, a request by a user for content associated with a particular person or group and with a specified time period or date; and in response to the request, receiving at least a portion of a first content and at least a portion of a first data set associated with the first content, wherein the first data set includes first and second time information, the first time information associated with a first indicator of a public attribute, the second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user and with a second indicator of a private attribute including private time information, and wherein the second time information associated with the particular person or group other than the user corresponds to the specified time period or date.
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