Terminal device, server device, data management system, and recording medium on which program is recorded

• US 10,148,984 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Soliton Systems K.K.
• Original Assignee: Soliton Systems K.K.
• Inventors: Shibata, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Alcon, Fernando
• Application Number:
  US14/917,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20160219310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2181 comprising remotely distributed storage units, e.g. when movies are replicated over a plurality of video servers distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23116 involving data replication, e.g. over plural servers synchronization of replicated data G06F11/1658; error detection or correction by means of data replication G06F11/2053; replication in distributed file systems G06F16/10; replication in distributed file systems G06F16/27; replication or mirroring of data in data networks H04L67/1095
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]

Abstract

Some embodiments may include a transmitting unit which transmits, when one or more pieces of stored data each being an entity at storage of a digital asset are respectively stored in one or more data storage devices, identification data for uniquely identifying the digital asset to a server device; and a receiving unit which receives, from the server device, digital asset use feature information indicating a feature during use of the digital asset uniquely identified by the identification data transmitted by the transmitting unit, and digital asset entity information indicating an entitative feature of each of the one or more pieces of stored data each being an entity at storage of the digital asset uniquely identified by the identification data.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile computer readable medium including computer program code, the at least one non-volatile computer readable medium and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the terminal device to at least:

transmit, to a server device, when one or more pieces of stored data each being an entity of a unique bitstream are respectively stored in different modes in one or more data storage devices, identification data for identifying all of the pieces of stored data capable of restoring the unique bitstream;

receive, from the server device, bitstream use feature information indicating a feature during use of the unique bitstream indicated by the identification data, and stored data entity information indicating an entitative feature of each of the one or more pieces of stored data capable of restoring the unique bitstream indicated by the identification data;

determine, when the bitstream use feature information includes quality information during use of the unique bitstream, the stored data entity information includes data compression scheme information of the unique bitstream, and the quality information is not within a prescribed range, that none of the pieces of stored data identified by the identification data is to be acquired; and

determine, when the quality information is within the prescribed range and the data compression scheme information matches at least one piece of prescribed data compression scheme information, that at least one piece of stored data corresponding to the stored data entity information including the matching prescribed data compression scheme information is to be acquired from the one or more data storage devices.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one non-volatile computer readable medium and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the terminal device to:

acquire the at least one piece of stored data from the one or more data storage devices.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the at least one non-volatile computer readable medium and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the terminal device to:

present, when the quality information included in the bitstream use feature information is within the prescribed range and the data compression scheme information included in the stored data entity information matches at least one piece of the prescribed data compression scheme information, one or more pieces of the stored data entity information including the matching prescribed data compression scheme information to a user device; and

determine that a piece of stored data corresponding to the stored data entity information selected by the user device among the one or more pieces of the stored data entity information is to be acquired from a corresponding data storage device.

4. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the at least one non-volatile computer readable medium and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the terminal device to:

acquire a piece of stored data based on storage location information included in corresponding stored data entity information.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more data storage devices comprise the server device.

6. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program instructions stored therein, the computer program instructions are configured to, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

transmit, to a server device, when one or more pieces of stored data each being an entity of a unique bitstream are respectively stored in different modes in one or more data storage devices, identification data for identifying all of the pieces of stored data capable of restoring the unique bitstream;

receive, from the server device, bitstream use feature information indicating a feature during use of the unique bitstream indicated by the identification data, and stored data entity information indicating an entitative feature of each of the one or more pieces of stored data capable of restoring the unique bitstream indicated by the identification data;

determine, when the bitstream use feature information includes quality information during use of the unique bitstream, the stored data entity information includes data compression scheme information of the unique bitstream, and the quality information is not within a prescribed range, that none of the pieces of stored data identified by the identification data is to be acquired; and

determine, when the quality information is within the prescribed range and the data compression scheme information matches at least one piece of prescribed data compression scheme information, that at least one piece of stored data corresponding to the stored data entity information including the matching prescribed data compression scheme information is to be acquired from the one or more data storage devices.

7. A server device, comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile computer readable medium including computer program code, the at least one non-volatile computer readable medium and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the server device to at least:

store, when one or more pieces of stored data, each of which is capable of restoring a unique bitstream during use even when stored in different mode, are stored in one or more data storage devices,

identification data for globally uniquely identifying the unique bitstream during use,

bitstream use feature information which indicates a feature during use of the unique bitstream globally uniquely identified by the identification data and which comprises quality information during use of the unique bitstream, and

stored data entity information which indicates an entitative feature of each piece of the one or more pieces of stored data capable of restoring the unique bitstream globally uniquely identified by the identification data and which comprises data compression scheme information of the piece of the stored data;

receive the identification data transmitted from a terminal device;

determine the bitstream use feature information and the stored data entity information corresponding to each piece of the one or more pieces of stored data, both of which are associated with the identification data received from the terminal device; and

transmit the bitstream use feature information and the one or more stored data entity information to the terminal device.

8. The server device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one non-volatile computer readable medium and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the server device to:

store the one or more pieces of stored data in a stored data storage unit comprising the one or more data storage devices.