Information processing apparatus and associated method of content exchange

• US 10,176,177 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2015
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Morita, Toshihiro, Hatanaka, Mitsuyuki, Kojima, Kiyonobu, Tambata, Ippei, Shiroma, Shin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Minh Chau
• Application Number:
  US14/920,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20160041979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/63 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1062 Editing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00797 wherein the usage restriction limits the number of times a content can be reproduced, e.g. using playback counters
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00869 wherein the remote server can deliver the content to a receiving device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/08 Configuration management of networks or network elements address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.

Claims

1. A computer which transmits selected content data to a portable player, the computer comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of content data;

processing circuitry configured

to weight each of the plurality of content data based on

(i) first data including at least a number of times each of the plurality of content data has been reproduced or second data indicating a number of times each of the plurality of content data has been transferred to any portable player, and

(ii) selected filtering data that includes criteria for weighting each of the plurality of content data,

generate a playlist of a subset of the plurality of content data that is selected based on the weights which are determined based on (i) the first data including at least the number of times each of the plurality of content data has been reproduced or the second data indicating the number of times each of the plurality of content data has been transferred to any portable player, and (ii) the selected filtering data, and

output the playlist of the subset of the plurality of content data in response to a user selection of the playlist.

2. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of content data includes music.

3. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the filtering data is selected based on a user input.

4. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit music titles of the selected subset of the plurality of content data to the portable device.

5. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to receive the selected filtering data over a communication network.

6. The computer according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication interface,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to weight each of the plurality of content data based on the first data or the second data after the portable player is connected to the communication interface.

7. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to

output the playlist of the subset of the plurality of content data for display to a user in response to the user selection of the playlist, and

transmit one of the subset of the plurality of content data to the portable device based on a user selection of the one of the subset of the plurality of content data from the displayed playlist for transmission to the portable device.

8. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to

output the playlist of the subset of the plurality of content data for display to a user in response to the user selection of the playlist, and

play back one of the subset of the plurality of content data when the user selects the one of the subset of the plurality of content data from the displayed playlist for play back by the computer.

9. A method of a computer for selecting a subset of a plurality of content data to transmit to a portable player, the method comprising:

weighting, by processing circuitry of the computer, each of the plurality of content data based on

(i) first data including at least a number of times each of the plurality of content data has been reproduced or second data indicating a number of times each of the plurality of content data has been transferred to any portable player, and

(ii) selected filtering data that includes criteria for weighting each of the plurality of content data,

generating, by the processing circuitry, a playlist of the subset of the plurality of content data that is selected based on the weights which are detell iined based on (i) the first data including at least the number of times each of the plurality of content data has been reproduced or the second data indicating the number of times each of the plurality of content data has been transferred to any portable player, and (ii) the selected filtering data; and

outputting the playlist of the subset of the plurality of content data in response to a user selection of the playlist.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of content data includes music.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the filtering data is selected based on a user input.

12. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting, by the processing circuitry, music titles of the selected subset of the plurality of content data to the portable device.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, by the processing circuitry, the selected filtering data over a communication network.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform a method of selecting a subset of a plurality of content data to transmit to a portable player, the method comprising:

weighting each of the plurality of content data based on

(i) first data including at least a number of times each of the plurality of content data has been reproduced or second data indicating a number of times each of the plurality of content data has been transferred to any portable player, and

(ii) selected filtering data that includes criteria for weighting each of the plurality of content data, and

generating a playlist of the subset of the plurality of content data that is selected based on the weights which are determined based on (i) the first data including at least the number of times each of the plurality of content data has been reproduced or the second data indicating the number of times each of the plurality of content data has been transferred to any portable player, and (ii) the selected filtering data, and

outputting the playlist of the subset of the plurality of content data in response to a user selection of the playlist.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of content data includes music.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the filtering data is selected based on a user input.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting music titles of the selected subset of the plurality of content data to the portable device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the selected filtering data over a communication network.