Information processing device, information processing method, information processing program, and remote controller terminal

• US 20020026494A1
• Filed: 08/14/2001
• Published: 02/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Naoya
• Granted Patent: US 7,558,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/214
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

An information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a remote controller terminal offer further improved operability. A remote controller terminal uses function item information receiving means to receive function item information representing functions of an information terminal device to be operated, which is directly transmitted from the information terminal device, and uses processing command transmitting means to directly transmit a processing command corresponding to the received function item information to the information terminal device in accordance with user'"'"'s input operation, and the information processing device uses processing command receiving means to receive the processing command directly transmitted from the remote controller terminal, and uses control means to control the function corresponding to the processing command in order to execute predetermined processing in accordance with instructions from the remote controller terminal, thus the information terminal device 2 can be directly operated with the remote controller terminal 3, without having a wired connection.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising a remote controller terminal and an information processing device, said information processing system wherein:

said remote controller terminal comprises;

function item information receiving means for receiving function item information corresponding to each function had by said information processing device which is operated, from said information processing device by radio; and

processing command transmitting means for transmitting a processing command corresponding to the function item information to said information processing device by radio in accordance with user'"'"'s input operation, and

said information processing device comprises;

processing command receiving means for receiving the processing command transmitted from said remote controller terminal; and

control means for controlling the function corresponding to the processing command to execute processing corresponding to the user'"'"'s input operation to said remote controller terminal.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

said remote controller terminal further comprises:

display means for displaying a plurality of function item names corresponding to a plurality of function item information received by said function item information receiving means by radio; and

operation means for selecting and determining a desired function item name out of the plurality of function item names in accordance with the input operation.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein

said operation means is a jog dial for selecting a desired function item name out of the plurality of function item names by rotation operation and for fixing the selection of the function item name by pushing operation.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein

said display means o f said remote controller terminal scroll-displays the plurality of function item names in accordance with the rotation operation of said operation means by the user, and also remarkably displays a desired function item name being selected.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein

said information processing device scroll-displays the plurality of function item names according to the rotation operation of said operation means by the user and also remarkably displays a desired function item name being selected, on the basis of the processing command received by said processing command receiving means from said remote controller terminal.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein

said display means of said information processing device scroll-displays the plurality of function item names and remarkably displays a desired function item name being selected, associated with the display contents of said display means of said remote controller terminal.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

said remote controller terminal is a portable telephone comprising the display means of the remote controller terminal for displaying a plurality of function item names corresponding to the plurality of function item information received by said function item information receiving means and operation means for selecting and determining a desired function item name out of the plurality of function item names in accordance with the input operation.

8. An information processing device comprising:

function item information transmitting means for transmitting function item information corresponding to own functions to a remote controller terminal by radio;

processing command receiving means for receiving a processing command corresponding to the function item information transmitted from said remote controller terminal by radio; and

control means for controlling the function corresponding to the processing command to execute predetermined processing in accordance with instructions from said remote controller terminal.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8, further comprising

display means for scroll-displaying the plurality of function item names in accordance with rotation operation of said operation means by a user and remarkably displaying a desired function item name being selected, on the basis of the processing command received by said processing command receiving means by radio from said remote controller terminal.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein

said display means scroll-displays the plurality of function item names and remarkably displays a desired function item name being selected, associated with the display contents of display means of said remote controller terminal.

11. An information processing method comprising:

a function item information transmitting step of transmitting function item information corresponding to own functions to a remote controller terminal by radio;

a processing command receiving step of receiving a processing command corresponding to the function item information transmitted from said remote controller terminal; and

a control step of controlling the function corresponding to the processing command to execute predetermined processing in accordance with instructions from said remote controller terminal.

14. The remote controller terminal according to claim 13, further comprising

display means for displaying a plurality of function item names corresponding to a plurality of function item information received by said function item information receiving means;

operation means for selecting and determining a desired function item name out of the plurality of function item names in accordance with the input operation.

15. The remote controller terminal according to claim 14, wherein

said operation means is a jog dial for selecting a desired function item name out of the plurality of function item names in accordance with rotation operation and for fixing the selection of the function item name by pushing operation.

16. The remote controller terminal according to claim 15, wherein

said display means scroll-displays the plurality of function item names according to the rotation operation of said operation means by a user and remarkably displays a desired function item name being selected.

17. The remote controller terminal according to claim 16, wherein

said remote controller terminal is a portable telephone provided with display means of the remote controller terminal for displaying a plurality of function item names corresponding to a plurality of function item information received by said function item information receiving means and operation means for selecting and determining a desired function item name out of the plurality of function item names in accordance with input operation.

12. A program to be executed by an information processing device, comprising

a function item information transmitting step of transmitting function item information corresponding to own functions to a remote controller terminal by radio;

a processing command receiving step of receiving a processing command corresponding to the function item information transmitted from said remote controller terminal; and

a control step of controlling the function corresponding to the processing command to execute predetermined processing in accordance with instructions from the remote controller terminal.

13. A remote controller terminal comprising:

function item information receiving means for receiving function item information corresponding to functions had by an information processing device to be operated, from said information processing device by radio; and

processing command transmitting means for transmitting a processing command corresponding to the function item information to the information processing device by radio in accordance with user'"'"'s input operation.