Communication apparatus and method, recording medium, program, and content providing apparatus
First Claim
1. A content providing system having a terminal and a server, said terminal comprising:
- selecting means for selecting search information from presentation information presented to a user;
search information transmitting means for transmitting said search information selected by said selecting means to said server; and
content data receiving means for receiving content data corresponding to said search information supplied from said server;
said server comprising;
storage means for storing said content data corresponding to said search information;
searching means for searching said storage means for said content data corresponding to said search information supplied from said search information transmitting means of said terminal; and
content data transmitting means for transmitting said content data retrieved from said storage information to said terminal.
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Abstract
The present invention is intended to provide a content providing system having a terminal and a server. The terminal includes a selector for selecting search information from presentation information presented to a user; a search information transmitter for transmitting the search information selected by the selecting means to the server; and a content data receiver for receiving content data corresponding to the search information supplied from the server. The server includes a storage device for storing the content data corresponding to the search information; a searcher for searching the storage means for the content data corresponding to the search information supplied from the search information transmitter of the terminal; and a content data transmitter for transmitting the content data retrieved from the storage information to the terminal. Consequently, the novel constitution allows the user to obtain content data with simple and easy operations.
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30 Claims
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1. A content providing system having a terminal and a server,
said terminal comprising: -
selecting means for selecting search information from presentation information presented to a user;
search information transmitting means for transmitting said search information selected by said selecting means to said server; and
content data receiving means for receiving content data corresponding to said search information supplied from said server;
said server comprising;
storage means for storing said content data corresponding to said search information;
searching means for searching said storage means for said content data corresponding to said search information supplied from said search information transmitting means of said terminal; and
content data transmitting means for transmitting said content data retrieved from said storage information to said terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A content providing system having a terminal, a search server, and a content server,
said terminal comprising: -
selecting means for selecting search information from presentation information presented to a user;
search information transmitting means for transmitting said search information selected by said selecting means to said server;
address and content data identification information receiving means for receiving an address of said content server managing content data associated with said search information and content data identification information for identifying said content data associated with said search information, said content data being supplied from said search server;
content data identification information transmitting means for accessing said content server on the basis of said address received by said address and content data identification information receiving means and transmitting said content data identification information; and
content data receiving means for receiving said content data identified by said content data identification information supplied from said content server;
said search server comprising;
address and content data identification information storage means for storing, in correspondence to said search information, said address of said content server managing said content data associated with said search information and said identification information for said content data;
address and content data identification information searching means for searching, on the basis of said search information supplied from said search information transmitting means of said terminal, said address and content data identification information storage means for said address of said content server managing said content data associated with said search information and said content data identification information for identifying said content data associated with said search information; and
address and content data identification information transmitting means for transmitting said address and content data identification information retrieved by said address and content data identification information searching means;
said content server comprising;
content data storage means for storing said content data in correspondence to said content data identification information;
content data identification information receiving means for receiving said content data identification information supplied from said content data identification information transmitting means of said terminal;
content data searching means for searching said content data storage means for said content data on the basis of said content data identification information; and
content data transmitting means for transmitting said content data retrieved by said content data searching means to said terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a display section capable of displaying at least text information;
a selecting section for selecting search information from presentation information presented on said display section in response to a first user input operation;
a display control section for performing control so that said display section displays a menu having a transmission item for transmitting at least said search information to a remote communication apparatus in response to a second user input operation;
a search information transmitting section for transmitting said search information to said remote communication apparatus in response to a third user input operation for selecting said transmission item in said menu; and
a content data receiving section for receiving content data corresponding to said search information supplied from said remote communication apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a content data storage section for storing content data for each content data identification information;
a content data identification information receiving section for receiving said content data identification information and one of purchase information and test-listening information supplied from a remote communication apparatus;
a content data searching section for searching said content data storage section for content data on the basis of said content data identification information;
a purchase data generating section for converting said content data retrieved by said content data searching section into purchase data;
a test-listening data generating section for converting said content data retrieved by said content data searching section into test-listening data;
a controller for performing control such that said content data are converted by one of said purchase data generating section and said test-listening data generating section, in response to one of purchase request information and test-listening request information supplied from said content data identification information receiving section; and
a content data transmitting section for transmitting said converted content data to said remote communication apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A communication method comprising the steps of:
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displaying at least text information onto a display section;
selecting search information from presentation information presented on said display section in response to a first user input operation;
controlling said display section to display a menu having a transmission item for transmitting at least said search information to a remote communication apparatus in response to a second user input operation;
transmitting said search information to said remote communication apparatus in response to a third user input operation for selecting said transmission item in said menu; and
receiving, from said remote communication apparatus, content data corresponding to said search information supplied.
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26. A communication method comprising the steps of:
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receiving content data identification information and one of purchase request information and test-listening request information supplied from a remote communication apparatus;
searching a content data storage section from content data on the basis of said content data identification information;
converting said retrieved content data into one of purchase data and test-listening data in response to received one of said purchase request information and said test-listening request information; and
transmitting said converted content data to said remote communication apparatus.
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27. A program for communication method comprising the steps of:
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displaying at least text information onto a display section;
selecting search information from presentation information presented on said display section in response to a first user input operation;
controlling such that said display section displays a menu having a transmission item for transmitting at least said search information to a remote communication apparatus in accordance with a second user input operation;
transmitting said search information to said remote communication apparatus in response to a third user input operation for selecting said transmission item in said menu; and
receiving, from said remote communication apparatus, content data corresponding to said search information.
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28. A program for a communication method comprising the steps of:
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receiving content data identification information and one of purchase request information and test-listening request information from a remote communication apparatus;
searching a content data storage section for content data on the basis of said content data identification information;
converting said retrieved content data into one of purchase data and test-listening data in response to received one of said purchase request information and said test-listening information; and
transmitting said converted content data to said remote communication apparatus.
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29. A recording medium recording a program for a communication method comprising the steps of:
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displaying at least text information onto a display section;
selecting search information from presentation information presented on said display section in response to a first user input operation;
controlling such that said display section displays a menu having a transmission item for transmitting at least said search information to a remote communication apparatus in accordance with a second user input operation;
transmitting said search information to said remote communication apparatus in response to a third user input operation for selecting said transmission item in said menu; and
receiving, from said remote communication apparatus, content data corresponding to said search information.
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30. A recording medium recording a program for a communication method comprising the steps of:
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receiving content data identification information and one of purchase request information and test-listening request information from a remote communication apparatus;
searching a content storage section for content data on the basis of said content data identification information;
converting said retrieved content data into one of purchase data and test-listening data in response to received one of said purchase request information and said test-listening information; and
transmitting said converted content data to said remote communication apparatus.
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