Information accessing device and method and information providing device and method
First Claim
1. A data access apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a broadcast signal;
means for playing broadcast content included in the broadcast signal;
means for transmitting an association request, including user-specifying data and content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or content related to the broadcast content, and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data, to a prescribed transmission destination; and
means for requesting the transmission of content associated with a user account specified by the user-specifying data.
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Abstract
A data provision apparatus enabling users to browse previously viewed broadcast content or related content. While viewing a television broadcast on a TV receiver, the user pushes a button labeled “Mark” on the remote controller to clip content. As a result, a request to “clip” content including program and user identifiers is transmitted via a network to a server at a “clipping center.” The program identifier is recorded under the user identifier in a user database. Subsequently, the user can browse recorded content by pushing an “Information” button on a cellular phone or the like to transmit a browsing request to the server at the clipping center. The server references program content recorded under the corresponding user identifier to generate a menu of the content that is transmitted back to the cellular phone. By selecting content in the menu displayed on the cellular phone, the user can send a transmission request to the clipping server and view the broadcast content returned in response to this request.
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30 Claims
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1. A data access apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a broadcast signal;
means for playing broadcast content included in the broadcast signal;
means for transmitting an association request, including user-specifying data and content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or content related to the broadcast content, and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data, to a prescribed transmission destination; and
means for requesting the transmission of content associated with a user account specified by the user-specifying data.
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2. A data access apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting an association request, including user-specifying data and content-specifying data specifying broadcast content or content related to the broadcast content, and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data, to a prescribed transmission destination; and
means for requesting the transmission of content associated with a user account specified by the user-specifying data.
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- 3. A content association requesting device for transmitting an association request, including user-specifying data and content-specifying data specifying broadcast content or content related to the broadcast content, requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data, to a prescribed transmission destination.
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10. A content association requesting device comprising:
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means for extracting content identifying data from a playback device that receives a broadcast signal and plays back the broadcast content included in the broadcast signal, the content identifying data identifying either the broadcast content or content related to the broadcast content; and
means for transmitting an association request, including user-specifying data and the content-specifying data, and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data, to a prescribed transmission destination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A data provision apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a broadcast signal including broadcast content;
means for storing the broadcast content included in the broadcast signal or content related to the broadcast content in association with content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or related content;
means for receiving an association request transmitted from a user device, the association request including user-specifying data and content-specifying data and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data;
means for associating content specified by the content-specifying data to a user account identified by the user-specifying data based on the association request; and
means for extracting content associated with a user account from the content storing means based on a content transmission request sent from a user device and transmitting the content to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A data provision apparatus comprising:
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means for storing broadcast content included in a broadcast signal or content related to the broadcast content in association with content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or related content;
means for receiving an association request transmitted from a user device, the association request including user-specifying data and content-specifying data and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data;
means for associating content specified by the content-specifying data to a user account identified by the user-specifying data based on the association request; and
means for extracting content associated with a user account from the content storing means based on a content transmission request sent from a user device and transmitting the content to the user device.
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24. A data provision apparatus comprising;
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means for storing broadcast content included in a broadcast signal or content related to the broadcast content in association with content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or related content;
means for receiving an association request transmitted from a user device, the association request including user-specifying data and content-specifying data and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data;
means for associating content specified by the content-specifying data to a user account identified by the user-specifying data based on the association request;
means for determining the type of the user device; and
means for extracting content associated with a user account from the content storing means based on a content transmission request sent from a user device and transmitting the content to the user device in a format compatible with the type of the user device. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A data provision apparatus comprising:
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means for storing broadcast content included in a broadcast signal or content related to the broadcast content in association with content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or related content;
means for receiving an association request transmitted from a user device, the association request including user-specifying data and content-specifying data and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data;
means for associating content specified by the content-specifying data to a user account identified by the user-specifying data based on the association request;
means for generating a menu of prescribed content associated with a user account corresponding to a request to transmit a content menu transmitted from the user device and for transmitting the menu to the user device; and
means for extracting content from the content storing means based on selections transmitted from the user device according to the selection instructions in the menu and transmitting the content to the user device.
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27. A data provision apparatus comprising:
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means for storing broadcast content included in a broadcast signal or content related to the broadcast content;
means for associating the broadcast content or related content with a user account based on content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or related content; and
means for extracting broadcast content or related content associated with a user account from the content storing means based on a content transmission request sent from a user device and transmitting the content to the user device.
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28. A data access method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a broadcast signal;
playing broadcast content included in the broadcast signal;
transmitting an association request, including user-specifying data and content-specifying data, and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data, to a prescribed transmission destination; and
requesting the transmission of content associated with a user account specified by the user-specifying data.
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29. A recording medium capable of being read by computers used for data access and storing a computer program instructing the computer to execute the steps of:
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receiving a broadcast signal;
playing broadcast content included in the broadcast signal;
transmitting an association request, including user-specifying data and content-specifying data, and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data, to a prescribed transmission destination; and
requesting the transmission of content associated with a user account specified by the user-specifying data.
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30. A data provision method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a broadcast signal including broadcast content;
storing the broadcast content included in the broadcast signal or content related to the broadcast content in association with content-specifying data specifying the broadcast content or related content;
receiving an association request transmitted from a user device, the association request including user-specifying data and content-specifying data and requesting that the content specified by the content-specifying data be associated to a user account identified by the user-specifying data;
associating content specified by the content-specifying data to a user account based on the user-specifying data; and
transmitting content associated with a user account from the content storing means to the user device based on a content transmission request sent from a user device.
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