Device and method for exchanging information

• US 20040002938A1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Published: 01/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: SONY CORPORATION AND SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
• Inventors: Deguchi, Yuichiro
• Application Number:
  US10/184,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20040002938A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/40 for identifying broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/45 for identifying users

Abstract

Method and system for sharing information related to bookmarked music clips between users of electronic music marker devices which includes a communications port for direct exchange of unique identification corresponding to each marker device, and optionally establishing third party user access permission level with a corresponding access level flag transmitted with each exchange of device identification with other music marker devices to allow convenient and easy exchange of information related to bookmarked music clips and playlists is provided.

Claims

13-1. The system of claim 1 further including:

a first user terminal configured to communicate with said second data marker; and

a server terminal configured to communicate with said first user terminal via a data network;

wherein said first user terminal is configured to transmit said received first marker identification to said server terminal; and

further

wherein said server terminal is configured to transmit information corresponding to one or more data marks of said first data marker to said first user terminal.

24. A method, comprising:

receiving a device identification information;

transmitting said received device identification information; and

receiving information corresponding to a device having said device identification.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said second data marker includes a second marker identification, wherein said first and second marker identifications are different.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein said receiving step includes receiving an access level flag corresponding to said device identification information.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein said access level flag includes one of a restricted access flag and an unrestricted access flag.

27. The method of claim 24 wherein said device identification information includes one of a predetermined unique device identification code.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein said gateway device includes a user terminal comprising one of a personal computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a WAP-enabled mobile telephone, and an i-mode mobile telephone.

29. The method of claim 24 wherein said received information corresponding to said device with said device identification includes information corresponding to data marked by said device.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein said information corresponding to said data marked by said device includes one or more of a broadcast music clip title information, artist information, album information, and time and date information corresponding to said data mark.

31. The method of claim 24 further including storing said device identification information.

32. The method of claim 24 further including displaying said information corresponding to said device having said device identification.

27-2. The method of claim 24 further including connecting to a gateway device for transmitting said received device identification information.

33. A method, comprising:

detecting a communication from a user terminal;

receiving a device identification information;

retrieving a playlist information corresponding to said device identification information; and

transmitting said playlist to said user terminal.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein said detecting step includes connecting to said user terminal.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein said connecting step includes establishing one of a TCP/IP protocol and an Appletalk protocol.

36. The method of claim 33 further including receiving an access level flag corresponding to said device identification information.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein said access level flag includes one of a restricted access flag and an unrestricted access flag.

38. The method of claim 33 wherein said retrieving step includes selecting a user playlist database corresponding to said device identification information.

39. The method of claim 38 wherein said playlist includes information corresponding to one or more broadcast music clips stored in said user playlist database.

40. The method of claim 39 wherein said information corresponding to each of said one or more broadcast music clips includes one or more of a title of the music clip, a name of the artist of the music clip, a name of the album of the music clip, and a purchase information corresponding to executing a purchase transaction of said music clip.

41. A method, comprising:

detecting a transmission of a third party device identification information;

receiving said third party device identification and an access level flag; and

storing said received third party device identification and said access level flag.

42. The method of claim 41 wherein said detecting step includes detecting a device identification exchange mode.

43. The method of claim 41 wherein said access level flag includes one of a restricted access flag and an unrestricted access flag.

44. The method of claim 41 further including transmitting a stored device identification information.

45. The method of claim 44 wherein said stored device identification information and said stored third party device identification are different.

46. The method of claim 41 further including:

designating an access level flag for a stored device identification information; and

transmitting said stored device identification information with said designated access level flag.

47. The method of claim 41 wherein said designated access level flag includes one of a restricted access flag and an unrestricted access flag.

48. A system for exchanging information between data marker devices, comprising:

first marking means having a first identification; and

second marking for transmitting a request for an identification to said first marking means, and in response thereto, receiving said first identification.