Information processing apparatus, information processing method, storage medium, and program

• US 20040064369A1
• Filed: 09/08/2003
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kato, Yoshikazu
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a storing element for storing content data; a managing element for managing preference data by which to determine preferences of a user; a reading element for reading the content data from the storing element in response to an instruction from the user; a sorting element for sorting the content data read by the reading element, in accordance with the preference data managed by the managing element; and a composing element for composing the content data sorted by the sorting element, into a single item ready to be handled by the user.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

storing means for storing content data;

managing means for managing preference data by which to determine preferences of a user;

reading means for reading said content data from said storing means in response to an instruction from said user;

sorting means for sorting said content data read by said reading means, in accordance with said preference data managed by said managing means; and

composing means for composing said content data sorted by said sorting means, into a single item ready to be handled by said user.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said managing means determines a genre of said content data read by said reading means and associates the number of times content data belonging to the genre thus determined have been read, with information for identifying said user for management purposes.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said content data in effect before being composed into said single item by said composing means include at least information for distinguishing said content data from other content data and information for indicating where said content data are stored in said storing means.

4. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

controlling storage of content data;

managing preference data by which to determine preferences of a user;

reading said content data stored in said storage controlling step, in response to an instruction from said user;

sorting said content data read in said reading step, in accordance with said preference data managed in said managing step; and

composing said content data sorted in said sorting step, into a single item ready to be handled by said user.

5. A storage medium which stores a computer-readable program comprising the steps of:

controlling storage of content data;

managing preference data by which to determine preferences of a user;

reading said content data stored in said storage controlling step, in response to an instruction from said user;

sorting said content data read in said reading step, in accordance with said preference data managed in said managing step; and

composing said content data sorted in said sorting step, into a single item ready to be handled by said user.

6. A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

controlling storage of content data;

managing preference data by which to determine preferences of a user;

reading said content data stored in said storage controlling step, in response to an instruction from said user;

sorting said content data read in said reading step, in accordance with said preference data managed in said managing step; and

composing said content data sorted in said sorting step, into a single item ready to be handled by said user.