Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and transmission medium

• US 20050043018A1
• Filed: 09/16/2004
• Published: 02/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ironworks Patents LLC
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawamoto, Yoji
• Granted Patent: US 7,251,475 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/091 Info, i.e. juxtaposition of unrelated auxiliary information or commercial messages with or between music files metadata G10H2240/075
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/27 specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/58 of audio determination or detection of speech characteristics in general G10L25/00; speech recognition in general G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/64 for providing detail information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/87 accessed over computer networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/94 Telephonic networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/84
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/553 Data upload
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information stored in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information is stored on a storage device. The information stored on the storage device is then transferred to a server via a communication device. The server searches the database for the title of the music corresponding to the received information, and returns the result to the terminal. Thus, the user can easily get information about the title of the music.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

capture means for capturing information;

memory means for storing information captured via said capture means;

acquisition means for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory means on the basis of the information stored in said memory means; and

display means for displaying the information acquired via said acquisition means, wherein the information acquired via said acquisition means is at least one of a title, a singer'"'"'s name, a composer'"'"'s name, a songwriter'"'"'s name and a genre.

2. A transmission medium for transmitting a program to a portable type information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, said program comprising the steps of:

capturing information;

storing the information captured in said capture step;

acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step; and

displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step,

wherein the associated information is at least one of a title, a singer'"'"'s name, a composer'"'"'s name, a songwriter'"'"'s name and a genre.

3. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

an input device for capturing information;

a memory for storing information captured via said input device;

a circuit for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory on the basis of the information stored in said memory; and

a display for displaying the information acquired via said circuit for acquiring information,

wherein the information acquired via said acquisition means is at least one of a title, a singer'"'"'s name, a composer'"'"'s name, a songwriter'"'"'s name and a genre.

4. A method of processing information with a portable type information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:

capturing information;

storing the information captured in said capture step;

acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step; and

displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step,

wherein the transmitted information is at least one of a title, a singer'"'"'s name, a composer'"'"'s name, a songwriter'"'"'s name and a genre.

5. An information processing apparatus, adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

capture means for capturing information including at least time information;

memory means for storing information captured via said capture means;

acquisition means for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory means on the basis of the information stored in said memory means; and

display means for displaying the information acquired via said acquisition means,

wherein said information stored in said memory means further comprises music.

6. A method of processing information with a portable type information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:

capturing information including at least time information;

storing the information captured in said capture step;

acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step; and

displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step,

wherein said step of capturing information comprises capturing music.

7. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

capture means for capturing information including at least time information;

memory means for storing information captured via said capture means;

acquisition means for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory means on the basis of the information stored in said memory means; and

display means for displaying the information acquired via said acquisition means,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing and said information acquired by said acquisition means relates to said music.

8. A method of processing information with a portable type information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:

capturing information including at least time information;

storing the information captured in said capture step;

acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step; and

displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing and said information acquired in said acquisition step relates to said music.

9. A transmission medium for transmitting a program to a portable type information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, said program comprising the steps of:

capturing information including at least time information;

storing the information captured in said capture step;

acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step; and

displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing and said information acquired in said acquisition step relates to said music.

10. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

an input device for capturing information including at least time information;

a memory for storing information captured via said input device;

a circuit for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory on the basis of the information stored in said memory; and

a display for displaying the information acquired via said circuit for acquiring information,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing and said information acquired by said circuit for acquiring information relates to said music.

11. A storage medium readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for information exchange between a portable type information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:

capturing information including at least time information;

storing the information captured in said capture step;

acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step; and

displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing and said information acquired in said acquisition step relates to said music.

12. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

capture means for capturing information including at least time information;

memory means for storing information captured via said capture means; and

acquisition means for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory means on the basis of the information stored in said memory means,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing and said information acquired by said acquisition means relates to said music.

13. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

an input device for capturing information including at least time information;

a memory for storing information captured via said input device; and

a circuit for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory on the basis of the information stored in said memory,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing and said information acquired by said circuit for acquiring information relates to said music.

14. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

an input device for capturing information including at least time information;

a memory for storing the information captured via said input device; and

a communication device for transmitting the information stored in said memory to said another information processing apparatus,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing.

15. An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising:

capture means for capturing information including at least time information;

memory means for storing the information captured via said capture means; and

transmission means for transmitting the information stored in said memory means to said another information processing apparatus,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing.

16. A method of processing information with an information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with another information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

capturing information including at least time information;

storing the captured information; and

transmitting the stored information to said another information processing apparatus,

wherein said time information corresponds to a time when a music is playing.