Content providing system

• US 20050080514A1
• Filed: 08/19/2004
• Published: 04/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Omote, Masanori, Aoyama, Kazumi, Fujita, Masahiro, Takagi, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/921,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20050080514A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/253
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/008 based on physical entities controlled by simulated intelligence so as to replicate intelligent life forms, e.g. based on robots replicating pets or humans in their appearance or behaviour

Abstract

In requesting content, a robot transmits a QA form containing robot information, such as the hardware configuration of the robot, to a server. The server detects the content adapted to the hardware configuration or platform of the robot in the QA form, and provides the detected content to the robot.

Claims

1. A content providing system comprising a robot and a server, said robot and said server communicating with each other,

said robot comprising:

requesting means for transmitting robot information to said server and for requesting said server to provide content; and

using means for using the content provided in accordance with the request of said requesting means,

said server comprising;

detecting means for detecting content having usage conditions that are met by the robot information; and

providing means for providing the content detected by the detecting means to the robot.

2. The content providing system according to claim 1, wherein the robot information includes information about an operating system of the robot, a unique robot ID assigned to the robot, a robot-type ID assigned to the type of the robot, hardware configuration information of the robot, a function list of the robot, a database list of the robot, or work environment information of the robot.

3. The content providing system according to claim 2, wherein the usage conditions include information about an operating system required for using the content, a unique robot ID assigned to a robot that is permitted to use the content, an ID indicating the type of a robot that is permitted to use the content, a function list required or recommended for using the content, information about a robot configuration required or recommended for using the content, or information about a work environment required or recommended for using the content.

4. A content providing system including a robot and a server, said robot and said server communicating with each other,

said server comprising:

transmitting means for transmitting to said robot usage conditions of content that said server can provide; and

providing means for providing content whose usage conditions are satisfied by said robot to said robot,

said robot comprising requesting means for determining whether or not said robot satisfies the usage conditions transmitted by the transmitting means of said server, and requesting said server to provide content whose usage conditions are satisfied by said robot.