Information processing device, information processing method and program therefor

• US 20060064717A1
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sumiyoshi, Kazuhito, Shibata, Toyohiko, Tsuruta, Yasushi, Tsunokawa, Motoki, Minami, Setsushi, Ohta, Masatoshi, Kitayama, Takefumi
• Application Number:
  US11/226,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20060064717A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

An information processing device and method enable swift extraction of a user'"'"'s preference. The relevant item evaluation value of the preference is increased based on characteristic information about a moving image content whose replay has been directed, based on characteristic information about a still image content whose replay has been directed, based on characteristic information about a sound content whose replay has been directed, based on information about an executed game content, and based on information about a used network content. The relevant item evaluation value of the preference is decreased based on characteristic information about a deleted content. The invention is applicable to video recorders.

Claims

1. An information processing device operable to create information on the preference of a user, comprising:

a detecting section operable to detect an instruction provided by the user to execute at least one of a first content including a moving image, a second content including a still image, a third content including a sound, a fourth content including a computer program, and a fifth content including data downloaded through a network;

an acquiring section operable to acquire information on the first to fifth contents according to the instruction detected by the detecting section; and

a creating section operable to create information on a user preference based on the information on the first to fifth contents acquired by the acquiring section.

2. The information processing device of claim 1, further comprising a setting section operable to automatically set a recording schedule based on the information on the user preference created by the creating section.

3. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the detecting section is further operable to detect an instruction provided by the user to delete at least one of the first to fifth contents.

4. The information processing device of claim 3, wherein when the detecting section detects the delete instruction, the creating section counts down an evaluation value of an item in association with the at least one deleted content and creates the information on the user preference.

5. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein when the detecting section detects an instruction provided by the user to watch and/or listen to or replay the at least one of the first to fifth contents, the creating section adds up an evaluation value of an item in association with the at least one content and creates the information on the user preference.

6. An information processing method for creating information on the preference of a user, comprising:

detecting an instruction provided by the user to execute at least one of a first content including a moving image, a second content including a still image, a third content including a sound, a fourth content including a computer program, and a fifth content including data downloaded through a network;

acquiring information on the first to fifth contents according to the detected instruction; and

creating information on a user preference based on the information on the first to fifth contents acquired.

7. A recording medium recorded with a computer program for executing an information processing method for creating information on the preference of a user, the method comprising:

detecting an instruction provided by the user to execute at least one of a first content including a moving image, a second content including a still image, a third content including a sound, a fourth content including a computer program, and a fifth content including data downloaded through a network;

acquiring information on the first to fifth contents according to the detected instruction; and

creating information on a user preference based on the information on the first to fifth contents acquired.