Stream output device and information providing device
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1. A stream output apparatus comprising:
- sequence information obtaining means for obtaining sequence information indicating a reproduction sequence of stream data;
stream information obtaining means for obtaining attribute information of stream data; and
sequencer means for obtaining stream data ready for use with the sequence information obtained and stored by said sequence information obtaining means through matching between said sequence information and said attribute information of said stream data, and for outputting the stream data in accordance with a sequence designated by the sequence information.
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Abstract
A stream output apparatus (50) includes a sequence information obtaining apparatus (106) for obtaining sequence information representing a reproduction sequence of stream data, and a sequencer apparatus (110) obtaining stream data ready for use with the sequence information obtained by the sequence information obtaining apparatus (106) and outputting the data in accordance with the sequence designated by the sequence information.
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1. A stream output apparatus comprising:
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sequence information obtaining means for obtaining sequence information indicating a reproduction sequence of stream data;
stream information obtaining means for obtaining attribute information of stream data; and
sequencer means for obtaining stream data ready for use with the sequence information obtained and stored by said sequence information obtaining means through matching between said sequence information and said attribute information of said stream data, and for outputting the stream data in accordance with a sequence designated by the sequence information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 49)
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26. A stream output method of outputting stream data in a stream output apparatus connected to a network, comprising the steps of:
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forming an address designating a device connected to the networks;
accessing said address to obtain sequence information of stream data;
selecting stream data that matches the sequence information through matching between the obtained sequence information and attribute information of locally stored stream data and outputting that portion of the selected stream data which is designated by said obtained sequence information, in accordance with said obtained sequence information.
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27. A stream output apparatus comprising:
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a network portion for communication with a device connected through a network;
a stream output portion for outputting stream data applied from a selected input;
a timer portion for generating time information;
a sequence information generating portion for generating sequence information related to stream data being currently output from said stream output portion, including time information representing time of output of said stream information and time particular to said stream data; and
sequence information transmitting portion for transmitting the sequence information generated by said sequence information generating portion to an external device.
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28. An information providing apparatus for transmitting, to a terminal apparatus, sequence information designating a sequence for reproducing contents, comprising:
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selecting means for selecting sequence information in accordance with a predetermined procedure, in response to an occurrence of a prescribed event, said sequence information including, as information for specifying the contents to be reproduced in accordance with the sequence information, at least time information particular to the contents;
means for determining a terminal apparatus to transmit the sequence information in relation to said event; and
transmitting means for transmitting the sequence information selected by said selecting means, to the terminal apparatus determined in relation to said event, independent from whether a transmission request has been received or not from the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48)
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41. An information providing apparatus for transmitting sequence information designating a sequence for reproducing contents, to a terminal apparatus through a network, comprising:
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program information storage means for storing program information including information at least identifying a program and broadcast time of the program;
sequence information storage means for storing sequence information designating a sequence for reproducing contents;
time measuring means for measuring current time;
means for forming program table information dynamically changing with time, from the program information and the sequence information, with reference to current time and broadcast time of each program included in said program information, in response to a request from a terminal apparatus; and
means for transmitting the program table information formed by said forming means to the terminal apparatus that transmitted said request. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. An information providing apparatus for transmitting sequence information designating a sequence for reproducing contents to a terminal apparatus through a network, comprising:
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program information storage means for storing program information including information at least identifying a program and broadcast time of the program;
sequence information storage means for storing sequence information designating a sequence for reproducing contents;
means for storing reservation information designating transmission of sequence information related to a specific program to a specific transmission destination;
means responsive to registration of sequence information in said sequence information storage means, for searching, in said means for storing reservation information, a transmission destination that reserved transmission of the sequence information; and
means for transmitting said sequence information registered in said sequence information storage means, to the transmission destination searched out by said searching means. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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47. An information providing apparatus, comprising:
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program information storage means for storing program information;
sequence information storage means for storing sequence information designating a sequence for reproducing contents, related to the program information stored in said program information storage means;
transmission destination storage means for storing, for each destination of information transmission, information identifying destination of information transmission and condition for searching a program;
program searching means for searching said transmission destination storage means for a program that matches condition for searching a program; and
means for transmitting the sequence information related to the program searched out by said program searching means to a transmission destination stored in said transmission destination storage means.
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