Content providing server, information processing device and method, and computer program
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method are proposed which enable an improved control processing for live streaming distribution of tuner received content from a server to a client. By setting a URL to a channel list as a set of channels, and transmitting a content acquisition request from the client to the server, wherein the channel list URL is designated, to a server, the client can collectively obtain rights to control all content on the channels listed in the channel list. By continuously using an HTTP connection set on the basis of a channel list, the client can switch channels.
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58 Claims
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30. A content providing server that executes a content transmission process to a client connected via a local area network, characterized by comprising:
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a tuner that executes a data reception process;
a data transmission/reception section that executes a communication process between the server and the client via the local area network for received content by said tuner and control information;
a storage section having attribute information corresponding to the received content by the tuner as content information;
a content management section that executes a process of providing said content information to the client; and
a content distribution control section that executes live streaming distribution control of the received content via said tuner to the client via the local area network, wherein said storage section is configured to store a channel list identifier as identification information about a channel list containing at least a plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner, as content information corresponding to tuner-received content, and wherein said content distribution control section is configured to set a plurality of tuner-received content corresponding to the plurality of channels described in said channel list as a single unit of controlled content, to execute control over content for distribution corresponding to the plurality of channels described in said channel list on the basis of a control request corresponding to the channel list identifier received from the client. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An information processing apparatus that receives received content by a tuner set to a server connected via a local area network, from the server via the local area network, characterized by comprising:
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a data transmission/reception section that executes data transmission/reception process with respect to the server that provides tuner-received content via the local area network; and
a control section that transmits via the local area network a content transmission request which is based on a channel list identifier which is an identifier of a list containing at least a plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner, to said server, and also executes a process of transmitting distribution control request for tuner-received content wherein a control instance that executes content distribution control is designated in said server. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A content transmission control method for transmitting received content by a tuner set to a content providing server, to a client via a local area network, characterized by comprising:
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a control instance setting step of setting a control instance wherein tuner-received content corresponding to a plurality of channels described in a channel list containing at least the plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner is set, as a unit of content for control;
a control request reception step of receiving a control request to said control instance from the client via the local area network; and
a control step of executing tuner control by said control instance on the basis of said control request. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An information processing method for receiving received content by a tuner set to a server, from the server via a local area network, characterized by comprising:
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a content transmission requesting step of transmitting a content transmission request which is based on a channel list identifier, which is an identifier of a list containing at least a plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner; and
a control requesting step of executing a process of transmitting via the local area network a distribution control request for tuner-received content wherein a control instance that executes control over content distribution in said server, is designated. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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57. A computer program that executes a content transmission control process for transmitting received content by a tuner set to a content providing server, to a client via a local area network, characterized by comprising:
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a control instance setting step of setting a control instance wherein tuner-received content corresponding to a plurality of channels described in a channel list containing at least the plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner, as a unit of content for control;
a control request receiving step of receiving a control request to said control instance from the client via the local area network; and
a control step of executing tuner control by said control instance on the basis of said control request.
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58. A computer program that executes an information processing process for receiving received content by a tuner set to a server, from the server via a local area network, characterized by comprising:
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a content transmission requesting step of transmitting a content transmission request which is based on a channel list identifier, which is an identifier of a list containing at least a plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner; and
a control requesting step of executing a process of transmitting via the local area network a distribution control request for tuner-received content wherein a control instance that executes control over content distribution in said server, is designated.
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