System and method for searching and providing contents, and software storage media
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Abstract
A content searching/providing system searching a record content from a randomly accessible memory storing contents and providing the record content to a user is provided. The system comprises: a content classification unit classifying the record contents of the memory in accordance with a predetermined rule; a channel assignment unit assigning a virtual channel to each classification; a content arrangement unit arranging the record contents classified into the same classification on the corresponding virtual channels; a user operation receiving unit receiving a user operation for commanding channel selection and content search on a channel; and a content providing unit acquiring a record content from a selected virtual channel in response to the user operation received via the user operation receiving unit and providing the record content.
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47 Claims
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1-42. -42. (canceled)
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43. A content reproducing system for searching a record content from a randomly accessible memory storing a plurality of contents and for providing the record content to a user, comprising:
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a content classification section configured to classify the record contents of the memory in accordance with a predetermined rule;
a channel assignment section configured to assign a virtual channel to each classification;
a content arrangement section configured to arrange the record contents classified into the same classification into a program order on each of the corresponding virtual channels;
a user operation receiving section configured to receive a user operation for selecting a channel and searching for a particular content of a channel; and
a content providing section configured to acquire a record content from a selected virtual channel in response to the user operation received via the user operation receiving section and providing the record content for reproduction; and
a content reproducing section configured to reproduce the record content;
wherein the user operation receiving section is configured to receive one or more selected user operations and modify a reproduction of the provided record content in accordance with the selected user operations; and
wherein a program order for the virtual channel includes a section for dynamically reordering based upon the one or more selected user operations. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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