Preference information processing system, recording apparatus, information processing apparatus and communication method
First Claim
1. A preference information processing system which has a plurality of information processing apparatus adapted to share preference information acquired on the basis of user operations for contents on a recording apparatus communicable with each of the information processing apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of information processing apparatus includes a user operation managing section that manages user operations for the contents, an attribute information managing section that manages attribute information of the contents, an action managing section that manages actions for the contents, and a general control section that controls the user operation managing section, the attribute information managing section and the action managing section, and communicates with the recording apparatus, and the recording apparatus contains a preference information database and a preference information control section that manages/edits preference information, which are shared by the plurality of information processing apparatus.
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Abstract
A plurality of information processing apparatus can share preference information each of the apparatus has. There is provided a preference information processing system which has a plurality of information processing apparatus adapted to share preference information acquired on the basis of user operations for contents on a recording apparatus communicable with each of the information processing apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of information processing apparatus includes a user operation managing section that manages user operations for the contents, an attribute information managing section that manages attribute information of the contents, an action managing section that manages actions for the contents, and a general control section that controls these managing sections, and communicates with the recording apparatus, and the recording apparatus contains a preference information database and a preference information control section that manages/edits preference information, which are shared by the plurality of information processing apparatus.
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13 Claims
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1. A preference information processing system which has a plurality of information processing apparatus adapted to share preference information acquired on the basis of user operations for contents on a recording apparatus communicable with each of the information processing apparatus, wherein
each of the plurality of information processing apparatus includes a user operation managing section that manages user operations for the contents, an attribute information managing section that manages attribute information of the contents, an action managing section that manages actions for the contents, and a general control section that controls the user operation managing section, the attribute information managing section and the action managing section, and communicates with the recording apparatus, and the recording apparatus contains a preference information database and a preference information control section that manages/edits preference information, which are shared by the plurality of information processing apparatus.
- 5. A recording apparatus communicable with a plurality of information processing apparatus and adapted to share preference information acquired on the basis of user operations for contents in the plurality of information processing apparatus, which contains a preference information database and a preference information control section that manages/edits preference information, which are shared by the plurality of information processing apparatus.
- 8. An information processing apparatus communicable with a recording apparatus containing a preference information control section for managing/editing preference information acquired on the basis of user operations for contents and a preference information database controlled by the preference information control section, which includes a user operation managing section that manages user operations for the contents, an attribute information managing section that manages attribute information of the contents, an action managing section that manages actions for the contents, and a general control section that controls the user operation managing section, the attribute information managing section and the action managing section, and communicates with the recording apparatus.
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10. A communication method to be used in a preference information processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatus adapted to share preference information acquired on the basis of user operations for contents on a recording apparatus communicable with each of the information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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an inquiry packet transmission step of transmitting a packet for inquiring about a preference value from each of the information processing apparatus to the recording apparatus; and
an answer packet transmission step of transmitting the preference value as the answer to the inquiry packet in the inquiry packet transmission step from the recording apparatus to the corresponding information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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