Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

• US 20070146820A1
• Filed: 09/08/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsuruta, Yasushi, Asazu, Hideki, Kitayama, Takefumi, Souraku, Takehisa
• Application Number:
  US11/518,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20070146820A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/479
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• 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: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• 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 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit adapted to acquire preference information representing a user'"'"'s preference based on an operation given by the user regarding content; a selecting unit adapted to select content and to designate the selected content as an object for copying; and a copying unit adapted to copy the selected content to another information processing apparatus. Further, if the object for copying is copied by the copying unit, the acquiring unit updates the preference information associated with the content of the copied object for copying.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an acquiring unit adapted to acquire preference information representing a user'"'"'s preference based on an operation given by the user regarding content;

a selecting unit adapted to select content and to designate the selected content as an object for copying; and

a copying unit adapted to copy the selected content to another information processing apparatus;

wherein if the object for copying is copied by the copying unit, the acquiring unit updates the preference information associated with the content of the copied object for copying.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an estimating unit adapted to estimate the content fit for the user'"'"'s preference based on the preference information; and

a presenting unit adapted to present to the user information relating to the estimated content.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a receiving unit adapted to receive the estimated content; and

a recording controller unit adapted to cause the received content to be recorded.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the acquiring unit is adapted to acquire the preference information based on a number of operations representing a number at which the operation is given by the user during replay of the content, a number of viewings of the content, and a viewing time of the content.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a deciding unit adapted to decide whether the content that is an object for copying has been viewed;

wherein if a result of the decision by the deciding unit is that the content that is an object for copying has not been viewed, the acquiring unit estimates the number of operations, the number of viewings or the viewing time of the content of the object for copying in the another information processing apparatus, and updates the preference information based on the estimated number of operations, number of viewings or viewing time.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a receiving unit adapted to receive the number of operations, the number of viewings or the viewing time of the content of the object for copying from the another information processing apparatus;

wherein the acquiring unit updates the preference information based on the number of operations, the number of viewings or the viewing time received by the receiving unit.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

an increase/decrease change range of a value in the number of operations, the number of viewings, or the viewing time for the content that is the object of copying in the another apparatus, which are estimated by the acquiring unit, is changed depending on still another information processing apparatus to which the copied object for copying is sent.

8. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring preference information representing a user'"'"'s preference based on an operation given by the user regarding content;

selecting content that is an object for copying;

copying the selected content to another information processing apparatus; and

updating the preference information associated with the content of the copied object for copying if the object for copying is copied.

9. A program causing a computer to perform an information processing method, the method comprising:

acquiring preference information representing a user'"'"'s preference based on an operation given by the user regarding content;

selecting content that is an object for copying;

copying the selected content to another information processing apparatus; and

updating the preference information associated with the content of the copied object for copying if the object for copying is copied.