Information processing device, download method, download interruption method, download resuming method, and program

• US 20080162666A1
• Filed: 09/11/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Maeda, Hiroshi, Yoshimura, Koji, Sato, Hideki, Kuno, Hiroshi, Ebihara, Munetake
• Application Number:
  US11/900,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

An information processing device for downloading content from a content distribution server via a network includes a mounting unit configured such that a storage media is detachably mounted thereto, a downloading unit arranged to receive content to be downloaded from the content distribution server, and to record the received content on the storage media, an interruption processing unit arranged to record resuming information necessary for resuming an interrupted content download on the storage media in the event that the reception for the content from the content distribution server by the downloading unit is interrupted, and a resuming processing unit arranged to read the resuming information from the storage media in the event of resuming the reception of the interrupted content, and to transmit a transmission request for the interrupted content to the content distribution server, based on the read resuming information.

Claims

1. An information processing device for downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, comprising:

a mounting unit configured such that a storage media is detachably mounted thereto;

a downloading unit arranged to receive content to be downloaded from said content distribution server, and to record said received content to said storage media;

an interruption processing unit arranged to record resuming information necessary for resuming an interrupted content download on said storage media in the event that the reception for said content from said content distribution server by said downloading unit is interrupted; and

a resuming processing unit arranged to read said resuming information from said storage media in the event of resuming the reception of said interrupted content, and to transmit a transmission request for said interrupted content to said content distribution server, based on said read resuming information;

wherein said downloading unit receives said interrupted content transmitted from said content distribution server according to the transmission request for said interrupted content, and records said received interrupted content on said storage media.

2. An information processing device for downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, comprising:

a mounting unit configured such that a storage media is detachably mounted thereto;

a downloading unit arranged to receive content to be downloaded from said content distribution server, and to record said received content to said storage media;

an interruption processing unit arranged to record resuming information necessary for resuming said content download on said storage media.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said interruption processing unit adds said resuming information into said content file stored on said storage media.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said resuming information includes address information of the download source of said content.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said interruption processing unit records interruption identification information expressing that said content reception by said downloading unit has not been completed to said storage media.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein said interruption processing unit re-writes the data format information in said content file stored on said storage media into said interruption identification information;

and wherein said interruption processing unit records backup information of the data format information before said re-writing on said storage media as said resuming information.

7. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said resuming information includes data amount information for received data of said content.

8. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said resuming information includes change check information corresponding to said content received from said content distribution server.

9. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said interruption processing unit records said resuming information corresponding to the interruption content on said storage media in the event that said content reception from said content distribution server by said downloading unit is interrupted.

10. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said interruption processing unit updates said resuming information corresponding to the content being received, which is recorded on said storage media, each time only a predetermined amount of said content data is received, during reception of said content from said content distribution server by said downloading unit.

11. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said downloading unit receives content attribute information necessary for said content use from said content distribution server and records on said storage media, following which downloading unit receives said content and records on said storage media.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a playback unit arranged to play back said content stored on said storage media;

wherein said playback unit is arranged to play back the received data of the interrupted content, using said content attribute information corresponding to the interrupted content, in the event that the reception of said content from said content distribution server by said downloading unit is interrupted.

13. An information processing device for downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, comprising:

a mounting unit configured such that a storage media is detachably mounted thereto;

a resuming processing unit arranged to read said resuming information from said storage media where interrupted content wherein the reception from said content distribution server is interrupted, and resuming information necessary for resuming a download of the interrupted content, is stored, and to transmit a transmission request for said interrupted content to said content distribution server based on said read resuming information; and

a downloading unit arranged to receive said interrupted content transmitted from said content distribution server according to the transmission request for said interrupted content, and to record said received interrupted content in said storage media.

14. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming information is added to a file within said interrupted content which is stored on said storage media.

15. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming information includes address information of the download source of said content;

and wherein said downloading unit is arranged to access said interrupted content stored in said content distribution server, based on said address information.

16. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming processing unit determines whether or not the content is said interrupted content, based on whether or not the interruption identification information corresponding to the content stored on said storage media is stored on said storage media.

17. The information processing device according to claim 16, wherein said resuming processing unit reads the data format information in the content file upon receiving selection instructions for the content stored on said storage media, and in the event that the data format information is said interruption identification information, a transmission request for said content is transmitted to said content distribution server.

18. The information processing device according to claim 17, wherein said resuming processing unit re-writes said interruption identification information in said interruption content file into the data format information added to said interruption content beforehand, in the event that reception of said interruption content by said downloading unit has been completed.

19. The information processing device according to claim 18, wherein said resuming information includes backup information for said data format information;

and wherein said resuming processing unit returns said interruption identification information to said data format information, based on said backup information.

20. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming information includes data amount information for received data of said interrupted content;

wherein said resuming processing unit reads the data amount information for said data received from said storage media, and transmits an unreceived data range information which is generated based on the data amount information to said content distribution server;

and wherein said downloading unit receives the unreceived data of said interrupted content from said content distribution server.

21. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming information includes change check information corresponding to said interrupted contents received from said content distribution server before the time of said interruption;

wherein said resuming processing unit reads said change check information from said storage media and transmits to said content distribution server in the event of resuming said interrupted content reception;

and wherein said download unit receives all of the data or the unreceived data of said interrupted content from said content distribution server, based on comparison results wherein said change check information with said content distribution server and the new change check information corresponding to said interruption content are compared.

22. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming information includes change check information corresponding to said interrupted contents received from said content distribution server before the time of said interruption;

wherein said resuming processing unit reads said change check information from said storage media in the event of resuming reception of said interruption content, and receives the new change check information corresponding to said interruption content from said content distribution server, and based on comparison results from a comparison between said read change check information and said new change check information, a transmission request for all data or unreceived data of said interrupted content is transmitted to said content distribution server.

23. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming processing unit deletes said resuming information stored in said storage media in the event that reception of said interruption content by said download unit has been completed.

24. The information processing device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a clock unit configured to measure the current point-in-time;

wherein said resuming processing unit reads valid period information corresponding to said interrupted content stored in said storage media, compares the current point-in-time measured by said clock unit and said valid period information, and in the event said current point-in-time is within the valid period, transmits a transmission request for said interruption content to said content distribution server.

25. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said resuming processing unit determines whether or not the user identifier added to said storage media and a user identifier added to said interruption content are identical, and in the event said both user identifiers are identical, a transmission request for said interruption content is transmitted to said content distribution server.

26. The information processing device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a playback unit arranged to play back said content stored on said storage media;

wherein content attribute information necessary for said interrupted content use is stored on said storage media;

and wherein said playback unit plays back received data of said interrupted content, using said content attribute information.

27. The information processing device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a playback unit arranged to play back said content stored on said storage media;

wherein content attribute information necessary for said interrupted content use is stored on said storage media;

and wherein received data from said interrupted content is played back using said content attribute information with said playback unit, while receiving the unreceived data of said interruption content from said content distribution server by said download unit.

28. A downloading method for an information processing device downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, comprising the steps of:

receiving content to be downloaded from said content distribution server while recording said received content on a storage media detachably mounted to said information processing device;

recording resuming information necessary for resuming the download of the interrupted content on said storage media in the event that the reception of said content from said content distribution server is interrupted;

reading said resuming information from said storage media in the event of resuming the reception of said interrupted content which is stored on said storage media;

transmitting a transmission request for said interrupted content to said content distribution server based on said read resuming information; and

receiving said interrupted content transmitted from said content distribution server according to the transmission request for said interrupted content, and recording said received interrupted content on said storage media.

29. A downloading interruption method for an information processing device downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, comprising the steps of:

receiving content to be downloaded from said content distribution server while recording said received content on a storage media detachably mounted to said information processing device; and

recording the resuming information necessary for resuming said content download on said storage media.

30. A download resuming method for an information processing device downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, comprising the steps of:

reading resuming information from a storage media which is detachable from said information processing device, wherein interrupted content of which reception from said content distribution server has been interrupted, and resuming information necessary for resuming the download of the interrupted content, is stored;

transmitting a transmission request for said interruption content based on said read resuming information to said content distribution server; and

receiving said interrupted content transmitted from said content distribution server according to the transmission request for said interrupted content, and recording said received interrupted content on said storage media.

31. A program causing a computer to function as an information processing device downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, the program causing the computer to execute the steps of:

receiving content to be downloaded from said content distribution server while recording said received content on a storage media which is detachably mounted to said information processing device;

recording resuming information necessary for resuming the download of the interrupted content on said storage media in the event that the reception of said content from said content distribution server is interrupted;

reading said resuming information from said storage media in the event of resuming the reception of said interrupted content which is stored on said storage media;

transmitting a transmission request for said interrupted content to said content distribution server based on said read resuming information; and

receiving said interrupted content transmitted from said content distribution server according to the transmission request for said interrupted content, and recording said received interrupted content on said storage media.

32. A program causing a computer to function as an information processing device downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, the program causing the computer to execute the steps of:

receiving content to be downloaded from said content distribution server while recording said received content on a storage media detachably mounted to said information processing device; and

recording the resuming information necessary for resuming said content download on said storage media.

33. A program causing a computer to function as an information processing device downloading content from a content distribution server via a network, the program causing the computer to execute the steps of:

reading resuming information from a storage media which is detachable from said information processing device, wherein interrupted content of which reception from said content distribution server has been interrupted, and resuming information necessary for resuming the download of the interrupted content, is stored;

transmitting a transmission request for said interruption content based on said read resuming information to said content distribution server; and

receiving said interrupted content transmitted from said content distribution server according to the transmission request for said interrupted content, and recording said received interrupted content on said storage media.