Content Administration System

• US 20080215960A1
• Filed: 09/17/2007
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Visionarts, Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawachi, Tsutomu, Hattori, Mayuko, Masumoto, Shuji, Fujita, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,971,133 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/915 Image
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

A content administration system receives user identification information from a terminal device via the Internet. The content administration system then specifies content administration information storage means corresponding to the received user identification information. The content administration system acquires object path information correlated to sharing permission information from a content administration information storage means of another unspecified user. The content administration system then acquires an icon image from the icon image storage means. The content administration system then makes display control information for the content administration screen containing the icon leading to the object based on the acquired icon image and the acquired object path information. The content administration system transmits the made display control information to the terminal device via the Internet. As a result, an administrator of a web site does not have to add a content path corresponding to an HTML file when adding content to a web site administered by themselves or when sharing content with another web site.

Claims

1. A content administration system for administering content, comprising:

(1) content administration information storage means for storing individual content administration information for every item of user identification information;

(2) object symbol storage means for storing object symbols;

(3) communicating means for communicating with an external terminal device via the Internet; and

(4) information processing means for controlling operation of each means,

(5) wherein the content administration information storage means stores object path information identifying an object storage location and sharing permission information indicating whether the object may be utilized by other users, and the processing means carries out the following operations;

(6) receiving of user identification information from the terminal device via the Internet;

(7) specifying content administration information storage means corresponding to the received user identification information;

(8) acquiring object path information correlated to the sharing permission information from content administration information storage means of another user;

(9) acquiring an object symbol from the object symbol storage means;

(10) making display control information for the content administration screen containing the symbol leading to the object based on the acquired object symbol and the object path information acquired in (8); and

(11) transmitting the made display control information to the terminal device via the Internet.

2. A content administration system for administering content, comprising:

(1) object symbol storage means for storing object symbols;

(2) communicating means for communicating with an external terminal device via the Internet; and

(3) information processing means for controlling operation of each means, and the processing means carries out the following operations;

(4) acquiring object path information identifying a storage location of an object at another server device from the terminal device via the Internet;

(5) acquiring an object symbol from the object symbol storage means;

(6) making display control information for the content administration screen containing the symbol leading to the object based on the acquired object symbol and the object path information acquired in (4); and

(7) transmitting the made display control information to the terminal device via the Internet.

3. The content administration system as disclosed in claim 2, wherein (4) comprises the following:

(a1) receiving of an upload request from the terminal device;

(a2) receiving a file saved with object path information saved at the desktop of the terminal device based on the received upload request; and

(a3) acquiring the object path information from the received file.

4. The content administration system as disclosed in claim 2, wherein (4) comprises the following:

(a1) receiving of an upload request from the terminal device;

(a2) receiving a cached file of a web browser of the terminal device storing the object path information based on the received upload request; and

(a3) acquiring the object path information from the received cashed file.

5. A content administration system for administering content, comprising:

(1) object symbol storage means for storing object symbols;

(2) communicating means for communicating with an external server device or terminal device via the Internet; and

(3) information processing means for controlling operation of each means, and the processing means carries out the following operations;

(4) acquiring object path information identifying a storage location of an object administered by the external server device from the external server device;

(5) acquiring an object symbol from the object symbol storage means;

(6) making display control information for the content administration screen containing the symbol leading to the object based on the acquired object symbol and the object path information acquired in (4); and

(7) transmitting the made display control information to the external terminal device via the Internet.

6. The content administration system as disclosed in claim 5, wherein (4) contains the following:

acquiring the object path information from the external server device using socket communication between server devices.