CONTENT SERVER APPARATUS, CONTENT TRANSFER APPARATUS AND CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS
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1. A content server apparatus that transfers stored contents to a content transfer apparatus, said content server apparatus comprising:
- a content storing section for storing registered contents;
a content management section for maintaining a content management table that manages, for each content stored in said content storing section, as to whether the content has already been transferred to said content transfer apparatus or not;
a content transfer apparatus management section for maintaining a content transfer apparatus management table that manages, for each identifier information for uniquely identifying said content transfer apparatus, a connectable/unconnectable state decided by a user; and
a content transfer control section for acquiring the identifier information of said content transfer apparatus to check connection authorization by referring to the content transfer apparatus management table, and for transferring to said content transfer apparatus an untransferred content among the contents stored in said content storing section by referring to the content management table.
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Abstract
While a user, who registers new music CD data to a content server apparatus 10 (PC of the user'"'"'s own house), comes and goes between user'"'"'s own house and a car equipped with a content playback apparatus 30 (car audio system) with having a content transfer apparatus 20 (mobile phone terminal), contents registered in the content server apparatus 10 are transferred to the content playback apparatus 30 via the content transfer apparatus 20 by the wireless LAN without any particular operation of the user.
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14 Claims
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1. A content server apparatus that transfers stored contents to a content transfer apparatus, said content server apparatus comprising:
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a content storing section for storing registered contents; a content management section for maintaining a content management table that manages, for each content stored in said content storing section, as to whether the content has already been transferred to said content transfer apparatus or not; a content transfer apparatus management section for maintaining a content transfer apparatus management table that manages, for each identifier information for uniquely identifying said content transfer apparatus, a connectable/unconnectable state decided by a user; and a content transfer control section for acquiring the identifier information of said content transfer apparatus to check connection authorization by referring to the content transfer apparatus management table, and for transferring to said content transfer apparatus an untransferred content among the contents stored in said content storing section by referring to the content management table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A content transfer apparatus that transfers contents transferred from a content server apparatus to a content playback apparatus, said content transfer apparatus comprising:
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an identification information management section for maintaining identifier information capable of uniquely identifying said content transfer apparatus itself; a content storing section for storing contents transferred; a content playback apparatus management section for maintaining identifier information for uniquely identifying a content playback apparatus registered as an appropriate communication party; and a content transfer control section for transmitting the identifier information said identification information management section retains to said content server apparatus and for causing said content storing section to store the contents transferred from said content server apparatus, for transmitting the identifier information said identification information management section retains to said content playback apparatus to acquire the identifier information of said content playback apparatus, for confirming, by referring to the identifier information retained in said content playback apparatus management section, that said content playback apparatus is an appropriate communication party, and for transferring the contents stored in said content storing section to said content playback apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A content playback apparatus that receives and stores contents transferred from a content transfer apparatus and plays back the stored contents, said content playback apparatus comprising:
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an identification information management section for maintaining identifier information capable of uniquely identifying said content playback apparatus itself; a content storing section for storing contents transferred; a content transfer apparatus management section for maintaining identifier information for uniquely identifying a content transfer apparatus registered as an appropriate communication party; a content transfer control section for transmitting the identifier information said identification information management section retains to said content transfer apparatus, for acquiring the identifier information of said content transfer apparatus and confirming, by referring to the identifier information retained in said content transfer apparatus management section, that said content transfer apparatus is an appropriate communication party, and for receiving the contents transferred from said content transfer apparatus and causing said content storing section to store the contents; and a content playback section for playing back the contents stored in said content storing section. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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