PORTABLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20090129745A1
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kinoshita, Akihiko, Chiba, Hiroyuki, Kanao, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,718,450 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/299
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A portable device includes a setting means that sets a recording reservation; an acquisition means that, when instructed to display a list of recording reservations, acquires information that indicates the contents of a recording reservation set in a recording device by requesting the information processing device; an integrating means that integrates a recording reservation set in the portable device with the recording reservation set in the recording device and indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition means; and a display control means that displays the contents of the recording reservation set in the portable device and the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device on the basis of the recording reservations integrated by the integrating means together with information that indicates which recording site the contents will be recorded in, the recording medium of the portable device or a recording medium of the recording device, when recorded in accordance with the respective recording reservations. The information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accesses the recording device to acquire the information that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device and then transmits the information to the portable device. The acquisition means acquires the information transmitted from the information processing device.

Claims

1. A portable device comprising:

a setting means that sets a recording reservation;

an acquisition means that, when instructed to display a list of recording reservations, acquires information that indicates the contents of a recording reservation set in a recording device by requesting the information processing device;

an integrating means that integrates a recording reservation set in the portable device with the recording reservation set in the recording device and indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition means; and

a display control means that displays the contents of the recording reservation set in the portable device and the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device on the basis of the recording reservations integrated by the integrating means together with information that indicates which recording site the contents will be recorded in, the recording medium of the portable device or a recording medium of the recording device, when recorded in accordance with the respective recording reservations, wherein

the information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accesses the recording device to acquire the information that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device and then transmits the information to the portable device, and wherein

the acquisition means acquires the information transmitted from the information processing device.

2. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein

the setting means, when the recording site of the contents when recorded in accordance with a predetermined recording reservation is instructed to change from the recording medium of the portable device to the recording medium of the recording device, deletes the predetermined recording reservation and requests the information processing device to set a recording reservation of the contents, which is the recording target of the predetermined recording reservation, in the recording device, and wherein

the information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accesses the recording device and instructs the recording device to set a recording reservation of the requested contents.

3. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein

the setting means, when the recording site of the contents when recorded in accordance with a predetermined recording reservation is instructed to change from the recording medium of the recording device to the recording medium of the portable device, sets a recording reservation of the contents, which is the recording target of the predetermined recording reservation, and requests the information processing device to delete the predetermined recording reservation from the recording device, and wherein

the information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accesses the recording device and instructs the recording device to delete the recording reservation of the requested contents.

4. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device, when requested from the portable device, instructs an information processing device, which is continuously connected to the recording device through a network, to acquire information for accessing the recording device, and accesses the recording device on the basis of the acquired information.

5. An information processing method for a portable device that has a recording medium and that is connected to an information processing device through a network, comprising the steps of:

setting a recording reservation;

when instructed to display a list of recording reservations, acquiring information that indicates the contents of a recording reservation set in a recording device by requesting the information processing device;

integrating a recording reservation set in the portable device with the recording reservation set in the recording device and indicated by the acquired information;

displaying the contents of the recording reservation set in the portable device and the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device on the basis of the integrated recording reservations together with information that indicates which recording site the contents will be recorded in, the recording medium of the portable device or a recording medium of the recording device, when recorded in accordance with the respective recording reservations;

in the information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accessing the recording device to acquire the information that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device and then transmitting the information to the portable device; and

acquiring the information, transmitted from the information processing device, that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device.

6. A storage medium storing a program, executable on a computer, for executing information processing on a portable device that has a recording medium and that is connected to an information processing device through a network, the program comprising the steps of:

setting a recording reservation;

when instructed to display a list of recording reservations, acquiring information that indicates the contents of a recording reservation set in a recording device by requesting the information processing device;

integrating a recording reservation set in the portable device with the recording reservation set in the recording device and indicated by the acquired information;

displaying the contents of the recording reservation set in the portable device and the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device on the basis of the integrated recording reservations together with information that indicates which recording site the contents will be recorded in, the recording medium of the portable device or a recording medium of the recording device, when recorded in accordance with the respective recording reservations;

in the information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accessing the recording device to acquire the information that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device and then transmitting the information to the portable device; and

acquiring the information, transmitted from the information processing device, that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device.

7. A portable device comprising:

a setting unit that sets a recording reservation;

an acquisition unit that, when instructed to display a list of recording reservations, acquires information that indicates the contents of a recording reservation set in a recording device by requesting the information processing device;

an integrating unit that integrates a recording reservation set in the portable device with the recording reservation set in the recording device and indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and

a display controller that displays the contents of the recording reservation set in the portable device and the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device on the basis of the recording reservations integrated by the integrating unit together with information that indicates which recording site the contents will be recorded in, the recording medium of the portable device or a recording medium of the recording device, when recorded in accordance with the respective recording reservations, wherein

the information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accesses the recording device to acquire the information that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device and then transmits the information to the portable device, and wherein

the acquisition unit acquires the information transmitted from the information processing device.