Server device, terminal device, content sender/receiver system, content sender/receiver method, and program

• US 20090150530A1
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shohda, Masahiro
• Application Number:
  US12/315,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150530A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/222
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

A server device configured to send a content to a terminal device when the server device and the terminal device are capable of connecting to each other, the server device includes a selected metadata receiver section configured to, when metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the terminal device has been selected in the terminal device, receive the selected metadata, and a content sender section configured to send the content related to the selected metadata to the terminal device.

Claims

1. A server device configured to send a content to a terminal device when the server device and the terminal device are capable of connecting to each other, the server device comprising:

a selected metadata receiver section configured to, when metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the terminal device has been selected in the terminal device, receive the selected metadata; and

a content sender section configured to send the content related to the selected metadata to the terminal device.

2. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a metadata generation section configured to generate the metadata concerning the content; and

a metadata sender section configured to send the generated metadata to the terminal device.

3. The server device according to claim 2, further comprising

a content information acquisition section configured to acquire content information concerning the content via a network, wherein

said metadata generation section generates the metadata based on the content information acquired by said content information acquisition section.

4. A terminal device configured to receive a content from a server device when the terminal device and the server device are capable of connecting to each other, the terminal device comprising:

a recording section configured to record the content and metadata concerning the content on a storage medium;

a selection section configured to select the metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the storage medium;

a selected metadata sender section configured to send the selected metadata to the server device; and

a content receiver section configured to receive the content related to the selected metadata from the server device.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein,

said selection section selects the metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the storage medium when the terminal device is not connected to the server device, and

said selected metadata sender section sends the selected metadata to the server device when the terminal device has been connected to the server device.

6. The terminal device according to claim 4, further comprising

a metadata receiver section configured to receive the metadata concerning the content from the server device.

7. The terminal device according to claim 4, further comprising

a metadata generation section configured to generate the metadata concerning the content.

8. A content sender/receiver system configured to send and receive a content when a server device and a terminal device are capable of connecting to each other, wherein,

the terminal device includes

a recording section configured to record the content and metadata concerning the content on a storage medium,

a selection section configured to select the metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the storage medium, and

a selected metadata sender section configured to send the selected metadata to the server device,

the server device includes

a selected metadata receiver section configured to receive the selected metadata, and

a content sender section configured to send the content related to the selected metadata to the terminal device, and

the terminal device further includes

a content receiver section configured to receive the content related to the selected metadata from the server device.

9. The content sender/receiver system according to claim 8, wherein,

the selection section selects the metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the storage medium when the terminal device is not connected to the server device, and

the selected metadata sender section sends the selected metadata to the server device when the terminal device has been connected to the server device.

10. The content sender/receiver system according to claim 8, wherein,

the server device further includes

a metadata generation section configured to generate the metadata concerning the content, and

a metadata sender section configured to send the generated metadata to the terminal device, and

the terminal device further includes

a metadata receiver section configured to receive the metadata from the server device.

11. The content sender/receiver system according to claim 10, wherein,

the server device is connected to a network, and further includes

a content information acquisition section configured to acquire content information concerning the content via the network, and

the metadata generation section generates the metadata concerning the content based on the content information acquired by the content information acquisition section.

12. The content sender/receiver system according to claim 8, wherein the terminal device further includes

a metadata generation section configured to generate the metadata concerning the content.

13. The content sender/receiver system according to claim 8, wherein the metadata includes at least one of

data concerning a location at which the content is stored and to which the content is to be sent and

data concerning whether or not the metadata has been selected by the selection section.

14. A content sender/receiver method for sending and receiving a content when a server device and a terminal device are capable of connecting to each other, the method comprising the steps of:

recording the content and metadata concerning the content on a storage medium in the terminal device;

in the terminal device, selecting the metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the storage medium when the server device and the terminal device are not connected to each other;

the terminal device sending the selected metadata to the server device;

the server device receiving the selected metadata from the terminal device;

the server device sending the content related to the selected metadata to the terminal device; and

the terminal device receiving the content related to the selected metadata from the server device.

15. A program to be executed by a computer in a server device configured to send a content to a terminal device when the server device and the terminal device are capable of connecting to each other, the program causing the computer to perform the steps of:

when metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the terminal device has been selected in the terminal device, receiving the selected metadata; and

sending the content related to the selected metadata to the terminal device.

16. A program to be executed by a computer in a terminal device configured to receive a content from a server device when the server device and the terminal device are capable of connecting to each other, the program causing the computer to perform the steps of:

recording the content and metadata concerning the content on a storage medium;

selecting the metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the storage medium;

sending the selected metadata to the server device; and

receiving the content related to the selected metadata from the server device.

17. A server device configured to send a content to a terminal device when the server device and the terminal device are capable of connecting to each other, the server device comprising:

selected metadata receiver means for, when metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the terminal device has been selected in the terminal device, receiving the selected metadata; and

content sender means for sending the content related to the selected metadata to the terminal device.

18. A terminal device configured to receive a content from a server device when the terminal device and the server device are capable of connecting to each other, the terminal device comprising:

recording means for recording the content and metadata concerning the content on a storage medium;

selection means for selecting the metadata concerning the content that is not stored in the storage medium;

selected metadata sender means for sending the selected metadata to the server device; and

content receiver means for receiving the content related to the selected metadata from the server device.