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Information providing apparatus, portable information terminal, content processing device, device control apparatus, content processing system and program

  • US 20090282001A1
  • Filed: 05/07/2009
  • Published: 11/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information providing apparatus included in a content processing system made up of the information providing apparatus, a portable information terminal, a content processing device and a device control apparatus connectable through a communication network, to process a content by at least one content processing device using the portable information terminal via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus, the information providing apparatus comprising:

  • a content information storage portion to store content information containing unit identification information for identifying unit information of a content to be processed;

    a management information storage portion to store management information for identifying a specific content managed with respect to each user of the portable information terminal;

    a unit information storage portion to store the unit information containing the content information and, selectively, related information related to the content information in association with the content;

    a designated device information receiving portion to receive designated device information for identifying the content processing device to perform content processing from the portable information terminal;

    a device information receiving portion to receive device information for specifying content processing executable by a designated device from the device control apparatus;

    a content information extracting portion to extract the content information of the content processable by the designated device from the content information storage portion based on the device information, and extract the content information of the content processable by the designated device, among specific contents managed with respect to each user of the portable information terminal, from the content information storage portion based on the device information and the management information;

    a content list processing portion to create a content list including the contents corresponding to the extracted content information and transmit the content list to the portable information terminal;

    a content selection information transmitting/receiving portion to receive content selection information for identifying a selected content selected based on the content list from the portable information terminal and transmit the content selection information to the content processing device via the device control apparatus;

    a processing request transmitting/receiving portion to receive a processing request indicating content processing to be performed on the selected content from the portable information terminal and transmit the processing request to the designated device via the device control apparatus;

    a unit information processing portion to extract the unit information of the selected content from the unit information storage portion based on the unit identification information contained in the content information of the selected content and provide the unit information to the portable information terminal; and

    a management information processing portion to store the management information for identifying the selected content into the management information storage portion.

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