Information providing apparatus, portable information terminal, content processing device, device control apparatus, content processing system and program
First Claim
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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Abstract
A content list including contents processable by a designated processing device, among the contents to be processed including a specific content managed with respect to each user, is received by a portable terminal from an ECG server, and a content is selected by a user. Then, a processing request for the selected content is transmitted from the portable terminal to the designated device via the ECG server and a device control server, and unit information of the selected content is acquired by the portable terminal and displayed or reproduced. A user can thereby use the content and the unit information by selecting the content using the portable terminal without depending on the content and the processing device.
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Citations
18 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable information terminal included in a content processing system made up of an information providing apparatus, the 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 storing content information containing unit identification information for identifying unit information of a content to be processed, storing management information for identifying a specific content managed with respect to each user of the portable information terminal, and storing the unit information containing the content information and, selectively, related information related to the content information in association with the content, the portable information terminal comprising:
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a designated device information transmitting portion to transmit designated device information for identifying the content processing device to perform content processing to the information providing apparatus; a content list receiving portion to acquire a content list including the content corresponding to the content information of a content processable by a designated device and extracted based on device information indicating content processing executable by the designated device and the content corresponding to the content information of a specific content managed with respect to each user of the portable information terminal and processable by the designated device and extracted based on the device information and the management information from the information providing apparatus; a content selection information transmitting portion to transmit content selection information for identifying a selected content selected based on the content list to the designated device via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; a processing request transmitting portion to transmit a processing request indicating content processing to be performed on the selected content to the designated device via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; a unit information processing portion to acquire unit information extracted as the unit information of the selected content based on the unit identification information contained in the content information of the selected content from the information providing apparatus and process the unit information; and a display/reproducing portion to display or reproduce the content list and the unit information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A content processing device included in a content processing system made up of an information providing apparatus, a portable information terminal, the 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, and designated as a designated device to perform content processing by the portable information terminal, the information providing apparatus storing content information containing unit identification information for identifying unit information of a content to be processed and storing management information for identifying a specific content managed with respect to each user of the portable information terminal, the content processing device comprising:
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a content selection information receiving portion to receive content selection information for identifying a selected content selected by the portable information terminal based on a content list including the content corresponding to the content information of a content processable by the designated device and extracted based on device information indicating content processing executable by the designated device and the content corresponding to the content information of a specific content managed with respect to each portable information terminal and processable by the designated device and extracted based on the device information and the management information from the portable information terminal via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; a processing request receiving portion to receive a processing request indicating content processing to be performed on the selected content from the portable information terminal via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; and a content processing portion to perform processing on the selected content based on the received content selection information and the received processing request. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A device control apparatus included in a content processing system made up of an information providing apparatus, a portable information terminal, a content processing device and the 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 storing content information containing unit identification information for identifying unit information of a content to be processed and storing management information for identifying a specific content managed with respect to each user of the portable information terminal, the device control apparatus comprising:
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a device information storage portion to store device information for specifying content processing executable by the content processing device; a device information transmitting/receiving portion to transmit and receive the device information to and from a designated device designated as the content processing device to perform content processing by the portable information terminal and the information providing apparatus; a content selection information receiving portion to transmit and receive content selection information for identifying a selected content selected by the portable information terminal based on a content list including the content corresponding to the content information of a content processable by the designated device and extracted based on the device information of the designated device and the content corresponding to the content information of a specific content managed with respect to each portable information terminal and processable by the designated device and extracted based on the device information and the management information to and from the information providing apparatus and the designated device; and a processing request transmitting/receiving portion to transmit and receive a processing request indicating content processing to be performed on the selected content to and from the information providing apparatus and the designated device.
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17. A content processing system made up of an 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, wherein
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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, the portable information terminal includes; a designated device information transmitting portion to transmit the designated device information to the information providing apparatus; a content list receiving portion to receive the content list from the information providing apparatus; a content selection information transmitting portion to transmit the content selection information to the designated device via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; a processing request transmitting portion to transmit a processing request to the designated device via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; a unit information processing portion to acquire unit information extracted as the unit information of the selected content based on the unit identification information contained in the content information of the selected content from the information providing apparatus and process the unit information; and a display/reproducing portion to display or reproduce the content list and the unit information, the content processing device includes; a content selection information receiving portion to receive the content selection information from the portable information terminal via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; a processing request receiving portion to receive the processing request from the portable information terminal via the information providing apparatus and the device control apparatus; and a content processing portion to perform processing on the selected content based on the received content selection information and the received processing request, and the device control apparatus includes; a device information storage portion to store the device information of the content processing device; a device information transmitting/receiving portion to transmit and receive the device information to and from the information providing apparatus and the designated device; a content selection information receiving portion to transmit and receive the content selection information to and from the information providing apparatus and the designated device; and a processing request transmitting/receiving portion to transmit and receive a processing request information to and from the information providing apparatus and the designated device.
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18. A program for causing an information providing apparatus to execute an information providing method, the 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 method comprising the steps of:
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storing content information containing unit identification information for identifying unit information of a content to be processed; storing management information for identifying a specific content managed with respect to each user of the portable information terminal; storing the unit information containing the content information and, selectively, related information related to the content information in association with the content; receiving designated device information for identifying the content processing device to perform content processing from the portable information terminal; receiving device information for specifying content processing executable by a designated device from the device control apparatus; extracting the content information of the content processable by the designated device from the stored content information based on the device information, and extracting 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 stored content information based on the device information and the management information; creating a content list including the contents corresponding to the extracted content information and transmitting the content list to the portable information terminal; receiving content selection information for identifying a selected content selected based on the content list from the portable information terminal and transmitting the content selection information to the content processing device via the device control apparatus; receiving a processing request indicating content processing to be performed on the selected content from the portable information terminal and transmitting the processing request to the designated device via the device control apparatus; extracting the unit information of the selected content from the stored unit information based on the unit identification information contained in the content information of the selected content and providing the unit information to the portable information terminal; and storing the management information for identifying the selected content.
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