INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20090299823A1
• Filed: 06/02/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kimijima, Tadaaki, Nagasaka, Hideo, Miyajima, Yasushi, Inoue, Shigeru, Tominaga, Takashi, Miyoshi, Toshimasa, Fujiwara, Nobuyuki, Tokashiki, Mamoru
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,412 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks

Abstract

An information processing system includes a terminal device and a server device. When recommending subsidiary contents, recommended contents are extracted at the server, and recommended content information is returned to the terminal device. At the terminal device, a recommendation order is set regarding the recommended contents which the recommended content information indicates, upon which the recommended contents are presented, such that recommended content extracting processing and recommendation order setting processing is dispersed among the server device and terminal device.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal device; and

a server device;

said server device further including

storing managing means, configured to store and manage a subsidiary content which is created by editing processing secondarily using at least one content as editing material, said subsidiary content including, as information for playing the content of contents, playback control information formed including content instructing playback regarding actual content data of a primary content which is source editing material,

subsidiary content extracting means configured to extract subsidiary contents including the primary content which said content identifier that has been received indicates in said source editing material, from subsidiary contents managed by said storing managing means,

recommended content information transmitting means, configured to take subsidiary contents extracted by said subsidiary content extracting means as recommended contents, and transmit recommended content information formed of metadata corresponding to each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

and said terminal device further including

playback means, configured to execute playback processing regarding a held primary content which is a primary content which a recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold,

recommended content information requesting means, configured to transmit a recommended content information request to said server device, along with a content identifier identifying a primary content regarding which playback processing is being executed by said playback means,

recommendation order setting means, configured to set the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the usage state of said held primary content in said source editing material for each recommended content, and

presenting means, configured to present recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.

2. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal device; and

a server device;

said server device further including

storing managing means, configured to store and manage a subsidiary content which is created by editing processing secondarily using at least one content as editing material,

subsidiary content extracting means configured to extract one or more subsidiary contents from subsidiary contents managed by said storing managing means, with said received metadata as an extracting condition,

recommended content information transmitting means, configured to take subsidiary contents extracted by said subsidiary content extracting means as recommended contents, and transmit recommended content information formed of metadata of each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

and said terminal device including

playback means, configured to execute playback processing regarding contents,

recommended content information requesting means, configured to transmit a recommended content information request to said server device, along with metadata added to a content regarding which playback processing is being executed by said playback means,

recommendation order setting means, configured to set the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the number of times of appearance of the content of metadata description for each recommended content included in said recommended content information, in the content of metadata description in all held contents which the recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold, and

presenting means, configured to present recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.

3. An information processing method for executing, in an information processing system including a terminal device and server device the steps of:

at said server device, storing and managing of a subsidiary content which is created by editing processing secondarily using at least one content as editing material, said subsidiary content including, as information for playing the content of contents, playback control information formed including content instructing playback regarding actual content data of a primary content which is source editing material;

at said terminal device, executing playback processing regarding a held primary content which is a primary content which a recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold;

at said terminal device, transmitting of a recommended content information request to said server device, along with a content identifier identifying a primary content regarding which playback processing is being executed in said playback;

at said server device, extracting of subsidiary contents including the primary content which said content identifier that has been received indicates in said source editing material, from subsidiary contents managed in said storing and managing;

at said server device, taking of subsidiary contents extracted in said extracting as recommended contents, and transmitting recommended content information formed of metadata corresponding to each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

at said terminal device, setting of the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the usage state of said held primary content in said source editing material for each recommended content; and

at said terminal device, presenting of recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.

4. An information processing method, for executing in an information processing system made up of a terminal device and server device, the steps of:

at said server device, storing and managing of a subsidiary content which is created by editing processing secondarily using at least one content as editing material;

at said terminal device, executing of playback processing regarding contents;

at said terminal device, transmitting of a recommended content information request to said server device, along with metadata added to a content regarding which playback processing is being executed in said playback;

at said server device, extracting of one or more subsidiary contents from subsidiary contents managed in said storing and managing, with said received metadata as an extracting condition;

at said server device, taking of subsidiary contents extracted in said extracting as recommended contents, and transmitting recommended content information formed of metadata of each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

at said terminal device, setting of the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the number of times of appearance of the content of metadata description for each recommended content included in said recommended content information, in the content of metadata description in all held contents which the recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold; and

at said terminal device, presenting of recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.

5. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal device; and

a server device;

said server device including

storing managing means, configured to store and manage contents,

content extracting means configured to extract one or more contents from contents managed by said storing managing means, with said received metadata as an extracting condition,

recommended content information transmitting means, configured to take contents extracted by said content extracting means as recommended contents, and transmit recommended content information formed of metadata of each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

and said terminal device including

playback means, configured to execute playback processing regarding contents,

recommended content information requesting means, configured to transmit a recommended content information request to said server device, along with metadata added to a content regarding which playback processing is being executed by said playback means,

recommendation order setting means, configured to set the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the number of times of appearance of the content of metadata description for each recommended content included in said recommended content information, in the content of metadata description in all held contents which the recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold, and

presenting means, configured to present recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.

6. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal device; and

a server device;

said server device further including

a storing managing unit, configured to store and manage a subsidiary content which is created by editing processing secondarily using at least one content as editing material, said subsidiary content including, as information for playing the content of contents, playback control information formed including content instructing playback regarding actual content data of a primary content which is source editing material,

a subsidiary content extracting unit configured to extract subsidiary contents including the primary content which said content identifier that has been received indicates in said source editing material, from subsidiary contents managed by said storing managing unit,

a recommended content information transmitting unit, configured to take subsidiary contents extracted by said subsidiary content extracting unit as recommended contents, and transmit recommended content information formed of metadata corresponding to each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

and said terminal device further including

a playback unit, configured to execute playback processing regarding a held primary content which is a primary content which a recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold,

a recommended content information requesting unit, configured to transmit a recommended content information request to said server device, along with a content identifier identifying a primary content regarding which playback processing is being executed by said playback unit,

a recommendation order setting unit, configured to set the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the usage state of said held primary content in said source editing material for each recommended content, and

a presenting unit, configured to present recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.

7. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal device; and

a server device;

said server device further including

a storing managing unit, configured to store and manage a subsidiary content which is created by editing processing secondarily using at least one content as editing material,

a subsidiary content extracting unit configured to extract one or more subsidiary contents from subsidiary contents managed by said storing managing unit, with said received metadata as an extracting condition,

a recommended content information transmitting unit, configured to take subsidiary contents extracted by said subsidiary content extracting unit as recommended contents, and transmit recommended content information formed of metadata of each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

and said terminal device including

a playback unit, configured to execute playback processing regarding contents,

a recommended content information requesting unit, configured to transmit a recommended content information request to said server device, along with metadata added to a content regarding which playback processing is being executed by said playback unit,

a recommendation order setting unit, configured to set the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the number of times of appearance of the content of metadata description for each recommended content included in said recommended content information, in the content of metadata description in all held contents which the recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold, and

a presenting unit, configured to present recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.

8. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal device; and

a server device;

said server device including

a storing managing unit, configured to store and manage contents,

a content extracting unit configured to extract one or more contents from contents managed by said storing managing unit, with said received metadata as an extracting condition,

a recommended content information transmitting unit, configured to take contents extracted by said content extracting unit as recommended contents, and transmit recommended content information formed of metadata of each of the recommended contents, to said terminal device;

and said terminal device including

a playback unit, configured to execute playback processing regarding contents,

a recommended content information requesting unit, configured to transmit a recommended content information request to said server device, along with metadata added to a content regarding which playback processing is being executed by said playback unit,

a recommendation order setting unit, configured to set the recommendation order of the recommended contents indicated by said received recommended content information, by setting said recommendation order based on the number of times of appearance of the content of metadata description for each recommended content included in said recommended content information, in the content of metadata description in all held contents which the recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold, and

a presenting unit, configured to present recommended contents indicated by said recommended content information, such that said recommendation order is reflected therein.