DATA REPRODUCTION DEVICE, CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD

• US 20100228653A1
• Filed: 03/05/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Yuko, YAMAJI, Kei
• Application Number:
  US12/718,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26283 for associating distribution time parameters to content, e.g. to generate electronic program guide data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A content delivery system includes a data reproduction device and an in-store terminal that are connected to each other via a communication line. The data reproduction device includes a reproduction device for reproducing contents, a content element selection device, a transmission device for transmitting content element selection information and a reception device for receiving the contents, while the in-store terminal includes a data input device for inputting content information, a content element generation device, a reception device for receiving the content element selection information, a content generation modification device, a storage device, and a transmission device for transmitting contents. The in-store terminal generates contents based on content elements selected by the user of the data reproduction device, and the data reproduction device reproduces the contents received from the in-store terminal.

Claims

1. A data reproduction device comprising:

reproduction means for displaying a list of content elements that is generated based on data obtained from content information on at least one of a still image, a motion picture, text and music and reproducing contents that are generated and modified based on content elements selected from the list of content elements;

content element selection means for selecting content elements from the list of content elements displayed by the reproduction means and generating content element selection information on the selected content elements;

first transmission means for transmitting the content element selection information generated by the content element selection means to an in-store terminal;

first reception means for receiving from the in-store terminal the list of content elements and the contents to be reproduced; and

first storage means for storing the list of content elements and the contents received by the first reception means.

2. The data reproduction device according to claim 1, further comprising sensing means for obtaining environmental information on surroundings of the data reproduction device.

3. A content delivery system in which the data reproduction device according to claim 1 and an in-store terminal are connected with each other via a communication line,

wherein the in-store terminal comprises:

data input means for inputting the content information on at least one of a still image, a motion picture, text and music as the data;

content element generation means for processing the data input by the data input means to generate the content elements and the list of the content elements;

second reception means for receiving the content element selection information from the data reproduction device;

content generation/modification means for generating and modifying the contents based on the content elements by using the content element selection information;

second storage means for storing the input data, the generated content elements, the generated and modified contents, and user information; and

second transmission means for transmitting the list of content elements and the generated and modified contents to the data reproduction device, and

wherein the in-store terminal generates the contents based on the content elements selected by the data reproduction device, and the data reproduction device reproduces the contents received from the in-store terminal.

4. The content delivery system according to claim 3, wherein the in-store terminal further comprises user information management means for managing the user information on a user to whom the generated and modified contents are delivered.

5. The content delivery system according to claim 4, wherein the content generation/modification means automatically selects on the content elements and generates the contents in accordance with the user information.

6. The content delivery system according to claim 5, wherein the data reproduction device comprising sensing means for obtaining environmental information on surroundings of the data reproduction device, and the content generation/modification means sends the data reproduction device either one or both of a menu of the content elements automatically selected and the contents in accordance with the environmental information and the user information and allows the contents to be changed by the user.

7. The content delivery system according to claim 5, wherein the data reproduction device comprising sensing means for obtaining environmental information on surroundings of the data reproduction device, and the content generation/modification means automatically selects the content elements in accordance with the environmental information and the user information and generates the contents.

8. The content delivery system according to claim 6, wherein the content generation/modification means sends the data reproduction device either one or both of a menu of the content elements automatically selected and the contents further in accordance with store-originated information prepared by the in-store terminal and allows the contents to be changed by the user.

9. The content delivery system according to claim 7, wherein the content generation/modification means automatically selects the content elements further in accordance with store-originated information prepared by the in-store terminal and generates the contents.

10. The content delivery system according to claim 6, wherein a content element selected by the content generation/modification means in accordance with at least one of the content element selection information, the environmental information, the user information and store-originated information is delivered as it is as the contents.

11. The content delivery system according to claim 6, wherein the content generation/modification means automatically controls delivery of the contents in accordance with content-order information and the environmental information, the content-order information including an order for the contents and permission for reproduction of the contents the user preliminarily inputs.

12. The content delivery system according to claim 6, wherein the content generation/modification means automatically controls delivery of the contents and changes to the contents in accordance with content-order/permission information and the environmental information, the content-order/permission information including an order for the contents and permission for reproduction of and changes to the contents the user preliminarily inputs.

13. The content delivery system according to claim 5, wherein the content generation/modification means refers to the user information and lowers a degree of recommendation of the contents and the content elements already included in an order history of the user.

14. The content delivery system according to claim 3, further comprising a billing server connected via a communication line, wherein the billing server comprises:

third reception means for receiving an order history from the in-store terminal;

billing management means for generating and managing billing information based on the order history;

point management means for generating and managing point information based on the order history; and

third storage means for storing the billing information and the point information.

15. A method for delivering contents for which a data reproduction device and an in-store terminal communicate with each other, comprising steps of:

inputting data of at least one of a still image, a movie, text and music into the in-store terminal;

processing the data to generate content elements and a list of content elements in the in-store terminal;

transmitting the list of content elements from the in-store terminal to the data reproduction device;

receiving the list of content elements transmitted from the in-store terminal by the data reproduction device;

displaying the list of content elements by reproduction means in the data reproduction device;

selecting content elements from the list of content elements by a user, the content elements being displayed by the reproduction means, and generating content element selection information by the data reproduction device;

transmitting the content element selection information from the data reproduction device to the in-store terminal;

receiving the content element selection information transmitted from the data reproduction device by the in-store terminal;

generating and modifying contents based on the content element selection information and the content elements by the in-store terminal;

transmitting the generated contents from the in-store terminal to the data reproduction device;

receiving the contents transmitted from the in-store terminal by the data reproduction device; and

reproducing the received contents by the data reproduction device.