SERVER DEVICE AND SETTING INFORMATION SHARING METHOD

• US 20100235436A1
• Filed: 03/04/2010
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishizaki, Tomonori
• Granted Patent: US 8,527,579 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/274 Storing end-user multimedia data in response to end-user request , e.g. network recorder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A server device is provided which includes a change unit for changing setting information of a function shared with a client connected via a network, a transmission unit for transmitting to the client a change notification of the setting information of the function when the setting information of the function has been changed by the change unit, a reception unit for receiving from the client device information of the client to which the change notification of the setting information of the function has been transmitted from the transmission unit, a comparison unit for comparing the device information of the client received by the reception unit with device information of the server device, and a creation unit for creating, based on a comparison result of the device information by the comparison unit, a common file including the changed setting information of the function.

Claims

1. A server device comprising:

a change unit for changing setting information of a function shared with a client connected via a network;

a transmission unit for transmitting to the client a change notification of the setting information of the function when the setting information of the function has been changed by the change unit;

a reception unit for receiving, from the client, device information of the client to which the change notification of the setting information of the function has been transmitted from the transmission unit;

a comparison unit for comparing the device information of the client received by the reception unit with device information of the server device; and

a creation unit for creating, based on a comparison result of the device information by the comparison unit, a common file including the changed setting information of the function,

wherein

the transmission unit transmits to the client the common file created by the creation unit.

2. The server device according to claim 1, wherein

the client optimizes the setting information of the function of the client based on the changed setting information of the function which is included in the common file transmitted from the transmission unit.

3. The server device according to claim 1, wherein

the creation unit creates the common file corresponding to a setting level defined based on the comparison result of the device information by the comparison unit.

4. The server device according to claim 3, wherein

the setting level includes a setting level common among different devices, a setting level common among devices of the same vendor, or a setting level common among the same device models.

5. The server device according to claim 1, wherein

the creation unit describes the changed setting information of the function in XML and creates the common file.

6. The server device according to claim 5, wherein

the creation unit describes the setting level in a profile node of XML.

7. A setting information sharing method comprising the steps of:

changing setting information of a function shared with a client connected via a network;

transmitting to the client a change notification of the setting information of the function when the setting information of the function has been changed by the step of changing the setting information;

receiving from the client setting information of a function of the client corresponding to the setting information of the function which has been transmitted;

comparing the changed setting information of the function with the setting information of the function of the client;

creating a common file including the changed setting information of the function in the case where the changed setting information of the function and the setting information of the function of the client are different as a result of comparison at the step of comparing; and

transmitting the created common file to the client.

8. A program for causing a computer to function as a server device comprising:

a change unit for changing setting information of a function shared with a client connected via a network;

a transmission unit for transmitting to the client a change notification of the setting information of the function when the setting information of the function has been changed by the change unit;

a reception unit for receiving from the client device information of the client to which the change notification of the setting information of the function has been transmitted from the transmission unit;

a comparison unit for comparing the device information of the client received by the reception unit with device information of the server device; and

a creation unit for creating, based on a comparison result of the device information by the comparison unit, a common file including the changed setting information of the function,

wherein

the transmission unit transmits to the client the common file created by the creation unit.