INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF CONTENT EXCHANGE

• US 20100275127A1
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: HATANAKA, Mitsuyuki, KOJIMA, Kiyonobu, TAMBATA, Ippei, SHIROMA, Shin, MORITA, Toshihiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,522,150 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/63 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1062 Editing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00797 wherein the usage restriction limits the number of times a content can be reproduced, e.g. using playback counters
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00869 wherein the remote server can deliver the content to a receiving device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/08 Configuration management of networks or network elements address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. An information processing apparatus comprising:

storage control means for causing a storage medium to store content data, additional data of the content data, and an extraction condition for extracting certain content data to be transmitted to a terminal device based on the additional data;

communication means for communicating with the terminal device;

extraction means for extracting the certain content data to be transmitted to the terminal device from a plurality of the content data based on the extraction condition;

detection means for detecting that the terminal device is connected to the communication means;

determination means for determining, when the detection means detects that the terminal device is connected to the communication means, based on device identification information of the terminal device received via the communication means, whether the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data; and

control means for controlling, when the determination means determines that the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, the communication means, and causing the certain content data to be transferred to the terminal device.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the control means causes the certain content data to be automatically transmitted to the terminal device independently of a transfer instruction input from a user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the control means further causes, when the determination means determines that the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, content data stored in the terminal device to be automatically received independently of a transfer instruction input from a user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising

display control means for causing data related to content data stored in the terminal device to be displayed on display means.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the additional data is history data, and

wherein the extraction condition is a condition related to the history data.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the additional data is a number of times of transfer to the terminal device, and

wherein the extraction condition is a condition related to the number of times of the transfer.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the additional data is data related to the content data, and

wherein the extraction condition is that the data related to the content data includes a specified letter.

9. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, comprising:

a storage control step of causing a storage medium to store content data, additional data of the content data, and an extraction condition for extracting certain content data to be transmitted to a terminal device based on the additional data;

an extraction step of extracting the certain content data to be transmitted to the terminal device from a plurality of the content data based on the extraction condition;

a detection step of detecting that the terminal device is connected to communication means which communicates with the terminal device;

a determination step of determining, when it is detected by processing of the detection step that the terminal device is connected to the communication means, based on device identification information of the terminal device received via the communication means, whether the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data; and

a control step of controlling, when it is determined by processing of the determination step that the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, the communication means, and causing the certain content data to be transferred to the terminal device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in which a program for causing a computer to perform a method is recorded, the method comprising:

a storage control step of causing a storage medium to store content data, additional data of the content data, and an extraction condition for extracting certain content data to be transmitted to a terminal device based on the additional data,

an extraction step of extracting the certain content data to be transmitted to the terminal device from a plurality of the content data based on the extraction condition,

a detection step of detecting that the terminal device is connected to communication means which communicates with the terminal device,

a determination step of determining, when it is detected by processing of the detection step that the terminal device is connected to the communication means, based on device identification information of the terminal device received via the communication means, whether the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, and

a control step of controlling, when it is determined by processing of the determination step that the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, the communication means, and causing the certain content data to be transferred to the terminal device.

11. A terminal device comprising:

connection means for connecting to an information processing apparatus;

transmission means for causing device identification information specifying the terminal device to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus connected by the connection means; and

storage means for storing certain content data which is extracted based on an extraction condition, the extraction condition being stored in a storage medium and being transmitted from the information processing apparatus when it is determined in the information processing apparatus that the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of content data based on the transmitted device identification information, and the extraction condition also being used for extracting the certain content data to be transmitted based on additional data of the content data.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11,

wherein the certain content data is automatically transmitted independently of a transfer instruction input from a user from the information processing apparatus.

13. The terminal device according to claim 11, further comprising

another transmission means for causing content data stored in the storage means to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus connected by the connection means.

14. The terminal device according to claim 11, further comprising

another transmission means for causing data related to the content data, which is stored in the storage means in correlation with the content data, to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus connected by the connection means.

15. A system comprising an information processing apparatus and a terminal device,

wherein the terminal device includes

connection means for connecting to the information processing apparatus,

transmission means for causing device identification information specifying the terminal device to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus connected by the connection means, and

storage means for storing certain content data transferred from the information processing apparatus in a first storage medium, and

wherein the information processing apparatus includes

storage control means for causing a second storage medium to store the content data, additional data of the content data, and an extraction condition for extracting the certain content data to be transmitted to the terminal device based on the additional data,

communication means for communicating with the terminal device,

extraction means for extracting the certain content data to be transmitted to the terminal device from a plurality of the content data based on the extraction condition,

detection means for detecting that the terminal device is connected to the information processing apparatus,

determination means for determining, when the detection means detects that the terminal device is connected to the information processing apparatus, based on the device identification information of the terminal device received via the communication means, whether the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, and

control means for controlling, when the determination means determines that the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, the communication means, and causing the certain content data to be transferred to the terminal device.

16. A method of a system including an information processing apparatus which has communication means for communicating with a terminal device, and a terminal device which has connection means for connecting to the information processing apparatus and storage means for storing certain content data transmitted from the information processing apparatus in a first storage medium, comprising:

causing, by the information processing apparatus, a second storage medium to store the content data, additional data of the content data, and an extraction condition for extracting the certain content data to be transmitted to the terminal device based on the additional data;

transmitting, by the terminal device, device identification information specifying the terminal device to the information processing apparatus connected by the connection means;

detecting, by the information processing apparatus, that the terminal device is connected to the information processing apparatus;

determining, by the information processing apparatus, when it is detected that the terminal device is connected to the information processing apparatus, based on the device identification information of the terminal device received via the communication means, whether the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data;

extracting, by the information processing apparatus, when it is determined that the terminal device is a terminal device set as a destination of the content data, the certain content data to be transmitted to the terminal device from a plurality of the content data based on the extraction condition, controlling the communication means, and causing the certain content data to be transferred to the terminal device; and

causing, by the terminal device, the certain content data transferred from the information processing apparatus to be stored in the first storage medium.