PROFITS GIVE-BACK DEVICE, PROFITS GIVE-BACK METHOD, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIA, PROFITS GIVE-BACK SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING DEVICE, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIA, AND CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM

• US 20110023089A1
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: UCHIYAMA, Nobuyuki, TSUTSUI, Mototsugu, SUEYOSHI, Takahiko, HANAYA, Hiroyuki, YOSHIMINE, Takao, NAKAMURA, Toshinori
• Granted Patent: US 8,768,771 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0274 Split fees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A profit give-back device, profit give-back method, program storage medium, profit give-back system, content providing device, content providing method, program storage media, and content providing system are disclosed. Profits give-back processing is performed according to the accumulated points proportionate to the number of times the content with a commercial video is provided to a client PC 4 and thus the fare profits giveback can be easily performed. A preset content with a commercial video is provided to a user when requested from the client PC 4, and it is possible to surely provide advertisement information without the user being aware of the commercial.

Claims

1. A content providing apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive authentication information from a first information processing device identifying a user of the first information processing device;

an authentication unit configured to authenticate the user of the first information device based on the authentication information if the user of the first information device is a registered user;

a control unit configured to control the receiver to receive content supplied from the first information processing device and a channel name provided with the content if the authentication unit authenticates the user of the first information device; and

a providing unit configured to provide the content received by the receiver to a second information processing device over a network in response to a selection of the channel name related to the content from said second information processing device received over network.

2. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to control the receiver to receive a predetermined category related to the content, and the content providing apparatus further comprises:

a web data providing unit configured to provide web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second information processing device.

3. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a schedule database according to a time frame set up.

4. The content providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said storage unit stores the schedule database in response to a reservation from the first processing device.

5. The content providing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said reservation has an upper limit on a number of contents provided at one scheduled time.

6. The content providing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the providing unit is configured to provide a message that indicates that the contents cannot be provided at said one scheduled time if the number of said contents to be provided at said one scheduled time reaches said upper limit.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, at a receiver of a content providing apparatus, authentication information from a first information processing device identifying a user of the first information processing device;

authenticating, at the content providing apparatus, the user of the first information device based on the authentication information if the user of the first information device is a registered user;

controlling, at the content providing apparatus, the receiver to receive content supplied from the first information processing device and a channel name provided with the content if the authentication unit authenticates the user of the first information device; and

providing, at the content providing apparatus, the content received by the receiver to a second information processing device over a network in response to a selection of the channel name related to the content from said second information processing device received over network.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

controlling the receiver to receive a predetermined category related to the content; and

providing web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second information processing device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing a schedule database according to a time frame set up.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the storing includes storing the schedule database in response to a reservation from the first processing device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said reservation has an upper limit on a number of contents provided at one scheduled time.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

providing a message that indicates that the contents cannot be provided at said one scheduled time if the number of said contents to be provided at said one scheduled time reaches said upper limit.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a content providing apparatus, causes the content providing apparatus to execute a method comprising:

receiving, at a receiver of the content providing apparatus, authentication information from a first information processing device identifying a user of the first information processing device;

authenticating the user of the first information device based on the authentication information if the user of the first information device is a registered user;

controlling the receiver to receive content supplied from the first information processing device and a channel name provided with the content if the authentication unit authenticates the user of the first information device; and

providing the content received by the receiver to a second information processing device over a network in response to a selection of the channel name related to the content from said second information processing device received over network.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

controlling the receiver to receive a predetermined category related to the content; and

providing web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second information processing device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

storing a schedule database according to a time frame set up.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the storing includes storing the schedule database in response to a reservation from the first processing device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said reservation has an upper limit on a number of contents provided at one scheduled time.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

providing a message that indicates that the contents cannot be provided at said one scheduled time if the number of said contents to be provided at said one scheduled time reaches said upper limit.

19. A system, comprising:

a content providing apparatus;

a first information processing apparatus communicatively coupled to the content providing apparatus over a network;

a second information processing apparatus communicatively coupled to the content providing apparatus over a network,

wherein the content providing apparatus includes,

a receiver configured to receive authentication information from a first information processing device identifying a user of the first information processing device,

an authentication unit configured to authenticate the user of the first information device based on the authentication information if the user of the first information device is a registered user,

a control unit configured to control the receiver to receive content supplied from the first information processing device and a channel name provided with the content if the authentication unit authenticates the user of the first information device, and

a providing unit configured to provide the content received by the receiver to a second information processing device over a network in response to a selection of the channel name related to the content from said second information processing device received over network.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein said control unit is configured to control the receiver to receive a predetermined category related to the content, and the content providing apparatus further comprises:

a web data providing unit configured to provide web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second information processing device.