INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM THEREOF

• US 20110029597A1
• Filed: 07/27/2010
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Morinaga, Takeo
• Granted Patent: US 10,033,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a playback means for requesting an information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receiving the content transmitted in response to the request and playing back the content; and a control means for stopping playback of the content by the playback means as well as transmitting an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the content to another information processing apparatus when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a playback means for requesting an information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receiving the content transmitted in response to the request and playing back the content; and

a control means for stopping playback of the content by the playback means as well as transmitting an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the content to another information processing apparatus when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control means transmits information indicating that the content is during continuous playback preparation and given information including the continuous playback position to the information providing apparatus and registers these information therein when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control means transmits the instruction for continuous playback preparation to other plural information processing apparatus.

4. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus including a playback means and a control means, comprising the steps of:

requesting an information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receiving the content transmitted in response to the request and playing back the content by the playback means; and

stopping playback of the content by the playback means as well as transmitting an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the content to another information processing apparatus by the control means when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user.

5. A program for allowing a computer to function as

a playback means for requesting an information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receiving the content transmitted in response to the request and playing back the content;

and

a control means for stopping playback of the content by the playback means as well as transmitting an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the content to another information processing apparatus when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a playback means for making preparation for playback from a continuous playback position of a content when an instruction for continuous playback preparation including the continuous playback position concerning the content on an information providing apparatus is transmitted from another information processing apparatus as an instruction source; and

a control means for controlling the playback means to play back the content from the continuous playback position when continuous playback is instructed by the user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the instruction for continuous playback preparation is transmitted also to other information processing apparatus other than the instruction source, and

the control means requests other information processing apparatus other than the instruction source to change a playback function thereof into a sleep state when continuous playback is instructed by the user.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the control means acquires the content during continuous playback preparation and the continuous playback position from the playback means when continuous playback is instructed by the user and controls the playback means to play back the content from the continuous playback position based on the position.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein information indicating that the content is during continuous playback preparation and given information including the continuous playback position are registered in the information providing apparatus, and

the control means acquires the given information registered in the information providing apparatus when continuous playback is instructed by the user and controls the playback means to play back the content from the continuous playback position based on the information.

10. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus including a playback means and a control means, comprising the steps of:

making preparation for playback from a continuous playback position of a content by the playback means when an instruction for continuous playback preparation including the continuous playback position concerning the content on an information providing apparatus is transmitted from another information processing apparatus as an instruction source; and

controlling the playback means to play back the content from the continuous playback position by the control means when continuous playback is instructed by the user.

11. A program allowing a computer to function as

a playback means for making preparation for playback from a continuous playback position of a content when an instruction for continuous playback preparation including the continuous playback position concerning the content on an information providing apparatus is transmitted from another information processing apparatus as an instruction source;

and

a control means for controlling the playback means to play back the content from the continuous playback position when continuous playback is instructed by the user.

12. An information processing system comprising:

an information providing apparatus;

a first information processing apparatus; and

a second information processing apparatus,

wherein the information providing apparatus stores contents,

the first information processing apparatus includes

a first playback means for requesting the information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receiving the content transmitted in response to the request and playing back the content, and

a first control means for stopping playback of the content by the first playback means as well as transmitting an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the selected content to the second information processing apparatus when the preparation for continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user,

the second information processing apparatus includes

a second playback means for receiving the instruction for continuous playback preparation transmitted from the first information processing apparatus and making preparation for playback from the continuous playback position of the content, and

a second control means for controlling the second playback means to play back the content from the continuous playback position when continuous playback is instructed by the user.

13. An information processing method of an information processing system including an information providing apparatus, a first information processing apparatus having a first playback means and a first control means as well as a second information processing apparatus having a second playback means and a second control means, the method comprising the steps of:

storing contents in the information providing apparatus;

in the first information apparatus,

requesting the information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receiving the content transmitted in response to the request and playing back the content by the first playback means; and

stopping playback of the content by the first playback means as well as transmitting an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the selected content to the second information processing apparatus by the first control means when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user;

in the second information processing apparatus,

receiving the instruction for continuous playback preparation transmitted from the first information processing apparatus and making preparation for playback from the continuous playback position of the content by the second playback means; and

controlling the second playback means to play back the content from the continuous playback position by the second control means when continuous playback is instructed by the user.

14. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a playback unit configured to request an information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receive the content transmitted in response to the request and play back the content; and

a control unit configured to stop playback of the content by the playback unit as well as transmit an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the content to another information processing apparatus when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user.

15. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a playback unit configured to make preparation for playback from a continuous playback position of a content when an instruction for continuous playback preparation including the continuous playback position concerning the content on an information providing apparatus is transmitted from another information processing apparatus as an instruction source; and

a control unit configured to control the playback unit to playback the content from the continuous playback position when continuous playback is instructed by the user.

16. An information processing system comprising:

an information providing apparatus;

a first information processing apparatus; and

a second information processing apparatus,

wherein the information providing apparatus stores contents,

the first information processing apparatus includes

a first playback unit configured to request the information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receive the content transmitted in response to the request and play back the content, and

a first control unit configured to stop playback of the content by the first playback unit as well as transmit an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the selected content to the second information processing apparatus when the preparation for continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user,

the second information processing apparatus includes

a second playback unit configured to receive the instruction for continuous playback preparation transmitted from the first information processing apparatus and make preparation for playback from the continuous playback position of the content, and

a second control unit configured to control the second playback unit to play back the content from the continuous playback position when continuous playback is instructed by the user.