Contents Providing System, Terminal Apparatus, And Contents Controlling Apparatus

• US 20110113118A1
• Filed: 08/11/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Hideki, Prentice, Christine L., Obi, Hidetsugu, Reaves, John Slater
• Application Number:
  US12/854,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20110113118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

A contents providing system provides a content and attached information of the content stored in a contents controlling apparatus to a terminal apparatus. The contents providing system includes a determination section that determines whether or not a specific content among a plurality of contents stored in the contents controlling apparatus is stored in the terminal apparatus, and a transfer section that transfers the specific content and attached information of the specific content to the terminal apparatus when the determination section determines that the specific content is not stored in the terminal apparatus, and transfers only the attached information of the specific content instead of both the specific content and the attached information of the specific content when the determination section determines that the specific content is stored in the terminal apparatus.

Claims

1. A contents providing system which provides a content and attached information of the content stored in a contents controlling apparatus to a terminal apparatus, the contents providing system comprising:

a determination section that determines whether or not a specific content among a plurality of contents stored in the contents controlling apparatus is stored in the terminal apparatus; and

a transfer section that transfers the specific content and attached information of the specific content to the terminal apparatus when the determination section determines that the specific content is not stored in the terminal apparatus, and transfers only the attached information of the specific content instead of both the specific content and the attached information of the specific content when the determination section determines that the specific content is stored in the terminal apparatus.

2. The contents providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first attached information updating section that creates updated attached information by updating the attached information stored in the terminal apparatus;

an attached information transmission section that transmits the updated attached information to the contents controlling apparatus; and

a second attached information updating section that updates the attached information stored in the contents controlling apparatus by using the updated attached information.

3. A terminal apparatus which stores a specific content among a plurality of contents stored in a contents controlling apparatus and attached information of the specific content, the terminal apparatus comprising:

a determination section that determines whether or not the specific content is stored in the terminal apparatus; and

a transfer section that controls the contents controlling apparatus so that the contents controlling apparatus transfers the specific content and the attached information of the specific content to the terminal apparatus when the determination section determines that the specific content is not stored in the terminal apparatus, and controls the contents controlling apparatus so that the contents controlling apparatus transfers only the attached information of the specific content instead of both the specific content and the attached information of the specific content when the determination section determines that the specific content is stored in the terminal apparatus.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first attached information updating section that creates updated attached information by updating the attached information transferred from the contents controlling apparatus; and

an attached information transmission section that transmits the updated attached information to the contents controlling apparatus.

5. A contents controlling apparatus which provides a specific content among a plurality of contents and attached information of the specific content to a terminal apparatus, the contents controlling apparatus comprising:

a determination section that determines whether or not the specific content is stored in the terminal apparatus; and

a transfer section that transfers the specific content and attached information of the specific content to the terminal apparatus when the determination section determines that the specific content is not stored in the terminal apparatus, and transfers only the attached information of the specific content instead of both the specific content and the attached information of the specific content when the determination section determines that the specific content is stored in the terminal apparatus.

6. The contents controlling apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

an attached information updating section that updates the attached information stored in the contents controlling apparatus by using attached information transferred from the terminal apparatus.