Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Computer Program, and Information Processing Server

• US 20110131529A1
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Morita, Masahiro, Kurata, Yoshinori, Doi, Shouichi, Nagasaka, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 9,361,135 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/64 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: an output unit outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and a selection unit selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the output unit and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an output unit outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and

a selection unit selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the output unit and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an application recommendation unit recommending a plurality of recommended applications based on the content information selected by the selection unit,

wherein the output unit outputs at least one of information indicating the recommended applications.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the output unit displays the applications by category, and

wherein when the selection unit selects the category, the output unit outputs content before and after processing.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection unit confirms whether the application corresponding to the selected application ID is executable in the own information processing apparatus, and requests download from another information processing apparatus when the application is not executable.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a content processing unit generating content before and after processing based on the content information selected by the selection unit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the content information selected by the selection unit for the content processing unit to process the content is a reduced image with a reduced size of an original image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs the content information and the processed content information related to the content information in association therewith based on environment information regarding environment under which content is generated.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs at least one of the content information regarding a process performed before execution of the application and the processed content information related to the content information in association therewith.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs at least one of the content information and the processed content information suitable for the designated input and output by linking the plurality of content information and processed content information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when there is neither content information nor processed content information suitable for the designated input and output, the output unit searches the content information and the processed content information suitable for the designated input and output by linking the plurality of content information and processed content information.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the output unit outputs all of the processed content information.

12. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and

selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the outputting step and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information.

13. A computer program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and

selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the outputting step and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information.

14. An information processing server comprising:

a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, content information, and processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith;

an output unit outputting, to another apparatus, at least one of the content information suitable for designated input and output and stored in the storage unit and the processed content information related to the content information in association therewith; and

a selection unit selecting the application ID based on one of the content information and the processed content information selected by the another apparatus from among the content information or the processed content information output by the output unit.

15. The information processing server according to claim 14, wherein the output unit outputs the content information and the processed content information related to the content information in association therewith based on environment information regarding environment under which content is generated.