CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF EVENT DETECTION AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT

• US 20110148628A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: GOTO, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,451,117 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

In accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, a process for transmitting a signal is presented. The process may be implemented to detect an occurrence of a predetermined event associated with an object and in response to detecting the occurrence of the predetermined event, transmit a signal relating to a content associated with the object.

Claims

1. An object event detection device, comprising:

an event detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of a first predetermined event associated with an object coupled to the object event detection device; and

a signal transmitting unit configured to transmit a first signal relating to a first content associated with the object, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the first predetermined event.

2. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first signal includes content data.

3. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first signal includes a content identifier.

4. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first signal includes control information to control processing of the content associated with the object.

5. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first signal includes control information indicative of a type of information included in the first signal.

6. The object event detection device as recited in claim 2, further comprising memory storage configured to store the content data.

7. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first signal is an ultra-sonic frequency signal.

8. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, further comprising memory storage configured to store a set of conditions for transmitting the first signal relating to the first content associated with the object.

9. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the event detection unit includes a sensor unit configured to detect movement of the object.

10. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the event detection unit is further configured to detect an occurrence of a second predetermined event, and the signal transmitting unit is further configured to transmit a second signal relating to a second content associated with the object, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the second predetermined event.

11. The object event detection device as recited in claim 1, wherein the event detection unit is further configured to detect an occurrence of a second predetermined event, and the signal transmitting unit is further configured to transmit a second signal to control operations associated with the first content, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the second predetermined event.

12. A content processing system, comprising:

an object event detection device having

an event detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of a first predetermined event associated with an object coupled to the object event detection device, and

a signal transmitting unit configured to transmit a first signal relating to a first content associated with the object, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the first predetermined event; and

a content management device having

a signal receiving unit configured to receive the first signal from the object event detection device, and

a content retrieving unit configured to perform an action to the first content based on the first signal.

13. The content processing system as recited in claim 12, wherein the content retrieving unit is configured to retrieve content data for the first content from the first signal.

14. The content processing system as recited in claim 12, wherein the content management device further comprises a content database configured to store one or more contents corresponding to one or more content identifiers, and the content retrieving unit is further configured to retrieve the first content from the content database based at least in part on a first content identifier contained in the first signal.

15. The content processing system as recited in claim 12, wherein the content retrieving unit is further configured to retrieve the first content from a content database through a network based at least in part on a first content identifier contained in the first signal.

16. The content processing system as recited in claim 12, further comprising an authentication unit configured to verify whether the content management device is authorized to retrieve the content data.

17. The content processing system as recited in claim 12, further comprising an output unit configured to control outputting of the content data based on control information included in the first signal.

18. A signal transmitting method, comprising:

detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event associated with an object; and

transmitting a signal relating to a content associated with the object, in response to the detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the occurrence of the predetermined event and the signal relating to the content are detected and/or transmitted by an object event detection device coupled to the object.

20. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the method is embodied in a machine-readable medium as a set of instructions which, when executed by an object event detection device, cause the object event detection device to perform the method.

21. A content management method, comprising:

receiving a signal relating to a content associated with an object, wherein the signal is generated in response to detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event associated with the content; and

retrieving the content when the signal includes content data or a content identifier for the content or

performing an action to the content when the signal includes control information having a control operation requested to be performed.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the signal relating to the content is received, the content is retrieved, and/or the action to the content is performed by a content management device.

23. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the method is embodied in a machine-readable medium as a set of instructions which, when executed by a content management device, cause the content management device to perform the method.