INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20110295971A1
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takagi, Tsuyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,197,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/462 Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities

Abstract

Provided is an information processing system including a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus includes a content recording unit to record a content and to obtain and record a sights keyword related to the recorded content. The second information processing apparatus includes a place-name accumulating unit to obtain and accumulate place-name information corresponding to a current location of the second information processing apparatus, a sights keyword acquisition unit to obtain the sights keyword recorded on the first information processing apparatus, a sights keyword determining unit to narrow down a sights candidate in the place-name information, to thereby extract sights-candidate place-name information, and to determine the sights keyword corresponding to the sights-candidate place-name information, and a content-record informing unit to inform that a content related to the determined sights keyword is recorded on the first information processing apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing system, comprising:

a first information processing apparatus; and

a second information processing apparatus configured to be connectable via a network to the first information processing apparatus, wherein

the first information processing apparatus includes a content recording unit configured to record a content and to obtain and record a sights keyword related to the recorded content, and

the second information processing apparatus includes

a place-name accumulating unit configured to obtain and accumulate place-name information corresponding to a current location of the second information processing apparatus,

a sights keyword acquisition unit configured to obtain the sights keyword recorded on the first information processing apparatus,

a sights keyword determining unit configured to narrow down a sights candidate in the place-name information, to thereby extract sights-candidate place-name information, and to determine the sights keyword corresponding to the sights-candidate place-name information, and

a content-record informing unit configured to inform that a content related to the determined sights keyword is recorded on the first information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the first information processing apparatus further includes an electronic-program-guide acquisition unit configured to obtain electronic program guide data including information about a plurality of contents, and

the content recording unit performs at least one of an extraction of the sights keyword from caption data included in the recorded content, and an extraction of the sights keyword from the information about the recorded content in the electronic program guide data obtained by the electronic-program-guide acquisition unit.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein

the place-name accumulating unit obtains a global positioning system (GPS) information corresponding to the current location of the second information processing apparatus, and obtains the place-name information based on the obtained GPS information.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein

the sights keyword determining unit determines place-name information obtained by removing place-name information appearing on a regular basis in time, as a result of the narrowing of the sights-candidate place-name information.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein

the second information processing apparatus further includes a reproduction unit configured to obtain via the network the content recorded on the first information processing apparatus and reproduce the content.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein

the first information processing apparatus further includes

a place-name acquisition unit configured to obtain the sights-candidate place-name information from the second information processing apparatus, and

a programmed-recording unit configured to detect information about the content including the sights-candidate place-name information from the electronic program guide data obtained by the electronic-program-guide acquisition unit, and to carry out a programmed recording based on the detected information about the content.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6, wherein

the first information processing apparatus further includes

a place-name information determining unit configured to extract place-name information from caption data included in the content to be reproduced by the reproduction unit of the second information processing apparatus, as caption place-name information, to thereby determine caption place-name information corresponding to the sights-candidate place-name information, and

a place-name information informing unit configured to inform that the determined caption place-name information is included in the content to be reproduced by the reproduction unit.

8. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a content recording unit configured to record a content and to obtain and record a sights keyword related to the recorded content;

a connection unit configured to be connectable via a network to an information processing terminal including

a place-name accumulating unit configured to obtain and accumulate place-name information corresponding to a current location of the information processing terminal,

a sights keyword acquisition unit configured to obtain the sights keyword recorded on the content recording unit,

a sights keyword determining unit configured to narrow down a sights candidate in the place-name information, to thereby extract sights-candidate place-name information, and to determine the sights keyword corresponding to the sights-candidate place-name information, and

a content-record informing unit configured to inform that a content related to the determined sights keyword is recorded on the first information processing apparatus;

a place-name acquisition unit configured to obtain sights-candidate place-name information from the information processing terminal; and

a programmed-recording unit configured to detect information about a content including the sights-candidate place-name information from the electronic program guide data obtained by the electronic-program-guide acquisition unit, and to carry out a programmed recording based on the information about the detected content.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the information processing terminal further includes a reproduction unit configured to obtain via the network the content recorded on the first information processing apparatus and reproduce the content, and

the information processing apparatus further comprises:

a place-name information determining unit configured to extract place-name information from caption data included in the content to be reproduced by the reproduction unit of the information processing terminal, as caption place-name information, to thereby determine caption place-name information corresponding to the sights-candidate place-name information; and

a place-name information informing unit configured to inform that the determined caption place-name information is included in the content to be reproduced by the reproduction unit.

10. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a content recording unit configured to record a content and to obtain and record a sights keyword related to the recorded content;

a place-name accumulating unit configured to obtain and accumulate place-name information corresponding to a current location of the information processing apparatus;

a sights keyword determining unit configured to narrow down a sights candidate in the place-name information, to thereby extract sights-candidate place-name information, and to determine the sights keyword corresponding to the sights-candidate place-name information; and

a content-record informing unit configured to inform that a content related to the determined sights keyword is recorded on the content recording unit.