CONTENT SELECTING SYSTEM, PROVIDING APPARATUS, TRANSFER APPARATUS AND CONTENT SELECTING METHOD

• US 20120303752A1
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BIGLOBE, Inc. (KDDI Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BIGLOBE, Inc. (KDDI Corporation)
• Inventors: Enomoto, Nobuyuki, Katou, Takeshi, Okajima, Yasunori, Haneishi, Tadashi, Mase, Go
• Granted Patent: US 9,185,350 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A file of menu data is transmitted from a providing apparatus to a storing apparatus via a transfer apparatus. The transfer apparatus acquires a list of files stored in the storing apparatus and transmits the list to the providing apparatus. The providing apparatus, based on the list, selects content to be stored in the storing apparatus.

Claims

1. A content selecting system that selects a content to be stored in a storing apparatus, comprising:

a providing apparatus for providing a file of menu data of content; and

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a transfer apparatus connecting between the storing apparatus and the providing apparatus, wherein

the providing apparatus transmits a file contains menu data to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus,

the transfer apparatus acquires the list of files stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus and transmits the list to the providing apparatus, and

the providing apparatus selects a content to be stored in the storing apparatus based on the list.

2. The content selecting system according to claim 1, wherein the providing apparatus determines the content of which menu data has been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection.

3. The content selecting system according to claim 1, wherein the providing apparatus determines the content of which menu data has not been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection.

4. The content selecting system according to claim 1, wherein if the list indicates that no file is stored in the storing apparatus, the providing apparatus transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus.

5. The content selecting system according to claims 1, wherein when receiving a file that contains menu data from the providing apparatus, the transfer apparatus deletes all the files stored in the storing apparatus and then transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus.

6. The content selecting system according to claim 1, wherein the menu data represents a menu image for each content category, and

the providing apparatus determines based on the list, the category of the menu image that has been deleted at the storing apparatus and determines based on the determined result, the category of the content that has been selected.

7. The content selecting system according to claim 1, wherein the providing apparatus retains files of content other than the file that contains menu data and transmits a file of the content that has been determined as a selection, to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus.

18. The content selecting system according to claim 2, wherein if the list indicates that no file is stored in the storing apparatus, the providing apparatus transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus.

19. The content selecting system according to claim 3, wherein if the list indicates that no file is stored in the storing apparatus, the providing apparatus transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus.

20. The content selecting system according to claim 2, wherein when receiving a file that contains menu data from the providing apparatus, the transfer apparatus deletes all the files stored in the storing apparatus and then transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus.

8. A providing apparatus for providing a menu of content, in a content selecting system for selecting a content to be stored in a storing apparatus, comprising:

a communication means connecting to a network; and

a determining means that transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus via the communication means, acquires a list of files stored in the storing apparatus from the storing apparatus and selects a content to be stored in the storing apparatus, based on the list.

9. The providing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the determining means determines the content of which menu data has been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection.

10. The providing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the determining means determines the content of which menu data has not been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection.

11. The providing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein if the list indicates that no file is stored in the storing apparatus, the determining means transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus.

12. The providing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the menu data represents a menu image for each content category, and the determining means determines based on the list, the category of the menu image that has been deleted at the storing apparatus and determines based on the determined result, the category of the content that has been selected.

13. The providing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the determining means retains files that contain content other than the file that contains menu data and transmits a file that contain the content that has been determined as a selection, to the storing apparatus.

14. A transfer apparatus in a content selecting system for selecting content to be stored in a storing apparatus, connecting the storing apparatus and a providing apparatus for providing a file of menu data of content, comprising:

a first communication means connecting to the storing apparatus;

a second communication means connecting to the providing apparatus via a network; and

a control means that acquires a file that contains menu data from the providing apparatus by way of the second communication means, transmits the file to the storing apparatus via the first communication means, acquires the list of files stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus, transmits the list to the providing apparatus by way of the second communication means.

15. The transfer apparatus according to claim 14, wherein when receiving a file that contains menu data from the providing apparatus, the control means deletes all the files stored in the storing apparatus and then transmits a file that contains menu data to the storing apparatus.

16. A content selecting method for selecting a content to be stored in a storing apparatus, comprising:

transmitting a file of menu data of content to the storing apparatus;

acquiring a list of files stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus; and

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selecting a content to be stored in the storing apparatus, based on the list.

17. A content selecting program for selecting a content to be stored in a storing apparatus by means of a computer and causing the computer to execute:

a step of transmitting a file of menu data of content to the storing apparatus;

a step of acquiring a list of files stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus; and

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a step of selecting a content to be stored in the storing apparatus, based on the list.