RELATED INFORMATION SUCCESSIVELY OUTPUTTING METHOD, RELATED INFORMATION SUCCESSIVELY PROVIDING METHOD, RELATED INFORMATION SUCCESSIVELY OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, RELATED INFORMATION SUCCESSIVELY PROVIDING APPARATUS, RELATED INFORMATION SUCCESSIVELY OUTPUTTING PROGRAM AND RELATED INFORMATION SUCCESSIVELY PROVIDING PROGRAM

• US 20130047087A1
• Filed: 10/22/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Konno, Taro, Aramaki, Junichi, Kikkoji, Hiroyuki, YAMAHARA, Susumu
• Application Number:
  US13/656,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20130047087A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/64 Browsing; Visualisation therefor generation of a list or set of audio data G06F16/638
• 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: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

Related information successively outputting and providing methods and apparatus are disclosed wherein the processing load to a related information successively providing apparatus upon provision of content related information can be reduced significantly. The outputting apparatus selects content identification information set as a successive output object in a list included in page information acquired from the providing apparatus as noticed content information, and acquires content related information coordinated with the selected content identification from the providing apparatus. The outputting apparatus outputs the acquired content related information and detects an end of the outputting. When an end of the outputting is detected, the selection of noticed content information, acquisition and outputting of related information and detection of an end of outputting are successively executed again. As a result, content related information acquired from the providing apparatus are outputted automatically and successively.

Claims

1. A method of distributing content, comprising:

displaying a content list including a plurality of content;

displaying a successive output button to play of the plurality of content via streaming;

displaying a representative image of content being played; and

displaying a download button to download the plurality of content in the content list to a user terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a detail button to show additional information related to the content being played.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

displaying an indication of a play state of the plurality of content.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

displaying a plurality of selection buttons to select one of the plurality of content in the content list.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content include music data.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the music data is formatted as one of ATRAC3, AAC, MPEG3 or WMA data.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein the play sate of the plurality of content includes playback, fast forward, rewind and skip.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions thereon, the computer-readable instructions when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

displaying a content list including a plurality of content;

displaying a successive output button to play of the plurality of content via streaming;

displaying a representative image of content being played; and

displaying a download button to download the plurality of content in the content list to a user terminal.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a detail button to show additional information related to the content being played.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, further comprising:

displaying an indication of a play state of the plurality of content.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a plurality of selection buttons to select one of the plurality of content in the content list.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of content includes music data.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein the music data is formatted as one of ATRAC3, AAC, MPEG3 or WMA data.

14. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display to display a graphical user interface;

a storage device to store information; and

a processor configured to cause the display to display a content list including a plurality of content,

cause the display to display a successive output button to play of the plurality of content via streaming,

cause the display to display a representative image of content being played, and

cause the display to display a download button to download the plurality of content in the content list to the storage device.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display to display a detail button to show additional information related to the content being played.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display to display an indication of a play state of the plurality of content.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display to display a plurality of selection buttons to select one of the plurality of content in the content list.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the content includes music data.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the music data is formatted as one of ATRAC3, AAC, MPEG3 or WMA data.

20. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the play sate of the plurality of content includes playback, fast forward, rewind and skip.