INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130262699A1
• Filed: 02/06/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KITANO, Hiroaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,571,385 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/244
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/308 Route determination based on user's profile, e.g. premium users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a distribution information acquisition section which acquires distribution information indicating that content-related data is distributed from a first user to a second user through a social network to which the first user and the second user belong, and a route information generation section which generates route information based on the distribution information, the route information indicating a route through which the content-related data is distributed among users belonging to the social network.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a distribution information acquisition section which acquires distribution information indicating that content-related data is distributed from a first user to a second user through a social network to which the first user and the second user belong; and

a route information generation section which generates route information based on the distribution information, the route information indicating a route through which the content-related data is distributed among users belonging to the social network.

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

a license information acquisition section which acquires license information indicating that the second user obtains a license of content corresponding to the content-related data; and

a route information update section which updates a license state based on the license information, the license state being associated with the second user in the route information.

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

a user evaluation section which evaluates the users belonging to the social network based on the license state.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein when the second user obtains the license of the content, the user evaluation section positively evaluates the first user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising

an access information acquisition section which acquires access information indicating that the second user accesses the content-related data,

wherein the route information update section updates an access state based on the access information, the access state being associated with the second user in the route information, and

wherein when the second user accesses the content-related data without obtaining the license of the content, the user evaluation section negatively evaluates the first user.

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

an access information acquisition section which acquires access information indicating that the second user accesses the content-related data; and

a route information update section which updates an access state based on the access information, the access state being associated with the second user in the route information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising

a user evaluation section which evaluates the users belonging to the social network based on the access state.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein when the second user accesses the content-related data, the user evaluation section positively evaluates the first user.

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

a user evaluation section which evaluates the users belonging to the social network based on the route information.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the user evaluation section evaluates the first user according to the number of the second users to which the content-related data is distributed from the first user.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the user evaluation section evaluates the users belonging to the social network on a per group basis, the group including the first user and the second user.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the distribution information acquisition section acquires the distribution information from an activity in the social network.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the distribution information acquisition section acquires the distribution information from application software used by the second user to access the content-related data.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the distribution information acquisition section acquires distribution information included in the content-related data.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the route information generation section generates the route information including a root distributor of the content-related data.

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

a route information output section which outputs the route information as visual information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim

wherein when the content-related data is distributed from the second user to a third user, the user evaluation section positively evaluates the first user.

18. An information processing system which provides a social network to which a first user and a second user belong, the information processing system comprising:

a terminal device which acquires content-related data associated with the second user and distributed from the first user; and

a server device including

a distribution information acquisition section which acquires distribution information through the social network, the distribution information indicating that the terminal device acquires the content-related data, and

a route information generation section which generates route information based on the distribution information, the route information indicating a route through which the content-related data is distributed among users belonging to the social network.

19. A program for causing a computer to implement:

a function of acquiring distribution information through a social network to which a first user and a second user belong, the distribution information indicating that content-related data is distributed from the first user to the second user; and

a function of generating route information based on the distribution information, the route information indicating a route through which the content-related data is distributed among users belonging to the social network.