TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND APPLICATION-COORDINATED SYSTEM

• US 20140019474A1
• Filed: 07/09/2013
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMAGISHI, Yasuaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,489,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/783 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus including: at least one content recognition section; and a timeline data generation section. The content recognition section has a database block configured to store reference data including at least signature data and a content identifier, and timeline data including at least an application identifier and timeline information. The content recognition section further has a response generation block configured to recognize content from which signature data included in a query, generate a response including the timeline data including a content identifier and the application identifier, and return the generated response to the reception apparatus. The timeline data generation section is configured to generate the timeline data and collectively supply the generated timeline data to the at least one content recognition section, the generated timeline data being common to the at least one content recognition section.

Claims

1. A transmission apparatus comprising:

at least one content recognition section having

a database block configured to store reference data including at least signature data indicative of features of content that is viewed on a reception apparatus, the signature data being generated from the content, and a content identifier indicative of the content from which the signature data is generated and timeline data including at least an application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the content and timeline information indicative of an execution timing of the application, and

a response generation block configured to recognize content from which signature data included in a query transmitted from the reception apparatus is extracted by referencing the database block, generate a response including the timeline data including a content identifier indicative of the recognized content and the application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the progression of the recognized content, and return the generated response to the reception apparatus; and

a timeline data generation section configured to generate the timeline data and collectively supply the generated timeline data to the at least one content recognition section, the generated timeline data being common to the at least one content recognition section.

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

a user interface block configured to control the timeline data generation section.

3. The transmission apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a signature data extraction block configured to extract the signature data from the content to be viewed on the reception apparatus by an extraction method corresponding to the at least one recognition server.

4. The transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the content recognition section further having:

a reference data generation block configured to generate the reference data by use of the signature data extracted by the signature data extraction block.

5. The transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the signature data extraction block generates a finger print as the signature data.

6. An information processing method used in a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including

at least one content recognition section having

a database block configured to store reference data including at least signature data indicative of features of content that is viewed on a reception apparatus, the signature data being generated from the content, and a content identifier indicative of the content from which the signature data is generated and timeline data including at least an application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the content and timeline information indicative of an execution timing of the application, and

a response generation block configured to recognize content from which signature data included in a query transmitted from the reception apparatus is extracted by referencing the database block, generate a response including the timeline data including a content identifier indicative of the recognized content and the application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the progression of the recognized content, and return the generated response to the reception apparatus,

the information processing method comprising:

generating the timeline data to be collectively supplied to the at least one content recognition section, the generated timeline data being common to the at least one content recognition section; and

collectively supplying the common timeline data to the at least one content recognition section.

7. A program configured to cause a computer to function as:

at least one content recognition section having

a database block configured to store reference data including at least signature data indicative of features of content that is viewed on a reception apparatus, the signature data being generated from the content, and a content identifier indicative of the content from which the signature data is generated and timeline data including at least an application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the content and timeline information indicative of an execution timing of the application, and

a response generation block configured to recognize content from which signature data included in a query transmitted from the reception apparatus is extracted by referencing the database block, generate a response including the timeline data including a content identifier indicative of the recognized content and the application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the progression of the recognized content, and return the generated response to the reception apparatus; and

a timeline data generation section configured to generate the timeline data and collectively supply the generated timeline data to the at least one content recognition section, the generated timeline data being common to the at least one content recognition section.

8. A reception apparatus comprising:

an extraction block configured to extract signature data indicative of a feature of reproduced content from the reproduced content;

a query generation block configured to generate a query at least including the extracted signature data, transmit the generated query to at least one content recognition section of a transmission apparatus, and receive a response returned from the at least one content recognition section in response to the query; and

an application execution block configured to capture an application corresponding to reproduced content on the basis of timeline data supplied collectively and commonly to the at least one content recognition section, the timeline data being included in the received response, and execute the captured application in coordination with the progression of the reproduced content.

9. The reception apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the application execution block captures the application corresponding to the reproduced content on the basis of an application identifier written to the timeline data included in the received response.

10. The reception apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the application execution block captures an application identifier of the application corresponding to the reproduced content on the basis of an event identifier written to the timeline data included in the received response and captures the application corresponding to the reproduced content on the basis of the captured application identifier.

11. An application-coordinated system comprising:

a transmission apparatus configured to transmit content, and

a reception apparatus configured to receive the content, wherein

the transmission apparatus has

at least one content recognition section having

a database block configured to store reference data including at least signature data indicative of features of content that is viewed on a reception apparatus, the signature data being generated from the content, and a content identifier indicative of the content from which the signature data is generated and timeline data including at least an application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the content and timeline information indicative of an execution timing of the application, and

a response generation block configured to recognize content from which signature data included in a query transmitted from the reception apparatus is extracted by referencing the database block, generate a response including the timeline data including a content identifier indicative of the recognized content and the application identifier indicative of an application to be executed in coordination with the progression of the recognized content, and return the generated response to the reception apparatus; and

a timeline data generation section configured to generate the timeline data and collectively supply the generated timeline data to the at least one content recognition section, the generated timeline data being common to the at least one content recognition section, and

the reception apparatus has

an extraction block configured to extract signature data indicative of a feature of reproduced content from the reproduced content;

a query generation block configured to generate a query at least including the extracted signature data, transmit the generated query to at least one content recognition section of a transmission apparatus, and receive a response returned from the at least one content recognition section in response to the query; and

an application execution block configured to capture an application corresponding to reproduced content on the basis of timeline data supplied collectively and commonly to the at least one content recognition section, the timeline data being included in the received response, and execute the captured application in coordination with the progression of the reproduced content.