SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20140095594A1
• Filed: 06/26/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nomura, Yasuo, Tsuchiya, Kazuhisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,781,232 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

An apparatus includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a reply unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network. The determining unit is configured to determine the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service. The reply unit is configured to send the service information to the information processing apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network;

a determining unit configured to determine the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service; and

a reply unit configured to send the service information to the information processing apparatus.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including a type of the information processing apparatus, a device ID of the information processing apparatus, a country of the information processing apparatus, and an application ID of an application of the information processing apparatus.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining unit determines the service information including a query generating script for generating an HTTP query to access the service.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining unit determines the display object information on the display object corresponding to the service including an icon image corresponding to the service.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reply unit sends display object information including text to the information processing apparatus.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the reply unit sends display object information including an icon to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus only displays the text when a cursor of the information processing apparatus is on the icon.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the service information.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including information on content, the information on content including a category of content and a search key used to search for content.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including a search key used to search for content.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including a category of content.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including an action category.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including information on a region of the information processing apparatus.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including content and an action category for the content.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives the request including information limiting a number of pieces of information.

15. A method comprising:

receiving a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network;

determining, using a processor, the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service; and

sending the service information to the information processing apparatus.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program that, when loaded on a processor, causes the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network;

determining, using a processor, the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service; and

sending the service information to the information processing apparatus.

17. An apparatus comprising:

a sending unit configured to send a request for service information to a server via a network;

a receiving unit configured to receive the service information including information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service from the server;

a display unit configured to display the display object information; and

a service access unit configured to access the service.