SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM
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Abstract
The invention provides a service providing apparatus and method and an information processing apparatus and method as well as a program storage medium by which a plurality of users can communicate with each other simultaneously. A plurality of client computers are connected to a shared server over a network and log in a common chat room of a chat system. If a user of one of those of the client computers which are in a group requests for reproduction of a predetermined tune, then the instruction is transmitted to the shared server over the network. The shared server receives the instruction transmitted thereto and reads out music data of the request stored in a music database therein, and transmits the music data to the client computers of the group.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An information processing method for providing a communication service in a system including a server and a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to the server, the method comprising:
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establishing a chat room via the server in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses participate; implementing a text chat between at least two information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses in the chat room; and sharing a content stored at the server with the plurality of information processing apparatuses participating in the chat room, the sharing further comprising; identifying, by one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, the content from contents stored at the server, sending, from the one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, a request for the identified content, and receiving, at the other of the plurality of information processing apparatuses participating in the chat room, the content identified by the one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, wherein the text chat is implemented while the content is shared in the chat room. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information processing method for receiving a communication service at an information processing apparatus connected to a server, the method comprising:
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establishing a chat room via request to the server enabling communication with a plurality of other information processing apparatuses; performing a text chat with the other information processing apparatuses participating in the chat room; displaying user names, at each information processing apparatus participating in the chat room, in a user list display area; displaying a content list that lists a plurality of contents, stored in the server, in a content list display area; identifying one of the plurality of contents from the content list for sharing the content in the chat room; and requesting that the one of the plurality of contents be transmitted to each information processing apparatus participating in the chat room, wherein the text chat is performed in the chat room while the one of the plurality of contents is shared in the chat room.
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9. An information processing apparatus that receives a communication service via a connection to a server, comprising:
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circuitry configured to establish a chat room via request to the server enabling communication with a plurality of other information processing apparatuses; perform a text chat with the plurality of other information processing apparatuses participating in the chat room; display user names, displayed at each information processing apparatus participating in the chat room, in a user list display area; display a content list that lists a plurality of contents, stored in the server, in a content list display area; identify one of the plurality of contents from the content list for sharing the content in the chat room; and request that the one of the plurality of contents be transmitted to each information processing apparatus participating in the chat room, wherein the text chat is performed in the chat room while the one of the plurality of contents is shared in the chat room. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information providing method for providing a content from a server, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for providing a chat environment from an information processing apparatus; providing the chat environment based on the request for the information processing apparatus and other information processing apparatuses included in the request for providing the chat environment, each of the information processing apparatuses being configured to perform a text chat in the chat environment; providing a content list of a plurality of contents stored at the server; receiving a request for transmitting one of the plurality of contents from the displayed content list; and transmitting the requested one of the plurality of contents to each of the information processing apparatuses participating in the chat environment, wherein the server provides the chat environment to the information processing apparatuses while sharing the requested one of the plurality of contents in the chat environment.
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program that when executed by a server causes the server to implement an information providing method for providing a content from the server, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for providing a chat environment from an information processing apparatus; providing the chat environment based on the request for the information processing apparatus and other information processing apparatuses included in the request for providing the chat environment, each of the information processing apparatuses being configured to perform a text chat in the chat environment; providing a content list of a plurality of contents stored at the server; receiving a request for transmitting one of the plurality of contents from the displayed content list; and transmitting the requested one of the plurality of contents to each of the information processing apparatuses participating in the chat environment, wherein the server provides the chat environment to the information processing apparatuses while sharing the requested one of the plurality of contents in the chat environment.
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17. An information providing server for providing a content from the server, comprising:
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circuitry configured to receive a request for providing a chat environment from an information processing apparatus; provide the chat environment based on the request for the information processing apparatus and other information processing apparatuses included in the request for providing the chat environment, each of the information processing apparatuses being configured to perform a text chat in the chat environment; provide a content list of a plurality of contents stored at the server; receive a request for transmitting one of the plurality of contents from the displayed content list; and transmit the requested one of the plurality of contents to each of the information processing apparatuses participating in the chat environment, wherein the server provides the chat environment to the information processing apparatuses while sharing the requested one of the plurality of contents in the chat environment. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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