INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20140137165A1
• Filed: 07/03/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMAGISHI, Yasuaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,769,503 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/78
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/783 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2143 located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum arrangements specially adapted for plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63; adaptations for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution in television systems H04N7/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content

Abstract

An information processor making up a home network system together with a terminal device. The information processor includes an identification request processing section, a publishing section, and a command execution section. The identification request processing section is configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query. The publishing section is configured to publish, to the terminal device, a command to operate the identification request processing section from the terminal device. The command execution section is configured to operate the identification request section in response to the command from the terminal device so as to transfer the response to the terminal device.

Claims

1. An information processor making up a home network system together with a terminal device, the information processor comprising:

an identification request processing section configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query;

a publishing section configured to publish, to the terminal device, a command to operate the identification request processing section from the terminal device; and

a command execution section configured to operate the identification request section in response to the command from the terminal device so as to transfer the response to the terminal device.

2. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the publishing section publishes, to the terminal device, device description in which the URL of the command is directly described.

3. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the publishing section directly describes the URL of the command in the device description with expanded UPnP regulations and publishes the device description to the terminal device.

4. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the command is WebAPI or WebSocket.

5. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the publishing section delivers a Notify message by multicast in the home network and publishes the device description to the terminal device in response to access from the terminal device based on the Notify message.

6. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the publishing section publishes the device description to the terminal device in response to M-Search from the terminal device.

7. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the response includes related meta data associated with the identified content.

8. An information processing method of an information processor that makes up a home network system together with a terminal device, the information processor comprising:

an identification request processing section configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query, the information processing method comprising;

a publishing step for publishing, to the terminal device, a command to operate the identification request processing section from the terminal device; and

a command execution step for operating the identification request section in response to the command from the terminal device so as to transfer the response to the terminal device, the publishing and command execution steps being performed by the information processor.

9. A program causing a computer making up a home network system together with a terminal device to serve as:

an identification request processing section configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query;

a publishing section configured to publish, to the terminal device, a command to operate the identification request processing section from the terminal device; and

a command execution section configured to operate the identification request section in response to the command from the terminal device so as to transfer the response to the terminal device.

10. An information processor making up a home network system together with a content reproduction device, the content reproduction device comprising:

an identification request processing section configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query, the information processor comprising;

a command acquisition section configured to acquire a command to operate the identification request processing section of the content reproduction device from the content reproduction device so as to receive the response transferred from the content reproduction device by invoking the command; and

a linked application execution section configured to acquire and execute a linked application to be executed in step with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with the identified content.

11. The information processor of claim 10, wherein

the command acquisition section acquires the URL of the command directly described in a device description published by the content reproduction device.

12. The information processor of claim 11, wherein

the command acquisition section acquires the URL of the command directly described in a device description with expanded UPnP regulations published by the content reproduction device.

13. The information processor of claim 11, wherein

the command is WebAPI or WebSocket.

14. The information processor of claim 11, wherein

the command acquisition section acquires the device description from the content reproduction device based on a Notify message delivered by multicast in the home network by the content reproduction device.

15. The information processor of claim 11, wherein

the command acquisition section acquires the device description searched for through M-Search and supplied from the content reproduction device.

16. The information processor of claim 11, wherein

the linked application execution section further presents, to the user, meta data of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with the identified content.

17. An information processing method of an information processor that makes up a home network system together with a content reproduction device, the content reproduction device comprising:

an identification request processing section configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query;

the information processing method comprising;

an acquisition step for acquiring a command to operate the identification request processing section of the content reproduction device from the content reproduction device;

a reception step for receiving the response transferred from the content reproduction device by invoking the command; and

a linked application execution step for acquiring and executing a linked application to be executed in step with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with the identified content, the acquisition, reception and linked application execution steps being performed by the information processor.

18. A program causing a computer making up a home network system together with a content reproduction device to serve as:

a command acquisition section configured to acquire a command to operate the identification request processing section of the content reproduction device from the content reproduction device so as to receive the response transferred from the content reproduction device by invoking the command; and

a linked application execution section configured to acquire and execute a linked application to be executed in step with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with the identified content, the content reproduction device comprising;

an identification request processing section configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query.

19. An information processing method of a home network system made up of a content reproduction device and terminal device, the content reproduction device comprising:

an identification request processing section configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query, the information processing method comprising;

a publishing step performed by the content reproduction device for publishing a command to operate the identification request processing section from the terminal device;

an acquisition and invoking step performed by the terminal device for acquiring and invoking the command published by the content reproduction device;

a transfer step performed by the content reproduction device for operating the identification request section in response to the invoking of the command by the terminal device and transferring the response to the terminal device; and

a linked application execution step performed by the terminal device for receiving the transferred response and acquiring and executing a linked application to be executed in step with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the response and associated with the identified content.