ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20140317651A1
• Filed: 09/23/2013
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Masuo, Yoko, Ui, Shunji, Yamaguchi, Takanori
• Application Number:
  US14/034,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317651A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/29
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26241 involving the time of distribution, e.g. the best time of the day for inserting an advertisement or airing a children program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements

Abstract

According to one embodiment, the purpose of this invention is to provide an electronic device which can output information in accordance with a schedule of each person. The electronic device of the embodiments has a manager, an identifier, and a controller. The manager manages a schedule corresponding to personal identification information. The identifier identifies the personal identification information from input information. The controller controls output of schedule-related information regarding the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information and output of content.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a manager configured to manage a schedule corresponding to personal identification information;

an identifier configured to identify the personal identification information from input information; and

a controller configured to control output of schedule-related information relevant to the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information and output of content.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to control an output timing of the schedule-related information based on time information contained in the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein

the controller is configured to output the schedule-related information at the output timing if the output timing comes during outputting the content.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to output the schedule-related information with the content.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to control content output based on content output control information which is set in the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to halt the content output based on the content output control information.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a display configured to display the content and the schedule-related information to be output.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the identifier is configured to identify the personal identification information corresponding to a person who is recognized from a captured image to be input.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the identifier is configured to identify the personal identification information corresponding to terminal identification information to be input.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive weather information including date and time information and area information, wherein

the controller configured to control output of the related weather information based on the date and time information and the area information which are included in the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

another receiver configured to receive traffic information including the date and time information and the area information, wherein

the controller configured to control output of the related traffic information based on the date and time information and the area information which are included in the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the manager is configured to manage the schedule corresponding to the personal identification information and an address of an information communication terminal, and

the controller is configured to transmit the schedule-related information to the address of the information communication terminal.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein

the controller is configured to transmit the schedule-related information to the address of the information communication terminal if the personal identification information is unidentified.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the identifier is configured to receive the input information input through an external device and transmitted from the external device and identifies the personal identification information from the received input information, and

the controller is configured to transmit the schedule-related information to the external device.

15. An information processing method, comprising:

managing a schedule corresponding to personal identification information;

identifying the personal identification information from input information; and

controlling output of schedule-related information of the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information and output of content.

16. An information processing method, which comprises:

a first electronic device managing a schedule corresponding to personal identification information;

a second electronic device connected to the first electronic device receiving input information and transmitting the input information to the first electronic device;

the first electronic device receiving the input information, identifying the personal identification information from the input information, and transmitting the second electronic device schedule-related information related to the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information; and

the second electronic device receiving the schedule-related information and outputting the received schedule-related information.

17. A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage medium including computer usable code for use in information processing, the computer usable program product comprising code for performing the steps of:

managing a schedule corresponding to personal identification information;

identifying the personal identification information from input information; and

controlling output of schedule-related information of the schedule corresponding to the identified personal identification information and output of content.