CONTENT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

• US 20150135208A1
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Maxell Limited (Maxell, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Maxell Limited (Maxell, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Itagaki, Tsuguo
• Application Number:
  US14/401,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135208A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: G09C 1/00 Apparatus or methods whereby a given sequence of signs, e.g. an intelligible text, is transformed into an unintelligible sequence of signs by transposing the signs or groups of signs or by replacing them by others according to a predetermined system cryptographic typewriters G09C3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4363 Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a content viewing system capable of carrying out cooperation among devices while ensuring security and copyright management. The system is characterized by allowing an information processing device to execute the steps of: notifying a content management device of device identification information for identifying a device selected on a device selection screen and content identification information for identifying content selected on a content selection screen; and making the selected device have an access to the content management device by notifying the selected device of a viewing instruction of content selected on the content selection screen and information of an address to have an access to the content management device.

Claims

1. A wireless operation controlling program for controlling viewing of content by a certain device by an operation through a wireless communication from another device, the program allowing an information processing device to execute the steps of:

displaying a device selection screen for selecting a device used in the viewing of content;

displaying a content selection screen for selecting content to be viewed;

notifying a content management device, which provides information to be acquired for the viewing of the content, of device identification information for identifying a device selected on the device selection screen and content identification information for identifying content selected on the content selection screen;

making the selected device have an access to the content management device by notifying the device selected on the device selection screen of a viewing instruction of the content selected on the content selection screen and information of an address to have an access to the content management device;

displaying an operation screen for controlling the viewing of the content; and

outputting a signal in accordance with an operation to the operation screen.

2. The wireless operation controlling program according to claim 1, further allowing the information processing device to execute the step of:

displaying a log-in screen to which log-in information for logging in the content management device is input,

wherein, in the step of notifying the device selected on the device selection screen of information of an address to have an access to the content management device, log-in information input on the log-in screen is also notified.

3. The wireless operation controlling program according to claim 1,

wherein, in the case where the device selected on the device selection screen is a previously selected device, the step of notifying the content management device of the device identification information for identifying the device selected on the device selection screen is omitted.

4. The wireless operation controlling program according to claim 1, further allowing the information processing device to execute the step of:

carrying out an authentication process between the information processing device and the device used for the viewing of the content,

wherein, in the step of notifying the content management device of the device identification information for identifying the device selected on the device selection screen, the device identification information obtained by the authentication process is notified.

5. The wireless operation controlling program according to claim 1,

wherein the information to be acquired for the viewing of the content is information of the content.

6. The wireless operation controlling program according to claim 1,

wherein the information to be acquired for the viewing of the content is information for decoding information of encoded content.

7. A wireless terminal for controlling viewing of content by a certain device by an operation through a wireless communication from another device, the wireless terminal comprising:

a device selection screen display unit for displaying a device selection screen for selecting a device to be used for the viewing of content on a display unit;

a content selection screen display unit for displaying a content selection screen for selecting the content to be viewed on the display unit;

an identification information notification unit for notifying a content management device, which provides information to be acquired for the viewing of the content, of device identification information for identifying a device selected on the device selection screen and content identification information for identifying contents selected on the content selection screen;

a viewing instruction notification unit for notifying the device selected on the device selection screen of a viewing instruction of the content selected on the content selection screen and information of an address to have an access to the content management device;

an operation screen display unit for displaying an operation screen for controlling the viewing of the content on the display unit; and

an operation signal output unit for outputting a signal in accordance with an operation to the operation screen.

8. A content management device, which provides information relating to contents in a content viewing system in which viewing of contents by a certain device is controlled by an operation through a wireless communication from another device, the device comprising:

a device identification information acquiring unit for acquiring device identification information for identifying a device selected as a device to be used for the viewing of the contents;

an information acquiring request receiver unit for receiving an acquiring request of information to be acquired by the device at the viewing of the contents from the selected device; and

a device determination unit which, if a transmission source of the received acquiring request matches with the acquired device identification information, transmits the information to be acquired by the device at the viewing of the contents to the transmission source of the acquiring request.

9. A content viewing system comprising:

a wireless terminal for controlling viewing of contents by a certain device by an operation through a wireless communication from another device;

and a content management device for providing information relating to the contents to a device used for the viewing of the contents,

wherein the wireless terminal includes;

a device selection screen display unit for displaying a device selection screen for selecting a device to be used for the viewing of the contents on a display unit;

a content selection screen display unit for displaying a content selection screen for selecting content to be viewed on the display unit;

an identification information notification unit for notifying the content management device of device identification information for identifying a device selected on the device selection screen and content identification information for identifying content selected on the content selection screen;

a viewing instruction notification unit for notifying the device selected on the device selection screen of a viewing instruction of the content selected on the content selection screen and information of an address to have an access to the content management device;

an operation screen display unit for displaying an operation screen for controlling the viewing of the content on the display unit; and

an operation signal output unit for outputting a signal in accordance with an operation to the operation screen, and

the content management device includes;

a device identification information acquiring unit for acquiring device identification information for identifying a device selected as a device to be used for the viewing of the content;

an information acquiring request receiver unit for receiving an acquiring request of information to be acquired by the device at the viewing of the content from the selected device; and

a device determination unit which, if a transmission source of the received acquiring request matches with the acquired device identification information, transmits the information to be acquired by the device at the viewing of the content to the transmission source of the acquiring request.