COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20160234559A1
• Filed: 04/03/2015
• Published: 08/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: GOBARA, KUNIO
• Granted Patent: US 10,080,058 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4355 involving reformatting operations of additional data, e.g. HTML pages on a television screen optimising the visualization of content for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/9577; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/066; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus

Abstract

In communication system which includes server, information processing device and receiving device that performs transfer of a content item, information processing device includes a display broadcast station list receiver that receives display information for displaying a list of one or more content items from server through a first connection made based on a first communication mode. Moreover, information processing device includes a P2P connection implementation unit that establishes, between receiving device and information processing device, a second connection made based on a second communication mode for performing communication between receiving device and information processing device without passing via server. Furthermore, information processing device includes: a broadcast station selector that selects at least one content item out of the one or more content items based on the display information; and an already converted broadcast receiver that receives the transfer of the at least one selected content item from receiving device through the established second connection.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a server;

an information processing device for reproducing a content item; and

a transfer device that transfers at least one content item out of one or more content items,

wherein the information processing device includes;

a display information receiver that receives display information for displaying a content list, which contains a list of the one or more content items, from the server through a first connection made based on a first communication mode;

a communication establishment unit that establishes a second connection between the transfer device and the information processing device, the second connection being made based on a second communication mode for performing communication between the transfer device and the information processing device without passing via the server;

a content selector that selects at least one content item out of the one or more content items based on the display information; and

a content receiver that receives the at least one content item, selected by the content selector, from the transfer device through the second connection established by the communication establishment unit.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the server includes:

a content list receiver that receives the content list from the transfer device; and

a display information converter that converts the content list into the display information, and

the display information includes information for controlling an expression format of the content list.

3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more content items are one or more broadcast programs receivable by the transfer device.

6. The communication system according to claim 2, wherein the one or more content items are one or more broadcast programs receivable by the transfer device.

4. An information processing device comprising:

a display information receiver that receives display information for displaying a content list as a list of one or more content items through a first connection made based on a first communication mode;

a communication establishment unit that establishes a second connection made based on a second communication mode different from the first communication mode;

a content selector that selects at least one content item out of the one or more content items based on the display information; and

a content receiver that receives the at least one content item, selected by the content selector, through the second connection established by the communication establishment unit.

5. A communication method in a communication system including a server, an information processing device for reproducing a content item, and a transfer device that transfers at least one content item out of one or more content items, the communication method comprising:

establishing a second connection between the transfer device and the information processing device, the second connection being made based on a second communication mode for performing communication between the transfer device and the information processing device without passing via the server;

transmitting, before the second connection is established, display information for displaying a content list, which contains a list of the one or more content items, from the server through a first connection made based on a first communication mode;

selecting at least one content item out of the one or more content items based on the display information; and

transferring the at least one selected content item from the transfer device to the information processing device through the established second connection.