Streaming data from multiple sources according to storage location information

• US 7,000,004 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Issued: 02/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Naoya, Tanaka, Hidekazu
• Primary Examiner(s): LANE, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US11/087,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20050162938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 329 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/238, 370/338, 455/556.1, 455/556.2
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

In a data processing system, device, and method and a program storage medium, provided are data storage devices that store data and a data processing device that receives a list describing information about data stored in the data storage devices from the data storage devices and that receives and processes data selected based on the received list. Accordingly, a large amount of data can be processed with the data processing device irrespective of storage capacity of storage means.

Claims

1. A data processing device comprising:

wireless telephone communication means for performing communication with a file server via a wireless telephone network;

wireless communication means for performing wireless communication with a data storage device;

a memory to store at least titles and storage location information, said storage location information indicating the storage location of file data corresponding to said titles;

said titles of data including at least title information of a selection in said list, category information of said selection and artist information of said selection;

a display to display at least said titles;

selection means for selecting a title among said titles;

a controller to control downloading of said file data corresponding to said selected title,

wherein said controller alternately controls said wireless telephone communication means and said wireless communication means according to said location information of said selected title; and

a decoder to decode the downloaded file data.