Streaming data from multiple sources according to storage location information

• US 7,000,005 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:
  US11/087,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20050162939A1
• 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 program storage medium for making a data processing device execute a program, said program comprising the steps of:

receiving a list, which includes at least titles of data and storage location information of said data, from a first data storage using wireless communication means, 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;

displaying said received list;

selecting a title of data from said titles of data;

downloading said data of said title from said first data storage device using said wireless communication means or from said second data storage device using wireless telephone communication means according to said storage location information corresponding to said title;

storing said downloaded data; and

performing a predetermined process using said downloaded data.