Information-presenting apparatus, information-presenting method, information-processing apparatus, information-processing method and program-storing medium

• US 7,305,448 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2001
• Issued: 12/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Go, Naomi
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, KENNY S
• Application Number:
  US09/854,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20020010642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,394 Days
• Field of Search: 709/205, 709/200, 709/223, 709/224, 370/352, 379/88.17, 379/142.01
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2542 for selling goods, e.g. TV shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie

Abstract

Disclosed is an information-presenting apparatus includes a first holding means for holding a first information transmission destination and a second information transmission destination; a second holding means for holding a criterion for selecting either the first information transmission destination or the second information transmission destination; a selection means for selecting either the first information transmission destination or the second information transmission destination on the basis of the criterion held in the second holding means; and a transmission control means for controlling transmission of information to either the first information transmission destination or the second information transmission destination selected by the selection means.

Claims

1. An information-processing apparatus comprising:

an interface configured to control an operation to input criterion for selecting whether to receive information from a first transmission destination or a second transmission destination from an information-presenting apparatus;

the interface further configured to control a second operation to input first favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of major commodities of a first category;

the interface further configured to control a third operation to input second favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a corresponding sub-category of each of said one or more major commodities of said first category;

a transmission controller configured to control transmission of information on said first transmission destination, said second transmission destination and a criterion for selecting either said first transmission destination or said second transmission destination to said information-presenting apparatus, wherein said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store commodity information corresponding to a geographic location, and

wherein said criteria includes information corresponding to a geographic location of at least one of the first and second transmission destinations and said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store and transmit commodity information corresponding to said first favorite-commodity information, said second favorite-commodity information, and the geographic location of at least one of said first and second transmission destinations based on a determined geographic location of the at least one of said first and second transmission destinations.

2. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said interface further controls an operation to input transmission-method information indicating a first transmission method for said first transmission destination and a second transmission method for said second transmission destination, whereas said transmission controller is capable of controlling transmission of information on transmission methods to said information-presenting apparatus.

3. An information-processing method comprising:

an input control step of controlling an operation to input criterion for selecting whether to receive information from a first transmission destination or said second transmission destination from an information-presenting apparatus;

a second input control step of controlling a second operation to input first favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of major commodities of a first category;

a third input control step of controlling a third operation to input second favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a corresponding sub-category of each of said one or more major commodities of said first category;

a transmission control step of controlling transmission of information on said first transmission destination, said second transmission destination and a criterion for selecting either said first transmission destination or said second transmission destination to said information-presenting apparatus, wherein said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store commodity information corresponding to a geographic location, and

wherein said criteria includes information corresponding to a geographic location of at least one of the first and second transmission destinations and said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store and transmit commodity information corresponding to said first favorite-commodity information, said second favorite-commodity information, and the geographic location of at least one of said first and second transmission destinations based on a determined geographic location of the at least one of said first and second transmission destinations.

4. A program-storing medium for storing a computer-executable program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform an information processing method, comprising:

an input control step of controlling an operation to input criterion for selecting whether to receive information from a first transmission destination or said second transmission destination from an information-presenting apparatus;

a second input control step of controlling a second operation to input first favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of major commodities of a first category;

a third input control step of controlling a third operation to input second favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a corresponding sub-category of each of said one or more major commodities of said first category;

a transmission control step of controlling transmission of information on said first transmission destination, said second transmission destination and a criterion for selecting either said first transmission destination or said second transmission destination to said information-presenting apparatus wherein said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store commodity information corresponding to a geographic location, and

wherein said criteria includes information corresponding to a geographic location of at least one of the first and second transmission destinations and said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store and transmit commodity information corresponding to said first favorite-commodity information, said second favorite-commodity information, and the geographic location of at least one of said first and second transmission destinations based on a determined geographic location of the at least one of said first and second transmission destinations.