Service providing apparatus, service providing method, receiving terminal apparatus, receiving method, and service providing system

• US 7,359,616 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2001
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hisaoka, Nobuhiro, Ozaki, Junko, Munenaka, Mika, Suzuki, Toru, Akashi, Tatsuya, Kurihara, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai Q.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG Q
• Application Number:
  US09/853,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20020015575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,531 Days
• Field of Search: 386/55, 386/68, 386/52, 345/428, 345/619, 345/723, 709/246, 709/218, 709/245, 711/156, 382/107, 715/500.1, 715/513, 358/335
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence

Abstract

A service providing apparatus for providing an editing environment for video data recorded on a record medium that is sent is disclosed, that includes a part for creating index pictures using the video data that is sent and transmitting the created index pictures from a first computer to a second computer through a network, and an editor for editing the video data corresponding to edit commands transmitted from the second computer to the first computer through the network as a displayed result of the transmitted index pictures.

Claims

1. A service providing apparatus for providing an editing environment for video data recorded on a medium that is sent, the apparatus comprising:

a part for creating index pictures using the video data that is sent and transmitting the created index pictures from a first computer to a second computer through a network; and

an editor for editing the video data corresponding to edit commands transmitted from the second computer to the first computer through the network as a displayed result of the transmitted index pictures wherein the index pictures are still pictures extracted from the video data at predetermined intervals; and

a part for storing scene data, the scene data including a scene number, scene start picture, scene end picture, scene start time, and scene end time, wherein the scene start picture and the scene end picture are index pictures.

2. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a server, wherein the video data is stored to the server.

3. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a server, wherein the video data is converted into a predetermined format that the first computer easily handles and the converted video data is stored in the server.

4. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the converted video data is MPEG 2 format data.

5. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the edited video data is transmitted from the second computer to the first computer through the network.

6. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the index pictures are still pictures extracted from particular scenes of the video data.

7. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the index pictures are automatically generated.

8. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the index pictures are thumbnail pictures composed of reduced pictures with low resolution.

9. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first computer records a history of the transmitted edit commands and edits the video data corresponding to the history of the edit commands.

10. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first computer records a history of the transmitted edit commands, and wherein, after the edit commands have been completely transmitted, the first computer edits the video data corresponding to the history of the recorded edit commands.

11. A service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a third computer, wherein the video data is edited by the third computer corresponding to the recorded edit commands.

12. A service providing method for providing an editing environment for video data recorded on a record medium that is sent, the method comprising the steps of:

creating index pictures using the video data that is sent;

transmitting the created index pictures from a first computer to a second computer through a network; and

editing the video data corresponding to edit commands transmitted from the second computer to the first computer through the network as a displayed result of the transmitted index pictures wherein the index pictures are still pictures extracted from the video data at predetermined intervals; and

a part for storing scene data, the scene data including a scene number, scene start picture, scene end picture, scene start time, and scene end time, wherein the scene start picture and the scene end picture are index pictures.

13. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, the method further comprising the step of:

storing the video data in a server.

14. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, the method further comprising the steps of:

converting the video data into a predetermined format that the first computer easily handles; and

storing the converted video data in a server.

15. A service providing method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the converted video data is MPEG 2 format data.

16. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, the method further comprising the step of:

transmitting the edited video data from the second computer to the first computer through the network.

17. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the index pictures are still pictures extracted from particular scenes of the video data.

18. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, the method further comprising the step of:

automatically generating the index pictures.

19. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the index pictures are thumbnail pictures composed of reduced pictures with low resolution.

20. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, the method further comprising the steps of:

recording a history of the transmitted edit commands via the first computer; and

editing the video data corresponding to the history of the edit commands via the first computer.

21. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, the method further comprising the steps of:

recording a history of the transmitted edit commands via the first computer; and

editing, via the first computer and after the edit commands have been completely transmitted, the video data corresponding to the history of the recorded edit commands.

22. A service providing method as claimed in claim 12, the method further comprising the step of:

editing the video data by a third computer corresponding to the recorded edit commands.

23. A service providing system for providing an editing environment for video data recorded on a record medium that is sent form a member, the system comprising:

a part for creating index pictures using the video data that is sent from the member and transmitting the created index pictures form a first computer to a second computer through a network; and

an editor for editing the video data corresponding to edit commands transmitted from the second computer to the first computer through the network as a displayed result of the transmitted index pictures wherein the index pictures are still pictures extracted from the video data at predetermined intervals wherein the index pictures are still pictures extracted from the video data at predetermined intervals; and

a part for storing scene data, the scene data including a scene number, scene start picture, scene end picture, scene start time, and scene end time, wherein the scene start picture and the scene end picture are index pictures.

24. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, further comprising:

a server, wherein the video data is stored to the server.

25. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, further comprising:

a server, wherein the video data is converted into a predetermined format that the first computer easily handles and the converted video data is stored in the server.

26. A service providing system as claimed in claim 25, wherein the converted video data is MPEG 2 format data.

27. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the edited video data is transmitted from the second computer to the first computer through the network.

28. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the index pictures are still pictures extracted from particular scenes of the video data.

29. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the index pictures are automatically generated.

30. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the index pictures are thumbnail pictures composed of reduced pictures with low resolution.

31. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the first computer records a history of the transmitted edit commands and edits the video data corresponding to the history of the edit commands.

32. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the first computer records a history of the transmitted edit commands, and wherein, after the edit commands have been completely transmitted, the first computer edits the video data corresponding to the history of the recorded edit commands.

33. A service providing system as claimed in claim 23, further comprising:

a third computer, wherein the video data is edited by the third computer corresponding to the recorded edit commands.