Information processing apparatus, method and program

• US 7,587,673 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Issued: 09/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Narahara, Tatsuya, Okamura, Hideaki, Seki, Tsutomu, Kobayashi, Kenichiro, Fujiwara, Nobuyuki, Yabe, Toshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chuong; Truc T
• Application Number:
  US11/488,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20070033006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 715/234, 715/764, 715/210, 715/716, 715722-723, 715/746, 715/756, 707/3, 707/10, 725/9, 725/14, 725/35, 725/46
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/334 Query execution G06F16/335 takes precedence
• 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 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/433 Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords

Abstract

An information processing apparatus which allows a user to select information on a predetermined program as programs interesting to the user and current topics of conversation. The information processing apparatus includes: a first selection section for extracting a keyword from program information of a predetermined program selected from at least one of a program being received and a recorded program, and selecting article information including the same keyword as the extracted keyword among article information described in an RSS format and being delivered to a user; and a display controller for displaying the article information selected by the first selection section simultaneously with an image of the predetermined program.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a first selection unit configured to extract and rank a keyword from program information of a predetermined program selected from at least one of a program being received and a recorded program, and to select article information having a highest ranking and which includes the same keyword as the extracted keyword among article information described in a Resource Description Framework Site Summary (RSS) format;

a display controller configured to display the article information having the highest ranking selected by the first selection section simultaneously with an image of the predetermined program;

a first setting unit configured to extract a keyword from article information described in RSS format, and to rank the extracted keyword;

a second setting unit configured to acquire at least one of program information on a program being received and program information on a recorded program, and to rank the program which includes, in the program information, the same keyword as a keyword having a predetermined ranking among the keywords having rankings provided by the first setting unit; and

a second selection unit configured to select the predetermined program on the basis of the rankings given by the second setting unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display controller is further configured to switch displays of the article information in accordance with the rankings.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to display at least one of a program/RSS article introduction screen including a main screen, an RSS article title display section, an RSS article body text display section, at least one sub-screen, and an RSS article title display.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, a widest area is allocated to the main screen, the main screen is an area in which the program having the highest ranking selected from the recorded program or the program being broadcast is displayed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when information published on an RSS article delivery site is updated, a plurality of RSS articles are acquired immediately after the update, and the programs are selected on the basis of the acquired RSS articles.

6. A method of information processing, comprising:

extracting a keyword from program information of a predetermined program selected from at least one of a program being received and a recorded program;

selecting article information which includes the same keyword as the extracted keyword among the article information described in a Resource Description Framework Site Summary (RSS) format and being delivered to a user, the selecting article information including ranking the extracted keyword and selecting article information having a highest ranking;

displaying the selected article information having the highest ranking simultaneously with an image of the predetermined program;

extracting a keyword from article information described in RSS format, and ranking the extracted keyword;

acquiring at least one of program information on a program being received and program information on a recorded program, and to rank the program which includes, in the program information, the same keyword as a keyword having a predetermined ranking among the keywords having rankings provided by the extracting the keyword from article information step; and

selecting the predetermined program on the basis of the rankings given by the acquiring step.

7. A computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer readable program configured to cause an information processing apparatus to execute a method, the method comprising:

extracting a keyword from program information of a predetermined program selected from at least one of a program being received and a recorded program;

selecting article information which includes the same keyword as the extracted keyword among the article information described in a Resource Description Framework Site Summary (RSS) format and being delivered to a user, the selecting article information including ranking the extracted keyword and selecting article information having a highest ranking;

displaying the selected article information having the highest ranking simultaneously with an image of the predetermined program;

extracting a keyword from article information described in RSS format, and ranking the extracted keyword;

acquiring at least one of program information on a program being received and program information on a recorded program, and to rank the program which includes, in the program information, the same keyword as a keyword having a predetermined ranking among the keywords having rankings provided by the extracting the keyword from article information step; and

selecting the predetermined program on the basis of the rankings given by the acquiring step.

8. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the displaying the article information includes switching displays of the article information in accordance with the rankings.