Receiving/generating section information for multimedia contents based on level of performance
First Claim
1. A home server apparatus for receiving, from an information supply apparatus operable to supply section information indicating how contents are each divided into sections, a piece of section information that corresponds to content that is acquired by and recorded in a contents recording unit of the home server apparatus, the home server apparatus comprising:
- a requesting unit operable to request the information supply apparatus to supply first section information corresponding to the recorded content by sending, to the information supply apparatus, (i) identification information for identifying the recorded content, and (ii) criterion information that indicates a level of performance of the home server apparatus in relation to generating section information;
a receiving unit operable to receive the first section information, from the information supply apparatus, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus as a result of the information supply apparatus judging that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is lower than a level of performance in relation to generating section information stored in a storage unit of the information supply apparatus;
a generating unit operable to generate second section information corresponding to the recorded content, the second section information being generated when the information supply apparatus judges that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is equal to or higher than the level of performance in relation to generating the section information stored in the storage unit, and when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus; and
a section information recording unit operable to record therein (i) the first section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus, and (ii) the second section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus.
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Abstract
A home server including a contents storage unit storing contents, a control unit acquiring first section information from an information supply apparatus, a generating unit generating second section information, and a section information storage unit storing pieces of first and second section information by correlating them with contents. The information supply apparatus including a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of first section information corresponding to a plurality of contents, and an extracting unit extracting pieces of first section information corresponding to the contents stored in the contents storage unit from the storage unit and supplying the extracted pieces of first section information to the home server.
12 Citations
21 Claims
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1. A home server apparatus for receiving, from an information supply apparatus operable to supply section information indicating how contents are each divided into sections, a piece of section information that corresponds to content that is acquired by and recorded in a contents recording unit of the home server apparatus, the home server apparatus comprising:
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a requesting unit operable to request the information supply apparatus to supply first section information corresponding to the recorded content by sending, to the information supply apparatus, (i) identification information for identifying the recorded content, and (ii) criterion information that indicates a level of performance of the home server apparatus in relation to generating section information; a receiving unit operable to receive the first section information, from the information supply apparatus, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus as a result of the information supply apparatus judging that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is lower than a level of performance in relation to generating section information stored in a storage unit of the information supply apparatus; a generating unit operable to generate second section information corresponding to the recorded content, the second section information being generated when the information supply apparatus judges that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is equal to or higher than the level of performance in relation to generating the section information stored in the storage unit, and when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus; and a section information recording unit operable to record therein (i) the first section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus, and (ii) the second section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An integrated circuit for a home server apparatus including a storage unit and that receives, from an information supply apparatus, section information indicating how contents are each divided into sections, the integrated circuit comprising:
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a recording unit operable to record a content into the storage unit; a requesting unit operable to request the information supply apparatus to supply first section information corresponding to the recorded content by sending, to the information supply apparatus, (i) identification information for identifying the recorded content, and (ii) criterion information that indicates a level of performance of the home server apparatus in relation to generating section information; a receiving unit operable to receive the first section information, from the information supply apparatus, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus as a result of the information supply apparatus judging that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is lower than a level of performance in relation to generating section information stored in a storage unit of the information supply apparatus; a generating unit operable to generate second section information corresponding to the recorded content, the second section information being generated when the information supply apparatus judges that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is equal to or higher than the level of performance in relation to generating the section information stored in the storage unit of the information supply apparatus, and when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus; and a section information recording unit operable to record therein (i) the first section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus, and (ii) the second section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is not supplied form the information supply apparatus.
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program for causing a computer to execute a process of recording, into a storage apparatus, contents and section information indicating how each of the contents is divided into sections, the program causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
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recording a content into the storage apparatus; requesting the information supply apparatus to supply first section information corresponding to the recorded content by sending, to the information supply apparatus, (i) identification information for identifying the recorded content, and (ii) criterion information that indicates a level of performance of the home server apparatus in relation to generating section information; receiving the first section information, from the information supply apparatus, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus as a result of the information supply apparatus judging that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting is lower than a level of performance in relation to generating the section information stored in the storage apparatus; generating second section information corresponding to the recorded content, the second section information being generated when the information supply apparatus judges that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting is equal to or higher than the level of performance in relation to generating the section information stored in the storage apparatus, and when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus; and recording, into the storage apparatus, (i) the first section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus, and (ii) the second section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus.
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17. A home server apparatus for recording a content, the home server apparatus comprising:
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a generating unit operable to generate, with use of first characteristic amount data included in the recorded content, section information that indicates how contents are each divided into sections; a requesting unit operable to request an information supply apparatus having a higher processing ability than the home server apparatus to supply section information of the recorded content that is generated using second characteristic amount data that is larger in an amount of characteristics than the first characteristic amount data; a storing unit operable to store the section information supplied by the information supply apparatus and the recorded content in association with each other when the section information is received from the information supply apparatus, and to store the section information generated by the home server apparatus and the recorded content in association with each other when the section information is not received from the information supply apparatus; and a reproduction unit operable to reproduce the recorded content based on the section information stored in association with the recorded content, wherein after the requesting unit requests the information supply apparatus to supply the section information, (i) the information supply apparatus does not supply the section information to the home server apparatus when a level of performance of the home server apparatus is equal to or higher than a predetermined level of performance concerning the section information, and (ii) the information supply apparatus supplies the section information to the home server apparatus when the level of performance of the home server apparatus is lower than the predetermined level of performance concerning the section information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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