Information processing apparatus and associated method of transferring grouped content
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with a portable device for playing music data; and
a processor configuredto detect a connection between the information processing apparatus and the portable device via the communication unit,to launch automatically a predetermined application installed in the information processing apparatus in response to the connection being detected, wherein said predetermined application is configured to transfer the music data between the portable device and the information processing apparatus, and to play the music data on the information processing apparatus; and
based on the launched application, to extract the music data to be transferred from the information processing apparatus according to a predetermined condition related to associated information of the music data.
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Abstract
An information processor or personal computer is provided having an operably linked terminal which checks out/in in a content to or from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the personal computer, and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the personal computer, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the read data.
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33 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a communication unit configured to communicate with a portable device for playing music data; and a processor configured to detect a connection between the information processing apparatus and the portable device via the communication unit, to launch automatically a predetermined application installed in the information processing apparatus in response to the connection being detected, wherein said predetermined application is configured to transfer the music data between the portable device and the information processing apparatus, and to play the music data on the information processing apparatus; and based on the launched application, to extract the music data to be transferred from the information processing apparatus according to a predetermined condition related to associated information of the music data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
based on the launched application, said processor controls a reading unit to read music data from a Compact Disc (CD), controls a compression of the read music data, and stores the compressed music data into the information processing apparatus. -
9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
based on the launched application, said processor controls the communication unit to transfer the compressed music data to the portable device without regard to a user input. -
10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
based on the launched application, said processor controls a different communication unit to download the music data from a web server. -
11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein
based on the launched application, said processor controls the communication unit to transfer the downloaded music data to the portable device without regard to a user input. -
12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
said communication unit is Universal Serial Bus (USB). -
13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
based on the launched application, said processor controls a display unit to display an indication that the portable device is connected to the information processing apparatus. -
14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
based on the launched application, said processor controls reproduction of said music data from the portable device. -
15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the predetermined application is configured to organize the music data stored in the information processing apparatus. -
16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the processor is configured to determine whether the predetermined application has been started, and to automatically launch the predetermined application in response to the connection being detected and a determination that the predetermined application has not been started. -
17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the processor is configured to execute a starter program that detects the connection between the information processing apparatus and the portable device, and to launch automatically the predetermined application in response to the connection being detected.
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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detecting, by a control unit of the information processing apparatus, whether a portable device for playing music data is connected to the information processing apparatus via a communication unit, the communication unit being configured to communicate with the portable device; launching automatically, by the control unit of the information processing apparatus, a predetermined application installed in the information processing apparatus in response to the portable device being detected to be connected to the information processing apparatus, wherein said predetermined application is configured to transfer the music data between the portable device and the information processing apparatus, and to play the music data on the information processing apparatus; and based on the launched application, extracting, by the control unit of the information processing apparatus, the music data to be transferred from the information processing apparatus in accordance with a predetermined condition related to associated information of the music data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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detecting, by a control unit of the information processing apparatus, whether a portable device for playing music data is connected to the information processing apparatus via a communication unit, the communication unit being configured to communicate with the portable device; launching automatically, by the control unit of the information processing apparatus, a predetermined application installed in the information processing apparatus in response to the portable device being detected to be connected to the information processing apparatus, wherein said predetermined application is configured to transfer the music data between the portable device and the information processing apparatus, and to play the music data on the information processing apparatus; and based on the launched application, extracting, by the control unit of the information processing apparatus, the music data to be transferred from the information processing apparatus in accordance with a predetermined condition related to associated information of the music data.
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