Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and transmission medium

• US 7,991,431 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2006
• Issued: 08/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ironworks Patents LLC
• Original Assignee: MobileMedia Ideas LLC
• Inventors: Kawamoto, Yoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Dean, Raymond S
• Application Number:
  US11/526,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20070015493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,772 Days
• Field of Search: 455 301- 306, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 455/556.1, 455/66.1, 455/344, 709/217, 709/219
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/091 Info, i.e. juxtaposition of unrelated auxiliary information or commercial messages with or between music files metadata G10H2240/075
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/27 specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/58 of audio determination or detection of speech characteristics in general G10L25/00; speech recognition in general G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/64 for providing detail information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/87 accessed over computer networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/94 Telephonic networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/84
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/553 Data upload
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information stored in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information is stored on a storage device. The information stored on the storage device is then transferred to a server via a communication device. The server searches the database for the title of the music corresponding to the received information, and returns the result to the terminal. Thus, the user can easily get information about the title of the music.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a capture unit configured to capture at least a portion of audio content broadcast from a broadcast source;

a memory configured to store the at least a portion of audio content captured via said capture unit;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the at least a portion of audio content stored in said memory to a remote server;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the remote server, information associated with the at least a portion of audio content stored in said memory on the basis of the at least a portion of audio content transmitted by said transmitting unit, the acquired information being associated with the content; and

a display configured to display the information acquired via said acquisition unit wherein the acquired information comprises at least one of;

a title, a name of an artist, a name of an album, and a composer'"'"'s name.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the capture unit comprises a microphone.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acquired information comprises a title.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acquired information comprises a name of an artist.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acquired information comprises a name of an album.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acquired information comprises a composer'"'"'s name.

2. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

means for capturing at least a portion of audio content broadcast from a broadcast source;

means for storing the at least a portion of audio content captured via said means for capturing;

means for transmitting the at least a portion of audio content stored in said means for storing to a remote server;

means for acquiring, from the remote server, information associated with the at least a portion of audio content stored in said means for storing on the basis of the at least a portion of audio content transmitted by said means for transmitting, the acquired information being associated with the content; and

means for displaying the information acquired via said means for acquiring wherein the acquired information comprises at least one of;

a title, a name of an artist, a name of an album, and a composer'"'"'s name.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the means for capturing comprises a microphone.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the acquired information comprises a title.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the acquired information comprises a name of an artist.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the acquired information comprises a name of an album.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the acquired information comprises a composer'"'"'s name.

3. An information processing method, comprising:

capturing at least a portion of audio content broadcast from a broadcast source;

storing the captured at least a portion of audio content in a memory;

transmitting the at least a portion of audio content stored in the memory to a remote server;

acquiring, from the remote server, information associated with the at least a portion of audio content stored in said memory based on the at least a portion of audio content transmitted, the acquired information being associated with the content; and

displaying the acquired information at a display wherein the acquired information comprises at least one of;

a title, a name of an artist, a name of an album, and a composer'"'"'s name.

14. The information processing method of claim 3, wherein the acquired information comprises a title.

15. The information processing method of claim 3, wherein the acquired information comprises a name of an artist.

16. The information processing method of claim 3, wherein the acquired information comprises a name of an album.

17. The information processing method of claim 3, wherein the acquired information comprises a composer'"'"'s name.