Apparatus for providing indication of audio copy protection support

• US 8,099,675 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2008
• Issued: 01/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Takamune, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): TAN, ALVIN H
• Application Number:
  US12/043,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20080222551A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• Field of Search: 715/772
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/61 for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/977 Dynamic icon, e.g. animated or live action

Abstract

According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a transmission unit configured to transmit an information acquiring request which acquires first information indicating whether or not a predetermined standard for limiting copy of audio data is supported by a terminal device to which the audio data is transferred; a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard, based on the first information included in information acquiring response to the information acquiring request from the terminal device; a display unit configured to display an icon indicating that the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device via the wireless communication; and a control unit to control, based on a judgment result by the judgment unit, a change of display of the icon.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a transmission unit configured to transmit an information acquiring request which acquires information indicating whether or not a predetermined standard for copy protection of audio data is supported by a terminal device to which the audio data is transferred;

a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard, based on the information included in an information acquiring response to the information acquiring request from the terminal device;

a display unit configured to display an icon indicating that the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device via wireless communication; and

a control unit to control display of the icon to indicate whether or not the predetermined standard is supported, based on a judgment result by the judgment unit,

wherein if the judgment unit judges that the terminal device supports the predetermined standard, the control unit changes the display of the icon so as to indicate a connecting state in which the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device and to indicate that the terminal device supports the predetermined standard.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the information acquiring request when connection processing is started from the information processing apparatus to the terminal device.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the information acquiring request when connecting processing is started from the terminal device to the information processing apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the information acquiring request when a link loss is recovered.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when link loss occurs in the wireless communication, the control unit changes the display of the icon so as to indicate that the link loss has occurred.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the judgment unit judges that the terminal device does not support the predetermined standard, the control unit continues the display of the icon so as to indicate that the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device via the wireless communication.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined standard for preventing copying of audio data is Serial Copy Management System-T.

8. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus, said method comprising:

transmitting an information acquiring request which acquires information indicating whether or not a predetermined standard for copy protection of audio data is supported by a terminal device to which the audio data is transferred;

determining whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard based on the information acquired from the terminal device;

displaying an icon indicating that the terminal device is connected via wireless communication; and

controlling display of the icon to indicate whether or not the predetermined standard is supported, based on a determination result as to whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard;

wherein if it is judged that the terminal device supports the predetermined standard, the display of the icon is changed to indicate a connecting state in which the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device and to indicate that the terminal device supports the predetermined standard.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program stored thereon to control an information processing apparatus to perform a process comprising:

transmitting an information acquiring request which acquires information indicating whether or not a predetermined standard for copy protection of audio data is supported by a terminal device to which the audio data is transferred;

determining whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard based on the information acquired from the terminal device;

displaying an icon indicating that the terminal device is connected via wireless communication; and

controlling display of the icon to indicate whether or not the predetermined standard is supported, based on a determination result as to whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard;

wherein if it is judged that the terminal device supports the predetermined standard, the display of the icon is changed to indicate a connecting state in which the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device and to indicate that the terminal device supports the predetermined standard.