Information processing apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store a plurality of content data and a user-specified rule, the user-specified rule regarding content data to be directly transferred to a registered portable device from the information processing apparatus and being associated with a registered portable device ID identifying the registered portable device;
a communication unit configured to connect to a portable device including a portable device ID;
a detection unit configured to detect a direct local connection to the portable device; and
a control unit configured to determine, when the connection to the portable device is detected, whether the portable device ID matches the registered portable device ID and, when the portable device ID and the registered portable device ID match, to automatically extract selected content data out of the plurality of content data of the storage unit according to the user-specified rule defining criteria, set in advance of transfer of the selected content data held on the information processing apparatus and prior to the detection of the connection, for identifying the selected content data, in response to the registered portable device being connected to the information processing apparatus, whereinthe communication unit is configured to transfer the selected content data extracted from the storage unit to the portable device independent of a user'"'"'s designation of the selected content data after the detection unit detects that the portable device is connected to the information processing apparatus.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to information processing apparatuses. A content to be checked out is stored in an automatic-checking-out-destination storage section 113 from musical-piece-file storage sections 108-1 and 108-2 for each external-unit/-medium ID which identifies a PD 5. A GUI section 101 determines through a transfer processing section 103 and a PD plug-in 111 whether the PD 5 has been connected. When it is determined that the PD 5 has been connected, a musical-piece file is checked out from the musical-piece-file storage sections 108 to the PD 5 through a musical-piece management section 104, a file search section 106, and a data base 107 according to the information of the content to be checked out stored in the automatic-checking-out-destination storage section 113. The present invention can be applied to music reproduction software.
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a storage unit configured to store a plurality of content data and a user-specified rule, the user-specified rule regarding content data to be directly transferred to a registered portable device from the information processing apparatus and being associated with a registered portable device ID identifying the registered portable device; a communication unit configured to connect to a portable device including a portable device ID; a detection unit configured to detect a direct local connection to the portable device; and a control unit configured to determine, when the connection to the portable device is detected, whether the portable device ID matches the registered portable device ID and, when the portable device ID and the registered portable device ID match, to automatically extract selected content data out of the plurality of content data of the storage unit according to the user-specified rule defining criteria, set in advance of transfer of the selected content data held on the information processing apparatus and prior to the detection of the connection, for identifying the selected content data, in response to the registered portable device being connected to the information processing apparatus, wherein the communication unit is configured to transfer the selected content data extracted from the storage unit to the portable device independent of a user'"'"'s designation of the selected content data after the detection unit detects that the portable device is connected to the information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for synchronizing content, comprising:
an information processing apparatus including a storage unit configured to store a plurality of content data and a user-specified rule, the user-specified rule regarding content data to be directly transferred to a registered portable device from the information processing apparatus and being associated with a registered portable device ID identifying the registered portable device; a communication unit configured to connect to a portable device including a portable device ID; a detection unit configured to detect a direct local connection to the portable device; and a control unit configured to determine, when the connection to the portable device is detected, whether the portable device ID matches the registered portable device ID and, when the portable device ID and the registered portable device ID match, to automatically extract selected content data out of the plurality of content data of the storage unit according to the user-specified rule defining criteria, set in advance of transfer of the selected content data held on the information processing apparatus and prior to the detection of the connection, for identifying the selected content data, in response to the registered portable device being connected to the information processing apparatus, wherein the communication unit is configured to transfer the selected content data extracted from the storage unit to the portable device independent of a user'"'"'s designation of the selected content data after the detection unit detects that the portable device is connected to the information processing apparatus, the portable device including a memory configured to store the selected content data and the portable device ID, wherein, upon connection of the portable device to the information processing apparatus, the portable device ID is read from the portable device for identifying the user-specified rule. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of using an information processing apparatus for synchronizing content, comprising:
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storing a plurality of content data and a user-specified rule, the user-specified rule regarding content data to be directly transferred to a registered portable device from the information processing apparatus and being associated with a registered portable device ID identifying the registered portable device; detecting, by the information processing apparatus, a direct local connection to a portable device; reading by the information processing apparatus a portable device ID, which identifies the portable device; determining by the information processing apparatus, when the connection to the portable device is detected, whether the portable device ID matches the registered portable device ID; and when the portable device ID and the registered portable device ID are determined to match in the determining step, extracting, automatically, selected content data out of the plurality of content data according to the user-specified rule defining criteria, set in advance of transfer of the selected content data held on the information processing apparatus and prior to the detection of the connection, for identifying the selected content data, in response to the registered portable device being connected to the information processing apparatus, and transferring the extracted content data to the portable device independent of a user'"'"'s designation of the selected content data after the portable device is detected to be connected to the information processing apparatus in the detecting step. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including encoded computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of synchronizing content data, comprising:
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storing a plurality of content data and a user-specified rule, the user-specified rule regarding content data to be directly transferred to a registered portable device from an information processing apparatus and being associated with a registered portable device ID identifying the registered portable device; detecting a direct local connection to a portable device; reading a portable device ID, which identifies the portable device; determining, when the connection to the portable device is detected, whether the portable device ID matches the registered portable device ID; and when the portable device ID and the registered portable device ID are determined to match in the determining step, extracting, automatically, selected content data out of the plurality of content data according to the user-specified rule defining criteria, set in advance of transfer of the selected content data held on the information processing apparatus and prior to the detection of the connection, for identifying the selected content data, in response to the registered portable device being connected to the information processing apparatus, and transferring the extracted content data to the portable device independent of a user'"'"'s designation of the selected content data after the portable device is detected to be connected to the information processing apparatus in the detecting step. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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