Content distributing system and content receiving and reproducing device
First Claim
1. A content receiving and reproducing device of a user side that receives content from a content distribution side and reproduces the received content, comprising:
- a potential content list information receiving or storing means that receives potential content list information from the content distribution side indicating contents that can be distributed from the content distribution side or that stores, in advance, potential content list information indicating contents that can be distributed from the content distribution side;
a program line-up means that sorts the contents to be received and reproduced from the contents written in the received potential content list information and decides on a reproducing order of the contents, based on at least one of conditions of the user side, conditions related to an environment on the user side, and conditions related to the contents, and creates program table information;
a program table information transmitting means that transmits the program table information created by the program line-up means to the content distribution side;
a content receiving means that receives the contents distributed from the content distribution side in adherence to the program table information; and
a content reproducing means that reproduces the content,when the program table information is created, the program line-up means refers to route information to a destination acquired from a route guidance function, infers a communication environment of a location that is predicted by the route information to be passed, and sorts the contents and decides the reproducing order depending on the inferred result so that a desired content is received at a time when the receiving and reproducing device is expected to pass through the location.
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Abstract
A technology that makes a program line-up related to contents distributed to a user side, depending on various conditions, preferences, and communication environments of the user side that views and listens to the content is disclosed. According to the technology, an on-board device (content receiving and reproducing device) 1 receives, from a service server 5, potential content list information of contents that can be distributed from a content server 7. The on-board device 1 sorts appropriate content from among the contents in the potential content list information and decide on a reproducing order of the contents, based on conditions of the user side, such as user preferences and vehicle conditions, conditions related to an environment on the user side, such as the communication environment, and conditions related to the contents, such as the genre of the content. The on-board device 1 creates program table information (timetable) and transmits the program table information to the content server. As a result, reception and reproduction of the contents from the content server can be performed in adherence to the program table information.
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1. A content receiving and reproducing device of a user side that receives content from a content distribution side and reproduces the received content, comprising:
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a potential content list information receiving or storing means that receives potential content list information from the content distribution side indicating contents that can be distributed from the content distribution side or that stores, in advance, potential content list information indicating contents that can be distributed from the content distribution side; a program line-up means that sorts the contents to be received and reproduced from the contents written in the received potential content list information and decides on a reproducing order of the contents, based on at least one of conditions of the user side, conditions related to an environment on the user side, and conditions related to the contents, and creates program table information; a program table information transmitting means that transmits the program table information created by the program line-up means to the content distribution side; a content receiving means that receives the contents distributed from the content distribution side in adherence to the program table information; and a content reproducing means that reproduces the content, when the program table information is created, the program line-up means refers to route information to a destination acquired from a route guidance function, infers a communication environment of a location that is predicted by the route information to be passed, and sorts the contents and decides the reproducing order depending on the inferred result so that a desired content is received at a time when the receiving and reproducing device is expected to pass through the location.
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