Information processing apparatus, recording method, and recording system

• US 8,483,547 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2010
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yokoo, Naohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhao, Daquan
• Application Number:
  US12/802,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20110019970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• Field of Search: 386/239, 386/248, 386/249, 386/250, 386/251, 386/262, 725/32, 725/34, 725/35, 725/36
• US Class Current: 386/249
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2541 Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8211 the additional signal being a sound signal H04N9/835 takes precedence

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a recording section configured to record a personal content created by an individual on a predetermined recording medium, a meta data generating section configured to generate meta data for the personal content by analyzing details of the personal content, an advertisement content obtaining section configured to obtain an advertisement content corresponding to the meta data from a predetermined advertisement content providing server, and a controller configured to control the personal content and the advertisement content to be recorded on the recording medium via the recording section.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

recording means for recording a personal content created by an individual on a predetermined recording medium;

meta data generating means for generating meta data for the personal content by analyzing details of the personal content;

advertisement content obtaining means for obtaining an advertisement content corresponding to the meta data from an advertisement content providing server selected from among a number of advertisement content providing servers; and

control means for causing the personal content and the advertisement content to be recorded on the recording medium via the recording means,

in which the meta data generating means generates the meta data by use of a predetermined technique from among a number of predetermined techniques,

in which one predetermined technique is atmosphere analysis in which an interval or intervals between audio levels and an interval or intervals between silent parts of the personal content are calculated so as to generate an audio-level changing pattern as the meta data, and

in which the advertisement content obtaining means obtains the advertisement content from a respective advertisement content providing server which is selected from among the number of advertisement content providing servers based on the predetermined technique used by the meta data generating means to generate the meta data such that when a first predetermined technique is used by the meta data generating means to generate the meta data the advertisement content obtaining means obtains the advertisement content from a first advertisement content providing server and when a second predetermined technique is used by the meta data generating means to generate the meta data the advertisement content the advertisement content obtaining means obtains the advertisement content from a second advertisement content providing server.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means causes the advertisement content to be recorded according to an available space after the personal content is recorded on the recording medium.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, at the time of replaying the recording medium, the control means causes thumbnail images of both (i) the personal content and (ii) the advertisement content to be inserted in a frame of a predetermined design, and further causing the frame at the time of generating a menu screen to be recorded on the recording medium.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control means further causes, in addition to the menu screen, a scenario to be recorded on the recording medium, the scenario being set in advance by a user for replaying the personal content and the advertisement content.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control means causes the personal content and the advertisement content to be replayed according to the scenario for replaying video of the personal content and advertisement audio of the advertisement content in combination.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means causes a latest advertisement content of the advertisement content recorded on the recording medium to be downloaded from the respective advertisement content providing server.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

recording means for recording a personal content created by an individual on a predetermined recording medium;

meta data generating means for generating meta data for the personal content by analyzing details of the personal content;

advertisement content obtaining means for obtaining an advertisement content corresponding to the meta data from a predetermined advertisement content providing server; and

control means for causing the personal content and the advertisement content to be recorded on the recording medium via the recording means,

wherein the control means causes the advertisement content to be recorded according to an available space after the personal content is recorded on the recording medium,

wherein, at the time of replaying the recording medium, the control means causes thumbnail images of both (i) the personal content and (ii) the advertisement content to be inserted in a frame of a predetermined design, and further causing the frame at the time of generating a menu screen to be recorded on the recording medium,

wherein the control means further causes, in addition to the menu screen, a scenario to be recorded on the recording medium, the scenario being set in advance by a user for replaying the personal content and the advertisement content, and

wherein the control means causes the personal content and the advertisement content to be replayed according to the scenario for replaying a synthesized image and advertisement audio of the advertisement content in combination, the synthesized image in which a first half of advertisement video in the advertisement content, video of the personal content, and a latter half of the advertisement video in the advertisement content are synthesized together.

8. A recording method comprising the steps of:

generating meta data for a personal content created by an individual, the personal content to be recorded on a predetermined recording medium, by analyzing details of the personal content by meta data generating means;

obtaining by advertisement content obtaining means an advertisement content corresponding to the meta data from a predetermined advertisement content providing server; and

causing by control means the personal content and the advertisement content to be recorded on the recording medium via predetermined recording means,

and further comprising

causing by the control means a scenario to be recorded on the recording medium, the scenario being set in advance by a user for replaying the personal content and the advertisement content, and

causing by the control means the personal content and the advertisement content to be replayed according to the scenario for replaying a synthesized image and advertisement audio of the advertisement content in combination, the synthesized image in which a first half of advertisement video in the advertisement content, video of the personal content, and a latter half of the advertisement video in the advertisement content are synthesized together.

9. A recording system comprising:

an information processing apparatus including

a recording section recording a personal content created by an individual on a predetermined recording medium,

a meta data generator generating meta data for the personal content by analyzing details of the personal content,

an advertisement content obtaining section obtaining an advertisement content corresponding to the meta data from a predetermined advertisement content providing server, and

a controller causing the personal content and the advertisement content to be recorded on the recording medium via the recording section; and

an advertisement content providing server including

an advertisement content storage section having a plurality of the advertisement contents stored,

an advertisement content searching section receiving the meta data, searching for the advertisement content corresponding to the meta data, and reading the advertisement content from the advertisement content storage section, and

a transmitter transmitting the advertisement content to the information processing apparatus,

wherein the controller further causes a scenario to be recorded on the recording medium, the scenario being set in advance by a user for replaying the personal content and the advertisement content, and

wherein the control means causes the personal content and the advertisement content to be replayed according to the scenario for replaying a synthesized image and advertisement audio of the advertisement content in combination, the synthesized image in which a first half of advertisement video in the advertisement content, video of the personal content, and a latter half of the advertisement video in the advertisement content are synthesized together.

10. A recording system comprising:

an information processing apparatus including

a recording section recording a personal content created by an individual on a predetermined recording medium,

a meta data generating section generating meta data for the personal content by analyzing details of the personal content,

an advertisement content obtaining section obtaining an advertisement content corresponding to the meta data from a predetermined advertisement content providing server, and

a recording controller causing the personal content and the advertisement content to be recorded on the recording medium via the recording section;

an advertisement content providing server including

an advertisement content providing server searching section receiving the meta data and searching for the advertisement content providing server that retains the advertisement content corresponding to the meta data, and

an advertisement content obtaining section transmitting the meta data, receiving the advertisement content corresponding to the meta data from the advertisement content providing server, and transferring the advertisement content to the information processing apparatus; and

an advertisement content providing server including

an advertisement content storage section storing a plurality of the advertisement contents,

an advertisement content searching section receiving the meta data from the advertisement obtaining server, searching for the advertisement content corresponding to the meta data, and reading the advertisement content from the advertisement content storage section, and

a transmitter transmitting the advertisement content to the advertisement content providing server,

wherein the recording controller causes a scenario to be recorded on the recording medium, the scenario being set in advance by a user for replaying the personal content and the advertisement content, and

wherein the recording controller causes the personal content and the advertisement content to be replayed according to the scenario for replaying a synthesized image and advertisement audio of the advertisement content in combination, the synthesized image in which a first half of advertisement video in the advertisement content, video of the personal content, and a latter half of the advertisement video in the advertisement content are synthesized together.