Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
First Claim
1. An information processing method, comprising:
- presenting a plurality of program attribute names constituting program attribute information concerning attributes of a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith;
accepting a selection of the program attribute information by a user based on the presented program attribute names;
storing the accepted selection of program attribute information;
acquiring program information concerning a program;
automatically acquiring retrieval conditions for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by the selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presented program attribute names are selected, wherein the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name which corresponds to the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and include the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and an escape keyword;
comparing the acquired program information and the acquired retrieval conditions; and
presenting a program that corresponds to the program information acquired, when the program information acquired satisfies the retrieval conditions acquired on the basis of the comparing,in which the program attribute information includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names,in which the escape keyword is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded, andin which the presenting the plurality of program attribute names, the accepting, the storing, the acquiring program information, the acquiring retrieval conditions, the comparing, and the presenting are performed by an information processing apparatus.
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Abstract
Information processing methods to make it possible to reserve recording of a program without imposing a large burden on a user. A server transmits program attribute information to a video recording and reproducing apparatus via a network. The program attribute information includes program attribute names and program attribute retrieval conditions. The video recording and reproducing apparatus causes a display apparatus to display a list of the program attribute names. The user selects from the list a program attribute name to which a program that the user wishes to reserve for recording seems to be most closely related. The video recording and reproducing apparatus compares the retrieval conditions corresponding to the selected program attribute name and EPG (electronic program guide) information and, when the retrieval conditions are satisfied, records a program represented by the EPG in a recording reservation list. The methods can be applied to a hard disk video recorder.
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16 Claims
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1. An information processing method, comprising:
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presenting a plurality of program attribute names constituting program attribute information concerning attributes of a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith; accepting a selection of the program attribute information by a user based on the presented program attribute names; storing the accepted selection of program attribute information; acquiring program information concerning a program; automatically acquiring retrieval conditions for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by the selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presented program attribute names are selected, wherein the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name which corresponds to the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and include the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and an escape keyword; comparing the acquired program information and the acquired retrieval conditions; and presenting a program that corresponds to the program information acquired, when the program information acquired satisfies the retrieval conditions acquired on the basis of the comparing, in which the program attribute information includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names, in which the escape keyword is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded, and in which the presenting the plurality of program attribute names, the accepting, the storing, the acquiring program information, the acquiring retrieval conditions, the comparing, and the presenting are performed by an information processing apparatus.
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2. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a computer readable program for making a computer execute a method of processing information, the method comprising:
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presenting a plurality of program attribute names constituting program attribute information concerning attributes of a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith; accepting a selection of the program attribute information by a user based on the presented program attribute names; storing the accepted selection of program attribute information; acquiring program information concerning a program; automatically acquiring retrieval conditions for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by the selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presented program attribute names are selected, wherein the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name which corresponds to the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and include the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and an escape keyword; comparing the acquired program information and the acquired retrieval conditions; and presenting a program that corresponds to the program information acquired, when the program information acquired satisfies the retrieval conditions acquired on the basis of the comparing, in which the program attribute information includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names, and in which the escape keyword is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded.
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3. A system for processing information, the system comprising:
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a processor operable to execute instructions; and instructions for causing the processor to execute an information processing method, the method comprising; presenting a plurality of program attribute names constituting program attribute information concerning attributes of a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith; accepting a selection of the program attribute information by a user based on the presented program attribute names; storing the accepted selection of program attribute information; acquiring program information concerning a program; automatically acquiring retrieval conditions for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by the selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presented program attribute names are selected, wherein the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name which corresponds to the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and include the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and an escape keyword; comparing the acquired program information and the acquired retrieval conditions; and presenting a program that corresponds to the program information acquired, when the program information acquired satisfies the retrieval conditions acquired on the basis of the comparing, in which the program attribute information includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names, and in which the escape keyword is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded.
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4. An information processing method, comprising:
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accepting an access request from another information processing apparatus via a network; receiving from the another information processing apparatus a transfer request for transfer of program attribute information concerning attributes of a program to be reserved for recording, the program attribute information being used when a user of the another information processing apparatus selects the program to be reserved for recording; and transmitting the program attribute information to the another information processing apparatus via the network, the program attribute information including program attribute names for presenting to the user and retrieval conditions for retrieving a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith, in which the retrieval conditions are for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presenting of the program attribute names are selected, in which the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name corresponding thereto and include an escape keyword, and in which the escape word is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded, and in which the program attribute information further includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names.
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5. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a computer readable program for making a computer execute a method of processing information, the method comprising:
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accepting an access request from another information processing apparatus via a network; receiving from the another information processing apparatus a transfer request for transfer of program attribute information concerning attributes of a program to be reserved for recording, the program attribute information being used when a user of the another information processing apparatus selects the program to be reserved for recording; and transmitting the program attribute information to the another information processing apparatus via the network, the program attribute information including program attribute names for presenting to the user and retrieval conditions for retrieving a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith, in which the retrieval conditions are for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presenting of the program attribute names are selected, in which the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name corresponding thereto and include an escape keyword, in which the escape keyword is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded, and in which the program attribute information further includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names.
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6. A system for processing information, the system comprising:
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a processor operable to execute instructions; and instructions for causing the processor to execute an information processing method, the method including; accepting an access request from another information processing apparatus via a network; receiving from the another information processing apparatus a transfer request for transfer of program attribute information concerning attributes of a program to be reserved for recording, the program attribute information being used when a user of the another information processing apparatus selects the program to be reserved for recording; and transmitting the program attribute information to the another information processing apparatus via the network, the program attribute information including program attribute names for presenting to the user and retrieval conditions for retrieving a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith, in which the retrieval conditions are for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presenting of the program attribute names are selected, in which the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name corresponding thereto and include an escape keyword, in which the escape word is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded, and in which the program attribute information further includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names.
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7. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a processor, said processor configured;
to present a plurality of program attribute names constituting program attribute information concerning attributes of a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith;to accept a selection of the program attribute information by a user based on the presented program attribute names; to store the accepted selection of program attribute information; to acquire program information concerning a program; to automatically acquire retrieval conditions for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by the selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presented program attribute names are selected, wherein the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name which corresponds to the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and include the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and an escape keyword; to compare the acquired program information and the acquired retrieval conditions; and to, when the program information acquired satisfies the retrieval conditions acquired on the basis of a comparison result, present a program that corresponds to the program information acquired, in which the program attribute information includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names, and in which the escape keyword is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded.
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8. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a processor, said processor configured;
to accept an access request from another information processing apparatus via a network;to receive from the another information processing apparatus a transfer request for transfer of program attribute information concerning attributes of a program to be reserved for recording, the program attribute information being used when a user of the another information processing apparatus selects the program to be reserved for recording; and to transmit the program attribute information to the another information processing apparatus via the network, the program attribute information including program attribute names for presenting to the user and retrieval conditions for retrieving a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith, in which the retrieval conditions are for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presenting of the program attribute names are selected, in which the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name corresponding thereto and include an escape keyword, in which the escape word is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded, and in which the program attribute information further includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names.
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9. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a processor configured; to present a plurality of program attribute names constituting program attribute information concerning attributes of a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith; to accept a selection of the program attribute information by a user based on the presented program attribute names; to store the accepted selection of program attribute information; to acquire program information concerning a program; to automatically acquire retrieval conditions for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by the selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presented program attribute names are selected, wherein the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name which corresponds to the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and include the stored, accepted selection of program attribute information and an escape keyword;
to compare the acquired program information and the retrieval conditions to obtain a comparison result; andwhen the acquired program information satisfies the retrieval conditions on the basis of the comparison result, presents a program that corresponds to the acquired program information, in which the program attribute information includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names, and in which the escape keyword is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 16)
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13. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a processor to accept an access request from another information processing apparatus via a network; a receiving unit to receive from the another information processing apparatus a transfer request for transfer of program attribute information concerning attributes of a program to be reserved for recording, the program attribute information being used when a user of the another information processing apparatus selects the program to be reserved for recording; and a transmitting unit to transmit the program attribute information to the another information processing apparatus via the network, the program attribute information including program attribute names for presenting to a user and retrieval conditions for retrieving a program, wherein the program attribute names are other than a title of a program, indicate a program type and are presented for selection without presentation of titles of programs therewith, in which the retrieval conditions are for retrieving a program based on a determination whether all of the program attribute names for which a flag is set by selection of the program attribute information by the user based on the presenting of the program attribute names are selected, in which the retrieval conditions are set other than by the user in association with the program attribute name corresponding thereto and include an escape keyword, in which the escape word is a word which is to be excluded from a title of the program or detailed information introducing contents of the program such that if the escape keyword is included in the title or the detailed information of a respective program then the respective program is to be excluded, and in which the program attribute information further includes at least genre information different from the program attribute name or names. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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