Information processing apparatus and method for editing artist link information

• US 8,707,169 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2007
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Morita, Toshihiro, Shirai, Yasuhiro, Ogata, Shin, Sugawara, Taku, Morita, Susumu
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cortes, Howard
• Application Number:
  US11/738,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20070255708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,559 Days
• Field of Search: 715/201, 715/255, 715/716, 715727-730, 707/5, 707/7
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that controls reproduction of contents includes: a first storage means for storing contents and attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of the contents so as to correspond to each other; a second storage means for storing association among the attribute data; and a selection means for selecting a second content to be reproduced subsequent to a first content which is being reproduced or whose reproduction has been instructed. The selection means selects, as the second content, a content having attribute data that is stored in the second storage means so as to be associated with the attribute data of the first content.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus configured to control reproduction of content, comprising:

a first storage circuit configured to store content to be reproduced and attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of the content associated with each other;

a second storage circuit configured to store associations including an artist link map having an artist group list table, an artist list table, and an artist link correspondence table among the attribute data;

a selection means for selecting a second content to be reproduced subsequent to a first content which is reproduced or instructed to be reproduced, the second content having attribute data that is stored in the second storage circuit and that is associated with the attribute data of the first content; and

an editing means for editing artist link information stored in the second storage circuit on the basis of a user'"'"'s operation,

wherein the selection means preferentially selects, as the second content, a content edited by the editing means having attribute data associated with the attribute data of the first content, among content having attribute data that is stored associated with the attribute data of the first content.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display configured to display a representation of the associations among the attribute data,

wherein the representation of the associations among the attribute data displayed by the display includes a group folder icon if the attribute data associated with the first content matches attribute data associated with the second content.

3. An information processing apparatus configured to control reproduction of content, comprising:

a first storage circuit configured to store content to be reproduced and attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of the content associated with each other;

a second storage circuit configured to store associations including an artist link map having an artist group list table, an artist list table, and an artist link correspondence table among the attribute data; and

circuitry configured to;

select a second content to be reproduced subsequent to a first content which is reproduced or instructed to be reproduced, the second content having attribute data that is stored in the second storage circuit and that is associated with the attribute data of the first content; and

edit artist link information stored in the second storage circuit based on a user'"'"'s operation,

wherein the circuitry preferentially selects, as the second content, content edited by the circuitry having attribute data that is associated with the attribute data of the first content among content having attribute data that is stored associated with the attribute data of the first content.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to select, as the second content, one of the content having attribute data that is stored associated with the attribute data of the first content.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the first storage circuit is further configured to store content and reproduction history of the content associated with each other, and

the circuitry is further configured to select, as the second content, one of the content having attribute data that is stored associated with the attribute data of the first content on the basis of the reproduction history of the content.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to store a selection order of the selected second content as a playlist.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

transfer the second content that is selected to another information processing apparatus, and

select the second content on the basis of a data amount of the second content until a storage capacity of another information processing apparatus becomes less than a predetermined threshold value.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the attribute data of the second content that is associated with the attribute data of the first content relates to artists.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a display configured to display a representation of the associations among attribute data relating to artists.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the representation of the associations among attribute data relating to artists includes a group folder icon when the attribute data indicating an artist name associated with the first content matches attribute data indicating an artist name associated with the second content.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a display configured to display a representation of the associations among attribute data,

wherein the representation of the associations among attribute data includes a group folder icon when the attribute data associated with the first content matches attribute data associated with the second content.

12. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus that includes a first storage circuit configured to store content to be reproduced and attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of the content associated with each other and a second storage circuit configured to store associations including an artist link map having an artist group list table, an artist list table, and an artist link correspondence table among the attribute data, the information processing apparatus configured to control reproduction of the content, the method comprising:

selecting a second content to be reproduced subsequent to a first content which is reproduced or to be reproduced having attribute data that is stored in the second storage circuit and that is associated with the attribute data of the first content; and

editing, on the basis of a user'"'"'s operation, artist link information stored in the second storage circuit,

wherein content edited in the editing step having attribute data that is associated with the attribute data of the first content is preferentially selected as the second content among content having attribute data that is stored associated with the attribute data of the first content.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a representation of the associations among attribute data,

wherein the representation of the associations among attribute data includes a group folder icon when the attribute data associated with the first content matches attribute data associated with the second content.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded thereon with computer-readable instructions that, when executed, causes an information processing apparatus to execute a method, the information processing including a first storage circuit configured to store content to be reproduced and attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of the content associated with each other and a second storage circuit configured to store associations including an artist link map having an artist group list table, an artist list table, and an artist link correspondence table among the attribute data, the information processing apparatus configured to control reproduction of the content, the method comprising:

selecting a second content to be reproduced subsequent to a first content which is reproduced or to be reproduced having attribute data that is stored in the second storage circuit and that is associated with the attribute data of the first content; and

editing, on the basis of a user'"'"'s operation, artist link information stored in the second storage circuit,

wherein content edited in the editing step having attribute data that is associated with the attribute data of the first content is preferentially selected as the second content among content having attribute data that is stored associated with the attribute data of the first content.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the processing further comprises:

displaying a representation of the associations among attribute data,

wherein the representation of the associations among attribute data includes a group folder icon when the attribute data associated with the first content matches attribute data associated with the second content.