Information processing device, information processing method, and program

• US 8,914,389 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2009
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nagasaka, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): Young, Kevin L
• Application Number:
  US12/476,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20090300036A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,023 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/758
• 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 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/914 Video

Abstract

An information processing device includes: a subsidiary content storage unit configured to store and manage a subsidiary content which is created by editing processing secondarily using at least one content as editing material and which includes a main unit portion which is data for reproducing the actual content of the subsidiary content, and directly used content information which is added information, indicating what the directly used content, which is a content directly secondarily used at the time of creating the subsidiary content, is; and an importance setting unit configured to set importance based on secondary usage state of the directly used content regarding which importance is to be set, by other subsidiary contents, by using the directly used content information, so as to set importance regarding at least subsidiary contents stored and managed by the subsidiary content storage unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

at least one processor executing stored program instructions;

derivative content storage means configured to store and manage derivative content which is created by secondary editing using at least one content object as editing material, said derivative content including;

a main unit portion comprising data for reproducing primary content that is referenced by the derivative content, wherein the primary content comprises audio and/or video, and

directly referenced content information indicating directly referenced content, which comprises content directly referenced at a time of creating the derivative content; and

importance setting means configured to set an indication of importance relating to the derivative content,

based on a secondary usage state of the derivative content,

the secondary usage state reflecting use of the directly referenced content by the derivative content and by at least one other derivative content different than the derivative content,

the secondary usage state indicating that the at least one other derivative content is also dependent on the directly referenced content for playing back audio and/or video, and

the secondary usage state determined based on said directly referenced content information, and

based on a held content list reflecting a list of directly referenced content objects held locally by a user.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said importance setting means sets the indication of importance relating to the derivative content based on a number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, said number having been obtained using at least said directly referenced content information.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the importance setting means obtains the number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content by counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are direct children of the derivative content and which have a same creator, as being a single derivative content.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said importance setting means sets the indication of importance for the derivative content based on a number of the at least one other derivative contents which are offspring of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, said number having been obtained using at least said directly used content information.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the importance setting means obtains the number of the at least one other derivative content which are offspring of the derivative content by counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are direct children of the derivative content and which have a same creator, as being a single derivative content.

6. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the importance setting means obtains the number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content by counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are direct children of the derivative content and which have a same creator as the derivative content, as not being part of the counted number.

7. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the importance setting means obtains the number of the at least one other derivative content which are offspring of the derivative content by counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are offspring of the derivative content and which have a same creator as the derivative content, as not being part of the counted number.

8. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the importance setting means further sets the indication of importance based on a number of directly referenced content objects required to play back the derivative content and not present on the list of directly referenced content objects held locally by the user.

9. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the importance setting means further sets the indication of importance based on rights to play back the directly referenced content objects.

10. An information processing method comprising:

setting an indication of importance for at least a derivative content which is created by secondary editing using at least one content object as editing material, said derivative content including;

a main unit portion comprising data for reproducing primary content that is referenced by the derivative content, wherein the primary content comprises audio and/or video, and

directly referenced content information indicating directly referenced content, which comprises content directly referenced at a time of creating the derivative content, which is stored in a storage unit;

wherein setting said indication of importance comprises setting the indication based on a secondary usage state of the derivative content, the secondary usage state reflecting use of the directly referenced content by at least one other derivative content different than the derivative content, the secondary usage state indicating that the at least one other derivative content is also dependent on the directly referenced content for playing back audio and/or video, the secondary usage state determined based on said directly used content information, and wherein setting the indication of importance further comprises setting the indication based on a held content list reflecting a list of directly referenced content objects held locally by a user.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein:

setting said indication of importance further comprises setting the indication based, at least in part, on setting the indication of importance to be higher when the derivative content has a larger number of direct child derivative contents.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein:

setting said indication of importance further comprises setting the indication based, at least in part, on setting the indication of importance to be higher when the derivative content is a parent of a child derivative content that has a larger number of direct child derivative contents.

13. The information processing method of claim 10, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly referenced content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are direct children of the derivative content and which have a same creator, as being a single derivative content.

14. The information processing method of claim 10, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative contents which are offspring of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly referenced content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are offspring of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are offspring of the derivative content and which have a same creator, as being a single derivative content.

15. The information processing method of claim 10, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly used content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are direct children of the derivative content and which have a same creator as the derivative content, as not being part of the counted number.

16. The information processing method of claim 10, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative contents which are offspring of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly referenced content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are offspring of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are offspring of the derivative content and which have a same creator as the derivative content, as not being part of the counted number.

17. At least one computer-readable non-transitory storage device storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an information processing device to execute:

setting an indication of importance for at least a derivative content which is created by a secondary editing processing using at least one content as editing material, said derivative content including;

a main unit portion which is data for reproducing an actual content of the derivative content, and

directly used content information indicating a directly used content, which is a content directly used at a time of creating the derivative content, which is stored in a storage unit;

wherein setting said indication of importance comprises setting the indication based on a secondary usage state of the derivative content, the secondary usage state reflecting use of the directly used content by at least one derivative content different than the derivative content, the secondary usage state indicating that the at least one other derivative content is also dependent on the directly referenced content for playing back audio and/or video, the secondary usage state determined based on said directly referenced content information, and wherein setting the indication of importance further comprises setting the indication based also on a held content list reflecting a list of directly referenced content objects held locally by a user.

18. The at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage device storing computer-executable instructions according to claim 17, wherein:

setting said indication of importance further comprises setting the indication based, at least in part, on setting the indication of importance to be higher when the derivative content has a larger number of direct child derivative contents.

19. The at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage device storing computer-executable instructions according to claim 17, wherein:

setting said indication of importance further comprises setting the indication based, at least in part, on setting the indication of importance to be higher when the derivative content is a parent of a child derivative content that has a larger number of direct child derivative contents.

20. The at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage device of claim 17, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly referenced content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are direct children of the derivative content and which have a same creator, as being a single derivative content.

21. The at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage device of claim 17, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative contents which are offspring of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly referenced content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are offspring of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are offspring of the derivative content and which have a same creator, as being a single derivative content.

22. The at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage device of claim 17, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly referenced content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are direct children of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are direct children of the derivative content and which have a same creator as the derivative content, as not being part of the counted number.

23. The at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage device of claim 17, wherein:

setting an indication of importance for the derivative content further comprises setting the indication based on a number of the at least one other derivative contents which are offspring of the derivative content regarding which said indication of importance is to be set, and the method further comprises obtaining said number using at least said directly referenced content information,

wherein obtaining the number of the at least one other derivative content which are offspring of the derivative content comprises counting a plurality of derivative contents, which are offspring of the derivative content and which have a same creator as the derivative content, as not being part of the counted number.

24. An information processing device comprising:

at least one processor executing stored program instructions;

a derivative content storage unit configured to store and manage derivative content, said derivative content including

a main unit portion comprising data for reproducing primary content that is referenced by the derivative content, wherein the primary content comprises audio and/or video, and directly referenced content information indicating directly referenced content, which comprises content directly referenced at a time of creating the derivative content; and

an importance setting unit configured to set an indication of importance regarding the derivative content based on a secondary usage state of the derivative content and on a held content list reflecting a list of directly referenced content objects held locally by a user, the secondary usage state reflecting use of the directly referenced content by at least one other derivative content different than the derivative content, the secondary usage state determined based on said directly referenced content information.