Information processing device, information processing method, and program

• US 8,924,404 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2009
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• 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, Fujiwara, Nobuyuki, Kimijima, Tadaaki, Miyoshi, Toshimasa, Tokashiki, Mamoru, Tominaga, Takashi, Inoue, Shigeru, Miyajima, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): HASAN, SYED HAROON
• Application Number:
  US12/475,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20090299981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,038 Days
• Field of Search: 707/727, 707/728
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• 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

Abstract

An information processing device includes: a storage management unit configured to store and manage content files; a metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain metadata of a recommendation source content; a content selecting unit configured to select, from content files managed by the storage management unit, recommended contents to be recommended to a recommendation-receiving user, based on metadata obtained by the metadata obtaining unit; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain held content information, which is information regarding held content files which a recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold; and a recommendation order setting unit configured to set a recommendation order, regarding recommended contents selected by the content selecting unit, based on metadata added to held content files indicated by the held content information obtained by the information obtaining unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

storage management means configured to store and manage a plurality of subsidiary content files, each of the plurality of subsidiary content files having been created by performing editing processing in which at least two primary content files are secondarily used as editing material, each of the plurality of subsidiary content files including playback control information serving as information for reproducing a corresponding subsidiary content file, the playback control information for the corresponding subsidiary content file comprising information instructing playback of content data of at least two source primary content files that served as the editing material when the corresponding subsidiary content file was created;

information obtaining means configured to obtain held primary content information, the held primary content information identifying at least two held primary content files that a recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play;

subsidiary content selecting means configured to select at least two recommended subsidiary content files from the plurality subsidiary content files managed by said storage management means based at least in part on the held primary content information;

recommendation order setting means configured to set a basic recommendation order among the at least two recommended subsidiary content files, based on a usage state of the at least two held primary content files that served as the editing material for the at least two recommended subsidiary content files selected by the subsidiary content selecting means, and

first coefficient setting means configured to set a first weighting coefficient for each of the at least two recommended subsidiary content files to be used by the recommendation order setting means, based on individual content evaluation information indicating an evaluation, by the recommendation-receiving user, of the at least two held primary content files that served as the editing material used for one or more of the at least two recommended subsidiary content files;

wherein the subsidiary content selecting means is configured to select one or more files for which the playback control information indicates that at least a part of one of the at least two held primary content files, which the held primary content information indicates the recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play, served as the editing material.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said recommendation order setting means use at least said first weighting coefficient to set an overall recommendation order among said at least two recommended subsidiary content files.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

second coefficient setting means for setting a second weighting coefficient for each of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files, based on overall content evaluation information indicating an evaluation, by users in general, of each of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files;

wherein said recommendation order setting means use at least said second weighting coefficient to set an overall recommendation order among said at least two recommended subsidiary content files.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

third coefficient setting means for setting a third weighting coefficient for each of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files, based on a time each of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files was stored in the storage management means;

wherein said recommendation order setting means use at least said third weighting coefficient to set an overall recommendation order among said at least two recommended subsidiary content files.

5. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the information obtaining means is configured to obtain held primary content information identifying one or more primary content files stored locally on a device operated by the recommendation-receiving user.

6. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the held primary content information that the information obtaining means is configured to obtain comprises information identifying one or more primary content files that the recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to access and reproduce.

7. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the held primary content information that the information obtaining means is configured to obtain comprises information identifying one or more primary content files that the recommendation-receiving user will not have to pay a fee to reproduce.

8. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the held primary content information that the information obtaining means is configured to obtain comprises information identifying one or more primary content files that are stored locally on a device to be operated by the recommendation-receiving user to reproduce a subsidiary content file.

9. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the held primary content information that the information obtaining means is configured to obtain comprises information identifying one or more primary content files to which the recommendation-receiving user has access under a subscription.

10. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the held primary content information that the information obtaining means is configured to obtain comprises information identifying one or more primary content files that are stored locally on a device to be operated by the recommendation-receiving user to reproduce a subsidiary content file and/or that are stored accessible to the device such that the device is able to retrieve the one or more primary content files for reproducing a subsidiary content file.

11. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

obtaining held primary content information identifying at least two held primary content files that are two or more primary content files a recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play;

selecting at least two recommended subsidiary content files, to be recommended to the recommendation-receiving user, from at least two subsidiary content files stored in a storage unit, where each of the at least two subsidiary content files were created by performing editing processing in which at least two primary content files are secondarily used as editing material, each subsidiary content file including playback control information serving as information for reproducing the subsidiary content file, the playback control information for a corresponding subsidiary content file instructing playback of content data of at least two source primary content files that served as editing material when the corresponding subsidiary content file was created;

setting a basic recommendation order among said at least two recommended subsidiary content files, based on a usage state of said at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material for the selected at least two recommended subsidiary content files; and

setting a first weighting coefficient for each of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files to be used by the recommendation order setting means, based on individual content evaluation information indicating an evaluation, by the recommendation-receiving user, of the at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material used for one or more of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files;

wherein the selecting comprises selecting two or more subsidiary content files for recommendation based at least in part on the held primary content information by selecting one or more files for which the playback control information indicates that at least a part of one of the at least two held primary content files, which the held primary content information indicates the recommendation-received user was previously granted the right to play, served as said editing material for the two or more subsidiary content files for recommendation.

12. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one computer to carry out a method, the method comprising:

obtaining held primary content information identifying at least two held primary content files that are two or more primary content files a recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play;

selecting at least two recommended subsidiary content files, to be recommended to the recommendation-receiving user, from at least two subsidiary content files stored in a storage unit, where each of the at least two subsidiary content files were created by performing editing processing in which at least two primary content files are secondarily used as editing material, each subsidiary content file including playback control information serving as information for reproducing the subsidiary content file, the playback control information for a corresponding subsidiary content file instructing playback of content data of at least one source primary content file that served as editing material when the corresponding subsidiary content file was created;

setting a basic recommendation order among said at least two recommended subsidiary content files, based on a usage state of said at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material for the selected at least two recommended subsidiary content files; and

setting a first weighting coefficient for each of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files, based on individual content evaluation information indicating an evaluation, by the recommendation-receiving user, of said at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material used for one or more of the at least two recommended subsidiary content files;

wherein the selecting comprises selecting two or more subsidiary content files for recommendation based at least in part on the held primary content information by selecting two or more files for which the playback control information indicates that at least a part of each of the at least two held primary content files, which the held primary content information indicates the recommendation-received user was previously granted the right to play, served as said editing material for the two or more subsidiary content files.

13. An information processing device comprising:

storage management means configured to store and manage at least two subsidiary content files, each of the at least two subsidiary content files having been created by performing editing processing in which at least two primary content files are secondarily used as editing material, each subsidiary content file including playback control information serving as information for reproducing the subsidiary content file, the playback control information for a corresponding subsidiary content file comprising information instructing playback of content data of at least two source primary content files that served as editing material when the corresponding subsidiary content file was created;

metadata obtaining means configured to obtain metadata for searching for at least two recommended subsidiary content files to be recommended to a recommendation-receiving user;

content selecting means configured to select the at least two recommended subsidiary content files from the at least two subsidiary content files managed by said storage management means based at least in part on the metadata for searching, the at least two recommended subsidiary content files having metadata matching the metadata for searching;

information obtaining means configured to obtain held primary content information, the held primary content information identifying at least two held primary content files that the recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play;

recommendation order setting means configured to set a recommendation order of the at least two recommended content files to be recommended to the recommendation-receiving user based at least in part on metadata of the at least two held primary content files identified by the held primary content information obtained by said information obtaining means; and

first coefficient setting means configured to set a first weighting coefficient for each of the at least two recommended subsidiary content files based on individual content evaluation information indicating an evaluation, by the recommendation-receiving user, of the at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material used for one or more of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files.

14. The information processing device of claim 13, wherein the metadata obtaining means is configured to obtain at least one keyword for searching as the metadata for searching.

15. The information processing device of claim 13, wherein the recommendation order setting means is configured to set a recommendation order based at least in part on the metadata of the at least two held primary content files by setting a recommendation order according to preferences of the recommendation-receiving user indicated by the metadata of the at least two held primary content files.

16. An information processing device comprising:

a storage management unit configured to store and manage at least two subsidiary content files, each of the at least two subsidiary content files having been created by performing editing processing in which at least two primary content files are secondarily used as editing material, each subsidiary content file including playback control information serving as information for reproducing the subsidiary content file, the playback control information for a corresponding subsidiary content file comprising information instructing playback of content data of at least two source primary content files that served as editing material when the corresponding subsidiary content file was created;

an information obtaining unit configured to obtain held primary content information, the held primary content information identifying at least two held primary content files that are two or more primary content files that a recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play;

a subsidiary content selecting unit configured to select at least two recommended subsidiary content files from the at least two subsidiary content files managed by said storage management unit based at least in part on the held primary content information, and

a first coefficient setting unit configured to set a first weighting coefficient for each of the at least two recommended subsidiary content files based on individual content evaluation information indicating an evaluation, by the recommendation-receiving user, of the at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material used for one or more of the at least two recommended subsidiary content files,

wherein the subsidiary content selecting unit is configured to select two or more files for which the playback control information indicates that at least a part of one of the at least two primary content files, that the held primary content information indicates the recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play, served as said editing material for the two or more subsidiary content files, and

wherein the subsidiary content selecting unit is further configured to set a basic recommendation order among said at least two recommended subsidiary content files, based on a usage state of said at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material for the at least two recommended subsidiary content files.

17. An information processing device comprising:

a storage management unit configured to store and manage at least two subsidiary content files, each of the at least two subsidiary content files having been created by performing editing processing in which at least two primary content files are secondarily used as editing material, each subsidiary content file including playback control information serving as information for reproducing the subsidiary content file, the playback control information for a corresponding subsidiary content file comprising information instructing playback of content data of at least two source primary content files that served as editing material when the corresponding subsidiary content file was created;

a metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain metadata for searching for at least two recommended subsidiary content files to be recommended to a recommendation-receiving user;

a content selecting unit configured to select the at least two recommended subsidiary content files from the at least two subsidiary content files managed by said storage management unit based at least in part on the metadata for searching, the at least two recommended subsidiary content files having metadata matching the metadata for searching;

an information obtaining unit configured to obtain held primary content information, the held primary content information identifying at least two held primary content files that the recommendation-receiving user was previously granted the right to play;

a recommendation order setting unit configured to set a recommendation order of the at least two recommended content files based at least in part on usage data of the at least two held primary content files identified by the held primary content information obtained by said information obtaining unit; and

a first coefficient setting unit configured to set a first weighting coefficient for each of the at least two recommended subsidiary content files based on individual content evaluation information indicating an evaluation, by the recommendation-receiving user, of the at least two held primary content files that served as said editing material used for one or more of said at least two recommended subsidiary content files.