Content selecting system, providing apparatus, transfer apparatus and content selecting method
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1. A content selecting method for selecting a content to be transmitted to a storing apparatus, said method comprising:
- (i) transmitting a plurality of files containing menu data to the storing apparatus by way of a transfer apparatus configured to connect between the storing apparatus and a providing apparatus configured to provide the plurality of files containing menu data;
(ii) deleting, by the storing apparatus, one of the plurality of files containing menu data from a memory of the storing apparatus;
(iii) acquiring a list of files remaining stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus by the transfer apparatus, and transmitting the list to the providing apparatus;
(iv) selecting, by the providing apparatus, a content file to be transmitted to the storing apparatus based on the list and a correspondence table, wherein selecting includes determining, by the providing apparatus, the content file as corresponding to the one of the plurality of files containing menu data which has been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection, and(v) transmitting, by the providing apparatus, the selected content file to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus.
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Abstract
A file of menu data is transmitted from a providing apparatus to a storing apparatus via a transfer apparatus. The transfer apparatus acquires a list of files stored in the storing apparatus and transmits the list to the providing apparatus. The providing apparatus, based on the list, selects content to be stored in the storing apparatus.
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1. A content selecting method for selecting a content to be transmitted to a storing apparatus, said method comprising:
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(i) transmitting a plurality of files containing menu data to the storing apparatus by way of a transfer apparatus configured to connect between the storing apparatus and a providing apparatus configured to provide the plurality of files containing menu data; (ii) deleting, by the storing apparatus, one of the plurality of files containing menu data from a memory of the storing apparatus; (iii) acquiring a list of files remaining stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus by the transfer apparatus, and transmitting the list to the providing apparatus; (iv) selecting, by the providing apparatus, a content file to be transmitted to the storing apparatus based on the list and a correspondence table, wherein selecting includes determining, by the providing apparatus, the content file as corresponding to the one of the plurality of files containing menu data which has been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection, and (v) transmitting, by the providing apparatus, the selected content file to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus.
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2. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions for selecting a content to be transmitted to a storing apparatus, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to carry out:
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(i) transmitting a plurality of files containing menu data to the storing apparatus by way of a transfer apparatus configured to connect between the storing apparatus and a providing apparatus configured to provide the plurality of files containing menu data; (ii) deleting, by the storing apparatus, one of the plurality of files containing menu data from a memory of the storing apparatus; (iii) acquiring a list of files remaining stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus by the transfer apparatus, and transmitting the list to the providing apparatus; (iv) selecting, by the providing apparatus, a content file to be transmitted to the storing apparatus based on the list and a correspondence table, wherein selecting includes determining, by the providing apparatus, the content file as corresponding to the one of the plurality of files containing menu data which has been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection, and (v) transmitting, by the providing apparatus, the selected content file to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus.
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3. A providing apparatus for providing a menu of content, in a content selecting system for selecting a content to be transmitted to a storing apparatus, said providing apparatus comprising:
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a content storing device that stores a plurality of files containing menu data; a communicating unit configured to connect to a network; and a determining unit configured to; (i) transmit a plurality of files that contain menu data to the storing apparatus via the communicating unit, (ii) acquire a list of files stored in the storing apparatus from the storing apparatus, wherein the list of acquired files includes only a subset of the plurality of files that contain menu data previously stored at the storing apparatus, (iii) select a content the to be transmitted to the storing apparatus, based on the list and a correspondence table, wherein the determining unit determines the content file as corresponding to one of the plurality of files containing menu data which has been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection, wherein the deleted one of the plurality of files containing menu data is excluded from the subset, and (iv) transmit the selected content file to the storing apparatus by way of the communicating unit. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A content selecting system that selects a content to be transmitted to a storing apparatus, said system comprising:
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said storing apparatus comprising a content storing device; a providing apparatus configured to provide a plurality of files of menu data of content; and a transfer apparatus configured to connect between the storing apparatus and the providing apparatus, wherein; (i) the providing apparatus transmits a plurality of files containing menu data to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus, (ii) the storing apparatus deletes one of the plurality of files containing menu data from the content storing device, (iii) the transfer apparatus acquires a list of files remaining stored in the storing apparatus, from the storing apparatus, and transmits the list to the providing apparatus, (iv) the providing apparatus selects a content file to be transmitted to the storing apparatus based on the list and a correspondence table, wherein the providing apparatus determines the content file as corresponding to the one of the plurality of files containing menu data which has been deleted at the storing apparatus as a selection, and (v) the providing apparatus transmits the selected content file to the storing apparatus by way of the transfer apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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