Information processing apparatus and associated method of content exchange

• US 9,241,022 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Morita, Toshihiro, Hatanaka, Mitsuyuki, Kojima, Kiyonobu, Tambata, Ippei, Shiroma, Shin
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, MINH CHAU
• Application Number:
  US13/683,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20130144982A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/63 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1062 Editing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00797 wherein the usage restriction limits the number of times a content can be reproduced, e.g. using playback counters
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00869 wherein the remote server can deliver the content to a receiving device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/08 Configuration management of networks or network elements address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content, the method comprising:

connecting to an information processing apparatus;

detecting when a connection to the information processing apparatus is made;

transferring an ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when the connection to the information processing apparatus is detected in the step of detecting;

storing the content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus;

transferring the data related to the content stored in the computer; and

reproducing the stored content, wherein

the content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 1, wherein the content is transferred in accordance with a filtering package.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 2,

wherein the filtering package is downloaded from a contents distribution server.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 2, wherein the filtering package is based upon history data indicating previous exchanges between the computer and the information processing apparatus.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 1, wherein the content is music.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 5, wherein the music is purchased from a contents distribution server.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the step of transferring the ID comprises:

transferring the ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a local connection to the information processing apparatus is detected in the step of detecting.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the local connection is a USB (universal serial bus) connection.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 1, wherein the data related to the content is a name of the content and the name is displayed at the information processing apparatus.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 1, wherein the computer communicates with the information processing apparatus through an installed contents management application running on the information processing apparatus.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 1, wherein the content is automatically transferred to the computer in response to a determination that the computer is the predetermined device based on the ID of the computer which is transferred to the information processing apparatus when the connection to the information processing apparatus is detected in the step of detecting.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the content is automatically transferred, without user interaction, to the computer in response to both a detection of the connection between the computer and the information processing apparatus and a determination that the computer is the predetermined device.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the claim 1, wherein the content is automatically transferred to the computer in response to the information processing apparatus receiving the transferred ID when the computer is judged to be the predetermined device.

14. A method of exchanging content, the method comprising:

connecting to a first information processing apparatus;

detecting, by circuitry of a second information processing apparatus, when a connection to the first information processing apparatus is made;

transferring, by the circuitry, an ID of the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus when the connection to the first information processing apparatus is detected in the step of detecting;

storing the content and data related to the content transmitted from the first information processing apparatus;

transferring, by the circuitry, the data related to the content stored in the second information processing apparatus; and

reproducing the stored content, wherein

the content is automatically transferred to the second information processing apparatus when the second information processing apparatus is judged to be a predetermined device.

15. A first information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

connect to a second information processing apparatus;

detect when a connection to the second information processing apparatus is made;

transfer an ID of the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus when the connection to the second information processing apparatus is detected by the circuitry;

store content and data related to the content transmitted from the second information processing apparatus;

transfer the data related to the content stored in the first information processing apparatus; and

reproduce the stored content, wherein

the content is automatically transferred to the first information processing apparatus when the first information processing apparatus is judged to be a predetermined device.