Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

• US 9,300,754 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2009
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kohno, Michinari
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Hua
• Application Number:
  US12/472,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20090300108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,498 Days
• Field of Search: 709/232, 709217-227
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles

Abstract

An information processing system includes: a parent terminal having a storage section storing device information including a drawing capability of a child terminal, a generation section generating transmission data of a user interface or a content in accordance with the device information, and a transmission section transmitting the transmission data to the child terminal; and a child terminal having a receiving section receiving the transmission data, and a display section displaying a user interface screen or a content playback screen on the basis of the transmission data.

Claims

1. An information processing system, comprising:

a parent terminal comprising;

a storage section storing device information including a drawing capability of a terminal;

a generation section generating transmission data of a user interface or a content in accordance with the drawing capability and device information, wherein the device information comprises at least one of a device type, device identifier, and a device resolution;

an encoding section configured to modify a data compression rate based on a received control signal and compress the generated transmission data based on the modified data compression rate; and

a first transmission section transmitting the transmission data to the terminal; and

a terminal comprising;

a receiving section receiving the transmission data;

a display section displaying a user interface screen or a content playback screen on the basis of the transmission data;

a capability monitoring section monitoring at least one of a calculation capability level and a receiving capability level of the terminal; and

a second transmission section transmitting the control signal including the at least one of calculation capability level and receiving capability level of the terminal to the parent terminal,

wherein the transmission data of the user interface is generated in response to a request from the terminal,

wherein the calculation capability level is based on a CPU usage value, and

wherein the receiving capability level is indicative of a network capacity between the parent terminal and the terminal.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the generation section changes the amount of the transmission data on the basis of the control signal.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the device information includes user attribute information, and

the generation section generates transmission data of a user interface or a content in accordance with the user attribute information.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3,

wherein the parent terminal includes a control section changing the device information of the terminal when the user attribute information of the terminal is changed.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the device information includes language information, and

the generation section generates transmission data of user interface or a content in a language in accordance with the language information.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5,

wherein the parent terminal has a control section changing the device information of the terminal in accordance with a change in the language information of the terminal.

7. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a storage section storing device information including a drawing capability of a terminal, the terminal having a calculation capability monitoring section monitoring a calculation capability of the terminal;

a generation section generating transmission data of a user interface or a content in accordance with the drawing capability and device information, wherein the device information comprises at least one of a device type, device identifier, and a device resolution;

an encoding section configured to modify a data compression rate based on a received control signal and compress the generated transmission data based on the modified data compression rate; and

a transmission section transmitting the transmission data to the terminal; and

a receiving section receiving from the terminal the control signal including level of at least one of calculation capability level and receiving capability level of the terminal to the parent terminal,

wherein the transmission data of the user interface is generated in response to a request from the terminal,

wherein the calculation capability level is based on a CPU usage value, and

wherein the receiving capability level is indicative of a network capacity between the parent terminal and the terminal.

8. A method of processing information, comprising the steps of:

generating, by a parent terminal, transmission data of a user interface or a content in accordance with device information including at least one of a drawing capability of a terminal, a device type, device identifier, and a device resolution;

modifying a data compression rate based on a received control signal;

compressing the generated transmission data based on the modified data compression rate;

transmitting, by a first transmission section of the parent terminal, the transmission data to the terminal;

receiving, by the terminal, the transmission data; and

displaying, by the terminal, a user interface screen or a content playback screen on the basis of the transmission data,

monitoring, by a capacity monitoring section of the terminal, at least one of a calculation capability level and a receiving capacity level of the terminal, and

transmitting, by a second transmission section of the terminal, the including at least one of calculation capability level and receiving capability level of the terminal to the parent terminal

wherein the transmission data of the user interface is generated in response to a request from the terminal,

wherein the calculation capability level is based on a CPU usage value, and

wherein the receiving capability level is indicative of a network capacity between the parent terminal and the terminal.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a computer program for causing an information processing apparatus to perform processing comprising the steps of:

generating transmission data of a user interface or a content in accordance with device information including at least one of a drawing capability of a terminal, a device type, device identifier, and a device resolution;

modifying a data compression rate based on a received control signal;

compressing the generated transmission data based on the modified data compression rate;

transmitting, by a first transmission section of the parent terminal, the transmission data to the terminal,

monitoring, by a capacity monitoring section of the terminal, at least one of a calculation capability level and a receiving capacity level of the terminal, and

transmitting, by a second transmission section of the terminal, the including at least one of calculation capability level and receiving capability level of the terminal to the parent terminal,

wherein the transmission data of the user interface is generated in response to a request from the terminal,

wherein the calculation capability level is based on a CPU usage value, and

wherein the receiving capability level is indicative of a network capacity between the parent terminal and the terminal.