System and method for outputting and selecting processed content information

• US 9,361,135 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Doi, Shouichi, Kurata, Yoshinori, Nagasaka, Hideo, Morita, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Bycer, Eric J
• Application Number:
  US12/901,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,069 Days
• Field of Search: 715744-747, 715/716, 382/100, 707913-916, 717174-178
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/64 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: an output unit outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and a selection unit selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the output unit and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to execute one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, define;

an output unit configured to output one or more execution sample images each of which includes a sample image of image content and processed image content,

wherein the processed image content is related to the image content stored in a storage unit, the storage unit configured to store application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the image content, and the processed image content,

wherein the processed image content is obtained by applying an execution result to the sample image of the image content using one of the applications; and

a selection unit configured to select the execution sample image output unit and to select an application ID of the application used to obtain the processed image content based on the selected execution sample image.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an application recommendation unit configured to recommend a plurality of recommended applications based on the image content selected by the selection unit,

wherein the output unit is configured to output information indicating at least one of the recommended plurality of applications.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the output unit is configured to display the plurality of applications by category, and

wherein when the selection unit selects the category, the output unit is configured to output content before and after processing.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection unit is configured to confirm whether the application corresponding to the selected application ID is executable in the information processing apparatus, and request download from another information processing apparatus when the application is not executable.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a content processing unit configured to generate content before and after processing based on the image content selected by the selection unit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the image content selected by the selection unit for the content processing unit to process the content is a reduced image with a reduced size of an original image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the output unit is configured to output the image content and the processed image content related to the image content based on environment information regarding an environment under which the content is generated.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is configured to output at least one of the image content regarding a process performed before execution of the application and the processed image content related to the image content.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is configured to output at least one of the image content and the processed image content suitable for designated input and output by linking a plurality of image content and the processed image content.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when there is neither image content nor processed image content suitable for the designated input and output, the output unit searches the image content and the processed image content suitable for the designated input and output by linking the plurality of image content and the processed image content.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the output unit is configured to output all of the processed image content.

12. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

outputting one or more execution sample images each of which includes a sample image of image content and processed image content,

wherein the processed image content is related to the image content in a storage unit that stores application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the image content, and the processed image content,

wherein the processed image content is obtained by applying an execution result to the sample image of the image content using one of the applications; and

selecting the execution sample image output by the outputting step and selecting an application ID of the application used to obtain the processed image content based on the selected execution sample image.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to execute the steps of:

outputting one or more execution sample images each of which includes a sample image of image content and processed image content,

wherein the processed image content is related to the image content in a storage unit that stores application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the image content, and the processed image content,

wherein the processed image content is obtained by applying an execution result to the sample image of the image content using one of the applications; and

selecting the execution sample image output by the outputting step and selecting an application ID of the application used to obtain the processed image content based on the selected execution sample image.

14. An information processing server comprising:

a storage unit configured to store application IDs uniquely specifying applications, image content, and processed image content,

wherein the processed image content is obtained by applying an execution result to a sample image of the image content with a processor using one of the applications;

the processor configured to execute one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, define;

an output unit configured to output, to another apparatus, one or more execution sample images each of which includes a sample image of the image content and the processed image content; and

a selection unit configured to select an application ID of the application used to obtain the processed image content from the sample image, in an event the execution sample image is selected by the other apparatus from the one or more execution sample images output by the output unit.

15. The information processing server according to claim 14, wherein the output unit is configured to output the processed image content related to the image content based on environment information regarding environment under which content is generated.