Server reservation method, reservation control apparatus and program storage medium

• US 9,385,965 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ihara, Keigo, Nishimura, Takanori, Yoshimine, Takao, Fukuda, Junko, Sueyoshi, Takahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Desrosiers, Evans
• Application Number:
  US14/847,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20150381519A1
• Time in Patent Office: 301 Days
• Field of Search: 726/5, 713172-174, 713/186, 709238-244
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5083 wherein the managed service relates to web hosting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/72 using reservation actions during connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

An information processing device including a communication interface that exchanges data with a first device and a second device; and a processor that performs authentication of the first device; receives content data from the first device via the communication interface; and controls the communication interface to send the content data in real time to the second device based on an access control setting, which indicates a restriction on sending the content data.

Claims

1. One or more servers comprising:

circuitry configured to

transmit one or more interface screens comprising input items corresponding to real-time streaming of content data captured by a camera of a first information processing device to a second information processing device via a streaming server, the input items including at least a time of the real-time streaming, a title corresponding to the real-time streaming, and an access control setting corresponding to the real-time streaming, wherein

the access control setting is independently selectable from at least a first access control setting, a second access control setting and a third access control setting, each corresponding to a different access control setting,

one of the first access control setting, the second access control setting or the third access control setting corresponds to a public access control setting, and

the circuitry is further configured to

receive information corresponding to the input items; and

update a publicly available webpage by incorporating at least a portion of the received information corresponding to the input items into the publicly available webpage when the public access control setting is selected.

2. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the first access control setting corresponds to the public access control setting in which the content data is to be openly streamed, and

the second access control setting corresponds to a setting in which the content data is to be streamed only to the second information processing device.

3. The one or more servers of claim 2, wherein

the second access control setting corresponds to a setting in which the content data is to be streamed to the second information processing device only when identification information corresponding to the second information processing device matches identification information entered by a user.

4. The one or more servers of claim 2, wherein

the second access control setting corresponds to a setting in which the content data is to be streamed only when the one or more servers receive a password to access the content data from the second information processing device.

5. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the one or more servers is one single server.

6. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the one or more servers includes a plurality of servers.

7. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the first access control setting corresponds to the public access control setting, and

the second access control setting corresponds to a private access control setting.

8. The one or more servers of claim 7, wherein

a password is required to access the content data streamed in real-time when the private access control setting is selected, and

no password is required to access the content data streamed in real-time when the public access control setting is selected.

9. The one or more servers of claim 8, wherein

the circuitry does not update the publicly available webpage when it is determined that the private access control setting is selected.

10. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the first access control setting corresponds to the public access control setting,

the second access control setting corresponds to a private access control setting, and

the third access control setting corresponds to an unlisted access control setting.

11. The one or more servers of claim 10, wherein

the circuitry is configured to update the publicly available webpage by incorporating the at least a portion of the received information corresponding to the input items, and

no password is required to access the content data streamed in real-time when it is determined that the public access control setting is selected.

12. The one or more servers of claim 10, wherein

a password is required to access the content data streamed in real-time when the access control setting is set to the private access control setting.

13. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the input items further include one or more email addresses corresponding to users that are to be notified of the real-time streaming.

14. The one or more servers of claim 10, wherein

the input items further include one or more email addresses corresponding to users that are to be notified of the real-time streaming, and

the circuitry is configured to control sending a message to the one or more email addresses corresponding to users that are to be notified of the real-time streaming and not update a publicly available webpage when it is determined that the unlisted access control setting is selected.

15. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to update the publicly available webpage by incorporating the time of the real-time streaming and the title corresponding to the real-time streaming into the publicly available webpage when it is determined that the public access control setting is selected.

16. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control updating the publicly available webpage by incorporating the time of the real-time streaming, the title corresponding to the real-time streaming, and identification information corresponding to a user of the first information processing device into the publicly available webpage when it is determined that the public access control setting is selected.

17. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the one or more interface screens are configured to simultaneously display selection items corresponding to the first access control setting, the second access control setting and the third access control setting.

18. The one or more servers of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify the selected access control setting, and, based on the selected access control setting:

identify one or more users that are permitted to access the real-time streaming;

determine whether to update the publicly available webpage by incorporating the at least a portion of the received information corresponding to the input items into the publicly available webpage; and

determine whether to send an email message to one or more email addresses corresponding to users that are to be notified of the real-time streaming.

19. An information processing method performed by one or more servers, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a communication interface of the one or more servers, one or more interface screens comprising input items corresponding to real-time streaming of content data captured by a camera of a first information processing device to a second information processing device via a streaming server, the input items including at least a time of the real-time streaming, a title corresponding to the real-time streaming, and an access control setting corresponding to the real-time streaming, wherein

the access control setting is independently selectable from at least a first access control setting, a second access control setting and a third access control setting, each corresponding to a different access control setting,

one of the first access control setting, the second access control setting or the third access control setting corresponds to a public access control setting;

receiving, via the communication interface, information corresponding to the input items; and

updating a publicly available webpage by incorporating at least a portion of the received information corresponding to the input items into the publicly available webpage when the public access control setting is selected.

20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media including computer-program instructions, which when executed by one or more servers, cause the one or more servers to:

transmit one or more interface screens comprising input items corresponding to real-time streaming of content data captured by a camera of a first information processing device to a second information processing device via a streaming server, the input items including at least a time of the real-time streaming, a title corresponding to the real-time streaming, and an access control setting corresponding to the real-time streaming, wherein

the access control setting is independently selectable from at least a first access control setting, a second access control setting and a third access control setting, each corresponding to a different access control setting,

one of the first access control setting, the second access control setting or the third access control setting corresponds to a public access control setting;

receive information corresponding to the input items; and

update a publicly available webpage by incorporating at least a portion of the received information corresponding to the input items into the publicly available webpage when the public access control setting is selected.