Information processing system and information processing method

• US 9,392,065 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2011
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hirokawa, Yohei, Okanoue, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Application Number:
  US13/703,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20130091290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,875 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2221 being a cable television head-end CATV in broadcast systems H04H20/78
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234363 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for clients with a lower screen resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234372 for performing aspect ratio conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

An information processing system (100) includes a unit (101) of separating at least one piece of media information from a plurality of pieces of media information acquired through a session established with at least one server based on profiles of a plurality of terminal devices, a unit (103) of structuring each of contents to be respectively transmitted to the plurality of terminal devices from the at least one piece of media information separated by the unit (101), and a unit (105) of transmitting each content structured by the unit (103) to each terminal device.

Claims

1. An information processing system, comprising:

a session control unit that separates at least one piece of media information from a plurality of pieces of media information acquired through a session established with at least one server based on profiles of a plurality of terminal devices;

a content structuring unit that creates edited data by editing the media information separated by the session control unit on the basis of a profile of a terminal device from among the profiles of the plurality of terminal devices, and structures a content using the edited data created on the basis of the profile of the terminal device;

a transmitting unit that transmits the content structured by the content structuring unit to the terminal device, the profile of which is used to create the edited data that is used to structure the content,

wherein the profile of the terminal device indicates position of the terminal device,

wherein the session control unit traces the position of the terminal device based on the profile of the terminal device, and

wherein the session control unit provides, based on the position of the terminal device, a candidate terminal device for the terminal device to which the structured content is transmitted, the candidate terminal device being provided in a selectable manner from among the plurality of terminal devices.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the session control unit separates audio information from video information serving as media information in the session established with a video server, and

the transmitting unit transmits the audio information to a mobile phone included in the plurality of terminal devices.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the content structuring unit individually structures a plurality of contents in order to divide and deliver the structured content to be delivered to one user to the plurality of terminal devices.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the profile includes each IP address of each terminal device, and

the transmitting unit transmits each structured content to each terminal device using each IP address.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the profile includes position information of each terminal device, and

the session control unit selects each terminal device to which each structured content is to be output based on each position information.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the profile includes at least one of a screen size, an audio output method, a communication rate, and a power source of each terminal device, and

the content structuring unit structures each content according to at least one of the screen size, the audio output method, the communication rate, and the power source of each terminal device.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the profile includes a security level of each terminal device,

the content structuring unit selects media information according to each security level of each terminal device and structures each content.

10. The information processing system according to claim 2, further comprising,

a managing unit manages the profile,

wherein the content structuring unit structures a content according to the profile managed by the managing unit.

11. The information processing system according to claim 2,

wherein the content structuring unit individually structures a plurality of contents in order to divide and deliver the structured content to be delivered to one user to the plurality of terminal devices.

12. The information processing system according to claim 2,

wherein the profile includes each IP address of each terminal device, and

the transmitting unit transmits each structured content to each terminal device using each IP address.

13. The information processing system according to claim 3,

wherein the profile includes each IP address of each terminal device, and

the transmitting unit transmits each structured content to each terminal device using each IP address.

14. The information processing system according to claim 2,

wherein the profile includes position information of each terminal device, and

the session control unit selects each terminal device to which each structured content is to be output based on each position information.

15. The information processing system according to claim 3,

wherein the profile includes position information of each terminal device, and

the session control unit selects each terminal device to which each structured content is to be output based on each position information.

16. The information processing system according to claim 4,

wherein the profile includes position information of each terminal device, and

the session control unit selects each terminal device to which each structured content is to be output based on each position information.

17. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the session control unit provides a recommendation of the candidate terminal device for use as the terminal device from among the plurality of terminal devices in the selectable manner according to the position of the terminal device.

18. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the session control unit traces the position of the terminal device based on the profile of the terminal device to provide the content, and

wherein the session control unit provides an option of the candidate terminal device to be selected as a transmission target of the structured content based on the position of the terminal device.

8. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring a plurality of pieces of media information through a session established with at least one server;

separating at least one piece of media information from the acquired plurality of pieces of media information based on profiles of a plurality of terminal devices;

creating edited data by editing the media information separated on the basis of a profile of a terminal device from among the profiles of the plurality of terminal devices;

structuring a content using the edited data created on the basis of the profile of the terminal device;

transmitting the structured content to the terminal device, the profile of which is used to create the edited data that is used to structure the content,

wherein the profile of the terminal device indicates a position of the terminal device;

tracing the position of the terminal device based on the profile of the terminal device; and

providing, based on the position of the terminal device, a candidate terminal device for the terminal device to which the structured content is transmitted, the candidate terminal device being provided in a selectable manner from among the plurality of terminal devices.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by at least one computer, the computer readable storage medium recording a program causing the at least one computer to execute:

acquiring a plurality of pieces of media information through a session established with at least one server;

separating at least one piece of media information from the acquired plurality of pieces of media information based on profiles of a plurality of terminal devices;

creating edited data by editing the media information separated on the basis of a profile of a terminal device from among the profiles of the plurality of terminal devices;

structuring a content using the edited data created on the basis of the profile of the terminal device;

transmitting the structured content to the terminal device, the profile of which is used to create the edited data that is used to structure the content,

wherein the profile of the terminal device indicates a position of the terminal device;

tracing the position of the terminal device based on the profile of the terminal device; and

providing, based on the position of the terminal device, a candidate terminal device for the terminal device to which the structured content is transmitted, the candidate terminal device being provided in a selectable manner from among the plurality of terminal devices.