Operational control of an apparatus through a terminal device

• US 9,414,179 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ueda, Roka, Onohara, Takashi, Iwayagano, Seizi, Kawabe, Yuji, Daini, Keishi, Higo, Takuma, Yoshio, Taichi, Sakai, Eri
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Suhail
• Application Number:
  US13/770,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20130244637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a terminal apparatus for offering information in more quantity and in further detail than before by having a plurality of devices linked with one another. The information processing apparatus includes a first device and a second device interconnected with each other. Application information about an application executing on the first device is acquired through a communication block included in the second device. Display on a display block included in the second device is controlled based on the application information.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a first device; and

a second device connected with said first device, wherein the second device includes circuitry configured to;

acquire application information regarding an application executed on said first device through communication circuitry included in said second device;

display information based on the application information on a display included in said second device, the displayed information at least indicating a source of a content reproduced by the application on the first device, the source corresponding to a USB-connected external storage device that holds the content;

transmit operation information indicative of details of an input operation performed on an input interface included in the second device to the first device;

acquire update information through the communication circuitry included in the second device, the update information indicating an update of display details on a display of the first device performed on the first device on a basis of the operation information; and

update the display of the second device based on the update information.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry of the second device is configured to:

acquire, via the communication circuitry, content information indicative of information related to the content reproduced by said application on said first device; and

display information about said content based on said content information.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said application information represents that the application has been executed by said first device.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said application information includes a type of the application that reproduces content on said first device.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitted operation information includes either a start operation, a stop operation, a fast forward operation, or a rewind operation.

6. An information processing method for utilizing a first device and a second device, the first device and the second device being interconnected with each other, said information processing method comprising:

acquiring application information regarding an application being executed on said first device through communication circuitry included in said second device;

controlling display of information based on the application information on a display included in said second device, the displayed information at least indicating a source of a content reproduced by the application on the first device, the source corresponding to a USB-connected external storage device that holds the content;

transmitting operation information indicative of details of an input operation performed on an input interface included in the second device to the first device;

acquiring update information through the communication circuitry included in the second device, the update information indicating an update of display details on a display of the first device performed on the first device on a basis of the operation information; and

updating the display of the second device based on the update information.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage device that includes computer readable instructions that when executed by processing circuitry performs an information processing method for utilizing a first device and a second device, the first device and the second device being interconnected with each other, the method comprising:

acquiring application information regarding an application being executed on said first device through communication circuitry included in said second device;

controlling display of information based on the application information on a display included in said second device, the displayed information at least indicating a source of a content reproduced by the application on the first device, the source corresponding to a USB-connected external storage device that holds the content;

transmitting operation information indicative of details of an input operation performed on an input interface included in the second device to the first device;

acquiring update information through the communication circuitry included in the second device, the update information indicating an update of display details on a display of the first device performed on the first device on a basis of the operation information; and

updating the display of the second device based on the update information.

8. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a display; and

circuitry configured to;

acquire application information regarding an application executed on another device connected to said terminal apparatus;

display information based on the application information on said display, the displayed information at least indicating of a source of a content reproduced by the application on the another device, the source corresponding to a USB-connected external storage device that holds the content;

transmit operation information indicative of details of an input operation performed on an input interface included in the terminal apparatus to the other device;

acquire update information, the update information indicating an update of display details on a display of the other device performed on the other device on a basis of the operation information; and

update the display of the terminal apparatus based on the update information.