Transmitting method and transmitting device, receiving method and receiving device, and transfer method and transfer system

• US 9,600,225 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sako, Yoichiro, Usami, Takayuki, Deguchi, Yuichiro, Obata, Masayuki, Hotori, Masahiro, Inokuchi, Tatsuya, Ito, Shuichi, Takeda, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Godbold, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US14/291,857
• Publication Number:
  US 20160034246A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 704/275
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/40 characterised in that additional data relating to the broadcast data are available via a different channel than the broadcast channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/63 for services of sales data processing systems or methods specially adapted for electronic commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/82 the transmission system being the Internet

Abstract

Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a “bookmark”. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio.

Claims

1. A reproduction apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

reproduce content data,

output the reproduced content data,

recognize a predetermined voice input from a user,

generate a bookmark associated with the reproduced content data based on recognition of the predetermined voice input,

store the bookmark into a first memory, and

download the content data based on the bookmark.

2. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reproduction apparatus is portable.

3. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a receiver configured to receive the reproduced content data wirelessly.

4. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the receiver receives data related to the reproduced content data wirelessly.

5. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the reproduced content data is music data and the data related to the reproduced content data is at least one of an artist name, album name, music title, and image.

6. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry deletes the data related to the reproduced content data from a second memory following a non-recognition of the predetermined voice input.

7. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reproduced content data is broadcasted.

8. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry controls access to the data related to the reproduced content data via an internet station.

9. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

iteratively check, after a predetermined time interval, for any other generated bookmark.

10. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined time interval is a time length of the reproduced content data.

11. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein circuitry is further configured to acquire a decoding key for decoding the content data based on information provided in the bookmark.

12. A method for transmitting data, comprising:

reproducing content data;

generating the reproduced content data;

recognizing a predetermined voice input from a user;

generating a bookmark associated with the reproduced content data based on recognition of the predetermined voice input;

storing the bookmark into a first memory; and

downloading the content data based on the bookmark.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method is performed on a portable device.

14. The method according to claim 12, further including receiving the reproduced content data wirelessly.

15. The method according to claim 14, further including receiving data related to the reproduced content data wirelessly.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the reproduced content data is music data and the data related to the reproduced content data is at least one of an artist name, album name, music title, and image.

17. The method according to claim 15, further including deleting the data related to the reproduced content data from a second memory following a non-recognition of the predetermined voice input.

18. The method according to claim 12, further including broadcasting the reproduced content data is broadcasted.

19. The method according to claim 15, further including controlling access to the data related to the reproduced content data via an internet station.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions which, when executed on a processor, perform a method, the method comprising:

reproducing content data;

generating the reproduced content data;

recognizing a predetermined voice input from a user;

generating a bookmark associated with the reproduced content data based on recognition of the predetermined voice input;

storing the bookmark into a first memory; and

downloading the content data based on the bookmark.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is portable.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, further comprising a receiver configured to receive the reproduced content data wirelessly.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the receiver receives data related to the reproduced content data wirelessly.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the reproduced content data is music data and the data related to the reproduced content data is at least one of an artist name, album name, music title, and image.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the circuitry deletes the data related to the reproduced content data from a second memory following a non-recognition of the predetermined voice input.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the reproduced content data is broadcasted.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the circuitry controls access to the data related to the reproduced content data via an internet station.