Client device and associated methodology of accessing networked services

• US 9,674,269 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2013
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Gershnik, Anna, Beaver, Brian, Takakura, Hiroki, McCoy, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Quang N
• Application Number:
  US13/891,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: 709217, 709227, 705 1, 705 10, 705 50, 705 1469, 705 265, 386200, 715513, 715864, 715235, 715776, 382100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A system makes it possible to use services offered by a plurality of servers different from one another is realized with the use of a common API. The system includes a plurality of service-offering servers, a client that uses services offered by the plurality of service-offering servers, and an interchange server that performs intermediary processing when the client uses a service. The client performs communication with the interchange server while using a common API when using any service among a plurality of services offered by the plurality of service-offering servers. The interchange server uses a unique API, which is unique to the service-offering server that offers the service selected by the client, to execute a processing sequence that is unique to the service-offering server. The client may use any service among services offered by the plurality of service-offering servers with the use of a common API without any need to use a unique API, which is unique to each of the plurality of service-offering servers.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a server and via a network, information entered into a first user interface displayed on a client device,

wherein the information corresponds to a service selected from a plurality of services, offered by each of a plurality of service providers, displayed on the first user interface, and

wherein a second user interface displayed on the client device for uploading data to the server is generated based on the service selected, from the plurality of services offered by each of the plurality of service providers, on the first user interface;

determining by the server, an identity of a client based on an email address and a password entered into the second user interface of the client device;

providing by the server, display information to the client device to upload the data based on the identity of the client; and

providing, from the server to the client device via the network, a content item corresponding to the uploaded data, wherein the content item is displayed on the client device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content item includes at least one organizational category corresponding to the uploaded data.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uploaded data include videos.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content item includes uniform resource locators (URL) corresponding to videos.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

providing the second user interface to the client device via the network as a web page.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first user interface and the second user interface are applications running on the client device.

7. A server, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with a client device across a network; and

a processor configured to;

receive, via the communication unit, information entered into a first user interface displayed on the client device,

wherein the information corresponds to a service selected from a plurality of services, offered by each of a plurality of service providers, displayed on the first user interface, and

wherein a second user interface displayed on the client device to upload data to the server is generated based on the service selected, from the plurality of services offered by each of the plurality of service providers, on the first user interface;

determine an identity of a client based on an email address and a password entered into the second user interface of the client device;

provide display information to the client device to upload the data based on the identity of the client; and

provide a content item corresponding to the uploaded data to the client device, wherein the content item is displayed on the client device.

8. The server according to claim 7, wherein the network is a wireless network.

9. The server according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

authenticate the client device based on an email address and a password; and

provide display information to the client device to generate the second user interface based on the authentication of the client device.

10. The server according to claim 9, wherein the uploaded data include videos.

11. A system, comprising:

a client device configured to;

display a first user interface and a second user interface; and

transmit information entered into the first user interface application via a network; and

a server configured to;

receive the information entered into the first user interface via the network,

wherein the information corresponds to a service selected from a plurality of services, offered by each of a plurality of service providers, displayed on the first user interface, and

wherein the second user interface displayed on the client device to upload data to the server is generated used on the service selected, from the plurality of services offered by each of the plurality of service providers, on the first user interface;

determine an identity of a client based on an email address and a password entered into the second user interface of the client device;

provide display information to the client device to upload the data based on the identity of the client; and

provide a content item corresponding to the uploaded data to the client device, wherein the content item is displayed on the client device.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the content item is a uniform resource locator corresponding to a multimedia file.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the multimedia file includes a video.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a server execute operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, via a network, information entered into a first user interface displayed on a client device,

wherein the information corresponds to a service selected from a plurality of services, offered by each of a plurality of service providers, displayed on first the user interface, and

wherein a second user interface displayed on the client device for uploading data to the server is generated based on the service selected, from the plurality of services offered by each of the plurality of service providers, on the first user interface;

determine an identity of a client based on an email address and a password entered into the second user interface of the client device;

provide display information to the client device to upload the data based on the identity of the client; and

providing, via the network, a content item corresponding to the uploaded data to the client device, wherein the content item is displayed on the client device.