Information processor, information processing method and program

• US 9,769,503 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2013
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamagishi, Yasuaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huerta, Alexander Q
• Application Number:
  US13/934,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20140137165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/783 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2143 located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum arrangements specially adapted for plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63; adaptations for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution in television systems H04N7/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• 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 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content

Abstract

An information processor making up a home network system together with a terminal device. The information processor includes an identification request processing section, a publishing section, and a command execution section. The identification request processing section is configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query. The publishing section is configured to publish, to the terminal device, a command to operate the identification request processing section from the terminal device. The command execution section is configured to operate the identification request section in response to the command from the terminal device so as to transfer the response to the terminal device.

Claims

1. An information processor making up a home network system together with a terminal device, the information processor comprising:

circuitry configured to

provide, to the terminal device, a command for the terminal device to send back to the information processor to cause an identification function to be executed by the circuitry of the information processor;

execute the identification function that is configured to extract, from content processed for display to a user, signature data indicating a feature of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data, and transmit the query to an identification server;

receive a response indicating the identification result of the content returned from the identification server in response to the query; and

transfer the response received from the identification server to the terminal device, wherein

the identification function is executed in response to receiving the command back from the terminal device.

2. The information processor of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to

provide, to the terminal device, a device description in which a URL of the command is directly described.

3. The information processor of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to

directly describe the URL of the command in the device description with a predetermined element and provide the device description to the terminal device.

4. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the command is WebAPI or WebSocket.

5. The information processor of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to

deliver a Notify message by multicast in the home network and provide the device description to the terminal device in response to access from the terminal device based on the Notify message.

6. The information processor of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to

provide the device description to the terminal device in response to M-Search from the terminal device.

7. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the response includes related meta data associated with the identified content.

8. An information processing method of an information processor that makes up a home network system together with a terminal device, the method comprising;

providing, to the terminal device, a command for the terminal device to send back to the information processor to cause an identification function to be executed by circuitry of the information processor;

executing, by the circuitry of the information processor, the identification function that is configured to extract, from content processed for display to a user, signature data indicating a feature of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data, and transmit the query to an identification server;

receiving a response indicating the identification result of the content returned from the identification server in response to the query; and

transferring the response received from the identification server to the terminal device, wherein

the identification function is executed in response to receiving the command back from the terminal device.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer, making up a home network system together with a terminal device, to:

provide, to the terminal device, a command for the terminal device to send back to the computer to cause an identification function to be executed by the computer;

execute the identification function that is configured to extract, from content processed for display to a user, signature data indicating a feature of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data, and transmit the query to an identification server;

receive a response indicating the identification result of the content returned from the identification server in response to the query; and

transfer the response received from the identification server to the terminal device, wherein

the identification function is executed in response to receiving the command back from the terminal device.

10. An information processor making up a home network system together with a content reproduction device, the content reproduction device including first circuitry configured to execute an identification function that is configured to extract, from content processed for display to a user, signature data indicating a feature of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data, and transmit the query to an identification server, the first circuitry being configured to receive a response indicating the identification result of the content returned from the identification server in response to the query, the information processor comprising;

second circuitry configured to

acquire from the content reproduction device a command for the information processor to send back to the content reproduction device to cause the identification function of the content reproduction device to be executed,

provide the command to the content reproduction device to invoke the identification function,

receive the response from the identification server and transferred from the content reproduction device, and

acquire and execute a linked application to be executed with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with the identified content, wherein

the identification function is executed by the first circuitry in response to the content reproduction device receiving the command back from the information processor.

11. The information processor of claim 10, wherein the second circuitry is configured to

acquire a URL of the command directly described in a device description provided by the content reproduction device.

12. The information processor of claim 11, wherein the second circuitry is configured to

acquire the URL of the command directly described in the device description with a predetermined element provided by the content reproduction device.

13. The information processor of claim 11, wherein

the command is WebAPI or WebSocket.

14. The information processor of claim 11, wherein the second circuitry is configured to

acquire the device description from the content reproduction device based on a Notify message delivered by multicast in the home network by the content reproduction device.

15. The information processor of claim 11, wherein the second circuitry is configured to

acquire the device description searched for through M-Search and supplied from the content reproduction device.

16. The information processor of claim 11, wherein the circuitry is configured to

provide, to the user, meta data of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with the identified content.

17. An information processing method of an information processor that makes up a home network system together with a content reproduction device, the content reproduction device including first circuitry configured to execute an identification function that is configured to extract, from content processed for display to a user, signature data indicating a feature of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data, and transmit the query to an identification server, the first circuitry being configured to receive a response indicating the identification result of the content returned from the identification server in response to the query;

the information processing method comprising;

acquiring from the content reproduction device, by second circuitry of the information processor, a command for the information processor to send back to the content reproduction device to cause the identification function of the content reproduction device to be executed;

providing the command to the content reproduction device to invoke the identification function;

receiving the response from the identification server and transferred from the content reproduction device; and

acquiring and executing, by the second circuitry, a linked application to be executed with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with the identified content, wherein

the identificaton function is executed by the first circuitry in response to the content reproduction device receiving the command back from the information processor.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer, making up a home network system together with a content reproduction device, to;

acquire from the content reproduction device a command for the computer to send back to the content reproduction device to cause an identification function of the content reproduction device to be executed,

provide the command to the content reproduction device to invoke the identification function,

receive a response from an identification server and transferred from the content reproduction device; and

acquire and execute a linked application to be executed with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the received response and associated with identified content, wherein

the content reproduction device includes circuitry configured to execute the identification function that is configured to extract, from content processed for display to a user, signature data indicating a feature of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data, and transmit the query to the identification server,

the circuitry is configured to receive the response indicating the identification result of the content returned from the identification server in response to the query, and

the identification function is executed by the circuitry in response to the content reproduction device receiving the command back from the computer.

19. An information processing method of a home network system made up of a content reproduction device and terminal device, the content reproduction device including first circuitry configured to execute an identification function configured to extract, from content processed for display to a user, signature data indicating a feature of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server, the first circuitry being configured to receive a response indicating the identification result of the content returned from the identification server in response to the query, the information processing method comprising:

providing, by the first circuitry, a command for the terminal device to send back to the content reproduction device to cause the identification-function to be executed by the first circuitry;

receiving, by second circuitry of the terminal device, the command provided by the content reproduction device;

providing, by the second circuitry, the command to the content reproduction device to invoke the identification function;

executing, by the first circuitry, the identification function in response to receiving the command back from the terminal device;

transferring the response received from the identification server to the terminal device; and

receiving, by the second circuitry, the transferred response and acquiring and executing a linked application to be executed with the progress of the content based on related meta data included in the response and associated with the identified content.