Method of using server, server reservation control apparatus and program storage medium

• US 9,800,566 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2016
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Takanori, Ihara, Keigo, Yoshimine, Takao, Fukuda, Junko, Sueyoshi, Takahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrmanesh, Amir
• Application Number:
  US15/146,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20160248750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5014 Reservation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/72 using reservation actions during connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

In a content supply system, in order to use a streaming server to perform a live distribution, a user PC used makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control center. When the user PC sends desired reservation information to the server reservation control center via the Internet, if the reservation is accepted, a reservation ID only used for authentication of the reservation is created and sent from the server reservation control center to the user PC via the Internet. When a distribution request is sent from the user PC to the streaming server, authentication processing using this reservation ID is performed.

Claims

1. A server comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive, from a first user terminal, a user ID of a user for logging in,

transmit to the first user terminal, a first webpage for a user input, the first webpage including a first field representing text description associated with content data, and a second input field representing a level of access control to restrict users different from the user of the first user terminal from accessing the content data,

receive, from the first user terminal, information associated with the user input including text description associated with the content data and a level of access control, the level of access control being determined from two or more disclosure levels,

store, into a storage device, the received information associated with the user input in association with information of the user,

determine whether to update content of a second webpage based upon the received level of access control, the second webpage being different from the first webpage and being accessible by another user different from the user of the first terminal, and

update the content of the second webpage by including at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input based on determining to update the content of the second webpage.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein updating the content of the second webpage includes modifying the content by adding at least a portion of the received information to the second webpage.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein the first field representing text description associated with content data and the second input field representing the level of access control are simultaneously displayed at the first user terminal.

4. The server of claim 1, wherein

the second webpage includes at least two webpages, and

the circuitry is further configured to update the content of the two webpages by including at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input based on determining to update the content of the second webpage.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein

the two or more disclosure levels include a first disclosure level and a second disclosure level, and

the circuitry is further configured to update the content of the second webpage based on the first disclosure level being selected, and not update the content of the second webpage based on the second disclosure level being selected.

6. The server of claim 1, wherein

the two or more disclosure levels include a first disclosure level and a second disclosure level, and

the circuitry is further configured to allow public users to access the content data based on the first disclosure level being selected, and allow only one or more identified users to access the content data based on the second disclosure level being selected.

7. The server of claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify the one or more identified users of the at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input.

8. The server of claim 5, wherein the first disclosure level is a public disclosure level and the second disclosure level is a private disclosure level.

9. The server of claim 1, further comprising the storage device.

10. A method performed by a server, the method comprising:

receiving, from a first user terminal, a user ID of a user for logging in;

transmitting to the first user terminal, a first webpage for a user input, the first webpage including a first field representing text description associated with content data, and a second input field representing a level of access control to restrict users different from the user of the first user terminal from accessing the content data;

receiving, from the first user terminal, information associated with the user input including text description associated with the content data and a level of access control, the level of access control being determined from two or more disclosure levels;

storing, into a storage device, the received information associated with the user input in association with information of the user;

determining whether to update content of a second webpage based upon the received level of access control, the second webpage being different from the first webpage and being accessible by another user different from the user of the first terminal; and

updating the content of the second webpage by including at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input based on determining to update the content of the second webpage.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first field representing text description associated with content data and the second input field representing the level of access control are simultaneously displayed at the first user terminal.

12. The method of claim 10,

wherein the second webpage includes at least two webpages, and

the method further comprising updating the content of the two webpages by including at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input based on determining to update the content of the second webpage.

13. The method of claim 10,

wherein the two or more disclosure levels include a first disclosure level and a second disclosure level, and

the method further comprising updating the content of the second webpage based on the first disclosure level being selected, and not updating the content of the second webpage based on the second disclosure level being selected.

14. The method of claim 10,

wherein the two or more disclosure levels include a first disclosure level and a second disclosure level, and

the method further comprising allowing public users to access the content data based on the first disclosure level being selected, and allowing only one or more identified users to access the content data based on the second disclosure level being selected.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising notifying the one or more identified users of the at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first disclosure level is a public disclosure level and the second disclosure level is a private disclosure level.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving, from a first user terminal, a user ID of a user for logging in;

transmitting to the first user terminal, a first webpage for a user input, the first webpage including a first field representing text description associated with content data, and a second input field representing a level of access control to restrict users different from the user of the first user terminal from accessing the content data;

receiving, from the first user terminal, information associated with the user input including text description associated with the content data and a level of access control, the level of access control being determined from two or more disclosure levels;

storing, into a storage device, the received information associated with the user input in association with information of the user;

determining whether to update content of a second webpage based upon the received level of access control, the second webpage being different from the first webpage and being accessible by another user different from the user of the first terminal; and

updating the content of the second webpage by including at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input based on determining to update the content of the second webpage.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first field representing text description associated with content data and the second input field representing the level of access control are simultaneously displayed at the first user terminal.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17,

wherein the second webpage includes at least two webpages, and

the method further comprising updating the content of the two webpages by including at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input based on determining to update the content of the second webpage.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17,

wherein the two or more disclosure levels include a first disclosure level and a second disclosure level, and

the method further comprising updating the content of the second webpage based on the first disclosure level being selected, and not updating the content of the second webpage based on the second disclosure level being selected.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17,

wherein the two or more disclosure levels include a first disclosure level and a second disclosure level, and

the method further comprising allowing public users to access the content data based on the first disclosure level being selected, and allowing only one or more identified users to access the content data based on the second disclosure level being selected.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, further comprising notifying the one or more identified users of the at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input.

23. A system including one or more devices, the system comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive, from a first user terminal, a user ID of a user for logging in,

transmit to the first user terminal, a first webpage for a user input, the first webpage including a first field representing text description associated with content data, and a second input field representing a level of access control to restrict users different from the user of the first user terminal from accessing the content data,

receive, from the first user terminal, information associated with the user input including text description associated with the content data and a level of access control, the level of access control being determined from two or more disclosure levels,

store, into a storage device, the received information associated with the user input in association with information of the user,

determine whether to update content of a second webpage based upon the received level of access control, the second webpage being different from the first webpage and being accessible by another user different from the user of the first terminal, and

update the content of the second webpage by including at least a portion of the received information associated with the user input based on determining to update the content of the second webpage.