Network System and Replay Apparatus

• US 20080215707A1
• Filed: 12/26/2007
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Senoo, Junya
• Granted Patent: US 8,521,840 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists

Abstract

Disclosed is a network system including a server to store a content and a plurality of replay apparatuses to receive the content transmitted from the server, the replay apparatuses being connected with the server via a network, and the replay apparatus including a list storage unit to store a predetermined content list, an obtaining unit to obtain the content list stored in the list storage unit of another replay apparatus connected via the network, and a storage control unit to store the content list obtained by the obtaining unit in the list storage unit.

Claims

1. A network system, comprising:

a server to store a content; and

a plurality of replay apparatuses to receive the content transmitted from the server, the replay apparatuses being connected with the server via a network, wherein

the replay apparatus comprises

a specific list storage unit to store a specific list which is a predetermined content list specific to the replay apparatus,

a shared list storage unit to store a shared list which is a predetermined content which is shared among all of the replay apparatuses which are connected via the network,

an obtaining unit to obtain the specific list stored in a specific list storage unit of another replay apparatus connected via the network,

a storage control unit to store the specific list obtained by the obtaining unit in the specific list storage unit of the replay apparatus,

an editing unit to carry out a predetermined editing process for the shared list stored by the shared list storage unit, and

an updating unit to update the shared list storage unit based on an update list by transmitting the shared list which is edited to the another replay apparatus connected via the network as the update list and by receiving the update list from the another replay apparatus connected via the network when the shared list is edited by the editing unit.

2. A replay apparatus which is connected with a server storing a content via a network and which receives the content transmitted from the server, comprising:

a list storage unit to store a predetermined content list,

an obtaining unit to obtain the content list stored in the list storage unit of another replay apparatus connected via the network, and

a storage control unit to store the content list obtained by the obtaining unit in the list storage unit.

3. A network system, comprising:

a server to store a content; and

a plurality of replay apparatuses to receive the content transmitted from the server, the replay apparatuses being connected with the server via a network, wherein

the replay apparatus comprises

a list storage unit to store a predetermined content list,

an obtaining unit to obtain the content list stored in the list storage unit of another replay apparatus connected via the network, and

a storage control unit to store the content list obtained by the obtaining unit in the list storage unit.

4. The network system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the replay apparatus further comprises an editing unit to carry out a predetermined editing process for the content list stored by the list storage unit.

5. The network system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the replay apparatus further comprises an updating unit to update the list storage unit based on an update list by transmitting the content list which is edited to the another replay apparatus connected via the network as the update list and by receiving the update list transmitted from the another replay apparatus connected via the network when the content list is edited by the editing unit.