Information processing device, information processing method and medium

• US 7,631,334 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2001
• Issued: 12/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Horiguchi, Mari
• Primary Examiner(s): BOCCIO, VINCENT F
• Application Number:
  US09/761,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20010023431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,248 Days
• Field of Search: 386/83, 386/95, 725/58, 725/37, 725/78, 725/80, 725/82, 725/85, 725/141, 725/39, 725/40, 715/713
• US Class Current: 725/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43622 Interfacing an external recording device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

Any of the AV devices or the users of a network system to which the present invention is applied can input detailed information on a recording reservation and provide the remaining AV devices and the users with the detailed information on the recording reservations that the AV device or the user has and it is possible to realize a means to be used by any of the AV devices or the users to provide the remaining AV devices and the users with the detailed information on the recording reservations that the AV device or the user has. Such a system can effectively avoid occurrence of so-called double booking and is easy to use for the users. In a specific processing operation, raw_text_information_block containing a raw text showing details of a reservation and character_code_information_block and language_code_information_block showing the coding of the raw text are described in a Resource Schedule Entry of an RSB.

Claims

1. An information processing device adapted to be connected to other information processing devices by way of a network, comprising:

a function execution means for executing a predetermined function, the function execution means having a schedule of operation;

a storage means for storing a first piece of information on the schedule of operation of the function execution means;

an acquisition means for acquiring a second piece of information on the schedule of operation of the function execution means not contained in the previously stored first piece of information, wherein the second piece of information includes information associated with a recording reservation of the devices in the network;

a control means for putting the second piece of information into a predetermined block format and storing it in the storage means as additional information to the first piece of information; and

a display means for displaying a warning indicating double booking of recording reservations to a user and displaying a cause of the double booking, regardless of whether the cause of double booking is located on the information processing device or on any other remaining processing device in the same network;

the control means being for cancelling the recording reservation when a double booking occurs and the recording reservation is a preliminary reservation, wherein an entry of the recording reservation as the preliminary reservation provides notice at time of the entry that the recording reservation may be cancelled to record a subsequent reservation.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said first piece of information includes information on said schedule of operation as defined in a digital interface format;

and

said second piece of information further includes text information adapted to display details of said schedule of operation.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein said second piece of information further includes a character code and a language code representing a raw text and the coding of the raw text.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said control means is adapted to controlling the storage means of another information processing device connected to said network for reading and writing said first piece of information and said second piece of information.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said control means is adapted to controlling said storage means for reading and writing said first piece of information and said second piece of information according to a command from the control means of another information processing device connected to said network.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said acquisition means is adapted to generating said second piece of information from the defined information on the schedule of operation of said function execution means input by the user of the device.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said acquisition means is adapted to acquiring said second piece of information from the storage means of another information processing device connected to said network storing said second piece of information.

8. An information processing method to be used for an information processing device adapted to be connected to other information processing devices by way of a network and having a function execution means for executing a predetermined function and a storage means for storing a first piece of information on a schedule of operation of the function execution means, the method comprising:

acquiring a second piece of information on the schedule of operation of the function execution means not contained in the previously stored first piece of information, wherein the second piece of information includes information associated with a recording reservation of the devices in the network;

putting the second piece of information into a predetermined block format and storing it in the storage means as additional information to the first piece of information;

displaying a warning indicating double booking of recording reservations to a user and displaying a cause of the double booking, regardless of whether the cause of double booking is located on the information processing device or on any other remaining processing device in the same network; and

cancelling the recording reservation when the recording reservation is a preliminary reservation, wherein an entry of the recording reservation as the preliminary reservation provides notice at time of the entry that the recording reservation may be cancelled to record a subsequent reservation.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein

said first piece of information includes information on said schedule of operation as defined in a digital interface format;

and

said second piece of information further includes text information adapted to display details of said schedule of operation.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein said second piece of information further includes a character code and a language code representing a raw text and the coding of the raw text.

11. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein said method is adapted to controlling the storage means of another information processing device connected to said network for reading and writing said first piece of information and said second piece of information.

12. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein said method is adapted to controlling said storage means for reading and writing said first piece of information and said second piece of information according to a command from the control means of another information processing device connected to said network.

13. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein said method is adapted to generating said second piece of information from the defined information on the schedule of operation of said function execution means input by the user of the device.

14. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein said method is adapted to acquiring said second piece of information from the storage means of another information processing device connected to said network storing said second piece of information.

15. A computer readable medium having a program to cause an information processing device execute a method comprising:

acquiring a second piece of information on a schedule of operation of a function execution means, the second piece of information not contained in a stored first piece of information, wherein the second piece of information includes information associated with a recording reservation of the devices in the network;

putting the second piece of information into a predetermined block format and storing it in a storage means as additional information to the first piece of information;

displaying a warning indicating double booking of recording reservations to a user and displaying a cause of the double booking, regardless of whether the cause of double booking is located on the information processing device or on any other remaining processing device in the same network; and

cancelling the recording reservation when the recording reservation is a preliminary reservation, wherein an entry of the recording reservation as the preliminary reservation provides notice at time of the entry that the recording reservation may be cancelled to record a subsequent reservation.