Personal Casting System

• US 8,768,771 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoshimine, Takao, Tsutsui, Mototsugu, Sueyoshi, Takahiko, Nakamura, Toshinori, Hanaya, Hiroyuki, Uchiyama, Nobuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAMPAGNE, DONALD
• Application Number:
  US12/891,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20110023089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.56, 705/14.66, 709/203, 709/219, 715/819, 715/841, 725/56, 725/61, 725/86, 725/97
• US Class Current: 705/14.56
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0274 Split fees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A profit redistribution device, profit redistribution method, program storage medium, profit redistribution system, content providing device, content providing method, program storage media, and content providing system are disclosed. Profit redistribution processing is performed according to the accumulated points proportionate to the number of times the content with a commercial video is provided to a client PC. Thus, a fair profit redistribution can be easily performed. A preset content with a commercial video is provided to a user when requested from the client PC, and it is possible to provide advertisement information without the user being aware of the commercial.

Claims

1. A content providing apparatus, comprising:

a communicator configured to receive authentication information from a first device identifying a user of the first device; and

a control unit configured to

determine that the user of the first device is a registered user, and

authenticate the user of the first device based on the authentication information,

wherein the communicator receives, from the first device, content and a content genre selection of an online menu by the user of the first device, and

wherein the communicator provides the content to a second device over a network in response to a selection of a channel name related to the content by a user of the second device.

2. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to control the communicator to receive a predetermined category related to the content, and

to provide web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second device.

3. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a schedule database according to a time frame set up.

4. The content providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said storage unit stores the schedule database in response to a reservation from the first processing device.

5. The content providing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said reservation has an upper limit on a number of contents provided at one scheduled time.

6. The content providing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit is configured to provide a message that indicates that the contents cannot be provided at said one scheduled time if the number of said contents to be provided at said one scheduled time reaches said upper limit.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, at a communicator, authentication information from a device, the authentication information identifying a user of the first device;

determining, in a control unit, that the user of the first device is a registered user; and

authenticating, in the control unit, the user of the first device based on the authentication information,

wherein the communicator receives, from the first device, content and a content genre selection of an online menu by the user of the first device, and

wherein the communicator provides the content to a second device over a network in response to a selection of a channel name related to the content by a user of the second device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

controlling the communicator to receive a predetermined category related to the content; and

providing web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second information processing device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing a schedule database according to a time frame set up.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the storing includes storing the schedule database in response to a reservation from the first processing device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said reservation has an upper limit on a number of contents provided at one scheduled time.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

providing a message that indicates that the contents cannot be provided at said one scheduled time if the number of said contents to be provided at said one scheduled time reaches said upper limit.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a content providing apparatus, causes the content providing apparatus to execute a method comprising:

receiving, at a communicator, authentication information from a device, the authentication information identifying a user of the first device;

determining, in a control unit, that the user of the first device is a registered user; and

authenticating, in the control unit, the user of the first device based on the authentication information,

wherein the communicator receives, from the first device, content and a content genre selection of an online menu by the user of the first device, and

wherein the communicator provides the content to a second device over a network in response to a selection of a channel name related to the content by a user of the second device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

controlling the communicator to receive a predetermined category related to the content; and

providing web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second information processing device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

storing a schedule database according to a time frame set up.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the storing includes storing the schedule database in response to a reservation from the first processing device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein said reservation has an upper limit on a number of contents provided at one scheduled time.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

providing a message that indicates that the contents cannot be provided at said one scheduled time if the number of said contents to be provided at said one scheduled time reaches said upper limit.

19. A system, comprising:

a content providing apparatus;

a first device communicatively coupled to the content providing apparatus over a network;

a second device communicatively coupled to the content providing apparatus over a network,

wherein the content providing apparatus includes,

a communicator configured to receive authentication information from a first device, the authentication information identifying a user of the first device, and

a control unit configured to

determine that the user of the first device is a registered user, and

authenticate the user of the first device based on the authentication information,

wherein the communicator receives, from the first device, content and a content genre selection of an online menu by the user of the first device, and

wherein the communicator provides the content to a second device over a network in response to a selection of a channel name related to the content by a user of the second device.

20. The content providing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said control unit is configured to control the communicator to receive a predetermined category related to the content, and

to provide web data which represents the channel name related to said predetermined category when a demand for said predetermined category is received from the second device.