Apparatus and method for automatic conversion of content address and associated action thereof for social television sharing

• US 9,131,261 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ajitomi, Daisuke, Aizu, Hiroyuki, Minami, Keisuke, Ise, Kotaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hai V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tien M
• Application Number:
  US13/617,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20130276009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 725/51, 725/109
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43 Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

An information processor includes a receiver configured to receive, from a first device, a response information request including content identification information for identifying a content in a network; an extraction portion configured to extract a plurality of element information pieces included in the content identification information; a storage to store therein each of conditions for a first element information piece among the plurality of element information pieces, and a response information piece in association with each other; and a generator configured to generate a response message including the response information piece stored in association with a condition that the first element information piece extracted by the extraction portion satisfies among the conditions for the first element information piece stored in the storage portion.

Claims

1. An information processor comprising:

a receiver that receives, from a first device, a response information request including content identification information for identifying a content in a network and device identification information for identifying a type of an execution device that actually performs processing on the content;

an extraction portion, executed by a processor using a program, that extracts a plurality of element information pieces included in the content identification information;

a storage that stores therein conditions for a first element information piece among the plurality of element information pieces, and a response information piece in association with each condition; and

a generator, executed by the processor, that generates a response message including the response information piece stored in association with a condition that the first element information piece extracted by the extraction portion satisfies among the conditions for the first element information piece stored in the storage,

wherein the response message includes a control command program which serves as user interface information, and which enables processing to be performed on the content, and a device detection program for detecting the execution device,

wherein the control command program controls internal functions of the execution device to view or record the content, and

the control command program varies depending on the type of the execution device that actually performs the processing on the content.

2. The information processor according to claim 1, wherein the first element information piece is time information related to the content.

3. The information processor according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second storage to store therein first conversion information for converting the element information pieces; and

a conversion portion, executed by the processor, that converts the element information pieces by use of first information related to the first device and the first conversion information.

4. The information processor according to claim 3, wherein the first information related to the first device is information included in the response information request.

5. The information processor according to claim 3, further comprising:

a third storage to store therein second conversion information for converting the content identification information;

wherein

the conversion portion converts the content identification information by use of second information related to the first device and the second conversion information.

6. The information processor according to claim 5, wherein the second information related to the first device is information included in the response information request.

7. The information processor according to claim 3, wherein:

the first conversion information is information in which the element information pieces included in the content identification information are associated with a combination of a broadcast area and a broadcaster, and the first information related to the first device is a broadcast area to which the first device belongs; and

in a case where a broadcast area stored in association with the element information pieces extracted by the extraction portion is different from the broadcast area to which the first device belongs,

the conversion portion converts the element information pieces extracted by the extraction portion into element information pieces associated with a combination of the broadcast area to which the first device belongs and the broadcaster associated with the element information pieces extracted by the extraction portion.

8. The information processor according to claim 5, wherein:

the second conversion information is information in which the content identification information is associated with information on a medium providing the content, and the second information related to the first device is information indicating a medium supported by the first device;

in a case where a medium providing a content identified by the content identification information included in the response information request is different from the medium supported by the first device,

the conversion portion converts the content identification information included in the response information request into content identification information stored in association with the medium supported by the first device; and

the generator generates a response message including the response information piece corresponding to the condition satisfied by the element information pieces converted by the conversion portion.

9. The information processor according to claim 1, further comprising a second extraction portion executed by the processor, wherein:

the response information request further includes device information related to the first device;

the second extraction portion extracts the device information from the response information request;

the storage stores the response information piece in association with a combination of each of the conditions for the element information pieces and a condition for the device information; and

the generator generates a response message including a response information piece associated with the condition satisfied by the device information extracted by the second extraction portion.

10. The information processor according to claim 9, wherein the response message includes information to be displayed on the first device.

11. The information processor according to claim 1, further comprising a content information storage to store therein content element information being information on the content;

and

the generator includes the content element information in the response message.

12. The information processor according to claim 11, further comprising a transmitter that transmits the response message generated by the generator to the first device.

13. The information processor according to claim 12, wherein the generator includes control protocol information for controlling the execution device in the response message.

14. An information processing method comprising:

receiving, from a first device, a response information request including content identification information for identifying a content in a network and device identification information for identifying a type of an execution device that actually performs processing on the content;

extracting a plurality of element information pieces included in the content identification information; and

generating a response message by referring to a storage that stores conditions for a first element information piece among the plurality of element information pieces and a response information piece in association with each condition, the response message including the response information piece stored in association with a condition that the first element information piece satisfies, among the conditions for the first element information piece stored in the storage,

wherein the response message includes a control command program which serves as user interface information, and which enables processing to be performed on the content, and a device detection program for detecting the execution device,

wherein the control command program controls internal functions of the execution device to view or record the content, and

the control command program varies depending on the type of the execution device that actually performs the processing on the content.

15. The information processing method according to claim 14, wherein the first element information piece is time information related to the content.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an information processing program for causing a computer to generate a message, comprising the functions of:

receiving, from a first device, a response information request including content identification information for identifying a content in a network and device identification information for identifying a type of an execution device that actually performs processing on the content;

extracting a plurality of element information pieces included in the content identification information; and

generating a response message by referring to a storage that stores conditions for a first element information piece among the plurality of element information pieces and a response information piece in association with each condition, the response message including the response information piece stored in association with the condition that the first element information piece extracted by the extraction function satisfies, among the conditions for the first element information piece stored in the storage,

wherein the response message includes a control command program which serves as user interface information, and which enables processing to be performed on the content, and a device detection program for detecting the execution device,

wherein the control command program controls internal functions of the first device to view or record the content, and

the control command program varies depending on the type of the execution device that actually performs the processing on the content.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing the information processing program, according to claim 16, wherein the first element information piece is time information related to the content.