Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080256218 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, RECORDING DEVICE, SERVICE SERVER, METHOD OF ACQUIRING RESOURCE STATUS OF RECORDING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A network system including: a terminal unit; one or more recording devices; a service server; and a controller is disclosed. The controller includes: a resource status acquiring unit that, upon receiving a resource status acquisition request to request acquisition of information on resource status of the one or more recording devices, the resource status acquisition request being transmitted from the service server that received the remote recording reservation request from the terminal unit, transmits a resource status acquisition instruction to the one or more recording devices via the local area network and receives a result of determination on remote recording reservation depending on the resource status, as the resource status information, from the one or more recording devices. | 10-16-2008 |
20080298268 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROLLED DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A communication system including a controlled device to be controlled and an information processing apparatus, in which the controlled device includes a transmission means for transmitting a message indicating that an event has occurred to the information processing apparatus and a control means for performing processing according to a request from the information processing means, and in which the information processing apparatus includes a receiving means for receiving the message indicating that the event has occurred at the controlled device, which has been transmitted from the controlled device and a request means for deciding processing performed by the controlled device according to the event indicated by the message received by the receiving means and requesting the controlled device to perform the decided processing. | 12-04-2008 |
20080301262 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes: first and second information processing devices for performing communication through a network, which include a first transmission unit for, in the case of data to be downloaded being selected, transmitting a data download request to the second information processing device along with downloaded data identification information, and third information processing device identification information, and a second transmission unit for transmitting a data download request to the third information processing device identified with the data identification information and the device identification information in response to the download request from the first information processing device, respectively; and a third information processing device for downloading data through the network from a distribution server for distributing data, which includes a download unit for downloading data identified with the data identification information from the distribution server in response to the download request from the second information processing device. | 12-04-2008 |
20080307480 | NETWORK SYSTEM, MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD, SERVICE SERVER, DIRECT ACCESS MANAGEMENT SERVER, NETWORK HOME APPLIANCE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A network system includes a terminal apparatus, a network home appliance, a service server that provides the terminal apparatus with a service for controlling the network home appliance through a network, and a direct access management server that performs exchange of information necessary for directly accessing the network home appliance through the network. The network home appliance includes a first storing unit that stores setting information for setting necessity of message transmission concerning an event that occurs in the network home appliance and a message transmitting unit that judges necessity of transmission of a message concerning the event and transmits the message. The direct access management server includes a first message-transmission processing unit that specifies the service server and transmits the message to the service server. The service server includes a second message-transmission processing unit that specifies a destination of the terminal apparatus and transmits the message to the destination. | 12-11-2008 |
20090129745 | PORTABLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A portable device includes a setting means that sets a recording reservation; an acquisition means that, when instructed to display a list of recording reservations, acquires information that indicates the contents of a recording reservation set in a recording device by requesting the information processing device; an integrating means that integrates a recording reservation set in the portable device with the recording reservation set in the recording device and indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition means; and a display control means that displays the contents of the recording reservation set in the portable device and the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device on the basis of the recording reservations integrated by the integrating means together with information that indicates which recording site the contents will be recorded in, the recording medium of the portable device or a recording medium of the recording device, when recorded in accordance with the respective recording reservations. The information processing device, when requested from the portable device, accesses the recording device to acquire the information that indicates the contents of the recording reservation set in the recording device and then transmits the information to the portable device. The acquisition means acquires the information transmitted from the information processing device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090178128 | NETWORK SYSTEM, DIRECT-ACCESS METHOD, NETWORK HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, AND PROGRAM - A network system includes a first device, a second device, and a server device capable of registering the first and second devices in correlation and establishing an always-on connection session with the second device. The first device includes a callback request transmission section for transmitting a callback request containing designation information on the first device on a network to the server device. The server device includes a callback request relay section for transmitting the callback request from the first device to the second device through the connection session. The second device includes a direct-access session establishment request section for connecting with the first device through the network based on the designation information in the callback request received from the server device and transmitting a request for establishment of a session for direct access, and a direct-access communication section for communicating with the first device through the session for direct access. | 07-09-2009 |
20090248797 | Server apparatus, network system, data transfer method, and program - Disclosed is a server apparatus including a registration means for associating a first apparatus with a plurality of second apparatuses as the control targets thereof, and registering the first apparatus and the plurality of second apparatuses associated, a constant connection session establishment means for establishing a constant connection session with each of the plurality of second apparatuses, a request reception means for receiving from the first apparatus a first request to transfer data between the plurality of second apparatuses, and a request transmission means for transmitting a second request to directly transfer data between the plurality of second apparatuses to one of the plurality of second apparatuses through the constant connection session in response to the received first request. | 10-01-2009 |
20090252475 | Electronic Apparatus, Image Processing Method, Program, and Content Recording Medium - An electronic apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read, from a removable content recording medium on which at least one content item among a plurality of content items purchased by a user is recorded, playback rights information indicating that the plurality of content items can be played back, and position information indicating a recording destination of information regarding unrecorded content that is content that has not been recorded on the content recording medium; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the unrecorded content on the basis of the position information via a network; and a playback control unit configured to control playback of the obtained unrecorded content by using the playback rights information. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254945 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, SERVER, AND SERVER METHOD - A playback apparatus that communicates with a server and plays back data of a content item in accordance with a control file sent from the server includes a medium-information obtaining unit that obtains medium specifying information specifying a recording medium inserted into the medium-information obtaining unit; a playback-mode specifying unit that specifies a playback mode of a content item recorded on the recording medium; a sending unit that sends the medium specifying information and information specifying the playback mode to the server; and a playback control unit that receives a control file sent by the server in accordance with the sent medium specifying information and the sent information specifying the playback mode and controls playback of the content item recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the control file. | 10-08-2009 |
20090265741 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIA - An information processing apparatus includes: a program distribution schedule information receiver configured to receive program distribution schedule information; a program-associated information acquirer configured to acquire, for each program listed in the program distribution schedule information, information for identifying content associated with the program and program-associated information including information for identifying a recording media to which the content is recorded; and a display controller configured to control displaying of a program guide by allocating a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for controlling a command for reproducing the content corresponding to the program into each display box of the program on the basis of the received program distribution schedule information and the acquired program-associated information. | 10-22-2009 |
20090274448 | Recording apparatus, recording status detection method, program delivery and recording system, and program - A recording apparatus includes: a guide information obtaining section to obtain guide information of a program scheduled to be delivered; a series information obtaining section to obtain series information for specifying a plurality of programs belonging to a series; a program data obtaining section to obtain data of the programs; a program data storage section capable of storing the data of the programs; a program data recording section to store the data of the programs obtained by the program data obtaining section in the program data storage section; a recording history storage section to store information about the programs whose data is stored in the program data storage section, as recording history information; and a detection section to detect a recording status of at least one program belonging to the series intended to be recorded based on the guide information, the series information, and the recording history information. | 11-05-2009 |
20090279847 | Program accumulation apparatus, program accumulation reservation method, and program - A program accumulation apparatus includes: a broadcast program acquisition section to acquire data of a broadcast program based on a preset recording reservation; a delivery program acquisition section to acquire data of a delivery program delivered by a downloading method via a network based on a preset download reservation; a storage section to accumulate the data of the broadcast program or the data of the delivery program; a designation section to accept a designation of the broadcast program for the recording reservation; a judgment section to judge whether the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is possible; and a setting section to judge, when the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is judged as being impossible, whether the download reservation of the delivery program of the same source as the broadcast program is possible, and set the download reservation of the delivery program when judged possible. | 11-12-2009 |
20100011348 | RECORDING APPARATUS, SOFTWARE UPDATE DATA ACQUISITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM - A recording apparatus includes a delivery schedule information acquisition section, an update reservation section, and an update data acquisition section. The delivery schedule information acquisition section acquires information on a delivery schedule of update data for updating control software, the update data being delivered from an update delivery server by an IP multicast system. The update reservation section generates, based on the information on the delivery schedule acquired by the delivery schedule information acquisition section, acquisition reservation information of the update data. The update data acquisition section acquires the update data based on the acquisition reservation information generated by the update reservation section. | 01-14-2010 |
20100131690 | Content reception apparatus and content reception method - Disclosed is a content reception apparatus capable of receiving a content distributed from a server apparatus via a first network and a second network, the content reception apparatus including a plurality of content reception apparatuses capable of being connected to the second network that is local and connected to the first network, the server apparatus being capable of distributing a content and capable of being connected to the first network. The content reception apparatus includes an arbitration condition storage unit to store an arbitration condition for an arbitration, an arbitration table storage unit to store an arbitration table, an input unit with which a content reception request is input, an arbitration start request transmission unit to generate and transmit an arbitration start request, and an arbitration unit to execute arbitration processings. | 05-27-2010 |
20110074713 | REMOTE OPERATION DEVICE, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, REMOTE OPERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A remote operation device is provided which includes a display panel for displaying an object, a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel, a detection unit for detecting a selection operation on the object on the display panel, a remote operation unit for remotely operating an electronic device according to the detected selection operation, and a display control unit for displaying on the display panel the object near a characteristic area of the housing identifiable by touch. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit which communicates with a distribution server that contains content data for streaming delivery, a buffer unit which temporarily stores stream data obtained from the distribution server, a storage unit which stores an inserting content, a reproduction unit which reproduces the content inserted by the storage unit, and a control unit which measures a bandwidth of the network, determines whether it is possible to reproduce until the end of a next chapter defined by a chapter point set in the content based on a buffer volume of the buffer unit and the bandwidth, and when determined it is impossible, switches the content to be produced by the reproduction unit to the inserting content. | 03-31-2011 |
20110113338 | Information output apparatus and method and program - Disclosed herein is an information output apparatus including: a storage configured to store an output sequence of content; an output controller configured to control output of the content; and an acquirer configured to obtain output information of the content to be added, wherein the acquirer obtains the content and an output condition as the output information of the content to be added from a terminal apparatus, the storage stores the sequence of the content to be added, and the output controller outputs the content to be added in the stored sequence in accordance with the output condition. | 05-12-2011 |
20110135270 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search information notification section which notifies a search device of search information via a communication section, a search result acquisition section which acquires a plurality of search result pages retrieved from a plurality of search pages, respectively, in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section, and a display control section which causes a display section to display one of the plurality of search result pages acquired by the search result acquisition section from the search device, and which causes the display section to display another one of the plurality of search result pages based on the operation information an input of which is accepted by an input section. | 06-09-2011 |
20110185379 | Content reproduction system and content reproduction method - Provided is a content reproduction system including a content reproduction apparatus including a first receiving unit receiving a request for a list of reproducible content and a content reproduction request, each transmitted from an information processing apparatus, a confirmation unit confirming predetermined information attached to the request for a content-list having received by the first receiving unit, a generation unit generating a content-list to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus, based on confirmation-results by the confirmation unit, and a first transmitting unit transmitting the content-list generated by the generation unit to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus including a second transmitting unit transmitting a request for a list of reproducible content and a content reproduction request to the content reproduction apparatus, a second receiving unit receiving a content-list transmitted from the content reproduction apparatus, and a display unit displaying the content-list received by the receiving unit. | 07-28-2011 |
20120176336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling a user to easily and accurately determine an operation state of the apparatus. | 07-12-2012 |
20120262492 | LINKED DISPLAY SYSTEM, LINKED DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a linked display system capable of improving availability of information having different scales and amounts of information, a linked display method, and a program. A mobile terminal | 10-18-2012 |
20130108238 | NETWORK SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DISPLAYING RECORD SCHEDULING STATE, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RECORDING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130132526 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes: first and second information processing devices for performing communication through a network, which include a first transmission unit for, in the case of data to be downloaded being selected, transmitting a data download request to the second information processing device along with downloaded data identification information, and third information processing device identification information, and a second transmission unit for transmitting a data download request to the third information processing device identified with the data identification information and the device identification information in response to the download request from the first information processing device, respectively; and a third information processing device for downloading data through the network from a distribution server for distributing data, which includes a download unit for downloading data identified with the data identification information from the distribution server in response to the download request from the second information processing device. | 05-23-2013 |
20130272684 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, RECORDING DEVICE, SERVICE SERVER, METHOD OF ACQUIRING RESOURCE STATUS OF RECORDING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A network system including: a terminal unit; one or more recording devices; a service server; and a controller is disclosed. The controller includes: a resource status acquiring unit that, upon receiving a resource status acquisition request to request acquisition of information on resource status of the one or more recording devices, the resource status acquisition request being transmitted from the service server that received the remote recording reservation request from the terminal unit, transmits a resource status acquisition instruction to the one or more recording devices via the local area network and receives a result of determination on remote recording reservation depending on the resource status, as the resource status information, from the one or more recording devices. | 10-17-2013 |
20130302009 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an operation information holding unit, an attribution obtaining unit, and an operation information presentation unit. The operation information holding unit is configured to hold operation information for each attribution of content. The attribution obtaining unit is configured to obtain an attribution of reproduction content that is content being reproduced. The operation information presentation unit is configured to present operation information corresponding to the reproduction content based on the attribution. | 11-14-2013 |