Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080250454 | INFORMATION TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROVIDER, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - MPEG video encoders and MPEG audio encoders encode video signals and audio signals, respectively. An SI/EPG data generator generates program information. A transport stream multiplexer multiplexes the program information with video data and audio data. A system controller controls the data output rates of the encoding operations and the multiplexing ratio. | 10-09-2008 |
20080307533 | Content Distribution System, Distribution Server, Receiving Terminal, and Computer Readable Medium - A system and method for distributing content data and license information. A distribution server includes a transmitting section for transmitting the content data and the license information, including information regarding a time limit that indicates a period for reproducing the content data, to the one or more receiving terminals. The distribution server also includes a request receiving section for receiving, from the one or more receiving terminals, a request for the content data and a request for the license information a second time without the content data, wherein the request for the license information a second time is transmitted in response to a notice indicating the status of the license information. | 12-11-2008 |
20090003592 | Content delivery system, delivery server, terminal, and content delivery method - Disclosed herein is a content delivery system which may include a delivery server for delivering content data, a terminal for downloading the content data, and a network. The delivery server may include, an encryption section, and a delivery section. The terminal may include a reception section. The terminal or the delivery server may include an interruption point recording section. The delivery server may include an interruption point acquisition section. Based on the interruption point information, the delivery section may start delivery of one or more of the encrypted blocks that remain to be delivered. | 01-01-2009 |
20090094253 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, DELIVERY SERVER, USER TERMINAL, AND METHOD - A system including a delivery server and a user terminal is disclosed. The deliver server includes a processor configured to transmit metadata including schedule information about release dates for content items, receive a request for one of the content items, the request being based on the schedule information included in the metadata, and transmit the requested content item in response to the request. The user terminal includes a processor configured to receive the metadata including the schedule information about release dates for the content items, send the request for one of the content items based on the schedule information included in the metadata, and receive the requested content item. | 04-09-2009 |
20090133075 | INFORMATION TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROVIDER, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - MPEG video encoders and MPEG audio encoders encode video signals and audio signals, respectively. An SI/EPG data generator generates program information. A transport stream multiplexer multiplexes the program information with video data and audio data. A system controller controls the data output rates of the encoding operations and the multiplexing ratio. | 05-21-2009 |
20090328108 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: transmission data acquisition section configured to acquire transmission data including program data and EPG data including program information for a predetermined period of time; EPG extraction section configured to extract the EPG data from the transmission data; program selection section configured to select a given program as a selected program; search word extraction section configured to extract a search word from the program information of the selected program; search word transmission section configured to transmit the search word to a program server; program information reception section configured to receive, from the program server, the program information including a program identification ID configured to identify a related program related to the selected program; program information storage section configured to store the program information; and processing section configured to identify the program by using the program identification ID, and perform a process targeted at the identified program. | 12-31-2009 |
20120137327 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION MEDIUM - An information providing apparatus, in which program guide information is provided as first information which designates predetermined information and second information to be referred to by the first information. Layout information is provided from within the electronic program guide information, relating to the layout when the electronic program guide information is displayed on a screen. | 05-31-2012 |
20120257872 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a recording and reproduction control unit that records content on a predetermined recording medium and that reads and reproduces content from the predetermined recording medium, wherein the recording and reproduction control unit transmits and records information necessary for reproducing deleted content to a different information processing apparatus when it is intended to delete the content as a deletion target recorded on the predetermined recording medium, and synthesizes and reproduces the deleted content on the basis of the information from the different information processing apparatus when it is instructed to reproduce the deleted content. | 10-11-2012 |
20120260276 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that includes an interface that receives first content transmitted from a content distribution apparatus to the information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus in synchronization. The information processing apparatus also includes a processor that controls a reproduction state of the first content at the information processing apparatus, and controls the interface to transmit reproduction state information corresponding to the reproduction state to the content distribution apparatus. The content distribution apparatus controls transmission of second content to the another information processing apparatus based on the received reproduction state information. | 10-11-2012 |