IP Library Granted Patent US 7,577,715
Granted Patent B2
US 7,577,715 · App. 10/494,650 · Granted Aug 18, 2009

Content providing system, receiving device and method, recording medium and program

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Patent No.
US 7,577,715
App. No.
10/494,650
Granted
Aug 18, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a content providing system, a receiving apparatus and method, a storage medium, and a program, which enable to perform a variety of contents provisions. An operational terminal 21 can obtain, from a storage terminal 1 , contents corresponding to utilization information sent from an operational terminal 11 that is receiving provision of predetermined contents from a storage terminal 1 . That is, if a user 23 is interested in contents that a user 13 is watching and listening to on the operational terminal 11 , and desires to watch and listen to it, the user 23 can watch and listen to on the operational terminal 21 , the contents that the user 13 is watching and listening to, by holding the operational terminal 21 very close to the operational terminal 11 , or holding the operational terminal 11 very close to the operational terminal 21.

Claims (25)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

a processing unit for:

determining whether the information processing apparatus is in a standby-mode, wherein the information processing apparatus receives contents from a storage terminal when the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode,

executing a utilization process when the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode,

executing a permission validation process when the information processing apparatus is not in the standby-mode, wherein the permission validation process comprises presenting the user a dialog, receiving input from the user, and determining whether the user provides the permission based on the input, and

executing the utilization process when the user provides the permission in the permission validation; and

an operation unit, wherein the standby-mode is set by a predetermined operation to the operation unit.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the utilization process comprises a receiving process for receiving the contents, a display process for displaying the contents, and a registration process for storing the contents.

3. An information processing method, comprising:

determining whether an information processing apparatus is in a standby-mode,

wherein the information processing apparatus receives contents from a storage terminal when the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode, and

wherein the determining whether the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode comprises determining whether a predetermined operation to an operation unit set the standby-mode;

executing a utilization process when the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode;

executing a permission validation process when the information processing apparatus is not in the standby-mode, wherein the permission validation process comprises presenting the user a dialog, receiving input from the user, and determining whether the user provides the permission based on the input; and

executing the utilization process when the user provides the permission in the permission validation process.

4. The information processing method of claim 3 , wherein the utilization process comprises a receiving process for receiving the contents, a display process for displaying the contents, and a registration process for storing the contents.

5. A storage medium storing a program for performing, when executed by a processor, a method for executing a plurality of utilization processes, the method comprising:

determining whether an information processing apparatus is in a standby-mode,

wherein the information processing apparatus receives contents from a storage terminal when the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode and

wherein the determining whether the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode comprises determining whether a predetermined operation to an operation unit set the standby-mode;

executing a utilization process when the information processing apparatus is in the standby-mode;

executing a permission validation process when the information processing apparatus is not in the standby-mode, wherein the permission validation process comprises presenting the user a dialog, receiving input from the user, and determining whether the user provides the permission based on the input; and

executing the utilization process when the user provides the permission in the permission validation process.

6. The storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the utilization process comprises a receiving process for receiving contents, a display process for displaying the contents, and a registration process for storing the contents.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SISVEL INTERNATIONAL S.A.
Reel/Frame 056177/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2004
From: KOMATSUZAKI, YORIKO; SATO, MAKOTO; NODA, TAKURO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016005/0370 →