IP Library Granted Patent US 8,533,294
Granted Patent B2
US 8,533,294 · App. 12/629,271 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Terminal device and content data processing method

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,533,294
App. No.
12/629,271
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal device includes a communication section configured to communicate with a server including content data, a reproduction processor configured to reproduce the content data obtained through the communication, a bookmark creator configured to, in accordance with an instruction from a user, create a bookmark on the basis of information regarding a reproduction location of the content data in the process of being reproduced and information regarding a storage location of the content data, a bookmark storage section configured to store the bookmark therein, and a controller configured to, in the case where an instruction for reading out the bookmark is issued by the user, perform control to read out the bookmark from the bookmark storage section, transmit a request for acquisition of the content data specified by description of the read-out bookmark to the server, and cause the reproduction processor to reproduce the content data transmitted by the server.

Claims (27)

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a communication section configured to perform communication with a server in which content data is stored;

a reproduction processor configured to reproduce the content data obtained through the communication performed by the communication section;

a bookmark creator configured to, in accordance with a first instruction and a second instruction issued by a user, create a bookmark defining a duration of the reproduced content on the basis of information associated with a reproduction location of the content data in the process of being reproduced by the reproduction processor and the first and second instructions issued by the user and information associated with a storage location of the content data;

a bookmark storage section configured to store therein the bookmark created by the bookmark creator; and

a controller configured to, in the case where an instruction for reading out the bookmark is issued by the user, perform control so as to read out the bookmark, for which reading out has been instructed by the user, from the bookmark storage section, transmit a request for acquisition of the content data specified by the content of description included in the read-out bookmark to the server through the communication section, and cause the reproduction processor to reproduce the content data which is transmitted from the server, wherein

the bookmark includes reproduction time-position information associated with the content data, identification information associated with the server, a title of the content data, and attribute information associated with the content data, which are determined in accordance with the instruction issued by the user;

the bookmark includes a comment section including comments corresponding to the bookmark which are entered by the user;

the terminal device is configured to receive a keyword, and the controller is configured to search the bookmark storage section for bookmarks having comments that include words matching the keyword.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the bookmark includes a plurality of bookmarks which are created so as to correspond to one piece of the content data.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein, in accordance with the first and second instructions issued by the user, the bookmark creator is configured to create a bookmark including information associated with a reproduction start position and a reproduction end position of the content data.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in the case where an instruction for reading out the bookmark is issued by the user, read out the bookmark, for which reading out has been instructed by the user, from the bookmark storage section, acquire attribute information associated with the content data from the server, the content data being specified by an identifier of the server and identification information associated with the content data, which are described in the read-out bookmark, and in the case where the acquired attribute information associated with the content data is different from attribute information associated with the content data, which is described in the read-out bookmark, overwrite the acquired attribute information on attribute information stored in the bookmark storage section, which corresponds to the read-out attribute information.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4 , further comprising a display section configured to display an image reproduced by the reproduction processor,

wherein the controller is configured to, in the case where the instruction for reading out the bookmark is issued by the user, and further, acquisition of the content data from the server, which is specified by the content of description included in the read-out bookmark, has resulted in a failure, output a notification of the failure in the acquisition of the content data on the display section.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the bookmark creator is configured to create the bookmark including information associated with a reproduction start position based on when the first instruction was issued during reproduction of the content data by the reproduction processor.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the bookmark creator is configured to create the bookmark including information associated with a reproduction end position based on when the second instruction was issued during reproduction of the content data by the reproduction processor.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the bookmark includes identification information corresponding to a storage folder in which the content data is stored.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the bookmark includes information indicating where the content item is stored.

10. A content data processing method comprising:

performing communication with a server in which content data is stored;

reproducing the content data obtained through the communication;

creating a bookmark defining a duration of the reproduced content in accordance with a first instruction and a second instruction issued by a user on the basis of information associated with a reproduction location of the content data in the process of being reproduced and the first and second instructions and information associated with a storage location of the content data;

storing the bookmark; and

performing control, in the case where an instruction for reading out the bookmark is issued by the user, so as to read out the bookmark, for which reading out has been instructed by the user, transmit a request for acquisition of the content data specified by the content of description included in the read-out bookmark to the server, and reproduce the content data which is transmitted from the server, wherein

the bookmark includes reproduction time-position information associated with the content data, identification information associated with the server, a title of the content data and attribute information associated with the content data, which are determined in accordance with the instruction issued by the user;

the bookmark includes a comment section including comments corresponding to the bookmark which are entered by the user;

receiving a keyword, and searching for bookmarks having comments that include words matching the keyword.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 9, 2013
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 030773/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PARTIAL RIGHTS Recorded Jul 9, 2013
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030773/0875 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 20, 2012
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 028078/0247 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2009
From: SUN, KANG
To: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 023593/0550 →