IP Library Granted Patent US 8,797,151
Granted Patent B2
US 8,797,151 · App. 12/930,012 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, control target device, and information processing system

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,797,151
App. No.
12/930,012
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a remote commander including an input section which accepts input of operation information from a user, a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal, a service information-acquisition section which acquires, from the control target device via the communication section, service identification information for identifying each of one or a plurality of services which the control target device is capable of providing the remote commander with, and a notification section which selects any of one or a plurality of pieces of the service identification information acquired by the service information-acquisition section based on the operation information, the input of which is accepted by the input section, and which notifies the control target device of the selected service identification information via the communication section.

Claims (20)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an input section which accepts input of operation information from a user;

a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal;

a service information-acquisition section which acquires, from the control target device via the communication section, service identification information for identifying each of one or a plurality of services which the control target device can provide the information processing apparatus with for creating an available service list therefrom; and

a notification section which selects a service identified by the available service list based on the operation information, and notifies the control target device of the selected service via the communication section, and acquires detailed content information associated with a selected service for creating therefrom a content list; and

a display control section which causes the available service list to be displayed as a first display screen on a display device and the content list to be displayed as a second display screen on the display device,

wherein the services differ on the basis of respective media associated with the services.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , in which the display control section enables screen switching between the second display screen and the first display screen based on a respective input of operation information from the user.

3. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus including an input section which accepts input of operation information from a user, a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal, a service information-acquisition section, a notification section, and a display control section, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

acquiring, by the service information-acquisition section, from the control target device via the communication section, service identification information for identifying each of one or a plurality of services which the control target device can provide the information processing apparatus with and creating an available service list therefrom; and

selecting, by the notification section, a service identified by the available service list based on the operation information, and notifying, by the notification section, the control target device of the selected service via the communication section, and acquiring detailed content information associated with a selected service and creating therefrom a content list; and

causing, by the display control section, the available service list to be displayed as a first display screen on a display device and the content list to be displayed as a second display screen on the display device,

wherein the services differ on the basis of respective media associated with the services.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer-readable program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus which includes

an input section which accepts input of operation information from a user,

a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal,

a service information-acquisition section which acquires, from the control target device via the communication section, service identification information for identifying each of one or a plurality of services which the control target device can provide the information processing apparatus with and creating an available service list therefrom, and

a notification section which selects a service identified by the available service list based on the operation information, and notifies the control target device of the selected service via the communication section, and acquires detailed content information associated with a selected service for creating therefrom a content list; and

a display control section which causes the available service list to be displayed as a first display screen on a display device and the content list to be displayed as a second display screen on the display device,

wherein the services differ on the basis of respective media associated with the services.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2010
From: OHASHI, YOSHINORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025632/0559 →