IP Library Granted Patent US 10,075,829
Granted Patent B2
US 10,075,829 · App. 15/318,186 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Information processing device, information transmission control device, information processing method, information transmission control method, program, and information processing system

Inventors: Masahiro Sueyoshi (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshihiro Yoneda (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Abeno (Kanagawa, JP); Tomohiko Nagayama (Tokyo, JP); Masashi Ishikawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04W4/80G06Q30/0261G06Q30/0267H04W4/008H04W8/005
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Patent No.
US 10,075,829
App. No.
15/318,186
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an information processing device including: a processing unit configured to, when an information transmission control device is detected based on a signal transmitted from the information transmission control device using first communication, cause user information indicating a user to be transmitted to the information transmission control device using second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication, and to acquire, using the first communication, distribution information transmitted from the information transmission control device that has acquired the user information.

Claims (56)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a processing unit configured to

notify a user when an information transmission control device is detected based on a signal transmitted from the information transmission control device using first communication,

determine a user operation to start second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication when the information processing device is within the communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device,

cause user information indicating the user to be transmitted to the information transmission control device using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication, and

acquire distribution information transmitted from the information transmission control device using the first communication when the information transmission control device has acquired the user information using the second communication.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to

acquire the distribution information including the user information transmitted using the second communication, or

acquire the distribution information transmitted from the information transmission control device in association with the user information transmitted using the second communication.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the distribution information is information corresponding to the user information transmitted using the second communication.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to change content that the user is to be notified of according to a state of detection of the information transmission control device in the first communication.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the distribution information is acquired using the first communication, the processing unit is further configured to notify a user of content indicated by the distribution information.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display unit configured to display content notified by the processing unit on a display screen.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an audio output unit configured to output a sound indicating content notified by the processing unit.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first communication unit configured to communicate with an external device using the first communication.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external device using the second communication.

10. An information transmission control device comprising:

a communication control unit configured to

cause a signal to be transmitted using first communication,

request a user operation to start second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication in order to transmit user information indicating a user when an information processing device is within the communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device, and

cause distribution information to be transmitted using the first communication when the user information is acquired using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication.

11. The information transmission control device according to claim 10 , wherein the communication control unit is further configured to cause the distribution information corresponding to the acquired user information to be transmitted.

12. An information processing method executed by an information processing device, the method comprising:

notifying a user when an information transmission control device is detected based on a signal transmitted from the information transmission control device using first communication;

determining a user operation to start the second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication when the information processing device is within the communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device;

causing user information indicating the user to be transmitted to the information transmission control device using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication; and

acquiring distribution information transmitted from the information transmission control device using the first communication when the information transmission control device has acquired the user information using the second communication.

13. An information transmission control method executed by an information transmission control device, the method comprising:

transmitting a signal using first communication;

requesting a user operation to start second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication in order to transmit user information indicating a user when an information processing device is within the communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device; and

transmitting distribution information using the first communication when the user information is acquired using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer of an information processing device causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

notifying a user when an information transmission control device is detected based on a signal transmitted from the information transmission control device using first communication;

determining a user operation to start the second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication when the information processing device is within the communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device;

causing user information indicating the user to be transmitted to the information transmission control device using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication; and

acquiring distribution information transmitted from the information transmission control device using the first communication when the information transmission control device has acquired the user information using the second communication.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer of an information transmission control device causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

transmitting a signal using first communication;

requesting a user operation to start second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication in order to transmit user information indicating a user when an information processing device is within the communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device; and

transmitting distribution information using the first communication when the user information is acquired using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication.

16. An information processing system comprising:

an information transmission control device; and

an information processing device, wherein

the information transmission control device includes a communication control unit configured to

cause a signal to be transmitted using first communication,

request a user operation to start second communication whose communicable range is narrower than the first communication in order to transmit user information indicating a user when the information processing device is within the communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device, and

cause distribution information to be transmitted using the first communication when the user information is acquired using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication, and

the information processing device includes a processing unit configured to

notify the user when the information transmission control device is detected based on the signal transmitted from the information transmission control device using the first communication,

determine the user operation to start the second communication when the information processing device is within the second communicable range of the second communication of the information transmission control device,

cause the user information to be transmitted to the information transmission control device using the second communication based on the user operation to start the second communication, and

acquire distribution information transmitted from the information transmission control device using the first communication when the information transmission control device has acquired the user information using the second communication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2016
From: SUEYOSHI, MASAHIRO; YONEDA, YOSHIHIRO; ABENO, TAKASHI; NAGAYAMA, TOMOHIKO; ISHIKAWA, MASASHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040886/0913 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-126239 · Jun 19, 2014 · national
JP 2014-145796 · Jul 16, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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