INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
There is provided an information processing device including an account registration unit that registers account information of a user and account information of a group that includes a plurality of users, a metadata retaining unit that retains information of a terminal that the user or the group uses and reproduction stop position information of content in association with the account information of the user or the group, and a metadata providing unit that provides the terminal that the user or the group uses with the reproduction stop position information associated with the account information of the user or the group.
1 . An information processing device comprising:
a content reproduction unit that reproduces content;
a user detection unit that detects a user;
a registration unit that registers the user detected by the user detection unit in a metadata server to acquire account information;
a reproduction stop position information registration unit that logs into the metadata server using the account information of the user to register reproduction stop position information of the content of the content reproduction unit in association with the account information; and
a reproduction stop position information acquisition unit that logs into the metadata server using the account information of the user to acquire the reproduction stop position information of the content associated with the account information,
wherein the content reproduction unit reproduces the content from a beginning position or the acquired reproduction stop position.
2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the registration unit registers a plurality of users detected by the user detection unit in the metadata server as a group to acquire account information of the group.
3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the reproduction stop position information acquisition unit logs into the metadata server using account information of an individual user to acquire reproduction stop position information associated with the account information of the individual user and reproduction stop position information of a group (or a plurality of groups) associated with the account information of the individual user.
4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to the user detection unit detecting that a user who is a member of a group is leaving, the reproduction stop position information registration unit logs into the metadata server using account information of the user who is leaving to register reproduction position information at a time of leaving as reproduction stop position information in association with the account information of the user who is leaving.
5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, while logging into the metadata server using account information of a group, in response to control by a terminal that an individual user who belongs to the group uses, the group is logged out from the metadata server, and logs into the metadata server again using account information of the individual user.
6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the reproduction stop position information acquisition unit acquires reproduction stop position information along with information on a place of origin of content, and wherein the content reproduction unit identifies content and then continuously reproduces the content from a reproduction stop position using the acquired information on a place of origin.
7 . An information processing method comprising:
reproducing content;
detecting a user;
registering the user detected in the user detection step in a metadata server to acquire account information;
registering reproduction stop position information of the content in the content reproduction step in association with the account information by logging into the metadata server using the account information of the user; and
acquiring reproduction stop position information of the content associated with the account information by logging into the metadata server using the account information of the user,
wherein, in the content reproduction step, the content is reproduced from a beginning position or the acquired reproduction stop position.
8 . An information processing device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
identify a user of the information processing device;
perform reproduction of a first content and stop the reproduction of the first content at a first reproduction stop position of the first content;
detect presence of a metadata server on a network;
after the presence of the metadata server on the network is detected,
log into the metadata server using a user account that corresponds to the identified user,
register, in the metadata server, first reproduction stop position information in association with the user account, the first reproduction stop position information indicating the first reproduction stop position for the reproduction of the first content, and
acquire, from the metadata server, second reproduction stop position information that is registered in the metadata server in association with the identified user, the second reproduction stop position information indicating a second reproduction stop position for reproduction of a second content; and
perform the reproduction of the second content from a beginning position or the second reproduction stop position of the second content.
9 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the user account is a group user account that corresponds to a group of individual users, including the identified user.
10 . The information processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
in response to a user operation, log out from the metadata server, and log into the metadata server again using an individual account that corresponds to the identified user.
11 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein
the second reproduction stop position information is registered in the metadata server in association with the user account or another user account that is different from the user account, and
the user account and the another user account include an individual user account that corresponds to the identified user, or one or more group user accounts that correspond to various groups of individual users, including the identified user.
12 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
during the reproduction of the first content in response to detecting that another user, who is a member of a group of individual users including the identified user and the another user, is leaving,
log into the metadata server using an individual user account that corresponds to the another user, and
register third reproduction stop position information indicating a time of leaving of the another user as a third reproduction stop position of the first content in association with the individual user account that corresponds to the another user.
13 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
acquire, from the metadata server, the second reproduction stop position information indicating the second reproduction stop position for the reproduction of the second content along with information on a place of origin of the second content; and
perform the reproduction of the second content from the second reproduction stop position using the acquired information on the place of origin of the second content.
14 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
transmit a device detection request to the network; and
determine the presence of the metadata server when a device detection response is received, the device detection response being transmitted by the metadata server in response to the device detection request.
15 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , further comprising a display that is configured to display the reproduction of the first content or the reproduction of the second content.
16 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , further comprising a communication circuit configured to perform a communication operation between the information processing device and the metadata server via the network.
17 . The information processing device according to claim 16 , wherein the communication circuit is communicatively coupled with the network via a wireless network device of the network.
18 . An information processing method comprising:
identifying a user of an information processing device;
performing reproduction of a first content and stopping the reproduction of the first content at a first reproduction stop position of the first content;
detecting presence of a metadata server on a network;
after the presence of the metadata server on the network is detected,
logging into the metadata server, by circuitry of the information processing device, using a user account that corresponds to the identified user,
registering, by the circuitry of the information processing device and in the metadata server, first reproduction stop position information in association with the user account, the first reproduction stop position information indicating the first reproduction stop position for the reproduction of the first content, and
acquiring, by the circuitry of the information processing device and from the metadata server, second reproduction stop position information that is registered in the metadata server in association with the identified user, the second reproduction stop position information indicating a second reproduction stop position for reproduction of a second content; and
performing the reproduction of the second content from a beginning position or the second reproduction stop position of the second content.
19 . The information processing method according to claim 18 , further comprising:
during the reproduction of the first content in response to detecting that another user, who is a member of a group of individual users including the identified user and the another user, is leaving,
logging into the metadata server using an individual user account that corresponds to the another user, and
registering third reproduction stop position information indicating a time of leaving of the another user as a third reproduction stop position of the first content in association with the individual user account that corresponds to the another user.
20 . The information processing method according to claim 18 , wherein the detecting the presence of the metadata server on the network comprises:
transmitting a device detection request to the network; and
determining the presence of the metadata server when a device detection response is received, the device detection response being transmitted by the metadata server in response to the device detection request.