Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080209325 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program - An information processing apparatus includes: a content-list creating unit for selecting, on the basis of a predetermined subject, contents out of recorded program contents, information contents concerning receivable program contents, contents acquired from an outside, and contents stored in the information processing apparatus in advance to thereby create a content list; a content-list selecting unit for selecting out of plural content lists created by the content-list creating unit, on the basis of at least one of contents of the content lists and a situation during user operation, plural content lists to be displayed; and a display control unit for causing a predetermined display unit to display the plural content lists selected by the content-list selecting unit. | 08-28-2008 |
20080228760 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus detecting a characteristic amount of a group of contents of a series configured of contents corresponding to episodes, the information processing apparatus including: a first generating means for detecting a characteristic amount in a time series of the contents corresponding to the episodes and generate a characteristic amount in the episode based on a detected result; a computing means for computing a representative value of the generated characteristic amount in the episode; a second generating means for arranging the computed representative values corresponding to the episodes in a time series and generate a characteristic amount in the series indicating a characteristic amount in a time series of the group of the contents of the series; and a database means for storing the generated characteristic amount in the series in a database in association with the group of the contents of the series. | 09-18-2008 |
20080256578 | Information processing device, method, and program - An information processing device includes: extraction means for extracting, from program information, a category feature word being a keyword representing a category feature; identification means for identifying a channel by category based on the category feature word extracted from the program information for a program to be broadcast on the channel; and display control means for exercising control over the channel to be displayed after category classification. | 10-16-2008 |
20080285081 | Data Processing Apparatus and Method, Program, and Storage Medium - Disclosed herein is a data processing apparatus that sets identification information for identifying each of a plurality of contents based on metadata added to each of the contents. The apparatus includes: title information acquisition means for acquiring title information of each of the contents, the title information concerning a title of the content and being included in the metadata; information extraction means for comparing the title information of each of the contents to extract a part of the title information that is common to all of the contents; and identification information setting means for setting the identification information of each of the contents based on the other part of the title information than the part of the title information that is common to all of the contents. | 11-20-2008 |
20090006350 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Program - An information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring means for acquiring focused content information that is information relating to a predetermined content and includes at least any one of descriptions of the predetermined content having information displayed on a display means, a word related to the descriptions, a genre, a title, and cast of the predetermined content; a retrieving means for using content information about the other content that includes at least any one of descriptions of the other content different from the predetermined content, a genre, a title, and cast of the other content and the acquired focused content information to retrieve a content having a high degree of relation to focused content information in the other contents; and a specification information generating means for generating specification information that specifies the resulted content of retrieval based on the result of retrieval done by the retrieving means. | 01-01-2009 |
20090030947 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program therefor - An information processing device processes content according to an identified category for the content, the category being identified by first extracting characteristic data from the content. An extractor extracts characteristic data from the content. An identifying component identifies a category for the content on the basis of the characteristic data extracted by the extracting means. An executing component executes set processing of the content using a method according to the category identified by the identifying component. In so doing, the optimal content category for the set processing is identified. | 01-29-2009 |
20090031350 | PROGRAM INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A program information processing apparatus and a program information processing method that are capable of easily conducting a program search using an electronic program guide and displaying the search result clearly on the electronic program guide. A display control unit for displaying on a display unit an electronic program guide containing information relating to a plurality of programs, a selection unit for selecting a program from the plurality of programs in response to the operation of a user, and a search unit for searching a program containing information identical to or similar to at least a part of the information of the program selected by the selection unit are included, wherein the display control unit displays search result by the search unit on the electronic program guide. | 01-29-2009 |
20090055855 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AS WELL AS SOFTWARE PROGRAM - The present invention concerns an information processing apparatus, a method thereof, and a program for allowing the audience to easily search for intended television programs. A server stores characteristic words extracted from television program information in a characteristic word file | 02-26-2009 |
20090077039 | Information processing apparatus, and method and program for searching text information candidate - An information processing apparatus for searching for a target text information candidate from among text information candidates stored in order to search for and/or input target information, may include a display information generating unit for generating and displaying display information, the display information including only both a first character line of characters extending in a first direction including a character set to be selected, and a second character line of characters related to the first character line, extending in a second direction and intersecting the first character line, out of a two-dimensional matrix of rows and columns of characters arranged for selection, and a shift instruction receiving unit for receiving a shift instruction to shift from the character set to be selected. | 03-19-2009 |
20090077046 | Content usage system, content usage method, recording and playback device, content delivery method, and content delivery program - A content usage system includes a recording and playback device and a portable electronic device mutually connected via a network. When the recording and playback device receives a certain command while outputting digital content, that content is converted into transfer content suitable for use with the portable electronic device, and then stored with metadata indicating that the content is transfer content. Using the metadata, the recording and playback device is able to generate and transmit a list of transfer content upon request from the portable electronic device. Using the list, the user of the portable electronic device then selects desired transfer content from the list and sends a transfer content request. In response, the recording and playback device transmits the selected transfer content to the portable electronic device, thereby making the content available for use on the portable electronic device. | 03-19-2009 |
20090162035 | PLAYBACK METHOD AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM OF CONTENTS - A playback method of contents which plays back contents by a portable-type player connected to a recorder recording/playing back contents provided from the outside through a network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of transmitting data indicating contents satisfying a request to the player through the network by the recorder when receiving the request of playing back contents from the player through the network, requesting the recorder to transmit data of a selected content to the player through the network according to data indicating the selected content by the player when selecting the target content from the transmitted data, and playing back data of the transmitted content when data of the target content is transmitted from the recorder to the player through the network according to the request. | 06-25-2009 |
20090178085 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT - In response to a request from a playback apparatus over a network to play back content, a first recording/playback apparatus transmits data indicating content satisfying the request to the playback apparatus over the network. When selecting desired content from the transmitted data, the playback apparatus requests the first recording/playback apparatus to transmit data of the selected content to the playback apparatus over the network. When the data of the desired content is transmitted to the playback apparatus from the first recording/playback apparatus over the network in response to the request, the content being transmitted is played back via streaming. When the playback apparatus transmits data indicating the played back content and an address of a second recording/playback apparatus to the first recording/playback apparatus over the network, the first recording/playback apparatus transmits data of the played back content to the second recording/playback apparatus over the network in accordance with the address. | 07-09-2009 |
20110135270 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search information notification section which notifies a search device of search information via a communication section, a search result acquisition section which acquires a plurality of search result pages retrieved from a plurality of search pages, respectively, in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section, and a display control section which causes a display section to display one of the plurality of search result pages acquired by the search result acquisition section from the search device, and which causes the display section to display another one of the plurality of search result pages based on the operation information an input of which is accepted by an input section. | 06-09-2011 |
20120087633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Information relating to program contents is distributed in accordance with scheduled times. Program information formed of multiple items that are assigned a relevance ratio with respect to a program are managed. Programs related to a base program are searched for each of the items based on the relevance ratio with respect to the base program. A search result of the related programs is arranged in order of items having a decreasing relevance ratio with respect to the base program to create a base program related information page. | 04-12-2012 |
20120169725 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes a left-eye display panel that displays a left-eye image, a left-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the left-eye image, a right-eye display panel that displays a right-eye image, a right-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the right-eye image, and a display control unit that controls the screen display of the left-eye display panel and the right-eye display panel. | 07-05-2012 |
20120210361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: extraction means for extracting, from program information, a category feature word being a keyword representing a category feature; identification means for identifying a channel by category based on the category feature word extracted from the program information for a program to be broadcast on the channel; and display control means for exercising control over the channel to be displayed after category classification. | 08-16-2012 |
20130285884 | HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a head mount display including: a user operation section configured to determine one or more coordinates based on a first operation performed by a user via the user operation section while receiving content via the head-mount device; and a controller configured to: superpose, in response to detection of the first operation by the user, upon at least one of one or more display sections of the head-mount device, a screen including one or more items, each of the one or more items of the superposed screen being selectable by the user to control the content being received by the user; and highlight, based on the one or more coordinates determined upon detection of the first operation, at least one of the one or more selectable items of the superposed screen in comparison to other selectable items of the superposed screen. | 10-31-2013 |
20140089982 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed is a content-view supporting system to recommend to a user a clear result of searched contents, based on a group of similar users' favorite programs, through a user-basis collaborative filtering process. The system selects similar users whose program view history is similar to that of a recommended user, maps the program view history in a collaborative filtering matrix registers, in the collaborative filtering matrix, a virtual user whose program view history includes a group of hit programs obtained based on a search condition served for realizing a predetermined search topic. The system also counts the numbers of reservations or views achieved by each user according to program content based on the program view history, in the collaborative filtering matrix, which counted numbers are set as matching numbers, and outputs a search result representing a recommendation list of the contents arrayed in the descending order of matching number. | 03-27-2014 |
20140125558 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image display device which is used by being mounted on the head or face of a user includes a display unit which displays an image; an information maintaining unit which maintains user information of the user; a region specifying unit which specifies an attention region from a field of vision of the user based on the user information; an image processing unit which performs image processing with respect to the attention region; and a display control unit which displays the attention region after being subjected to the image processing on the display unit. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126782 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image display apparatus used while it is mounted on a user's head or facial area includes a display unit configured to display an inside image viewable from the user; an input unit configured to input an identification pattern from the user; a checking unit configured to check the identification pattern; and a control unit configured to control the image display apparatus on the basis of a result of the checking by the checking unit. | 05-08-2014 |
20150067735 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring means for acquiring focused content information that is information relating to a predetermined content and includes at least any one of descriptions of the predetermined content having information displayed on a display means, a word related to the descriptions, a genre, a title, and cast of the predetermined content; a retrieving means for using content information about the other content that includes at least any one of descriptions of the other content different from the predetermined content, a genre, a title, and cast of the other content and the acquired focused content information to retrieve a content having a high degree of relation to focused content information in the other contents; and a specification information generating means for generating specification information that specifies the resulted content of retrieval based on the result of retrieval done by the retrieving means. | 03-05-2015 |