Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080229106 | Information processing apparatus and data transmission method of information processing apparatus - An apparatus stores first divided trust information which is one portion resulting from division of trust information generated by a transmission target apparatus that is a transmission target for data, receives a transmission request for the data from the target apparatus and receives second divided trust information which is the other portion resulting from division of the trust information of the target apparatus and verification information generated using information indicating a state of the target apparatus that made the request, recovers the trust information using the first divided trust information stored and the received second divided trust information, verifies trustworthiness of the target apparatus using the recovered trust information and the received verification information, transmits the data indicated by the request to the target apparatus when the verification of trustworthiness is successful. | 09-18-2008 |
20080282316 | Information processing apparatus, program and method for transmitting content in security scheme according to license policy - An information processing apparatus is connectable to a user device over a network. The apparatus includes a processor. The processor transmits, in response to reception of a request for a particular item of content, an identification of a security scheme which is applicable to transmission of the particular item of content in accordance with a license policy. When the item of content can be received by the user device in the security scheme, the processor transmits the item of content in the security scheme. | 11-13-2008 |
20100023580 | CONTENT DELIVERY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A content delivery apparatus and method operable to access a network, to which a content management apparatus and a content acquiring apparatus are connected, where the content delivery apparatus accepts content delivery request(s). The content delivery apparatus obtains a number of content delivery apparatus(es) having the same content on the network, and a number of times that the content management apparatus has accepted inquiries regarding content holding status(es) from content acquiring apparatuses, and calculates a delivery priority by dividing a number of requests by the number of content holding apparatuses. The content delivery apparatus, when the delivery request accepting section accepts the delivery requests for a plurality of contents, delivers the plurality of contents preferentially from a content having a high delivery priority. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023594 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A content processing apparatus includes an extracting part extracting undownloaded contents from a list of downloadable contents, a providing situation storage part that stores a providing situation of the contents that content processing apparatus provided to other apparatuses, a priority order determining part determining the priority order of download in the extracted undownloaded contents based on the providing situation stored in the providing situation storage part, and a downloading part downloading the contents in accordance with the priority order determined by the priority order determining part. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023815 | MANAGING APPARATUS, MANAGING METHOD, MANAGING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An apparatus accepts an injustice (grievance) report containing injustice report source terminal information for identifying a terminal device transmitting the injustice report and injustice content holding terminal information identifying a terminal device holding the content altered from the original content and content identification information for identifying the content; accesses a correspondence relation recording unit recording, in association with content identification information identifying the content, notification destination terminal information identifying a terminal device to which the content holding terminal information is notified, and content holding terminal information notified to the notified terminal device; determines that the injustice report accepted by the injustice report accepting is false and discards the false injustice report, when the injustice report source terminal information contained in the injustice report is not coincident with the notification destination terminal information recorded in the correspondence relation recording unit. | 01-28-2010 |
20100082795 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An information processor is connectable to a communication system containing a plurality of terminal devices. The information processor receives content holding terminal information for identifying a terminal device holding a content, calculates a content holding terminal number corresponding to the number of terminal devices holding the content on the basis of the received content holding terminal information, holds a determination reference serving as a reference for determining whether the content holding terminal number is below a predetermined threshold value, determines on the basis of the content holding terminal number calculated by the terminal number calculator and the determination reference whether the content holding terminal number concerned is below the predetermined threshold value, and transmits an extinction preventing instruction for making the terminal device holding the content concerned execute processing of preventing extinction of the content when determining that the content holding terminal number is below the predetermined threshold value. | 04-01-2010 |
20100124230 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An apparatus transmits reservation information including a contents-ID identifying the contents and a terminal-ID identifying the apparatus that transmits the reservation information to the apparatus determined by the contents-ID, receives the reservation information transmitted from the apparatus that accepts the reservation operation and updates a reservation terminal list that associates the contents-ID and the terminal-ID, verifies whether the acquired contents have defects, transmits a search-request having the contents-ID identifying the contents judged that have defects to the apparatus determined by the contents-ID, receives the search-request transmitted from the apparatus judged that have defects, retrieves the terminal-ID registered in association with the contents-ID of the search-request from the reservation terminal list, transmits a search-result having the acquired terminal-ID, receives a search-result from the apparatus to which the search-request is transmitted, and acquires recovery data of the contents that have defects from the apparatus identified by the terminal-ID of the search-result. | 05-20-2010 |
20100180316 | BROADCAST DEVICE, RECEIVER, AND BROADCAST METHOD - A broadcast method includes specifying an information holding device which holds recorder information for identifying a recorder that receives and records broadcast contents, attaching device information for identifying the information holding device specified by the specifying, to the broadcast contents, and broadcasting the broadcast contents to which the device information is attached. | 07-15-2010 |
20100251035 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes: a receiving operation for receiving, from a transmission device, content and first verification data corresponding to divided content obtained by dividing the content; a detecting operation for detecting an error of the divided content based on second verification data to be calculated based on the divided content and the first verification data received in the receiving operation; and an obtaining operation for obtaining other divided content corresponding to the divided content having the error detected in the detecting operation from another information processing device different from the transmission device, when the error of the divided content is detected in the detecting operation. | 09-30-2010 |
20110231859 | PROCESS ASSIGNING DEVICE, PROCESS ASSIGNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A process assigning device includes executing an operation including receiving an assignment request including device identification information, content and process identification information, determining whether identification of another device exists on the basis of the content identification information indicated by the received assignment request, storing the device identification information included in the assignment request in association with the content identification information and the process identification information, and the process identification information in association with the device identification information when determining that the identification of the other device does not exist. When the processor determines the identification information of the other device exists, the processor causes the device identification information included in the assignment request, and the assigned part information indicating the part that is included in the content data and that varies by device identification information to be stored. | 09-22-2011 |
20120239344 | POSITION REGISTRATION APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POSITION REGISTRATION APPARATUS - A position registration apparatus recording a position where an event occurs, the apparatus has a detecting unit, a first position specifying unit that specifies a first position, a movement detecting unit that detects an amount of movement of the position registration apparatus, a memory that accumulates the amount of movement as movement information at least not before the detected event occurrence, and a second position specifying unit that specifies the amount of movement of the position registration apparatus from a point of time of the event occurrence up to a point of time of the information that specifies a position is acquired from outside of the position registration apparatus, and specifies a second position of the position registration apparatus at the point of time of the event occurrence based on the first position of the position registration apparatus and from the specified amount of movement of the position registration apparatus. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253819 | LOCATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A location determination system includes a first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal. The first mobile terminal includes a first processor to acquire a first sound signal, analyze the first sound signal to obtain a first analysis result, and transmit the first analysis result. The second mobile terminal includes a second processor to acquire a second sound signal, analyze the second sound signal to obtain a second analysis result, receive the first analysis result from the first mobile terminal, compare the second analysis result with the first analysis result to obtain a comparison result, and determine whether the first mobile terminal locates in an area in which the second mobile terminal locates, based on the comparison result. | 10-04-2012 |
20130165181 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, MEDIUM AND CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal device includes a first processor that processes data acquired by a sensor, and a second processor that transmits the data acquired by the sensor to the first processor. The first processor acquires a transmission condition corresponding to state information of the mobile terminal with reference to association information and transmits the transmission condition to the second processor. The association information associates a transmission condition with state information. The transmission condition is a condition for transmitting the data acquired by the sensor from the second processor to the first processor. The second processor transmits the data acquired by the sensor to the first processor in accordance with the transmission condition transmitted by the first processor. | 06-27-2013 |
20140057656 | METHOD OF POSITIONING MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of positioning a mobile terminal includes obtaining first accuracy information on acquisition of position information using a first method, obtaining second accuracy information on acquisition of position information using a second method when a displacement of the mobile terminal exceeds a predetermined distance, and selecting the first method or the second method to obtain position information after movement of the predetermined distance based on the first accuracy information and the second accuracy information. | 02-27-2014 |
20140113662 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A method of controlling a mobile terminal apparatus includes selecting, using a processor, a sensor from a plurality of sensors installed on the mobile terminal apparatus based on both of power consumption for determining whether the mobile terminal apparatus has moved based on an output of at least any one of the sensors and power consumption for identifying a position of the mobile terminal apparatus, determining whether the mobile terminal apparatus has moved based on an output of the sensor selected in the selecting, and identifying a position of the mobile terminal apparatus when it is determined that the mobile terminal apparatus has moved in the determining. | 04-24-2014 |
20140287793 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A method of controlling a mobile information terminal that includes a device for identifying a position of the mobile information terminal based on a received signal includes activating, by a processor, the device based on a reception status of the received signal before deactivating the device, and an index related to movement of the mobile information terminal after deactivating the device. | 09-25-2014 |
20140349676 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to determine whether to perform a process of acquiring information from an external device, based on values of a plurality of indices related to movement of the portable device acquired at different points in time. | 11-27-2014 |
20150085682 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: determine display configurations each of which is to be applied to displays of a plurality of relevant information each of which corresponds to each of devices, on the basis of a plurality of strength variation of signals each of which is transmitted from each of the devices. | 03-26-2015 |