Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100046918 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A recording and playback apparatus can continue the playback of a content with playback time limit, even after the playback time limit expires during the playback of the content, and does not play back the content even though an instruction receiver receives a playback instruction when the playback of the content is stopped after the playback time limit of the content expires during the playback of the content with the playback time limit. The recording and playback apparatus outputs the warning information, when the instruction receiver receives the stop instruction after the playback time limit of the content expires during the playback of the content. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046929 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A recording and playback apparatus includes a recording unit configured to download a content stored in a server and to record the content in a recording medium, an instruction receiver configured to receive a stop instruction for stopping download of the content done by the recording unit, and a controller configured to control the recording unit. The controller controls the recording unit so as to stop the download of the content when the instruction receiver receives the stop instruction for stopping download of the content, and to restart the download of the content when a predetermined time elapses in which the recording unit is in a stop state of the download. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046930 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A recording and playback apparatus includes a recording unit configured to download a content stored in the server and to record the downloaded content in the recording medium, an instruction receiver configured to receive an instruction for turning off a power supply of the recording and playback apparatus, and a power controller configured to control supply of power to the recording and playback apparatus according to the instruction received by the instruction receiver. The power controller stops the supply of power to the recording and playback apparatus upon completion of the download of the content, when the instruction receiver receives an instruction for turning off the power supply during download of the content done by the recording unit. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046931 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A recording and playback apparatus including a recording unit configured to download additional information of a content stored in the server to perform a preparing operation for starting download of the content, and to download the content from the server upon completion of the preparing operation to record the downloaded content in the recording medium, and a display data creating unit configured to create data of a list image for displaying information of each content in all or part of contents stored in the recording medium. The display data creating unit creates the data of list image so that a list image displayed when the recording unit is downloading additional information is different from a list image displayed when the recording unit is downloading the content. | 02-25-2010 |
20100077026 | METHOD OF REGISTERING ACCESS PERMISSION AND A SERVER APPARATUS - A method of registering access permission from a client apparatus into a server apparatus connected to one network, includes: notifying device information about the server apparatus to the client apparatus connected to the same network; starting reception of a registration request for access permission from the client apparatus to the server apparatus; counting a certain period starting from a point in time at which the reception of the registration request for access permission is started; determining whether the server apparatus which receives the registration request for access permission is selected from the client apparatus and the registration request for the access permission of the access to the selected server apparatus is received within the certain period; and registering the access permission for the client apparatus requesting for the registration of access permission into the server apparatus, when the registration request for access permission is received within the certain period. | 03-25-2010 |
20100322591 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A recording and playback apparatus includes a download recording unit configured to download a content stored in the server and record the content to the recording medium as a download content, a broadcast recording unit configured to record the broadcast program received via a broadcast wave to the recording medium as a broadcast content, and an erasing unit configured to erase the download content or the broadcast content recorded in the recording medium. The erasing unit determines whether the content can be erased or not based on attribute related to erasure of the content. The download recording unit sets the attribute related to erasure to a value indicating prohibition of erasure, when recording the download content to the recording medium. The broadcast recording unit sets the attribute related to erasure to a value indicating allowance of erasure, when recording the broadcast content to the recording medium. | 12-23-2010 |
20110002593 | RECORD-PLAYBACK DEVICE - A recording and playback apparatus capable of recording a content downloaded from a server to a recording medium, and playing back the content, includes a recording unit configured to download the content with a playback time limit from the server and record the content to the recording medium, a playback unit configured to play back the content recorded in the recording medium, and a display data generating unit configured to generate data of a list image for displaying a list of information of each of part or all of contents recorded in the recording medium. The data of a list image is generated so that, before the playback unit plays back a content with a playback time limit, the list image includes information indicating an allowed playback period of the content, and, after the playback unit plays back the content, the list image includes information indicating the playback time limit of the content. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002662 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A recording and playback apparatus capable of recording and playing back a content downloaded from a server, includes a recording unit configured to download the content with a playback time limit, stored in a server and record the content to a recording medium, an instruction receiver configured to receive an instruction for starting playback of the content, a playback unit configured to play back the content recorded in the recording medium in accordance with the instruction received by the instruction receiver, and a warning output unit configured to output warning information related to the playback time limit of the content before the playback unit stars playback of the content, when the instruction receiver receives the instruction for starting playback of the content during download of the content. | 01-06-2011 |
20110154270 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To prevent activation of a screen saver function during reproduction in an image display device, of a movie content of a HDD recorder. The HDD recorder includes a content server that stores content information including a program that is in a script format and that controls a generation timing of a screen saver screen, and video stream information. The image display device includes a script processing unit that acquires the content information from the content server and executes the program in script format and a stream processing unit that acquires the video stream information from the content server and decodes the video stream information. The script processing unit executes the program in script format, does not have a screen saver processing unit perform rendering of a screen saver screen during decoding of the video stream, and generates and displays a screen saver after completion of decoding. | 06-23-2011 |
20120128333 | TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER, RECEPTION CONTROLLER, TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, RECEPTION CONTROL METHOD AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM - A transmission control device generates, based on a content stream acquired from an external source, auxiliary information necessary for at least one of recording and playback of a content in the content stream and transmits a transmission target stream to an external device. The transmission target stream includes a first stream portion based on the content stream and a second stream portion based on the generated auxiliary information. | 05-24-2012 |
20120154512 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM THEREFOR - A first index corresponding to a first conversation operation and a second index corresponding to a second conversation operation are selectably displayed on a screen of a video output device. When a communicator receives a conversation request from another device, a controller determines whether the first index or the second index is selected on the screen or whether an operating member is operated. If the first index is selected, the controller performs the first conversation operation. If the second index is selected, the controller performs the second conversation operation. If the operating member is operated, the controller performs the second conversation operation. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155657 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODS - Audio data transmitted from another communication device is received by a receiver, and the received audio data is output to a speaker of a television. Audio is generated based on the output audio data, and the audio is input to a microphone of a camera/microphone device. Audio data corresponding to the input audio is input to an echo cancellation processing unit. An amount of distortion of the input audio data with respect to the received audio data is detected by the echo cancellation processing unit. It is determined whether or not the amount of distortion of the audio data detected by a distortion detector exceeds an acceptable amount. When the amount of distortion of the audio data exceeds the acceptable amount, notification data for presenting to the user a request for change of an output condition of the audio in the television is produced by a notification signal producer. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155827 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - When a receiver in a control LSI receives a conversation request from another device, a controller in the control LSI determines whether a camera/microphone device is connected to a USB interface in a communication device. If it is determined that the camera/microphone device is not connected to the USB interface in the communication device, the controller in the control LSI performs a message recording operation. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162346 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR, AND OPERATING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A user can use a plurality of communication devices to sign in to a communication system. A recording message addressed to himself/herself may be recorded in a distributed manner in the plurality of communication devices. One of the communication devices is requested to display a list of incoming call information while signing in to the communication system using user information. The one communication device requests the other communication device to send incoming call information corresponding to the same user information. The incoming call information corresponding to the same user information is transmitted to the communication device in one terminal from the other communication device. In the one communication device, the incoming call information transmitted from the other communication device is received, and list data is generated based on the received incoming call information. | 06-28-2012 |