Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080260354 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC CHAPTER MAKING CAPABILITY - A chapter is made automatically, using a location at which recording is paused and then resumed, as a chapter border. | 10-23-2008 |
20100313136 | MENU SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND MENU SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus includes a memory, an output module, and a setting module. The memory is configured to store first menu configuration information to compose a first menu screen and second menu configuration information to compose a second menu screen. The output module is configured to output first menu screen display information to display the first menu screen based on the first menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection operation of the first menu screen, and to output second menu screen display information to display the second menu screen based on the second menu configuration information and content data in response to a selection operation of the second menu screen. The setting module is configured to set one of the first menu screen and the second menu screen as a top menu displayed at a startup timing. | 12-09-2010 |
20100318937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION REPRODUCTION - According to one embodiment, directed to an information reproduction apparatus and an information reproduction method, which extracts the type of a reproducible medium and the type of a reproducible content, displays the extracted medium type in a first display region, displays the extracted content type in a second display region, and emphasizes and displays the display region which has accepted a selecting instruction with respect to the display region which is not selected in the first and second display regions, whereby the visibility of a file improves, and easy selection is enabled. | 12-16-2010 |
20110311197 | PLAYLIST CREATING METHOD, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RECORDER/PLAYER FOR EXECUTING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a recorder/player including, a section identifying module configured to set a section designated by an initial point and an end point in an image being played back and to provide identification information to identify the section, a playlist creating module configured to set a playback order of playing back the section set by the section identifying module in accordance with an arrangement of the identification information or in accordance with descriptions of the identification information corresponding to the playback order, and a storage configured to retain the identification information set by the section identifying module. | 12-22-2011 |
20120027381 | RECORDING/READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING TAG LIST FOR RECORDING/READING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL UNIT FOR RECORDING/READING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a control block including a read control processor for reading designated content, a time information processor for processing time information. A controller returns, to a user terminal, a response signal, and information indicating a second absolute time point when an operation is executed in response to a request signal generated by the user terminal at a first absolute time point. The controller stores time difference information indicating a time difference between the first and the second absolute time points. When responding to a further request signal sent from the requester via the network, the controller sets, as tag time information, time information obtained by correcting, using the time difference information, a current relative time period for which the designated content is read. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027385 | PROGRAM RECORDER, PROGRAM RECORDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDED PROGRAM MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a recording management system including, a retaining module configured to independently retain, information on a program recorded by a first recorder and information on a program recorded by a second recorder independent of the first recorder, a list creating module configured to create a combined recorded program list, the combined recorded program list including a combination of the information on the program recorded by the first recorder and the information on the program recorded by the second recorder that are retained by the retaining module, and a managing module configured to create a list of the programs reproducible by a reproducer from the combined recorded program list retained by the list creating module in response to a request from the reproducer for the list of the programs reproducible by this reproducer, the managing module sending back the generated reproducible program list to the reproducer. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030322 | USER TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANAGING APPLICATION OF THE TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a data transceiver accepts a new application file, and a setting information processor transfers and copies setting information described in a setting information area of an existent application file, to a corresponding setting information area of the new application file. | 02-02-2012 |
20130055334 | VIDEO PROCESSOR, TELEVISION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processor includes: a list output module; a selection receiver; and a data controller. The list output module is configured to output screen information in which a plurality of pieces of list information are arranged. Each of the pieces of list information includes pieces of identification information each identifying a scene contained in video data and arranged in an order in which scenes are played. The selection receiver is configured to receive a selection of one of the pieces of identification information comprised in one of the pieces of list information. The data controller is configured to control playing the video data from a scene identified by the one of identification information received by the selection receiver. | 02-28-2013 |
20130067350 | USER TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANAGING APPLICATION OF THE TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a data transceiver accepts a new application file, and a setting information processor transfers and copies setting information described in a setting information area of an existent application file, to a corresponding setting information area of the new application file. | 03-14-2013 |
20130086222 | CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND CONTENT REPRODUCING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a content processing system includes: a server device configured to distribute content data via a network; and a content reproducing device configured to reproduce content based on the content data distributed via the network. The server device comprises an acquisition destination allocating module to allocate one acquisition destination of the content data to be distributed to one content reproducing device; and a distribution data switching module to switch the content data to be distributed based on a switching command received. The content reproducing device comprises a content acquisition module to request the content data from the allocated acquisition destination of the content data to acquire the content data; and a switching command transmitter to generate the switching command in switching the content data to be acquired from the acquisition destination of the content data to transmit the switching command to the server device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130094835 | RECORDING/READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING TAG LIST FOR RECORDING/READING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL UNIT FOR RECORDING/READING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a control block including a read control processor for reading designated content, a time information processor for processing time information. A controller returns, to a user terminal, a response signal, and information indicating a second absolute time point when an operation is executed in response to a request signal generated by the user terminal at a first absolute time point. The controller stores time difference information indicating a time difference between the first and the second absolute time points. When responding to a further request signal sent from the requester via the network, the controller sets, as tag time information, time information obtained by correcting, using the time difference information, a current relative time period for which the designated content is read. | 04-18-2013 |
20130163965 | INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a program-to-weighting value storage unit stores weighting value of preference for program. A preference information generation unit sets a level of preference corresponding to the weighting value for the program. A weighting value correction unit adds or subtracts a correction value with respect to the weighting value to correct the weighting value for the program. A data collection and correction value generation unit collects communication data via radio or wire and generates the correction value according to key data included in the communication data. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176491 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes a television receiver, a mobile terminal, and an interface. The terminal includes a wireless controller configured to acquire a state signal from the television receiver and to supply a control signal to the television receiver. The interface is provided in the television receiver or the terminal and configured to convert a state acquisition request and a control signal from the controller into a request and a signal which can be detected by the television receiver and to convert a state signal from the television receiver into a state signal which can be detected by the controller. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177288 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device control method including, detecting a position range specification of a particular object based on a touch operation from a moving image displayed on a touchscreen, outputting information on the detected particular object to a server via a network, and receiving a search result including tag information searched for in the server, and determining and reproducing, in accordance with the received tag information, a segment of the moving image in which the particular object is displayed. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177289 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a receiver, a generator, and an output module. The receiver is configured to receive program additional information including operation history information. The generator is configured to generate display information required to display a program guide associated with the program additional information based on the program additional information and program guide information. The output module is configured to output the display information. | 07-11-2013 |
20140064697 | SCENE INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, SCENE INFORMATION OUTPUT PROGRAM, AND SCENE INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a scene information output apparatus includes a communicator, a reproducer, and an output module. The communicator is configured to transmit to a server identification data regarding content includes a plurality of scenes, and receive from the server a plurality of items regarding scene information corresponding to the plurality of scenes. The reproducer is configured to reproduce the content. The output module is configured to output a first item of scene information corresponding to a first scene being reproduced among the plurality of scenes. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064700 | SCENE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, SCENE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, AND SCENE REPRODUCTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a reproduction apparatus includes a communicator module, a selector, a detector, and a reproducer. The communicator is configured to receive, from a server, one or more items regarding scene information corresponding to one or more scenes in one or more content items. The selector is configured to select a first item regarding scene information from the one or more items regarding scene information in response to a selection operation. The detector is configured to detect a first scene in a first content item corresponding to the first item regarding scene information. The reproducer is configured to reproduce the first scene. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068679 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a content output module outputs viewing content to a display module. A service menu list display module displays a service menu related to the content in list form on the display module when an instruction to acquire a service from a server is received, while the content is being output to the display module. Then, a related service menu switching display module switches to a further related service menu and displays the menu in response to a subsequent specification input according to a display state of the service menu. | 03-06-2014 |
20140196090 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first display controller, second display controller, and third display controller. The first display controller displays a program guide in a first area of a screen and program information about a program in a second area of the screen. The second display controller displays, in the first area, detailed information of the program information displayed in the second area. The third display controller displays, when detailed information about another program or another title is displayed in the first area, program information about the other program or the other title in the second area. | 07-10-2014 |
20150066928 | ASSOCIATED-DATA PROCESSOR, ASSOCIATED-DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a first data file, a second data file, a third data file and a file controlling logic portion are provided. In the first data file, basic data of a plurality of programs are stored. The basic data indicates a plurality of attributes related to each program. The second data file associates viewers with a plurality of programs. The third data file associates programs with a plurality of viewers. The file controlling logic portion is configured to access the first to third data files, generate a cluster in which data is associated depending on a theme and specify a viewer and/or a program included in the cluster. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081673 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus including group specifying module configured to specify a cluster group including clusters in content being played back, an access module configured to access a collection of arbitrary cluster groups relevant to the cluster group specified by the group specification module, a search module configured to searching for content specified by a cluster group included in the collection accessed by the access module, and a content presentation module configured to present a result of search by the search module. | 03-19-2015 |