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| 20080222528 | Information display method, information processing apparatus, and recording medium recording information display program - A method of displaying item information related to a plurality of individuals having different properties onto a screen. The method includes the steps of: obtaining information indicating equivalent time in property, which is time corresponding to a property of each individual; setting a time axis on the screen such that equivalent time in property of each individual indicated by the obtained information has the same position and the same display length, or the same position or the same display length in a time axial direction; and displaying item information related to each individual on the screen in relation to the set time axis. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080222557 | Method of displaying windows and display apparatus thereof - A method of displaying windows is disclosed. The method includes, when a first and second windows are displayed on a display screen of a display at the same time and display of the second window is changed with being interlocked with the first window by operating the first window, the steps of: forming a first data table in which input and output data forms are defined with respect to the first window; forming a second data table in which data forms transmitted from the first window to the second window are defined; receiving input to the first window from a user; performing processing of the first window according to the content of the received input; transmitting information of the processing in the first window to the second window associated in advance; and performing processing according to the transmitted information in the second window which received the transmission. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080262967 | Information processing method and device thereby - An information processing method, includes steps of detecting a use range set for one of digital money expressed in digital data and a use right of the digital money, and a use status of one of the digital money and the digital money right when one of the digital money and the digital money use right is used, determining whether the use status falls within the use range, and permitting the use of one of the digital money and the digital money use right if the use status falls within the use range or not permitting the use of one of the digital money and the digital money use right if the use status falls out of the use range. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080263020 | Content providing system, content providing apparatus and method, content distribution server, and content receiving terminal - A content providing system includes a content distribution server and a content receiving terminal connected to each other through a communication channel. The content receiving terminal includes an operation input unit specifying one point on a line, a time information output unit outputting the specified point as time information, a request sender sending a content providing request including the output time information to the content distribution server, and a provider providing at least one content item to a user. The content distribution server includes a content storage unit in which a plurality of content items are stored in association with at least the corresponding time information, a search unit searching the content storage unit for at least one content item according to a search condition based on the time information, and a content distributor distributing at least one content item to the content receiving terminal. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090046991 | Contents Replay Apparatus and Contents Replay Method - To enable a lot of audio data and image data such as a still image and a moving image to be effectively and efficiently used. When audio data accumulated in a material database | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048494 | Recording Apparatus, Reproducing Apparatus, Recording and Reproducing Apparatus, Recording Method, Reproducing Method, Recording and Reproducing Method, and Record Medium - Changes of a user's emotion that occurs when content is reproduced and a user's surrounding environment that occurs when the content is reproduced are recorded as sensing meta data and content is reproduced in a reproducing mode corresponding to the recorded sensing meta data. Content supplied from a content providing section | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090050687 | Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value - There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, which includes a holding section to hold a plurality of non-contact type IC cards, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC cards held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, and a control section to receive a transaction request concerning the service from the external unit via the external communication antenna and, in response to the transaction request, transfer electronic value between the value storing section and at least one of the plurality of non-contact type IC cards via the card communication antenna. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090050688 | Electronic wallet device and communication method - There is provided an electronic wallet device including a holding section to hold a plurality of non-contact type IC cards, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with an external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the IC cards held in the holding section, a card selecting section to select at least one IC card by narrowing down candidates for an IC card to be used for communication with the external unit from the plurality of IC cards based on a plurality of different card selection criteria, and a communication control section to connect the selected IC card with the external unit via the external communication antenna and the card communication antenna so that the selected non-contact type IC card and the external unit communicate with each other. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090050689 | Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value - There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, including a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC card held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, a charge section to charge the value storing section with electronic value, and a value transfer section to transfer electronic value stored in the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card on condition of success of authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device by an authentication section when using electronic value by means of the non-contact type IC card. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090068992 | Information delivery apparatus, information receiving apparatus, information delivery method, information receiving method and information delivery system - There is provided an information delivery apparatus including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070029 | Information delivery apparatus, information receiving apparatus, information delivery method, information receiving method and information delivery system - There is provided an information delivery apparatus including an event information storage portion to store event information including a place, date and time of an event held in a predetermined place on predetermined date and time, a location information receiving portion to receive location information indicating a current location of a mobile communication terminal, a travel time calculating portion to calculate a necessary travel time from the current location of the terminal to the event place based on the location information, a delivery time determining portion to determine a delivery time of the event information to the terminal based on the necessary travel time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the terminal at the delivery time. The delivery time determining portion determines the delivery time so that the interval between the delivery time and the event time is longer than the necessary travel time. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090098881 | Wireless terminal and user interface method - Communications is executed between users through wireless terminals thereof without fear of being located by each other. On terminal | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090115617 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the information provision device, and a control section configured to execute display of a map image on a display section, and execute a display based on the transmitted crowd information on the map image. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090131071 | Data Communication Apparatus, Data Communication Method, and Data Communication Packet - A data communication apparatus capable of creating a new type of communication is provided. Motion information obtaining means | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090136909 | INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION DEVICE, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION METHOD, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An interpersonal relationship evaluation method includes the steps of: obtaining position information obtained at each of the two or more terminal devices over a plurality of points in time; and calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time as a target wherein a predetermined condition holds to obtain the mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090156234 | GUIDE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, GUIDE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE - A guide information providing system including terminal and server devices, comprising: a specified location acceptance unit in the terminal device, to accept input of a specified location; a display unit in the terminal device, to display information; a storing unit, in the server device, to store guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of an object of guiding, are correlated; an information selecting unit to select guide information correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to the specified location based on the content of specified location information accepted by the specified location acceptance unit, and the guide information classified by position, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference; and a display control unit in the terminal device, configured to control the display unit to provide the guide information selected by the information selecting unit, and position information correlated with the guide information thereof, to a user in a predetermined display format. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090187597 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DATA PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device capable of communicating with a purchase history storage device for storing purchase history data and a display device, the information processing device including a storage unit for storing user image data and property data; a communication unit; a purchase history data acquiring unit for acquiring the purchase history data; a property data recording unit for generating and recording the property data based on the purchase history data; a property data updating unit for updating the property data to property data including a second property image represented with a time interval from when the user purchased the property until present based on the property data and time information; and a display data generating unit for generating display data shown with the user image and an image of the property according to the display request. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100138331 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC MONEY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an information processing method and an electronic money system that achieve contribution to the realization of a global or social objective, such as protection of global environment, by using the characteristics of electronic money, which is money, a point, or a right of use represented by electronic data. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100163617 | IC-CARD HOLDING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD,DATA PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS,AND DATA PROVIDING METHOD - An IC-card holding apparatus improving the availability, the convenience, and the usefulness of a non-contact IC card. The IC-card holding apparatus may communicate with a non-contact IC card held therein to read out information from the non-contact IC card and obtain the type of the non-contact IC card held therein and usage history information. The IC-card holding apparatus may display an image corresponding to the type of the non-contact IC card. The usage history may also be read out and displayed. For example, information (e.g., place name or shop name) about a position where the non-contact IC card has been used may be displayed and/or the use position may be presented on a map image. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100265361 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - A imaging device includes an imaging element; a memory unit configured to temporarily store pieces of image data captured individually at predetermined timings via the imaging element; a comparator configured to compare the image data recorded in the memory unit to detect whether an image change greater than or equal to a first threshold has occurred; a determining unit configured to determine whether the image change has converged to an amount less than or equal to a second threshold by comparing the image data recorded in the memory unit when an image change greater than or equal to the first threshold has been detected; and a controller configured to exercise control so that image data captured via the imaging element is recorded on a predetermined recording medium when it is determined that the image change has converged to an amount less than or equal to the second threshold. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100287202 | USER TERMINAL AND CONTENT SEARCHING AND PRESENTATION METHOD - A content searching and presentation method in a terminal of an original user having a playlist includes the steps of accessing a playlist of a different user from the terminal and obtaining the playlist of the different user; computing a similarity between the obtained playlist of the different user and the playlist of the original user, which is a playlist owned by the terminal, in accordance with a predetermined computation equation; and presenting, as a searched result, content that is contained in the playlist of the different user and that is not contained in the playlist owned by the terminal when the computed similarity exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110016149 | CONTENT USING METHOD, CONTENT USING APPARATUS, CONTENT RECORDING METHOD, CONTENT RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, CONTENT RECEIVING METHOD, CONTENT RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND CONTENT DATA FORMAT - A method of using contents includes the steps of setting public time information and private time information, the public time information being associated with each content and defined universally for use by a large number of unspecified users, the private time being associated with the content and defined for use by a small number of particular persons, and searching for a content according to the public time information and/or the private time information and using the content detected in the searching. | 01-20-2011 |
