Sony Corporation

Akio Koresawa

Takashi Takeda

Yoichi Ohshige

Ryu Sukigara

Yasuo Nomura

Mitsuru Nagasaka

Tomoe Tanaka

Tetsuro Kida

A content providing system is disclosed, which includes: a content providing server that is capable of delivering content data and information related thereto through a communication network; and a client that is capable of downloading the content data and the information related thereto through the communication network, wherein a management unit manages meta information of the respective content data as content item information, manages one or plural pieces of content item information as content program information in association with one another, and manages one or plural pieces of content program information as a content program catalogue, one content data and meta information thereof can be referred to in plural pieces of content item information, one piece of content item information can be referred to in plural pieces of content program information, and one piece of content program information can be referred to in plural content program catalogues, and when a term of availability of the content program catalogue has expired, the management unit deletes content program information included in the content program catalogue and/or content item information included in the content program information and/or content data included in the content item information.

Content providing system, content providing server, information processing apparatus, and computer program

An information processing system including: first and second information processing devices in communication through a network. The first device has a license information-sending unit that sends license information containing utilizing-time limit information for utilizing a content in response to a request from the second device. The second device has: a license information-receiving unit that receives the license information sent by the license information-sending unit; a time information acquisition unit that acquires time information through the network; an internal clock-setting unit that refers to the time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit to set time information of a built-in internal clock; and a utilization-controlling unit that controls utilization of the content in association with the license information received by the license information-receiving unit based on the time information of the internal clock set by the internal clock-setting unit or a counter working independently of the internal clock.

System for processing information, device for processing information, and program

A moving-image reproduction apparatus includes a display section for displaying an image in a moving-image display area; a moving-image data storage section for storing a plurality of pieces of moving-image data; a moving-image data reproduction section for reading out moving-image data and reproducing the moving-image data; a moving-image change-over command section for requesting change-over from a preceding moving image to a succeeding moving image; and a control section for changing-over from a preceding moving image to a succeeding moving image in accordance with the request. During a period of time lasting till the start of a process to actually display a reproduced moving image based on the moving-image data, the control section stops reproduction of the preceding moving image and reduces the brightness of the moving-image display area to a value corresponding to a black moving image in a predetermined period of time.

Moving-image reproduction apparatus, moving-image reproduction methods, programs and recording mediums

A display of 'scroll up by 1 hour' is overlaid on sections of station name of a program schedule Fawhen an up arrow key of a cross key provided to a remote commander is operated when a cursor K is on the upper border of a program frame, and when there is any preceding program (past program) not currently displayed in the program schedule Fa. Then when an enter key provided to the remote commander is operated, the 1-hour-scrolled-up program schedule Fais responsively displayed after reconfiguration. In such a manner, the display range of the program schedule can be changed with ease, and the present invention is applicable to television receivers for digital broadcasting.

Image processing unit, method, and program

A content providing system includes a content providing server that delivers content data and information related thereto through a communication network; a client that downloads the content data and the information related thereto through the communication network, and a management unit that manages meta information of the respective content data as content item information, manages one or plural pieces of content item information as content program information in association with one another, and manages one or plural pieces of content program information as a content program catalogue.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akio Koresawa