Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Kddi Corporation

Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Tdk Corporation

Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

Eiji Yamada

Tatsuya Suzuki

Hiromasa Ohkubo

Ryota Akao

Kensaku Sanda

Atsushi Miyamoto

Masaharu Hattori

Masato Andou

Hirofumi Iizuka

Yuki Kobayashi

Manabu Nishizawa

Masakazu Hayashi

Kensaku Ishizuka

Tomio Fukuda

Isao Matsuda

Takuo Kodaira

Kenji Sakai

Katsuyuki Kanetaka

Kenichiro Ueki

Jun Shouji

Mitsuhiro Kitao

Minori Iida

Hiroo Sawada

Takeo Komazaki

Yasuo Kuramitsu

A data management apparatus manages a plurality of data items output by a plurality of communication devices that output data. The data management apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, include receiving a data acquisition request, including an application identification of an application from the data acquisition apparatus, extracting data output by the application on a communication device corresponding to the application identification included in the data acquisition request, among the plurality of data items received from the plurality of communication devices via a relay apparatus, and transmitting the extracted data to the data acquisition apparatus.

Data management apparatus, data management method, and data communication system

The present invention provides a data management apparatus for managing a plurality of data items output by a plurality of communication devices that output data. The data management apparatus includes a storage section configured to store device identification information of each of the plurality of communication devices in association with charge identification information including either contractor identification information of a contractor of a contract for using a relay apparatus that is configured to transfer the plurality of data items to the data management apparatus or acquirer identification information of a data acquirer who acquires the data from the data management apparatus, and a charge amount determination section configured to determine a charge amount for each item of the charge identification information on the basis of data communication traffic volumes corresponding to data output from the communication devices of one or more device identification information items stored in association with the charge identification information.

[Object] To make it possible to urge a plurality of users to recommend content. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of specification information for specifying content from a plurality of users, respectively; and a control unit configured to calculate the number of times in which each piece of the content is specified by the plurality of users on the basis of the plurality of pieces of the specification information acquired from the plurality of users and control application of an incentive to the plurality of users on the basis of the calculated number of times.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

In a cloud computing system having a plurality of computational resources that are connected via a network, a table display section displays, on a terminal used by a user using the cloud computing system, a table showing a list of thumbnail movies of execution screens of applications that can be provided on arbitrary dates and times to the user, the table assigning the thumbnail movies to specified dates and times. A movie selection acceptance section acquires the user's selection from the thumbnail movies shown in the table. An application provision part provides an application, associated with the thumbnail movie selected by the user, to the user.

Cloud computing system and application provision method

An operation button carries out an operation of an electronic apparatus through a key input. A touch panel is a display area of the electronic apparatus and carries out an operation of the electronic apparatus through a touch operation. A display controlling unit displays, in response to the operation of at least one of the operation button and the touch panel, a menu including at least one choice relating to the operation of the electronic apparatus on a display device. Here, the display controlling unit displays a menu to be displayed in response to the operation of the operation button and a menu to be displayed in response to the operation of the touch panel such that the menus include at least one common choice and besides the common choice is disposed in layouts different from each other.

Electronic apparatus and menu displaying method

Disclosed herein is an application provision method in a client-server type system providing a game application to a plurality of users via a network. The method causes a computational resource of a server to perform the steps of: providing, to a first user using a client terminal connected to the server, a game application selected by the first user; providing, to a second user specified by the first user, the game application provided to the first user after the game application is ended by the first user; and notifying achievement levels of the first and second users to the client terminals of the first and second users after the game application is ended by the second user.

Application provision server and application provision method

A game device includes an input position acquiring unit and a first game control unit. The input position acquiring unit acquires a position of an entry provided by a player to a touch panel, which can concurrently detect entries at multiple points. The first game control unit displays objects and a sequence in which the objects should be erased on a screen image, and, in case that a position of an entry acquired is at a position corresponding to a position where an object to be erased next is displayed, erases the object from the screen image. The first game control unit includes: a single tap input control unit that, when an input on one object is acknowledged, erases the object; and a multiple-graphic-symbol-tap input control unit that, when inputs on multiple objects are acknowledged concurrently, erases those objects.

Game device, game control method, and game control program for controlling game on the basis of a position input received via touch panel

A recordable optical recording medium is provided enabling reliably preventing the deterioration of the recording characteristics, even when stored for a long period of time in an environment of high temperature and humidity. A recordable optical recording medium includes a substrate, and on the substrate, a reflective layer, a recording layer, a protective layer, a light transmission layer in a single layer structure having optical transparency, and a hard coat layer. The recording layer is formed by addition of an additive which functions as reducing agent to an azo metal complex dye having a triazole structure.

Recordable optical recording medium

A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head works a part to be worked to a target length by carrying out an etching process on an object to be worked using an etching apparatus. The method carries out a measuring process that measures a length before working of a part to be worked using a measuring apparatus and a calculation process that calculates the processing time of the etching process required to work the part to be worked from the length before working to the target length based on a first calculation result correcting parameter obtained in advance corresponding to the measuring apparatus, a second calculation result correcting parameter obtained in advance corresponding to a position of the part to be worked, a third calculation result correcting parameter obtained in advance corresponding to a value of a current supplied to an electrode of the etching apparatus during the etching process, a fourth calculation result correcting parameter obtained in advance corresponding to a total usage time of the electrode, the length before working, and the target length. The etching process is carried out on the object to be worked for the calculated processing time.

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head, thin-film magnetic head manufacturing apparatus, and thin-film magnetic head manufacturing system

An image of a preselected subject is photographed by a camera and is recorded on a reversal film, and a film image thus recorded is read by a scanner and is stored in a storing medium. Data of a photographic processing control image prepared by computer graphics is stored in the storing medium, and a composite image of the image of the subject and the control image is prepared. The image data of a subject portion of the composite image and the image data of a control image portion of the composite image are independently corrected, then the composite image with the corrected image data is recorded on the reversal film, and then the composite image recorded on the reversal film is printed with a negative film interposed therebetween. These operations are repeated until respective subject images of the print obtained by the composite image and of a print obtained by photographing the subject have substantially the same quality and the density and color balance of the control image portion become proper. By using the composite image recorded on the reversal film when these subject images have substantially the same quality and the density and color balance become proper, a photographic processing control tool is prepared.

Method and apparatus for preparing photographic processing control tool

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Eiji Yamada