Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Hiroyuki Aizu

Daisuke Ajitomi

Keisuke Minami

Keiichi Teramoto

Hiroshi Kawazoe

Shunichi Gondo

Shuichi Kyuma

Takeshi Saito

Kotaro Ise

Nobuyuki Monma

Shinya Murai

Yoshiki Terashima

Naoki Esaka

Noriya Sakamoto

Michihiro Fukushima

Koji Tazoe

Chihoko Shigeta

Kohji Saiki

Yuji Irie

Munehiro Tokikura

Narumichi Sakai

According to an embodiment, a content reproducing apparatus includes a determination unit, a decision unit, an acquisition unit and a reproducing unit. The determination unit determines a reproduction condition for first content scheduled to be reproduced. The decision unit decides first acquisition information for acquiring the first content based on the reproduction condition. The acquisition unit acquires the first content using the first acquisition information. The reproducing unit reproduces the first content.

Content reproducing apparatus

According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes: a hardware interface configured to connect to a device; first controlling circuitry configured to detect the device being connected to the hardware interface and to determine whether a first command has been received by the hardware interface in a first time period after detection of connection to the device; and communication circuitry configured to carry out wireless communication with a terminal. The first controlling circuitry carries out control to select a function for the terminal from a plurality of functions in accordance with whether the first command has been received in the first time period and provide the selected function for the terminal.

Communication apparatus and memory card, communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A communication device according to an embodiment performs communications with one or more devices via a relay server. To switch a connection destination from a first relay server serving as an origin to a second relay server serving as a destination, the communication device establishes a connection with the second relay server, switches a transmission destination of a message from the first relay server to the second relay server, and cuts a connection with the first relay server.

Communication device, communication system, and computer program product for performing interactive communication via relay servers

A communication device includes a computer including a processor. The computer controls the communication device to perform operations. The operations include establishing a first connection with a first external device and establishing a second connection with a second external device, via a communication network. The operations include transmitting a keep-alive packet to the first external device via the first connection at a first transmission cycle and receiving a response packet for the keep-alive packet. The operations include determining the first transmission cycle according to transmission cycle determination processing which transmits a measurement packet to the first external device via the first connection at a candidate time interval after the second connection is established or after another measurement packet is received via the second connection, and confirming whether the measurement packet transferred by the first external device to the second external device is received via the second connection.

Communication device, server device, communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

According to an embodiment, a communication device performs communication with a terminal device via a network and includes first and second connection maintaining units and a switch instructing unit. The first connection maintaining unit maintains a connection established with the terminal device and mediates communication between the terminal device and another terminal device. The second connection maintaining unit maintains a communicable state of the terminal device with the communication device according to a method different from a method implemented by the first connection maintaining unit. When a predetermined switching condition is satisfied, the switch instructing unit instructs the terminal device to switch a method for maintaining a communicable state either from a first method, which is a method implemented by the first connection maintaining unit, to a second method, which is a method implemented by the second connection maintaining unit, or from the second method to the first method.

Communication device, terminal device, and computer program product

According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus communicates with a first device including a first data file via a network. The communication apparatus includes an indication unit and a request sending unit. The indication unit indicates a first data sending request to send first data from a first position as a start position of the first data file toward a second position as an end position of the first data file. Furthermore, the indication unit indicates a second data sending request to send second data from the second position toward the first position in the first data file. The request sending unit sends the first data sending request and the second data sending request to the first device.

Apparatus for efficient reconstruction of data file

According to one embodiment, a communication device includes: a communicator, a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The communicator establishes a communication connection with a destination communication device over a communication network and to communicate a packet relating to first information using the communication connection. The first circuitry determines a transmission interval of a packet relating to second information that is different from the first information, based on characteristic information on the communication network. The second circuitry performs control to transmit the packet relating to the second information to the destination communication device using the communication connection in accordance with the transmission interval determined by the first circuitry during at least a time period when the communication connection is established and communication of the packet relating to the first information is not performed.

Communication device, communication system, and communication method

In general, according to one embodiment, a communication device conducts connection type data communications. The device includes an application configured to supply or request data by using a connection. The device also includes a termination unit that receives a request of terminating the data communications, and reports, to the application, termination of the connection without terminating the connection.

Communication device and communication method

According to an embodiment, a data sharing device includes a first storage to store first information; a second storage to store second information that is a copy of the first information; a difference generator to compare, when the first information stored in the first storage is changed, the changed first information with the second information, extract a difference therebetween if any, and generate first difference information indicating the difference; a difference transmitter to transmit the first difference information to another data sharing device; a difference receiver to receive second difference information generated in another data sharing device; a difference reflector to reflect a difference indicated by the second difference information in the first information stored in the first storage, and cause the first difference generator not to generate the first difference information when the difference indicated by the second difference information is reflected.

Data sharing device, data sharing method, and computer program product

According to an embodiment, a communication device includes a connection establishment unit, a forwarder, and a generator. The connection establishment unit is configured to receive, from a terminal device, a connection request containing identification information of the terminal device, establish a communication connection with the terminal device, and store the identification information and terminal connection information. The forwarder is configured to receive, from a first terminal device, a message to be transmitted from the first terminal device to a second terminal device, and forward the message to the second terminal device, based on forwarding information containing the terminal connection information corresponding to the identification information of the first terminal device, and the terminal connection information corresponding to the identification information of the second terminal device. The generator is configured to generate the forwarding information, based on a request from the forwarder or the connection establishment unit.

Communication device, communication system, communication method and computer program product

An information processor includes a receiver configured to receive, from a first device, a response information request including content identification information for identifying a content in a network; an extraction portion configured to extract a plurality of element information pieces included in the content identification information; a storage to store therein each of conditions for a first element information piece among the plurality of element information pieces, and a response information piece in association with each other; and a generator configured to generate a response message including the response information piece stored in association with a condition that the first element information piece extracted by the extraction portion satisfies among the conditions for the first element information piece stored in the storage portion.

Apparatus and method for automatic conversion of content address and associated action thereof for social television sharing

There is provided an information processing apparatus which the communication unit receives a usage request of a resource described in a first format from a program providing apparatus, the conversion unit identifies a resource providing apparatus having the resource as indicated and converts the usage request described in the first format into the usage request described in a second format that can be interpreted by the resource providing apparatus identified, the communication unit transmits the usage request described in the second format to the resource providing apparatus and receives a processing result of the usage request described in the second format from the resource providing apparatus, the conversion unit converts the processing result described in the second format into the processing result described in the first format, and the program execution unit performs an operation according to the processing result described in the first format.

Information processing apparatus, resource providing apparatus, and information processing system

In at least one embodiment, a reception apparatus includes a discrimination data receiver configured to receive discrimination data that is transmitted from outside the reception apparatus and that has been associated with display information to be displayed; and an output controller configured to control output of the display information to two or more display screens according to the discrimination data.

Reception apparatus, reception method and external apparatus linking system

According to an embodiment, a receiving apparatus includes a memory, a first generator, a second generator, a transmitter, a receiver. The memory stores service information including search criteria set in a memory device and a connection method for connecting with the memory device. The first generator generates a common search query that is a search query expressing search conditions used in searching contents and that includes at least a pair of a common search condition attribute and a common search condition attribute value. The second generator generates a search query according to the search criteria specified in the service information with the use of the generated common search query. The transmitter transmits the generated search query to the memory device based on the connection method specified in the service information. The receiver receives, from the memory device, the attribute information obtained as a result of executing the search query.

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Hiroyuki Aizu