Sony Corporation

Kayo Sugimoto

Makoto Sato

Kazuyuki Ogawa

Yuji Takimoto

Takuro Noda

Yuuji Takimoto

Tomohisa Tanaka

Disclosed herein is a portable electronic device including an operation surface for inputting an operating action of a user, detecting means for detecting the coordinates of a point of contact of a user's finger with said operation surface, a memory for storing information representing a deviation between the coordinates of a point on said operation surface where the user desires the user's finger to touch said operation surface and the detected coordinates of the point of contact, and correcting means for correcting said deviation based on the stored information.

Portable electronic device and method of controlling input operation

A communications system and method, an information processing apparatus and method, an information management apparatus and method, a recording medium and a program make it possible to efficiently and comfortably make use of contents, which are stored in one server, from a plurality of devices connected via a network. In a case in which the playing of content is stopped, bookmark information including a time stamp representing the stopped position of the content is stored in association with predetermined identification information. The bookmark information is available for various apparatuses transmitting the identification information. When playing the content from a position designated by the information from a predetermined apparatus, the time stamp included in the bookmark information is referred to and the playing of the content from the stopped position is started. The present invention can be applied to various apparatuses such as a personal computer, audio equipment, a PDA, a mobile phone and the like.

Communications system and method, information processing apparatus and method, information management apparatus and method, recording medium and program

A communications system and method, an information processing apparatus and method, an information management apparatus and method, a recording medium and a program make it possible to efficiently and comfortably make use of contents, which are stored in one server, from a plurality of devices connected via a network. In a case in which the playing of content is stopped, bookmark information including a time stamp representing the stopped position of the content is stored in association with predetermined identification information. The bookmark information is available for various apparatuses transmitting the identification information. When playing the content from a position designated by the information from a predetermined apparatus, the time stamp included in the bookmark information is referred to and the playing of the content from the stopped position is started. The present disclosure is applicable to a personal computer, audio equipment, a PDA, a mobile phone and the like.

Portable electronic device, method of controlling input operation, and program for controlling input operation

The present invention relates to a content provision system, an information processing apparatus and method, an output apparatus and method, and a program therefor, which makes it possible to use content easily and quickly. When a DVD discis inserted into a DVD player, a message indicating the fact is broadcasted from the DVD playerto a TV-and a TV-, which are all other devices connected to a network. In the TV-and the TV-, a message notifying that a medium storing available content was newly found is displayed on a screen thereof, respectively. When reproduction of the found content is instructed by a user in the TV-, the DVD playeris requested by the TV-to provide the content, and image of the content provided in response thereto is displayed on the TV-. The present invention can be applied to storage equipment including a DVD player and a personal computer and display equipment including a TV set.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kayo Sugimoto