Sony Corporation

Justsystem Corporation

Masahiro Asai

Kazunori Ozawa

Nobuhiro Tone

Hidekazu Watanabe

Akimasa Oyama

Mami Uchida

Natsuko Yotsumoto

Takaaki Miura

Katsuhisa Takata

Satoru Maeda

Munehiro Yoshikawa

Kazushige Tsurumi

Shinji Okazaki

Nobutaka Tani

Yoshihiko Owaki

An audio recording and reproducing apparatus includes a controller for controlling the entire behaviors, hard disc for write and read of audio data, audio compression/expansion circuit for expanding compressed audio data, and external I/O port. The audio recording and reproducing apparatus is connected to a network service center to obtain desired music data from storage of the network service center and to store it in the hard disc.

Audio transmission, recording and reproducing system

An information processing apparatus in which television channel setting processing and provider setting processing can be completed expeditiously. The information processing apparatus has the function of connecting to the Internet and the function of receiving television broadcast from the broadcasting stations. If, when the broadcast territory of using the information processing apparatus is set and registered, and the Internet service provider is to be set, the Internet service providers are demonstrated in the display unit of the information processing apparatus beginning from those geographically closest to the user's territory.

Information processing method and apparatus and recording medium

An information processing device according to the invention is adapted to receive information as input. A software keyboard is assigned to part of a pressure detection panel () for key arrangement and only markers are normally displayed in a display () to indicate the home position (reference position) of the software keyboard. Characters can be input to the character input section that is displayed on the display () by way of the software keyboard without using input devices such as mouse and hardware keyboard.

Information display input device and information display input method, and information processing device

A telephone apparatus connectable to a computer network through a telephone network to transmit data including audio signals via a server of said computer network includes: a first telephone set including a first audio input/output means for converting input voice into a digital audio signal and for converting a digital audio signal into output voice, and a first CPU that executes process for connecting the first telephone set to the server and process for compressing or expanding the digital audio signal; a second telephone set including a second audio input/output means for converting input voice into a digital audio signal and for converting a digital audio signal into output voice, and a second CPU that executes process for connecting the first telephone set to the server and process for compressing or expanding the digital audio signal; and connection control means connected between the telephone network and the first and second CPUs to enable the first and second CPUs to transmit the data.

Telephone apparatus used for computer network telephone system

An information processing method and apparatus for enabling more prompt sign-up. A network management server at step Sreceived am equipment serial number from an information processing apparatus and, at step s, references a database to retrieve a received equipment serial number. If the equipment serial number has not been found, the program moves to step Swhere a command for initiating manual setting is sent to an information processing apparatus. If the equipment serial number has been found, the program moves to step Sto verify whether or not the admittance made or admittance not as yet made, recorded in the database in association with the equipment serial number received is admittance made. If the verified result indicates admittance not as yet made, the program moves to step Swhere the network management server sends an automatic setting initiating command to the information processing apparatus.

Information processing method and apparatus and recording medium for controlling and simplifying a sign-up operation of an apparatus over a network

The present invention relates to an information processing terminal that makes it possible to readily upgrade software of information processing terminals connected by a network. When a control program stored in a display apparatusB is upgraded by a control program stored on a memory card, an upgrade program for a base stationand the control program for display apparatusA andC read by the display apparatusB are transmitted to the base station. The base stationupgrades a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the base station, and also transmits the control program for the display apparatusA andC to the display apparatusA andC. The display apparatusA andC each upgrade a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the display apparatusA andC, respectively.

Information processing terminal

A telephone system including telephone terminals in computer networks connected via servers to transmit data containing at least audio data through the Internet. Upon receipt of information on a source terminal sent via a server, a destination terminal performs operations based on the information. For example, the destination terminal judges whether the source terminal is a previously specified terminal, and connects or does not connect itself to the source terminal in accordance with the judgement.

A telephone system using terminals in computer network connected via servers to transmit data containing at least audio data through the computer networks. A server is provided with a data base storing call-out information used to connect to a destination terminal. When a source terminal makes a call to a destination terminal, the server of the computer network searches out the connection address of the destination terminal from the data base. Then, the server calls up the destination terminal and establishes connection between the server of the computer network and the destination terminal.

System for audio communication between two terminals connected to the

A server is used in a computer network telephone system having a computer network that can connect a plurality of terminal devices via at least one server to transmit data containing audio data between the terminal devices. The server provides predetermined services for the terminals when it receives predetermined information from the terminals.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Masahiro Asai