Sony Corporation

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Other

Advanced Micro Devices Corporation

Saturn Licensing LLC

Justsystem Corporation

Satoru Maeda

Katsutoshi Sakao

Munehiro Yoshikawa

Manabu Onishi

Yasushi Noguchi

Nobutaka Tani

Akihiko Tao

Masaru Nonogaki

Noriyuki Uchiumi

Dale E Gulick

Hideki Yoshida

Kazunori Yasuda

Kazuyuki Ikeda

Daisuke Kawaguchi

Kei Yamashita

Shyunsuke Takano

Kazuo Motoki

Manabu Oonishi

Yoshihiro Hanamoto

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Masaki Nishimura

Takao Mogi

Yoshio Ishigaki

Hiroshi Sahara

Mami Uchida

Masahiro Asai

Norio Ohga

Ikuo Taniguchi

Kiyotada Yokogi

Shinji Okazaki

Shinobu Izumi

Yasunori Matsui

Kosuke Yoshimura

Mari Sugiura

Taro Takita

Susumu Orikasa

Tadao Ishihara

Hirokatsu Kimata

Natsuko Yotsumoto

Koichi Katagiri

Takaaki Miura

Katsuhisa Takata

Nobutàka Tani

Michiro Shibui

Shigeru Yatou

Takashi Kitajima

Mariko Nakada

Tomoya Oguni

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with improved operatability. With the information processing apparatus in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet, the index panelshows channel buttonsto be operated to select a desired program, a site buttonto be operated to make an access to site A available on the Internet and a site buttonto be operated to make an access to site B on the Internet. The present invention allows the user to watch a television program and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.

Information processing apparatus

In an information-processing system shown in FIG., a server () for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument () and an information-processing apparatus () with a remote-operation screen display function for remote-controlling the audio/video instrument () based on control information acquired from this server () are connected to each other through the Internet () etc. The information-processing apparatus () makes a request to the server () to deliver the remote-operation control information in accordance with this audio/video instrument () and, based on the control information delivered from the server () owing to this delivery request, performs display processing of a remote-operation screen and, based on remote-operation information input by operations on the remote-operation screen, remote-controls the audio/video instrument ().

Information-processing system, information-processing apparatus, and information-processing method

Disclosed herein is a content transmission apparatus connected to a content reception apparatus at a remote place via a network, the content transmission apparatus including: a broadcast signal reception section configured to receive a broadcast content on one or more channels; a recording/reproducing section configured to compress and record data of at least 24 hours of broadcast content on each channel, and reproduce the recorded compressed data; a communication section configured to transmit the compressed data to the content reception apparatus via the network; and a delay control section configured to control the recording/reproducing section to control a delay time between a broadcasting time of the content and a time at which the compressed data is transmitted. The delay time is set in accordance with time difference information indicating a time difference between places where the content transmission apparatus and the content reception apparatus are placed.

Content transmission apparatus, content reception apparatus, and content transmission/reception system

The present invention provides a transmission/reception apparatus capable of achieving both a high processing speed and good extensibility in performing communication protocol processes. Used for transmitting data in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and receiving data transmitted in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, the transmission/reception apparatus has a configuration capable of executing communication protocol processes by using hardware (in first and second communication-protocol-processing units) and software (in first and second control units). The hardware or the software can be selected properly in accordance with the type of data. For example, a communication protocol process for data regarded as a heavy processing load can be carried out by using the hardware at the high processing speed whereas a communication protocol process for data regarded as a light processing load can be carried out by using the software, which offers the good extensibility.

Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus and transmission/reception apparatus for image and/or audio data and other than image and/or audio data

Information-processing system, information-processing device, and information-processing method

Wireless communication is carried out between devices. A highest frequency band is selected. When the selected frequency band includes an unused channel in which no disturbing wave is present, a maximum transmission rate at which a received field strength value exceeds a threshold value is determined. When the selected frequency band does not include an unused channel or one in which no disturbing wave is present or there is no transmission rate associated with the selected frequency band at which the received field strength value exceeds the threshold value, the next highest frequency band is successively selected and the above is repeated. When the maximum transmission rate is successfully determined, communication is initiated using the unused channel of the selected frequency band at the maximum transmission rate as a communication channel.

Wireless communication method and wireless communication apparatus

An information processing apparatus with improved operatability in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet. An index panel shows channel buttons operated to select a desired program, a first site button provides access to site A available on the Internet and a second site button provides access to site B on the Internet. The user is able to watch a television program and can have access to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.

A television reception system is disclosed by which a television broadcasting program can be enjoyed at any place in a home without being influenced by connection to an antenna cable or a communication circuit and which can be connected to a network such as the Internet. A channel selection apparatus and a display apparatus are formed as separate apparatus from each other. The channel selection apparatus receives broadcasting signals, selects one of the broadcasting signals, forms a transmission signal from the selected broadcasting signal and transmits the transmission signal by radio. The radio signal from the channel selection apparatus is received by the display apparatus, and an image based on an image signal of the received signal is displayed on an LCD apparatus serving as a display element.

Television reception system, channel selection apparatus and display apparatus

This invention relates to a network control verification system, a control communication terminal, a server apparatus, and a network control verification method whereby a user away from a recording apparatus is notified of information such as whether the recording apparatus has completed unattended recording of a broadcast program as reserved. Specifically, a recording/reproducing apparatusrecords a broadcast program to a recording medium in accordance with unattended recording reservation settings. The apparatusextracts one picture frame from the pictures recorded on the recording medium and turns the extracted frame into a thumbnail image. The recording/reproducing apparatusthen transmits an e-mail including a recording start date, a recording start time, a recording stop time, a broadcast channel, and a recording mode regarding the recorded broadcast program to a mobile phonetogether with an attachment of the thumbnail. By checking the e-mail sent to the mobile phone, the user can verify that the recording has been completed as reserved. This invention may be applied advantageously to networked electronic apparatuses.

Network control verification system, control communication terminal, server apparatus, and network control verification method

An information transmitting/receiving system is disclosed which includes a base station apparatus and a monitor apparatus, the system being arranged to let the base station apparatus offer more content information to the monitor apparatus than before. On receiving a content transmission request, the base station apparatus performs an authenticating process using monitor apparatus registration information in order to send content information only to the registered monitor apparatus authorized to receive the content information. The monitor apparatus may register with a plurality of units of the base station apparatus. When the monitor apparatus selects any one of the multiple units of the base station apparatus to request transmission of content information therefrom, the selected base station unit transmits the requested content information to the requesting monitor apparatus.

Information transmitting/receiving system, information transmitting apparatus, information receiving apparatus, and information transmitting/receiving method

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Kanagawa, Japan

Satoru Maeda