Sony Corporation

Shiro Miyagi

Hiroki Takakura

Kimio Maki

Mihoko Kamei

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

Yasutaka Kotani

Mio Ozawa

Jun Nagai

Kou Kobayashi

Katsuhiko Watanabe

Masahiro Matsushita

Kenichiro Imai

Tetsuo Morimoto

Yasuyuki Nagata

Katsumi Endo

Koichi Uchida

Chihiro Motono

Yasuo Sakura

Yuko Mimura

Yuuko Mimura

This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (), a server (), and a portable telephone unit (having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data is distributed from the image data processing device () to the portable telephone unit (), and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit () and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit () provided in the server

Information distribution system and method for distributing content information

An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a display unit that executes information display; and a data processing unit that executes a control of the information display of the display unit and data processing based on a user input. The data processing unit displays an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executes display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user's input of image selection information and map display request.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

An information distribution system including an image data processing device, a server, and a portable telephone unit having an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data with a destination address attached thereto and a display unit that displays the image data. The image data is distributed from the image data processing device to the portable telephone unit, and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit provided in the server.

Information delivery system and method for delivering content information

An information processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a client that executes information display processing; and a server that creates a display structure description file applied in the information display processing, wherein the client acquires image data reference information and transmits display structure description file creating data including the image data reference information to the server, the server creates the display structure description file and transmits the created display structure description file to the client, and the client executes processing for displaying a map on a display unit on the basis of the display structure description file received from the server and acquiring image data from a storage unit within the client on the basis of the image data reference information recorded in the display structure description file and then displaying the acquired image data on the display unit.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

An information-processing device including a recording unit configured to record a plurality of types of content-data items to be recorded onto at least one predetermined recording medium, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the plurality of types of content-data items recorded onto the recording medium by the recording unit includes at least one content-data item of which reproduction is difficult for a purpose-built reproduction device to perform, the purpose-built reproduction device supporting a predetermined format, and a notification unit configured to make a notification according to a predetermined method when the determination unit determines that the content-data item of which reproduction is difficult to perform is included, the notification indicating details on the determination is provided.

Information-processing device, content-reproduction-propriety-determination-notification method, and content-reproduction-propriety-determination-notification program

An information distribution systemincluding a portable telephone set (), having a display unit for displaying image data, and a communication function, and owned by a user, an image data processing device (), having an image data processing function and a communication function, a server () for storing image data transmitted from the image data processing device (), and a portable telephone base stationconnected to the portable telephone set () over a portable telephone communication network (). A list of the addresses formulated in the past is displayed on a display unit of the portable telephone set (). The text data included in the data referenced by the address selected from the list of addresses displayed is modified and a new address is appended to the modified data.

Information distribution system and method

In an information processing system including an information processing apparatus and a content output apparatus which are connected to each other, the content output apparatus is configured to include a function identification file creation unit adapted to, in accordance with a button operation by a user, create a function identification file for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and a file storage unit adapted to store the function identification file in a storage unit, and the information processing apparatus is configured to include a detector adapted to detect a connection of the content output apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and a controller adapted to, after detecting the connection of the content output apparatus, start an application program to execute the function depending on the presence/absence of the function identification file in the storage unit.

Information processing system, content output apparatus, and method and program of controlling an information processing apparatus by a content output apparatus

Information delivery system and information delivery method

A file transfer system includes a source apparatus and a destination apparatus connected to each other via a predetermined transmission path. The source apparatus includes a source-list generating unit generating a first list, a file storing unit, a list rewriting unit, and a file transmitting unit. The destination apparatus includes a destination-list generating unit generating a second list, a destination-list storing unit, a source-list obtaining unit, a determining unit, a transferred-file storing unit, and a destination-list rewriting unit. The destination apparatus obtains the first list held in the source apparatus, compares the first list with the second list to distinguish an untransferred file from files in the source apparatus, and obtains the untransferred file from the source apparatus while the source apparatus does not rewrite the second list.

File transfer system, file storage apparatus, method for storing file, and program

Latitudes and longitudes of first and second points on a measured map image are recorded together with an image file. First, a beginning of position information data of the map image is shown. Subsequently, it is shown that information of the first point is started. Subsequently, an X coordinate of the first point on the map image is shown. Subsequently, a Y coordinate of the first point on the map image is shown. Subsequently, the latitude of the first point is shown. Subsequently, the longitude of the first point is shown. Subsequently, it is shown that information of the second point is started. Subsequently, an X coordinate of the second point on the map image is shown. Subsequently, a Y coordinate of the second point on the map image is shown. Subsequently, the latitude of the second point is shown. Subsequently, the longitude of the second point is shown.

Data recording apparatus and method, data reproducing apparatus and method, data recording and reproducing apparatus and method, and map image data format

In an image data communication system, a digital image recording apparatus captures a desired still image or moving video image. For a color still image, the digital image recording apparatus compresses the image based on JPEG to create a color GIF (graphics interchange format) file. This file is converted to image data having an amount of data which can be processed with a portable telephone or a portable information terminal. An image sender transfers the image data generated from the digital image recording apparatus to an image distribution server. The image distribution server records the image data in an internal recording apparatus and notifies a recipient that the image is ready for distribution by sending, for example, an e-mail message to the portable telephone or the portable information terminal.

Image data communication system and method thereof, and image pickup apparatus and image data processing method

A digital photographing apparatus, portably structured, for recording a photographed digital picture signal to a recording medium and reproducing a digital picture signal from the recording medium The apparatus includes a recording means for recording the digital picture signal supplied from a signal processing means and position information supplied from a position information obtaining means to the recording medium, a reproducing means for reproducing the digital picture signal and the position information from the recording medium, a map information obtaining means for obtaining map information, a table creating means for creating a table for the reproduced position information, and a controlling means for referencing the table for the position information and displaying an icon corresponding to the position information and the map information to the displaying means.

Digital photographing apparatus having position information capability

When an animation mode is designated, still picture data that has been photographed or discretely read from a record medium is compressed in a subtractive color process and a data compressing process corresponding to the LZW method. The compressed data is converted into an animation GIF file of which still picture data is combined in the time sequence and it is correlatively displayed on the time base. When an animation mode completion command is input or the size of the GIF file becomes a recordable size of the external storage medium, the GIF file data is written to the external storage medium. In addition, after a photographed still picture is recorded to the external storage medium, an animation can be created. In addition, an animation GIF file can be created using a plurality of still pictures recorded in the external storage medium. In addition, an animation GIF file that has been created can be edited.

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Shiro Miyagi