Sony Corporation

Takanori Nishimura

Keigo Ihara

Junko Fukuda

Takahiko Sueyoshi

Takao Yoshimine

Takayuki Kori

Takashi Sato

Yasushi Miyajima

Keiichi Yoshioka

Jian Wang

Shin Shiroma

Hiroki Tamai

Junichiro Sakata

Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

Masataka Suzuki

Yutaka Hasegawa

Tamaki Kojima

Ryo Mukaiyama

Yoshitaka Narukawa

Mikio Sakemoto

Junji Ooi

Noriaki Nakagawa

Tomohiro Tsuyuhara

Shinji Nakajima

Yuka Eura

Takahiro Sueyoshi

Naoko Tobata

In a content supply system, in order to use a streaming server to perform a live distribution, a user PC used makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control center. When the user PC sends desired reservation information to the server reservation control center via the Internet, if the reservation is accepted, a reservation ID only used for authentication of the reservation is created and sent from the server reservation control center to the user PC via the Internet. When a distribution request is sent from the user PC to the streaming server, authentication processing using this reservation ID is performed.

Method of using server, server reservation control apparatus and program storage medium

An information processing device including a communication interface that exchanges data with a first device and a second device; and a processor that performs authentication of the first device; receives content data from the first device via the communication interface; and controls the communication interface to send the content data in real time to the second device based on an access control setting, which indicates a restriction on sending the content data.

Server reservation method, reservation control apparatus and program storage medium

An information-processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select one of a plurality of input operation modes of the absolute coordinate input unit. One of the input operation modes is a specific mode allowing a display range to be moved to a desired position in a state where the highest resolution of a display unit integrated with the absolute coordinate input unit is lower than the resolution of an entire screen. The information-processing apparatus has a configuration in which, when an operation face of the absolute coordinate input unit is touched to carry out a drag operation in this specific mode, the distance of a movement made in the drag operation is detected, and the position of the display range is then changed by moving the display range by the detected distance.

Information-processing apparatus providing multiple display modes

In a content supply system, in order to use a streaming server to perform a live distribution, a user PC used makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control center. When the user PC sends desired reservation information to the server reservation control center via the Internet, if the reservation is accepted, a reservation ID only used for authentication of the reservation is created and sent from the server reservation control center to the user PC via the Internet. When a distribution request is sent from the user to the streaming server, authentication processing using this reservation ID is performed.

The present invention improves operatability provided for the user as operatability to specify a display range in an information-processing apparatus employing an absolute coordinate input unit such as a touch panel. The information-processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select one of a plurality of input operation modes of the absolute coordinate input unit. One of the input operation modes is a specific mode allowing a display range to be moved to a desired position in a state where the highest resolution of a display unit integrated with the absolute coordinate input unit is lower than the resolution of an entire screen. The information-processing apparatus has a configuration in which, when an operation face of the absolute coordinate input unit is touched to carry out a drag operation in this specific mode, the distance of a movement made in the drag operation is detected, and the position of the display range is then changed by moving the display range by the detected distance.

Information-processing apparatus and programs used in information-processing apparatus

An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an allocation device configured to allocate each of a plurality of picture display areas to each of a plurality of picture groups each made up of a plurality of pictures, the picture display areas being arrayed in a first direction on a screen for displaying pictures; and a display control device configured to display each of the pictures constituting each of the picture groups in screen locations which correspond to the picture display areas allocated to the picture groups and which are arrayed in a second direction different from the first direction and are determined by times associated with the pictures.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

The present invention relates to a sending apparatus that efficiently sends content provided by a viewer/listener to a sender and that performs live distribution using the content. Program content to be live-distributed by a user terminal () serving as the sender and sender specific information for specifying the user terminal () on the Internet () are distributed to a client terminal () via a streaming distribution server (). Content provided by the client terminal () is directly sent to the user terminal () on the basis of the sender specific information. The user terminal () performs live distribution using the content that has been sent from the client terminal ().

Transmission apparatus, transmission method, content delivery system, content delivery method, and program

Notification is sent to an upper layer via a control device(a device for managing operation buttons) provided between operation buttons 'A-', 'A-' and the like and devices for operation input &#x201c;Device A&#x201d;, &#x201c;Device B&#x201d; and the like such as a pointing device for executing application processing. Function assignment and the like are put under management by the control device, so that any modification or change is not required in the OS, drivers, and applications in association with change in key assignment, which is advantageous and effective for reduction of cost and time for product development.

Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same

In a content supply system, in order to use a streaming serverto perform a live distribution, a user PCused makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control center. When the user PCsends desired reservation information to the server reservation control centervia the Internet, if the reservation is accepted, a reservation ID only used for authentication of the reservation is created and sent from the server reservation control centerto the user PCvia the Internet. When a distribution request is sent from the user PCto the streaming server, authentication processing using this reservation ID is performed.

The state of a label at an optional time point, such as a past time point, can be recognized, while the label can be regenerated even when the label has been deleted. When a label on which can be pasted an object, such as text, picture or sound, is acted upon (yes at step S) the difference of the label information is computed (step S) and the computed difference information is stored (steps S, S). The label state is then regenerated based on the time information stored in association with the label and the difference information. Also, time is displayed, plural time intervals are displayed (step S), a desired one of the plural time intervals is selected (step S) and time display is controlled responsive to the selected time intervals (steps Sto S), to facilitate retrieval of the information corresponding to the specified time. In addition, a label handling at least the time concept is processed (step S) and the time axis in displaying the label is controlled (step S) based on an operating signal associated with rotational actuation from a jog dial (step S).

Information processing method and apparatus

To allow many users to efficiently use functions of a processing server that performs predetermined processing, via a network and also prevent a time during which an user can use the processing server, from being shortened due to a difference between the times recognized by the user side and processing server side. In a content supply system, in order to use a streaming serverto perform a live distribution, an user PCto be used makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control centerover the Internet. When the reservation is accepted, the server reservation control centersends the real time information of the service provider side that controls the service time of the streaming serverbased on the reservation, over the Internet

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takanori Nishimura