Sony Corporation

Saturn Licensing LLC

Takefumi Kitayama

Hideki Asazu

Yasushi Tsuruta

Takehisa Souraku

An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit adapted to acquire preference information representing a user's preference based on an operation given by the user regarding content; a selecting unit adapted to select content and to designate the selected content as an object for copying; and a copying unit adapted to copy the selected content to another information processing apparatus. Further, if the object for copying is copied by the copying unit, the acquiring unit updates the preference information associated with the content of the copied object for copying.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

There is provided an apparatus including an EPG acquiring unit configured to acquire EPG data, a selecting unit configured to select a target program, which is a target specifying which broadcast pattern of a plurality of broadcast patterns of the broadcasting program classified by a predetermined criteria; a broadcast pattern specifying unit configured to specify a broadcast pattern of the target program using EPG data of a reference date, which is a broadcasting day of the target program, past EPG data, and future EPG data; and a preference information generation unit configured to generate preference information subjected to weighting corresponding to the broadcast pattern of the broadcasting program based on viewing history information representing a viewing history of the broadcasting program and the broadcast pattern specified by the broadcast pattern specifying unit.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

A broadcast program reservation apparatus is disclosed. The broadcast program reservation apparatus may include a reception unit, a reservation unit, and a determination unit. The reception unit may receive a broadcast program and electronic program information. The reservation unit may execute a reserve-recording process of recording the program based on the electronic program information which has been received. The determination unit may determine whether or not a reservation candidate program as a candidate of the program is caused to be reserve-recorded by the reservation unit corresponding to a plurality of broadcast patterns of the program in a predetermined time period.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takefumi Kitayama