Sony Corporation

Tsuyoshi Honma

Akihiko Kinoshita

Hiroyuki Chiba

Takashi Kanao

Hirofumi Kouda

Yoshinori Ohashi

Shin Ito

Takashi Miura

An information processing apparatus includes: a program distribution schedule information receiver configured to receive program distribution schedule information; a program-associated information acquirer configured to acquire, for each program listed in the program distribution schedule information, information for identifying content associated with the program and program-associated information including information for identifying a recording media to which the content is recorded; and a display controller configured to control displaying of a program guide by allocating a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for controlling a command for reproducing the content corresponding to the program into each display box of the program on the basis of the received program distribution schedule information and the acquired program-associated information.

Information processing apparatus and method, and recording media

A control device may include a control unit to control transmission of a predetermined control command to a controlled device, when an operation surface is put face down is detected from a detection result of at least one sensor indicating the operation surface is put face down.

Control device, control method, and program

A network system in which a terminal apparatus, a recording apparatus, and a server apparatus are connectable via a network is disclosed. The server apparatus includes a service processing unit performing a service of reserving recording of a content to the recording apparatus by a request from the terminal apparatus, and an available service information provision unit managing information on the service available to the recording apparatus as available service information and transmitting the available service information to the terminal apparatus in response to a request from the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a content guide acquisition unit acquiring a content guide which lists information to guide watching and listening of a plurality of contents, an available service information acquisition unit acquiring the available service information from the server apparatus, and a content guide display processing unit processing the content guide acquired by the content guide acquisition unit based on the available service information acquired by the available service information acquisition unit and displaying the processed one.

Network system, server apparatus, terminal apparatus, display method of content guide, program for server apparatus, program for terminal apparatus

Systems and methods for operating an appliance control device for controlling the operation of a variety of appliances are provided. The appliance control device may acquire a list identifying one or more functions executable by an appliance. The list may further identify a corresponding protocol corresponding to each function included in the list. The appliance control device may transmit a request to the appliance for execution of a desired function selected from the list using a specified protocol selected based on the corresponding protocol corresponding to the desired function. In turn, the appliance may transmit the list to the appliance control device upon request. Further, the appliance may also receive the request to execute the desired function in accordance with the selected specified protocol, and execute the desired function in response to the request.

Systems and methods for operating an appliance control device for an appliance

Systems and methods for operating an appliance control device for selectively controlling a plurality of appliances having a same or common identifier are provided. A control unit may receive a request to register the appliance control device with any of the plurality of appliances having the same identifier. In response to the request, the control unit may select a first appliance based on a registration priority of the first appliance relative to the remaining appliances. Upon selecting the first appliance, the control unit may transmit a request to the selected first appliance for registering the appliance control device with the selected first appliance. In some aspects, the relative registration priorities may be assigned to one or more of the appliances based on a prior registration history and/or distance to the appliance control device.

Appliance control device, registration method of appliance control device, and program

A program accumulation apparatus includes: a broadcast program acquisition section to acquire data of a broadcast program based on a preset recording reservation; a delivery program acquisition section to acquire data of a delivery program delivered by a downloading method via a network based on a preset download reservation; a storage section to accumulate the data of the broadcast program or the data of the delivery program; a designation section to accept a designation of the broadcast program for the recording reservation; a judgment section to judge whether the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is possible; and a setting section to judge, when the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is judged as being impossible, whether the download reservation of the delivery program of the same source as the broadcast program is possible, and set the download reservation of the delivery program when judged possible.

Program accumulation apparatus, program accumulation reservation method, and program

A recording apparatus includes: a guide information obtaining section to obtain guide information of a program scheduled to be delivered; a series information obtaining section to obtain series information for specifying a plurality of programs belonging to a series; a program data obtaining section to obtain data of the programs; a program data storage section capable of storing the data of the programs; a program data recording section to store the data of the programs obtained by the program data obtaining section in the program data storage section; a recording history storage section to store information about the programs whose data is stored in the program data storage section, as recording history information; and a detection section to detect a recording status of at least one program belonging to the series intended to be recorded based on the guide information, the series information, and the recording history information.

Recording apparatus, recording status detection method, program delivery and recording system, and program

A recording apparatus includes a delivery schedule information acquisition section, an update reservation section, and an update data acquisition section. The delivery schedule information acquisition section acquires information on a delivery schedule of update data for updating control software, the update data being delivered from an update delivery server by an IP multicast system. The update reservation section generates, based on the information on the delivery schedule acquired by the delivery schedule information acquisition section, acquisition reservation information of the update data. The update data acquisition section acquires the update data based on the acquisition reservation information generated by the update reservation section.

Recording apparatus, software update data acquisition method, program, and data delivery system

A network system is disclosed. The system includes: a terminal device; a network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device; a service server that provides a service for controlling the network appliance over a network to the terminal device; and an access management server that receives/transmits information for accessing the network appliance over the network. The network appliance has a message transmitting section, and the access management server has: a storage section and an event message transmission control section.

Network system, access management server, event notification method, network appliance and computer program

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit which communicates with a distribution server that contains content data for streaming delivery, a buffer unit which temporarily stores stream data obtained from the distribution server, a storage unit which stores an inserting content, a reproduction unit which reproduces the content inserted by the storage unit, and a control unit which measures a bandwidth of the network, determines whether it is possible to reproduce until the end of a next chapter defined by a chapter point set in the content based on a buffer volume of the buffer unit and the bandwidth, and when determined it is impossible, switches the content to be produced by the reproduction unit to the inserting content.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Disclosed is a server apparatus including a registration means for associating a first apparatus with a plurality of second apparatuses as the control targets thereof, and registering the first apparatus and the plurality of second apparatuses associated, a constant connection session establishment means for establishing a constant connection session with each of the plurality of second apparatuses, a request reception means for receiving from the first apparatus a first request to transfer data between the plurality of second apparatuses, and a request transmission means for transmitting a second request to directly transfer data between the plurality of second apparatuses to one of the plurality of second apparatuses through the constant connection session in response to the received first request.

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Chiba, Japan

Tsuyoshi Honma