logo

For the Inventor, By the Inventor

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10102283 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2014

Controlling reproduction of content based on stored data

Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takeshi Ozawa, Chiba, JP;

Takashi Nomura, Tokyo, JP;

Motofumi Itawaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Chip Law Group

Primary Examiner:

Rong Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01); H04N 5/781 (2006.01); H04N 5/907 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30769 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 9/8205 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4348 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 5/775 (2013.01); H04N 5/781 (2013.01); H04N 5/907 (2013.01); H04N 9/8211 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: storing means for storing audio data and related information corresponding to the audio data; receiving means for acquiring electronic program guide information indicating programs scheduled to be broadcasted; and program selecting means for executing comparison processing for comparing predetermined related information corresponding to predetermined audio data among the audio data and the electronic program guide information and selecting, on the basis of a result of the comparison processing, a predetermined program from the broadcast-scheduled programs indicated by the electronic program guide information.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…