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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Yoshinori Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Tange, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Yoshinori Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Tange, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Value-added information is created based on favorite information of a content user. The content is processed according to the generated value-added information. Favorite data indicating operations, such as fast-forward, pause, and rewind operations, performed while the content is being played back, and personal user information, such as the age group, the gender, and the life-style, of the content user are transferred to a server via a network. The server performs statistical processing on the user favorite data to generate value-added information according to the attributes of the user, such as the age group, the gender, and the life-style. Accordingly, the user is able to search for popular titles, play back only popular scenes, and skip uninteresting scenes by using a content playback apparatus.