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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Yoshiki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kobori, Kanagawa, JP;
Norifumi Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiko Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kobori, Kanagawa, JP;
Norifumi Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiko Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus and a method are provided, which efficiently and properly execute information update processing and content reproduction processing based on transmission processing of content information from a server to a client. The server owning content attribute information extracts metadata based on an information acquisition request from the client, to generate the content information based on property information which is a component of the metadata, and for each property, sets data editing information allowed by each piece of the property information to transmit to the client. Furthermore, the server generates the content information including data mode information by which processing capability in a device on the client side can be judged, such as record quality level information and codec information, as the data mode information of the contents.