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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Yusuke Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Mugura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Mugura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of content viewing devices via a network, including a viewing information receiving unit for receiving viewing information of a user in the past, present, and future from each of the content viewing devices, a user viewing content management unit for managing a user viewing content DB based on the viewing information received from each of the content viewing devices and a program guide, the user viewing content DB associating, in a form of program guide, past, present, and future contents represented in the program guide and identification information of users who have viewed the past content, those who are viewing the present content, and those who will view the future content, and a viewing information transmitting unit for transmitting the extracted viewing information of another user to the requesting content viewing device.