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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.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Takuji Kawamoto, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiaki Iwata, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takuji Kawamoto, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiaki Iwata, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A player (content searching device) compares an acquired piece primary metadata (with running number) to a corresponding piece of primary metadata having numberin a memory unit. When no matching occurs, primary metadata with running numberis used. Then, this acquired primary metadata is compared to the piece of primary metadata having numberin the memory unit. When matching occurs, the player acquires content corresponding to running numberfrom a server and begins playback.