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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2007
Osamu Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Motosugu Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Motosugu Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit for detecting a commercial message contained in a broadcast television program, a feature quantity calculating unit for calculating a feature quantity of the detected commercial message, a recording unit for recording incidental information relating to the commercial message and the feature quantity of the commercial message, a searching unit for searching for a commercial message satisfying an identification condition, from among commercial messages detected, the identification condition identifying the commercial message and containing a period within which the commercial message has been broadcast and a communication unit for receiving a transmitted transmission request requesting transmission of the feature quantity and the incidental information of the broadcast commercial message satisfying the identification condition, and for transmitting the feature quantity and the incidental information of all commercial messages satisfying the identification condition obtained as a result of the search.