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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Osamu Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Ozaki, Saitama, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A content providing apparatus previously receives customer identification information and content identification information as customer reservation information via a terminal device, and sends customer desired content data corresponding to the content identification information to a content obtaining apparatus, to provide a customer with the customer desired content data via the content obtaining apparatus more easily, thus making it possible to significantly improve the usability of a content obtaining/providing system. In addition, a content providing server sends three-dimensional images to a portable dedicated terminal in response to a preview request sent from the portable dedicated terminal, and then sends commercial data corresponding to a preview request sent according to the display state of the three-dimensional images to reproduce it, to make the customer view and preview the content to allow the customer to accurately judge whether the content meets his/her taste, thus making it possible to select content data lightheartedly.