JP2007304821A - Reproducing apparatus, information processor, information processing terminal, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system appropriately reading only desired information among information related to a content. <P>SOLUTION: The system 20 includes: a reproducing apparatus 30 for outputting marking information which includes a title of the content, reproduction position information when a request is received, and access destination information for acquiring content-related information in response to a first request received in reproducing the content; a server 34 accumulating the content-related information; and a portable device 32 for transmitting the first request to the reproducing apparatus 30, transmitting the title and reproduction position information in the marking information to be transmitted by the reproducing apparatus 30 to a server 34 corresponding to the access destination information in the marking information in response to the request, and outputting the content-related information to be transmitted by the server 34. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus used in a system for providing information related to content to a user, and more particularly to a technique for providing detailed information related to content being played back to the user.

  As a main method for explaining the details of a certain product and promoting it, there are a commercial video broadcast on television, a newspaper insertion advertisement, and the like. However, with the development of networks in recent years, various other methods have been considered as methods for advertising products.

  For example, when an information site on the Internet is linked to another site, the following method can be considered. If the user wants to know the details of a product, the user simply clicks on the photo and name of the product and connects to the site of the company that sells the product. According to this method, there is an advantage that the user can obtain further information about the product with a simple operation, or can purchase the product immediately if a product order form is prepared on the site.

  In addition, there is a method using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. This is to transmit a data distribution request for a product using a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone when an advertisement video of the product for sales promotion is shown on the street or in a store.

In this way, if a user is interested in a certain product and wants to obtain more detailed information, it is not necessary to take a memo etc. Convenient. Further, when the amount of information is not sufficient only by the contents of a memo or the like, it is convenient because it is not necessary to obtain a catalog or supplement information on the Internet.
JP 2004-328109 A

  However, according to the information collection and distribution system disclosed in Patent Document 1, video / audio contents such as advertising videos and provided information are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis. That is, this system is a mechanism for determining information to be provided based on the video / audio content displayed by the video / audio display system when the user desires to obtain detailed information.

  For example, when a product advertisement of about 15 seconds is targeted, even if this method is used, no major problem occurs. However, for example, when this method is used for movies and dramas of about 2 hours, the following problems occur.

  In video and audio content over a long period of time, there are many types of places used for shooting and clothes worn by performers. If all these pieces of information are included in the content-related information, the content-related information includes a large amount of information. When the audiovisual content and the content related information are associated with each other in a one-to-one manner as in the technique described in Patent Document 1, even if the user wants to know only a part of the information related to these, all Content information must be obtained. And from the enormous amount of information acquired, the target information must be searched. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to obtain only specific information out of the content related information.

  In addition, the amount of content related information related to video / audio content over a long period of time may be enormous. Even if the user wants to convey content-related information to a friend or the like, there is a risk that the capacity of the processing data may be exceeded depending on the device if the capacity of the information is large. As a result, necessary information may not be transferred successfully.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a playback device, an information processing device, and an information processing device used in a content-related information providing system capable of appropriately reading out only desired information from information related to content in general including video and audio content. It is to provide an information processing terminal and a computer program.

  The playback device according to the first aspect of the present invention performs content playback processing, responds to reception of a predetermined first request at the time of playback of content, information for specifying content being played back, and playback Content processing means for outputting status information including the playback position information related to the playback position when the first request is received for the content in the content, and when receiving a predetermined second request from another device, the content Marking including information necessary for obtaining content-related information associated with the content based on status information output from the content processing unit in response to the first request by giving the first request to the processing unit Marking information output means for transmitting the information to the device that has transmitted the first request. The marking information includes information for specifying the content included in the status information output from the content processing means, reproduction position information, and access destination specifying information for specifying an access destination to be accessed in order to acquire content related information. Including.

  According to this playback device, when the second request is received from another device during playback of the content, the first request is given to the content processing means, and the information specifying the content being played back and the content being played back Status information including the reproduction position information related to the reproduction position when the first request is received is output. Based on this status information, marking information including information for specifying content, reproduction position information, and access destination specifying information for specifying an access destination to be accessed for acquiring content related information is generated. The marking information necessary for acquiring the content related information is obtained based on the reproduction position information regarding the reproduction position when the first request is received. Therefore, marking information for obtaining content related information required by the user can be obtained from a lot of information related to the entire content. Note that the content here is not limited to video, audio, or both. For example, it may include characters displayed on an electronic bulletin board installed in the city. Further, the scenes represented by video and audio may be the same as in a game played on a home game machine, or may include data such as internal flags that differ depending on the progress of the scenario.

  More preferably, the status information may further include access destination information for specifying an access destination to be accessed in order to acquire the content related information. In response to the status information further including access destination information, the marking information output means outputs marking information including information for specifying the content included in the status information, reproduction position information, and access destination information. In response to the fact that the status information does not include the access destination information, information for specifying the content and playback position information included in the status information, and an access destination specification indicating a predetermined access destination Means for outputting marking information including information.

  According to this playback device, when the access destination information is included in the status information, in response to this, marking information including information for specifying the content included in the status information, playback position information, and access destination information Is output. In addition, if the access information is not included in the status information, in response to this, the information specifying the content included in the status information, the playback position information, and the access destination indicating the predetermined access destination Marking information including specific information is output. Therefore, the access information can be included in the marking information regardless of whether the access information is included in the status information. As a result, it is possible to acquire appropriate access destination specifying information for acquiring content-related information that differs depending on the reproduction position.

  An information processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that operates in conjunction with the above-described playback apparatus to acquire and output content-related information associated with content being played back by the playback apparatus, An operation means capable of being operated by the user and generating a predetermined signal in response to the user's operation, and a predetermined first request in response to the operation means outputting a predetermined first signal. Information for identifying the content being played back by the playback device included in the marking information received from the request transmission means for giving the playback device to the playback device and the marking information transmitted by the playback device in response to the first request Information related to the content is determined by the access destination specifying information using the content reproduction position information and the predetermined access destination specifying information. It includes information obtaining means for obtaining from the provider, and output means for information acquisition means outputs the acquired content related information.

  According to this information processing apparatus, marking information can be acquired from the reproduction apparatus in response to an operation by the user. Then, using the information included in the marking information for identifying the content being played back by the playback device, the playback position information of the content, and the predetermined access destination specifying information, the content is associated with a specific playback position in the content. The content related information can be acquired from the information providing device determined by the access destination specifying information. It is also possible to output the acquired content related information. Therefore, it is possible to acquire the content related information that the user thinks necessary by the user's operation and output the content related information to the user. As a result, the user can know only the content-related information he wants to know by operating.

  Preferably, the output means includes display means for displaying the content related information acquired by the information acquisition means.

  According to this information processing apparatus, it is possible to display the content related information acquired by the information acquisition means. Therefore, the user can easily know the contents of the content related information by viewing the display.

  Preferably, the information acquisition unit corresponds to a combination of information specifying the content included in the received marking information and the reproduction position information from the information providing device specified by the access destination specifying information included in the received marking information. Means for acquiring content related information.

  According to this information processing apparatus, it is possible to acquire content related information corresponding to a combination of information specifying the content included in the marking information and reproduction position information. Therefore, the user can acquire content related information regarding a predetermined reproduction position of the predetermined content.

  An information processing device according to a third aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that operates together with the above-described playback device, and is operable by a user to generate a predetermined signal in response to the user's operation. An operation means, a request transmission means for giving a predetermined first request to the reproduction apparatus in response to the operation means outputting a predetermined first signal, and a reproduction apparatus in response to the first request In response to the reception means for receiving the marking information transmitted from the storage means, the storage means for storing the marking information received by the reception means, and the operation means output the predetermined second signal, Means for transmitting the marking information stored in the storage means to another apparatus by a predetermined communication method.

  According to this information processing apparatus, it is possible to receive the marking information transmitted from the playback apparatus in response to a user operation and store the received marking information. The stored marking information can be transmitted to another device by a predetermined communication method. Therefore, it is possible to transmit marking information necessary for acquiring content-related information to other users possessing other devices.

  Preferably, this information processing apparatus is a mobile phone.

  According to this information processing apparatus, marking information or content-related information can be obtained by operating a mobile phone. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain such information using a mobile phone.

  An information processing terminal according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is an information processing terminal used together with the information processing apparatus described above, and includes receiving means for receiving marking information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, and receiving means In response to a predetermined user operation, the marking means stored in the storage means is read in response to a predetermined user operation, and is determined by the access destination specifying information included in the marking information. An information acquisition unit for acquiring information prepared in association with information for specifying content included in marking information and reproduction position information from an information providing device, and information for outputting information acquired by the information acquisition unit Output means.

  According to this information processing terminal, marking information transmitted from another device is stored, and the stored marking information is read in response to a user operation. Then, from the information providing apparatus determined by the access destination specifying information included in the read marking information, information prepared in association with information specifying the content included in the marking information and reproduction position information is acquired. Can do. Furthermore, the acquired information can be output. Therefore, content-related information is acquired and output based on the marking information transmitted from another device. As a result, a certain user can acquire the content related information based on the marking information transmitted from the other user and know the content.

  A computer program according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a computer program that, when executed on a computer to which communication means and a predetermined storage device are connected, causes the computer to operate as the playback device described above. A playback program part that realizes a function of performing playback processing of the stored content, and when the playback program plays back the content, the playback program identifies the content being played back in response to receiving the first request. A status information processing program part for realizing a function of outputting status information including information and playback position information regarding the playback position of the content being played back when the first request is received; When the second request is received, the status information processing program part being executed Marking information including information necessary for acquiring content-related information associated with the content based on the status information output from the status information processing program part in response to the first request, A marking information output program part that realizes a function of transmitting the first request to the apparatus that has transmitted the request via the communication unit, and the marking information specifies the content included in the status information output from the content processing unit It includes access destination specifying information for specifying an access destination to be accessed in order to acquire information, reproduction position information, and content related information.

  According to this computer program, when a second request is received from another device during content reproduction, the first request is given to the content processing means, information for identifying the content being reproduced, and the content being reproduced. Status information including the reproduction position information related to the reproduction position when the first request is received is output. Based on this status information, marking information including information for specifying content, reproduction position information, and access destination specifying information is generated. The marking information necessary for acquiring the content related information is obtained based on the reproduction position information regarding the reproduction position when the first request is received. Therefore, marking information for obtaining content-related information necessary for the user can be obtained.

  A computer program according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is a computer program for causing a computer to operate as the information processing apparatus described above, and the computer can be operated by a user, and in response to the user's operation, a predetermined program can be obtained. The operation means for generating the signal is connected to the communication device and the output device for outputting information in a predetermined manner, and the computer program responds that the operation means has output the predetermined first signal. A request transmission program portion for realizing a function of giving a predetermined first request to the playback device via the communication device, and marking information transmitted by the playback device in response to the first request via the communication device. Using the information for identifying the content being played back by the playback device and the playback position information of the content included in the marking information. Information acquisition program part that realizes the function of acquiring the associated content-related information from the information providing apparatus defined by the access destination specifying information included in the marking information, and the content related acquired by the function realized by the information acquisition program part And an output program part for realizing a function of outputting information using an output device.

  According to this computer program, marking information can be acquired from the playback device in response to an operation by the user. Then, the content related information associated with the content is accessed using the information for identifying the content being played back by the playback device, the playback position information of the content, and the predetermined access destination specifying information included in the marking information. It can be acquired from the information providing apparatus determined by the destination specifying information. It is also possible to output the acquired content related information. Therefore, it is possible to acquire the content related information that the user thinks necessary by the user's operation and output the content related information to the user. As a result, the user can obtain only the content related information desired to obtain by operating.

  The output device of the computer may include a display device for displaying information. The output program part includes a program part that realizes a function of displaying content-related information acquired by the function realized by the information acquisition program part on the display device.

  According to this computer program, the acquired content related information is displayed on the display device. Therefore, the user can easily know the contents of the content related information only by looking at the display device.

  According to the playback device, the information processing device, the information processing terminal, and the computer program used in the content related information providing system according to the present invention, the content is played out of the information associated with the video / audio content being played back. It is possible to read out only the information associated with the portion that is present. Also, the read information can be output and displayed. Therefore, even when there is a large amount of content-related information associated with content over a long period of time, the user can obtain only the information that he / she wants to obtain as appropriate.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  In addition, a mobile phone is used as a mobile device used in the following embodiments. However, in the following description, even in the configuration of the mobile device that is necessary for functioning as a mobile phone, functional units that are not directly related to the present invention are not shown and described for the sake of clarity. To do.

<First Embodiment>
[Constitution]
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a content related information providing system 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, content related information providing system 20 reproduces content and generates marking information necessary for providing content related information in response to a request for information distribution from another device. A playback device 30 for transmitting the request to the device that transmitted the request, and a portable device 32 that operates with the playback device 30 to acquire and output content-related information associated with the content being played back by the playback device 30 And a server 34 for storing content related information and providing designated content related information to the mobile device 32 in response to a request for content related information from the mobile device 32.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the playback device 30. Referring to FIG. 2, a playback device 30 records and plays back video and audio content, and provides status information at the time of playback of the video and audio content in response to a request from another, and a portable device. When a marking information request frame is received from the portable device 32, a request for marking information including information necessary for acquiring content related information associated with the content based on the received marking information request frame is received. A communication control unit 40 for generating and outputting, and a status including information for specifying content and reproduction position information in order to generate marking information in response to receiving a request for marking information from the communication control unit 40 Information is requested from the content processing unit 44 and based on the given status information And a marking information generation unit 42 for providing the communication control unit 40 generates the marking information.

  The communication control unit 40 has a function of generating a marking information providing frame based on the marking information given from the marking information generating unit 42 and transmitting the marking information request frame to the portable device 32 that has transmitted the marking information request frame first.

  Details of the status information and the marking information will be described later.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of status information related to content in the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 8, the status information includes a plurality of entries 110, 112, 114, 116 and 118.

  An entry 110 indicates the type of content. An entry 112 indicates the title name of the content. The entry 114 indicates the genre of the content. An entry 116 indicates a playback offset time when the status information is created when the playback start time is set to zero. An entry 118 indicates a URI (Uniform Resource Indentifiers) of a server that provides information to be accessed in order to acquire related information of the content.

  Not all of the status information is attached to the content itself. For example, the title name shown in the entry 112 needs to be attached to the content itself in advance. However, the reproduction offset time indicated in the entry 116 is information that can be grasped and generated by the reproduction apparatus, and therefore need not be attached to the content. The URI may or may not be attached to the content. If it is attached to the content, the URI is inserted into the status information as shown in FIG. If it is not attached to the content, no URI is inserted into the status information.

  In the present embodiment, the marking information generated from the status information described above includes a title name, a reproduction offset time, and URI information of a server for providing information.

  In general, marking information is accessed to obtain information to identify the content being played, information to identify the scene that was being played when the marking information request was received, and content-related information. Information for specifying the information providing apparatus to be included.

  As information for specifying a scene, in this embodiment, the content playback start time is set to 0, and normal playback is performed from the beginning to the scene that was played when the marking information request frame was received. Reproduction time information indicating the time required is used. The URI information is information for indicating to which information server the portable device should inquire when there are a plurality of information servers provided with a scene specifying function provided by a content production company or broadcasting station on the network. In the present embodiment, as described above, when the URI information is included in the status information related to the content, the URI information is usually adopted as the marking information. When the URI information is not included in the status information regarding the content, the URI information registered in advance in the video is adopted as the marking information.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of marking information generated from the status information shown in FIG. This marking information is described in XML (extensible Markup Language), and a plurality of lines 120, 122, 124, surrounded by <MKINFO> tags and </ MKINFO> tags indicating the marking information. 126 and 128 are included. A row 120 indicates a content type. A row 122 indicates the title name of the content. A row 124 indicates the genre of the content. Line 126 shows the playback offset time. Line 128 shows the URI of the server 34.

  FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the portable device 32. Referring to FIG. 3, portable device 32 includes a button, a sensor, and the like, and outputs a marking information request instruction signal in response to an operation of requesting marking information by a user using them. In response to the output of a marking information request instruction signal from the operation unit 50, a marking information request frame is generated and transmitted to the playback device 30, and communication control is performed in response to the frame. A first communication control unit 52 for receiving the marking information providing frame transmitted from the unit 40 and extracting and outputting the marking information from the received marking information providing frame.

  The portable device 32 further transmits information for specifying content and reproduction position information among the marking information output from the first communication control unit 52 to the server 34 determined by the URI included in the marking information. A second communication control unit 54 for acquiring content-related information associated with the content being played back by the playback device 30 by receiving information transmitted from the server 34 in response; The communication control unit 54 includes a display unit 56 for displaying the content related information received from the server 34. An example of the display contents will be described later.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the server 34 that provides content-related information. Referring to FIG. 4, server 34 holds a server communication control unit 60 for communicating with second communication control unit 54 of portable device 32, and content-related information corresponding to each scene of the content, In response to the fact that the communication control unit 60 of the server receives the content specifying information and the playback time information, the scene specified by the playback time information is searched for the content specified by the content related information, and the corresponding scene And an information management unit 62 for providing the communication control unit 60 with content related information associated with. The communication control unit 60 has a function of transmitting the content related information to the portable device 32 that has transmitted the marking information.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of the display contents of the content related information obtained from the server 34. In this example, content related information is displayed on the display screen of the mobile device 32. There may be a case where a plurality of pieces of content related information are associated with one scene of content. The example shown in FIG. 10 is an example in the case where there are a plurality of pieces of content related information for one scene. Based on the content related information, individual content related information can be accessed.

  Referring to FIG. 10, this content related information includes items 130, 132, 134, 136 and 138.

  Item 130 indicates where in the movie being played, the scene associated with this content-related information is. Items 132, 134, 136, and 138 indicate individual information related to the scene indicated by the item 130. An item 132 shows information on performers. An item 134 indicates shooting location information. An item 136 indicates information on clothes worn by the performer. Item 138 shows mini-information regarding this scene.

  As described above, in this example, information such as a performer and a shooting location regarding one scene of a movie being reproduced is displayed, and a link to a Web page is also displayed at the same time. Therefore, for example, if the user wants the same clothes as the performer, he / she can immediately purchase the clothes by accessing the order site of the trader who sells the clothes. In this way, information provided by the server can be linked to other related information using a link or the like.

  FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a program for realizing the processing in the playback device 30 with computer hardware and a computer program. Referring to FIG. 5, when this computer program is started, in step 70, the playback device 30 performs processing for waiting for a marking information request frame from the portable device 32. If any request frame is received, the process proceeds to step 72.

  In step 72, it is determined whether or not the request frame received by the playback device 30 from the portable device 32 is a marking information request frame. If the marking information is received, the process proceeds to step 74. If the marking information is not received, the received information is processed, the process returns to step 70, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  In step 74, processing for obtaining status information regarding the content being played back by the playback device 30 from the content processing unit 40 or the content itself is performed. If URI information is attached to the content, the URI information is inserted into the status information.

  In step 76, a process for generating marking information based on the status information obtained in step 74 is performed. Here, it is determined whether or not the URI information is inserted into the status information. If the URI information is inserted, the URI information is inserted into the marking information. If not inserted, the URI of the information providing server preset in the portable device 32 is inserted into the marking information.

  In step 78, processing for generating a marking information providing frame from the marking information and transmitting it to the portable device 32 is performed. When the process in step 78 is completed, the process returns to step 70 and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of a program for realizing the processing in the portable device 32 with hardware corresponding to a computer constituting the portable device 32 and a computer program. Referring to FIG. 6, when the computer program is started, it is determined in step 80 whether or not the user has operated a button or the like for information acquisition. If an operation such as a button has been performed, the process proceeds to step 82. If no operation has been performed, the process returns to step 80 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 82, a process of transmitting a marking information request frame to the playback apparatus 30 is performed in response to the user performing an operation such as a predetermined button for requesting content-related information.

  In step 84, processing for waiting for the marking information transmitted from the reproducing apparatus 30 in response to the transmitted information request frame is performed.

  In step 86, it is determined whether the portable device 32 has received a marking information provision frame from the playback device 30. If so, go to Step 88. If not received, the process returns to step 86 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 88, based on the marking information, an inquiry process for obtaining content related information is performed on the server 34 specified by using the URI information included in the marking information. In this inquiry process, the title name and the reproduction time information included in the marking information are transmitted to the server 34.

  In step 90, processing for waiting for the content related information sent from the server 34 in response to the inquiry about the content related information is performed.

  In step 92, it is determined whether or not content-related information has been received from the server 34. If received, the process proceeds to step 94. If not received, the process returns to step 92 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 94, the content related information obtained from the server 34 is output to the user via the display unit 56. When this process is finished, all the processes in the portable device 32 are finished.

  FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of a program for realizing the processing in the server 34 by computer hardware and a computer program. Referring to FIG. 7, when the process is started, in step 100, a process of waiting for an inquiry using marking information for acquiring content-related information from portable device 32 is performed.

  In step 102, it is determined whether or not there is an inquiry from the portable device 32 to the server 34. If there is an inquiry, the process proceeds to step 102. If there is no inquiry, the process returns to step 100 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 104, based on the title name of the content given from the portable device 32 and the playback time information, the content related information associated with the combination of the title name and the playback time information, that is, the content of the title name, A process for searching for a scene specified by the reproduction time information and searching for content related information associated with the scene is performed.

  In step 106, processing for transmitting the content related information obtained by the search to the portable device 32 is performed. When the processing so far is performed, the process returns to step 100, and the subsequent processing is repeated.

[Operation]
The operation of the content-related information providing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the user viewing the video / audio content reproduced by the reproduction apparatus 30 shown in FIG. 1 wants to obtain information on a certain scene, and uses the operation unit 50 (see FIG. 3) of the portable apparatus 32. And perform an operation to obtain information. By this operation, an instruction signal for requesting marking information is given to the first communication control unit 52 (see FIG. 3).

  The first communication control unit 52 generates a marking information request frame and gives it to the communication control unit 40 (see FIG. 2) of the playback device 30. The communication control unit 40 gives a request for marking information to the marking information generation unit 42. Upon receiving this request, the marking information generation unit 42 requests status information from the content processing unit 44 (see FIG. 2). In response to this request, the content processing unit 44 uses status information including the type, title name, and genre of the content being played back and playback position information indicating the scene being played back as a reference for the top of the content. The relative time is given to the marking information generation unit 42. When URI information is attached in advance to the content being reproduced, the content processing unit 44 inserts the URI information into the status information.

  When status information is given from the content processing unit 44, the marking information generating unit 42 generates marking information based on the given status information and information set in advance in the playback device 30 itself. That is, the marking information generation unit 42 determines whether or not URI information is included in the status information. If the URI information is included, the title name, reproduction position information, and URI information included in the status information are included. Marking information is generated from When the URI information is not included in the status information, marking information is generated from the title name and the reproduction position information included in the status information. The generated marking information is given to the communication control unit 40. The communication control unit 40 generates a marking information provision frame from the given marking information and transmits it to the first communication control unit 52 (see FIG. 3) of the portable device 32.

  The first communication control unit 52 of the portable device 32 extracts the marking information from the received marking information providing frame, and provides it to the second communication control unit 54. The second communication control unit 54 makes an inquiry to the server communication control unit 60 (see FIG. 4) of the server 34 based on the marking information. That is, the second communication control unit 54 inquires by transmitting the title name and reproduction position information included in the marking information to the server 34 specified according to the URI information included in the marking information.

  Based on this inquiry, the communication control unit 60 of the server requests information related to the scene specified from the title name and the reproduction position information to the information management unit 62. In accordance with this request, the information management unit 62 searches for a scene specified from the given title name and reproduction position information, and provides content related information related to the scene to the communication control unit 60 of the server. The communication control unit 60 of the server transmits the given content related information to the second communication control unit 54 (see FIG. 3) of the portable device 32.

  The second communication control unit 54 gives the given content related information to the display unit 56. The display unit 56 outputs the given content related information using a display panel or the like.

  As information for specifying the content, the title name of the content is used in the present embodiment. In addition, when the content is a recording of a broadcast program, the program name is listed. Alternatively, the content can be specified by combining channel information, broadcast station specifying information including area information for specifying the area where the broadcast is received, and broadcast time information indicating the broadcast date and time. When content is recorded on some kind of media, it may be a media number assigned to the media. Further, the present invention is not limited to these, and any information may be used as long as the information can uniquely identify the content.

  The scene specifying information includes the following information in addition to the reproduction time information described above. First, information given in advance to identify a scene on media such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and a CD (Compact Disc) can be mentioned. Also, as in “37th track, 6th sector”, playback position information indicating the physical playback position of the medium on which the specified scene is recorded can be used.

  The marking information is not limited to the above-described URI information, but is information that specifies an information providing apparatus and can identify an address and an access method to be accessed by the information providing apparatus. It may be a thing. If there is a default access method, only the address may be used. However, in reality, URI information seems to be the easiest to use.

  According to the content-related information providing system 20 of the present embodiment, when a user wants to know information about a certain scene in the content while viewing the video / audio content, the user operates the portable device 32 at hand, Only content related information related to the scene can be extracted and displayed. Therefore, the user can obtain information he / she wants to know among various information prepared according to the scene by a simple operation.

<Second Embodiment>
[Constitution]
FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of a content related information providing system 140 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, the content related information providing system 140 reproduces content and generates the marking information necessary for providing the content related information in response to a user request, the reproducing device 150, and the like. A remote controller (hereinafter referred to as “remote controller”) 152 for performing an operation on. In addition to the function of transmitting a general signal for operating the playback device 150 to the playback device 150, the remote control 152 instructs the playback device 150 to distribute related information of the content being played back by the playback device 150. It also has a function. The remote control 152 is provided with a button for this purpose.

  The content-related information providing system 140 further stores content-related information and distributes the information in response to a request from another device, from the server 34 of the same type as the server 34 shown in FIG. A portable device 154 having a function of receiving marking information transmitted from the playback device 150 in response to the instruction, requesting the content-related information from the server 34 based on the marking information, and displaying the content-related information given from the server 34 Including.

  FIG. 12 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the playback apparatus 150. Referring to FIG. 12, when receiving a signal from remote controller 152 and receiving a marking information request frame from remote controller 152, playback apparatus 150 obtains content-related information associated with the content as information related to the content during playback. Necessary for generating marking information upon receiving a request for marking information from the first communication control unit 160 and a first communication control unit 160 for outputting a request for marking information including information necessary for The marking information generating unit 162 for outputting a request for the content status information including the information specifying the content and the reproduction position information, and recording and reproducing the video / audio content, and the status information from the marking information generating unit 162 In response to receiving the request, the playback container And a content processing unit 164 for providing status information of the tool in the marking information generation unit 162. The marking information generation unit 162 has a function of generating and outputting marking information based on the status information given from the content processing unit 164 and information set in the playback device 150 itself.

  The playback device 150 further includes a second communication control unit 166 that receives the marking information from the marking information generation unit 162, generates a marking information provision frame from the given marking information, and transmits it to the portable device 154.

  FIG. 13 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the remote controller 152. Referring to FIG. 13, remote control 152 includes buttons, sensors, and the like, and an operation unit for outputting a predetermined signal for requesting marking information when a user performs an operation for requesting marking information using them. 172 and a communication control unit 170 for generating a marking information request frame in response to this signal from the operation unit 172 and transmitting it to the first communication control unit 160 of the playback apparatus 150.

  FIG. 14 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the portable device 154. Referring to FIG. 14, portable device 154 receives a marking information providing frame from second communication control unit 166 of reproducing device 150, extracts marking information from the received marking information providing frame, and outputs the marking information. Among the marking information output from the first communication control unit 180 and the first communication control unit 180, information for specifying the content and reproduction position information are determined by the server 34 determined by the URI included in the marking information. A second communication control unit 182 for acquiring content-related information associated with the scene being reproduced, of the content being reproduced by the reproduction apparatus 150, transmitted from the server 34 in response to the transmission; The second communication control unit 182 includes a display unit 184 for displaying the content related information received from the server 34.

  FIG. 15 shows a flowchart of a computer program for realizing the processing in the playback apparatus 150 with computer hardware and a computer program. Referring to FIG. 15, when this computer program is started, in step 190, playback apparatus 150 performs processing for waiting for a marking information request frame from remote controller 162.

  In step 192, it is determined whether or not the playback apparatus 150 has received a marking information request frame from the remote control 162. If a marking information request frame has been received, the process proceeds to step 194. If the marking information request frame has not been received, the process returns to step 190 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 194, processing for obtaining status information regarding the content being played back by the playback device 150 from the content processing unit 164 and the content itself is performed. If URI information is attached to the content, the URI information is inserted into the status information.

  In step 196, processing for generating marking information based on the status information obtained in step 194 is performed. Here, it is determined whether or not the URI information is inserted into the status information. If the URI information is inserted, the URI information is inserted into the marking information. If not inserted, the URI of the information providing server preset in the portable device 154 is inserted into the marking information.

  In step 198, processing for generating a marking information providing frame from the marking information and transmitting it to the portable device 154 is performed. When the process in step 198 ends, the process returns to step 190 and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of a computer program for realizing the processing in the portable device 154 with hardware equivalent to computer hardware and a computer program constituting the portable device. Referring to FIG. 16, when the computer program is started, in step 200, it is determined whether portable device 154 has received the marking information provision frame from playback device 150. If received, the process proceeds to step 202. If not received, the process returns to step 200 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 202, processing for inquiring content related information to the server 34 specified using the URI information included in the marking information is performed based on the marking information. In this inquiry process, the title name and playback time included in the marking information are transmitted to the server 34.

  In step 204, in response to the inquiry about the content related information, a process of waiting for the content related information to be returned from the server 34 is performed.

  In step 206, it is determined whether content-related information has been received from the server 34. If received, the process proceeds to step 208. If not received, the process returns to step 206 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 208, the content related information obtained from the server 34 is output to the user via the display unit 184. When this process is finished, all the processes in the portable device 154 are finished.

  FIG. 17 shows a flowchart for realizing the processing in the remote controller 152 by a computer program. Referring to FIG. 17, when the computer program is started, in step 210, it is determined whether or not the user has operated a button or the like for obtaining marking information. If an operation such as a button has been performed, the process proceeds to step 212. If no operation has been performed, the process returns to step 210 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 212, processing for transmitting a marking information request frame to the playback device 150 is performed. When the processing so far is finished, the processing in the remote controller 152 is finished.

  The processing in the server 34 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

[Operation]
The operation of the content-related information providing apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 12 to 14 as appropriate.

  It is assumed that the video / audio content is reproduced by the content processing unit 164 (see FIG. 12). It is assumed that a user who is viewing the reproduced video / audio content performs an operation for obtaining content-related information using the operation unit 172 (see FIG. 13) of the remote controller 152 in order to obtain information on a certain scene. . By this operation, an instruction signal for requesting marking information is given to the communication control unit 170. In response to this instruction signal, the communication control unit 170 generates a marking information request frame and transmits it to the first communication control unit 160 of the playback device 150.

  When receiving the marking information request frame, the first communication control unit 160 of the playback device 150 requests the marking information generation unit 162 to generate marking information. The marking information generation unit 162 requested to generate marking information by the first communication control unit 160 requests status information from the content processing unit 164.

  Referring to FIG. 12, in response to the request for status information, content processing unit 164 sets the playback device indicating the type, title name, and genre of the content being played back and the scene being played back as a reference from the top of the content. Status information including the reproduction position information expressed by the relative time is given to the marking information generation unit 162. When URI information is attached in advance to the content being reproduced, the content processing unit 164 inserts the URI information into the status information.

  When the status information is given from the content processing unit 164, the marking information generating unit 162 generates marking information based on the given status information and information preset in the playback device 150 itself. That is, the marking information generation unit 162 determines whether or not the URI information is included in the status information. If the URI information is included, the title information, the reproduction position information, and the URI information included in the status information are included. Marking information is generated from When the URI information is not included in the status information, marking information is generated from the title name and the reproduction position information included in the status information.

  The generated marking information is given to the second communication control unit 166. When the marking information is given, the second communication control unit 166 generates a marking information provision frame from the given marking information, and transmits it to the first communication control unit 180 (see FIG. 14) of the portable device 154.

  Referring to FIG. 14, first communication control unit 180 of portable device 154 extracts marking information from the received marking information providing frame, and provides it to second communication control unit 182. The second communication control unit 182 makes an inquiry to the communication control unit 60 (see FIG. 4) of the server 34 based on the marking information. That is, the second communication control unit 182 sends the title name and reproduction position information included in the marking information to the server 34 specified according to the URI information included in the marking information, and makes an inquiry.

  As in the case of the first embodiment, the server 34 searches for one scene of content corresponding to the given marking information, and transmits content-related information regarding the scene to the mobile device 154.

  The second communication control unit 182 gives the content related information received from the server 34 to the display unit 184. The display unit 184 outputs content-related information given using a display panel or the like to the user.

  According to the content-related information providing system 140 of the present embodiment, when the user wants to know information about a certain scene while viewing the video / audio content, the user operates the remote controller 152 and relates to the scene. Only the information to be taken out can be taken out and displayed on the display device of the portable device 154. Therefore, the user can quickly obtain various content-related information corresponding to each scene of the content with a simple operation.

<Third Embodiment>
[Constitution]
FIG. 18 shows a block diagram of a content related information providing system 220 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 18, content related information providing system 220 operates in conjunction with playback device 30 similar to that of the first embodiment, and playback device 30, and content related to content being played back by playback device 30. Requesting marking information necessary for obtaining information, portable device 230 having a function of transmitting the marking information to another device, and used together with portable device 230, receiving marking information from portable device 230, A portable information terminal device 232 for receiving and displaying content related information from a predetermined information distribution source based on the marking information and the content related information are stored, and the information is distributed in response to a request from the portable information terminal device 232 And a server 34 that is an information distribution source.

  FIG. 19 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the portable device 230. Referring to FIG. 19, portable device 230 includes buttons, sensors, and the like. When user operates them, operation unit 240 generates and outputs a predetermined signal, and marking information request instruction from operation unit 240. In response to the output of the signal, the first communication control unit 242 for transmitting the marking information request frame to the playback device 30 and receiving the marking information providing frame given in response to the request. And storing the marking information extracted from the marking information providing frame received by the first communication control unit 242, and outputting the marking information to the operation unit 240 if there is a request for the marking information from the operation unit 240. Marking information provided from the storage unit 244 via the unit 244 and the operation unit 240 by the predetermined communication method. And a second communication control unit 246 to send to 232.

  FIG. 20 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the portable information terminal device 232. Referring to FIG. 20, portable information terminal device 232 includes first communication control unit 250 for receiving and outputting marking information from second communication control unit 246 of portable device 230, and first communication control. A storage unit 252 for storing the marking information output from the unit 250.

  The portable information terminal device 232 further reads out the marking information stored in the storage unit 252 in response to an instruction to acquire content related information by a user operation, and outputs the marking information together with an instruction to acquire content related information. Upon receiving marking information and instructions from the operation unit 256, the content specifying information extracted from the marking information and the reproduction position information are transmitted to the server 34 determined by the URI information included in the marking information. And a second communication control unit 254 for acquiring content-related information, which is information prepared in association with the content specifying information and the reproduction position information, transmitted from the server 34 in response thereto, Content-related information acquired by the communication control unit 254 and the mark received from the operation unit 256. And a display portion 258 for displaying the grayed information.

  Various interfaces are conceivable when the user instructs acquisition of content-related information. Here, the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 256 to display a list of stored marking information on the display unit 258, and when the user sees this list and finds necessary information. For example, an interface for selecting the information using the operation unit 256 and instructing acquisition of content-related information is used.

  FIG. 21 shows a flowchart for realizing the processing in the portable device 230 with hardware equivalent to a computer and a computer program constituting the portable device. Referring to FIG. 21, when the computer program is started, it is determined in step 260 whether or not the user has operated a button or the like for information acquisition. If an operation such as a button has been performed, the process proceeds to step 262. If no operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step 270.

  In step 262, processing for transmitting a marking information request frame to the reproducing apparatus 30 is performed.

  In step 264, processing for waiting for a marking information providing frame returned from the reproducing apparatus 30 in response to the transmission of the information request frame is performed.

  In step 266, it is determined whether or not the portable device 230 has received the marking information provision frame from the playback device 30. If received, the process proceeds to step 268. If not received, the process returns to step 266.

  In step 268, processing for storing the marking information in the storage unit 244 is performed.

  In step 270, processing for determining whether or not the user has performed an operation for transferring marking information is performed. If an operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step 272. If no operation has been performed, the process returns to step 260 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 272, in response to the user performing an operation for transferring marking information, processing for extracting the marking information from the storage unit 244 is performed.

  In step 274, processing for transmitting the extracted marking information to the portable information terminal device 232 via the second communication control unit 246 is performed. When the processing so far is completed, the processing returns to step 260 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart for realizing the processing in the portable information terminal device 232 with computer hardware and a computer program. Referring to FIG. 22, when the computer program is started, it is determined in step 280 whether or not portable information terminal device 232 has received marking information from portable device 230. If the marking information has been received, the process proceeds to step 282. If the marking information has not been received, the process proceeds to step 284.

  In step 282, in response to the mobile information terminal device 232 receiving the marking information from the mobile device 230, the received marking information is stored in the storage unit 252.

  In step 284, processing is performed to determine whether or not the user has operated the operation unit 256 of the portable information terminal device 232 to instruct marking information reading. If the user is operating, the process proceeds to step 286. If the user is not operating, the process returns to step 280 and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  In step 286, in response to the user operating the operation unit 256, the marking information is read from the storage unit 252, and the server identified by using the URI information included in the marking information based on the read marking information. A process for inquiring 34 to obtain content-related information is performed. In this inquiry process, the title name and the reproduction time information included in the marking information are transmitted to the server 34.

  In step 288, in response to the inquiry about the content related information, a process of waiting for the content related information to be given from the server 34 is performed.

  In step 290, processing for determining whether or not content-related information is given from the server 34 is performed. If content related information is given, it will progress to step 292. If no content related information is given, the process returns to step 290.

  In step 292, the content related information given from the server 34 is output to the user via the display unit 258. When the processing so far is completed, the process returns to step 280.

[Operation]
The operation of the content-related information providing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 4, 19, and 20 as appropriate.

  First, the user viewing the video / audio content reproduced by the content processing unit 44 (see FIG. 2) wants to obtain information on a certain scene, and the operation unit 240 of the portable device 230 shown in FIG. Assume that an operation for obtaining information is performed. By this operation, an instruction signal for requesting marking information is given to the first communication control unit 242.

  The first communication control unit 242 generates a marking information request frame and gives it to the playback device 30. In response to this request, the playback device 30 sends a marking information provision frame including marking information regarding the scene of the content being played back to the first communication control unit of the portable device 230 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. 242 (see FIG. 19).

  Referring to FIG. 19, first communication control unit 242 extracts marking information from the given marking information provision frame, and provides it to storage unit 244. The storage unit 244 stores the given marking information. The marking information stored in the storage unit 244 is read from the storage unit 244 and given to the second communication control unit 246 when the user operates the operation unit 240 to instruct transfer to the portable information terminal device 232. . The read marking information is given by the second communication control unit 246 to the first communication control unit 250 (see FIG. 20) of the portable information terminal device 232.

  Referring to FIG. 20, storage unit 252 stores the marking information received by first communication control unit 250. When viewing the content related information, the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 256 to display a list of marking information stored in the storage unit 252 on the display unit 258. The user views this list, selects one by an operation using the operation unit 256, and further instructs acquisition of the selected content-related information by a predetermined operation on the operation unit 256.

  In response to an operation for instructing acquisition of content-related information, marking information selected from the marking information stored in the storage unit 252 is read from the storage unit 252, and the second communication control unit 254. The second communication control unit 254 transmits this marking information to the server 34.

  In response to the reception of the marking information, the server 34 transmits content related information to the portable information terminal device 232 shown in FIG. 20 as in the first embodiment.

  Referring to FIG. 20, second communication control unit 254 of portable information terminal device 232 gives received content-related information to display unit 258. The display unit 258 outputs the given content-related information to the user via a display panel or the like.

  According to the content-related information providing system 220 of the present embodiment, when a user wants to inform a friend or the like about information related to a scene while viewing video / audio content, the user operates the portable device 230 at hand, Only marking information for acquiring content related information related to the scene can be taken out and transmitted to another portable information terminal device 232. And the portable information terminal device 232 can receive and display the content related information from the server 34 using the transmitted marking information. By such a simple operation, the user can provide related information regarding a specific scene of the content being reproduced to the other party.

  In the first to third embodiments, content related information is output to the user by using a method of displaying by a display panel or the like. However, the method for outputting the content related information is not limited to this. It goes without saying that content-related information can be output in various forms depending on the type of content-related information (text, image file, music data, etc.).

  In the first to third embodiments, video / audio content has been described as an example of content, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be content including characters displayed on an electronic bulletin board installed in the city. Further, for example, content including data such as an internal flag depending on a scenario of a game played on a consumer game machine may be used.

  The embodiment disclosed herein is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The scope of the present invention is indicated by each claim in the claims after taking into account the description of the detailed description of the invention, and all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the wording described therein are intended. Including.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the content related information provision system 20 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a playback device 30. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a portable device 32. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a server 34. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a program for realizing processing in the playback device 30. 4 is a flowchart of a program for realizing processing in the portable device 32. 4 is a flowchart of a program for realizing processing in the server 34. It is a figure which shows an example of the status information regarding a content. It is a figure which shows an example of the marking information produced | generated from the status information shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display method of the content relevant information obtained from the server. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the content related information provision system 140 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a playback device 150. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a remote control 152. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a portable device 154. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for realizing processing in the playback apparatus 150 by a computer program. 12 is a flowchart of a computer program for realizing processing in the portable device 154. It is a flowchart for implement | achieving the process in the remote control 152 by a computer program. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the content related information provision system 220 which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a portable device 230. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a portable information terminal device 232. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for realizing processing in the portable device 230; 10 is a flowchart for realizing processing in the portable information terminal device 232;

Explanation of symbols

30 and 150 playback device, 32, 154, and 230 portable device, 34 server, 40 and 170 communication control unit, 42 and 162 marking information generation unit, 44 and 164 content processing unit, 50, 172, 240, and 256 operation unit 52, 160, 180, 242, and 250 First communication control unit 54, 166, 182, 246, and 254 Second communication control unit 56, 184, and 258 Display unit, 60 Server communication control unit 62 Information management unit 152 Remote control unit 232 Portable information terminal device 244 and 252 Storage unit

Claims (11)

In response to receiving a predetermined first request at the time of reproduction of the content, the content is reproduced, and information specifying the content being reproduced and the first request for the content being reproduced are received. Content processing means for outputting status information including playback position information relating to the playback position when
Upon receiving a predetermined second request from another device, the first request is given to the content processing means, and based on status information output from the content processing means in response to the first request, Marking information output means for transmitting marking information including information necessary for acquiring content-related information associated with the content to a device that has transmitted the first request;
The marking information is used to specify an access destination to be accessed in order to acquire the information included in the status information output from the content processing unit, the reproduction position information, and the content related information. Reproducing apparatus including access destination specifying information. The status information may further include access destination information for specifying an access destination to be accessed to acquire the content-related information,
The marking information output means includes
In response to the status information further including the access destination information, the information specifying the content included in the status information, the reproduction position information, and the marking information including the access destination information are output. Means for
In response to the fact that the status information does not include the access destination information, information for specifying the content included in the status information, the reproduction position information, and an access destination specification indicating a predetermined access destination The playback apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means for outputting the marking information including information. An information processing apparatus that operates together with the playback apparatus according to claim 1 to acquire and output content-related information associated with content being played back by the playback apparatus,
An operation means that can be operated by the user and generates a predetermined signal in response to the user's operation;
In response to the operation means outputting a predetermined first signal, a request transmission means for giving a predetermined first request to the playback device;
Information for identifying the content being played back by the playback device, which is included in the marking information, received from the marking information transmitted in response to the first request, and the playback position of the content Information acquisition means for acquiring content-related information associated with the content from the information providing device determined by the access destination specifying information using information and predetermined access destination specifying information;
An information processing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting the content related information acquired by the information acquisition means.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output unit includes a display unit for displaying the content related information acquired by the information acquisition unit.   The information acquisition means includes a combination of information specifying the content included in the received marking information and the reproduction position information from an information providing device specified by access destination specifying information included in the received marking information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, comprising means for acquiring content-related information corresponding to. An information processing apparatus that operates together with the playback apparatus according to claim 1,
An operation means that can be operated by the user and generates a predetermined signal in response to the user's operation;
In response to the operation means outputting a predetermined first signal, a request transmission means for giving a predetermined first request to the playback device;
Receiving means for receiving the marking information transmitted by the playback device in response to the first request;
Storage means for storing the marking information received by the receiving means;
Means for transmitting the marking information stored in the storage means to another apparatus by a predetermined communication method in response to the operation means outputting a predetermined second signal. apparatus.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information processing apparatus is a mobile phone. An information processing terminal used with the information processing apparatus according to claim 6,
Receiving means for receiving marking information transmitted from the information processing apparatus;
Storage means for storing the marking information received by the receiving means;
In response to a predetermined user operation, the marking information stored in the storage means is read, and included in the marking information from the information providing device determined by the access destination specifying information included in the marking information Information acquiring means for acquiring information that identifies the content to be recorded and information that is prepared in association with the reproduction position information;
An information processing terminal comprising: output means for outputting the information acquired by the information acquisition means. A computer program that, when executed on a computer to which a communication unit and a predetermined storage device are connected, causes the computer to operate as the device according to claim 1,
A reproduction program portion for realizing a function of performing reproduction processing of the content stored in the storage device;
In response to reception of a predetermined first request at the time of reproduction of content by the reproduction program, information specifying the content being reproduced by the reproduction program and the first request for the content being reproduced are received. A status information processing program part for realizing a function of outputting status information including the playback position information regarding the playback position when
When a predetermined second request is received from another device, the first request is given to the status information processing program part being executed, and is output from the status information processing program part in response to the first request. A function of transmitting marking information including information necessary for acquiring content-related information associated with the content to the device that has transmitted the first request via the communication unit based on the status information Marking information output program part that realizes
The marking information is used to specify an access destination to be accessed in order to acquire the information included in the status information output from the content processing unit, the reproduction position information, and the content related information. A computer program that contains access point identification information. A computer program for operating a computer as the information processing apparatus according to claim 3,
The computer is connected to an operation means that can be operated by a user and generates a predetermined signal in response to the user's operation, a communication device, and an output device that outputs information in a predetermined mode.
The computer program is
A request transmission program portion for realizing a function of giving a predetermined first request to the playback device via the communication device in response to the operation means outputting a predetermined first signal;
Receiving the marking information transmitted by the playback device in response to the first request via the communication device, and information included in the marking information that identifies the content being played back by the playback device; An information acquisition program part for realizing a function of acquiring content-related information associated with the content from the information providing apparatus defined by the access destination specifying information included in the marking information, using the playback position information of the content; ,
A computer program comprising: an output program part for realizing a function of outputting the content related information acquired by the function realized by the information acquisition program part using the output device. The output device of the computer includes a display device for displaying information,
The computer program according to claim 10, wherein the output program part includes a program part that realizes a function of displaying the content related information acquired by the function realized by the information acquisition program part on the display device.

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