JP2008065484A - Content reproduction device, content data transmission device, its control program, computer-readable recording medium recorded with control program, content reproduction system and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow to associate additional information such as comments with content data while suppressing the volume of traffic. <P>SOLUTION: This content reproduction device is provided with a first data receiving part 31a for accepting the input of additional information with respect to content displayed at an image display device side display part 33; a first content additional information association management part 36 for associating identification information for identifying the content data of the content under display with the additional information; and a content additional information transmission part 37 for transmitting the association information of the identification information and the additional information associated by the first content additional information association management part 36 and the additional information to a server device 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for causing the content reproduction device to reproduce content data based on content data transmitted from the content data transmission device to the content reproduction device and writing additional information to the content data reproduced by the content reproduction device. Is.

  With the widespread use of digital cameras, handling of photographs as image data has become widespread. As a result, in addition to the conventional way of enjoying a photograph in which a developed photograph is viewed, a new way of enjoying a photograph in which a photograph recorded as image data is displayed on an image display device and enjoyed has become common.

  Further, by using a network such as the Internet, it is possible to display a photograph stored in a remote server device on an image display device. Thereby, for example, the same photograph can be browsed by a plurality of users by displaying a photograph uploaded to the server device on a plurality of image display devices.

  When the same picture can be browsed by a plurality of users as described above, a way of enjoying other than browsing the same picture by a plurality of users is also required. In other words, it is necessary to provide a means by which a plurality of users related to the photo can communicate with each other by writing additional information such as comments on each photo.

  For example, as a means for a viewer to write additional information such as comments on a website that displays a list of images such as various digital photographs, there is a method in which a bulletin board function is added to the website and the viewer posts comments on the bulletin board. is there. However, in the above-described method, in order to write a comment for each image in the image list, it is necessary to write the name of the image on the bulletin board at the same time so that the image can be identified. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to understand the correspondence between images and comments.

Therefore, as a means for enabling the writing of comments associated with images, in JP-A-2001-259542, data on a web page in which a comment entry area is provided for each image displayed on a website is created on the server device side. A web application system is disclosed in which an image list and a comment entry area are displayed on a website, and a user inputs a comment in the comment entry area, thereby associating an image with a comment.
JP 2006-92041 A (published April 6, 2006)

  However, in the web application system of Patent Document 1, when additional information such as a comment is associated with content data such as an image displayed on a website and sent to the server device side, a comment entry area is first provided on the server device side. It is necessary to create the data of the created web page and display it on the website. That is, it is necessary to negotiate input of additional information such as a comment to be associated with content data such as an image on both the server device side and the website side (that is, the image display device side). Therefore, there is a problem that the amount of data (traffic) transferred over the communication line or the entire communication network becomes large. In addition, there is a possibility that the speed of data transmission / reception decreases due to an increase in traffic.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content playback apparatus and content data that can associate additional information such as comments with content data while keeping traffic smaller. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transmission apparatus, a control program thereof, a computer-readable recording medium recording the control program, a content reproduction system, and a control method.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the content playback apparatus of the present invention is a content playback apparatus that plays back content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the played content on display means. First additional information acquisition means for receiving input of additional information for the displayed content; first association management means for associating identification information for identifying content data of the content being displayed with the additional information; And an association information transmitting means for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting apparatus, and information for associating the identification information associated with the first association managing means with the additional information. Yes.

  Further, the control method of the present invention is a method for controlling a content reproduction apparatus that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission apparatus and displays the reproduced content on a display means in order to solve the above-described problem. A first additional information acquisition step of receiving an input of additional information for the content displayed on the display means by a first additional information acquisition means provided in the content reproduction device; and a first association management means provided in the content reproduction device. A first association management step for associating identification information for identifying content data of the content being displayed with the additional information, and an association information transmitting means provided in the content reproduction device, so that the first association management step The association between the identification information and the additional information associated with Distribution, and the additional information is characterized by comprising the association information transmission step of transmitting to the contents data transmitter.

  According to the above invention, the identification information for receiving the input of the additional information for the content displayed on the display means by the first additional information acquisition means and identifying the content data of the content being displayed by the first association management means Is associated with the additional information, so that it is possible to associate the identification information with the additional information in the content reproduction apparatus without acquiring any data from the content data transmitting apparatus. And since it has the association information transmission means for transmitting the information of the association between the identification information and the additional information associated by the first association management means, and the additional information to the content data transmission device, Based on the information and the additional information, it is possible to cause the content data transmitting apparatus to create content data including the additional information. Therefore, it is possible to receive content data including additional information from the content data transmitting apparatus and reproduce the content including the additional information with the content reproducing apparatus. As a result, it is possible to associate additional information such as comments with content data while keeping traffic smaller.

  The content playback apparatus of the present invention further comprises content selection processing means for detecting which content is selected when a plurality of contents are displayed on the display means, and the first additional information acquisition The means accepts input of additional information for the content detected by the content selection processing means, and the first association management means and the identification information for identifying the content data of the content detected by the content selection processing means and the above It is preferable to associate with additional information.

  Thereby, it is detected which content is selected from among the plurality of contents displayed on the display means by the content selection means, and the additional information acquired by the first additional information acquisition means is selected as the selected content. It becomes possible to associate with the identification information of the content data by the first association management means. Therefore, based on the additional information and the identification information obtained by the content reproduction apparatus, it is possible to generate the content data of the selected content including the additional information by the content data transmitting apparatus.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, when a plurality of contents are displayed as one unit on the display means, the first additional information acquisition means collects all the plurality of contents being displayed. Preferably, the first association management unit associates the identification information for identifying the data of the whole of the plurality of contents with the additional information.

  As a result, the first additional information acquisition unit accepts input of additional information for the entire group of contents currently displayed on the display unit, and the identification information for identifying the group data of the entire plurality of contents and the additional information Since the first association management means associates the additional information, it is possible to associate the additional information with the whole of the plurality of contents.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, when the first additional information acquisition unit acquires erasure instruction information, which is an instruction to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information, instead of the additional information, It is preferable that one association management means cancels the association between the identification information for identifying the content data of the content being displayed and the additional information.

  Thus, when the first additional information acquisition unit acquires the erasure instruction information, the first association management unit cancels the association between the identification information for identifying the content data of the content being displayed and the additional information. Therefore, content data that does not include additional information is created by the content data transmitting device and sent to the content playback device, and content that does not include additional information is played back by the content playback device. That is, the additional information can be deleted from the content including the additional information.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the content playback apparatus of the present invention is a content playback apparatus that plays back content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the played content on display means. Based on the content data of the content being displayed and the additional information, the additional information to be played back by the content playback device is received based on the first additional information acquisition unit that receives input of additional information for the displayed content. It is characterized by comprising first content data creating means for creating the content data included.

  Further, the control method of the present invention is a method for controlling a content reproduction apparatus that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission apparatus and displays the reproduced content on a display means in order to solve the above-described problem. A first additional information acquisition step of receiving an input of additional information for the content displayed on the display means by a first additional information acquisition means provided in the content reproduction device; and a first content data creation means provided in the content reproduction device And a first content data creation step of creating content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the content data of the content being displayed and the additional information. It is a feature.

  According to the above-described invention, the identification for identifying the content data of the content being displayed by the first content data creation unit by receiving the input of the additional information for the content displayed on the display unit by the first additional information acquisition unit. Since the content data including the additional information is created based on the information and the additional information, the content reproduction device can generate the content data based on the identification information and the additional information without obtaining any data from the content data transmitting device. It becomes possible to create content data including additional information. As a result, it is possible to associate additional information such as comments with content data while keeping traffic smaller.

  The content playback apparatus of the present invention further comprises content selection processing means for detecting which content is selected when a plurality of contents are displayed on the display means, and the first additional information acquisition Means for receiving input of additional information for the content detected by the content selection processing means, and the first content data creating means for identifying the content data of the content detected by the content selection processing means; It is preferable that content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device is created based on the additional information.

  Accordingly, the content selection unit detects which content is selected from the plurality of contents displayed on the display unit, and acquires the additional information acquired by the first additional information acquisition unit and the content selection process. The content data including the additional information can be created based on the identification information for identifying the content data of the content detected by the means.

  Further, in the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, when a plurality of contents are displayed as one unit on the display means, the first additional information acquisition means collects all the plurality of contents being displayed. The first content data creating means reproduces the content reproduction apparatus based on the identification information for identifying the whole data of the plurality of contents and the additional information. It is preferable to create content data including the additional information for the purpose.

  Accordingly, the first additional information acquisition unit accepts input of additional information for the entire group of the plurality of contents being displayed on the display unit, and the first content data creation unit identifies the group data of the entire plurality of contents. Since the content data including the additional information is created based on the identification information and the additional information, it is possible to include the additional information for the entire group of a plurality of contents.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, the first association management means for associating the identification information for identifying the content data of the content being displayed and the additional information is associated with the first association management means. It is preferable that the information processing apparatus further includes association information between the identification information and the additional information, and association information transmitting means for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting apparatus.

  As a result, the first association management means can associate the identification information with the additional information, and the association information transmission means can send the association information and the additional information to the content data transmission apparatus. It is also possible to create content data including additional information. Therefore, it is possible to receive content data including additional information from the content data transmitting apparatus and reproduce the content including the additional information with the content reproducing apparatus.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, when the first additional information acquisition unit acquires erasure instruction information that is an instruction to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information instead of the additional information, Preferably, the one content data creation means creates content data not including additional information based on identification information for identifying the content data of the content being displayed.

  Thus, when the first additional information acquisition unit acquires the erasure instruction information, the first content data creation unit does not include the additional information based on the identification information for identifying the content data of the content being displayed. Since the content data is created, the additional information can be deleted from the content including the additional information.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the first additional information acquisition unit accepts input of the additional information transmitted from a device outside the content reproduction apparatus.

  As a result, the first additional information acquisition means can accept input of additional information transmitted from a device outside the content reproduction device, so that even if the content reproduction device does not have data, the content reproduction device It is possible to obtain and use data that is not inside from the external device.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the content playback device of the present invention is a content playback device that plays back content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the played content on display means. Second additional information acquisition means for receiving input of information and identification information for identifying the content data, second association management means for associating the additional information with the identification information, and the second association management means And the association information transmitting means for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting apparatus.

  Further, the control method of the present invention is a method for controlling a content reproduction apparatus that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission apparatus and displays the reproduced content on a display means in order to solve the above-described problem. A second additional information acquisition step of receiving input of additional information for content data and identification information for identifying the content data by a second additional information acquisition means included in the content playback device; 2) a second association management step for associating the additional information with the identification information by the association management unit; and the identification information associated in the second association management step by the association information transmission unit included in the content reproduction device. And association information between the additional information and the additional information It is characterized in that it comprises the association information transmission step of transmitting to the contents data transmitter.

  According to the above invention, the input of the additional information for the content data and the identification information for identifying the content data is received by the second additional information acquisition means, and the identification information and the additional information are received by the second association management means. Therefore, it is possible to associate the identification information with the additional information in the content reproduction device without acquiring any data from the content data transmission device. And since it has the association information transmission means for transmitting the information of the association between the identification information and the additional information associated by the second association management means, and the additional information to the content data transmission device, Based on the information and the additional information, it is possible to cause the content data transmitting apparatus to create content data including the additional information. Therefore, it is possible to receive content data including additional information from the content data transmitting apparatus and reproduce the content including the additional information with the content reproducing apparatus. As a result, it is possible to associate additional information such as comments with content data while keeping traffic smaller.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, the second additional information acquisition unit acquires deletion instruction information that is an instruction to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information together with the identification information. In this case, it is preferable that the second association management unit cancels the association between the identification information and the additional information.

  Thus, when the second additional information acquisition unit acquires the erasure instruction information together with the identification information, the second association management unit cancels the association between the identification information and the additional information. Content data that does not include additional information is created and sent to the content playback device, and content that does not include additional information is played back by the content playback device. That is, the additional information can be deleted from the content including the additional information.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the content playback device of the present invention is a content playback device that plays back content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the played content on display means. Second additional information acquisition means for receiving input of information and identification information for identifying the content data, and the additional information for reproduction by the content reproduction device based on the additional information and the identification information. It is characterized by comprising first content data creating means for creating the content data included.

  Further, the control method of the present invention is a method for controlling a content reproduction apparatus that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission apparatus and displays the reproduced content on a display means in order to solve the above-described problem. A second additional information acquisition step of receiving input of additional information for content data and identification information for identifying the content data by a second additional information acquisition means included in the content playback device; And a first content data creation step of creating content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the additional information and the identification information. It is a feature.

  According to the above invention, the input of the additional information for the content data and the identification information for identifying the content data is received by the second additional information acquisition means, and the content data of the content being displayed by the first content data creation means Content data including additional information is created on the basis of the identification information for identifying the content information and the additional information, so that the identification information and the identification information in the content reproduction device can be obtained without obtaining any data from the content data transmitting device. Content data including additional information can be created based on the additional information. As a result, it is possible to associate additional information such as comments with content data while keeping traffic smaller.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, the second association management means for associating the identification information for identifying the content data with the additional information, and the identification information associated with the second association management means It is preferable that the information processing apparatus further includes association information transmission means for transmitting information related to the additional information and the additional information to the content data transmitting apparatus.

  As a result, the second association management means associates the identification information with the additional information, and the association information transmission means can send the association information and the additional information to the content data transmission apparatus. It is also possible to create content data including additional information. Therefore, it is possible to receive content data including additional information from the content data transmitting apparatus and reproduce the content including the additional information with the content reproducing apparatus.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, the second additional information acquisition unit acquires deletion instruction information that is an instruction to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information together with the identification information. In this case, it is preferable that the first content data creating unit creates content data not including additional information based on the identification information.

  Thereby, when the second additional information acquisition means acquires the erasure instruction information together with the identification information, the first content data creation means creates content data not including the additional information based on the identification information. It becomes possible to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the second additional information acquisition unit accepts input of the additional information and the identification information transmitted from a device outside the content reproduction apparatus. .

  As a result, the second additional information acquisition means can accept input of additional information transmitted from a device outside the content reproduction device, so that even if the content reproduction device does not have data, the content reproduction device It is possible to obtain and use data that is not inside from the external device.

  In the content reproduction apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the device is a mobile terminal.

  As a result, the content reproduction apparatus can obtain and use data from the portable terminal.

  In order to solve the above problems, the content data transmission device of the present invention is a content data transmission device that transmits content data to a content reproduction device, and additional information for content data transmitted from the content reproduction device, and Based on the association information receiving means for receiving the association information between the identification information for identifying the content data and the additional information, and the reproduction by the content reproduction apparatus based on the additional information and the association information It is characterized by comprising second content data creating means for creating content data including the additional information, and content data transmitting means for transmitting the content data including the additional information to the content reproduction apparatus.

  Further, the control method of the present invention is a method for controlling a content data transmitting apparatus that transmits content data to a content reproduction apparatus in order to solve the above-described problem, and the association information receiving means provided in the content data transmitting apparatus includes: An association information receiving step of receiving additional information for content data transmitted from the content reproduction device, and identification information for identifying the content data and association information between the additional information, and the content data transmitting device, A second content data creation step of creating content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the additional information and the association information by a second content data creation means provided; The content data transmission device is provided. That the content data transmitting means, and the content data including the additional information, characterized in that it contains a content data transmission step of transmitting to the content reproducing apparatus.

  According to the above invention, the association information receiving means receives the additional information for the content data transmitted from the content reproducing device, and the association information between the identification information for identifying the content data and the additional information, Based on the additional information and the association information, the content data including the additional information is created by the second content data creating means. Therefore, by transmitting some data from the content data transmitting device, in the content reproducing device There is no need to associate identification information with additional information. Then, since the content data including the additional information is transmitted to the content reproduction device by the content data transmitting means, it is possible to reproduce the content including the additional information on the content reproduction device. As a result, it is possible to associate additional information such as comments with content data while keeping traffic smaller.

  By the way, the content reproduction apparatus and the content data transmission apparatus may be realized by hardware or may be realized by causing a computer to execute a program. Specifically, the control program according to the present invention is a program that causes a computer to operate as a content reproduction device or a content data transmission device, and the program is recorded on a recording medium according to the present invention.

  When these control programs are executed by a computer, the computer operates as a content reproduction device or a content data transmission device. Accordingly, as with the content reproduction device or the content data transmission device, it is possible to associate additional information such as a comment with content data while keeping the traffic smaller.

  In order to solve the above problems, a content reproduction system according to the present invention includes any one of the content reproduction devices described above and the content data transmission device.

  According to the above invention, it is possible to associate additional information such as a comment with content data while keeping the traffic smaller.

  In the content reproduction system of the present invention, it is preferable that the content reproduction system further includes a portable terminal capable of wirelessly transmitting the additional information or the additional information and the identification information to the content reproduction apparatus.

  As a result, the content reproduction device can receive additional information or additional information and identification information wirelessly from the portable terminal. Therefore, even if the content reproduction device does not have data, data that is not in the content reproduction device can be obtained. It can be obtained and used wirelessly from the portable terminal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to associate identification information with additional information in a content reproduction device without acquiring any data from the content data transmission device. Further, content data including additional information can be created based on the identification information and the additional information in the content reproduction device without acquiring any data from the content data transmitting device. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to associate additional information such as a comment with the content data while keeping the traffic smaller.

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12B. In the drawings used for the following description, the same members or the same functions are denoted by the same reference numerals. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  First, the outline of the configuration of the content reproduction system 1a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the content reproduction system 1a in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the content playback system 1a in the present embodiment includes a mobile phone (external device, mobile terminal) 2, an image display device (content playback device) 3a, and a server device (content data transmission device). 5 is provided.

  First, the mobile phone 2 receives additional information such as comments and titles for content such as images displayed on the image display device 3a, or identification information such as an ID for identifying the additional information and content data of the content. The image data is transmitted to the image display device 3a by infrared communication. The additional information mentioned here may be text data such as a title of the content and a comment for the content. In addition to the comment and the title, for example, a link destination to URL, search information, command, BGM It may be. Examples of content include photographs, pictures, images such as moving images, music, and the like. Further, the identification information referred to here is information serving as an index for identifying content, and includes, for example, an ID.

  Subsequently, the image display device 3a reproduces the content data acquired from the server device 5 and displays the reproduced content. Further, the image display device 3 a transmits the additional information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the server device 5 in association with the identification information, or transmits the additional information and identification information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the server device 5. It is something to do. Examples of the image display device 3a include a television and a personal computer to which the present invention is applied.

  The server device 5 can communicate with the image display device 3a via a network, and transmits content data to the image display device 3a. Further, the server device 5 can newly create content data including additional information based on the additional information and identification information sent from the image display device 3a. Note that the server device 5 may be a device that provides a content sharing service via the Internet, for example, and an HDD recorder, NAS, personal computer, or the like can be the server device 5 within a home network.

  Next, the flow of data among the mobile phone 2, the image display device 3a, and the server device 5 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the case where the content to be reproduced by the image display device 3a is an image, the additional information is a comment, and the identification information is an ID will be described as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 3, first, the image data transmitted from the server device 5 is reproduced by the image display device 3a, and an image is displayed on the image display device 3a. Subsequently, comment data desired to be associated with the image displayed on the image display device 3a is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the image display device 3a. Then, the image display device 3a associates the ID of the image with the comment data. When the association information and the comment data are transmitted from the image display device 3 a to the server device 5, both the image data and the comment data are managed by the server device 5 based on the association information. That is, it is managed as image data including a comment (image data including a comment is newly created). Subsequently, the image data including the comment is transmitted from the server device 5 to the image display device 3a, and the image data including the comment is reproduced and displayed on the image display device 3a. In FIG. 3, the configuration in the case where only the comment data is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 has been described, but the same processing is performed even when the comment data and the image ID are transmitted from the mobile phone 2. .

  Next, the outline of the configuration of the mobile phone 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 2 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile phone 2 includes a content additional information management unit 20, a mobile phone side UI (user interface) unit 21, a data creation unit 24, a data storage unit 25, a content additional information association control unit 26, and transmission data. A creation unit 27 and a data transmission unit 28 are provided. The mobile phone side UI unit 21 includes a mobile phone side display unit 22 and a mobile phone side input operation unit 23. Since mobile phones are widely known, the description of the configuration necessary only for realizing the functions of the mobile phone is omitted.

  First, the content additional information management unit 20 displays the type of additional information added to the content on the mobile phone side display unit 22 described later. The content additional information management unit 20 receives information about what type of additional information is selected by the mobile phone side input operation unit 23, which is sent from the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 described later. is there. Further, the content additional information management unit 20 sends information about the type of the selected additional information to the content additional information association control unit 26.

  Subsequently, the mobile phone side UI unit 21 mediates exchange of information between the user and the mobile phone 2. In addition, the mobile phone side display unit 22 provided in the mobile phone side UI unit 21 displays the type of additional information added to the content sent from the content additional information management unit 20, and displays the content to the user. This prompts the user to select the type of additional information to be added. Further, the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 provided in the mobile phone side UI unit 21 accepts a user's selection for the type of additional information displayed on the mobile phone side display unit 22 or receives additional information from the user. Or accepts input. In addition, the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 sends information on the type of additional information selected by the user to the content additional information management unit 20. The mobile phone side input operation unit 23 includes, for example, a character input key of the mobile phone 2 capable of inputting additional information of text data, a microphone of the mobile phone 2 capable of inputting additional information of voice data, and the like. .

  Here, a display example on the mobile phone side display unit 22 will be described with reference to FIG. 5A and FIG. FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of display that prompts the user to select the type of additional information to be added to the content. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a display that accepts input of additional information from the user.

  As an example, as shown in FIG. 5A, first, a screen for prompting the user to select which type of additional information is added to the content is displayed on the mobile phone side display unit 22. And when selection by the user of the type of additional information displayed on the mobile phone side display unit 22 is received via the mobile phone side input operation unit 23, as shown in FIG. An input screen corresponding to the type of additional information selected is displayed on the mobile phone side display unit 22. In FIG. 5A, a screen that prompts the user to select either a comment or a title is displayed as additional information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a screen that prompts the user to select other additional information such as the URL, search information, command, and BGM described above may be displayed on the mobile phone side display unit 22. FIG. 5B shows an example of an input screen when a comment is selected as additional information to be input. However, when other additional information is selected, input corresponding to the selected additional information is performed. The screen is displayed on the mobile phone side display unit 22.

  Subsequently, the data creation unit 24 creates data (additional information) of information to be added to the content accepted by the mobile phone side input operation unit 23. Further, when the data stored in the data storage unit 25 to be described later is used as additional information, the data creating unit 24 makes a copy of the data stored in the data storage unit 25, for example, to add the additional information. Data to be used as is created. Further, the data creation unit 24 sends the created additional information to the content additional information association control unit 26. The data storage unit 25 stores data such as e-mails received by the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 or received from other mobile phones.

  The content additional information association control unit 26 adds the additional information to the additional information based on the information about the type of additional information sent from the content additional information management unit 20 and the additional information sent from the data creation unit 24. It associates types of information. In addition, the content additional information association control unit 26 transmits additional information in which additional information type information is associated to the transmission data creation unit 27.

  Subsequently, the transmission data creation unit 27 converts the additional information transmitted from the content additional information association control unit 26 into data (transmission data) to be transmitted from the data transmission unit 28 by infrared communication. The transmission data creation unit 27 sends additional information converted into transmission data to the data transmission unit 28. The data transmission unit 28 transmits the additional information converted into transmission data by infrared communication to the image display device 3a.

  In the present embodiment, only one type of additional information to be added to content is selected and input. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of different types of additional information are selected and input. As a specific example, a configuration may be adopted in which a title and a comment are input at the same time, and the type of additional information input simultaneously by a line feed or the like can be identified.

  In the present embodiment, the transmission data obtained by converting the additional information is sent from the mobile phone 2 to the image display device 3a. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the configuration may be such that the identification information of the content data of the content to which the additional information is added together with the additional information is converted into transmission data and transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the image display device 3a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5C, the mobile phone side display unit 22 may be configured to input a photo (content) number as identification information and a comment as additional information. In this case, what is necessary is just to make it the structure which exchanges identification information in addition to additional information between each member of the mobile telephone 2 mentioned above. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 5C, the configuration is not limited to a configuration in which only one piece of identification information is specified and input, and a configuration in which a plurality of pieces of identification information are specified and input may be used. Furthermore, the configuration is not limited to the configuration in which a number or the like is directly input as the identification information, but may be a configuration in which identification information is selected and input from a list or the like.

  Next, the outline of the configuration of the image display device 3a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the image display device 3a in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the image display device 3a includes a data receiving unit (first additional information acquisition unit, second additional information acquisition unit) 31, an image display device side UI (user interface) unit 32, a content selection processing unit ( Content selection processing unit) 35, content additional information association management unit (first association management unit, second association management unit) 36, content additional information transmission unit 37, content data request processing unit 38, content data reception unit 39, content addition An information processing unit 40 and a content data display processing unit 41 are provided. The image display device side UI unit 32 includes an image display device side display unit (display means) 33 and an image display device side input operation unit 34. The data reception unit 31 includes a first data reception unit (first additional information acquisition unit) 31a and a second data reception unit (second additional information acquisition unit) 31b. The content additional information association management unit 36 includes: A first content additional information association management unit (first association management unit) 36a and a second content additional information association management unit (second association management unit) 36b are provided.

  First, the data reception unit 31, that is, the first data reception unit 31a and the second data reception unit 31b receive transmission data transmitted from the data transmission unit 28 of the mobile phone 2 by infrared communication. Further, when receiving the transmission data in which the additional information is converted, the first data receiving unit 31a converts the received transmission data into the additional information and sends it to the content additional information association management unit 36. Then, when receiving the transmission data in which the additional information and the identification information are converted, the second data receiving unit 31b converts the received transmission data into the additional information and the identification information, and sends it to the content additional information association management unit 36. Is.

  Subsequently, the image display device-side UI unit 32 mediates exchange of information between the user and the image display device 3a. The image display device side display unit 33 provided in the image display device side UI unit 32 displays the content reproduced by the content data display processing unit 41 described later, or displays the content to the user. The user is prompted to select content to which additional information is added. Further, the image display device side input operation unit 34 provided in the image display device side UI unit 32 receives selection of content to which additional information is added. Further, the image display device side input operation unit 34 sends information (content selection result) such as which content is selected as content to which additional information is added by the user to the content selection processing unit 35. Furthermore, the image display device side input operation unit 34 receives a request for reproduction (display) of content from the user.

  Here, a display example of a content selection screen to which additional information is added on the image display device side display unit 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B. FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example in which a thumbnail list of a plurality of contents is displayed as a selection screen for contents to which additional information is added. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example in which one content is displayed as a content selection screen for adding additional information.

  When any one of a plurality of contents in the thumbnail list shown in FIG. 6A is selected, when the data receiving unit 31 receives transmission data from the mobile phone 2, the selected contents are The image display apparatus side input operation unit 34 sends the selected content (content selection result) as the content to which the additional information is added to the content selection processing unit 35 described later. Further, when one of a plurality of contents in the thumbnail list is selected, only one content is displayed as shown in FIG. 6B), or one content as shown in FIG. 6B in a slide show or the like. When only data is displayed and the transmission data from the mobile phone 2 is received by the data receiving unit 31, the content being displayed is selected as the content to which the additional information is added. Then, the content selection processing unit 35 sends the identification information of the content being displayed to the content additional information association management unit 36 described later.

  Further, the content selection processing unit 35 acquires the identification information of the content to which the additional information is added according to the content selection result sent from the image display device side input operation unit 34, and sends it to the content additional information association management unit 36. To send. In addition, the content selection processing unit 35 switches the display of content on the image display device side display unit 33 in accordance with the selection of content via the image display device side input operation unit 34 by the user (display). Is sent to the content data display processing unit 41.

  The content additional information association management unit 36 associates additional information with identification information. More specifically, the first content additional information association management unit 36a identifies the additional information and the identification based on the additional information sent from the first data receiving unit 31a and the identification information sent from the content selection processing unit 35. It associates with information. Then, the second content additional information association management unit 36b associates the additional information with the identification information based on the additional information and the identification information transmitted from the second data receiving unit 31b. In addition, the content additional information association management unit 36 transmits the association information and additional information between the additional information and the identification information to the content additional information transmission unit 37. Furthermore, the content additional information association management unit 36 sends information for associating additional information with identification information and additional information to the content additional information transmission unit 37.

  The content additional information transmission unit 37 transmits the association information and additional information sent from the content additional information association management unit 36 to the server device 5 via the network. The content additional information transmission unit 37 may be configured to transmit the association information and additional information to the server device 5 immediately after receiving the association information and the additional information. For example, the content additional information transmission unit 37 may transmit to the image display device side input operation unit 34. A configuration may be adopted in which transmission is started in response to some trigger so as to transmit to the server device 5 in response to an input of a request.

  Subsequently, when a content display request is input from the user to the image display device side input operation unit 34, the content data request processing unit 38 requests transmission of content data of the content requested to be displayed. This is performed on the server device 5. The content data receiving unit 39 receives content data transmitted from the server device 5 in response to a request for content data transmission from the content data request processing unit 38. Further, the content data receiving unit 39 sends the received content data to the content data display processing unit 41, and performs processing special to execution other than simple text data such as titles and comments on the received content data. If the necessary additional information is included, the additional information necessary for the special processing is sent to the content additional information processing unit 40. In addition, the content additional information processing unit 40 executes each process according to the additional information necessary for the special process sent from the content data receiving unit 39, and the result of each process is displayed as the content data display processing unit 41. To send to. Examples of the additional information that needs special processing here include URL information, search information, commands, and BGM. Each process according to the additional information that requires special processing is, for example, URL link processing for URL information, search result information for search information, and command execution for commands. In the case of BGM, playback of BGM is performed.

  The content data display processing unit 41 causes the image display device side display unit 33 to display content. Further, when content data including additional information is sent from the content data receiving unit 39, the content data display processing unit 41 displays the content together with the additional information on the image display device side display unit 33. Further, the content data display processing unit 41 displays the content on the image display device side display unit 33 together with the result of each processing when the result of each processing is sent from the content additional information processing unit 40. It is.

  In the present embodiment, a configuration including two of the first data receiving unit 31a and the second data receiving unit 31b is shown, but this is shown as being divided into two as functional blocks. However, it is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the first data receiving unit 31a and the second data receiving unit 31b may be provided as independent members, or the first data receiving unit 31a and the second data receiving unit 31b may be provided as one member. It may be done.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a configuration including two of the first content additional information association management unit 36a and the second content additional information association management unit 36b is shown, but this is divided into two as functional blocks. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the first content additional information association management unit 36a and the second content additional information association management unit 36b may be provided as independent members, or the first content additional information association management unit 36a and the second content addition unit The information association management unit 36b may be provided as one member.

  Next, the outline of the configuration of the server device 5 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the server device 5 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the server device 5 includes a content additional information receiving unit (association information receiving unit) 51, a content data management unit (second content data creating unit) 52, a content data request receiving unit 53, and a content data transmission. Section (content data transmission means) 54 is provided.

  First, the content additional information receiving unit 51 receives information for associating content identification information with additional information and additional information from the image display device 3a via a network. The content additional information receiving unit 51 sends the received association information and the additional information to the content data management unit 52.

  Subsequently, the content data management unit 52 manages both the content data and the additional information based on the association information and additional information sent from the content additional information receiving unit 51. That is, the content data management unit 52 manages content data including additional information (creates new content data including additional information). When the additional information is not associated with the content data, the content data management unit 52 manages the content data as content data not including the additional information. The content data management unit 52 sends content data corresponding to the identification information sent from the content data request receiving unit 53 to the content data sending unit 54.

  The content data request receiving unit 53 receives identification information transmitted from the image display device 3a. The content data request reception unit 53 sends the received identification information to the content data management unit 52. The content data transmission unit 54 transmits the content data sent from the content data management unit 52 to the image display device 3a.

  Here, a display example of the content data including the newly created additional information on the image display device side display unit 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8A to FIG. 8C are diagrams showing display examples of content data including additional information on the image display device side display unit 33.

  As an example of display of content data including additional information on the display unit 33 on the image display device side, as shown in FIG. 8A, a comment as additional information is displayed on each content of a plurality of contents. Also good. Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, a comment as additional information is displayed on each content of a plurality of contents, and only the comment of the selected content is displayed in another place in the image display device side display unit 33. An enlarged display configuration may also be used. Further, as shown in FIG. 8C, a configuration may be adopted in which a comment as additional information is displayed on each content of a plurality of contents, and the selected content is enlarged and a comment is also displayed. Note that, as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C, a comment as additional information is not displayed for content that does not include additional information (no comment).

  Next, an operation flow in the mobile phone 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the mobile phone 2 until the additional information input by the user is transmitted to the image display device 3a.

  First, in step S <b> 201, according to an instruction from the content additional information management unit 20, the mobile phone side display unit 22 performs a display prompting the user to select the type of additional information to be added to the content. Subsequently, in step S202, the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 receives input of additional information from the user, and the process proceeds to step S203. At this time, the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 sends information about which type of additional information is selected by the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 to the content additional information management unit 20.

  In step S203, when the data creation unit 24 creates data (additional information) of information to be added to the content accepted by the mobile phone side input operation unit 23 (Yes in step S203), the process proceeds to step S204. If the data creation unit 24 has not created additional information (No in step S203), the process returns to step S202 to repeat the flow.

  In step S204, the content additional information association control unit 26 adds the additional information based on the information about the type of additional information sent from the content additional information management unit 20 and the additional information sent from the data creation unit 24. Is associated with information of the type of additional information. Subsequently, in step S205, the transmission data creation unit 27 converts the additional information sent from the content additional information association control unit 26 into data to be transmitted from the data transmission unit 28 by infrared communication (creates transmission data). To do. In step S206, the data transmission unit 28 transmits the additional information converted into the transmission data by infrared communication to the image display device 3a, and the flow ends.

  Next, an operation flow in the image display device 3a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation flow from associating additional information to the content data of the content selected from the thumbnail list and displaying the content data associated with the additional information on the image display device 3a.

  First, in step S301, the image display apparatus side display unit 33 displays a thumbnail list of contents as shown in FIG. 6A to the user. Subsequently, in step S302, the image display apparatus side input operation unit 34 is displayed. In step S303, the content selection processing unit 35 acquires the identification information of the content data of the selected content, and proceeds to step S304.

  In step S304, when the data receiving unit 31 has received transmission data (Yes in step S304), the process proceeds to step S305. If the data reception unit 31 has not received transmission data (No in step S304), the process returns to step S302 to repeat the flow.

  In step S305, the content additional information association management unit 36 associates the additional information with the identification information, and proceeds to step S306. More specifically, based on the additional information sent from the first data receiving unit 31a and the identification information sent from the content selection processing unit 35, the first content additional information association management unit 36a performs the additional information and the identification information. Associate with. Further, based on the additional information and the identification information transmitted from the second data receiving unit 31b, the second content additional information association management unit 36b associates the additional information with the identification information.

  In step S <b> 306, the content additional information transmission unit 37 transmits association information and additional information to the server device 5. Subsequently, in step S307, the content data receiving unit 39 receives the content data modified (newly modified) by the server device 5 based on the association information and the additional information. Then, the content data receiving unit 39 sends the newly modified content data to the content data display processing unit 41. Finally, in step S308, in accordance with the instruction from the content data display processing unit 41, the image display device side display unit 33 displays the newly modified content, and the flow ends.

  If the content data received by the content data receiving unit 39 includes additional information that requires special processing, the additional information that requires special processing is sent to the content additional information processing unit 40. Become. Then, after the content additional information processing unit 40 performs processing according to the additional information that requires special processing, the processing result is sent to the content data display processing unit 41.

  In the present embodiment, step S302 and step S303 are performed before step S304. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, step S302 and step S303 may be performed after step S304. In this case, the additional information of the transmission data received by the data receiving unit 31 is sent to the content data display processing unit 41 or the content additional information processing unit 40, and the received data is displayed on the image display device side display unit 33. You can do it. Moreover, the structure which performs step S302 and step S304 simultaneously may be sufficient.

  In this embodiment, the flow of steps S302 and S303 is performed. However, the transmission data received by the data receiving unit 31 in step S304 includes both the additional information and the identification information. In such a case, the flow of steps S302 and S303 is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, one content is selected from the thumbnail list of content displayed on the image display device-side display unit 33, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration in which the displayed content or album displayed on the image display device side display unit 33 is selected as it is may be used. In this case, in step S301, instead of displaying the thumbnail list of content on the image display device side display unit 33, the content or album is displayed on the image display device side display unit 33, and step S302 may be omitted. Note that an album as used herein represents a state in which a plurality of contents are displayed together as a unit. When the additional information is written (included) in the album, the identification information for the album is used in the same manner as the content, and the additional information is written in the album by performing the same processing as in the case of the content. It becomes possible.

  Next, an operation flow in the server device 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b). FIG. 11A is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the server device 5 until the content data managed by the content data management unit 52 is corrected according to the association information and additional information transmitted from the image display device 3a. is there. FIG. 11B is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the server device 5 until content data managed by the content data management unit 52 is transmitted to the image display device 3a in accordance with a request from the image display device 3a. is there.

  First, the operation flow until the content data managed by the content data management unit 52 is corrected according to the association information and additional information transmitted from the image display device 3a will be described with reference to FIG. Do.

  First, in step S501, the content additional information receiving unit 51 receives association information and additional information transmitted from the image display device 3a. In step S502, the content additional information receiving unit 51 sends the received association information and additional information to the content data managing unit 52. In step S503, the content data management unit 52 manages both the content data and the additional information based on the association information and the additional information sent from the content additional information receiving unit 51. That is, the content data management unit 52 manages content data including additional information (creates new content data including additional information), and the flow ends.

  Next, an operation flow until content data managed by the content data management unit 52 is transmitted to the image display device 3a according to a request from the image display device 3a will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S511, the content data request receiving unit 53 receives the identification information transmitted from the image display device 3a. Subsequently, in step S512, the content data request reception unit 53 sends the received identification information to the content data management unit 52. In step S 513, the content data management unit 52 sends content data corresponding to the identification information sent from the content data request receiving unit 53 to the content data sending unit 54. Finally, in step S514, the content data transmission unit 54 sends the content data sent from the content data management unit 52 to the image display device 3a, and the flow ends.

[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. Configurations other than those described in the present embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in the drawings of the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and explanation thereof is omitted.

  The content reproduction system 1b of the present embodiment is different from the configuration of the content reproduction system 1a of the first embodiment in that an image display device 3b is provided instead of the image display device 3a.

  First, an outline of the configuration of the content reproduction system 1b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the content reproduction system 1b in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, a content playback system 1b in the present embodiment includes a mobile phone (external device, mobile terminal) 2, an image display device (content playback device) 3b, and a server device (content data transmission device). 5 is provided.

  The image display device 3b reproduces the content data acquired from the server device 5 and displays the reproduced content. The image display device 3b creates content data to which additional information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 is added, and displays the content to which the additional information is added. Further, the image display device 3b transmits the additional information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the server device 5 in association with the identification information, or transmits the additional information and identification information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the server device 5. It is something to do. Examples of the image display device 3b include a television and a personal computer to which the present invention is applied.

  Next, a data flow among the mobile phone 2, the image display device 3b, and the server device 5 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, description will be made by taking as an example a case where the content to be played back by the image display device 3b is an image, the additional information is a comment, and the identification information is an ID.

  As shown in FIG. 13, first, the image data transmitted from the server device 5 is reproduced by the image display device 3b, and an image is displayed on the image display device 3b. Subsequently, comment data to be associated with the image displayed on the image display device 3b is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the image display device 3b. Then, image data to which a comment is added is created and displayed on the image display device 3b, and the image display device 3b associates the ID of the image with the comment data. When the association information and the comment data are transmitted from the image display device 3b to the server device 5, both the image data and the comment data are managed by the server device 5 based on the association information. That is, it is managed as image data including a comment (image data including a comment is newly created). In FIG. 13, the configuration in the case where only the comment data is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 has been described, but the same processing is performed even when the comment data and the image ID are transmitted from the mobile phone 2. .

  Next, an outline of the configuration of the image display device 3b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the image display device 3b in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, the image display device 3b includes a content data creation unit (first content data creation means) 42 in addition to the members of the image display device 3a.

  First, when additional information is sent from the first data receiving unit 31a, the content data creating unit 42 adds additional information based on the additional information and the identification information sent from the content selection processing unit 35. The content data including is created. In addition, when the additional information and the identification information are sent from the second data receiving unit 31b, the content data creating unit 42 creates content data including the additional information based on the additional information and the identification information. Is. Furthermore, if the created content data includes additional information other than simple text data such as a title and a comment that requires special processing for execution, the content data creation unit 42 performs the above special processing. Necessary additional information is sent to the content additional information processing unit 40. The content data creation unit 42 may be configured to send the identification information sent from the content selection processing unit 35 to the content additional information association management unit 36 or may not send it. When the content data creation unit 42 does not send identification information to the content additional information association management unit 36, the content selection processing unit 35 may send the identification information to the content additional information association management unit 36. Further, when the content data creation unit 42 sends identification information to the content additional information association management unit 36, the first content additional information association management unit 36a sends the additional information and content sent from the first data reception unit 31a. The additional information and the identification information are associated with each other based on the identification information sent from the data creation unit 42.

  Subsequently, the content additional information processing unit 40 executes each process according to the additional information necessary for the special process sent from the content data creating unit 42, and displays the result of each process as a content data display processing unit. 41. Examples of the additional information that needs special processing here include URL information, search information, commands, and BGM. Each process according to the additional information that requires special processing is, for example, URL link processing for URL information, search result information for search information, and command execution for commands. In the case of BGM, playback of BGM is performed.

  The content data display processing unit 41 causes the image display device side display unit 33 to display content. Further, when content data including additional information is sent from the content data creation unit 42, the content data display processing unit 41 displays the content together with the additional information on the image display device side display unit 33. Further, the content data display processing unit 41 displays the content on the image display device side display unit 33 together with the result of each processing when the result of each processing is sent from the content additional information processing unit 40. It is.

  Next, an operation flow in the image display device 3b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation flow until the additional information is associated with the content data of the content selected from the thumbnail list and the content data associated with the additional information is displayed on the image display device 3b.

  First, in step S311, the display unit 33 on the image display device side displays a thumbnail list of contents as shown in FIG. 6A to the user. Subsequently, in step S312, the input operation unit 34 on the image display device side. In step S313, the content selection processing unit 35 acquires the identification information of the content data of the selected content, and proceeds to step S314.

  In step S314, when the data receiving unit 31 has received transmission data (Yes in step S314), the process proceeds to step S315. If the data receiving unit 31 has not received the transmission data (No in step S314), the process returns to step S312 to repeat the flow.

  In step S315, the content additional information association management unit 36 associates the additional information with the identification information, and the content data creation unit 42 creates content data including the additional information, and the process proceeds to step S316. More specifically, when additional information is sent from the first data receiving unit 31a, content data including additional information is added based on the additional information and the identification information sent from the content selection processing unit 35. Creation is performed by the content data creation unit 42. Further, when the additional information and identification information are sent from the second data receiving unit 31b, the content data including the additional information is added based on the additional information and identification information sent from the second data receiving unit 31b. Creation is performed by the content data creation unit 42. Further, based on the additional information sent from the first data receiving unit 31a and the identification information sent from the content selection processing unit 35, the first content additional information association management unit 36a sets the additional information and the identification information. Make an association. Further, based on the additional information and the identification information transmitted from the second data receiving unit 31b, the second content additional information association management unit 36b associates the additional information with the identification information. In step S315, the content data including the additional information created by the content data creation unit 42 is sent to the content data display processing unit 41. In step S316, the content including additional information is displayed on the image display device side display unit 33 in accordance with an instruction from the content data display processing unit 41.

  Subsequently, in step S317, when the association information and the additional information can be transmitted from the content additional information transmitting unit 37 to the server device 5 (Yes in step S317), the process proceeds to step S318. If the associated information and the additional information cannot be transmitted from the content additional information transmission unit 37 to the server device 5 (No in step S317), the process returns to step S312 and the flow is repeated. As a trigger for determining whether or not the association information and the additional information can be transmitted, for example, a transmission command from the user input from the mobile phone 2 via the image display device side input operation unit 34 or the data reception unit 31 is used. and so on.

  In step S318, the content additional information transmission unit 37 transmits the association information and additional information to the server device 5 and ends the flow.

  If the content data created by the content data creation unit 42 includes additional information that requires special processing, the additional information that requires special processing is sent to the content additional information processing unit 40. Become. Then, after the content additional information processing unit 40 performs processing according to the additional information that requires special processing, the processing result is sent to the content data display processing unit 41.

  In the present embodiment, step S312 and step S313 are performed before step S314. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, step S312 and step S313 may be performed after step S314. In this case, the additional information of the transmission data received by the data receiving unit 31 is sent to the content data display processing unit 41 or the content additional information processing unit 40, and the received data is displayed on the image display device side display unit 33. You can do it. Moreover, the structure which performs step S312 and step S314 simultaneously may be sufficient.

  In this embodiment, the flow of steps S312 and S313 is performed. However, the transmission data received by the data receiving unit 31 in step S314 includes both the additional information and the identification information. In such a case, the flow of steps S312 and S313 is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, one content is selected from the thumbnail list of content displayed on the image display device-side display unit 33, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration in which the displayed content or album displayed on the image display device side display unit 33 is selected as it is may be used. In this case, in step S311, instead of displaying the thumbnail list of content on the image display device side display unit 33, the content or album is displayed on the image display device side display unit 33, and step S312 may be omitted.

  In addition, in this Embodiment, although it is the structure which performs step S317, it does not necessarily restrict to this. For example, when the association information and additional information sent to the content additional information transmission unit 37 are sent to the server device 5 once every time they are sent to the content additional information transmission unit 37, step S317 is performed. There may be no configuration.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration for writing additional information to content has been mainly described. However, additional information can be overwritten or additionally written to content including additional information. . First, when additional information is newly overwritten on content including additional information, it can be overwritten by a process similar to writing additional information on content not including additional information. Further, when additional information is newly added to the content including the additional information, for example, the content additional information association management unit 36 acquires the additional information written once before from the content data receiving unit 39, Additional information may be newly added to the content including the additional information by associating the additional information written once before and the additional information newly written with the identification information by the additional information association management unit 36. Further, for example, the additional information written once before by the content data creating unit 42 from the content data receiving unit 39, and the additional information written once before by the content data creating unit 42 and the newly written additional information, Based on the identification information, content data in which additional information is newly added to content including additional information may be created.

  Further, it is possible to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information. In this case, the additional information that is not displayed is overwritten by the same processing as that for writing additional information to the content that does not include additional information. Can be erased. In addition, the data receiving unit 31 receives data (erase instruction data) for erasing the additional information instead of the additional information, and associates the content additional information based on the erasure instruction data and the identification information of the content data of the selected content. The management unit 36 eliminates the association between the identification information of the selected content and the additional information, or the content data creation unit 42 creates content data that does not include the additional information, thereby including the additional information. It is possible to delete the additional information from the content.

  In the present embodiment, the image display device side input operation unit 34 is configured to accept selection of content to which additional information is added from the user, but the input to the image display device side input operation unit 34 is as follows. It may be input from a remote control or the like. Even when the mobile phone 2 includes a member that enables selection of content to which additional information is added, additional information from the mobile phone 2 or transmission data obtained by converting the additional information and the identification information is The data receiving unit 31 of the image display devices 3a and 3b and the data related to the content selection operation transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the image display devices 3a and 3b are received by the image display device side input operation unit 34. Shall.

  Further, in the present embodiment, after the content to which the additional information is added is selected, the data reception unit 31 receives the transmission data from the mobile phone 2 and associates the additional information with the identification information or identifies the additional information and the identification information. Although content data including additional information is created based on the information, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, after the data reception unit 31 receives transmission data from the mobile phone 2, the image display device side input operation unit 34 accepts selection of content to add additional information, thereby associating additional information with identification information. The content data including the additional information may be created based on the additional information and the identification information.

  In the present embodiment, the image display devices 3a and 3b are configured to receive additional information from the mobile phone 2 as transmission data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the image display devices 3a and 3b may include a member that receives input of additional information or additional information and identification information from the user, and the additional information received by the member may be transmitted to the data receiving unit 31.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, although it has the structure which performs the radio | wireless communication by infrared rays between the mobile telephone 2 and image display apparatus 3a * 3b, it does not necessarily restrict to this. For example, wired communication may be used. However, wireless communication is more preferable than wireless communication because there is nothing that obstructs the cable and the like, and the convenience of the content reproduction system 1a can be improved for the user. . Further, by using IrSimple for communication between the mobile phone 2 and the image display devices 3a and 3b, high-definition image data and the like can be communicated at high speed, and highly directional wireless communication can be performed. Therefore, the communication between the mobile phone 2 and the image display devices 3a and 3b is more preferably communication based on IrSimple.

  In addition, in this Embodiment, although it has the structure which uses the mobile telephone 2, it does not necessarily restrict to this. For example, any device external to the image display devices 3a and 3b provided with each member shown in FIG. 4 may be used. For example, a television remote controller provided with each member shown in FIG. Further, it may be a portable terminal such as a PDA other than the cellular phone.

  In this embodiment, the content additional information transmitting unit 37 is configured to transmit association information and additional information. However, when the association information and the additional information are combined and transmitted simultaneously. In this case, the association information may be only identification information.

  Finally, each block of the mobile phone 2, the image display devices 3a and 3b, and the server device 5, particularly the content additional information management unit 20, the mobile phone side UI unit 21, the mobile phone side display unit 22, and the mobile phone side input operation unit 23, data creation unit 24, content additional information association control unit 26, transmission data creation unit 27, data transmission unit 28, data reception unit 31, first data reception unit 31a, second data reception unit 31b, image display device side UI Unit 32, image display device side display unit 33, image display device side input operation unit 34, content selection processing unit 35, content additional information association management unit 36, first content additional information association management unit 36a, second content additional information association A management unit 36b, a content additional information transmission unit 37, a content data request processing unit 38, a content data reception unit 39, The content additional information processing unit 40, content data display processing unit 41, content data creation unit 42, content additional information reception unit 51, content data management unit 52, content data request reception unit 53, and content data transmission unit 54 You may comprise by a logic and may implement | achieve by software using CPU as follows.

  That is, the mobile phone 2, the image display devices 3 a and 3 b, and the server device 5 include a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, A RAM (random access memory) for expanding the program, a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data, and the like are provided. The object of the present invention is to provide program codes (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of control programs for the mobile phone 2, the image display devices 3a and 3b, and the server device 5, which are software for realizing the functions described above. Is supplied to the mobile phone 2, the image display devices 3a and 3b, and the server device 5, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) stores the program code recorded on the recording medium. This can also be achieved by executing reading.

  Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, the mobile phone 2, the image display devices 3a and 3b, and the server device 5 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and the present invention can be obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Such embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the content playback apparatus, content data transmission apparatus, control program thereof, computer-readable recording medium storing the control program, content playback system, and control method of the present invention are able to provide a comment while keeping traffic smaller. It is possible to associate additional information such as content data with content data. Therefore, the present invention can be suitably used in an industrial field related to a technique for acquiring an image to be displayed from an image data providing apparatus and displaying the acquired image on the image display apparatus.

It is a functional block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the image display apparatus in this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the content reproduction system in this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the data among the mobile telephone in this invention, an image display apparatus, and a server apparatus. It is a functional block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the mobile telephone in this invention. (A) is a figure which shows the example of the display which prompts the user to select the kind of additional information added to content, (b) is an example of the display which receives the input of the additional information from a user. (C) is a figure showing an example of an input screen that prompts the user to input additional information and identification information. (A) is a figure showing an example which displays a thumbnail list of a plurality of contents as a selection screen, and (b) is a figure showing an example which displays one content as a selection screen. It is a functional block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the server apparatus in this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of a display in the image display apparatus side display part of the content data containing additional information. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow with the said mobile telephone. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow in the said image display apparatus. (A) And (b) is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow in the said server apparatus. It is a schematic block diagram which shows other one Embodiment of the content reproduction system in this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the data among the mobile telephone in this invention, an image display apparatus, and a server apparatus. It is a functional block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the image display apparatus in this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow in the said image display apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1a Content playback system 1a Content playback system 2 Mobile phone (external device, mobile terminal)
3a Image display device (content playback device)
3b Image display device (content playback device)
5 Server device (content data transmission device)
20 content additional information management unit 21 mobile phone side UI unit 22 mobile phone side display unit 23 mobile phone side input operation unit 24 data creation unit 25 data storage unit 26 content additional information association control unit 27 transmission data creation unit 28 data transmission unit 31 Data receiving unit (first additional information acquisition means, second additional information acquisition means)
31a 1st data receiving part (1st additional information acquisition means)
31b 2nd data receiving part (2nd additional information acquisition means)
32 Image display device side UI unit 33 Image display device side display unit (display means)
34 Image display device side input operation unit 35 Content selection processing unit (content selection processing means)
36 Content additional information association manager (first association manager, second association manager)
36a First content additional information association management unit (first association management means)
36b Second content additional information association management unit (second association management means)
37 Content additional information transmission unit (association information transmission means)
38 content data request processing unit 39 content data receiving unit 40 content additional information processing unit 41 content data display processing unit 42 content data creation unit (first content data creation means)
51 Content additional information receiving unit (association information receiving means)
52 Content Data Management Unit (Second Content Data Creation Unit)
53 Content Data Request Receiving Unit 54 Content Data Transmitting Unit

Claims (28)

A content reproduction device that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the reproduced content on a display means,
First additional information acquisition means for receiving input of additional information for the content displayed on the display means;
First association management means for associating identification information for identifying content data of the content being displayed with the additional information;
It is characterized by comprising association information between the identification information associated with the first association management means and the additional information, and association information transmitting means for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting apparatus. Content playback device. A content selection processing unit for detecting which content is selected when a plurality of contents are displayed on the display unit;
The first additional information acquisition unit receives input of additional information for the content detected by the content selection processing unit, and the first association management unit identifies content data of the content detected by the content selection processing unit. 2. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information for association is associated with the additional information.   When a plurality of contents are displayed as one unit on the display means, the first additional information acquisition means accepts input of additional information for the whole of the plurality of contents being displayed, and 2. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first association management unit associates the identification information for identifying data of the whole of the plurality of contents and the additional information.   When the first additional information acquisition unit acquires deletion instruction information that is an instruction to delete additional information from the content including the additional information instead of the additional information, the first association management unit The content reproduction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an association between identification information for identifying content data of content and the additional information is canceled. A content reproduction device that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the reproduced content on a display means,
First additional information acquisition means for receiving input of additional information for the content displayed on the display means;
First content data creating means for creating content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the content data of the content being displayed and the additional information. A content playback apparatus. A content selection processing unit for detecting which content is selected when a plurality of contents are displayed on the display unit;
The first additional information acquisition unit receives input of additional information for the content detected by the content selection processing unit, and the first content data creation unit identifies content data of the content detected by the content selection processing unit. 6. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 5, wherein content data including the additional information to be reproduced by the content reproduction apparatus is created based on the identification information to be performed and the additional information.   When a plurality of contents are displayed as one unit on the display means, the first additional information acquisition means accepts input of additional information for the whole of the plurality of contents being displayed, and Content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the identification information for identifying the whole data of the plurality of contents and the additional information by the first content data creating means The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the content reproduction apparatus generates the content. First association management means for associating identification information for identifying content data of the content being displayed and the additional information;
The information further comprises: association information between the identification information associated with the first association management means and the additional information; and association information transmitting means for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting apparatus. Item 8. The content reproduction device according to any one of Items 5 to 7.   When the first additional information acquisition unit acquires erasure instruction information that is an instruction to erase the additional information from the content including the additional information instead of the additional information, the first content data creation unit 8. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 5, wherein content data not including additional information is created based on identification information for identifying content data of the content.   The said 1st additional information acquisition means receives the input of the said additional information transmitted from the apparatus outside the said content reproduction apparatus, The any one of Claims 1-9 characterized by the above-mentioned. Content playback device. A content reproduction device that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the reproduced content on a display means,
Second additional information acquisition means for receiving input of additional information for content data and identification information for identifying the content data;
A second association management means for associating the additional information with the identification information;
It is characterized by comprising association information between the identification information and the additional information associated by the second association management means, and association information transmitting means for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting apparatus. Content playback device.   When the second additional information acquisition unit acquires the deletion instruction information that is an instruction to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information together with the identification information, instead of the additional information, the second association management unit 12. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the association between the identification information and the additional information is canceled. A content reproduction device that reproduces content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displays the reproduced content on a display means,
Second additional information acquisition means for receiving input of additional information for content data and identification information for identifying the content data;
Content reproduction comprising: first content data creating means for creating content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the additional information and the identification information apparatus. Second association management means for associating identification information for identifying the content data with the additional information;
The association information transmitting means for transmitting the information regarding the association between the identification information and the additional information associated by the second association management means, and the additional information to the content data transmitting device. 14. The content reproduction apparatus according to 13.   When the second additional information acquisition unit acquires deletion instruction information that is an instruction to delete the additional information from the content including the additional information together with the identification information, instead of the additional information, the first content data creation unit 14. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 13, wherein content data not including additional information is created based on the identification information.   The said 2nd additional information acquisition means receives the input of the said additional information and the said identification information transmitted from the apparatus outside the said content reproduction apparatus, The any one of Claims 13-15 characterized by the above-mentioned. The content reproduction apparatus according to item 1.   The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 10 or 16, wherein the device is a mobile terminal. A content data transmission device for transmitting content data to a content reproduction device,
Association information receiving means for receiving additional information for content data transmitted from the content reproduction device, and information for associating identification information for identifying the content data with the additional information;
Second content data creation means for creating content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the additional information and the association information;
A content data transmission device comprising: content data transmission means for transmitting content data including the additional information to the content reproduction device.   A control program that causes a computer to operate as each of the units included in the content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1.   A control program for operating a computer as each of the means included in the content data transmitting apparatus according to claim 18.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to claim 19 or 20 is recorded. A content reproduction device according to any one of claims 1 to 17,
A content reproduction system comprising: the content data transmission device according to claim 18.   The content reproduction system according to claim 22, further comprising a portable terminal capable of wirelessly transmitting the additional information or the additional information and the identification information to the content reproduction apparatus. A method for controlling a content reproduction device for reproducing content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displaying the reproduced content on a display means,
A first additional information acquisition step of receiving input of additional information for the content displayed on the display means by a first additional information acquisition means included in the content reproduction device;
A first association management step of associating identification information for identifying content data of the content being displayed with the additional information by a first association management means provided in the content reproduction device;
Association information for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting device, and information on the association between the identification information and the additional information associated in the first association management step by the association information transmitting means included in the content reproduction device A control method comprising a transmission step. A method for controlling a content reproduction device for reproducing content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displaying the reproduced content on a display means,
A first additional information acquisition step of receiving input of additional information for the content displayed on the display means by a first additional information acquisition means included in the content reproduction device;
Content data including the additional information to be played back on the content playback device is generated based on the content data of the content being displayed and the additional information by the first content data generating means included in the content playback device And a first content data creating step. A method for controlling a content reproduction device for reproducing content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displaying the reproduced content on a display means,
A second additional information acquisition step of receiving input of additional information for the content data and identification information for identifying the content data by a second additional information acquisition means provided in the content reproduction device;
A second association management step of associating the additional information with the identification information by a second association management means provided in the content reproduction device;
Association information for transmitting the additional information to the content data transmitting device, and information on the association between the identification information and the additional information associated in the second association management step by the association information transmitting means provided in the content reproduction device A control method comprising a transmission step. A method for controlling a content reproduction device for reproducing content data acquired from a content data transmission device and displaying the reproduced content on a display means,
A second additional information acquisition step of receiving input of additional information for the content data and identification information for identifying the content data by a second additional information acquisition means provided in the content reproduction device;
First content data for creating content data including the additional information to be reproduced by the content reproduction device based on the additional information and the identification information by a first content data creation means provided in the content reproduction device A control method comprising a creation step. A method for controlling a content data transmission device for transmitting content data to a content reproduction device, comprising:
The association information receiving means included in the content data transmission device receives additional information for the content data transmitted from the content reproduction device, and information for associating the identification information for identifying the content data with the additional information. An association information receiving step to perform,
Second content data including the additional information to be played back by the content playback device based on the additional information and the association information is generated by a second content data generating means included in the content data transmitting device. Content data creation process,
A content data transmission step of transmitting content data including the additional information to the content reproduction device by content data transmission means provided in the content data transmission device.

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