JP4730620B2 - Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide contents rich in variety. <P>SOLUTION: A utilization terminal 21 can acquire, from an accumulation terminal 1, contents corresponding to utilization information transmitted from a utilization terminal 11 being provided with predetermined contents from the accumulation terminal 1. Namely, when a user 23 is interested in contents that a user 12 is viewing on the utilization terminal 11 and the user 23 wants to view the contents, the utilization terminal 21 is held up just near the utilization terminal 11 or the utilization terminal 11 is held up just near the utilization terminal 21, thereby the contents that the user 13 is viewing can be viewed on the utilization terminal 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program, and in particular, an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a recording medium that can provide content in a simple and varied manner. And the program.

  A method of providing content to a device (hereinafter referred to as a content using device) that a content providing device (hereinafter referred to as a content providing device) provides content via an established communication path, or a content using device Various methods for receiving provision of content from a content providing apparatus have been proposed.

  However, a method in which the first content using apparatus acquires from the content providing apparatus content corresponding to the content usage information transmitted from the second content using apparatus that is provided with the predetermined content from the content providing apparatus. In addition, the first content providing apparatus acquires content corresponding to the content provision information transmitted from the second content providing apparatus that provides the predetermined content to the content using apparatus from the second content providing apparatus. Thus, there is no method for accumulating and providing the content using apparatus.

  The content receiving side usually receives the content, displays the received content, or asks the user for permission when registering (recording) the displayed content. That is, the user needs to respond to each inquiry (for example, input permission to the displayed dialog), and the operation is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to provide content to a user in a simple and varied manner.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention requests content that requires user permission from the transmission apparatus, and receives content transmitted from the transmission apparatus in response to the request. An information processing apparatus that executes a use process including a reception process, a display process for displaying content, and a registration process for registering content, and an electromagnetic wave output from the transmission device and used for communication with the transmission device is transmitted. A determination unit configured to determine whether or not the content is in a standby state, which is set by a predetermined operation on the operation unit performed in advance by the user when the distance to the apparatus is detected as a close distance; when it is determined that the standby state by, as the user's permission has been obtained, the reception processing, display processing, and the registration process including A first execution means for executing a utilization process, when it is determined not to be a standby state by judging means, receiving processing, display processing, and for each of the registration process, the predetermined permission confirmation processing for receiving the permission of the user And a second execution means for executing a use process for which permission of the user is obtained among the reception process, the display process, and the registration process .

The permission confirmation process may be a presentation process for presenting a dialog for receiving permission to the user.

The information processing method of the present invention requests content that requires user permission from the transmission device to content transmitted from the transmission device, and receives content transmitted from the transmission device in response to the request. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus that executes a use process including a reception process, a display process for displaying content, and a registration process for registering content, and is output from the transmission device and used for communication with the transmission device A determination step of determining whether or not the content is in a standby state, which is set by a predetermined operation on the operation unit made in advance by the user when the electromagnetic wave is detected when the distance to the transmission device is a short distance. If, when it is determined that the standby state in the process of decision, as the user's permission has been obtained, the reception processing, display Management, and a first execution step of executing a usage processing including a registration process, when it is determined not to be a standby state in the process of decision step, the reception processing, display processing, and for each of the registration process, user authorization And a second execution step of executing a use process for which the user's permission has been obtained among the reception process, the display process, and the registration process. Features.

The recording medium program of the present invention requests content that requires user permission from the transmission device for content transmitted from the transmission device, and receives content transmitted from the transmission device in response to the request. A program that is executed by a computer that controls an information processing apparatus that executes a reception process, a display process that displays content, and a usage process that includes a registration process that registers content. Whether or not the content is in a standby state set by a predetermined operation on the operation unit performed in advance by the user when the electromagnetic wave used for communication is detected when the distance from the transmission device is a short distance. a determination control step of controlling the Kano determination, is determined to be a standby state in the process of determination control step Of the feeder, the assumption that the user authorization is obtained, the reception processing, display processing, and a first execution control step of controlling execution of usage processing including a registration process, not a standby state in the process of determination control step and when it is determined, the reception processing, display processing, and for each of the registration process, and executes a predetermined permission confirmation process for receiving a permission of the user, the reception processing by the processing, display processing, and among the registration process , a program for executing processing and a second execution control step of controlling execution of usage processing user authorization has been obtained on a computer is recorded.

The program according to the present invention requests the transmission device for content that requires user permission for the content transmitted from the transmission device, and receives the content transmitted from the transmission device in response to the request. An electromagnetic wave output from the transmission device and used for communication with the transmission device is transmitted to a computer that controls an information processing device that executes a display process that displays content and a registration process that registers content. Determination control step for controlling determination of whether or not the content is in a standby state, which is set by a predetermined operation on the operation unit made in advance by the user when the distance to the device is detected as a close distance. If, it is assumed that when it is determined that the standby state in the process of decision control step, the permission of the user is obtained The reception processing, display processing, and a first execution control step of controlling execution of usage processing including a registration process, when it is determined not to be a standby state in the process of decision control step, the reception processing, display processing For each of the registration process and the registration process, a predetermined permission confirmation process for receiving the user's permission is executed , and among the reception process, the display process, and the registration process, the use process for which the user's permission is obtained is executed. And a second execution control step for controlling the process .

In the information processing apparatus and method of the present invention, and the side-by-side program, when an electromagnetic wave that is output from the transmission apparatus and used for communication with the transmission apparatus is detected when the distance to the transmission apparatus becomes a close distance, is set by a predetermined operation with respect to pre-operation unit made by the user, it is determined whether a condition to receive content, when it is determined that the standby state, as the user's permission has been obtained, the content In response to the request, a usage process including a reception process for receiving content transmitted from the transmission apparatus in response to the request, a display process for displaying content, and a registration process for registering content is executed. when it is determined that no reception processing, display processing, and for each of the registration process, to receive permission from the user Predetermined permission confirmation process is performed, the reception processing by the processing, display processing, and among the registration process, usage processing user authorization has been obtained is performed.

  According to the present invention, the acquired content can be easily processed.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of use of a content providing system to which the present invention is applied.

  The storage terminal 1 uses the built-in IC tag reader / writer 2 to perform short-distance communication with the IC tag reader / writer 12 built in the user terminal 11 or the IC tag reader / writer 22 built in the user terminal 21. For example, communication setting information for establishing wireless communication of the IEEE802.11 standard is supplied, and wireless communication with them is performed according to the communication setting process in the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 21 based on the supplied communication setting information. Establish. The storage terminal 1 establishes, for example, AV data such as audio and video, still images such as photographs taken with a digital camera, contents such as business card information and address information, etc., as established, in accordance with a request. To the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 21 via

  Note that the communication distance in the wireless LAN of the IEEE802.11 standard is generally within several tens of meters.

  The user terminal 11 uses the built-in IC tag reader / writer 12 to perform close-range communication with the IC tag reader / writer 2 of the storage terminal 1 and receives communication setting information transmitted from the storage terminal 1. Then, communication establishment processing based on that is performed to establish IEEE802.11 standard wireless communication with the storage terminal 1. The use terminal 11 receives provision of desired content from the storage terminal 1 via established wireless communication and uses it.

  The user terminal 11 also uses the IC tag reader / writer 12 to perform short-distance communication with the IC tag reader / writer 22 incorporated in the user terminal 21, and performs wireless communication with the storage terminal 1 in response to a request. Along with the communication setting information for establishment, the usage information of the content used at the usage terminal 11 is transmitted to the usage terminal 21.

  The user terminal 21 performs close-range communication with the IC tag reader / writer 12 of the user terminal 11 using the built-in IC tag reader / writer 22, and performs wireless communication with the storage terminal 1 transmitted from the user terminal 11. The communication setting information for establishing and the content usage information are received. The usage terminal 21 establishes IEEE802.11 standard wireless communication with the storage terminal 1 based on the received communication setting information, and the storage terminal 1 provides content corresponding to the usage information (for example, provided to the usage terminal 11). The same content) is provided and used.

  The usage information transmitted from the usage terminal 11 to the usage terminal 21 includes the content ID (for example, the usage terminal 11 is currently receiving the ID of the content currently being provided from the storage terminal 1 or the usage terminal 11 is currently using it. Content ID).

  In addition, the usage information can include information (control information) for controlling the use of content or information (device information) indicating a device that controls the use of content.

  The control information is information indicating predetermined usage (usage instruction information), or information indicating whether predetermined usage is permitted or not permitted (use permission information). The usage terminal 21 uses the content provided from the storage terminal 1 based on the control information included in the usage information.

  The usage instruction information is information indicating, for example, playback (display), stop, pause, fast forward, rewind, or storage, and information indicating printing of a still image when the content is a still image. . In addition, by making the mode of use indicated by the usage instruction information correspond to the usage at the usage terminal 11, the usage at the usage terminal 21 can be made to correspond to the usage at the usage terminal 11.

  The usage permission information is, for example, information indicating that playback, stop, and pause are permitted, but fast forward and rewind are not permitted. If the content is a still image, permission to print a still image or Information indicating that permission is not allowed.

  The device information is, for example, information indicating the storage terminal 1, the use terminal 11, or the use terminal 21, and the use of the use terminal 21 is controlled by this information. That is, the storage terminal 1 or the usage terminal 11 can control the content usage processing in the usage terminal 21.

  Note that the usage process in the usage terminal 21 can be controlled by a plurality of devices or can be changed by a predetermined action.

  The communication setting information exchanged among the storage terminal 1, the use terminal 11, and the use terminal 21 includes communication group formation information as information necessary for communication setting shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. Management conditions are included as management conditions for the communication group formation information shown.

  Communication group formation information (FIG. 2) is composed of a network name, SSID, WEP key, and communication network form.

  The network name is a title for identifying the communication network of the wireless LAN, and is “TEST GROUP” in the example of FIG.

  The SSID (Service Set Identification) is an ID for identifying a wireless LAN of the IEEE802.11 standard, and is “0x123456” in the example of FIG. The SSID is set in each of the storage terminal 1, the use terminal 11, and the use terminal 21, and communication is possible only when the two SSIDs that communicate with each other match.

  The WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key is authentication information necessary for participation in the communication group, and is “0x123456789” in the example of FIG. When communication is performed between the storage terminal 1, the use terminal 11, and the use terminal 21, the data to be communicated is encrypted using a common WEP key and thus has a common WEP key. Even if communication data is intercepted by a device that does not, the communication data is not decrypted.

  As the communication group form, either an infrastructure mode or an ad hoc mode is designated. In the example of FIG. 2, “AdHoc (ad hoc mode)” is designated.

  The management condition (FIG. 3) is composed of a related URI, retention permission, provision permission, communication valid period, information valid period, and information update condition.

  The related URL is a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) related to the communication group formation information of FIG.

  The holding permission is information specifying whether or not the communication setting information can be held when the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 21 acquires the communication setting information, for example, in the case of the example in FIG. , Retention is "permitted".

  The provision permission is information that specifies whether or not the communication setting information acquired and held by the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 21 can be provided to other devices. In the example of FIG. 3, provision is “permitted”.

  The valid communication period is a valid communication period in which the user terminal 11 or the user terminal 21 can perform communication according to communication settings performed based on the acquired communication group formation information. In the case of the example in FIG. 3, communication is possible until disconnected on May 06, 2002.

  The information validity period indicates, for example, the information validity period of the communication group formation information itself held by the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 21. In the case of the example in FIG. 3, the data can be retained until it is discarded on April 05, 2002.

  For example, when the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 21 obtains communication group formation information similar to the held communication group formation information, the information update condition is any information on the communication group formation information already held. An information update condition indicating whether to update to newly acquired communication group formation information under the condition is shown. In the case of the example in FIG. 3, when all the communication group formation information other than the WEP key is the same, the communication group formation information already held is updated with the newly acquired communication group formation information.

  In this example, communication setting information for establishing wireless communication of the IEEE802.11 standard is exchanged via the IC tag reader / writer. Directional communication to identify more appropriate other terminals for directional communication instead of radial, such as proximity communication type devices such as Bluetooth, which have been extended so that only terminals at distances are targeted for communication, and IrDA optical communication Information to communicate with a communication interface that can communicate with other information processing terminals on a recording device such as a memory device, memory stick, smart media, compact flash (registered trademark), or SD memory card. Communication setting information can also be exchanged using a media replaceable device configured by a reader / writer that supports recording media.

  In this example, the content is sent and received via wireless communication of the IEEE 802.11 standard, but wireless communication for RF-ID IC tags (possible when the size of the content to be exchanged is small), IrDA, etc. Optical network, Bluetooth, IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11b, etc. Also, iLink, Ethernet (registered trademark), HomePNA, PowerLine, etc. are used to form an IP network and exchange contents on it You can also.

  In addition, when using Bluetooth communication, content can be transmitted and received only by Bluetooth communication, so that the device configuration can be simplified.

  FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the storage terminal 1. The CPU 51 executes various processes according to a program stored in the ROM 52 or a program loaded from the storage unit 59 to the RAM 53. The RAM 53 also appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 51 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 51, ROM 52, and RAM 53 are connected to each other via a bus 54. An input / output interface 55 is also connected to the bus 54.

  The input / output interface 55 includes an IC tag reader / writer 2 that communicates with the IC tag reader / writer 12 of the user terminal 11 and the IC tag reader / writer 22 of the user terminal 21, a keyboard that accepts an operation input from the user, and a mouse. 56, a sound output unit 57 for outputting sound, a display 58 composed of a CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube), an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), etc., a storage unit 59 for storing contents and the like, and an antenna 61 A wireless communication unit 60 that performs wireless communication of the IEEE802.11 standard is connected via the wireless LAN.

  In addition, a drive 62 is connected to the input / output interface 55 as necessary, and a magnetic disk 71, an optical disk 72, a magneto-optical disk 73, a semiconductor memory 74, or the like is appropriately mounted, and a program read therefrom is required Is installed in the storage unit 59 accordingly.

  FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of the IC tag reader / writer 2 of the storage terminal 1.

  The antenna resonance circuit unit 81 includes a resistor R1, a capacitor C1, and a coil L1, and the information signal and power generated by the processing unit 82 are used for other IC tag reader / writers (for example, the IC tag reader / writer 12 of the use terminal 11 and the use). The data is transmitted to the antenna resonance circuit section of the IC tag reader / writer 22) of the terminal 21. The antenna resonance circuit unit 81 receives an information signal from the antenna resonance circuit unit of another IC tag reader / writer and supplies the information signal to the processing unit 82. Note that the inherent resonance frequency of the antenna resonance circuit unit 81 (hereinafter referred to as the inherent resonance frequency) is set in advance to a predetermined value by the capacitance of the capacitor C1 and the inductance of the coil L1.

  The microcomputer 91 of the processing unit 82 controls each unit of the IC tag reader / writer 2 to perform processing for transmitting and receiving data. The encoding / decoding circuit 92 encodes data supplied via the input / output interface 55 into Manchester code and the like, decodes an information signal received and demodulated by the demodulation circuit 95, and obtains the obtained data Is supplied to each part of another IC tag reader / writer via the input / output interface 55. The carrier wave generation circuit 93 generates a carrier wave to be transmitted to another IC tag reader / writer and supplies it to the ASK modulation circuit 94. An ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying) modulation circuit 94 amplitude-modulates the carrier wave supplied from the carrier wave generation circuit 93 based on the signal encoded by the encoding / decoding circuit 92 and supplies the result to the antenna resonance circuit unit 81.

  The demodulation circuit 95 demodulates the signal received by the antenna resonance circuit unit 81 and supplies it to the encoding / decoding circuit 92.

  FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the usage terminal 11, and FIG. 7 shows a configuration example of the usage terminal 21. The configurations of the usage terminal 11 and the usage terminal 21 are basically the same as the configuration of the storage terminal 1 shown in FIG. The configuration of the IC tag reader / writer 12 of the user terminal 11 and the IC tag reader / writer 22 of the user terminal 21 is the same as that of the IC tag reader / writer 2 of the storage terminal 1 shown in FIG.

  Next, an outline of operations of the storage terminal 1, the usage terminal 11, and the usage terminal 21 in the usage example shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1, when the use terminal 11 is held close to the storage terminal 1, communication setting information is transmitted from the IC tag reader / writer 2 of the storage terminal 1 to the IC tag reader / writer 12 of the use terminal 11 by non-contact communication. Based on the setting information, wireless communication of the IEEE 802.11 standard is established between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 11. In response to the request, the storage terminal 1 provides predetermined content to the use terminal 11 via the established wireless communication, and the use terminal 11 receives the content from the storage terminal 1.

  That is, the user 13 specifies the content that the user terminal 11 wants to view by operating the operation unit 106 of the user terminal 11, for example, and holding the user terminal 11 close to the storage terminal 1, so that The content can be provided and viewed on the use terminal 11.

  Note that the content to be viewed can also be specified on the storage terminal 1.

  In step S2, for example, when wireless communication is established between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 11 in the process of step S1, if the use terminal 21 is held close to the use terminal 11, non-contact communication is performed. Thus, together with the communication setting information transmitted from the storage terminal 1 to the use terminal 11 in step S1, from the IC tag reader / writer 12 of the use terminal 11 to the use tag 21, for example, from the storage terminal 1 to the use terminal 11 The usage information of the content currently provided is transmitted. Based on the communication setting information transmitted from the use terminal 11 to the use terminal 21, wireless communication of the IEEE 802.11 standard is established between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 21. The storage terminal 1 provides the content corresponding to the usage information (for example, the content currently provided to the usage terminal 11 or the content currently used) to the usage terminal 21 in response to the request. The content is provided from the storage terminal 1 and used.

  For example, when the user 23 is interested in the content that the user 13 is viewing on the use terminal 11 and wants to view the content, the user 23 is held close to the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 11 is placed on the use terminal 21. The user 23 can view the content that the user 13 is viewing on the use terminal 21 by holding the terminal close to the terminal.

  In this process, the content is handled as if it was copied from the use terminal 11 to the use terminal 21, and therefore the process here is appropriately referred to as a content copy process.

  Next, details of the processing in step S1 of FIG. 8 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S11, the CPU 51 of the storage terminal 1 instructs the IC tag reader / writer 2 to start detecting the use terminal. In response to the instruction, the IC tag reader / writer 2 starts outputting an electromagnetic wave for detecting the use terminal. The use terminal detection may be started when the user 13 performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 56 of the storage terminal 1 or when the storage terminal 1 is turned on. It can also be started.

  In step S21, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 stands by until the IC tag reader / writer 12 receives an electromagnetic wave detected by the user terminal. For example, the user 13 causes the user terminal 11 (IC tag reader / writer 12) to store the storage terminal 1 (IC When the IC tag reader / writer 12 receives the electromagnetic wave by being held at a close distance of the tag reader / writer 2), the process proceeds to step S22.

  In step S22, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 displays a dialog for receiving permission for content reception on the display 108, and determines whether or not content reception is permitted in step S23.

  Since the user 13 inputs, in the dialog displayed in the process of step S22, that the reception of the content is permitted or that the reception of the content is not permitted, the CPU 101 receives the content based on the input. It is determined whether or not it is permitted.

  When it is determined in step S23 that content reception is permitted, the process proceeds to step S24.

  When the user 13 receives the content from the storage terminal 1 and views it on the use terminal 11, the user 13 inputs the permission to receive the content to the dialog displayed in step S22, and the process proceeds to step S24. .

  In step S <b> 24, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 transmits a response signal via the IC tag reader / writer 12 (antenna resonance circuit unit).

  In step S12, the CPU 51 of the storage terminal 1 waits until a response signal is received by the IC tag reader / writer 2, that is, until a use terminal (more precisely, a use terminal that requests provision of content) is detected. When a signal is received, that is, when a user terminal is detected, the process proceeds to step S13, and communication setting information stored in the storage unit 59 is read and supplied to the IC tag reader / writer 2. The IC tag reader / writer 2 transmits the supplied communication setting information to the use terminal 11.

  Here, the CPU 51 does not wait until the use terminal is detected in step S12. If the use terminal is not detected within the time limit, the use terminal detection process may be terminated. .

  In step S25, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 stands by until the IC tag reader / writer 12 receives the communication setting information. When the communication setting information is received, the CPU 101 proceeds to step S26 and stores it in the storage unit 109.

  Next, in step S27, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to comply with the IEEE802.11 standard based on the communication group formation information included in the communication setting information stored in the storage unit 109 in step S26. Execute communication settings for wireless communication. At this time, in step S14, the wireless communication unit 60 of the storage terminal 1 executes a communication setting process corresponding to the process in the wireless communication unit 110 of the user terminal 11 in step S27. As a result, wireless communication between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 11 is established.

  In step S28, the CPU 101 of the usage terminal 11 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to obtain the content ID of the content specified by the operation unit 106 (content that the user 13 wants to view on the usage terminal 11) in the process of step S27. The data is transmitted to the storage terminal 1 via the established wireless communication.

  In step S15, the CPU 51 of the storage terminal 1 reads out the content having the content ID transmitted from the use terminal 11 from the storage unit 59 and controls the wireless communication unit 60 to transfer the read content to the use terminal 11. Start sending. That is, the content data designated by the user 13 is transmitted from the storage terminal 1 to the user terminal 11 via the wireless communication established in step S14. Thereafter, the processing of the CPU 51 of the storage terminal 1 ends.

  In step S29, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to start receiving content data transmitted from the storage terminal 1.

  Next, in step S30, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 displays a dialog for receiving permission to display the currently received content on the display 108, and whether or not display of the content is permitted in step S31. Determine whether.

  Since the user 13 inputs, in the dialog displayed in the process of step S30, that the display of the content is permitted or that the display of the content is not permitted, the CPU 101 displays the content based on the input. It is determined whether or not it is permitted.

  When it is determined in step S31 that content display is permitted, the process proceeds to step S32, and the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 starts display processing for displaying the received content on the display 108. Thereby, the user 13 can view the designated content.

  When it is determined in step S31 that display of content is not permitted, or when display processing for displaying content is started in step S32, the process proceeds to step S33, and the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 receives the received content. A dialog for receiving registration permission is displayed on the display 108.

  In step S34, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 determines whether or not registration of the received content is permitted. Since the user 13 inputs to the dialog displayed in step S33 that the content registration is permitted or the content registration is not permitted, the CPU 101 registers the content based on the input. It is determined whether or not it is permitted.

  When it is determined in step S34 that content registration is permitted, the process proceeds to step S35, and the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 registers (stores) the received content or the received and displayed content in the storage unit 109. ) Start processing.

  When it is determined in step S23 that content reception is not permitted, when it is determined in step S34 that content registration is not permitted, or in step S35, the registration process for registering content is completed. At this time, the processing of the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 ends.

  As described above, the storage terminal 1 provides predetermined content to the use terminal 11 via the established wireless communication, and the use terminal 11 receives provision of the content from the storage terminal 1.

  Next, details of the processing in step S2 of FIG. 8 (copy processing from the use terminal 11 to the use terminal 21) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S61, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 instructs the IC tag reader / writer 12 to start detection of the user terminal. In response to the instruction, the IC tag reader / writer 12 starts outputting an electromagnetic wave for detecting the use terminal.

  Note that the use terminal detection here may be started when the wireless communication between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 11 is established by the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. The operation unit 106 may be started when a predetermined operation is performed by the user 13.

  In step S71, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 determines whether or not the user terminal detection electromagnetic wave output from the user terminal 11 has been received by the IC tag reader / writer 22, and for example, the user 13 uses the user terminal 11 (IC tag reader). When the writer 12) is held at a close distance of the user terminal 21 (IC tag reader / writer 22) or by the user 23, the user terminal 21 is held at a close distance of the user terminal 11, whereby the IC tag reader / writer 22 is When the electromagnetic wave is received, the process proceeds to step S72.

  In step S72, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 displays a dialog for receiving permission for content reception on the display 158, and determines in step S73 whether or not content reception is permitted.

  When it is determined in step S73 that reception of content is permitted, the process proceeds to step S74, and the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 transmits a response signal via the IC tag reader / writer 22 (antenna resonance circuit).

  In step S62, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 waits until a response signal is received by the IC tag reader / writer 12. When the response signal is received, the CPU 101 proceeds to step S63.

  In step S63, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 receives the communication setting information transmitted from the storage terminal 1 stored in the storage unit 109 in step S26 of FIG. Usage information including the content ID of the content is transmitted to the usage terminal 21 via the IC tag reader / writer 12. Thereafter, the processing of the CPU 101 of the usage terminal 11 ends.

  Here, the content ID transmitted to the usage terminal 21 as usage information is not limited to the content ID of the content that the usage terminal 11 is currently receiving, but is the content ID of other content corresponding to the content. Also good.

  In step S75, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 waits until the communication setting information or the like is received by the IC tag reader / writer 22. When the communication setting information is received, the CPU 151 proceeds to step S77 and stores it in the storage unit 159.

  Next, in step S77, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 controls the wireless communication unit 160 to comply with the IEEE 802.11 standard based on the communication group formation information included in the communication setting information stored in the storage unit 159 in step S76. Wireless communication setting (that is, processing for establishing wireless communication with the storage terminal 1) is executed. At this time, the CPU 51 of the storage terminal 1 controls the wireless communication unit 60 in step S51 to execute a wireless communication setting process corresponding to the process in the wireless communication unit 160 of the user terminal 21 in step S77. As a result, wireless communication between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 21 is established.

  In step S78, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 controls the wireless communication unit 160 to transmit the content ID received in step S75 to the storage terminal 1 via the wireless communication established in the process of step S77. .

  In step S52, the CPU 51 of the storage terminal 1 reads out the content having the content ID transmitted from the use terminal 21 from the storage unit 59 and controls the wireless communication unit 60 to transfer the read content to the use terminal 21. Start sending. That is, the content that has been provided to the user terminal 11 until now is also provided (copied) to the user terminal 21.

  The processing of the CPU 51 of the storage terminal 1 ends thereafter.

  In step S79, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 controls the wireless communication unit 160 to start reception of content transmitted from the storage terminal 1.

  Next, in step S80, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 displays a dialog for receiving permission to display the content currently received on the display 158. In step S81, whether or not content display is permitted. Determine whether.

  When it is determined in step S81 that content display is permitted, the process proceeds to step S82, and the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 starts display processing for displaying the received content on the display 158.

  When it is determined in step S81 that the display of content is not permitted, or when the display process is started in step S82, in step S83, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 permits registration of the received content. A dialog for receiving the message is displayed on the display 158.

  In step S84, the CPU 151 of the user terminal 21 determines whether content registration is permitted. When it is determined that content registration is permitted, the process proceeds to step S85, and the received content is stored in the storage unit 159. Start the registration (save) process.

  When it is determined in step S73 that reception of content is not permitted, when it is determined in step S84 that content registration is not permitted, or when content registration processing ends in step S85 The process of the CPU 151 of the terminal 21 ends.

  As described above, the content provided to the use terminal 11 is copied to the use terminal 21 and used (displayed and registered).

  Note that the disconnection of the wireless communication between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 11 is appropriately performed after the process of step S63. For example, the close-range communication is disconnected once after the wireless communication is established, and the storage terminal is again connected. 1 and the user terminal 11 can be brought close to each other and started.

  In the above, the usage information includes the content ID. However, as described above, the control information for controlling the usage of content (usage instruction information indicating predetermined usage or predetermined usage is permitted. Use permission information indicating whether or not to permit) and device information indicating a device that controls the use of content.

  When the control information is included in the usage information, for example, by setting the same usage as the content currently being used in the usage terminal 11 in the control information, the usage terminal 21 is in the same state as the usage terminal 11. You can make content available.

  Further, after the content provision to the use terminal 21 is started, the content provision to the use terminal 11 can be continued, and when the content provision to the use terminal 21 is started, the content to the use terminal 11 is started. The offer can be canceled.

  In the above, it is determined in advance that the content provided to the use terminal 21 is the content that the use terminal 11 is currently receiving from the storage terminal 1, and the ID of the content is transmitted in step S63. Therefore, for example, the use terminal 11 can transmit the content ID in step S63 without waiting for the user to specify the content.

  However, the content provided to the use terminal 21 can also be specified by the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 21. For example, the content currently used by the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 11 provided from the storage terminal 1 now. You can specify the content that has been received.

  By the way, when the use terminal 21 has already executed another process when using the content provided from the storage terminal 1 (for example, when receiving and displaying a television broadcast), the process is performed. It is possible to perform the process of using the content as described above after the stop, and to resume the stopped process when the use of the content ends.

  FIG. 11 shows another usage example of the content providing system to which the present invention is applied.

  The storage terminal 1 uses the built-in IC tag reader / writer 2 to perform close-range communication with the IC tag reader / writer 12 built in the user terminal 11 and establish communication settings for establishing IEEE802.11 standard wireless communication. Information is transmitted, and wireless communication with the user terminal 11 is established according to the communication setting process in the user terminal 11 based on the transmitted communication setting information and the like. The storage terminal 1 provides the content it holds to the user terminal 11 through established wireless communication.

  The storage terminal 1 also uses the IC tag reader / writer 2 to perform communication at a short distance with the IC tag reader / writer 32 built in the storage terminal 31 to establish wireless communication with itself. The content provision information provided to the use terminal 11 is transmitted to the storage terminal 31 together with communication setting information for establishing wireless communication with the use terminal 11.

  The storage terminal 1 establishes wireless communication with the storage terminal 31 according to the communication setting process in the storage terminal 31 based on the transmitted communication setting information. The storage terminal 1 provides, for example, the same content as the content provided to the use terminal 11 to the storage terminal 31 via the established wireless communication.

  The storage terminal 31 uses a built-in IC tag reader / writer 32 to perform close-range communication with the IC tag reader / writer 2 shown in the storage terminal 1, and is transmitted from the storage terminal 1 to the storage terminal 1. Provided information is received together with communication setting information for establishing wireless communication and communication setting information for establishing wireless communication with the user terminal 11.

  The storage terminal 31 performs communication setting processing based on the received communication setting information for establishing wireless communication with the storage terminal 1, establishes wireless communication with the storage terminal 1, and responds to provided information from the storage terminal 1. Content (for example, content provided by the storage terminal 1 to the use terminal 11) is provided and stored.

  In response to the request, the storage terminal 31 performs communication setting processing based on the acquired communication setting information for establishing wireless communication with the use terminal 11, establishes wireless communication with the use terminal 11, and performs the wireless communication. Thus, the content provided from the storage terminal 1 is provided to the use terminal 11.

  The content provision information transmitted from the storage terminal 1 to the storage terminal 31 includes the content ID (for example, the content ID currently provided by the storage terminal 1 to the user terminal 11 or the user terminal 11 currently using it). Content ID).

  The provided information can include information (control information) for controlling the use of content, or information (device information) indicating a device that controls the use of content.

  As in the case of the example of FIG. 1, the control information is information indicating predetermined usage (use instruction information), or information indicating whether predetermined use is permitted or not (use permission information). The storage terminal 31 can cause the usage terminal 11 to use the content based on the control information by transmitting the control information together with the content to the usage terminal 11.

  The device information is information indicating the storage terminal 1, the use terminal 11, or the storage terminal 31, for example. The storage terminal 31 can transmit the device information together with the content to the use terminal 11 so that the use terminal 11 can use the content based on the control of the device indicated by the device information.

  The configuration of the storage terminal 31 is the same as the configuration of the storage terminal 1 (FIG. 4), and the configuration of the IC tag reader / writer 32 is the same as the configuration of the IC tag reader / writer 2 (FIG. 5). Omitted.

  Next, an outline of operations of the storage terminal 1, the usage terminal 11, and the storage terminal 31 in the usage example illustrated in FIG. 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S101, processing similar to that in step S1 of FIG. 8 is performed, and detailed description thereof is omitted. However, wireless communication of the IEEE 802.11 standard is established between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 11. The storage terminal 1 provides predetermined content to the use terminal 11 via the established wireless communication, and the use terminal 11 receives the content from the storage terminal 1.

  In step S102, when wireless communication is established between the storage terminal 1 and the use terminal 11 in the process of step S101, for example, when the storage terminal 31 is held close to the storage terminal 1, non-contact communication is performed. Thus, communication setting information and provision information for establishing wireless communication with the storage terminal 1 are transmitted from the IC tag reader / writer 2 of the storage terminal 1 to the IC tag reader / writer 32 of the storage terminal 31. When wireless communication of the IEEE802.11 standard is established between the storage terminal 1 and the storage terminal 31 based on the communication setting information, the storage terminal 1 responds to the storage terminal 31 to provide information according to a request. The content (for example, the same content as the content provided to the use terminal 11) is provided, and the storage terminal 31 receives the content from the storage terminal 1 and stores it.

  In addition, since the storage terminal 1 transmits to the storage terminal 31 communication setting information for establishing wireless communication with the use terminal 11 by non-contact communication, the storage terminal 31 sends the request to the use terminal 11 in response to a request. By performing the same processing as that of the storage terminal 1 shown in FIG. 9, it is possible to provide the content that has been received and stored from the storage terminal 1.

  That is, for example, when the user 33 is interested in the content that the user 13 is viewing and wants to acquire it, the user 33 holds the storage terminal 31 close to the storage terminal 1 or the storage terminal 1 close to the storage terminal 31. By holding it over, the content that the user 13 is viewing can be stored in the storage terminal 31. The user 13 can also receive content from the storage terminal 31.

  Even in the processing here, the content is handled so as to be copied from the storage terminal 1 to the storage terminal 31, and therefore this processing is appropriately referred to as content copy processing.

  Next, the processing in step S102 in FIG. 12 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In step S111, the storage terminal 1 instructs the IC tag reader / writer 2 to start detection of the storage terminal. Specifically, the IC tag reader / writer 2 starts outputting an electromagnetic wave for detecting the storage terminal. The storage terminal detection may be started when the user 13 performs a predetermined operation on the storage terminal 1 or may be started when the power of the storage terminal 1 is turned on. It can also be.

  In step S121, the storage terminal 31 stands by until an electromagnetic wave detected by the storage terminal 31 is received by the IC tag reader / writer 32 of the storage terminal 31, and the storage terminal 1 (IC tag reader / writer 2) receives the storage terminal 31 (IC tag reader / writer 32). When the IC tag reader / writer 32 receives the electromagnetic wave by being held at a very close distance or when the storage terminal 31 is being held at a close distance of the storage terminal 1, the process proceeds to step S122.

  In step S122, the storage terminal 31 displays a dialog for receiving permission for content reception, and determines in step S123 whether reception of content is permitted.

  When it is determined in step S123 that content reception is permitted based on the input to the dialog, the process proceeds to step S124, and the storage terminal 31 transmits a response signal via the IC tag reader / writer 32.

  In step S112, the storage terminal 1 stands by until a response signal is received by the IC tag reader / writer 2. When the response signal is received, the storage terminal 1 proceeds to step S113.

  In step S113, the storage terminal 1 stores communication setting information stored in the storage unit 59 for establishing wireless communication with itself (communication setting information supplied to the user terminal 11 in step S13 in FIG. 9). And communication setting information for establishing wireless communication with the user terminal 11 and, for example, provided information including the content ID of the content currently provided to the user terminal 11 via the IC tag reader / writer 2. Send to.

  Note that the content ID transmitted to the storage terminal 31 as the provided information is not limited to the content ID currently provided to the user terminal 11, but may be the ID of another content related thereto.

  In step S125, the storage terminal 31 stands by until the communication setting information or the like is received by the IC tag reader / writer 32. When the communication setting information is received, the storage terminal 31 proceeds to step S126 and stores it.

  Next, in step S127, the storage terminal 31 performs communication setting processing based on the communication setting information stored in step S126 for establishing wireless communication with the storage terminal 1. At this time, in step S114, the storage terminal 1 executes a communication setting process corresponding to the process in the storage terminal 31 in step S127. As a result, wireless communication is established between the storage terminal 1 and the storage terminal 31.

  In step S128, the storage terminal 31 transmits the content ID received in step S125 to the storage terminal 1 via the wireless communication established in the process of step S127.

  In step S115, the storage terminal 1 reads the content having the content ID transmitted from the storage terminal 31 from the storage unit 59 and starts transmitting the read content to the storage terminal 31. That is, for example, the content that has been provided to the use terminal 11 until now is also provided (copied) to the storage terminal 31.

  In step S129, the storage terminal 31 starts receiving content transmitted from the storage terminal 1.

  Next, in step S130, the storage terminal 31 displays a dialog for receiving permission for registration of the received content. In step S131, the storage terminal 31 determines whether content registration is permitted.

  When it is determined in step S131 that content registration is permitted based on the input to the dialog, the process proceeds to step S132, and the storage terminal 31 starts processing for registering the received content.

  When it is determined in step S123 that content reception is not permitted, when it is determined in step S131 that content registration is not permitted, or when content registration processing is completed in step S132 Then, the processing of the storage terminal 31 ends.

  As described above, the storage terminal 1 provides the storage terminal 31 with the same content as the content provided to the use terminal 11, for example, and the storage terminal 31 receives the content from the storage terminal 1. Accumulate it. Further, the storage terminal 31 can provide the use terminal 11 with the content received and stored from the storage terminal 1 upon request.

  Since the storage terminal 31 holds communication setting information for establishing wireless communication with the use terminal 11 in step S126, for example, by the same process as the process of the storage terminal 1 shown in FIG. The contents can be provided to the use terminal 11.

  Further, in the above, the content information includes the content ID. However, as described above, the control information for controlling the use of the content (use instruction information indicating a predetermined use, or permitting the predetermined use) Use permission information indicating whether or not to permit) and device information indicating a device that controls the use of content.

  In the above description, it is determined in advance that the content provided to the storage terminal 31 is the content that the use terminal 11 is currently receiving from the storage terminal 1, and the content ID is transmitted in step S113. Therefore, the storage terminal 1 can transmit the content ID in step S113 without waiting for the content specification from the user, for example.

  However, the content provided by the storage terminal 31 can also be specified by the storage terminal 1 or the storage terminal 31. For example, the content currently used by the use terminal 11 or the use terminal 11 provided by the storage terminal 1 is provided. You can specify the content that has been received.

  By the way, in the process of receiving data (content), such as the process of the use terminal 11 of FIG. 9, the process of the use terminal 21 of FIG. 10, and the process of the storage terminal 31 of FIG. Each permission for receiving the received content, displaying the received content, and registering the displayed content has been determined based on input to the dialog.

  That is, each time the dialog is displayed, the user needs to input permission or not permission, which is troublesome.

  Therefore, for example, by performing the process of the user terminal 11 in FIG. 9 according to the procedure shown in the flowchart in FIG. 14, the user's operation can be simplified.

  That is, in step S151, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 stands by until the IC tag reader / writer 12 receives the electromagnetic wave detected by the user terminal. When the electromagnetic wave is received, the process proceeds to step S152.

  In step S152, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 determines whether or not the user terminal 11 is in a content standby state. Note that the content standby state of the use terminal 11 is set by a predetermined operation on the operation unit 106 made in advance by the user 13, and the CPU 101 determines whether or not the setting is stored in the storage unit 109, for example. It is assumed that the determination in step S152 is performed.

  When it is determined in step S152 that the use terminal 11 is in the content standby state, the CPU 101 of the use terminal 11 transmits a response signal via the IC tag reader / writer 12 (antenna resonance circuit unit).

  In steps S154 to S157, the same processing as in steps S25 to S28 of FIG. 9 is performed, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  In step S158, the CPU 101 of the user terminal 11 starts receiving content transmitted from the storage terminal 1, and in step S159, starts display processing for displaying the received content on the display 108. In step S160, the CPU 101 starts a process of registering (storing) the displayed content in the storage unit 109.

  That is, when the use terminal 11 is in the content standby state, the user is not required to permit the reception of the content, the display of the content, and the registration of the content. Therefore, the user can receive and display the content with a simple operation. And registration.

  If it is determined in step S152 that the use terminal 11 is not in the content standby state, the process proceeds to step S161, and the same processing as in steps S22 to S35 in FIG. 9 is performed.

  In addition, in place of the processes in steps S22 to S35 in FIG. 9 in step S161, processes as shown in FIG. 15 may be performed.

  That is, in this case, a dialog for receiving permission to receive content is displayed in step S171. However, if it is determined in step S172 that reception of content is permitted, permission to display content and content Registration permission is not requested from the user, and contents are displayed and registered in steps S179 and S180.

  14 and 15 describe the operation on the receiving side.

  The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software executes various functions by installing a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware or various programs. For example, the program is installed in a general-purpose personal computer from the program storage medium.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 7, this recording medium is distributed to provide a program to a user separately from a computer, and includes magnetic disks 71, 131, and 171 (floppy discs) on which a program is recorded. Optical disks 72, 132, 172 (including CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk)), magneto-optical disks 73, 133, 173 (including MD (Mini-Disk)) Or a ROM 52, 102, 152 or a storage unit that stores a program that is provided to the user in a state of being pre-installed in a computer as well as being configured by a package medium including the semiconductor memories 74, 134, 174, etc. 59, 109, 159, etc.

  In the present specification, the steps for describing the program provided by the medium are not limited to the processes performed in time series according to the described order, but are not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. This includes the processing to be executed.

  Further, in this specification, the system represents the entire apparatus constituted by a plurality of apparatuses.

It is a figure which shows the usage example of the content provision system to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows communication group formation information. It is a figure which shows management conditions. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the storage terminal 1 of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of IC tag reader / writer 2 of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the utilization terminal 11 of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the utilization terminal 21 of FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining operations of a storage terminal 1, a usage terminal 11, and a usage terminal 21 in the usage example of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the detail of the process of step S1 of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the detail of the process of step S2 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the other usage example of the content provision system to which this invention is applied. 12 is a flowchart for explaining operations of the storage terminal 1, the use terminal 11, and the storage terminal 31 in the usage example of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the detail of the process of step S102 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the other procedure of the process of the utilization terminal 11 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the other procedure of step S161 of FIG.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage terminal, 2 IC tag reader / writer, 11 User terminal, 12 IC tag reader / writer, 21 User terminal, 22 IC tag reader / writer, 31 Storage terminal, 32 IC tag reader / writer

Claims (5)

A receiving process for requesting the content that requires user permission to the content transmitted from the transmission device, and receiving the content transmitted from the transmission device in response to the request; In an information processing apparatus that executes a use process including a display process for displaying the content and a registration process for registering the content ,
When an electromagnetic wave output from the transmission device and used for communication with the transmission device is detected when the distance to the transmission device is a close distance, a predetermined operation on the operation unit previously performed by the user A determination unit configured to determine whether the content is in a standby state set by :
When it is determined that the standby state by the determination means, as the authorization of the user is obtained, the reception processing, the display processing, and the first execution for executing said usage processing including the registration process Means,
When it is determined not to be the waiting state by the determination unit, the reception processing, the display processing, and for each of the registration process, and executes a predetermined permission confirmation process for receiving permission of the user, the process An information processing apparatus comprising: a second execution unit that executes the use process obtained by the user among the reception process, the display process, and the registration process . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the permission confirmation process is a presentation process for presenting a dialog for receiving the permission to a user. A receiving process for requesting the content that requires user permission to the content transmitted from the transmission device, and receiving the content transmitted from the transmission device in response to the request; In an information processing method of an information processing apparatus that executes a display process for displaying the content and a usage process including a registration process for registering the content ,
When an electromagnetic wave output from the transmission device and used for communication with the transmission device is detected when the distance to the transmission device is a close distance, a predetermined operation on the operation unit previously performed by the user A determination step for determining whether or not the content is in a standby state set by :
When it is determined that the standby state in the process of the determination step, assuming that authorization of the user is obtained, first to perform the reception processing, the display processing, and the use process including the registration process Execution steps,
When it is determined not to be the waiting state in the process of the determination step, the reception processing, the display processing, and for each of the registration process, and executes a predetermined permission confirmation process for receiving permission of the user, the reception processing by the processing, the display processing, and among the registration process, the information processing method characterized by and a second execution step of executing the authorization of the user is obtained the utilization process. A receiving process for requesting the content that requires user permission to the content transmitted from the transmission device, and receiving the content transmitted from the transmission device in response to the request; A program to be executed by a computer that controls an information processing apparatus that executes a display process for displaying the content and a usage process including a registration process for registering the content ,
When an electromagnetic wave output from the transmission device and used for communication with the transmission device is detected when the distance to the transmission device is a short distance, a predetermined operation unit previously set by the user A determination control step for controlling determination of whether or not the content is in a standby state set by an operation ;
Wherein when it is determined that the standby state in the process of decision control step, as those permitted of the user is obtained, the reception processing, the execution of the display processing, and the use process including the registration process A first execution control step for controlling
A predetermined permission confirmation process for receiving permission from the user is executed for each of the reception process, the display process, and the registration process when it is determined in the determination control step that the process is not in the standby state. and, the reception processing by the processing, the display processing, and the out of registration process, executes a process and a second execution control step of controlling the execution permission of the user is obtained the usage processing on a computer recording medium which causes the program is recorded. A receiving process for requesting the content that requires user permission to the content transmitted from the transmission device, and receiving the content transmitted from the transmission device in response to the request; A computer that controls an information processing apparatus that executes a display process that displays the content and a usage process that includes a registration process that registers the content .
When an electromagnetic wave output from the transmission device and used for communication with the transmission device is detected when the distance to the transmission device is a short distance, a predetermined operation unit previously set by the user A determination control step for controlling determination of whether or not the content is in a standby state set by an operation ;
Wherein when it is determined that the standby state in the process of decision control step, as those permitted of the user is obtained, the reception processing, the execution of the display processing, and the use process including the registration process A first execution control step for controlling
A predetermined permission confirmation process for receiving permission from the user is executed for each of the reception process, the display process, and the registration process when it is determined in the determination control step that the process is not in the standby state. and, the reception processing by the processing, the display processing, and among the registration process, the second execution control step of controlling the execution permission of the user is obtained the usage process
A program characterized by executing a process including:

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