Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and program storing medium for distinguishing suffixes appended to contents data
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Application No.: US11488054Application Date: 2006-07-18
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Publication No.: US09887789B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Chih-Kuan Wu
- Applicant: Chih-Kuan Wu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2000-311799 20001012
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; H04H20/82

Abstract:
A click operation is input in a first step, whether or not the target address thereof is an asf file or an m3u file, which are listening contents files, is judged in a second step, and in the event that this is true, in a third step the target file is played without being downloaded. In the event that the target is a different type of file, whether or not the target address thereof is a wma file or an mp3 file, which are downloadable contents files, is judged in a fourth step, and in the event that this is true, in a fifth step the target file is downloaded. In the event that the target is a different type of file, Web browsing is performed in a sixth step, and the processing ends. Thus, contents can be downloaded or samples thereof listened to with a simple operation.
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