Abstract:
An information processing apparatus and method, information management apparatus and method, recording medium, and program that permit efficient use of hardware resources and distribute contents with ease are provided. When communication can be established via a network (when the line is available), clients 11-1 through 11-3, which have acquired contents from a contents distribution server and stored them, transmit the stored contents to remote clients in accordance with destination designation information attached to the contents. For example, client 11-1 transmits the contents, which have been acquired from the contents distribution server and stored, to clients 12-1 and 12-2, which are designated as destination clients by the destination designation information. The present invention can be applied, for example, to a router or a personal computer providing a communication section and a hard disk or other storage medium.
Abstract:
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information providing medium that allow a user to check the still pictures of a moving picture to be searched at desired points of time and desired time intervals and in a desired quantity. The user operates a mouse or a keyboard to enter a time and a time interval at which a picture is displayed. On the basis of these time and time interval, the CPU generates picture thumbnails of the moving picture. Then, the CPU simultaneously displays the generated picture thumbnails as arranged in a time sequential manner.
Abstract:
An information management device and method, an information processing device and method, a recording medium, and a program that allow the provision of optimum content to each individual user are provided. In a Pochara service server 9, a matching is executed between the feature information of music selection Pochara and the feature information of the user of a personal computer 22 updated in response to the replies to questions asked by a music selection Pochara, thereby selecting a music selection Pochara which is optimum to the feelings of the user of the personal computer 22 at that time. On the personal computer 22, the image of the selected music selection Pochara is displayed and music content is selected by this music selection Pochara. The present invention is applicable to various kinds of devices such as personal computers that have a communication capability and a display capability.
Abstract:
An information processing apparatus and method are provided by which the user not only can merely see an album display but also can enjoy the album display satisfactorily as a memory. Image data are stored, and time information and position information are recorded in connection with the image data. Thumbnail icons representative of the image data are displayed in accordance with the time information, and a map image is displayed in concave/concave display. Position icons representative of the time information and the position information are displayed on the map image. The map and the thumbnail icons are moved on the display by at least one of different types of movement including horizontal movement, vertical movement, clockwise or counterclockwise rolling movement, upward or downward pitching movement and leftward or rightward yawing movement so that the user can enjoy various images.
Abstract:
An information processing system, an information processing method for use with the system, an information providing system, and information providing method for use with the system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method for use with the apparatus, a doll, an object, a program storage medium, and a program for authenticating users reliably are provided. A user acquires beforehand a doll called Pochara the Good Friend incorporating an IC chip that stores a user ID for authenticating the user. When the user mounts the doll on a platform 23 connected to a personal computer 22, the user ID is read from the IC chip by a reader housed in the platform 23 and transmitted over the Internet 1 to a Pochara service server 9. The server 9 has a Pochara database 10 holding personal information about users of the service. The transmitted user ID is checked against the personal information in the database for authentication. This invention applies advantageously to servers offering services through networks.
Abstract translation:信息处理系统,与系统一起使用的信息处理方法,信息提供系统以及与系统一起使用的信息提供方法,信息处理装置,与该装置一起使用的信息处理方法,玩偶,物体 ,程序存储介质和用于可靠地认证用户的程序。 用户预先获取一种称为Pochara the Good Friend的娃娃,其中包含存储用于认证用户的用户ID的IC芯片。 当用户将玩偶安装在连接到个人计算机22的平台23上时,通过容纳在平台23中的读取器从IC芯片读取用户ID,并通过因特网1发送到Pochara服务器9。 服务器9具有保存关于服务用户的个人信息的Pochara数据库10。 根据数据库中的个人信息检查发送的用户ID以进行认证。 本发明有利地适用于通过网络提供服务的服务器。
Abstract:
An information management device and method, an information processing device and method, a recording medium, and a program that allow the provision of optimum content to each individual user are provided. In a Pochara service server 9, a matching is executed between the feature information of music selection Pochara and the feature information of the user of a personal computer 22 updated in response to the replies to questions asked by a music selection Pochara, thereby selecting a music selection Pochara which is optimum to the feelings of the user of the personal computer 22 at that time. On the personal computer 22, the image of the selected music selection Pochara is displayed and music content is selected by this music selection Pochara. The present invention is applicable to various kinds of devices such as personal computers that have a communication capability and a display capability.
Abstract:
An information processing system and method, an information processing device and method, a program storage medium, a program, and an object which are adapted to allow the use of content at any devices while protecting its copyright are provided. A Pochara service server 9 receives, from a personal computer 22, a user ID read from a friend Pochara figure mounted on a platform 23 and then receives a content ID. The Pochara service server 9 determines whether the content ID is registered on a Pochara database 10 in correspondence with the user ID. If the ID is found registered, the Pochara service server 9 reads encrypted content data from the personal computer 22, decodes the content data by a crypto key stored in the Pochara database 10, and supplies the decoded content data to the personal computer 22. The present invention is applicable to personal computers.
Abstract:
An information processing apparatus and method by which the user can see an album display and can enjoy the album display as a memory. Image data, time information and position information are recorded. Thumbnail icons representative of the image data are displayed along with the time information, and a map image is displayed in concave/convex display. Position icons representative of the time information and the position information are displayed on the map image. The map and the thumbnail icons are moved on the display by at least one of different types of movement including horizontal movement, vertical movement, clockwise or counterclockwise rolling movement, upward or downward pitching movement and leftward or rightward yawing movement; so that the user can enjoy various images.