Information processing apparatus, system and program for enabling multiple devices to operate in coordination with each other

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9906593-B2
Application number	US-201214122379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2012
Priority date	Jun 14, 2011
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes an identifier acquisition unit configured to receive an identifier of an associated device, and an application specifier generation unit. The application specifier generation unit is configured to generate a first application specifier identifying a first application corresponding to the information processing device, and a second application specifier based on the received identifier and identifying a second application corresponding to the associated device. The information processing device further includes a transmission unit configured to transmit the first and second application specifiers to a server, and an application reception unit configured to receive the first application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising:
a memory device having a program stored therein;
a central processing unit (CPU) which, upon executing the stored program from the memory, operates to
to receive, from an associated device, an identifier of an associated device, and
to generate a first application specifier identifying a first application and a second application specifier identifying a second application; and

a first interface device and a second interface device, during operation,
(i) the CPU adds an identifier of the information processing device, the received identifier of the associated device, a content specifier, and a first role information item that indicates a role of the information processing device to generate the first application specifier,
(ii) the CPU adds the received identifier of the associated device, a second role information item that indicates a role of the associated device, and the content specifier, without the identifier of the information processing device, to generate the second application specifier,
such that the received identifier of the associated device and the content specifier are included in both the first application specifier and the second application specifier,
(iii) the first application specifier having the identifier of the information processing device, the received identifier of the associated device, the content specifier, and the first role information item are transmitted by way of the first interface device for receipt by a server for selection by the server of the first application,
(iv) the second application specifier having the received identifier of the associated device, the second role information item, and the content specifier, without the identifier of the information processing device, are transmitted by way of the second interface device to the associated device, for receipt by the server from the associated device, said second application specifier being used by the server for selection of the second application for the associated device, and
(v) the first application is received from the server by way of the first interface device.

2. The information processing system of claim 1 , in which the first role information is control information indicating that the information processing device is a controller, and the second role information is view information indicating that the associated information processing device is a viewer.

3. An information processing system comprising:
an associated information processing device; and
an information processing device having a memory device having a program stored therein;
a central processing unit (CPU) which, upon executing the stored program from the memory, operates
to receive an identifier of the associated information processing device,
to generate a first application specifier identifying a first application and a second application specifier identifying a second application; and

a first interface device and a second interface device, during operation,
(i) the CPU adds an identifier of the information processing device, the received identifier of the associated information processing device, a content specifier to generate the first application specifier, and a first role information item that indicates a role of the information processing device,
(ii) the CPU adds the received identifier of the associated information processing device, a second role information item that indicates a role of the associated information processing device, and the content specifier, without the identifier of the information processing device, to generate the second application specifier,
such that the received identifier of the associated information processing device and the content specifier are included in both the first application specifier and the second application specifier,
(iii) the first application specifier having the identifier of the information processing device, the received identifier of the associated information processing device, the content specifier, and the first role information item are transmitted by way of the first interface device for receipt by a server,
(iv) the second application specifier having the received identifier of the associated information processing device, the second role information item, and the content specifier, without the identifier of the information processing device, are transmitted by way of the second interface device to the associated information processing device without transmitting the second application specifier for receipt by the server,
(v) the first application is received from the server by way of the first interface device,
(vi) the associated information processing device transmits the identifier of the associated device to the information processing device, receives the second application specifier, transmits the second application specifier for receipt by the server, and receives the second application from the server, and
(vii) the server selects the first application based on the first application specifier, and selects the second application based on the second application specifier.

4. The information processing system of claim 3 , in which the associated information processing device includes a second memory device having a second program stored therein; and a second central processing unit (CPU).

5. The information processing system of claim 4 , in which the server includes a third memory device having a third program stored therein; and a third central processing unit (CPU).

6. The information processing system of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the information processing device and the associated information processing device is selected from the group consisting of a personal digital assistant, a tablet personal computer, a stationary personal computer, a television receiver having a network connection function, and an audio device.

7. An information processing system comprising:
a server; and
an information processing device communicable with the server, the information processing device having
a memory device having a program stored therein;
a central processing unit (CPU) which, upon executing the stored program from the memory, operates
to receive an identifier of an associated information processing device, and
to generate a first application specifier identifying a first application and a second application specifier identifying a second application; and
a first interface device and a second interface device, during operation,
(i) the CPU adds an identifier of the information processing device, the received identifier of the associated information processing device, a content specifier, and a first role information item that indicates a role of the information processing device to generate the first application specifier,
(ii) the CPU adds the received identifier of the associated information processing device, a second role information item that indicates a role of the associated information processing device, and the content specifier, without the identifier of the information processing device, to generate the second application specifier,
such that the received identifier of the associated information processing device and the content specifier are included in both the first application specifier and the second application specifier,
(iii) the first application specifier having the identifier of the information processing device, the received identifier of the associated information processing device, the content specifier, and the first role information item are transmitted by way of the first interface device to the server,
(iv) the second application specifier having the received identifier of the associated information pr

Assignees

• Ohashi Yoshinori
• Saturn Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Ohashi Yoshinori

Classifications

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• G06F17/30876

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N21/4222

  Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy (remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415) · CPC title

• H04N21/42226

  Reprogrammable remote control devices · CPC title

• H04N21/4126

  The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones · CPC title