摘要:
A data gateway unit includes a configuration information update unit for examining a connection state of a terminal on a customer premise network side, and for updating configuration information on the customer premise network; a service menu unit for enumerating, in response to the configuration information on the customer premise network which the configuration information update unit updates, available services the terminal on the customer premise network side can implement; and a service presentation and selection unit for notifying a user of the available services the service menu unit enumerates, and for accepting a service selected by the user. This can solve a problem of a conventional data gateway unit in that users unfamiliar with a personal computer, home bus, or system information, cannot change the setup of the system easily because of the difficulty to create the system information.
摘要:
An application setting terminal includes a GUI 11 for displaying a screen corresponding to a screen displayed by an application executing terminal 2 that executes an application, and accepting both a selection of an application to be installed and an on-screen arrangement of the application, which are input via the screen, and for accepting settings made for the application, and a setting information generating unit 13 for acquiring the meta information about the application the selection of which is accepted by the GUI 11 from the pieces of meta information about various applications to generate a setting information file including the meta information about the application, information about the on-screen arrangement, and information about the settings made for the application, which are accepted by the GUI 11, and transmits the setting information file to the application executing terminal 2.
摘要:
A screen generating apparatus includes an application executing unit for executing an application for displaying video information metadata or the like, which is received by a tuner, a screen layout forming unit for generating, for a video content ID, a screen layout which associates an application with an application area defined by an arrangement template downloaded by a network interface, a GUI for drawing an image generated by the application associated with the application area on the basis of the screen layout generated by the screen layout forming unit, a video output unit for displaying the image of the application, which is drawn by the GUI, on the screen while superimposing the image on a video currently being received by the tuner, and an audio output unit for mixing a sound generated by the application and an audio currently being received by the tuner, and for outputting them.
摘要:
A content display device includes a content setting storage means 106 for storing a content setting which associates a content selection request with a content which an external device has, a content setting server means 107 for accepting a content setting from a content setting client 108 on a network to update and manage content settings stored in the content setting storage means 106, and a display content management means 109 for reading a content setting corresponding to the content selection request from the content setting storage means 106 to present the content which the content setting client 108 has to a display means 102, or, when the content setting corresponding to the content setting request does not exist, displaying a method of accessing the content setting server means 107 and identification information for identifying the content setting client 108 on the display means 102.
摘要:
While a user, who registers new music CD data to a content server apparatus 10 (PC of the user's own house), comes and goes between user's own house and a car equipped with a content playback apparatus 30 (car audio system) with having a content transfer apparatus 20 (mobile phone terminal), contents registered in the content server apparatus 10 are transferred to the content playback apparatus 30 via the content transfer apparatus 20 by the wireless LAN without any particular operation of the user.
摘要:
A mobile terminal 100 holds identification information indicating specific content which the user has been viewing and listening to, and a playback position of the content. When receiving a request for continuous playback of the specific content from the user, the mobile terminal 100 acquires the storage location of the specific content in a content server terminal A or B (200a or 200b), and sends information indicating this storage location and an instruction for continuous playback of the content to a content playback terminal 300. The content playback terminal 300 then reads the specific content from the storage location of the content server A or B (200a or 200b), and carries out a continuous playback of the content.
摘要:
When carrying out program recommendation between friends and acquaintances, only information necessary for identifying a recommendation program rather than the program content itself is transmitted from a program recommending terminal to a program recommended terminal. This enables recommendation of the program without using a wide communication band. Besides, a problem of copyright involved in transmitting the program contents can be circumvented.
摘要:
A method for formatting and routing data between an external network and an internal IEEE 1394 network is provided. The method comprises receiving a data packet at a gateway device, separating data information from the data packet, reformatting the separated data information from a first digital format into a second digital format, selecting a transmission mode for communicating the data information in the second digital format to a particular node residing on the internal network, preparing a portion of the data information in the second digital format for transmission in the selected transmission mode, and transmitting the portion of the data information in the second digital format to the particular node via the selected transmission mode.
摘要:
A method for address mapping in a home entertainment network system includes receiving a self identification packet; extracting a bus identifier and a physical identifier from the self identification packet; adding a new row to an address mapping table, the new row comprising a bus identifier field, a physical identifier field, and a node unique identifier field; inserting the physical identifier and bus identifier into the respective bus identifier and physical identifier field in the new row of the address mapping table; transmitting a read request packet to a node identified by the self identification packet; receiving a read response packet, the read response packet comprising a node unique identifier; extracting one or more identifiers from the read response packet, the one or more identifiers including a node unique identifier; and inserting the one or more identifiers into additional fields in the new row of the address mapping table.
摘要:
A service information provision apparatus is provided with a data service information table configured from a service discovery information table showing association of specific information of a service provider and service discovery information as service content information provided by the service provider, and a service offer information table showing association of the service discovery information of the service discovery information table and data contents corresponding to the service discovery information.