Method of using muldi-media information, system and program recording medium therefor
AssigneeJapan Science and Technology Corporation
InventorMei Kodama
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Abstract
Multi-media (MM) information are flexibly reproduced, edited, processed and re-transmitted in conformity with users' needs. A plurality of elements of MM information are distributed, stored and used via a control terminal (4) for distributing and controlling information between a transmission terminal (1) and a reception terminal (2). MM information are stored in a package and distributed. MM information has container information for identifying MM information as one unit, content information constituted of media information itself, and
Claims17
A method of using multimedia information for using a multimedia information system, having a sending terminal storing a plurality of multimedia (MM) information, a receiving terminal for sending or receiving MM information by a user and a management terminal for managing transfer of information, and in which a plurality of multimedia information is transferred, stored and/or used between the sending terminal and the receiving terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- requesting an MM information list of a user to the management terminal by the receiving terminal;
- requesting the sending terminal to create an MM information list by the management terminal when a service class available to the user is identified;
- gathering container information within the MM information, creating MM information list and sending the MM information list to the receiving terminal by the sending terminal in accordance with the request from the management terminal;
- receiving and displaying the MM information list, setting searching or editing/processing based on the container information and requesting searching or editing/processing to the management terminal by the receiving terminal;
- requesting searching or editing/processing and sending specified MM information to the sending terminal by the management terminal when user's condition of use and a transfer condition of the specified MM information are checked and the conditions are satisfied;
- searching or editing/processing and obtaining the specified MM information from a database and sending the specified MM information to the receiving terminal by the sending terminal in accordance with the request;
- and
- receiving the specified MM information by the receiving terminal.
A method of using multimedia information for using a multimedia information system, which includes a sending terminal storing a plurality of multimedia (MM) information, a receiving terminal for sending or receiving MM information by a user and a management terminal for managing transfer of information, and in which a plurality of multimedia information is transferred, stored and/or used between the sending terminal and the receiving terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- requesting searching or editing/processing to the management terminal by the receiving terminal based on content information of MM information held by the receiving terminal itself;
- requesting searching or editing/processing to the sending terminal by the management terminal when user's condition of use is satisfied;
- creating a searched or edited/processed result as MM information by the sending terminal based on the request for searching or editing/processing, and returning the searched or edited/processed result to the receiving terminal;
- setting searching or editing/processing based on content information and instructing the management terminal to select information by the receiving terminal;
- requesting searching or editing/processing and sending specified MM information to the sending terminal by the management terminal when user's condition of use and a transfer condition of the specified MM information are checked and the conditions are satisfied;
- searching or editing/processing and obtaining the specified MM information from a database and sending the specified MM information to the receiving terminal by the sending terminal in accordance with the request;
- and
- receiving the specified MM information by the receiving terminal.
A recording medium storing a program of using multimedia information for using a multimedia information system which includes a sending terminal storing a plurality of multimedia (MM) information, a receiving terminal, for sending or receiving MM information by a user and a management terminal for managing transfer of information, and in which a plurality of multimedia information is transferred, stored and/or used between the sending terminal and the receiving terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- requesting an MM information list of a user to the management terminal by the receiving terminal;
- requesting the sending terminal to create an MM information list by the management terminal when a service class available to the user is identified;
- gathering container information within the MM information, creating MM information list and sending the MM information list to the receiving terminal by the sending terminal in accordance with the request from the management terminal;
- receiving and displaying the MM information list, setting searching or editing/processing based on the container information and requesting searching or editing/processing to the management terminal by the receiving terminal;
- requesting searching or editing/processing and sending specified MM information to the sending terminal by the management terminal when user's condition of use and a transfer condition of the specified MM information are checked and the conditions are satisfied;
- searching or editing/processing and obtaining the specified MM information from a database and sending the specified MM information to the receiving terminal by the sending terminal in accordance with the request;
- and
- receiving the specified MM information by the receiving terminal.
A recording medium storing a program of using multimedia information for using a multimedia information system which includes a sending terminal storing a plurality of multimedia (MM) information, a receiving terminal, for sending or receiving MM information by a user and a management terminal for managing transfer of information, and in which a plurality of multimedia information is transferred, stored and/or used between the sending terminal and the receiving terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- requesting searching or editing/processing to the management terminal by the receiving terminal based on content information of MM information held by the receiving terminal itself;
- requesting searching or editing/processing to the sending terminal by the management terminal when user's condition of use is satisfied;
- creating a searched or edited/processed result as MM information by the sending terminal based on the request for searching or editing/processing and returning the searched or edited/processed result to the receiving terminal;
- setting searching or editing/processing based on content information and instructing the management terminal to select information by the receiving terminal;
- requesting searching or editing/processing and sending specified MM information to the sending terminal by the management terminal when user's condition of use and a transfer condition of the specified MM information are checked and the conditions are satisfied;
- searching or editing/processing and obtaining the specified MM information from a database and sending the specified MM information to the receiving terminal by the sending terminal in accordance with the request;
- and
- receiving the specified MM information by the receiving terminal.
A multimedia information system, comprising:
- a sending terminal having a database storing a plurality of multimedia (MM) information;
- a receiving terminal for sending or receiving MM information by a user;
- a management terminal for managing transfer of information;
- and
- a transfer system to which the sending terminal and the receiving terminal are connected, in which a plurality of multimedia information is transferred, stored and/or used through the transfer system,
- wherein
- the receiving terminal requests an MM information list of a user to the management terminal;
- the management terminal requests the sending terminal to create an MM information list when a service class available to the user is identified;
- the sending terminal gathers container information within the MM information, creates MM information list and sends the MM information list to the receiving terminal in accordance with the request from the management terminal;
- the receiving terminal receives and displays the MM information list;
- sets searching or editing/processing based on the container information and requests searching or editing/processing to the management terminal;
- the management terminal requests searching or editing/processing and sending specified MM information to the sending terminal when user's condition of use and a transfer condition of the specified MM information are checked and the conditions are satisfied;
- the sending terminal searches or edits/processes and obtains the specified MM information from a database and sends the specified MM information to the receiving terminal in accordance with the request;
- and
- the receiving terminal receives the specified MM information.
A multimedia information system, comprising:
- a sending terminal having a database storing a plurality of multimedia (MM) information;
- a receiving terminal for sending or receiving MM information by a user;
- a management terminal for managing transfer of information;
- and
- a transfer system to which the sending terminal and the receiving terminal are connected, in which a plurality of multimedia information is transferred, stored and/or used through the transfer system,
- wherein
- the receiving terminal requests searching or editing/processing to the management terminal based on content information of MM information held by the receiving terminal itself;
- the management terminal requests searching or editing/processing to the sending terminal when user's condition of use is satisfied;
- the sending terminal creates a searched or edited/processed result as MM information based on the request for searching or editing/processing, and returns the searched or edited/processed result to the receiving terminal;
- the receiving terminal sets searching or editing/processing based on content information and instructs the management terminal to select information;
- the management terminal requests searching or editing/processing and sending specified MM information to the sending terminal when user's condition of use and a transfer condition of the specified MM information are checked and the conditions are satisfied;
- the sending terminal searches or edits/processes and obtains the specified MM information from a database and sends the specified MM information to the receiving terminal in accordance with the request;
- and
- the receiving terminal receives the specified MM information.
A multimedia information system according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the transfer system includes:
- a first shared transfer system for transferring MM information;
- and
- a second shared transfer system for mainly transferring and receiving a control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.