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US 2003/0152247 A1Published application
Contents providing device, contents providing method and program for contents providing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiroaki Okajima, Akira Shinada, Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Makoto Sasaki
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Abstract
To determine preference of a user based on content of broadcast selected by the user and content of a recording medium so that content of broadcast can be selectively recorded and provided.
Claims9
1) a content providing apparatus comprising:
- first content obtaining means for obtaining content of broadcast;
- second content obtaining means for obtaining content supplied via a predetermined recording medium;
- preference determination means for determining preference of a user based on a history of obtaining content by said first and second content obtaining means;
- content recording means for selectively obtaining content of broadcast by said first content obtaining means and recording the content obtained in a predetermined content recording medium, based on a result of determination by said preference determination means;
- and
- content playback means for selectively playing back and outputting the content recorded in the content recording medium.
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6) A content providing method comprising:
- a preference determining step of determining preference of a user based on a history of obtaining content including content of broadcast and content of a recording medium;
- a content recording step of selectively recording the content of broadcast in a predetermined content recording medium based on a result of determination in said preference determining step;
- and
- a content playback step of selectively playing back and outputting the content recorded in the content recording medium.
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7) A program of a content providing method comprising:
- a preference determining step of determining preference of a user based on a history of obtaining content including content of broadcast and content of a recording medium;
- a content recording step of selectively recording the content of broadcast in a predetermined content recording medium based on a result of determination in said preference determining step;
- and
- a content playback step of selectively playing back and outputting the content recorded in the content recording medium.
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