Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and transmission medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYoji Kawamoto
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Abstract
When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information stored in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information is stored on a storage device. The information stored on the storage device is then transferred to a server via a communication device. The server searches the database for the title of the music corresponding to the received information, and returns the result to the terminal. Thus, the user can easily get information about the title of the music.
Claims34
An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with a portable type information processing apparatus, comprising:
- reception means for receiving information from said portable type information processing apparatus;
- judgment means for judging whether the information received via said reception means includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said portable type information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made by said judgment means.
A method of processing information with an information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with a portable type information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from said portable type information processing apparatus;
- judging whether the information received in said reception step includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said portable type information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made in said judgment step.
A transmission medium for transmitting a program to an information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with a portable type information processing apparatus, said program comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from said portable type information processing apparatus;
- judging whether the information received in said reception step includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said portable type information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made in said judgment step.
An information processing system including a portable type first information processing apparatus and a second information apparatus adapted to exchange information with said first information processing apparatus, wherein said first information processing apparatus comprises:
- capture means for capturing information;
- memory means for storing information captured via said capture means;
- acquisition means for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory means on the basis of the information stored in said memory means;
- and
- display means for displaying the information acquired via said acquisition means;
- and
- said second information processing apparatus comprises:
- reception means for receiving information from said first information processing apparatus;
- judgment means for judging whether the information received via said reception means includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said first information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made by said judgment means.
A method of processing information in an information processing system including a portable type first information processing apparatus and a second information apparatus adapted to exchange information with said first information processing apparatus, wherein
- said first information processing apparatus performs a process comprising the steps of:
- capturing information;
- storing the information captured in said capture step;
- acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step;
- and
- displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step;
- and
- said second information processing apparatus performs a process comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from said first information processing apparatus;
- judging whether the information received in said reception step includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said first information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made in said judgment step.
A transmission medium for transmitting a program to an information processing system including a portable type first information processing apparatus and a second information apparatus adapted to exchange information with said first information processing apparatus, wherein
- said first information processing apparatus performs a process comprising the steps of:
- capturing information;
- storing the information captured in said capture step;
- acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step;
- and
- displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step;
- and
- said second information processing apparatus performs a process comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from said first information processing apparatus;
- judging whether the information received in said reception step includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said first information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made in said judgment step.
An information processing apparatus adapted to exchange information with a portable type information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a communication device for receiving information from said portable type information processing apparatus;
- and
- a processor for judging whether the information received via said communication device includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information, wherein said communication device transmits information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said portable type information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made by said processor.
An information processing system including a portable type first information processing apparatus and a second information apparatus adapted to exchange information with said first information processing apparatus, wherein
- said first information processing apparatus comprises:
- an input device for capturing information;
- a memory for storing information captured via said input device;
- a circuit for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory on the basis of the information stored in said memory;
- and
- a display for displaying the information acquired via said circuit for acquiring information;
- and
- said second information processing apparatus comprises:
- a communication device for receiving information from said first information processing apparatus;
- and
- a processor for judging whether the information received via said communication device includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information, wherein said communication device transmits information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said first information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made by said processor.
A storage medium readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for information exchange between a portable type information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from said portable type information processing apparatus;
- judging whether the information received in said reception step includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said portable type information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made in said judgment step.
A storage medium readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for information exchange between a portable type first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- said first information processing apparatus performs a process comprising the steps of:
- capturing information;
- storing the information captured in said capture step;
- acquiring associated information on the basis of the information stored in said storage step;
- and
- displaying the information acquired in said acquisition step;
- and
- said second information processing apparatus performs a process comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from said first information processing apparatus;
- judging whether the information received in said reception step includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said first information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made in said judgment step.
An information processing system including a portable type first information processing apparatus and a second information apparatus adapted to exchange information with said first information processing apparatus, wherein
- said first information processing apparatus comprises:
- capture means for capturing information;
- memory means for storing information captured via said capture means;
- and
- acquisition means for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory means on the basis of the information stored in said memory means;
- and
- said second information processing apparatus comprises:
- reception means for receiving information from said first information processing apparatus;
- judgment means for judging whether the information received via said reception means includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said first information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made by said judgment means.
An information processing system including a portable type first information processing apparatus and a second information apparatus adapted to exchange information with said first information processing apparatus, wherein
- said first information processing apparatus comprises:
- an input device for capturing information;
- a memory for storing information captured via said input device;
- and
- a circuit for acquiring information associated with the information stored in said memory on the basis of the information stored in said memory;
- and
- said second information processing apparatus comprises:
- a communication device for receiving information from said first information processing apparatus;
- and
- a processor for judging whether the information received via said communication device includes an identification code in a predetermined form associated with the information, wherein said communication device transmits information associated with the information indicated by said identification code to said first information processing apparatus, depending on the judgment result made by said processor.
An information processing apparatus used in a search system including a search server, wherein said search server receives an index from said information processing apparatus and retrieves from a database any segments corresponding to a user, comprising:
- capture means for capturing an index;
- memory means for storing said index captured via said capture means;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting the information stored in said memory means to said search server.
An information processing apparatus used in a search system including a search server, wherein said search server receives an index from said information processing apparatus and retrieves from a database any segments corresponding to a user, comprising:
- an input device for capturing an index;
- a memory for storing said index captured via said input device;
- and
- a communication device for transmitting the information stored in said memory to said search server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.