Information Distributing System, Information Processing Terminal Device, Information Center, And Information Distributing Method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMinoru Morio, Akira Tange
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Abstract
The invention relates to an information distributing system for distributing data to at least one information processing terminal device from an information center storing data. The information distributing system of the invention is structured such that character data, audio data, and both the character data and the audio data are selectively downloaded from the information center to the information processing terminal device on the basis of request information from the information processing terminal device, so that a user makes selection according to a congested state of communication, and effective information collection becomes possible.
Claims26
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a detector configured to detect whether a portable apparatus is mounted on the information processing apparatus;
- an interface portion configured to receive request information from the portable apparatus and to transmit the request information to a server apparatus in communication with the information processing apparatus when said detector detects that the portable apparatus is mounted;
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- a storage controller configured to control storing information retrieved from the server apparatus in a storage unit in response to the request information.
A portable apparatus comprising:
- an operation portion configured to generate operation information in response to user inputs;
- a storage controller configured to control storing the operation information in a storage unit;
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- a controller configured to control a transmission of the operation information stored in said storage unit to a server apparatus through an information processing apparatus in response to the portable apparatus being connected with the information processing apparatus;
- wherein the operation information is request information.
A portable apparatus comprising:
- an operation portion configured to generate operation information in response to inputs;
- a display configured to display character data;
- an audio output configured to output audio data of the character data being read aloud;
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- a controller configured to mute the audio output in response to the operation information such that the character data is displayed by the display and the audio data is not outputted.
An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- detecting whether a portable apparatus is mounted on the information processing apparatus;
- receiving request information from the portable apparatus;
- transmitting the request information to a server apparatus in communication with the information processing apparatus when said detector detects that the portable apparatus is mounted;
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- storing information retrieved from the server apparatus in response to the request information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.