Data Relay Device, Digital Content Reproduction Device, Data Relay Method, Digital Content Reproduction Method, Program, And Computer-Readable Recording Medium
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorNaoto Itoh
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Abstract
In a data relay device, an acquiring unit acquires, through a network, metadata concerning the playing of a digital content by a digital-content playing device, and a converting unit converts a description format of the acquired metadata into a description format that enables playing of the digital content by the digital-content playing device. Further, a communicating unit outputs the converted metadata to the digital-content playing device to enable a play-order sharing function based on metadata transmitted through the network.
Claims19
1-11. (canceled)
A data relay device constituted of a mobile terminal provided as a separate entity from an associated digital-content playing device, the data relay device comprising:
- an acquiring unit that acquires metadata of a digital content through a network, the metadata being related to a playing of the digital content on a digital-content playing device;
- a converting unit that converts a description format of the acquired metadata into a compatible description format that enables the playing of the digital content on the associated digital-content playing device;
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- a communicating unit that outputs the converted metadata to the associated digital-content playing device.
A digital-content playing device that is provided as a separate entity from a data relay device constituted of a mobile terminal that acquires metadata from a network and converts a description format of the metadata into a description format compatible with the digital-content playing device prior to outputting the metadata, the digital-content playing device comprising:
- a first acquiring unit that acquires, from the network through a route different from that of the data relay device, a first metadata of a digital content, the first metadata being related to a playing of the digital content;
- a second acquiring unit that acquires a second metadata output from the data relay device, the second metadata having a compatible description format that enables the playing of the digital content on the digital-content playing device;
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- a playing unit that plays the digital content based on any one of the first metadata and the second metadata.
A data relay method of a data relay device constituted of a mobile terminal provided as a separate entity from an associated digital-content playing device, the data relay method comprising:
- acquiring metadata of a digital content through a network, the metadata being related to a playing of the digital content on a digital-content playing device;
- converting a description format of the acquired metadata into a compatible description format that enables the playing of the digital content on the associated digital-content playing device;
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- outputting the converted metadata to the associated digital-content playing device.
A digital-content playing method of a digital-content playing device that is provided as a separate entity from a data relay device constituted of a mobile terminal that acquires metadata from a network and converts a description format of the metadata into a description format compatible with the digital-content playing device prior to outputting the metadata, the digital-content playing method comprising:
- acquiring, from the network through a route different from that of the data relay device, a first metadata of a digital content, the first metadata being related to a playing of the digital content;
- acquiring a second metadata that is output from the data relay device, the second metadata having a compatible description format that enables the playing of the digital content on the digital-content playing device;
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- playing the digital content based on any one of the first metadata and the second metadata.
A computer readable recording medium storing therein a data relay program that is related to a data relay device that is constituted of a mobile terminal provided as a separate entity from an associated digital-content playing device and that causes a computer to execute:
- acquiring metadata of a digital content through a network, the metadata being related to a playing of the digital content on a digital-content playing device;
- converting a description format of the acquired metadata into a compatible description format that enables the playing of the digital content on the associated digital-content playing device;
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- outputting the converted metadata to the associated digital-content playing device.
A computer readable recording medium storing therein a digital-content playing program that is related to a digital-content playing device provided as a separate entity from a data relay device constituted of a mobile terminal that acquires metadata from a network and converts a description format of the metadata into a description format compatible with the digital-content playing device prior to outputting the metadata, the computer readable recording medium storing the digital-content playing program that causes a computer to execute:
- acquiring, from the network through a route different from that of the data relay device, a first metadata of a digital content, the first metadata being related to a playing of the digital content;
- acquiring a second metadata that is output from the data relay device, the second metadata having a compatible description format that enables the playing of the digital content on the digital-content playing device;
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- playing the digital content based on any one of the first metadata and the second metadata.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.