Contents retrieval system and contents retrieval method
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorToshiyuki Tanaka
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Abstract
In a contents retrieval system, when a publisher terminal uploads shared contents to a shared server, the shared server stores the shared contents in a contents area of a contents database, a partial data formation section forms partial data specifying the shared contents and stores the formed partial data in a partial data area, and a URL generation section forms a URL linked to the shared contents and stores the URL in a URL area. When the contents retrieval section receives partial data from the retriever terminal, it collates the received partial data with the partial data in partial data area of the contents database. When the partial data is found, the contents retrieval section replies a URL of the corresponding shared contents to the retriever terminal.
Claims15
A contents retrieval system comprising:
- a shared server for storing one or a plurality of shared contents;
- a first terminal device for transmitting the shared contents to the shared server;
- and
- a second terminal device for receiving the shared contents from the shared server,
- the shared server, the first terminal device and the second terminal device being connected to network,
- wherein the shared server includes
- a transmitting and receiving section for transmitting and receiving data with respect to the first terminal device and the second terminal device,
- a partial data formation section for forming partial data corresponding to the shared contents,
- a URL generation section for generating a URL corresponding to the shared contents,
- a contents storage section for storing the shared contents, the partial data and the URL in such a way that they are associated with each other, and
- a contents retrieval section for retrieving the shared contents corresponding to the partial data,
- when the shared server replies the partial data to the first terminal device, the first terminal device transmits the partial data to the second terminal device, and the transmitting and receiving section receives the partial data from the second terminal device,
- the contents retrieval section
- retrieves the shared contents corresponding to the partial data, which are stored in the contents storage section in such a way that they are associated with the received partial data, and
- allows the transmitting and receiving section to transmit the URL corresponding to the retrieved shared contents to the second terminal device.
A contents retrieval method of a contents retrieval system, the contents retrieval system including:
- a shared server for storing one or a plurality of shared contents;
- a first terminal device for transmitting the shared contents to the shared server;
- and
- a second terminal device for receiving the shared contents from the shared server, in which the shared server, the first terminal device and the second terminal device being connected to a network,
- the method comprising:
- in the shared server,
- first receiving step of receiving the shared contents from the first terminal device;
- first storing step of storing the shared contents in the shared server;
- first partial data formation step of forming partial data corresponding to the received shared contents;
- URL formation step of forming a URL corresponding to the received shared contents;
- second storing step of storing the formed partial data and URL in the shared server in such a way that the partial data and URL are associated with the shared contents;
- replying step of replying the partial data to the first terminal device;
- second receiving step of receiving the partial data from the second terminal device;
- retrieving step of retrieving the shared contents corresponding to the received partial data;
- first transmitting step of transmitting the URL corresponding to the retrieved shared contents to the second terminal device;
- and
- in the first terminal device,
- second transmitting step of transmitting the partial data, which are received from the shared server in the replying step, to the second terminal device authorized to retrieve and browse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.