Content supplying apparatus, content supplying method, content reproduction apparatus, content reproduction method, program and content viewing system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorNaohisa KITAZATO
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a content supplying apparatus for supplying a video content to a content reproduction apparatus, including: a production section adapted to produce a video switch command for causing the content reproduction apparatus to execute a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced; a broadcasting section adapted to broadcast a video content, in which the produced video switch command is embedded, through a broadcasting network; and a delivery section adapted to deliver the video content through the Internet.
Claims14
A content supplying apparatus for supplying a video content to a content reproduction apparatus, comprising:
- a production section adapted to produce a video switch command for causing the content reproduction apparatus to execute a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced;
- a broadcasting section adapted to broadcast a video content, in which the produced video switch command is embedded, through a broadcasting network;
- and
- a delivery section adapted to deliver the video content through the Internet.
A content supplying method for a content supplying apparatus which supplies a video content to a content reproduction apparatus, the content supplying method comprising:
- producing a video switch command for causing the content reproduction apparatus to execute a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced;
- broadcasting a video content, in which the produced video switch command is embedded, through a broadcasting network;
- and
- delivering the video content through the Internet, carried out by the content supplying apparatus.
A program for causing a computer, which supplies a video content to a content reproduction apparatus, to function as:
- a production section adapted to produce a video switch command for causing the content reproduction apparatus to execute a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced;
- a broadcasting section adapted to broadcast a video content, in which the produced video switch command is embedded, through a broadcasting network;
- and
- a delivery section adapted to deliver the video content through the Internet.
A content reproduction apparatus for reproducing a video content supplied from a content supplying apparatus, comprising:
- an acquisition section adapted to acquire a video content broadcasted through a broadcasting network or a video content delivered through the Internet;
- an analysis section adapted to analyze a video switch command embedded in the acquired video content;
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- a control section adapted to control a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced in accordance with a result of the analysis of the video switch command.
A content reproduction method for a content reproduction apparatus, which reproduces a video content supplied from a content supplying apparatus, the content reproduction method comprising:
- acquiring a video content broadcasted through a broadcasting network or a video content delivered through the Internet;
- analyzing a video switch command embedded in the acquired video content;
- and
- controlling a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced in accordance with a result of the analysis of the video switch command,
- carried out by the content reproduction apparatus.
A program for causing a computer, which reproduces a video content supplied from a content supplying apparatus, to function as:
- an acquisition section adapted to acquire a video content broadcasted through a broadcasting network or a video content delivered through the Internet;
- an analysis section adapted to analyze a video switch command embedded in the acquired video content;
- and
- a control section adapted to control a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced in accordance with a result of the analysis of the video switch command.
A content viewing system which includes a content supplying apparatus and a content reproduction apparatus, wherein:
- the content supplying apparatus includes
- a production section adapted to produce a video switch command for causing the content reproduction apparatus to execute a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced,
- a broadcasting section adapted to broadcast a video content, in which the produced video switch command is embedded, through a broadcasting network, and
- a delivery section adapted to deliver the video content through the Internet;
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- the content reproduction apparatus includes
- an acquisition section adapted to acquire a video content broadcasted through the broadcasting network or a video content delivered through the Internet,
- an analysis section adapted to analyze a video switch command embedded in the acquired video content, and
- a control section adapted to control a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced in accordance with a result of the analysis of the video switch command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.