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US 7,412,526 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorNaoki Fujisawa
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an accepting element for accepting an access request from a terminal over a network; a first acquiring element for acquiring information which designates a character unique to the terminal and which is received over the network; a second acquiring element for acquiring character data constituting the character designated by the character-designating information acquired by the first acquiring element; and a transmitting element for transmitting to the terminal over the network the character data acquired by the second acquiring element.
Claims16
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- accepting means for accepting an access request from a terminal over a network;
- first acquiring means for acquiring character-designating information unique to said terminal, which designates a character not to be sold to other users and which is received over said network;
- second acquiring means for acquiring character data constituting said character designated by the character-designating information acquired by said first acquiring means;
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- transmitting means for transmitting to said terminal over said network said character data acquired by said second acquiring means, for transmitting license information to said terminal granting a right to use said character data, and for transmitting to other terminals other character data when said other terminals request said other character data;
- wherein said license information is transmitted by said terminal to said other terminals on the network for enabling use of the character data of said terminal as identification data to uniquely identify said terminal to the other terminals on the network, based on a visual recognition of the character data, and
- wherein the character data is used for identifying said terminal in a plurality of different application programs on each of said other terminals.
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An information processing method for use with an information processing apparatus connected to a terminal via a network, said information processing method comprising the steps of:
- accepting an access request from said terminal over said network;
- firstly acquiring character-designating information unique to said terminal, which designates a character not to be sold to other users and which is received over said network;
- secondly acquiring character data constituting said character designated by the character-designating information acquired in said first acquiring step;
- transmitting, to said terminal over said network, said character data designated by the character-designated information acquired in said second acquiring step;
- transmitting, to said terminal over said network, license information granting a right to use said character data;
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- transmitting to other terminals other character data when said other terminals request said other character data,
- wherein said license information is transmitted by said terminal to said other terminals on the network for enabling use of the character data of said terminal as identification data to uniquely identify said terminal to the other terminals on the network, based on a visual recognition of the character data, and
- wherein the character data is used for identifying said terminal in a plurality of different application programs on each of said other terminals.
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A computer-readable medium storing a program for use with a computer which controls an information processing apparatus connected to a terminal via a network, said program causing said computer to execute the steps of:
- accepting an access request from said terminal over said network;
- firstly acquiring character-designating information unique to said terminal which designates a character not to be sold to other users and which is received over said network;
- secondly acquiring character data constituting said character designated by the character-designating information acquired in said first acquiring step;
- transmitting to said terminal over said network said character data designated by the character-designating information acquired in said second acquiring step;
- transmitting, to said terminal over said network, license information granting a right to use said character data;
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- transmitting to other terminals other characters data when said other terminals request said other character data,
- wherein said license information is transmitted by said terminal to said other terminals on the network for enabling use of the character data of said terminal as identification data to uniquely identify said terminal to the other terminals on the network, based on a visual recognition of the character data, and
- wherein the character data is used for identifying said terminal in a plurality of different application programs on each of said other terminals.
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An information processing apparatus connected to a second information processing apparatus via a network, said information processing apparatus comprising:
- requesting means for requesting said second information processing apparatus, via said network, use a character which is not sold to other users and is unique to said information processing apparatus;
- first storing means for storing license information granting the right to use said character;
- transmitting means for transmitting, to said second information processing apparatus over said network, said license information stored in said first storing means;
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- returning means for performing a returning process regarding said license information transmitted by said transmitting means,
- wherein said license information is transmitted by said information processing apparatus to said second information processing apparatus on the network for enabling use of the character data as identification data to uniquely identify said information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus on the network, based on a visual recognition of the character data, and
- wherein the character data is used for identifying said information processing apparatus in a plurality of different application programs on said second information processing apparatus.
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An information processing method for use with an information processing apparatus connected to a second information processing apparatus via a network, said information processing method comprising the steps of:
- requesting said second information processing apparatus via said network to use a character which is not sold to other users and is unique to said information processing apparatus;
- storing license information granting the right to use said character;
- transmitting to said second information processing apparatus over said network said license information stored in said storing step;
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- performing a returning process regarding said license information transmitted in said transmitting step,
- wherein said license information is transmitted by said information processing apparatus to said second information processing apparatus on the network for enabling use of the character data of said information processing apparatus as identification data to uniquely identify said information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus on the network, based on a visual recognition of the character data, and
- wherein the character data is used for identifying said information processing apparatus in a plurality of different application programs on said second information processing apparatus.
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A computer-readable medium storing a program for use with a computer which controls an information processing apparatus connected to a second information processing apparatus via a network, said program causing said computer to execute the steps of:
- requesting said second information processing apparatus via said network to use a character which is not sold to other users and is unique to said information processing apparatus;
- storing license information granting the right to use said character;
- transmitting to said second information processing apparatus over said network said license information stored in said storing step;
- and
- performing a returning process regarding said license information transmitted in said transmitting step,
- wherein said license information is transmitted by said information processing apparatus to said second information processing apparatus on the network for enabling use of the character data of said information processing apparatus as identification data to uniquely identify said information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus on the network, based on a visual recognition of the character data, and
- wherein the character data is used for identifying said information processing apparatus in a plurality of different application programs on said second information processing apparatus.
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An information processing system comprising:
- a plurality of terminals;
- a network;
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- a character data apparatus;
- wherein said character data apparatus includes
- an accepting means for accepting access requests from said plurality of terminals over the network,
- storage means for storing a plurality of character and license information thereof, wherein no character is sold in duplicate to different users, and
- transmitting means for transmitting character and license information to said plurality of terminals when purchased,
- wherein each terminal includes,
- acquiring means for acquiring a character and license information, from said character data apparatus, which is unique for each said terminal, and
- transmitting means for transmitting said license information to other terminals on the network for enabling use of the character data of said terminal to uniquely identify said terminal based on visual recognition of the character, and
- wherein the character is used for identifying said terminal in a plurality of different application programs on each of said other terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.