Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program

An information processing device to execute a content storing process via a network to a server having a CDS (Content Directory Service) function of executing content management by using a content managing directory having a hierarchical structure, the information processing device comprising:

• a communication unit to execute data communication;
• a processor, and
• a memory coupled to the processor,
• wherein the memory is encoded with one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, define
• a control unit to execute a process of receiving, from the server via the communication unit, storage means information including a plurality of storage destination identifiers, each storage destination identifier specifying a separate storage means from a plurality of storage means included in the server, and to transmit a content storage request including one storage destination identifier including a content storage destination that specifies a selected storage means and content to be stored to the specified storage means on the server,
• wherein the CDS holds a content list having a hierarchical structure based on metadata corresponding to content type;
• and
• wherein the plurality of storage means comprise a plurality of different types of non-transitory storage media.

An information processing device as a server to execute a process in response to a content storage request from a client via a network, the information processing device comprising:

• a communication unit to execute data communication;
• a processor, and
• a memory coupled to the processor,
• wherein the memory is encoded with one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, define
• a control unit to execute a CDS (Content Directory Service) function to perform content management by using a content managing directory having a hierarchical structure based on metadata corresponding to content type, and
• wherein the control unit is also configured to execute a content storing process by receiving the content storage request including a storage destination identifier that includes a content storage destination that specifies a selected storage means from a plurality of storage means included in the server, from the client via the communication unit and to select the storage means specified by the storage destination identifier as a storage destination of content transmitted from the client, and
• wherein the plurality of storage means comprise a plurality of different types of non-transitory storage media.

An information processing method in an information processing device to execute a content storing process via a network to a server having a CDS (Content Directory Service) function of executing content management by using a content managing directory having a hierarchical structure, the information processing method being characterized in comprising:

• a storage means information inputting step of inputting, in a control unit, storage means information that is received from the server via a communication unit and that includes a plurality of storage destination identifiers, each storage destination identifier specifying a separate storage means from a plurality of storage means included in the server;
• and
• a data transmitting step of executing, in the control unit, a process of transmitting a content storage request including at least one storage destination identifier that includes a content storage destination that specifies a selected storage means in the plurality of storage means and content to be stored to the specified storage means on the server via the communication unit;
• wherein the CDS holds a content list having a hierarchical structure based on metadata corresponding to content type;
• and
• wherein the plurality of storage means comprise a plurality of different types of non-transitory storage media.

An information processing method executed in an information processing device as a server to execute a process in response to a content storage request from a client via a network, the information processing method being characterized in comprising:

• a content storage request receiving step of receiving, in a communication unit, a content storage request from the client, the content storage request including a storage destination identifier that includes a content storage destination that specifies a selected storage means from a plurality of storage means included in the server;
• a content storing step of selecting the storage means specified by the storage destination identifier as a storage destination of content transmitted from the client and executing a process of storing the content received from the client in a control unit;
• and
• a step of associating, in the control unit, the content received from the client with a content managing directory in accordance with a CDS (Content Directory Service) function to execute content management by using the content managing directory having a hierarchical structure based on metadata corresponding to content type;
• and
• wherein the plurality of storage means comprise a plurality of different types of non-transitory storage media.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a program, which, when executed by a processor, causes a computer to perform a content storing process via a network to a server having a CDS (Content Directory Service) function of executing content management by using a content managing directory having a hierarchical structure, the program comprising the steps of:

• a storage means information inputting step of inputting, in a control unit, storage means information that is received from the server via a communication unit and that includes a plurality of storage destination identifiers, each storage destination identifier including a content storage destination that specifies a separate storage means from a plurality of storage means included in the server;
• and
• a data transmitting step of executing, in the control unit, a process of transmitting a content storage request including at least one storage destination identifier that specifies a selected storage means and content to be stored to the specified storage means on the server via the communication unit,
• wherein the CDS holds a content list having a hierarchical structure based on metadata corresponding to content type;
• and
• wherein the plurality of storage means comprise a plurality of different types of non-transitory storage media.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a program, which, when executed by a processor, causes a computer to perform a process in response to a content storage request from a client via a network, the program comprising the steps of:

• a content storage request receiving step of receiving, in a communication unit, a content storage request from the client, the content storage request including a storage destination identifier, which specifies a selected storage means from a plurality of client-selectable storage means included in the server;
• a content storing step of selecting the storage means specified by the storage destination identifier as a storage destination of content transmitted from the client and executing a process of storing the content received from the client in a control unit;
• and
• a step of associating, in the control unit, the content received from the client with a content managing directory in accordance with a CDS (Content Directory Service) function to execute content management by using the content managing directory having a hierarchical structure based on metadata corresponding to content type;
• and
• wherein the plurality of storage means comprise a plurality of different types of non-transitory storage media.