Information processing device, information processing method, and program

An information processing method comprising:

• communicating with (i) a plurality of ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) servers by way of a first communication interface of an information processing device, and (ii) an IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) server by way of a second communication interface of the information processing device;
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• processing, by use of a processing device of the information processing device, content received by way of the first communication interface and the second communication interface, and controlling transmission of output content received therefrom, said content received comprising at least one of television content, video content, audio content, or digital content, and said processing includes performing a content identification process based on ACR of the content received by way of the first communication interface,
• in which the content identification process involves the information processing device communicating with a first ACR server and the information processing device communicating with a second ACR server of the plurality of ACR servers, the first ACR server configured to perform content identification by use of a first protocol and the second ACR server configured to perform the content identification by use of a second protocol, the first protocol being different from the second protocol, and
• in which the processing device is configured to operate as a general-purpose ACR client that enables the communicating with the first ACR server having the first protocol and with the second ACR server having the second protocol.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program for causing a computer that controls an information processing device to perform a method comprising:

• communicating with (i) a plurality of ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) servers by way of a first communication interface of the information processing device, and (ii) an IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) server by way of a second communication interface of the information processing device;
• and
• processing content received by way of the first communication interface and the second communication interface, and controlling transmission of output content received therefrom, said content received comprising at least one of television content, video content, audio content, or digital content, and said processing includes performing a content identification process based on ACR of the content received by way of the first communication interface,
• in which the content identification process involves the information processing device communicating with a first ACR server and the information processing device communicating with a second ACR server of the plurality of ACR servers, the first ACR server configured to perform content identification by use of a first protocol and the second ACR server configured to perform the content identification by use of a second protocol, the first protocol being different from the second protocol, and
• in which the computer operates as a general-purpose ACR client that enables the communicating with the first ACR server having the first protocol and with the second ACR server having the second protocol.