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Content and playlist providing method

US8214431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2006
Grant dateJul 3, 2012
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/345
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A content providing method includes the steps of preparing, on a network, a bulletin board server that provides an electronic bulletin board and a content server that accommodates content; enabling, by the bulletin board server, a second user to make a post on a topic when a first user introduces the topic under a predetermined title on the electronic bulletin board; outputting, by the bulletin board server, a list indicating recommended content as a playlist to an apparatus of a user who accesses via the network when the second user posts information on the recommended content that suits the title in the topic; and outputting, by the content server, designated content to the apparatus of the user to which the playlist is output when the content included in the playlist is designated.

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