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Content distributing system and content receiving and reproducing device

US8352539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2005
Grant dateJan 8, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/6131
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technology that makes a program line-up related to contents distributed to a user side, depending on various conditions, preferences, and communication environments of the user side that views and listens to the content is disclosed. According to the technology, an on-board device (content receiving and reproducing device) 1 receives, from a service server 5, potential content list information of contents that can be distributed from a content server 7. The on-board device 1 sorts appropriate content from among the contents in the potential content list information and decide on a reproducing order of the contents, based on conditions of the user side, such as user preferences and vehicle conditions, conditions related to an environment on the user side, such as the communication environment, and conditions related to the contents, such as the genre of the content. The on-board device 1 creates program table information (timetable) and transmits the program table information to the content server. As a result, reception and reproduction of the contents from the content server can be performed in adherence to the program table information.

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