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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information sharing system

US8438598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2008
Grant dateMay 7, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/47214
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of content viewing devices via a network, including a viewing information receiving unit for receiving viewing information of a user in the past, present, and future from each of the content viewing devices, a user viewing content management unit for managing a user viewing content DB based on the viewing information received from each of the content viewing devices and a program guide, the user viewing content DB associating, in a form of program guide, past, present, and future contents represented in the program guide and identification information of users who have viewed the past content, those who are viewing the present content, and those who will view the future content, and a viewing information transmitting unit for transmitting the extracted viewing information of another user to the requesting content viewing device.

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