| US 7,480,693 B2 | ||
| Data providing system, data providing apparatus and method, data acquisition system and method, and program storage medium | ||
| Jun Kaneko, Kanagawa (Japan); Naoki Nagano, Tokyo (Japan); Satoru Kamoto, Kanagawa (Japan); Katsushi Fujii, Chiba (Japan); Mayumi Shinoda, Kanagawa (Japan); Atsushi Fuse, Tokyo (Japan); and Michinari Kohno, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 17, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/252,062. | ||
| Application 11/252062 is a continuation of application No. 10/017369, filed on Dec. 14, 2001, granted, now 6,993,553, filed on Jan. 31, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2000-389963 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2000; application No. P2000-389964 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2000; application No. P2000-389965 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2000; application No. P2000-389966 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2000; application No. P2000-389967 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2000; and application No. P2000-389968 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0036710 A1, Feb. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—201 [709/224; 713/165] | 29 Claims |
| 1. A data providing system, comprising:
a data providing apparatus, including:
provision image data generating means for generating provision image data of a provision image that is reusable by inlaying
a predetermined advertisement image into a predetermined template image into which a predetermined user image can be inlaid
as superimposed upon said predetermined advertisement image, and
providing-side transmitting means for transmitting said provision image data via a network; and
a data acquisition apparatus, including:
acquiring-side receiving means for receiving said provision image data from said data providing apparatus via said network,
transmission image data generating means for generating transmission image data of a transmission image for displaying said
provision image based on said provision image data onto predetermined display means, inlaying said predetermined user image
as superimposed upon said predetermined advertisement image into said template image of said provision image, and displaying
said predetermined user image together with said template image in preference to said predetermined advertisement image until
said predetermined user image is detached from said template image, and
acquiring-side transmitting means for transmitting said transmission image data to a predetermined destination via said network.
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