| US 7,555,195 B2 | ||
| Content combination reproducer, content combination reproduction method, program executing the method, and recording medium recording therein the program | ||
| Hiroyuki Yamashita, Yokohama (Japan); Hiroshi Fujii, Yokohama (Japan); Hideki Sakamoto, Tokyo (Japan); and Takao Nakamura, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 16, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/414,988. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2002-113825 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0195021 A1, Oct. 16, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 9/79 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 386—35 [386/125] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A content combination reproducer capable of providing content related information and services as a combination operation
while reproducing contents and metadata, wherein the metadata includes at least one of the following six pieces of 5W1H information:
when, where, who, what, how, and what to do, and wherein the metadata is associated with an object included in one frame of
the contents, said content combination reproducer comprising:
content reproducing means for obtaining the contents and the metadata attached to the contents to reproduce the contents and
the metadata;
combination interface information generating means for generating combination interface information that includes content
reproduction times, data on the one frame of the contents, and metadata associated with the object included in the one frame
of the contents, and wherein the combination interface information defines information necessary for executing the combination
operation on the contents when said content reproducing means obtains the contents and the metadata;
combination data storing means for storing therein combination data that corresponds to the combination interface information,
and wherein the combination data defines an operation related to the contents; and
combination operation controlling means for obtaining the combination data stored in said combination data storing means to
control an execution of the combination operation on the contents after a defining of the combination data based on the combination
interface information and by using external input information entered from an external unit as necessary.
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