Patent ID: 8931018
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A metadata transmission apparatus, comprising: a storage section configured to store metadata associated with information captured in a predetermined area where reception of the metadata is possible, wherein the metadata is associated with a situation or information related to an event in the predetermined area at a predetermined time; and a wireless transmission section configured to transmit the metadata stored in said storage section via a wireless communication network allowing communication within a predetermined range such that the metadata is receivable in the predetermined area, wherein the metadata can be distributed to a plurality of receiving apparatuses in the predetermined area and is used so that, when the receiving apparatuses generate within the predetermined area one or more contents at the predetermined time of the situation or the event, the received metadata is stored as data associated with each of the contents indicating that the each of the contents is associated with the situation or the event in the predetermined area, wherein the metadata stored in said storage section includes a distributor certificate of the metadata and prescribed information with a data structure based on identification information, in which the distributor certificate is related to key information, and wherein the metadata is transmitted to a server; and wherein a display is presented that prompts acceptance of matching key information that matches the distributor certificate, and, only when the matching key information that matches the distributor certificate has been accepted, the association between the content and the metadata is displayed.