Patent ID: 7624408
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for delivering contents data via a network to another apparatus, wherein the contents data includes video contents data, the information processing apparatus comprising: first registration means for registering general additional information regarding said contents data for each of two or more segments, scenes, or objects included in said contents data, said general additional information comprising at least one of time or date of filming a video scene of said contents data, an explanation of a scene, title to background music, contents ID, general purpose additional information ID, part covered by additional information, name covered by additional information, segment identifier, scene identifier, object identifier, and additional information classification; second registration means for registering individual additional information of said contents data on the basis of at least said contents data for each of the two or more segments, scenes, or objects included in said contents data, wherein said individual additional information for each segment, scene, or object, is associated with the segment, scene, or object, based on an associated segment identifier, scene identifier, or object identifier; storage means for storing said general additional information registered by said first registration means and said individual additional information registered by said second registration means; extraction means for extracting said general additional information and said individual additional information stored in said storage means if a delivery request for said contents data is received from the other apparatus, wherein said extraction means is configured to extract said individual additional information on the basis of user information comprising at least one of user usage status, information genre desired by a user, degree of details of information desired by a user, and user usage classification; generation means for generating individual data to be transmitted to said other apparatus from said general additional information and said individual additional information extracted by said extraction means as a data file including metadata; and transmission means for transmitting said contents data and said data file via said network to said other apparatus, to enable, for said video contents data, each segment, scene, or object of the two or more segments, scenes, or objects of said video contents data to be simultaneously displayed with said general additional information and said individual additional information for that segment, scene, or object, on a display screen at said other apparatus; wherein said transmission means is configured to deliver said contents data together with said data file in response to a request generated by said other apparatus.