Patent ID: 7617299
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11B

Abstract:
1. A data-providing apparatus attached to a plurality of user apparatuses over a network, said data-providing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit including a processor, configured to receive content data transmitted from the plurality of said user apparatus; a user contents control unit configured to control recording of the content data received by the receiving unit into a recording area corresponding to each user apparatus with a user ID indicating each user who offers the content data to be shared and a shared data flag in a database; a shared contents control unit configured to control the recorded contents based on the shared data flag; an editing unit configured to edit the content data in response to a demand by the plurality of user apparatuses, the editing unit configured to assign identification numbers to the contents data received from the plurality of user apparatus and allocate the contents data to a plurality of predetermined scenes based on the assigned identification numbers, the predetermined scenes composing a scenario selected by a user; and a data-supplying unit configured to supply content data set to be shared to the plurality of user apparatuses in response to a demand made by the plurality of user apparatuses, wherein the shared data flag indicates whether the user contents is set to be shared or not, and wherein the shared data flag is set in the database based on property data edited by the user when the user transmits the content data.