Patents by Inventor Daisuke Beppu

Daisuke Beppu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 8935727
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a broadcast signal processing portion to receive and reproduce a broadcast program; a viewer information obtaining portion to obtain the number of users viewing the reproduced broadcast program as a viewer number; a feature information obtaining portion to obtain feature information of broadcast programs on the air; a user preference information storage portion to store user preference information in which preferences of users are integrated; a user preference information generating portion to perform learning of the user preference information, which is stored in the user preference information storage portion, based at least on the feature information about the reproduced broadcast program and on the viewer number; and a recommended program determining portion to determine a recommended program among the broadcast programs on the air based on the user preference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Beppu
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Publication number: 20110173662
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a broadcast signal processing portion to receive and reproduce a broadcast program; a viewer information obtaining portion to obtain the number of users viewing the reproduced broadcast program as a viewer number; a feature information obtaining portion to obtain feature information of broadcast programs on the air; a user preference information storage portion to store user preference information in which preferences of users are integrated; a user preference information generating portion to perform learning of the user preference information, which is stored in the user preference information storage portion, based at least on the feature information about the reproduced broadcast program and on the viewer number; and a recommended program determining portion to determine a recommended program among the broadcast programs on the air based on the user preference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Beppu
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Publication number: 20110167454
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a broadcast signal processing portion to receive and reproduce a program of a channel chosen by a user; a storage portion to store preference information of the user and to store, as a user viewing history, information of channels viewed by the user; a user preference learning portion to learn the user preference information based on information about the reproduced program, and to record information of the channel of the reproduced program in a viewing history list; a feature information generating portion to select, as first channels, channels among the channels on the air based on the viewing history list, and to generate feature information of a program of the selected first channels; and a recommended program determining portion to determine a recommended program based on the feature information of the program of the channels and on the user preference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Beppu