Abstract: A mobile phone (1) in accordance with the present invention includes: a transmission setting database (50); a transmission setting section (21) for registering, on the transmission setting database (50), a piece of image data to be transmitted to a data receiving device; and an image data transmitting section (12) for transmitting, to the data receiving device, the piece of image data registered on the transmission setting database (50), the image data transmitting section (12) transmitting the piece of image data to the data receiving device in response to a transmission request received from the data receiving device.

Abstract: A mobile phone (1) of the present invention includes a mobile phone storage section (8) configured to store both of (i) data including positional information and (ii) data including no positional information, a positional information extraction section (110) for identifying the data including the positional information from among the data stored in the mobile phone storage section (8) and extracting the positional information to be used as a standard for setting a predetermined area, a mobile phone determination section (111) for setting the predetermined area on a basis of the positional information extracted by the positional information extraction section (110), and a mobile phone notification section (112) notifying the user of the mobile phone when the current position of the mobile phone enters within the predetermined area set by the mobile phone determination section (111). Hence, the user can easily register the positional information.

Abstract: It is possible to present identification information of a sender in such a manner that the identification information is easily understood by a user.

Abstract: A mobile phone (1) of the present invention includes a mobile phone storage section (8) configured to store both of (i) data including positional information and (ii) data including no positional information, a positional information extraction section (110) for identifying the data including the positional information from among the data stored in the mobile phone storage section (8) and extracting the positional information to be used as a standard for setting a predetermined area, a mobile phone determination section (111) for setting the predetermined area on a basis of the positional information extracted by the positional information extraction section (110), and a mobile phone notification section (112) notifying the user of the mobile phone when the current position of the mobile phone enters within the predetermined area set by the mobile phone determination section (111). Hence, the user can easily register the positional information.

Abstract: A communication (on-board) device 10 of the invention has: a communication unit 110 communicating with a portable device 30; an unconfirmed information obtaining unit 120 obtaining unconfirmed information from the portable device 30 which a user has not confirmed at the portable device 30 at the time of communication establishment by the communication unit 110; and an information output unit 150 displaying or outputting audibly the obtained unconfirmed information. In this case, it is preferable that unread mail information regarding one or more electronic mails unread at the time of the communication establishment and/or missed call information regarding one or more missed calls received before the communication has been established be obtained as the unconfirmed information.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device or the like is provided by which a content of an electronic mail can be notified by a driver without disturbing safety driving. A vehicle-mounted device 10 has: a communication unit 110 which communicates with a portable device having an electronic mail function; an electronic mail obtaining unit 120 which obtains from the portable device 30 an electronic mail received by the portable device 30; a mail output length calculation unit 150 which calculates mail output length which is output length of the obtained electronic mail text; a destination setting unit 180 which sets a destination; and a text output unit 220 which displays or outputs audibly the electronic mail text based on the mail output length calculated by the mail output length calculation unit 150 and a predetermined condition corresponding to the destination set by the destination setting unit 180.

Abstract: An on-board device 10 has: a communication unit 110 that carries out communication with a portable device 30 that has a transfer reservation function of place information indicating an arbitrary place; a place information acquisition unit 130 that acquires the place information from the portable device 30 after the communication is established; a place information determination unit 140 that determines a category of processing relating to the place information acquired by the place information acquisition unit 130; a place information processing unit 200 that at least registers a place or sets a destination using the place information based on the category determined by the place information determination unit 140; and a route guidance unit 180 that guides a route to a destination when the destination has been set.

Abstract: An on-board device 10 of the invention has: a destination setting unit 110 with which a destination is set; a route guidance unit 130 that provides route guidance for a vehicle until a parking location that corresponds to the destination; a destination information transmitter 140 that transmits destination information indicating the destination to a portable device 30; and an arrival confirmation information receiver 160 that receives from the portable device 30 arrival confirmation information indicating that the destination has been reached. The route guidance unit 130 ends the route guidance for the vehicle to the parking location when the destination information has been transmitted or the arrival confirmation information has been received.

Abstract: A mobile phone (1) in accordance with the present invention includes: a transmission setting database (50); a transmission setting section (21) for registering, on the transmission setting database (50), a piece of image data to be transmitted to a data receiving device; and an image data transmitting section (12) for transmitting, to the data receiving device, the piece of image data registered on the transmission setting database (50), the image data transmitting section (12) transmitting the piece of image data to the data receiving device in response to a transmission request received from the data receiving device.

Abstract: It is possible to present identification information of a sender in such a manner that the identification information is easily understood by a user.

Abstract: An information recording medium includes: a plurality of recorded information pieces being independent of each other; a plurality of individual attribute information pieces each corresponding to each of the recorded information piece and including information relating to attributes of the recorded information piece and functions in reproduction; and an aggregate attribute information piece, recorded at a position read out prior to any other positions on said recording medium, and including at least a part of the individual attribute information piece for all of the recorded information pieces.

Abstract: An information record medium having a record track recorded with at least video information is to be reproduced by a reproducing apparatus, which has a read device and reproduces at least video information while relatively moving the read device along the record track. At least video information and control information comprising access information to access the video information are recorded on the record track and are each divided into a plurality of first data groups, each of which is a unit accessible by the reproducing apparatus and comprises the video and control informations. Management information including (i) reproduction procedure information and (ii) a plurality of first search prohibit informations, is collectively recorded at one portion of the record track for each of the second data groups.

Abstract: A controller in a hard disk serving as a data storage device stores a license including a content key for decrypting encrypted content data E and others in a secure data storage portion. The license is managed in the secure data storage portion in accordance with a LBA, and the LBA for storing the license, which is being processed for transmission, is stored as a log in a log memory of the secure data storage portion. When a failure occurs during the transmission processing, the license, which was being processed for transmission, is specified based on the LBA stored in the log memory.

Abstract: A digital data recording/reproducing apparatus which divides each of information data pieces into a plurality of cells, further divides each of the cells into a series of a plurality of units, and records the units. The digital data recording/reproducing apparatus has means for recording a required time for reproduction until the head position of a unit is reached, with reference to the head position of an information data cell to which a cell belongs, as a unit start time, in addition to each of the units, and means for recording a cell start time (Ts) equal to a required time for reproduction until the head position of each of the cells is reached, and a required time for reproduction (Ps) of each of the cells in a management data region.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus is provided which can record broadcasting information so as to accurately identify and reproduce broadcasting information to be reduced while increasing convenience in reproducing the broadcasting information. Time control is performed during reproduction in allocation units ALU based on the receiving time of the first packet and the receiving time of the last packet in the allocation unit ALU included in the broadcasting information. The allocation unit ALU includes a plurality of packets. Time control is performed also in access units, each of which includes an I picture, based on the display time information or the receiving time information of the I picture included in the packet.

Abstract: An information editing apparatus is provided which can prevent a thumbnail image, which shows the contents of recorded information recorded on an information recording medium, from being accidentally changed by a misoperation of the user. The information editing apparatus includes a deciding device 8 for deciding whether a thumbnail image can be changed or not based on change permission information, which indicates whether a change can be made on the thumbnail image showing the contents of recorded information recorded on a recording medium 1. When the deciding device 8 decides that a change is not permitted, a change of the thumbnail image is prohibited.

Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) has a record track recorded with record information to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S2). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (80), and performs a reproduction while moving the read device along the record track at a predetermined reading linear velocity. The record information is divided into a plurality of first data groups (30: VOBU), each of which is a unit able to be accessed by the information reproducing apparatus, recorded on the record track. Lowest reading rate information (212) indicates a minimum requirement of a reading rate for the information reproducing apparatus to reproduce a reproduction unit, which comprises at least one of the first data groups and which is to be reproduced by the information reproducing apparatus such that a sequential logical meaning of the reproduction unit is continuous.

Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus has a read device, is capable of reproducing sub picture information and is also capable of performing a highlight display of the sub picture information. In an information record medium to be reproduced by this reproducing apparatus, at least the sub picture information and reproduction control information to control a reproduction of the sub picture information are recorded on the record track such that the sub picture information and the reproduction control information are divided into a plurality of groups. Each of the groups is a predetermined unit able to be accessed by the information reproducing apparatus, and has a sub picture pack in which the sub picture information is contained and a control pack in which the reproduction control information is contained.

Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) has a record track (1a) to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S2). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (80) and reproduces audio information by a predetermined audio frame unit while relatively moving the read device along the record track recorded with at least the audio information by the audio frame unit. A plurality of audio packets (43, 202) are arranged along the record track, in each of which audio information pieces (207) constructing the audio information sampled by a predetermined sampling frequency and audio control information (203) for controlling a reproduction of the audio information pieces by the information reproducing apparatus are respectively recorded.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus (SSI) is provided with: a signal process device (72) for applying a predetermined signal process to a plurality of partial record information blocks constructing whole record information (R) to thereby generate processed partial record information blocks (Sr) each composed of a plurality of predetermined information units (IU), and for generating and outputting recording position information (Sac), which is to be recorded by each of predetermined reproduction units (VOBU) composing the information units, for respective one of the reproduction units. The recording position information indicates recording positions of the reproduction units corresponding to reproduction times of the partial record information blocks within a predetermined range before and after the respective one of the reproduction units on an axis of reproduction time of each of the partial record information blocks.