Abstract: Provided is a notification control apparatus that includes a receiving unit that receives detected information detected by a detection apparatus connected to a home network and priority information associated with the detected information from the detection apparatus via the home network. The notification control apparatus further includes a notification control unit that controls notification to a user by using a method based on the priority information.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a new and improved notification control apparatus, detection apparatus, notification control system, notification control method and detection method which enable flexible notification of information detected at various kinds of detection apparatuses connected to the home network to be made on the basis of priority in accordance with content of the information. [Solution] Provided is the notification control apparatus including: a receiving unit configured to receive detected information detected by a detection apparatus connected to a home network and priority information associated with the detected information from the detection apparatus via the home network; and a notification control unit configured to control notification to a user by using a method in accordance with the priority information.

Abstract: A recording system includes a receiving apparatus and a recording apparatus. The receiving apparatus includes a creation section and a reservation control section. The recording apparatus includes a recording section and a recording control section.

Abstract: A content transmission device that is connected to a plurality of external devices including a reproduction device reproducing content data, including a transmitting section transmitting content data to the reproduction device, a detecting section detecting the state of each of the plurality of external devices, a parental level determining section determining for the reproduction device a boundary between a parental level on content data the viewing of which is restricted and a parental level on content data the viewing of which is allowed according to the state of each of the plurality of external devices detected by the detecting section, and a control section controlling transmission of content data from the transmitting section based on the relation between the boundary determined by the parental level determining section and a parental level set on content data.

Abstract: A display generation device, a display generation method, a program, and a content download system are provided. The display generation device for generating a display screen including one or two or more user-selectable playback control items is provided with a download section for downloading content data from a content server storing the content data, a data amount acquisition section for acquiring a data amount already downloaded and a data amount not yet downloaded by the download section among the content data, a rate acquisition section for acquiring a transmission rate of data from the content server to the display generation device, and a display screen generation section for generating the display screen including the playback control item according to the data amount acquired by the data amount acquisition section and the transmission rate acquired by the rate acquisition section.

Abstract: A recording system includes a receiving apparatus and a recording apparatus. The receiving apparatus includes a creation section and a reservation control section. The recording apparatus includes a recording section and a recording control section.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus may include means for storing priority information on priorities of contents, means for receiving a list of the contents stored in another electronic apparatus with attribute information on contents in the list from anther electronic apparatus, means for determining whether a content in the list is a first content with a first priority or a second content with a second priority lower than the first priority, means for causing whole data of the first content to be received if the content is the first content and causing beginning portion data of the second content to be received if the content is the second content, means for storing at least one of the whole data and the beginning portion data, and means for causing the stored whole data to be reproduced and causing subsequent portion data to be received from the other electronic apparatus while the beginning portion data is being reproduced and to be reproduced following the reproduction of the beginning portion data.

Abstract: A transmitter which transmits video content via a predetermined network, wherein the video content is encoded while an image group containing a plurality of frame images is handled as a processing unit, the transmitter includes a formation unit and a transmission unit. The formation unit is configured to form invalid-image information for an image group containing at least an edit point of edited video content in order to indicate invalid frame images within the image group in accordance with edit point information about the edited video content. The transmission unit is configured to transmit video content via the predetermined network and, if there is invalid-image information formed by the formation unit, transmit the invalid-image information before transmitting the associated image group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recording system including a receiving apparatus and a recording apparatus, wherein the receiving apparatus includes, a creation section, and a reservation control section, the recording apparatus includes, a recording section, and a recording control section.

Abstract: A network interface unit of a server determines whether the transmission method of transmitting a packet is multicast transmission or unicast transmission; adds to the packet a second FEC when the transmission method of the packets is determined to be multicast transmission and adds to the packet an error detection code for ARQ when the transmission method of the packets is determined to be unicast transmission; and transmits the packet to clients. Each client determines whether the transmission method of the received packet is multicast transmission or unicast transmission; corrects the error on the basis of the second FEC when the transmission method is determined to be multicast transmission; and detects the error on the basis of the error detection code and generates a retransmission request signal when the transmission method is determined to be unicast transmission.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication section performing communication with other devices on a network, an image generation section generating image information for each of contents stored in another device on the network or in the information processing device itself, with use of address information of the contents, network identification information, and process instruction information provided for each of the contents, the image information representing the three kinds of information, and the network identification information being used for authentication which allows a wireless device to participate in a wireless network configured to include an access point on the network, and a display request section requesting a display device to display, on a screen thereof and together with a content list, the image information generated by the image generation section.

Abstract: A display-control apparatus includes: an acquisition portion acquiring contents; a display controller displaying the contents on a display-portion; a user-detection portion detecting whether or not a user viewing the contents exist in the surrounding area; a communication controller controlling communication with a different display-control apparatus displaying the contents; and a controller configured so that, in the case where the contents are displayed by the different display-control apparatus, when the user does not exist in a surrounding area of the different display-control apparatus, after absence information indicating that the user does not exist, which is transmitted from the different display-control apparatus, is received by the communication controller, in the case where it is detected by the user-detection portion that the user exists, the controller allows the acquisition-portion to acquire the contents displayed by the different display-control apparatus which transmits the absence informatio

Abstract: Provided is a content receiving device, connected to a content recording device that records content data, including a receiving section that receives the content data, a recording folder specifying section that specifies a dedicated folder as a recording destination of the content data when a parental level is set on the content data and an normal folder as the recording destination of the content data when no parental level is set on the content data, and a transmitting section that transmits the content data so that the content data is recorded in a folder specified by the recording folder specifying section of a storage medium contained in the content recording device.

Abstract: Provided is a content transmission device, including an input section in which a boundary between a parental level on content data restricted to be viewed and a parental level on content data allowed to be viewed for each of the reproducing devices, and a restriction time slot are input, a storage section in which the content data, the boundary and the restriction time slot are recorded, a transmitting section that transmits the content data to the reproduction device, a judgment section that determines whether the parental level on the content data is higher than the boundary of the reproduction device and the current time is within a restriction time slot of the reproduction device, and a control section that controls so that the content data being a determination object is not to be transmitted from the transmitting section to the reproduction device depending on the determination result.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus communicable with another electronic apparatus via a network is disclosed. The electronic apparatus may include receiving means for receiving a content recorded on a first recording medium of the other electronic apparatus from the other electronic apparatus, determining means for determining whether the received content is reproducible or irreproducible by decoding the content, and recording means for recording the content on a second recording medium if the content is determined to be reproducible.

Abstract: A display generation device, a display generation method, a program, and a content download system are provided. The display generation device for generating a display screen including one or two or more user-selectable playback control items is provided with a download section for downloading content data from a content server storing the content data, a data amount acquisition section for acquiring a data amount already downloaded and a data amount not yet downloaded by the download section among the content data, a rate acquisition section for acquiring a transmission rate of data from the content server to the display generation device, and a display screen generation section for generating the display screen including the playback control item according to the data amount acquired by the data amount acquisition section and the transmission rate acquired by the rate acquisition section.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recording system including a receiving apparatus and a recording apparatus, wherein the receiving apparatus includes, a creation section, and a reservation control section, the recording apparatus includes, a recording section, and a recording control section.

Abstract: A content transmission device that is connected to a plurality of external devices including a reproduction device reproducing content data, including a transmitting section transmitting content data to the reproduction device, a detecting section detecting the state of each of the plurality of external devices, a parental level determining section determining for the reproduction device a boundary between a parental level on content data the viewing of which is restricted and a parental level on content data the viewing of which is allowed according to the state of each of the plurality of external devices detected by the detecting section, and a control section controlling transmission of content data from the transmitting section based on the relation between the boundary determined by the parental level determining section and a parental level set on content data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus for receiving, either in broadcast fashion or via an external network, content information made up of contents and meta information about the contents, the receiving apparatus including: a device search section; a device information acquisition section; a device compatibility determination section; a storage destination information acquisition section; a content search section; and a content offering section.

Abstract: A recording apparatus that can record a content on a first recording medium, and on a second recording medium taking longer time to record a content than the first recording medium does, the recording apparatus includes: a recording control means for controlling recording of a transferred content such a way that when the transferred content that is a content sent from another device is recorded on the second recording medium, the transferred content is recorded on the first recording medium prior to the second recording medium and the transferred content recorded on the first recording medium is recorded on the second recording medium; and a notifying means for notifying the another device that reception of the transferred content is completed at a time when the recording of the transferred content on the first recording medium is completed before the recording of the transferred content on the second recording medium is completed.