Abstract: An apparatus includes unit storing scripts includes a tree structure, each of the scripts including at least one of a child-node script and content, unit selecting a parent-node script among the scripts, and acquiring to analyze a child-node script if the child-node script exists, unit acquiring content if content exists, unit retrieving substitute content if the acquisition of content ends in failure and if content indicates retrieving substitute content, unit retrieving the substitute-child-node script if the acquisition of the child-node script ends in failure and if the child-node script indicates retrieving the substitute-child-node script, and retrieving the substitute-parent-node script when content or the child-node script shows retrieving the substitute-parent-node script, unit acquiring substitute content when substitute content is found, unit acquiring the substitute-child-node script and the substitute-parent-node script when the substitute-child-node script and the substitute-parent-node script a

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a content playback apparatus includes a playback module, a decision module, and a management module. The playback module is configured to play back a content includes components selected from moving picture data, image data, sound data and text data, thereby to produce video data and audio data. The decision module is configured to determine, based on a state of the content playback apparatus, whether the components of the content can be viewed and listened to. The management module is configured to manage video-audio management data includes data items based on a decision result of the decision module, each data item representing whether a video or audio data item has been viewed or listened to.

Abstract: A first acquisition unit acquires each of the resources defined by the scenario, from locations depending on identifiers of the resources. A judging unit judge, when a resource having same identifier and structure as the resource acquired is existent in the cache storage, erases the resource, the identifier thereof, and the receipt time information from the cache storage, and when not existent, stores the acquired resource in association with the identifier thereof and the receipt time information of the bookmark instruction, in the cache storage. A second acquisition, when the identifiers of the resources specified by a first scenario are existent in the cache storage, acquires the resources from the cache storage according to the receipt time information corresponding to the first scenario and identifiers of the resources, and when not existent, acquires the resources from a location depending on the identifiers.

Abstract: The program synthesizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a coupling unit configured to couple an information acquiring plug-in module, an information processing plug-in module, and a presentation plug-in module through their input interfaces and output interfaces based on a mashup scenario; a plug-in module driving unit configured to sequentially drive the coupled plug-in modules; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information when the information acquiring plug-in module is driven; an information processing unit configured to perform a predetermined process on the information when the information processing plug-in module is driven; an object resolving unit configured to determine a value of object presented by a specified presentation scenario when the presentation plug-in module is driven; and a program output unit configured to output a program being a presentation scenario in which the object value is resolved.

Abstract: The program synthesizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a coupling unit configured to couple an information acquiring plug-in module, an information processing plug-in module, and a presentation plug-in module through their input interfaces and output interfaces based on a mashup scenario; a plug-in module driving unit configured to sequentially drive the coupled plug-in modules; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information when the information acquiring plug-in module is driven; an information processing unit configured to perform a predetermined process on the information when the information processing plug-in module is driven; an object resolving unit configured to determine a value of object presented by a specified presentation scenario when the presentation plug-in module is driven; and a program output unit configured to output a program being a presentation scenario in which the object value is resolved.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information select apparatus includes a storage, an acquisition module, and a selector. The storage is configured to store a script in which at least first information indicative of a search condition of articles, second information indicative of a select condition of articles, and third information indicative of an output order of articles are described, in order to select data which is to be provided to a user. The acquisition module is configured to acquire a data group from a network according to the first information of the script. The selector is configured to select data items from the data group according to the second information of the script, and to orderly arrange the selected data items according to the third information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold, in advance, presentation data to be presented to a person; a detection unit configured to detect, in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a photographic subject, the photographic subject; a reading unit configured to read presentation data associated with a detection result of the photographic subject from among items of presentation data held in advance; and an output unit configured to output the read presentation data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aryl-substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This compound serves as nociceptin receptor antagonist and is useful as a pharmaceutical agent for treating diseases associated with a nociceptin receptor. (I) [in the formula, A1, A2 and A3 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and one or two of A1, A2 and A3 represent a carbon atom; R1 represents a lower alkyl group or the like; R2 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like; and R4 represents a lower alkyl group or the like.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has an information acquiring unit which acquires a plurality of pieces of information over a network in accordance with an acquisition script included in a scenario, an information converting unit which extracts portions represented to a user from the respective pieces of acquired information in accordance with a conversion script included in the scenario, a movement adding unit which processes all or part of the presented portion so that display contents can be presented in such a form as to change and/or be accompanied with the sound output in accordance with a movement adding script included in the scenario, a statistics recording unit which records processing cost for each of the information acquiring unit, the information converting unit and the movement adding unit, an extraction unit which extracts dependency information showing a dependency relationship between the processes from the scenario, and a control unit which determines the priority of the processes to be c

Abstract: An apparatus includes unit storing scripts includes a tree structure, each of the scripts including at least one of a child-node script and content, unit selecting a parent-node script among the scripts, and acquiring to analyze a child-node script if the child-node script exists, unit acquiring content if content exists, unit retrieving substitute content if the acquisition of content ends in failure and if content indicates retrieving substitute content, unit retrieving the substitute-child-node script if the acquisition of the child-node script ends in failure and if the child-node script indicates retrieving the substitute-child-node script, and retrieving the substitute-parent-node script when content or the child-node script shows retrieving the substitute-parent-node script, unit acquiring substitute content when substitute content is found, unit acquiring the substitute-child-node script and the substitute-parent-node script when the substitute-child-node script and the substitute-parent-node script a

Abstract: A content item recommendation device includes; a storage which stores information of a plurality of content items describing identifiers and usage characteristics of the resources used in the content items; a first specifying unit which specifies first content items which use at least S number of resources in common with a specified content item; a second specifying unit which specifies second content items which use at least K number of resources in common with each of the first content items; a calculator which calculates relationship levels between the specified content item and each of the second content items; a selector which selects recommended content items from the second content items based on the relationship levels.

Abstract: In a microprocessor, a program key for decrypting a program and a data key for encrypting/decrypting data processed by the program are handled as cryptographically inseparable pair inside the microprocessor, so that it becomes possible for the microprocessor to protect processes that actually execute the program, without an intervention of the operating system, and it becomes possible to conceal secret information of the program not only from the other user program but also from the operating system.

Abstract: Whether a combination method defined in an output rule satisfies a combination condition of each content specified in a play list is judged in order of priority defined in a priority list. Based on the judgment result, the output rule is edited in such a manner that the combination condition of each content specified in the play list is satisfied. The resources of the combination target contents specified in the play list are combined in accordance with the combination method of the edited output rule.

Abstract: In the method for sharing encrypted data region among two or more processes on a tamper resistant processor, one process creates the encrypted data region to be shared according to the common key generated as a result of the safe key exchange, and the other process maps that region to its own address space or process space. The address information of the shared encrypted data region and the common key of each process are set in relation in the encrypted attribute register inside the tamper resistant processor, so that it is possible to share the encrypted data region safely.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aryl-substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This compound serves as nociceptin receptor antagonist and is useful as a pharmaceutical agent for treating diseases associated with a nociceptin receptor. (I) [in the formula, A1, A2 and A3 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and one or two of A1, A2 and A3 represent a carbon atom; R1 represents a lower alkyl group or the like; R2 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like; and R4 represents a lower alkyl group or the like.

Abstract: An information display apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of information items through a network in accordance with an acquisition script in a scenario, the scenario including a conversion script and a motion addition script, an information conversion unit configured to extract one or more parts to be displayed from each information item acquired by the information acquisition unit in accordance with the conversion script included in the scenario, a motion addition unit configured to process all or some of the parts extracted by the information conversion unit, to be displayed with changing in content automatically and/or with an audio output, respectively, in accordance with the motion addition script included in the scenario.

Abstract: An imaging distribution apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a distribution request for distribution of a specific program from a client apparatus via a network, a program scenario acquisition unit configured to acquire a program scenario corresponding to the specific program requested for by the distribution request, a content acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of information contents based on the program scenario, a conversion unit configured to convert the information contents to image scene based on the program scenario, an encoding unit configured to encode the image scene, to generate a stream, and a stream distribution unit configured to distribute the stream to the client apparatus via the network.

Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus includes: a content storage configured to store content which includes a plurality of resources and a utilization condition of the resources; a scenario storage configured to store a scenario which includes output rules each defining a way of combining one or more resources selected from the plurality of resources and a play list defining an order of reading the output rules; a reading out unit configured to read out the scenario and the content from the storages; a condition processing unit configured to perform processing for satisfying the utilization condition in the content; and an information combining unit configured to read the output rules in the order specified by the play list, combine the one or more resources according to respective one of the output rules and output combined resources for the respective one of the output rules.

Abstract: The invention relates to 4-oxoimidazolidine-2-spiropiperidine derivatives represented by a general formula [I] [in which A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 stand for optionally halogen-substituted methine, or nitrogen atom; R1 and R2 stand for lower alkyl or the like; R3 stands for hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 and R5 stand for hydrogen, or lower alkyl which is optionally substituted with hydroxy, or the like] or salts thereof. These compounds act as nociceptin receptor agonist, and are useful as analgesic, reliever from tolerance to narcotic analgesic, reliever from dependence on narcotic analgesic, analgesic enhancer, antiobestic, drug for ameliorating brain function, remedy for schizophrenia, drug for treating regressive neurodegenerative diseases, antianxiety agent or antidepressant and remedy for diabetes insipidus and polyuria; and the like.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a method for evaluating a compound which regulates eating or body weight characterized by comprising the steps of introducing a BARLP gene and preparing a cell expressing BARLP; bringing a test compound into contact with the cell; and detecting a specific binding of the test compound to the BARLP and a method for evaluating a compound further comprising the step of evaluating a test compound using a nonhuman genetically-engineered animal in which the BARLP gene is inactivated. According to this invention, knowledge about a relationship between BARLP and biological functions is obtained and a method for evaluating a compound targeting BARLP and a BARLP ligand obtained by the evaluation can be provided.