Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: a reaction determiner that determines, on a basis of reaction information of a viewer who views a program, an attitude of the viewer toward the program; and an environment provider that provides the viewer with a viewing environment that is identical to a viewing environment provided to a viewer group having an attitude that is identical to the attitude of the viewer towards the program.

Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: a reaction determiner that determines, on a basis of reaction information of a viewer who views a program, an attitude of the viewer toward the program; and an environment provider that provides the viewer with a viewing environment that is identical to a viewing environment provided to a viewer group having an attitude that is identical to the attitude of the viewer towards the program.

Abstract: In a mashup agent 23 that is an information processing apparatus, a controller is configured to perform control to detect an intent of a user, operate an agent capable of providing a service corresponding to the detected intent of the user, and present, to the user, a result supplied to the agent from the service.

Abstract: A system includes circuitry that receives a request for, and generates, individual terminal identification information. The individual terminal identification information identifies a terminal device with respect to other terminal devices and is used when accessing data associated with the individual identification information. Individual terminal identification information is recorded with the individual identification information.

Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a display control method is provided. The method includes defining at least one clipping region, within an image to be displayed, according to detected object information, and defining clipping region content for displaying in the clipping region.

Abstract: A system includes circuitry that receives a request for, and generates, individual terminal identification information. The individual terminal identification information identifies a terminal device with respect to other terminal devices and is used when accessing data associated with the individual identification information. Individual terminal identification information is recorded with the individual identification information.

Abstract: There is provided a server device including a data retaining unit configured to retain at least data of each individual, without retaining information that identifies a specific individual, and a data registration unit configured to acquire at least data of each individual from another system retaining at least information that identifies a specific individual and the data of each individual, and register the data of each individual in the data retaining unit. The data registration unit acquires data from the another system using a linking ID for making a linkage with the another system, and registers the data in the data retaining unit.

Abstract: An intake system is provided with an intake flow control valve (300) provided in an intake port (50) upstream of an intake valve (70). The intake flow control valve (300) may be switched between at least a first position (300A) and a second position (300B), in accordance with the operating state of an engine, by rotating a rotary shaft (360), which is supported by a rotary shaft support part (350). In the first position, the clearance between the valve element and the inner wall of the intake port is small. In the second position, the clearance between the valve element and the inner wall of the intake port is large.

Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a display control method is provided. The method includes defining at least one clipping region, within an image to be displayed, according to detected object information, and defining clipping region content for displaying in the clipping region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for accurately and efficiently controlling an access from an external network to an internal network. Both a client device connectable to the external network and an application gateway store shared secret information (Secret) including a client ID: GUID(C) as an ID generated by the client and a server ID: GUID(S) as an ID generated by the application gateway in respective storage units. In response to an access request from the client, the application gateway determines whether the client has appropriate shared secret information (Secret) so as to determine an access right. With this configuration, a right of access from the external network to the internal network, such as a home network, can be efficiently and accurately determined.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method capable of efficiently sending an event corresponding to content to be transmitted from a server to each client. A content providing server assigns a session ID to each client on condition that the server receives an event notification request, which specifies an event URL, from the client and then manages an event notification process on the basis of the event URL and the session ID. When respectively transmitting pieces of content to a plurality of clients, the server determines event information to be transmitted on the basis of each event URL regarding the corresponding piece of content and controls event notification timing for each client on the basis of the corresponding session ID. According to the present configuration, the load of managing data in the event notification process on the server can be reduced and a correct event synchronized with transmission content can be sent to each client.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method are provided, which efficiently and properly execute information update processing and content reproduction processing based on transmission processing of content information from a server to a client. The server owning content attribute information extracts metadata based on an information acquisition request from the client, to generate the content information based on property information which is a component of the metadata, and for each property, sets data editing information allowed by each piece of the property information to transmit to the client. Furthermore, the server generates the content information including data mode information by which processing capability in a device on the client side can be judged, such as record quality level information and codec information, as the data mode information of the contents.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method enabling a client connected to an external network to efficiently obtain information about servers connected to an internal network. An information processing device serving as an application gateway connected at an interface between the external network and the internal network performs a server information obtaining process about connected servers through the internal network in response to a request for obtaining information about the servers connected to the internal network transmitted from the client connected to the external network, generates a device list based on the obtained server information, and transmits the device list to the client through the external network. With this configuration, the client connected to the external network can efficiently obtain information about the servers connected to the internal network.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method that generate a MAC list that serves as an access control list efficiently without burdening a user. A MAC list registration processing request packet is automatically transmitted by using as a trigger either a power-on process of the power source of a client apparatus connected to a network or an activation process of a specific application, e.g., an execution application for services using a home network. A server performs a registration process by acquiring information such as a MAC address from the received packet in accordance with a state of empty slots in the MAC list. According to this configuration, it is possible to easily and correctly generate the MAC list, which serves as the access control list, without burdening a user.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided, which enable to perform an improved management processing based on an identifier information of a content on a server. The content providing server sets content-associated unique identifier information as property information that is a component of content-associated metadata, maintains the unique identifier information as content-associated metadata without changing the unique identifier information even if the logical/physical position of a content stored in the storage unit is changed, and maintains a setting value of unique identifier information, which is set associated with a received content, as metadata associated with the received content without changing the setting value of the unique identifier information. By this configuration, even if a content is moved between servers, a client can acquire the content based on the unique identifier.

Abstract: Content that is appropriate according to a specification of client equipment is distributed without having to prepare content of a plurality of formats. When a data list request is received from a client, a server sets a content URL and conversion identification information indicating that the content is original content for content that does not require data conversion. In the case of content for which data conversion is necessary, a virtual URL embedded with data conversion specifying information and conversion identification information indicating the necessity of conversion are set the URL and returned to the client. The server then receives the URL from the client for analysis. If there is no data conversion specifying information, the content is transmitted as it. If data conversion specifying information is embedded, the content is sent to the client after data conversion in accordance with the data conversion specifying information.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method capable of efficiently and accurately constructing an access control configuration having high security are realized. Only the MAC address of a controller (client) 351 authorized by a user is authenticated and registered in a MAC address table of a device 352, and the device 352 performs MAC address filtering for permitting access by the controller 351 (client) which is authenticated and registered in the MAC address table. Furthermore, by making a registration completion notification and by performing version adjustment, a reliable access control configuration is constructed. The device authentication apparatus 350 avoids access from an unauthorized party which is not authenticated and registered, and makes the presence of a server not known to the controller which attempts to illegally perform device authentication. Therefore, access control with high security is realized.

Abstract: An intake system is provided with an intake flow control valve (300) provided in an intake port (50) upstream of an intake valve (70). The intake flow control valve (300) may be switched between at least a first position (300A) and a second position (300B), in accordance with the operating state of an engine, by rotating a rotary shaft (360), which is supported by a rotary shaft support part (350). In the first position, the clearance between the valve element and the inner wall of the intake port is small. In the second position, the clearance between the valve element and the inner wall of the intake port is large.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method which enable to execute different access controls based on setting modes are realized. A MAC address table in which a manually registered client MAC address and an automatically registered client MAC address are registered in forms to be able to distinguish each other is set. If an access control mode is an automatic registration access control mode, a MAC addresses of an access requesting client is registered until the number of the MAC address reaches a defined limit number of registration: N of the MAC address table, and the access is allowed under the condition of the registration; or if the access control mode is a registered device access control mode, the access is allowed under the condition that the client MAC address is registered in the MAC address table as the manually registered MAC address.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are proposed which enable an improved control processing for live streaming distribution of tuner received content from a server to a client. By setting a URL to a channel list as a set of channels, and transmitting a content acquisition request from the client to the server, wherein the channel list URL is designated, to a server, the client can collectively obtain rights to control all content on the channels listed in the channel list. By continuously using an HTTP connection set on the basis of a channel list, the client can switch channels.