JP-7857090-B2 - Electronic equipment and information processing methods

Inventors

• 打木 寛
• 中島 裕二
• 三島 拓朗
• 井口 恵理子
• 祖父江 拓人
• 土方 智子

Assignees

• シャープ株式会社

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20211004

Claims (12)

1. The communications unit communicates with the service provider that provides the service, A control unit that controls login to the aforementioned service, Includes, The control unit, The system acquires connection status information representing the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device, and if the login status indicates that login to the service has been completed, it controls whether to maintain the login status or log off from the service based on the connection status information. The control unit, If, in the aforementioned login state, it is determined based on the connection status information that the communication device and the terminal device are not connected, the user will be logged off from the service. The control unit, Even if it is determined that the communication device and the terminal device are not connected, if it is determined that the terminal device is connected to a second communication device installed in the same facility as the communication device, an electronic device that performs control to maintain the login state.
2. In claim 1, Electronic equipment including the aforementioned communication device.
3. The communications unit communicates with the service provider that provides the service, A control unit that controls login to the aforementioned service, Includes, The control unit, The system acquires connection status information representing the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device, and if the login status indicates that login to the service has been completed, it controls whether to maintain the login status or log off from the service based on the connection status information. The control unit, When the communication device and the terminal device are connected, identification information for identifying the terminal device is obtained via the communication device. The control unit, An electronic device that associates the aforementioned identification information with a user profile, which is information for using the aforementioned service.
4. In claim 3, The control unit, An electronic device that, when logged off and not logged into the service, determines based on the connection status information that the communication device and the terminal device are connected, controls the user profile to log into the service.
5. In claim 3 or 4, The control unit, An electronic device that performs control to delete information related to the user profile when it is determined that a given condition is met, based on at least one of the connection status information and management information relating to the facility where the electronic device is installed.
6. The communications unit communicates with the service provider that provides the service, A control unit that controls login to the aforementioned service, Includes, The control unit, The system acquires connection status information representing the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device, and if the login status indicates that login to the service has been completed, it controls whether to maintain the login status or log off from the service based on the connection status information. The aforementioned communication device is a reading device that uses short-range wireless communication, The connection status information is information indicating whether the communication device and the terminal device are located within the communication range of the short-range wireless communication. The terminal device is a device capable of rewriting identification information that identifies the terminal device, The control unit is an electronic device that acquires the identification information of the terminal device read by the communication device.
7. In any one of claims 1 to 6, Further including a display unit, The control unit, An electronic device that controls the display unit to show connection setting information used for connection with the aforementioned communication device.
8. The communications unit communicates with the service provider that provides the service, A control unit that controls login to the aforementioned service, Includes, The control unit, The system acquires connection status information representing the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device, and if the login status indicates that login to the service has been completed, it controls whether to maintain the login status or log off from the service based on the connection status information. When the communication device and the terminal device are connected, identification information for identifying the terminal device is obtained via the communication device. An electronic device that acquires, as the identification information of the terminal device, information other than the identification information of equipment installed in a facility where the electronic device is located, from among the one or more pieces of identification information transmitted from the communication device.
9. An information processing method for using a given service in an electronic device, Obtain connection status information that represents the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device. When the user is logged in to the aforementioned service, the system controls whether to maintain the logged-in state or log off from the service based on the connection status information. If, in the aforementioned login state, it is determined based on the connection status information that the communication device and the terminal device are not connected, the user will be logged off from the service. Even if it is determined that the communication device and the terminal device are not connected, if it is determined that the terminal device is connected to a second communication device installed in the same facility as the communication device, control is performed to maintain the login state. Information processing methods.
10. An information processing method for using a given service in an electronic device, Obtain connection status information that represents the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device. When the user is logged in to the aforementioned service, the system controls whether to maintain the logged-in state or log off from the service based on the connection status information. When the communication device and the terminal device are connected, identification information for identifying the terminal device is obtained via the communication device. The aforementioned identification information is associated with a user profile, which is information for using the aforementioned service. Information processing methods.
11. An information processing method for using a given service in an electronic device, Obtain connection status information that represents the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device. When the user is logged in to the aforementioned service, the system controls whether to maintain the logged-in state or log off from the service based on the connection status information. The aforementioned communication device is a reading device that uses short-range wireless communication, The connection status information is information indicating whether the communication device and the terminal device are located within the communication range of the short-range wireless communication. The terminal device is a device capable of rewriting identification information that identifies the terminal device, The communication device acquires the identification information of the terminal device that it has read. Information processing methods.
12. An information processing method for using a given service in an electronic device, Obtain connection status information that represents the connection status between the communication device and the terminal device. When the user is logged in to the aforementioned service, the system controls whether to maintain the logged-in state or log off from the service based on the connection status information. When the communication device and the terminal device are connected, identification information for identifying the terminal device is obtained via the communication device. Of the one or more pieces of identification information transmitted from the communication device, information other than the identification information of equipment installed in the facility where the electronic device is located, which is stored in advance, is acquired as the identification information of the terminal device. Information processing methods.

Description

This invention relates to electronic devices and information processing methods, etc. Conventional methods used in video content distribution services are known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a method in which the association between content and user profiles is stored, and when the user logs into the user profile on the local content viewing device, the settings of the user profile are applied to the local content viewing device. Special Publication No. 2010-526378 Examples of electronic devices.Examples of electronic devices.An example of a system configuration including electronic equipment.Example of an electronic device configuration.An example of a system configuration including electronic equipment.A flowchart explaining the processing of electronic devices.A sequence diagram illustrating the process of acquiring identification information for a terminal device.An example of connection settings information displayed on the display unit.A sequence diagram illustrating the process of storing identification information and user profiles.A flowchart explaining the processing of electronic devices.A schematic diagram representing a facility where electronic equipment and communication devices are installed.An example of a system configuration including electronic equipment.An example of a system configuration including electronic equipment. The following description of this embodiment will be made with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, identical or equivalent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted. This embodiment described below is not intended to unduly limit the scope of the claims. Furthermore, not all configurations described in this embodiment are necessarily essential components of this disclosure. 1. First Embodiment The electronic device 100 according to this embodiment is a device that can use services such as video distribution services. The electronic device 100 is also a device that can acquire information from a communication device 200 and performs control related to logging into the above service based on the connection status between the communication device 200 and the terminal device 300. In this way, user operations related to logging in and logging out can be reduced, thereby improving convenience. After describing an example configuration of the electronic device 100, the details of the processing will be described below. 1.1 System Configuration Example Figures 1A and 1B show an example of the electronic device 100 according to this embodiment. As shown in Figure 1A, the electronic device 100 of this embodiment may be a display device 10 that includes a display unit for displaying images. The display device 10 is a device that has an interface for receiving signals from an antenna, a decoder, a display, a speaker, etc., and is a device that acquires a video signal based on a broadcast wave of television broadcasting and displays the video signal on a display. However, the display device 10 may be a device that does not receive a broadcast wave of television broadcasting. For example, the display device 10 may be a device that acquires a video signal via a network such as the Internet and displays the video signal on a display. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 1B, the electronic device 100 in this embodiment may be a recorder 20 having recording and playback functions. Here, the recorder 20 is a device capable of storing video signals based on, for example, television broadcast waves. Alternatively, the recorder 20 may be a device that acquires video signals via a network such as the Internet. The recorder 20 may be an HDD recorder capable of storing video information in an HDD (hard disk drive), a BD recorder capable of reading/writing BDs (Blu-ray Discs), or any other type of recorder. The recorder 20 shown in Figure 1B is a device that includes, for example, an interface for receiving signals from an antenna, a decoder, memory, and an output interface, and is connected to an external display device via the output interface. Here, the display device is, for example, a television receiver. The output interface is, for example, an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) interface. However, the recorder 20 and the display device may be connected using a D-terminal cable or a component cable, and various modifications are possible for the specific configuration of the output interface. Furthermore, the electronic device 100 of this embodiment is not limited to the display device 10 and the recorder 20. For example, the electronic device 100 may be a set-top box that receives television broadcast waves and other video signals and outputs the video signals to a television receiver or recorder. In addition, the electronic device 100 of this embodiment is expandable to include other devices that acquire video signals. Figure 2 shows an example of the system configuration including the electronic device 100 of this