Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Abstract

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can ensure content-related application programs can be reliably utilized. A client 11 reproduces content distributed from a content server 12 via a network 21, and if the content being reproduced is identified by an ACR server 13, a T/SS for managing an application relating to the identified content is acquired from a T/SS server 14, a predetermined application distributed from an application server 15 is acquired on the basis of the T/SS acquired, and the activation and so on of that application is managed, and the application can therefore be reliably utilized. The present technology can, for example, be applied to a content distribution system that distributes content and content-linked applications.

1 . An information processing device comprising:
 a content reproduction unit that reproduces content distributed from a content distribution device;   a management information acquisition unit that, in the case where the content being reproduced is identified, acquires management information for managing an application program relating to the identified content, from a management information distribution device that distributes the management information; and   a management information processing unit that executes processing to manage the application program on the basis of the acquired management information.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing device according to  claim 1 , wherein the management information is information relating to control of the application program to be executed in conjunction with the content, and
 the management information processing unit controls the operation of the application program on the basis of the acquired management information.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing device according to  claim 2 , further comprising a sample acquisition unit that acquires sample data of video data or audio data of the content,
 wherein the content is identified by a content identification device that identifies target content on the basis of the sample data of the video data or the audio data of the content acquired.   
     
     
         4 . The information processing device according to  claim 3 , wherein the management information processing unit acquires the application program corresponding to a reproduction time of the content, from an application distribution device that distributes the application program. 
     
     
         5 . The information processing device according to  claim 4 , further comprising a presentation unit that presents information indicating a recognition rate of the content that is obtained in the identification processing carried out by the content identification device,
 wherein the management information processing unit acquires the application program from the application distribution device in the case where acquisition of the application program is instructed from a user in response to the presented recognition rate of the content.   
     
     
         6 . The information processing device according to  claim 3 , wherein the sample acquisition unit acquires the sample data once again, in response to the recognition rate of the content that is obtained in the identification processing carried out by the content identification device, and
 the content is identified on the basis of the sample data acquired once again.   
     
     
         7 . The information processing device according to  claim 6 , wherein the sample acquisition unit alters an extraction region or a sampling frequency of the sample data in the case where the sample data is to be acquired once again. 
     
     
         8 . An information processing method to be performed by an information processing device, the information processing method comprising the steps of:
 reproducing content distributed from a content distribution device;   acquiring, in the case where the content being reproduced is identified, management information for managing an application program relating to the identified content, from a management information distribution device that distributes the management information; and   executing processing to manage the application program on the basis of the management information acquired.   
     
     
         9 . A program for causing a computer to function as:
 a content reproduction unit that reproduces content distributed from a content distribution device;   a management information acquisition unit that, in the case where the content being reproduced is identified, acquires management information for managing an application program relating to the identified content, from a management information distribution device that distributes the management information; and   a management information processing unit that executes processing to manage the application program on the basis of the acquired management information.