1. A content playing system including a content server having a server storage in which content data are stored, and a playing terminal for establishing communication with said content server and retrieving desired content data from said server storage to play the content data, comprising:
a management storage for holding registration authentication data for authenticating a user identification of said playing terminal and terminal identification data for identifying said playing terminal;
an authentication section for referencing, upon receipt of the authentication data sent from said playing terminal, said management storage based on the received data, and for determining, when registration authentication data matching with the received data is found as stored in said storage, that the authentication is correct; and
a transmitter for transmitting the terminal identification data to said content server when the authentication is correct,
said content server comprising:
a data recorder operative in response to the terminal identification data transmitted from said transmitter for recording the terminal identification data in said server storage as terminal authentication data;
a terminal authentication section operative in response to the terminal identification data sent from said playing terminal for referencing said server storage based on the received data to perform terminal authentication of said playing terminal, and for determining, when terminal authentication data matching with the received data is found as stored in said storage, that the terminal authentication is correct; and
a communication controller for establishing, when the terminal authentication is correct, the communication between said content server and said playing terminal.
2. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said management storage holds a destination correspondence table, which defines destination data including a communication address of a content server to communicate with in association with the terminal identification data of a playing terminal,
said system further comprising:
a registration database server for managing communication between said content server and said playing terminal, said registration database server including said management storage, said authentication section and said transmitter; and
a server identification section for referencing, when said authentication section determines the authentication is correct, said destination correspondence table in said management storage based on the terminal identification data sent from said playing terminal to identify the destination data associated with the terminal identification data,
said transmitter transmitting, when said server identification section identifies the destination data, the identified destination data to said playing terminal, and transmitting the terminal identification data to said content server.
3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said playing terminal comprises:
a storage for storing content data provided with content identification data for identifying a content;
an operation instruction section for urging a user to instruct a selection of either of a playing control operation and a recording control operation of the content data after the communication with said content server is established;
a selection instruction section operative in response to the recording control operation for content data instructed for urging the user to input the content identification data identifying the content data in order to select at least the content data to be recorded;
a data identification section for referencing said storage based on the input content identification data to identify content data having the content identification data that matches with the input data; and
a transmission controller for transmitting the content data to said content server when said data identification section identifies the content data,
said data recorder recording, when receiving the content data from said playing terminal, the content data received in said server storage.
4. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said playing terminal comprises:
an operation instruction section for urging a user to instruct a selection of either of a playing control operation and a recording control operation of the content data after the communication with said content server is established;
an image shooting section operative in response to the recording control operation instructed for recording content data instructed for starting image shooting of a content to sequentially output data;
a CODEC for encoding the data output from said shooting section depending on at least a classification of the content to produce encoded output data; and
a transmission controller responsive to the encoded output data for transmitting the encoded output data to said content server,
said data recorder receiving the encoded output data and producing content data from the encoded output data received to store the produced data in said server storage.
5. A registration database server provided in a content playing system which includes a content server having a server storage in which content data are stored, and a playing terminal for establishing communication with said content server and retrieving desired content data from said server storage to play the content data, comprising:
a management storage for holding registration authentication data for authenticating a user identification, and a destination correspondence table which defines destination data including a communication address of said content server to communicate with in association with terminal identification data of said playing terminal;
an authentication section operative in response to authentication data sent from said playing terminal for referencing said management storage based on the received data, and determining, when registration authentication data matching with the received data is found as stored in said storage, that the authentication is correct;
a server identification section for referencing, when the authentication is correct, the destination correspondence table in said management storage based on the terminal identification data sent from said playing terminal to identify the destination data associated with the terminal identification data; and
a transmitter for transmitting, when said server identification section identifies the destination data, the identified destination data to said playing terminal, and transmitting the terminal identification data to said content server.
6. The system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said playing terminal comprises:
a storage for storing content data provided with content identification data for identifying a content;
an operation instruction section for urging a user to instruct a selection of either of a playing control operation and a recording control operation of the content data after the communication with said content server is established;
a selection instruction section operative in response to the recording control operation for content data instructed for urging the user to input the content identification data identifying the content data in order to select at least the content data to be recorded;
a data identification section for referencing said storage based on the input content identification data to identify content data having the content identification data that matches with the input data; and
a transmission controller for transmitting the content data to said content server when said data identification section identifies the content data,
said data recorder recording, when receiving the content data from said playing terminal, the content data received in said server storage.
7. The system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said playing terminal comprises:
an operation instruction section for urging a user to instruct a selection of either of a playing control operation and a recording control operation of the content data after the communication with said content server is established;
an image shooting section operative in response to the recording control operation instructed for recording content data instructed for starting image shooting of a content to sequentially output data;
a CODEC for encoding the data output from said shooting section depending on at least a classification of the content to produce encoded output data; and
a transmission controller responsive to the encoded output data for transmitting the encoded output data to said content server,
said data recorder receiving the encoded output data and producing content data from the encoded output data received to store the produced data in said server storage.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A grab handle device for providing assistance and enhanced stability to a person when entering or exiting a cargo box on a pickup truck, the grab handle device comprising:
a mounting bracket positioned in association with a sidewall of the cargo box of the pickup truck, the mounting bracket comprising an upright tubular member, the tubular member having a top edge;
a movable grab bar slidingly positioned within the tubular member of the mounting bracket, the grab bar oriented generally upright with respect to the sidewall of the cargo box, the grab bar comprising a first end extending above the top edge of the tubular member and a second end extending into the tubular member, the grab bar movable between a first position with the first end lowered and proximal to the top edge of the tubular member and a second position with the first end elevated and distal to the top edge of the tubular member, the movable grab bar further comprising a holding mechanism for securing the grab bar in the elevated second position with the first end of the grab bar extending above a top edge of the sidewall of the cargo box, the holding mechanism comprising a retention hook positioned on a side of the movable grab bar, the retention hook oriented to engage the top edge of the tubular member when the grab bar is in the second elevated position.
2. The grab handle device of claim 1 wherein the tubular member comprises a rectangular tube cross section, and wherein the grab bar further comprises an orientation member, the orientation member preventing rotation of the grab bar about a longitudinal axis thereof, thereby maintaining an orientation of the retention hook thereon and its engagement of the top edge of the tubular member.
3. The grab handle device of claim 2 further comprising at least one internal stop mechanism, the at least one internal stop mechanism limiting movement of the movable grab bar within the tubular member to prevent extension of the grab bar beyond the second position.
4. The grab handle device of claim 3 wherein the at least one internal stop mechanism comprises a cross member positioned through the tubular member to operate in concert with the orientation member of the grab bar to limit movement of the movable grab bar.
5. The grab handle device of claim 4 wherein the cross member of the at least one internal stop mechanism further serves to secure the tubular member of the mounting bracket to the sidewall of the cargo box of the pickup truck.
6. The grab handle device of claim 3 wherein the at least one internal stop mechanism comprises upper and lower stop mechanisms, the upper stop mechanism limiting movement of the movable grab bar within the tubular member to prevent extension of the grab bar beyond the second position, and the lower stop mechanism limiting movement of the movable grab bar within the tubular member to prevent lowering of the grab bar beyond the first position.
7. The grab handle device of claim 6 wherein the upper and lower stop mechanisms each comprises a cross member positioned through the tubular member to operate in concert with the orientation member of the grab bar to limit movement of the movable grab bar.
8. The grab handle device of claim 7 wherein the cross member of each of the upper and lower stop mechanisms further serves to secure the tubular member of the mounting bracket to the sidewall of the cargo box of the pickup truck.
9. The grab handle device of claim 1 wherein the mounting bracket is positioned within the structure of the sidewall of the cargo box of the pickup truck.
10. The grab handle device of claim 1 wherein the mounting bracket is positioned on an inside-the-bed surface of the sidewall of the cargo box of the pickup truck.
11. The grab handle device of claim 1 further comprising a handle bar grip positioned on the first end of the movable grab bar.
12. The grab handle device of claim 2 wherein the orientation member comprises a generally rectangular plate positioned on the second end of the movable grab bar, the rectangular plate slideable in connection with the grab bar within the tubular member.
13. The grab handle device of claim 2 wherein the orientation member comprises a cross member positioned on the second end of the movable grab bar and a corresponding track positioned within the tubular member, the cross member slidingly engaging the track and slideable in connection with the grab bar within the tubular member.
14. The grab handle device of claim 1 further comprising at least one mounting bolt for securing the mounting bracket to the sidewall of the cargo box.
15. The grab handle device of claim 1 wherein the upright tubular member comprises transverse axial symmetry such that the same orientation of the tubular member permits alternate attachment to a left hand section of the sidewall or a right hand section of the sidewall of the cargo box of the pickup truck.
16. A grab handle device for providing assistance and enhanced stability to a person when entering or exiting a cargo box on a pickup truck, the grab handle device comprising:
a mounting bracket positioned in association with a sidewall of the cargo box of the pickup truck, the mounting bracket comprising an upright tubular member, the tubular member having a top edge; and
a movable grab bar slidingly positioned within the tubular member of the mounting bracket, the grab bar oriented generally upright with respect to the sidewall of the cargo box, the grab bar comprising a first end extending above the top edge of the tubular member and a second end extending into the tubular member, the grab bar movable between a first position with the first end lowered and proximal to the top edge of the tubular member and a second position with the first end elevated and distal to the top edge of the tubular member, the movable grab bar further comprising a retention hook positioned on a side of the movable grab bar, the retention hook oriented to engage the top edge of the tubular member when the grab bar is in the second elevated position.
17. The grab handle device of claim 16 further comprising at least two mounting bolts for securing the mounting bracket to the sidewall of the cargo box.
18. The grab handle device of claim 17 wherein the at least two mounting bolts comprise an upper bolt and a lower bolt, each bolt traversing through the tubular member and wherein the grab handle device further comprises a limit plate positioned on the second end of the movable grab bar and oriented to contact the upper bolt to prevent movement of the grab bar above the second position and to contact the lower bolt to prevent movement of the grab bar below the first position.