Contents control in electronic device

• US 10,009,421 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Ik-Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Donabed, Ninos
• Application Number:
  US14/747,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20160119418A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/101 based on network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/83 Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including a storage module that stores contents, and a content control module that transmits the contents to at least one other electronic device. The content control module may store log information in the storage module which is recorded in connection with access to the contents by the electronic device or the at least one other electronic device as attribute information (metadata) related to the contents.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication module;

a first storage module;

a first display; and

a first processor configured to;

transmit, via the communication module, content stored in the first storage module to a server in communication with a plurality of external devices,

store connection information with the server in the first storage module as a first attribute information associated with the content,

receive, via the communication module, log information from the server, the log information related to access of the content by at least one of the plurality of external devices,

store the log information in the first storage module as a second attribute information associated with the content,

display, on the first display, the content from the first storage module and one or more indicators indicating the second attribute information and service information associated with the server overlapping at least a portion of the content, and

in response to receiving a selection input of the one or more indicators, access, via the communication module, the server using the first attribute information to display, on the first display, the content retrieved from the server,

wherein one of the plurality of external devices comprises;

a second storage module;

a second display; and

a second processor configured to;

receive the content and the first attribute information from the electronic device or the server and store the content and the first attribute information in the second storage module,

store, in the second storage module, connection information with the electronic device or the server as a fourth attribute information, and

using the first and fourth attribute information, identify transmission log information associated with the content.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the content include at least one of an image, text, audio data and video.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the log information includes at least one of capture information, edit information, share information, and transmission information, wherein the capture information includes an identification of a device that performed the capture, the edit information includes an identification of a device that performed the edit, the share information includes an identification of a share service, and the transmission information includes an identification of a transmission service.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the server comprises a cloud server, a social media server, or a web server.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first processor stores the content such that the first and/or second attribute information are included as a part of the content.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the content is a first content, and the first processor controls to display the first content and/or a second content received in relation to the first content from the server on the first display.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first processor further receives other log information or other content from the server or the plurality of external devices, wherein the other log information or the other content are associated with the content using the second attribute information.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the first processor stores the other log information or the other content as a third attribute information associated with the content.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first processor transmits at least some of the first or second attribute information or additional attribute information to the server separately from the content or as a part of the content.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first processor transmits updated attribute information associated with the content to the server.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first processor displays the one or more indicators to distinguish the content from other content while displaying a content list including the content and the other content.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the first processors displays the other log information or the other content while concurrently displaying the content.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second processor transmits a request for additional information related to the content, and receives the additional information related to the content.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the additional information includes a popularity information related to the content.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the server comprises:

a third storage module;

a communication unit; and

a third processor configured to;

control the communication unit to communicate with the electronic device and the plurality of external devices,

receive the content from the electronic device,

identify the log information related to the access of the content by at least one of the plurality of external devices,

store the log information in the third storage module as the second attribute information associated with the content, and

transmit the log information to the electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the third processor stores the content such that the second attribute information is included as a part of the content.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the third processor receives a request for particular information related to the content from one of the plurality of external devices, detects the particular information, and transmits the detected particular information to the one of the plurality of external devices.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the particular information includes a popularity information related to the content.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the third processor updates the first or second attribute information of the content based on updated attribute information associated with the content received from the electronic device or at least one of the plurality of external devices.

20. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the third processor stores other content associated with the content received from the electronic device or at least one of the plurality of external devices as a fifth attribute information.

21. A method of controlling content by an electronic device, the method comprising:

transmitting the content to a server in communication with a plurality of external devices;

storing connection information with the server as a first attribute information associated with the content;

receiving log information from the server, the log information related to access of the content by at least one of the plurality of external devices;

storing the log information as a second attribute information associated with the content;

displaying the content and one or more indicators indicating the second attribute information and service information associated with the server overlapping at least a portion of the content;

receiving a selection input of the one or more indicators;

in response to receiving the selection input, accessing the server using the first attribute information; and

in response to accessing the server, displaying the content retrieved from the server

wherein one of the plurality of external devices performs;

receiving the content and the first attribute information from the electronic device or the server and storing the content and the first attribute information;

storing connection information with the electronic device or the server as a third attribute information; and

using the first and third attribute information, identifying transmission log information associated with the content.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the server performs:

establishing communication with the electronic device and the plurality of external devices;

receiving the content from the electronic device;

identifying the log information related to the access of the content by at least one of the plurality of external devices;

storing the log information as the second attribute information associated with the content; and

transmitting the log information to the electronic device.