Method and apparatus for providing and receiving contents via network, method and apparatus for backing up data via network, backup data providing device, and backup system

• US 10,200,373 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2016
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Keum-koo, Sung, Ju-yun, Kim, Sun-ae, Choo, Hee-jeong, Kwahk, Ji-young
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Trong H
• Application Number:
  US15/359,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075769A1
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/84 Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Provided are methods and apparatuses for providing contents via a network, in which original data of contents provided via a network can be traced, and contents that are modified according to performance of a contents receiving device is provided. Location information of original contents is added to metadata of contents provided via the network to thereby increase convenience of access to the original contents and modify attributes of contents that are provided, to be suitable for the performance of the contents receiving device.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating content sharing by a system, the method comprising:

storing user-uploaded content and information identifying users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

obtaining first information regarding the user-uploaded content and second information including editing information of an image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein a file size of the image associated with the user-uploaded content is lower than a file size of the user-uploaded content;

sending, to a user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, the first information regarding the user-uploaded content and the second information including the editing information of the image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein the first information regarding the user-uploaded content is a single data unit including access right information for allowing an authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and information indicating a location of the user-uploaded content, wherein the image associated with the user-uploaded content is sent to the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

receiving a request for the user-uploaded content from a device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, wherein the request is based on the access right information for allowing the authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content;

in response to receiving the request for the user-uploaded content, determining to allow access to the user-uploaded content based on the request from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared and the information identifying the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared; and

sending the user-uploaded content to the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, based on the determining to allow access to the user-uploaded content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending type information of the user-uploaded content along with the first information and the second information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending user information of an uploading user that uploads the user-uploaded content along with the first information and the second information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-uploaded content is image content, wherein the image associated with the user-uploaded content comprises reduced image content having a resolution lower than a resolution of the image content, and wherein an aspect ratio of the reduced image content is different from an aspect ratio of the image content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the image associated with the user-uploaded content based on a resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content,

wherein the resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content is received from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-uploaded content is video content, and wherein attributes of the image associated with the user-uploaded content are different from attributes of the video content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content is in a Universal Resource Locator (URL) format, and wherein the single data unit comprises a URL.

8. A system comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to;

store user-uploaded content and information identifying users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

obtain first information regarding the user-uploaded content and second information including editing information of an image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein a file size of the image associated with the user-uploaded content is lower than a file size of the user-uploaded content;

send, to a user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, the first information regarding the user-uploaded content and the second information including the editing information of the image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein the first information regarding the user-uploaded content is a single data unit including access right information for allowing an authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and information indicating a location of the user-uploaded content, wherein the image associated with the user-uploaded content is sent to the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

receive a request for the user-uploaded content from a device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, wherein the request is based on the access right information for allowing the authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content;

in response to receiving the request for the user-uploaded content, determine to allow access to the user-uploaded content based on the request from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared and the information identifying the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared; and

send the user-uploaded content to the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, based on the determining to allow access to the user-uploaded content.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor of the system is further configured to execute the instructions to:

send type information of the user-uploaded content along with the first information and the second information.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor of the system is further configured to execute the instructions to:

send user information of an uploading user that uploads the user-uploaded content along with the first information and the second information.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the user-uploaded content is image content, wherein the image associated with the user-uploaded content comprises reduced image content having a resolution lower than a resolution of the image content, and wherein an aspect ratio of the reduced image content is different from an aspect ratio of the image content.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor of the system is further configured to execute the instructions to generate the image associated with the user-uploaded content based on a resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content,

wherein the resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content is received from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the user-uploaded content is video content, and wherein attributes of the image associated with the user-uploaded content are different from attributes of the video content.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content is in a Universal Resource Locator (URL) format, and wherein the single data unit comprises a URL.

15. A method of facilitating content sharing by a system, the method comprising:

controlling to store user-uploaded content and information identifying users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

controlling to obtain first information regarding the user-uploaded content and second information including editing information of an image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein a file size of the image associated with the user-uploaded content is lower than a file size of the user-uploaded content;

controlling to send, to a user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, the first information regarding the user-uploaded content and the second information including the editing information of the image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein the first information regarding the user-uploaded content is a single data unit including access right information for allowing an authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and information indicating a location of the user-uploaded content, wherein the image associated with the user-uploaded content is sent to the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

controlling to receive a request for the user-uploaded content from a device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, wherein the request is based on the access right information for allowing the authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content;

in response to receiving the request for the user-uploaded content, controlling to determine to allow access to the user-uploaded content based on the request from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared and the information identifying the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared; and

controlling to send the user-uploaded content to the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, based on the determining to allow access to the user-uploaded content.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

controlling to send type information of the user-uploaded content and user information of an uploading user that uploads the user-uploaded content along with the first information and the second information.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

controlling to generate the image associated with the user-uploaded content based on a resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content,

wherein the resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content is received from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content is in a Universal Resource Locator (URL) format, and wherein the single data unit comprises a URL.

19. A system comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to;

control the system to store user-uploaded content and information identifying users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

control the system to obtain first information regarding the user-uploaded content and second information including editing information of an image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein a file size of the image associated with the user-uploaded content is lower than a file size of the user-uploaded content;

control the system to send, to a user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, the first information regarding the user-uploaded content and the second information including the editing information of the image associated with the user-uploaded content, wherein the first information regarding the user-uploaded content is a single data unit including access right information for allowing an authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and information indicating a location of the user-uploaded content, wherein the image associated with the user-uploaded content is sent to the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared;

control the system to receive a request for the user-uploaded content from a device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, wherein the request is based on the access right information for allowing the authorized user to access the user-uploaded content and the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content;

in response to receiving the request for the user-uploaded content, control the system to determine to allow access to the user-uploaded content based on the request from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared and the information identifying the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared; and

control the system to send the user-uploaded content to the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared, based on the determining to allow access to the user-uploaded content.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor of the system is further configured to execute the instructions to:

control the system to send type information of the user-uploaded content and user information of an uploading user that uploads the user-uploaded content along with the first information and the second information.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor of the system is further configured to execute the instructions to control the system to generate the image associated with the user-uploaded content based on a resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content,

wherein the resolution information for the image associated with the user-uploaded content is received from the device for the user of the users with whom the user-uploaded content is shared.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the information indicating the location of the user-uploaded content is in a Universal Resource Locator (URL) format, and wherein the single data unit comprises a URL.