Method and apparatus for requesting data, and method and apparatus for obtaining data

• US 10,477,265 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2018
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, Ju-yun, Choo, Hee-jeong, Lee, Keum-koo, Kwahk, Ji-young
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Christopher B
• Application Number:
  US15/921,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20180205988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 710 5, 710 37, 709217, 715723
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2381 Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4363 Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4381 Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• 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 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for requesting and obtaining data, in which time information is generated by use of a first device, and a data request command requesting data output by a second device is generated at a time point indicated by the time information. The generated data request command is transmitted, wherein the data request command includes the time information.

Claims

1. A method performed in a first device, the method comprising:

establishing communication with a second device, the second device configured to display multimedia data on a screen of the second device;

transmitting, by the first device, a request for data related to the multimedia data displayed in the second device towards the second device, the request including information for identifying the data; and

receiving, from the second device, the data related to the multimedia data, the data related to the multimedia data transmitted in response to the request,

wherein the information for identifying the data is generated in the first device while the multimedia data is displayed on the screen of the second device,

wherein the first device is capable of displaying the data related to the multimedia data, and

wherein information for identifying the data included in the request includes a captured image generated by the first device by capturing the multimedia data being displayed on the screen of the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving a user input for capturing the captured image; and

generating the request in response to receiving the user input.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the request further includes time information indicating a time at which the image was captured.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the multimedia data displayed in the second device is stored in the second device, and

the data is searched by the second device from the stored multimedia data based on the time information included in the request.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the captured image included in the request is used by the second device for searching for the data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request further includes information about a third device to which the data is to be transmitted.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the received data includes a plurality of frames of the multimedia data displayed in the second device, and the plurality of frames of the multimedia data are obtained, by the second device, within a period of time from the time indicated by the time information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is generated in a predetermined operating mode among a plurality of operating modes in which a capturing apparatus in the first device is used.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined operating mode is a mode for requesting the data displayed in the second device which is captured by the capturing apparatus.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting the request for data related to the multimedia data to an external server.

20. At least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for storing a computer program configured to be readable by at least one processor to instruct the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method of claim 1.

11. A first device comprising:

a capturing apparatus;

a communication interface;

at least one memory for storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to at least;

establish communication with a second device, the second device configured to display multimedia data on a screen of the second device,

transmit a request for data related to the multimedia data displayed in the second device towards the second device, the request including information for identifying the data, and

receive, from the second device, the data related to the multimedia data, the data related to the multimedia data transmitted in response to the request,

wherein the information for identifying the data is generated in the first device while the multimedia data is displayed on the screen of the second device,

wherein the first device is capable of displaying the data related to the multimedia data, and

wherein information for identifying the data included in the request includes a captured image generated by the capturing apparatus capturing the multimedia data being displayed on the screen of the second device.

12. The first device of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

receive a user input for capturing the captured image; and

generate the request in response to receiving the user input.

13. The first device of claim 12, wherein the request further includes time information indicating a time at which the image was captured.

14. The first device of claim 13, wherein the multimedia data displayed in the second device is stored in the second device, and

the data is searched by the second device from the stored multimedia data based on the time information included in the request.

15. The first device of claim 14, wherein the captured image included in the request is used by the second device for searching for the data.

16. The first device of claim 11, wherein the request further includes information about a third device to which the data is to be transmitted.

17. The first device of claim 13, wherein the received data includes a plurality of frames of the multimedia data displayed in the second device, and the plurality of frames of the multimedia data are obtained, by the second device, within a period of time from the time indicated by the time information.

18. The first device of claim 11, wherein the request is generated in a predetermined operating mode among a plurality of operating modes in which a capturing apparatus in the first device is used.

19. The first device of claim 18, wherein the predetermined operating mode is a mode for requesting the data displayed in the second device which is captured by the capturing apparatus.