Apparatus and method for processing description information of multimedia data
First Claim
1. A method for processing description of multimedia content, the method comprising:
- receiving a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects; and
receiving a description about the group of multimedia objects, wherein the description about the group includes a group identifier that identifies the group.
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Abstract
In an apparatus and a method for processing description information of multimedia data, in order to reflect a user'"'"'s preference about multimedia data, a usage history of a user is made by adding description information to the multimedia data, in order to manage the usage history efficiently the apparatus includes, a server adding description information to the multimedia, and a terminal transmitting/receiving multimedia data to/from the server, storing a user'"'"'s usage history about the multimedia data, grasping a preference of a user with the stored usage history and providing the preference of the user to the server, accordingly multimedia sequences can be efficiently managed with the usage history of the user, a restrictive memory unit can be efficiently used, and grouping of lots of multimedia data can be easily performed by displaying all commonly applicable data as the same result by using common information or application group information without retrieving characteristic information.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for processing description of multimedia content, the method comprising:
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receiving a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects; and
receiving a description about the group of multimedia objects, wherein the description about the group includes a group identifier that identifies the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing description of multimedia content, the method comprising:
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generating a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects; and
transmitting the first description to a user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for processing description of multimedia content, the system comprising:
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a memory unit; and
data processing apparatus configured to;
receive a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects;
receive a description about the group of multimedia objects, wherein the description about the group includes a group identifier that identifies the group; and
store in the memory unit at least a portion of the first description or the description about the group. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for providing description of multimedia content, the system comprising:
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data processing apparatus configured to generate a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the first description to a user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A computer program product for processing description of multimedia content, the computer program comprising instructions to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects; and
receiving a description about the group of multimedia objects, wherein the description about the group includes a group identifier that identifies the group. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer program product for providing description of multimedia content, the computer program comprising instructions to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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generating a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects; and
sending the first description to a user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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50. A system, comprising:
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a user terminal; and
a server configured to;
generate a first description describing content in a first multimedia object, the first description including a first identifier and a reference to a group of multimedia objects, wherein the first identifier identifies the first multimedia object and the reference to the group indicates that the first multimedia object belongs to the group of multimedia objects; and
transmit the first description to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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