Mobile terminal having bookmark function of contents service and operation method thereof

• US 20070027949A1
• Filed: 07/21/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sung-Jun, Park, Hye-Mi
• Granted Patent: US 7,616,946 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25435 involving characteristics of content or additional data, e.g. video resolution or the amount of advertising
• 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 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A mobile terminal having a bookmark function for a contents service include a controller for bookmarking a particular time point of currently reproduced contents, a storage unit for storing information on the bookmarked particular time point of the contents, and a reproducing unit for reproducing the contents starting from the particular time point based on the stored particular time point information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal having a bookmark function for a contents service comprising:

a controller for bookmarking a particular time point of currently reproduced contents;

a storage unit for storing information on the bookmarked particular time point of the contents; and

a reproducing unit for reproducing the contents starting from the particular time point based on the stored particular time point information,

wherein the bookmark function allows a user of a mobile terminal to immediately receive a contents service from a particular portion bookmarked by the user.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the contents are streamed from a wireless communications network and reproduced.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the contents are reproduced based on data stored in the mobile terminal.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the particular information includes a time during which the bookmarked contents were reproduced and a start frame from which the bookmarked contents is to be reproduced.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to a P-frame of streamed data, the start frame is an I-frame, a very previous frame of the P-frame.

6. The terminal of claim 4, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to the P-frame of streamed data, the start frame is the I-frame, the closest frame to the P-frame.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller bookmarks the particular time point of the contents according to a bookmark input signal from the user.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein if the currently reproduced contents are suddenly stopped, the controller automatically bookmarks the stopped time point as the particular time point.

9. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmission unit for providing the bookmarked particular information of the contents to a contents providing server.

10. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a reception unit for receiving data of the contents from the contents providing server.

11. A method for operating a mobile terminal having a bookmark function of a contents service comprising:

bookmarking a particular time point of currently reproduced contents;

storing information on the bookmarked particular time point of the contents; and

reproducing the contents starting from the particular time point based on the stored particular time point information,

wherein the bookmark function allows a user of a mobile terminal to immediately receive a contents service from a particular portion bookmarked by the user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the contents are streamed from a wireless communications network and reproduced.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the contents are reproduced based on data stored in the mobile terminal.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the particular information includes time during which the bookmarked contents were reproduced and a start frame from which the bookmarked contents is to be reproduced.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to a P-frame of streamed data, the start frame is an I-frame, a very previous frame of the P-frame.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to the P-frame of streamed data, the start frame is the I-frame, the closest frame to the P-frame.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein, in the bookmarking step, if the currently reproduced contents are suddenly stopped, the stopped time point is automatically bookmarked as the particular time point.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating a bookmark list based on a plurality of particular information of the stored contents, and displaying the generated bookmark list.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

editing the bookmark list.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting the bookmarked particular information of the contents.