Method and apparatus for managing content on network and recording medium storing program for performing the method
First Claim
1. A method of managing contents on a network connecting a server and a plurality of client devices, the method comprising:
- receiving a content list request from a first client device of the plurality of client devices; and
providing one of physical view information and at least one type of logical view information to the first client device, each of the physical view information and the at least one type of logical view information comprising information on contents providable by at least one client device of the plurality of client devices.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing contents on a network, such as a home network, which can provide unified information on the contents using a physical view form or various logical view forms, regardless of the power on/off state of client devices connected to the network, and a computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for the method, are provided. The method of managing contents on a network in which a server and at least one client device are connected to one another, includes operations of the server comprising; receiving a content list request from one of the at least one client device; and providing one of physical view information and at least one type of logical view information having information on the contents which can be provided by the at least one client device to a client device which transmits the content list request.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of managing contents on a network connecting a server and a plurality of client devices, the method comprising:
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receiving a content list request from a first client device of the plurality of client devices; and
providing one of physical view information and at least one type of logical view information to the first client device, each of the physical view information and the at least one type of logical view information comprising information on contents providable by at least one client device of the plurality of client devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for managing contents on a network connecting a server and a plurality of client devices, wherein the server comprises:
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a transmitting/receiving unit which receives a content list request from a first client device of the plurality of client devices and transmits view information comprising information on contents providable by the plurality of client device, to the first client device;
a storage unit which stores the information on all of the contents providable by the plurality of client devices; and
a processor which generates one of physical view information and at least one type of logical view information based on the information stored in the storage unit and transmits the generated one of physical view information and at least one type of logical view information to the transmitting and receiving unit, if the content list request is received from the transmitting and receiving unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for a method of managing contents on a network connecting a server and a plurality of client devices, the method comprising:
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receiving a content list request from a first client device of the plurality of client devices, by the server; and
providing one of physical view information and at least one type of logical view information to the first client device, each of the physical view information and the at least one type of logical view information comprising information on contents providable by the plurality of client devices.
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