System, method and medium browsing media content using meta data

• US 20070255747A1
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yeun-bae, Choi, Chang-kyu, Cho, Sung-jung, Lee, Kwang-hyeon, Kong, Dong-geon
• Granted Patent: US 7,930,329 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A system, method and medium for browsing media content using meta data, in which media content stored in the system is efficiently browsed using meta data of media content currently in use and media content related meta data. The system includes a media reproducing unit to reproduce media content having corresponding meta data, a root category generating unit to generate at least one root category from meta data corresponding to the media content currently in use, and a sub-category generating unit to generate at least one sub-category of a root category selected by a user from among the at least one root category, based on the meta data.

Claims

1. A system for browsing media content using meta data, the system comprising:

a media reproducing unit to reproduce media content having corresponding meta data;

a root category generating unit to generate at least one root category from meta data corresponding to the media content currently in use; and

a sub-category generating unit to generate at least one sub-category of a root category selected by a user from among the at least one root category, based on of the meta data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sub-category generating unit repeatedly generates the at least one sub-category of the root category selected by the user based on the meta data until browsing of the media content is ended.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the media content comprises music files.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising an output unit to display a list of the media content included in at least one of the at least one sub-category generated by the sub-category generating unit and the at least one root-category generated by the root category generating unit.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the meta data comprises basic meta data and additional meta data, and the additional meta data comprises related information meta data and related community information meta data.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the meta data is updated by wired or wireless communication.

7. The system of claim 3 wherein the output unit displays at least one of the at least one root category and the at least one sub-category with an emphasis to indicate that a large quantity of media content is included in at least one of the root category and the sub-category.

8. A dynamic category display device using meta data of media content, the device comprising:

a category generating unit to generate categories, based on the meta data of the media content; and

an output unit to display the generated categories as GUI images based on categories selected by a user, or media content currently in use, the GUI images of a category being emphasized in the display to indicate that a large quantity of media content is included in the category, or to indicate that the category has been browsed frequently by the user.

9. The dynamic category display device of claim 8, wherein the media content comprises music files.

10. The dynamic category display device of claim 8, wherein a relative quantity of media content belonging to the categories is indicated by a size or color of a node in the GUI image, and a relative number of times the user has browsed the categories is indicated by a thickness of link edges in the GUI image of the category.

11. A method of browsing media content using meta data, the method comprising:

reproducing media content having corresponding meta data;

generating at least one root category based on the meta data corresponding to the media content currently in use; and

generating at least one sub-category of a root category selected by a user among the at least one root category, based on the meta data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating of the at least one sub-category comprises repeatedly generating the at least one sub-category of the root category selected by the user based on the meta data until browsing of the media content is ended.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the media content comprises music files.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying a list of the media content included in at least one of the at least one generated root category and the at least one generated sub-category.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the generating of the at least one root category and the generating of the at least one sub-category, each further comprise providing a menu allowing the user to select the generated categories.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the providing of the menu comprises displaying the generated categories through an output unit.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the providing of the menu comprises displaying the generated categories using a key pad or touch pad of an input unit corresponding to the generated categories.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the meta data comprises basic meta data and additional meta data, and the additional meta data comprises related information meta data and related community information meta data.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying at least one of the at least one root category and the at least one sub-category with an emphasis to indicate that a large quantity of media content is included in at least one of the root category and the sub-category.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising updating the meta data by wire or wireless communication.

21. A method of browsing media content in accordance with a user'"'"'s definition, the method comprising:

selecting a list of meta data to browse media content based on respective meta data included with the media content;

designating a priority order for the selected list of meta data; and

browsing media content in accordance with the designated priority order.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the media content comprises music files.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising displaying a list of the media content browsed with an output unit.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising inputting a list of the media content browsed to allow a user to select the media content.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising inputting a list of the media content browsed to allow a user to select the media content.

26. A method of successively browsing media content using meta data, comprising:

storing a user selectable browsing method of the media content using the meta data; and

browsing subsequent media content in accordance with the stored browsing method after the media content currently in use has ended.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the media content comprises music files.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising inputting a list of the media content browsed to allow a user to select the media content.

29. At least one medium comprising computer readable code to control at least one processing element to implement the method of claim 26.