METHOD AND DEVICE TO SEAMLESSLY REPRODUCE CONTENTS USING STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20090129756A1
• Filed: 07/25/2008
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yong-je, JEONG, Seong-hun, Park, Hong-seok
• Application Number:
  US12/179,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20090129756A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/248
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/44 Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• 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 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request

Abstract

A method and device to seamlessly reproduce contents includes receiving contents being reproduced in a first reproduction device from the first reproduction device, when the reproduction of the contents is stopped in the first reproduction device, receiving contents reproduction stopping point information from the first reproduction device, and outputting the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information to a second reproduction device by using the contents reproduction stopping point information.

Claims

1. A method of seamlessly reproducing contents, the method comprising:

receiving contents being reproduced in a first reproduction device from the first reproduction device;

when the reproduction of the contents is stopped in the first reproduction device, receiving contents reproduction stopping point information from the first reproduction device; and

outputting the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information to a second reproduction device by using the contents reproduction stopping point information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the contents comprises:

determining whether a reproduction method of the contents is changed in the first reproduction device and, if so, converting the contents according to the changed reproduction method based on the determination result of the first reproduction device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the contents comprises:

reproducing the contents in the first reproduction device and simultaneously receiving the contents from the beginning from the first reproduction device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein in the receiving of the contents, a speed of storing the contents is faster than a speed of reproducing the contents.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the reproduction method comprises:

at least one of a compressed format, a total capacity of data, and a resolution of the contents.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving contents reproduction stopping point information comprises:

determining whether to wait until all contents are completely stored at the contents reproduction stopping point.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information to the second reproduction device comprises:

determining whether the contents are reproduced from the reproduction stopping point in the second reproduction device by using the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reproduction device displays a contents reproduction screen, a current contents reproducing location, and a current transmitting location.

9. A device to seamlessly reproduce contents, the device comprising:

a contents input unit to receive contents being reproduced in a first reproduction device from the first reproduction device;

a reproduction stopping point input unit to receive contents reproduction stopping point information from the first reproduction device, when the reproduction of the contents is stopped in the first reproduction device; and

a contents output unit to output the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information to a second reproduction device by using the contents reproduction stopping point information, in order for the contents to be seamlessly reproduced in the second reproduction device.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the contents input unit comprises:

a converting unit to determine whether a reproduction method of the contents is changed in the first reproduction device and converts the contents according to the changed reproduction method based on the determination result of the first reproduction device.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein in the contents input unit, the first reproduction device reproduces the contents and simultaneously receives the contents from the beginning from the first reproduction device.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein in the contents input unit, a speed of storing the contents is faster than a speed of reproducing the contents.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein in the reproduction method comprises:

at least one of a compressed format, total capacity of data, and a resolution of the contents.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the reproduction stopping point input unit determines whether to wait until all contents are completely stored at the contents reproduction stopping point.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the contents output unit comprises:

a seamless reproduction determining unit to determine whether the contents are reproduced from the reproduction stopping point in the second reproduction device by using the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the first reproduction device displays a contents reproduction screen, a current contents reproducing location, and a current transmitting location.

17. A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, the method comprises:

receiving contents being reproduced in a first reproduction device from the first reproduction device;

when the reproduction of the contents is stopped in the first reproduction device, receiving contents reproduction stopping point information from the first reproduction device; and

outputting the contents and the contents reproduction stopping point information to the second reproduction device by using the contents reproduction stopping point information.

18. A content reproduction apparatus, comprising:

a storage medium; and

a reproduction device to reproduce content by moving the content from a point where reproduction of content is stopped to a point where reproduction begins in an other reproduction device through the storage medium.

19. A content reproduction system, comprising:

a storage medium to store content;

a display device to display the content; and

a reproduction device to simultaneously transmit the content to the storage medium and the display device.