METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA ENABLING THE SEARCH FOR CONTENT, SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND SERVER COMPLEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE METHOD

• US 20090198658A1
• Filed: 01/29/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dresio Limited
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Baynaud, Erwan, Delegue, Gerard
• Granted Patent: US 8,549,029 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/278 Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8583 by creating hot-spots
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

The invention pertains to a method for generating data enabling searching for content complements intended for terminals of a telecommunication network (1), comprising the following steps:

selecting content from a terminal (3),

generating identification information of the selected content,

sending a marker generation request to a content complement server (5), said request containing:

the user'"'"'s identification data, and

the identification information of the selected content,

from the content complement server (5), receiving said request and generating and saving a marker containing:

the user'"'"'s identification data,

the identification information of the selected content, and

search characteristics data enabling an additional search for content related to the selected content.

The invention also pertains to a system, a terminal, and a server for implementing such a method.

Claims

1. A method for generating data enabling the search for content complements intended for terminals of a telecommunication network (1), comprising the following steps:

selecting content from a terminal (3),

generating identification information of the selected content,

sending a marker generation request to a content complement server (5), said request containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data, and

the identification information of the selected content,

from the content complement server (5), receiving said request and generating and saving a marker containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data,

the identification information of the selected content, and

search characteristics data enabling an additional search for content related to the selected content.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content selected from the terminal (3) is audiovisual content.

3. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step (35) of selecting from the terminal (3) a saved marker, and in that selecting said marker triggers a search (37) by said server (5) of content complements, based on at least some data contained within said selected marker.

4. A method according to claim 3, comprising a step (39) wherein said server (5) sends the list of searched-for content complements related to said selected marker to said terminal (3).

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the list of content complements further comprises information explaining the relationship between the content complements and the selected content.

6. A method according to claim 4, comprising a step (41) wherein the user of the terminal (3) selects from the list at least one of said searched-for content complements.

7. A method according to claim 5, comprising a step of the terminal (3) reading the searched-for, selected content complement.

8. A system for implementing a method for generating data enabling searching for content complements intended for terminals of a telecommunication network (1), comprising:

at least one terminal (3) of a telecommunication network capable of receiving CONTENT and comprising;

content selection means,

generating means (7) for generating identification information for the selected content,

transmission means (9) for transmitting a request to a content complement server (5) to generate at least one marker enabling searching for content complements related to the selected content, the request containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data, and

the identification information of the selected content,

at least one content complement server (5), said content being intended for terminals of a telecommunication network, comprising;

receiving means for receiving said request transmitted by the terminal (3), containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data, and

the identification information of the selected content,

generating means (11) for generating, based on said request transmitted by the terminal (3), a marker containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data,

the identification information of the selected content, and

search characteristics data enabling an additional search for content related to the selected content.

9. A terminal of a telecommunication network capable of receiving content and comprising:

content selection means,

generating means (7) for generating the identification information of the selected content,

transmission means (9) for transmitting a request to a content complement server (5) for at least one marker enabling a search for content complements related to the selected content, the request containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data, and

the identification information of the selected content.

10. A content complement server, said content being intended for terminals of a telecommunication network, comprising:

receiving means for receiving a request transmitted by a terminal (3) of a telecommunication network containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data, and

the identification information of a selected piece of content,

generating means (11) for generating, based on said request transmitted by the terminal (3), a marker containing;

the user'"'"'s identification data,

the identification information of the selected content, and

search characteristics data enabling an additional search for content related to the selected content.

11. A server according to claim 10, comprising searching means (19) for searching for content complements, based on at least some data of a selected marker.