METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING BOOKMARK INFORMATION FOR CONTENT STORED IN A NETWORKED MEDIA SERVER

• US 20100217832A1
• Filed: 05/06/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Chang Hyun, Ahn, Sung Joon
• Granted Patent: US 8,275,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing bookmark information of a media server through a network based on the UPnP AV standard is disclosed. If a request for bookmarking a content item is made, a bookmark item is created and the created bookmark item is linked to the content item by adding the ID of the created bookmark item to the property information of the content item and recording the ID of the content item to be bookmarked in the created bookmark item.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A method for managing a bookmark item and a content item performed by a controller, the method comprising:

generating a deleting request, the deleting request instructing a server to perform a deleting operation of the content item; and

transmitting the generated deleting request to the server,

wherein the deleting operation comprises;

deleting the content item, the content item comprising a bookmark identifier (ID), and

deleting the bookmark item that comprises the bookmark ID included in the deleted content item, a rendering state information, a transporting state information, and a content ID of the content item when the content item is deleted,

wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting information associated with playback of the content item, and

wherein the transporting state information and the rendering state information are transmitted from a player to the controller and transmitted to the server from the controller.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the rendering state information includes at least audio volume or display luminance.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.

22. A controller for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the controller comprising:

an interface unit configured to transmit or receive data; and

a control unit configured to;

generate a deleting request, the deleting request instructing a server to perform a deleting operation of the content item,

transmit, via the interface unit, the generated deleting request to the server,

wherein the deleting operation comprises;

deleting the content item, the content item including a bookmark identifier (ID), and

deleting the bookmark item that comprises the bookmark ID included in the deleted content item, a rendering state information, a transporting state information, and a content ID of the content item when the content item is deleted,

wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting information associated with playback of the content item, and

wherein the transporting state information and the rendering state information are transmitted from a player to the controller and transmitted to the server from the controller.

23. The controller of claim 22, wherein the rendering state information includes at least audio volume or display luminance.

24. The controller of claim 22, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.