METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING BOOKMARK INFORMATION FOR CONTENT STORED IN A NETWORKED MEDIA SERVER
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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.
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19. A method for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the method performed by a controller and comprising:
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generating a deleting request, the deleting request instructing a server to perform a deleting operation of the bookmark item; transmitting the generated deleting request to the server, wherein the deleting operation comprises; deleting the bookmark item, the bookmark item comprising a bookmark identifier (ID), rendering state information, transporting state information, and a content ID of the content item to associate the bookmark item with the content item, and deleting a bookmark ID included in the content item, the bookmark ID included in the content item being the same as the bookmark ID included in the bookmark item, wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering state information associated with playback of the content item, the state information including the rendering state information and the transporting state information, wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from a player to the controller according to a rendering state information request transmitted from the controller to the player, and wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the server to the controller according to a transporting state information request transmitted from the controller to the server. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A controller for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the controller comprising:
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an interface unit configured to at least 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 bookmark item, and transmit, via the interface unit, the generated deleting request to the server, wherein the deleting operation comprises; deleting the bookmark item, the bookmark item comprising a bookmark identifier (ID), rendering state information, transporting state information, and a content ID of the content item to associate the bookmark item with the content item, and deleting the bookmark ID included in the content item, the bookmark ID included in the content item being the same as the bookmark ID included in the bookmark item, wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering state information associated with playback of the content item, the state information including the rendering state information and the transporting state information, wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from a player to the controller according to a rendering state information request transmitted from the controller to the player, and wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the server to the controller according to a transporting state information request transmitted from the controller to the server. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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