METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT-SHARING SERVICE, AND A DEVICE THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A contents-sharing service providing method performed in a management server, the contents-sharing service providing method comprising:
- receiving a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester;
transmitting a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and
transmitting the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server,wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing contents-sharing services are provided. The method for providing contents-sharing services includes: receiving a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; transmitting a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and transmitting the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server, wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer.
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45 Claims
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1. A contents-sharing service providing method performed in a management server, the contents-sharing service providing method comprising:
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receiving a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; transmitting a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and transmitting the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server, wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 36, 37)
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7. A contents sharing method performed in a contents reproducing apparatus, the contents sharing method comprising:
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receiving a contents-sharing notify message from a management server; receiving contents authority information of a contents sharer from a contents authority acquiring server according to location information of the contents authority acquiring server included in the received contents-sharing notify message; and transmitting a contents-sharing request message to a streaming server according to information included in the received contents-sharing notify message and the received contents authority information, wherein the contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the contents reproducing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 34, 38)
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12. A contents-sharing control method performed in a streaming server, the contents-sharing control method comprising:
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receiving a contents-sharing request message from a management server; receiving a contents control command from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; and selectively transmitting the received contents control command to a second contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharer according to information included in the received contents-sharing request message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 35, 39, 40)
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17. A management server comprising:
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a contents-sharing request message reception unit which receives a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; a contents reproducing apparatus interface unit which transmits a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and a streaming server interface unit which transmits the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server,. wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A contents reproducing apparatus comprising:
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a management server interface unit which receives a contents-sharing notify message from a management server; a contents authority acquiring server interface unit which receives contents authority information of a contents sharer from a contents authority acquiring server according to location information of the contents authority acquiring server included in the received contents-sharing notify message; and a contents reception unit which transmits a contents-sharing request message to a streaming server according to information included in the received contents-sharing notify message and the received contents authority information, wherein the contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the contents reproducing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A streaming server comprising:
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a management server interface unit which receives a contents-sharing request message from a management server; a table generation unit which generates a contents-sharing table according to information included in the received contents-sharing request message; a control command reception unit which receives a contents control command from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; and a control command transmission unit which selectively transmits the received contents control command to a contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharer according to the generated contents-sharing table. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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41. A contents sharing method performed in a contents reproducing apparatus, the contents sharing method comprising:
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receiving a contents-sharing notify message from a management server; transmitting a contents-sharing request message to a streaming server according to information included in the received contents-sharing notify message, wherein the contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the contents reproducing apparatus, and wherein a contents reproducing requesting apparatus, distinct from the contents reproducing apparatus, requests the transmitting of the contents to the contents reproducing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A contents sharing service method comprising:
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transmitting, from a first contents reproducing apparatus to a management server, a contents-sharing request message requesting transmission of contents to a second contents reproducing apparatus, different from the first contents reproducing apparatus; generating, by the management server, a contents-sharing notify message according to the contents-sharing request message; transmitting, from the management server to the second contents reproducing apparatus, the generated contents-sharing notify message; transmitting, from the second contents reproducing apparatus to a streaming server, a request for the contents according to the contents-sharing notify message; transmitting, from the streaming server to the first contents reproducing apparatus and the second contents reproducing apparatus, the contents according to the request, wherein the streaming server controls a synchronizing and control sharing of a reproduction of the contents between the first contents reproducing apparatus and the second contents reproducing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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