PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING CONTENT PLAYBACK INFORMATION OF DEVICE

• US 20110052150A1
• Filed: 12/22/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Inventors: Park, Hyojin, Choi, Jun Kyun, Yang, Jinhong
• Granted Patent: US 8,977,105 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/262
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A personal media system and method that obtain content playback information of an end device is provided. The personal media system including: an end device reader to, when an end device that collects playback information about content playback is connected, obtain the collected playback information and content information about content stored in the end device; and a mapping unit to map the playback information and the content information, to determine playback information for each content in the end device, and to generate playback information for each content of a user based on the playback information for each content in the end device.

Claims

1. A personal media system that obtains content playback information of an end device, the personal media system comprising:

an end device reader to, when an end device that collects playback information about content playback is connected, obtain the collected playback information and content information about content stored in the end device; and

a mapping unit to map the playback information and the content information, to determine playback information for each content in the end device, and to generate playback information for each content of a user based on the playback information for each content in the end device.

2. The personal media system of claim 1, wherein the playback information includes at least one of a local storage address of the content of the end device, a playback count of the content of the end device, and a playback time that the content of the end device is played.

3. The personal media system of claim 2, wherein the content information includes the local storage address, identification information, and metadata of the content of the end device.

4. The personal media system of claim 3, wherein the mapping unit maps a local storage address of the playback information and a local storage address of the content information, and determines the playback information for each content in the end device, the playback information including at least one of the identification information, the playback count, and the playback time.

5. The personal media system of claim 1, wherein the mapping unit determines content corresponding to the playback information for each content in the end device from among the playback information for each content of the user, and adds a playback count of the playback information for each content in the end device to a playback count of the corresponding content.

6. The personal media system of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit to transmit the playback information for each content of the user and user identification information to a server providing the content of the end device.

7. A method of obtaining content playback information of an end device, the method comprising:

obtaining, when an end device that collects playback information about content playback is connected, the collected playback information and content information about content stored in the end device;

sorting the playback information and the content information for each end device, and storing the playback information and the content information;

mapping the playback information and the content information, and determining playback information for each content in the end device; and

generating playback information for each content of a user based on the playback information for each content in the end device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the playback information includes at least one of a local storage address of the end device, a playback count of the content of the end device, and a playback time that the content of the end device is played.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the content information includes the local storage address, identification information, and metadata of the content of the end device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining maps a local storage address of the playback information and a local storage address of the content information, and determines the playback information for each content in the end device, the playback information including at least one of the identification information, the playback count, and the playback time.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the generating of the playback information for each content of the user determines content corresponding to the playback information for each content in the end device from among the playback information for each content of the user, and adds a playback count of the playback information for each content in the end device to a playback count of the corresponding content.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the playback information for each content of the user and user identification information to a server providing the content of the end device.

13. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing a method of obtaining content playback information of an end device, the method comprising:

obtaining, when an end device that collects playback information about content playback is connected, the collected playback information and content information about content stored in the end device;

sorting the playback information and the content information for each end device, and storing the playback information and the content information;

mapping the playback information and the content information, and determining playback information for each content in the end device; and

generating playback information for each content of a user based on the playback information for each content in the end device.