METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT

• US 20110087980A1
• Filed: 10/12/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ein'S I&S Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ein'S I&S Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Eun Young
• Application Number:
  US12/902,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20110087980A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23412 for generating or manipulating the scene composition of objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234318 by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234327 by decomposing into layers, e.g. base layer and one or more enhancement layers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234363 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for clients with a lower screen resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2662 Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications
• 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

A method of providing content through a content providing system is provided. The method includes dividing content into objects and associating the divided objects with corresponding codes; storing the objects associated with the codes in a database; accepting a connection of a specific medium among the plurality of media; receiving a request for specific content from the connected specific medium; extracting play environment information including terminal feature information for the connected specific medium; calling a specific object code corresponding to the connected specific medium from a database in consideration of the extracted play environment information; extracting an object corresponding to the called specific object code; creating the specific content by combining the extracted objects; converting the specific content into an image; stacking an interaction layer on the image; and providing the image with the interaction layer stacked thereon to the connected specific medium.

Claims

1. A method of providing content through a content providing system that is accessible through a plurality of media, the method comprising:

dividing content into objects and associating the divided objects with corresponding codes;

storing the objects associated with the codes in a database;

accepting a connection of a specific medium among the plurality of media;

receiving a request for specific content from the connected specific medium;

extracting play environment information including terminal feature information for the connected specific medium;

calling specific object codes corresponding to the connected specific medium from the database in consideration of the extracted play environment information;

extracting objects corresponding to the called specific object codes;

creating specific content by combining the extracted objects;

converting the created specific content into an image;

stacking an interaction layer on the image; and

providing the image with the interaction layer stacked thereon to the connected specific medium.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating of the specific content by combining the extracted objects comprises stacking a plurality of layers, each layer including at least one object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating of the specific content by combining the extracted objects comprises stacking layers in units of objects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the image produced through the converting of the created specific content does not exceed a maximum width of a display dimension for the connected specific medium.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the play environment information further comprises user play-preference feature information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the interaction layer comprises a function interworking with a specific menu set in a predetermined area of the interaction layer.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the interaction layer is implemented transparently on the image.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the specific menu comprises a function for a link to a specific screen based on link information related to a particular object among the extracted objects.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the link information comprises information for a link to a space where goods of a specific brand related to the particular object can be purchased.

10. A system for providing content that is accessible through a plurality of media, the system comprising:

a divider for dividing content into objects and associating the divided objects with corresponding codes;

a database for storing the objects associated with the codes;

a receiver for receiving a connection signal from a specific medium of the plurality of media and receiving a request for specific content from a connected specific medium;

a calling unit for extracting play environment information including terminal feature information for the connected specific medium and calling specific object codes corresponding to the connected specific medium from the database in consideration of the extracted play environment information;

a creation unit for extracting objects corresponding to the called specific object codes, combining the extracted objects to create the specific content, converting the created specific content into an image, and stacking an interaction layer on the image;

a transmitter for providing a file of the image with the interaction layer stacked thereon to the connected specific medium; and

a controller for accepting a connection of the specific medium to the content providing system, and controlling the divider, the database, the calling unit, the creation unit, and the transmitter.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the creation unit stacks a plurality of layers, each including at least one object, to create the specific content.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the creation unit combines the extracted objects by stacking layers in units of object to create the specific content.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller performs a control so that the created image does not exceed a maximum width of a display dimension for the connected specific medium.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the play environment information further comprises user play-preference feature information.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the interaction layer comprises a function interworking with a specific menu set in a predetermined area of the interaction layer.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the interaction layer is implemented transparently on the image.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the specific menu comprises a function for a link to a specific screen based on link information related to a particular object among the extracted objects.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the link information comprises information for a link to a space where goods of a specific brand related to the particular object can be purchased.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising a link unit, wherein the link unit provides the link to the specific screen based on the link information related to the particular object among the extracted objects, wherein the controller controls the link unit.

20. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

an output unit for providing a display screen; and

an analyzer for analyzing a user activity history and produce user activity pattern information,

wherein the controller controls the output unit and the analyzer.