ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120110425A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sangwon
• Granted Patent: US 8,719,688 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback

Abstract

An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device receives information related to a bookmark generated by another electronic device and provides bookmarked contents based on the received bookmark related information to thereby improve user convenience.

Claims

1. A method for processing a bookmark in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving information related to the bookmark generated by a different electronic device, the bookmark related to contents output by the different electronic device; and

requesting execution of the bookmark in the electronic device based on the information related to the bookmark when a specific condition is satisfied,

wherein requesting execution of the bookmark comprises receiving the contents to which the generated bookmark is related.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information related to the generated bookmark in a server, wherein requesting execution of the bookmark further comprises obtaining the contents to which the generated bookmark is related from the server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information related to the generated bookmark in the different electronic device, wherein requesting execution of the bookmark further comprises obtaining the contents to which the generated bookmark is related from the different electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if time information related to the contents is available;

storing the contents if the time information is not available; and

not storing the contents if the time information is available.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining if time information related to the contents is available comprises determining if a reproduction state variable is received.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein requesting execution of the bookmark further comprises:

providing a user interface upon receiving the information related to the bookmark; and

requesting execution of the bookmark according user input received via the user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents to which the generated bookmark is related are transcoded before the contents are received.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising transcoding the contents to which the generated bookmark is related in the electronic device after the contents are received.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device and the different electronic device each are a computer, a television, a cellular phone, a home appliance, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation system or a mobile Internet device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device and the different electronic device use different protocols and receiving the information and the contents in the electronic device comprises protocol conversion.

11. An electronic device for processing a bookmark, the electronic device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive information related to the bookmark generated by a different electronic device, the bookmark related to contents output by the different electronic device; and

a control unit configured to request execution of the bookmark in the electronic device based on the information related to the bookmark when a specific condition is satisfied,

wherein requesting execution of the bookmark comprises receiving the contents to which the generated bookmark is related.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein information related to the generated bookmark is stored in a server and the controller is further configured to request execution of the bookmark by obtaining the contents to which the generated bookmark is related from the server.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein information related to the generated bookmark is stored in the different electronic device and the controller is further configured to request execution of the bookmark by obtaining the contents to which the generated bookmark is related from the different electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine if time information related to the contents is available;

store the contents if the time information is not available; and

not store the contents if the time information is available.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein determining if time information related to the contents is available comprises determining if a reproduction state variable is received.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to request execution of the bookmark by:

providing a user interface upon receiving the information related to the bookmark; and

requesting execution of the bookmark according user input received via the user interface.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the contents to which the generated bookmark is related are transcoded the before the contents are received.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising a transcoding unit configured to transcode the contents to which the generated bookmark is related after the contents are received.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the electronic device and the different electronic device each are a computer, a television, a cellular phone, a home appliance, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation system or a mobile Internet device.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the electronic device and the different electronic device use different protocols and receiving the information and the contents in the electronic device comprises protocol conversion.