METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT BASED ON PREFERENCES

• US 20120150948A1
• Filed: 12/09/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAN, Ji Hye
• Granted Patent: US 9,288,279 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A method for providing a content based on a user'"'"'s preference(s) includes analyzing meta-data information of a pre-stored content, determining at least one preference based on the analyzed meta-data information, transmitting the at least one preference to a content-providing server; searching, at the content-providing server, for at least one content corresponding to the at least one preference, extracting general information of at least one content found to correspond to the at least one preference and transmit the general information to the portable terminal.

Claims

1. A method for providing at least one content based on at least one preference of a user operating a portable terminal, the method comprising:

analyzing meta-data information associated with content stored on the portable terminal, the content being pre-stored onto, or previously downloaded to, the portable terminal;

determining the at least one preference based on the analyzed meta-data information;

transmitting the determined at least one preference to a content-providing server;

searching, by the content-providing server, for the at least one content based on the at least one preference;

extracting general information of the at least one content found based on the at least one preference; and

transmitting the general information of the at least one content found based on the at least one preference to the portable terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the general information includes at least one of:

image information, link information including a purchasing page link and a review page link, and meta-data information of the at least one content found based on the at least one preference.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the general information is performed using a pushing method.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the general information is performed when a new content based on the at least one user'"'"'s preference is registered.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying the general information of the at least one content based on the at least one preference using associated image information;

displaying a menu pop-up window when one set of the displayed general information is selected, the menu pop-up window including at least one entry associated with a corresponding operational function; and

selecting one of the at least one entry in the menu pop-up window; and

displaying a specific page corresponding to the operational function.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

updating the at least one preference when at least one set of general information is deleted; and

transmitting the updated at least one preference to the content-providing server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the meta-data information comprises at least one of:

collecting meta-data information of the content stored on the portable terminal; and

collecting meta-data information of the content that is stored on the portable terminal purchased for a predetermined period.

8. A system for providing at least one content based on at least one preference, the system comprising:

a portable terminal for;

analyzing meta-data information of content stored on the portable terminal, and

determining the at least one preference from the analyzed meta-data information; and

transmitting the determined at least one preference; and

a content-providing server for;

receiving the transmitted at least one preference;

searching for the at least one content based on the at least one preference,

extracting general information of the at least one content found based on the at least one preference; and

transmitting the extracted general information to the portable terminal.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the content-providing server provides general information in a pushing method.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the portable terminal comprises:

a storage unit that stores the at least one content found based on the at least one preference;

a controller including;

a preference analysis engine for;

analyzing the meta-data information of the content stored on the portable terminal; and

determining the at least one preference based on the analyzed meta-data information;

a wireless communication unit that transmits the at least one preference to the content-providing server, and receives the general information of the at least one content found based on the at least one preference; and

a display unit that displays at least one element of the general information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller controls the display unit to:

display a menu pop-up window when at least one element of the general information displayed in the display unit is selected, the menu pop-up window including entries associated with corresponding operational functions; and

display a page corresponding to a selected entry, wherein the page includes information regarding the corresponding operational function.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller updates the user'"'"'s preference when at least one general information received from the content-providing server is deleted and transmits the updated user'"'"'s preference to the content-providing server.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the display unit displays an indicator in response to reception of the general information.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an audio processing unit that outputs an effect sound in response to reception of the general information.

15. A portable terminal comprising:

a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to;

determine at least one user preference based on meta-data information associated with content stored in the memory and available to the processor;

transmit the at least one preference over a network connection;

receive general information associated with each of at least one content determined to match the at least one user preference;

display the received general information and a corresponding function menu; and

execute a function associated with the received general information in response to a selection of the function presented in the function menu.

16. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising:

updating the user preference in response to the selection of the function from the function menu.

17. The terminal of claim 16, wherein the function is a delete function.

18. The terminal of claim 16, further comprising transmitting the updated user preference.

19. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the step of determining at least one user preference comprises:

associating each of a plurality of meta-data information associated with the content stored in the memory and available to the processor to at least one of a plurality of categories;

determining a number of meta-data information in each of the categories; and

selecting at least one of the categories as the at least one user preference, wherein the selection is one of;

a largest number within a category and a number within a category being greater than a threshold value.