METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDIA BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20120226752A1
• Filed: 03/02/2012
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeong, Jin-Guk, Youm, Sun-Hee, Park, Mi-Hwa, Shim, Hyun-Sik, Park, Soo-Hong, Lee, Min-Ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,736,208 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for sharing media using a social network in a communication system are provided. A method of a transmit terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, generating media comprising location information associated with the media, and registering the generated media to the media server. A method of a receive terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, transmitting location information of the receive terminal to the media server, and receiving from the media server, media corresponding to the location information among media registered by the at least one counterpart terminal.

Claims

1. A method of a transmit terminal for sharing media using a social network, comprising:

transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal;

generating media comprising location information associated with the generated media; and

registering the generated media to the media server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the media using one of a markup language and an MPEG-4, part 4 (MP4) protocol,

wherein the media comprise rich media including at least one of an audio, an image, a video, and a text information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, when the media comprises an MP4 file that is generated using the MP4 protocol, the media indicating location information and environment information detectable by a sensor and stored in a metadata portion of the MP4 file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a version of an MP4 specification supported by the media, information representing additional information of the media, and additional information of segments which constitute the media, the information representing additional information that comprises at least one of information relating to the transmit terminal that generates the media, a keyword for the media, a description of the media, a language used to write the media, location information associated with where the media is generated, and sensor information indicating an environment when the media is generated, wherein the additional information for the segments comprises at least one of a profile of the segments, location information corresponding to the segments, sensor information indicating an environment corresponding to the segments, a key frame for the segments, a location of the segments in the corresponding media, and a description of the segments.

5. A method of a receive terminal for sharing media using a social network, comprising:

transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal;

transmitting location information of the receive terminal to the media server; and

receiving from the media server, media corresponding to the location information that is registered by the at least one counterpart terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising generating the media using one of a markup language and an MP4 protocol, wherein the media comprise rich media including at least one of an audio, an image, a video, and a text information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, when the media comprises an MP4 file that is generated using the MP4 protocol, the media indicating the location information and environment information detectable by a sensor and stored in a metadata portion of the MP4 file.

8. A method for sharing media between terminals using a social network using a media server, comprising:

receiving from each terminal, identification information of at least one counterpart terminal related to a social network for the each terminal;

receiving and registering media comprising location information associated with the media from each terminal;

receiving location information from a particular terminal;

searching for media corresponding to the location information associated with the media registered by at least one counterpart terminal belonging to the social network of the particular terminal; and

transmitting the searched media to the particular terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating the media using one of a markup language and an MP4 protocol, wherein the media comprise rich media including at least one of an audio, an image, a video, and a text information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, when the media comprises an MP4 file that is generated using the MP4 protocol, the media indicating the location information and environment information detectable by a sensor and stored in a metadata portion of an MP4 file.

11. A transmit terminal configured to share media using a social network, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a media server; and

a controller configured to;

transmit to the media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal and

media comprising location information, and

register the generated media on the media server.

12. The transmit terminal of claim 11, wherein the media includes rich media comprising at least one of an audio, an image, a video, and a text, and

the media configured to be generated using one of a markup language and an MP4 protocol.

13. The transmit terminal of claim 12, wherein, when the media are configured to be generated using the MP4 protocol, the media indicate location information and environment information detectable by a sensor using metadata of an MP4 file.

14. The transmit terminal of claim 13, wherein the metadata comprise at least one of a version of an MP4 specification supported by the media, information representing additional information of the media, and additional information of segments which constitute the media, the additional information comprising at least one of information relating to a terminal which generates the media, a keyword for the media, description of the media, a language used to write the media, location information associated with where the media are generated, and sensor information indicating an environment associated with when the media is generated, and the segments comprising at least one of a profile of the segments, location information corresponding to the segments, sensor information indicating an environment corresponding to the segments, a key frame for the segments, location of the segments in the corresponding media, and a description of the segments.

15. A receive terminal configured to share media using a social network, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a media server; and

a controller configured to;

transmit to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal,

transmit location information of the receive terminal to the media server, and

receive from the media server, media corresponding to the location information among media registered by the at least one counterpart terminal.

16. The receive terminal of claim 15, wherein the media comprise rich media including at least one of an audio, an image, a video, and a text information, and the media configured to be generated using one of a markup language and an MP4 protocol.

17. The receive terminal of claim 16, wherein, when the media comprises an MP4 file that is generated using the MP4 protocol, the media indicating the location information and environment information detectable by a sensor and stored in a metadata portion of the MP4 file.

18. A media server configured to share media between terminals using a social network, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit or receive signals to and from each terminal; and

a controller configured to;

receive from each terminal, identification information of at least one counterpart terminal,

build a social network for each terminal by receiving and registering media comprising location information from each terminal,

when receiving location information from a particular terminal, search for media corresponding to the location information among media registered by at least one counterpart terminal belonging to the social network of the particular terminal, and

transmit the searched media to the particular terminal.

19. The media server of claim 18, wherein the media comprise rich media including at least one of an audio, an image, a video, and a text information, and

the media configured to be generated using one of a markup language and an MP4 protocol.

20. The media server of claim 19, wherein, when the media comprise an MP4 file that is generated using the MP4 protocol, the media indicating the location information and environment information detectable by a sensor and stored in a metadata portion of an MP4 file.