ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS RECOMMENDATION SERVICE

• US 20130124652A1
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Myongwon Suh
• Inventors: KIM, Juyoung, HA, Hyesook, SUH, Myongwon
• Granted Patent: US 9,204,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for providing a content recommendation service are disclosed. A controller detects a user action for requesting content recommendation, extracts content information about content displayed on a screen in response to the detected user action, and generates a content post request message including the extracted content information and ID information. A network interface transmits the generated content post request message to an electronic device or a server.

Claims

1. A method for providing a content recommendation service between users of a social networking environment, comprising:

detecting a user action for providing a content recommendation;

extracting, in response to the detected user action, content information regarding content displayed on a screen;

generating a content post request message that includes the extracted content information and identification (ID) information; and

transmitting the generated content post request message to an electronic device or to a server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content information includes a recommendation message of a real-time program displayed on the screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content information includes at least one of inputted text regarding a real-time program displayed on the screen, a still image or a moving image of at least a part of the real-time program.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID information includes at least one of a user identifier, a session identifier for identifying a session with a Social Network Service (SNS) server, or a session identifier secret.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the session identifier includes a session ID, a token, or a cookie.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a message for requesting a login to a Social Network Service (SNS) server;

generating a login request message that includes the login information, wherein the login information is input through the message; and

transmitting the generated login request message to the server.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a server, feed data for displaying a feed associated with the content post request message; and

displaying the feed on the screen using the received feed data.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed content includes text, image content, audio content, video content, a real-time broadcast program, or an application.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing at least part of an image of the displayed content in response to the detected user action, wherein the content post request message further includes the captured image.

30. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording part of the displayed content in response to the detected user action, wherein the content post request message further includes the recorded part.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the recording includes:

storing image frames of the displayed content in a memory;

detecting a user action for requesting recording stop; and

stopping storing the image frames in response, to the user action and generating a media file including at least part of the stored image frames.

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11. An electronic device for providing a content recommendation service between users of a social networking environment, comprising:

a screen to display content;

a controller to detect a user action for providing a content recommendation, the controller to extract, in response to the user action, content information regarding the content displayed on the screen, and the controller to provide a content post request message that includes the extracted content information and identification (ID) information; and

a network interface to transmit the content post request message to an electronic device or to a server.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the extracted content information includes a like recommendation of a real-time program displayed on the screen.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the content information includes inputted text regarding a real-time program displayed on the screen.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the content information includes a still image.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the content information includes a moving image of at least a part of a real-time program displayed on the screen.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising:

a tuner to receive the content.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a message for requesting a login to a Social Network Service (SNS) server;

generating a login request message that includes the login information, wherein the login information is input through the message; and

transmitting the generated login request message to the server.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, from a server, feed data for displaying a feed associated with the content post request message; and

displaying the feed on the screen using the received feed data.

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21. (canceled)

22. A method for providing a content recommendation service between users of a social networking environment, comprising:

receiving a content post request message that includes content information of a content recommended by a user'"'"'s electronic device and identification (ID) information;

obtaining an address of a Social Network Service (SNS) server based on the ID information; and

transmitting, to the obtained address, at least part of the content information included in the received content post request message.

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