APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
First Claim
1. A multimedia content searching apparatus comprising:
- an image receiving unit that receives an image having additional information from an external device;
an additional information reading unit that reads the additional information from the image received from the image receiving unit;
a multimedia content searching unit that recommends a multimedia content to a user by searching for the multimedia content which is related to the additional information using the additional information read by the additional information reading unit; and
an information comparing unit that compares the additional information read by the additional information reading unit with multimedia content information provided from a content provider,wherein the multimedia content searching unit searches for the multimedia content related to the additional information based on the result of the comparison by the information comparing unit.
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Abstract
A multimedia content searching apparatus includes: an image receiving unit that receives an image having additional information from an external device; an additional information reading unit that reads the additional information from the image received from the image receiving unit; a multimedia content searching unit that recommends a multimedia content to a user by searching for the multimedia content which is related to the additional information using the additional information read by the additional information reading unit; and an information comparing unit that compares the additional information read by the additional information reading unit with multimedia content information provided from a content provider, and the multimedia content searching unit searches for the multimedia content related to the additional information based on the result of the comparison by the information comparing unit.
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19 Claims
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1. A multimedia content searching apparatus comprising:
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an image receiving unit that receives an image having additional information from an external device; an additional information reading unit that reads the additional information from the image received from the image receiving unit; a multimedia content searching unit that recommends a multimedia content to a user by searching for the multimedia content which is related to the additional information using the additional information read by the additional information reading unit; and an information comparing unit that compares the additional information read by the additional information reading unit with multimedia content information provided from a content provider, wherein the multimedia content searching unit searches for the multimedia content related to the additional information based on the result of the comparison by the information comparing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A multimedia content searching method comprising:
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receiving an image with additional information from an external device; reading the additional information from the received image; comparing the read additional information with multimedia content information provided from a content provider; and recommending a multimedia content by searching for the multimedia content related to the additional information using the read additional information, wherein the multimedia content related to the additional information is searched based on a result of comparison. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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