METHOD OF PROVIDING A BOOKMARK SERVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

• US 20130262635A1
• Filed: 02/15/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Jung-Hyun, KIM, Gu-Sul, SEO, Min-Jung, LIM, Won-Bae
• Application Number:
  US13/768,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20130262635A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A method for a bookmark service and an electronic device thereof include receiving multimedia contents in the electronic device, verifying channel state information of the electronic device, and setting a bookmark for the received multimedia contents based on the channel state information of the electronic device. The multimedia contents are multimedia writings such as digitized literary, music, photo, and art writings and include contents which may be stored and used in the electronic device, or a series of information contents obtained through a wireless Internet communication network or a high-speed data network.

Claims

1. A method of providing a bookmark service in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving multimedia contents in the electronic device;

verifying channel state information of the electronic device; and

setting a bookmark associated with a position in the multimedia contents based on the channel state information of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia contents are multimedia writings including at least one of digitized literary, music, photo, and art writings, and wherein the multimedia contents are at least one of contents which may be stored and used in the electronic device or a series of information contents provided through a wireless Internet communication network or a high-speed data network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the bookmark comprises setting the bookmark based on a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the multimedia contents in the electronic device comprises:

verifying whether any bookmark for the multimedia contents is set up; and

providing multimedia contents according to the verified bookmark.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the providing of the multimedia contents comprises:

transmitting bookmark information corresponding to the set bookmark to a server; and

providing the multimedia contents received from the server and corresponding to the set bookmark.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the providing of the multimedia contents comprises providing multimedia contents from a position in the multimedia contents where the bookmark is set up when the multimedia contents are received from a server.

7. A method of providing a bookmark service in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving multimedia contents in the electronic device;

verifying whether a bookmark for the multimedia contents is set up; and

providing multimedia contents according to the verified bookmark.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the providing of the multimedia contents comprises:

transmitting bookmark information corresponding to the set up bookmark to a server; and

providing the multimedia contents received from the server and corresponding to the set up bookmark.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the providing of the multimedia contents comprises providing multimedia contents from a position in the multimedia contents where the bookmark is set up when the multimedia contents are received from a server.

10. An electronic device comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory; and

at least one module, wherein each of the at least one module is stored in the memory and is configured to be executable by the at least one processor,

wherein each of the at least one module includes at least one instruction for receiving multimedia contents in the electronic device, verifying channel state information of the electronic device, and setting a bookmark associated with a position in the multimedia contents based on the channel state information of the electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the multimedia contents are multimedia writings including at least one of digitized literary, music, photo, and art writings, and wherein the multimedia contents are at least one of contents which may be stored and used in the electronic device or a series of information contents provided through a wireless Internet communication network or a high-speed data network.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the instructions for setting the bookmark include an instruction for setting the bookmark based on a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI).

13. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising at least one instruction for receiving multimedia contents in the electronic device, verifying whether any bookmark for the multimedia contents is set up, and providing multimedia contents according to the verified bookmark.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the instructions for providing the multimedia contents include an instruction for transmitting bookmark information corresponding to the set up bookmark to a server, and for providing multimedia contents received from the server and corresponding to the set bookmark.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the instructions for providing the multimedia contents include an instruction for providing multimedia contents from a position in the multimedia contents where the bookmark is set up when the multimedia contents are received from a server.

16. An electronic device comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory; and

at least one module, wherein each of the at least one module is stored in the memory and is configured to be executable by the at least one processor,

wherein each of the at least one module include at least one instruction for receiving multimedia contents in the electronic device, verifying whether a bookmark for the multimedia contents is set up, and providing multimedia contents according to the verified bookmark.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the instructions for providing the multimedia contents include an instruction for transmitting bookmark information corresponding to the set up bookmark to a server, and for providing the multimedia contents received from the server and corresponding to the set bookmark.

18. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the instructions for providing the multimedia contents include an instruction for providing multimedia contents from a position in the multimedia contents where the bookmark is set up when the multimedia contents are received from a server.