CONTENT SEARCH METHOD BASED ON CLOUD SERVICE, AND SYSTEM AND TERMINAL DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME

• US 20140025662A1
• Filed: 07/23/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIN, Youngsun, KIM, Jinyong
• Application Number:
  US13/948,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025662A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

The present invention relates to content search based on a cloud service, wherein a content search screen is displayed for providing a content search in a predefined format and the search request can be made, via the received content search screen, by manipulating the displayed contents in a more intuitive manner so that a user can access the desired item more efficiently.

Claims

1. A content search system based on a cloud service, comprising:

a cloud service equipment storing at least one content item; and

at least one terminal, in communication with the cloud service equipment, displaying a content search screen received from the cloud service equipment, transmitting a search request, via the received content search screen, to the cloud service equipment, and, in response, outputting a corresponding search outcome received therefrom in a predefined format.

2. The content search system of claim 1, wherein the terminal displays a plurality of search result screen according to each textual search term.

3. The content search system of claim 1, wherein the terminal outputs one or more search results in different layers corresponding to different search terms composed of a syllable, a word, a phrase or a sentence.

4. The content search system of claim 1, wherein the terminal obtains, when a particular content item is selected from the content search screen, metadata or index information of the selected content item and transmits the metadata or index information as a search term to the cloud service equipment for retrieval of content items associated with the received metadata or the received index information.

5. The content search system of claim 4, wherein the terminal outputs at least one of:

a region to display the selected content item, a region to display at least one cluster of content items retrieved on the basis of the metadata, and a region to display metadata descriptions of the retrieved content items.

6. The content search system of claim 1, wherein the at least one content item comprises at least one memo item displayed on the content search screen.

7. A content search method based on a cloud service, comprising:

establishing a connection by a terminal to a cloud service equipment;

receiving a content search screen supporting a search of stored content items from the cloud service equipment;

transmitting a search term, via the received content search screen, to the cloud service equipment;

receiving a search result corresponding to the search term from the cloud service equipment; and

displaying the search result according to a predefined format.

8. The content search method of claim 7, further comprising at least one of:

displaying the content search screen having a canvas region for displaying images of the content items in different shapes and/or colors for distinction;

displaying a search input setting screen for entering a search term for searching by the cloud service equipment; and

displaying at least one region screen for displaying the search outcome provided by the cloud service equipment.

9. The content search method of claim 8, further comprising displaying, when a particular content item is selected from the displayed search outcome in the terminal, at least one of:

a portion of the canvas region, a detailed view screen for the selected content item, and a playback screen for the selected content item.

10. The content search method of claim 8, wherein the search input setting screen displays at least one of:

a search input setting region for entering a textual search term and for initiating, when a specific content item is dragged to the search input setting screen, content search based on metadata of the dragged content item.

11. The content search method of claim 10, wherein the terminal displays a plurality of search result screen according to each textual search term.

12. The content search method of claim 11, wherein the terminal displays one or more search results in different layers corresponding to different search terms composed of a syllable, a word, a phrase or a sentence.

13. The content search method of claim 7, wherein the terminal obtains, when a particular content item is selected from the content search screen, metadata or index information of the selected content item and transmits the metadata or index information as a search term to the cloud service equipment for retrieval of content items associated with the received metadata or received index information.

14. The content search method of claim 13, wherein the terminal displays at least one of:

a region to display the selected content item, a region to display at least one cluster of content items retrieved on the basis of the metadata, and a region to display metadata descriptions of the retrieved content items.

15. The content search method of claim 7, wherein the content items comprise at least one memo item displayed on the content search screen.

16. A terminal device supporting content search based on a cloud service and programmed to perform the method of claim 7.

17. An apparatus for providing content search based on a cloud service, comprising:

a processor;

establishing a connection by a terminal device to a cloud service equipment; and

a memory, coupled to said processor, said memory being configured to allow the processor to;

receive a content search screen supporting a search of stored content items from the cloud service equipment;

transmit a search term, via the received content search screen, to the cloud service equipment and, in response, receive a search result including the content items corresponding to the search term; and

display the search result according to a predefined format.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said memory is further configured to allow said processor to display, when a specific content item from the search result is dragged to a search input setting screen, the search result based on metadata of the dragged content item.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said memory is further configured to allow said processor to display the search result in different layers according to each search term.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said memory is further configured to obtain, when a particular content item is selected from the content search screen, metadata or index information of the selected content item and transmit the metadata or index information as a search term to the cloud service equipment for retrieval, and display the retrieved content items associated with the received metadata or received index information.