CONTENT UPLOADING METHOD AND USER TERMINAL THEREFOR, AND ASSOCIATED CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD AND CONTENT PROVIDING SERVER THEREFOR

• US 20150007047A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Tae-ho, Yeo, Sin-oug, Yoo, Eun-kyung
• Granted Patent: US 9,699,240 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

Provided is a content uploading method performed by a user terminal so as to upload content to a server. The content uploading includes operations of selecting a plurality of contents; generating an associated parameter indicating an association relationship between the plurality of contents; and uploading the plurality of contents comprising the associated parameter to the server.

Claims

1. A content uploading method performed by a user terminal so as to upload content to a server, the content uploading comprising:

selecting a plurality of contents;

generating an associated parameter indicating an association relationship between the plurality of contents; and

uploading the plurality of contents comprising the associated parameter to the server.

2. The content uploading method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the associated parameter comprises:

displaying the plurality of contents on one editing screen; and

generating the associated parameter indicating the association relationship between the plurality of contents displayed on the one editing screen.

3. The content uploading method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of contents have at least two different formats.

4. The content uploading method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting at least one content from among the plurality of contents uploaded to the server; and

displaying the at least one selected content, and information about associated content having an associated parameter equal to that of the at least one selected content.

5. The content uploading method of claim 4, wherein the information about the associated content comprises at least one of a thumbnail image of the associated content, link information of the associated content, and an icon indicating a category of the associated content.

6. The content uploading method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the plurality of contents comprises:

receiving an input of selection with respect to first content from a user;

recommending second content of which association possibility with the first content that is selected by the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference; and

receiving an input of selection with respect to the second content.

7. The content uploading method of claim 6, wherein the association possibility is calculated based on at least one of metadata generation time information and content generation position information of the first content and the second content.

8. The content uploading method of claim 6, wherein the second content comprises at least one of content that is pre-stored in a memory of the user terminal and content that is uploaded to the server.

9. An associated content providing method performed by a content providing server so as to provide associated content, the associated content providing method comprising:

receiving a plurality of contents from a user terminal;

generating an associated parameter indicating an association relationship between the plurality of contents; and

storing the plurality of contents comprising the associated parameter.

10. The associated content providing method of claim 9, wherein the generating of the associated parameter comprises:

receiving the plurality of contents from the user terminal via one editing screen; and

generating the associated parameter indicating the association relationship between the plurality of contents received via the one editing screen.

11. The associated content providing method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an input of selection with respect to at least one content from among the plurality of contents; and

providing the at least one selected content, and information about associated content having an associated parameter equal to that of the at least one selected content.

12. The associated content providing method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the information comprises:

obtaining an associated parameter from the at least one selected content; and

displaying the associated content having the associated parameter equal to the obtained associated parameter.

13. The associated content providing method of claim 9, wherein the receiving of the plurality of contents comprises:

receiving an input of selection with respect to first content;

recommending second content of which an association possibility with the selected first content is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference; and

receiving an input of selection with respect to the second content.

14. A user terminal comprising:

a contents selecting unit for selecting a plurality of contents;

an associated parameter generating unit for generating an associated parameter indicating an association relationship between the plurality of contents;

a communication unit for uploading the plurality of contents comprising the associated parameter to the server; and

a control unit for controlling the contents selecting unit, the associated parameter generating unit, and the communication unit.

15. A content providing server comprising:

a communication unit for receiving a plurality of contents from a user terminal;

an associated parameter generating unit for generating an associated parameter indicating an association relationship between the plurality of contents;

a storage unit for storing the plurality of contents comprising the associated parameter; and

a control unit for controlling the communication unit, the associated parameter generating unit, and the storage unit.