CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20160078902A1
• Filed: 11/19/2015
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Young-sun, Kwahk, Ji-young
• Granted Patent: US 10,199,073 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2457 with adaptation to user needs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/84 using optical recording H04N5/80, H04N5/89, H04N5/91 take precedence

Abstract

The content reproduction method includes receiving a select signal for selecting one or more pieces of content; and reproducing the selected pieces of content and one or more pieces of content which were generated or reproduced together with the selected pieces of content in a temporal space within a range.

Claims

1. A content reproduction method comprising:

storing, in a storage unit, a plurality of contents and a plurality of spatio-temporal meta information which correspond to the plurality of contents;

receiving a selection signal for selecting one or more first contents among the plurality of contents to be reproduced;

searching the plurality of contents stored on the storage unit for one or more second contents having spatio-temporal meta information that is within a range of spatio-temporal meta information of the selected one or more first contents; and

reproducing the selected one or more first contents together with the one or more second contents found during the searching,

wherein spatio-temporal meta information of a corresponding content is information about a time and a location at which the corresponding content was generated or reproduced.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the spatio-temporal meta information comprises information regarding date, time, and location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after finding the one or more second contents through the searching:

determining whether there is interference between the selected one or more first contents and the found one or more second contents; and

reproducing the selected one or more first contents together with the found one or more second contents if it is determined that there is no interference between the selected one or more first contents and the found one or more second contents.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more first contents comprise music content, and the found one or more second contents comprise picture content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein if two or more contents are found during the searching, the found two or more contents are sequentially reproduced in a slide show.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more first contents comprise music content, and the found one or more second contents comprise text content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein if two or more contents are found during the searching, the found two or more contents are sequentially reproduced in a slide show.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more first contents comprise picture content, and the found one or more second contents comprise music content.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein if two or more contents are found during the searching, the found two or more contents are sequentially reproduced.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more first contents comprise text content, and the found one or more second contents comprise music content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein if two or more contents are found during the searching, the found two or more contents are sequentially reproduced.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the location is recorded as part of the spatio-temporal meta information using a global positioning system.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein, the searching the plurality of contents comprises searching for one or more second contents that was generated or reproduced at a time that is within a range of another time that the one or more first contents was generated or reproduced at based on the plurality of spatio-temporal meta information.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein, the searching the plurality of contents comprises searching for one or more second contents that was generated or reproduced at a location that is within a range of another location that the one or more first contents was generated or reproduced at based on the plurality of spatio-temporal meta information.

12. A content reproduction apparatus comprising:

a storage unit which stores a plurality of contents;

a control unit which receives a selection signal for selecting one or more first contents of the stored plurality of contents, searches for one or more second contents of the stored plurality of contents having spatio-temporal meta information that is within a range of spatio-temporal meta information of the selected one or more first contents, and reproduces the selected one or more first contents together with the one or more second contents found during a search,

wherein spatio-temporal meta information of a corresponding content is information about a time and a location at which the corresponding content was generated or reproduced.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the spatio-temporal meta information comprises information regarding date, time, and location.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein after finding the one or more second contents through the search, the control unit determines whether there is interference between the selected one or more first contents and the found one or more second contents, and reproduces the selected one or more first contents together with the found one or more second contents if it is determined that there is no interference between the selected one or more first contents and the found one or more second contents.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the selected one or more first contents comprise music content, and the found one or more second contents comprise picture content.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein if two or more contents are found during the searching, the found two or more contents are sequentially reproduced in a slide show.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a content reproduction method is recorded, the method comprising:

storing a plurality of contents and a plurality of spatio-temporal meta information which correspond to the plurality of contents;

receiving a selection signal for selecting one or more first contents among the plurality of contents to be reproduced;

searching the plurality of contents stored on the storage unit for one or more second contents having spatio-temporal meta information that is within a range of spatio-temporal meta information of the selected one or more first contents; and

reproducing the selected one or more first contents together with the one or more second contents found during the searching,

wherein spatio-temporal meta information of a corresponding content is information about a time and a location at which the corresponding content was generated or reproduced.