Reproducing apparatus and server system providing additional information therefor

• US 7,386,587 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2001
• Issued: 06/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Heo, Jung-kwon, Chung, Hyun-kwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Cardone; Jason D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Swearingen; Jeffrey R
• Application Number:
  US09/903,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20020143902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,524 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 709/203, 705/58, 707/204, 713/184
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier

Abstract

A reproduction apparatus and a server system to provide additional information, the reproduction apparatus reproduces one of contents stored on the storage medium, such as a CD or DVD, and includes an identifier generator to generate the identifier of the contents, a network connector, and a controller to transmit the identifier generated by the identifier generator to a server system providing the additional information through the network connector, to receive the additional information provided from the server system through the network connector and to reproduce the received additional information.

Claims

1. A reproduction apparatus for reproducing contents, comprising:

an identifier provider for providing an identifier of the contents read from a storage medium storing the predetermined contents and the contents identifier;

a network connector; and

a controller for storing the contents identifier provided by the identifier provider as a Cookie file, transmitting the stored Cookie file including the contents identifier through the network connector to a server system, which provides additional information related to the contents through the network connector, and receiving through the network connector the additional information provided from the server system after the stored contents identifier was transmitted.

2. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a reading unit for reading data from the storage medium, in which the contents are stored, and reads the contents identifier from the at least one storage medium, wherein the identifier provider provides the read contents identifier read from the at least one storage medium to the controller.

3. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a reading unit for reading data from the storage medium, in which the contents are stored, and reads an international standard recording code (ISRC) from the at least one storage medium, wherein the identifier provider receives the ISRC read and provides the ISRC as the contents identifier to the controller.

4. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a reading unit for reading the contents from the storage medium in which the contents are stored; and

a reproducer for reproducing contents read by the reading unit.

5. The reproduction apparatus of claim 4, wherein the reproducer further comprises a decoder for decoding the read contents.

6. The reproduction apparatus of claim 5, wherein the reproducer further comprises:

a speaker for receiving audio data output from the decoder and delivering sound; and

a display apparatus for receiving video data output from the decoder and displaying images.

7. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the received additional information is reproduced without reproducing the corresponding contents.

8. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a browser, and the controller controls the browser to prepare and store the Cookie file with the contents identifier in the prepared Cookie file, and uses the browser to transmit the stored Cookie to the server system and to receive the additional information provided from the server system after transmitting the stored Cookie.

9. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the controller receives an input requesting retrieval of the additional information,

if the received input requests receipt of the additional information without reproducing the corresponding contents, the additional information is retrieved from the server system using the Cookie file without reproducing the corresponding contents, and

if the received input requests the additional information while reproducing the corresponding contents, the additional information is retrieved from the server system using the Cookie file while reproducing the corresponding contents.

10. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a memory in which the controller stores the Cookie file prior to providing the Cookie file to the server system.

11. The reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contents comprises audio and/or video predetermined contents, and the additional information includes words of a song of the audio and/or video contents, personal information items on singers of the audio and/or video contents, contents of recent activities of the audio and/or video contents, other songs of a similar genre of the audio and/or video contents, or combinations thereof.

12. A server system providing additional information items, comprising:

an additional information database which stores additional information items related to a plurality of contents; and

a server for receiving a Cookie file including an identifier of predetermined contents from a reproduction apparatus for reproducing the contents and which retrieved the contents identifier from a recording medium storing the predetermined contents and the contents identifier, the Cookie file being prepared by and stored by a browser on the reproduction apparatus prior to transmission to the server, retrieving one of the additional information items related to the contents identifier from the additional information data base according to the received file, and transmitting the retrieved one additional information item to the reproduction apparatus.

13. The server system of claim 12, wherein:

an international standard recording code (ISRC) is recorded in at least one recording medium on which the contents are recorded, and

the server receives the ISRC code as the contents identifier, retrieves the one of the additional information items mapped to the ISRC code from the additional information database, and transmits the retrieved one additional information item to the reproduction apparatus.

14. The server system of claim 12, wherein:

the server transmits the additional information item corresponding to the received contents identifier to the reproduction apparatus, and the reproduction apparatus comprises;

an identifier provider for providing the identifier of the contents,

the browser,

a network connector, and

a controller to control the browser to prepare and store the Cookie file including the identifier from the identifier provider prior to transmission to the server, to use the browser to transmit the stored identifier to the server through the network connector, to use the browser to receive the retrieved one additional information item transmitted from the server through the network connector corresponding to the transmitted identifier, and to control a display of the received one additional information item.

15. The server system of claim 14, wherein:

the reproduction apparatus further comprises a reading unit for reading data from at least one storage medium,

the at least one storage medium stores the contents,

the identifier provider provides the contents identifier read from the at least one storage medium to the controller, and

the controller receives the contents identifier from the reproduction apparatus for transmitting the contents identifier provided by the identifier provider through the network connector to the server.

16. The server system of claim 15, wherein the server receives an international standard recording code (ISRC) read from the at least one storage medium by the reading unit and provides the received ISRC code as the contents identifier to the controller.

17. The server system of claim 12, wherein the server receives the contents identifier from the browser installed in a controller of the reproduction apparatus.

18. The server system of claim 17, wherein the server receives the contents identifier from the browser installed in the controller of the reproduction apparatus as the Cookie file prepared by the browser.

19. The server system of claim 12, wherein the contents comprises audio and/or video predetermined contents, and the additional information items include words of a song of the audio and/or video contents, personal information items on singers of the audio and/or video contents, contents of recent activities of the audio and/or video contents, other songs of a similar genre of the audio and/or video contents, or combinations thereof.

20. An computer readable medium for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus and comprising a Cookie program which implements a method of generating a Cookie file used by the apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting an identifier of predetermined contents; and

preparing and storing the detected contents identifier in the Cookie file for use in a subsequent transmission by the apparatus to a server system providing additional information related to the predetermined contents through a network connector of the apparatus in response to the sent Cookie file,

wherein the contents identifier is an international standard recording code (ISRC) read from a recording medium.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises reading the contents identifier from the recording medium on which the contents are stored.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the Cookie file is prepared by the apparatus and is stored on the apparatus prior to transmission, and the Cookie file includes the contents identifier read from the recording medium.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the Cookie file is prepared by a browser provided in the apparatus and is stored prior to transmission, and the Cookie file includes the contents identifier read from the recording medium.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the Cookie file is prepared by a browser provided in the apparatus and is stored prior to transmission, and the method further comprises transmitting the Cookie file to the server system providing the additional information through a network.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the predetermined contents comprises audio and/or video predetermined contents, and the additional information includes words of a song of the audio and/or video contents, personal information items on singers of the audio and/or video contents, contents of recent activities of the audio and/or video contents, other songs of a similar genre of the audio and/or video contents, or combinations thereof.

26. A method of providing additional information comprising:

storing in an apparatus a contents identifier to identify predetermined contents read from a storage medium storing the predetermined contents and the contents identifier, the contents identifier being stored in a Cookie file by a browser of the apparatus which is separated from a server system by a network connector;

transmitting, through the network connector, the stored Cookie file including the contents identifier to the server system providing additional information related to the provided contents identifier; and

receiving, through the network connector, the additional information provided from the server system.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the storing the contents identifier includes reading the contents identifier from a recording medium storing the predetermined contents.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the storing the contents identifier includes reading an International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) as the contents identifier from a recording medium storing the predetermined contents.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the predetermined contents comprises audio and/or video contents, and the additional information includes words of a song of the audio and/or video contents, personal information items on singers of the audio and/or video contents, contents of recent activities of the audio and/or video contents, other songs of a similar genre of the audio and/or video contents, or combinations thereof.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the audio and/or video contents are retrieved from an information storage medium having the contents identifier, and the additional information are not stored on the information storage medium.

31. The method of claim 26, further comprising reproducing the received additional information without reproducing the corresponding predetermined contents.

32. The method of claim 26, further comprising reproducing the received additional information while reproducing the corresponding predetermined contents.

33. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

receiving at the apparatus an input requesting reproduction of the additional information,

if the received input requests reproduction of the additional information without reproducing the corresponding predetermined contents, the additional information which was received from the server system using the contents identifier is reproduced without reproducing the corresponding predetermined contents, and

if the received input requests reproduction of the additional information while reproducing the corresponding predetermined contents, the additional information which was received from the server system using the contents identifier is reproduced while reproducing the corresponding predetermined contents.