Mobile terminal having bookmark functionn of contents service and operation method thereof

• US 7,616,946 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2006
• Issued: 11/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Hye-Mi, Park, Sung-Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid; Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jama; Isaak R
• Application Number:
  US11/490,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20070027949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.2, 455/414.2, 370/351, 709/219
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25435 involving characteristics of content or additional data, e.g. video resolution or the amount of advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A mobile terminal having a bookmark function for a contents service include a controller for bookmarking a particular time point of currently reproduced contents, a storage unit for storing information on the bookmarked particular time point of the contents, and a reproducing unit for reproducing the contents starting from the particular time point based on the stored particular time point information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless module configured to access the Internet to receive moving image contents;

a display configured to display the received moving image contents in a web browser;

a controller configured to bookmark a particular time point of currently displayed moving image contents and to close the web browser such that moving image contents are not displayed;

a storage unit configured to store information on the bookmarked particular time point of the displayed moving image contents;

said display further configured to display a selectable item that can be selected to reproduce the moving image contents starting from the bookmarked particular time point; and

a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the moving image contents starting from the bookmarked particular time point based on the stored particular time point information when the selectable item is selected without again executing the web browser, such that a user of the mobile terminal can view the moving image contents on the mobile terminal at the bookmarked particular time point without again executing the web browser,

wherein the stored information on the bookmarked particular time point of the moving image contents includes a time during which the moving image contents being reproduced when bookmarked and frame information from which the moving image contents is to be reproduced.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the storage unit is further configured to store data relating to reproducing the moving image contents.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the frame information includes a start frame from which the moving image contents is to be reproduced.

4. The terminal of claim 3, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to a P-frame of streamed data corresponding to the received moving image contents, the start frame is an I-frame previous to the P-frame.

5. The terminal of claim 3, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to the P-frame of streamed data corresponding to the received moving image contents, the start frame is the I-frame closest to the P-frame.

6. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit configured to receive a bookmark input signal from the user,

wherein the controller is further configured to bookmark the particular time point of the moving image contents according to the bookmark input signal from the user.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein if the currently reproduced moving image contents are suddenly stopped, the controller is further configured to automatically bookmark a time point at which the reproduced moving image contents are suddenly stopped as the particular time point.

8. A method of controlling a mobile, the method comprising:

accessing the Internet to receive moving image contents;

displaying, on a display of the mobile terminal, the received moving image contents in a web browser;

bookmarking, via a control unit of the mobile terminal, a particular time point of currently displayed moving image contents and closing the web browser such that the moving image contents are not displayed;

storing information on the bookmarked particular time point of the displayed moving image contents;

displaying a selectable item that can be selected to reproduce the moving image contents starting from the bookmarked particular time point; and

reproducing, via a reproducing unit of the mobile terminal, the moving image contents starting from the bookmarked particular time point based on the stored particular time point information when the selectable item is selected without again executing the web browser, such that a user of the mobile terminal can view the moving image contents on the mobile terminal at the bookmarked particular time point without again executing the web browser,

wherein the stored information on the bookmarked particular time point of the moving image contents includes a time during which the moving image contents being reproduced when bookmarked and frame information from which the moving image contents is to be reproduced.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the storing step further comprises:

storing data relating to reproducing the moving image contents.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the frame information includes a time during which the moving image contents were reproduced and a start frame from which the moving image contents is to be reproduced.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to a P-frame of streamed data corresponding to the received moving image contents, the start frame is an I-frame previous to the P-frame.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein when the bookmarked particular time point corresponds to the P-frame of streamed data corresponding to the received moving image contents, the start frame is the I-frame closest to the P-frame.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a bookmark input signal from the user,

wherein the bookmarking step bookmarks the particular time point of the moving image contents according to the bookmark input signal from the user.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein if the currently reproduced moving image contents are suddenly stopped, the bookmarking step automatically bookmark a time point at which the reproduced moving image contents are suddenly stopped as the particular time point.