Method and apparatus for supporting mobility of content bookmark

• US 7,636,705 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Issued: 12/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Chang Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Wilson
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Merilyn P
• Application Number:
  US11/571,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20080250061A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• Field of Search: 707/103.R, 707/100, 707/102, 707/104.1, 707 1- 3, 707/200, 707/202, 707/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A method for playing a media object. The method includes storing bookmark information in a storage apparatus if a bookmark is set on a first media object, and playing a second media object from a position where the bookmark is set on the first media object according to the bookmark information stored in the storage apparatus, the second media object having content similar with the first media object, and a first media device to which the bookmark information was created with respect to being different from a second media device of the second media object.

Claims

1. A method for playing a media object, the method comprising:

storing bookmark information in a storage apparatus if a bookmark is set on a first media object; and

playing a second media object from a position where the bookmark is set on the first media object, according to the bookmark information stored in the storage apparatus, the second media object having content similar to the first media object, and a first media device of the first media object being different from a second media device of the second media object, wherein the bookmark information comprises information on status of presentation of the bookmarked media object, an identifier and a title of the bookmarked media object, and identification information that is uniquely assigned to the bookmark, the information on the status of presentation comprising values of status variables used for data rendering of the bookmarked media object and values of status variables used for controlling data transport between devices.

2. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein the storage apparatus is at least one of a wireless mobile apparatus, an attachable memory device, or a local area network sever.

3. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein the first media object and the second media object are stored in different storage apparatus located on different local networks.

4. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein the bookmark information further comprises metadata of the bookmarked media object.

5. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein playing the second media object further comprises finding the second media object from a plurality of media objects, based on the identifier or the title contained in the bookmark information.

6. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein playing the second media object further comprises sequentially requesting an action for setting the bookmark-set position to a position where streaming of the second media object starts and a play action for starting the streaming to an apparatus in which the second media object is stored and an apparatus that will render data of the second media object.

7. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein the bookmark on the first media object is set automatically on a position where playback of the first media object is stopped.

8. The method set forth in claim 1, wherein the bookmark on the first media object is set on a position of the first media object where a user'"'"'s request is made.

9. An apparatus for playing content, the apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to access a second device and playing a second media object stored in the second device, according to information on a bookmark stored in storage device, from a position where the bookmark is set on a first media object stored in a first device,

the bookmark stored in the storage device being created in connection with playback of the first media object, the second media object having content similar to the first media object, the second device being different from the first device,

wherein the information on the bookmark comprises information on status being set when the first media object is bookmarked, an identifier and a title of the bookmarked first media object, and identification information that is uniquely assigned to the bookmark, the information on the status including values of state variables used for controlling data rendering of the first media object and values of state variables used for controlling data transport between devices.

10. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the storage device comprises at least one of a wireless mobile apparatus, a detachable memory apparatus, or a local area network server.

11. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the second device is connected to a second local network and the first device is connected to a first local network separated from the second local network.

12. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the information of the bookmark further comprises metadata of the first media object that is bookmarked.

13. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to find the second media object from a plurality of media objects, based on the identifier or the title comprised in the information of the bookmark.

14. The apparatus set forth in claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

set a bookmarked position included in the information of the bookmark to a position from which the found second media object staffs to be streamed; and

start to render data of the second media object that is streamed from the second device in response to a received play action.

15. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the bookmark is automatically created to include a stopped position when playback of the first media object is stopped.

16. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the bookmark is created to include a position on the first media object where bookmarking is requested from a user.