Method and video device for accessing information

• US 8,205,223 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Pack, Bok Hyun, Kim, Young Kuk, Ahn, Hyun, Ryu, Han Seop, Yun, Yeo Han, Han, Yun Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Pankaj
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hicks, Charles N
• Application Number:
  US11/819,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20070261079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,817 Days
• Field of Search: 725/20, 725/60, 725/112, 725/136, 725/18
• US Class Current: 725/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23614 Multiplexing of additional data and video streams arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/434 Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream demultiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64315 DVB-H
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 : specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 : for generating interactive applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8583 : by creating hot-spots
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 : by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 : on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 : involving data reduction

Abstract

A method and video device are disclosed for accessing information. In an embodiment of the present invention, part of data included in a title, being played, read from a storage medium or extracted from a broadcast signal is extracted and sent to a server over a network, and information corresponding to the part of the data (i.e., information related to the data and complete data of the data) is received from the server and played. Rather than the part of the data, information related to a position of the data, (e.g. a time point at which the playing of the data starts within the title or a radial position or a physical address at which the data is located in the storage medium) may be sent. The data may be data that forms audio, a frame-shaped video clip or a frame-shaped picture included in the title.

Claims

1. A method of searching additional data on a background music included in a title being played currently in a network device, the method comprising:

playing a title including main audio/video (A/V) data and a background music;

performing a capturing process on a part of the background music included in the played title, wherein performing the capturing process records the background music in a memory for a predetermined time after a user'"'"'s request;

accessing a content provider (CP) server using an internet interface;

transmitting both the captured part of the background music and a signal requesting additional data on the background music to the accessed CP server; and

receiving full data of the background music and the additional data from the accessed CP server, wherein the full data is stored in the CP server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the signal requesting the additional data from an external media; and

transmitting the additional data to the external media depending on rights granted.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the additional data comprises:

receiving at least one of guide information, wherein the at least one of guide information corresponds to a song name, a singer name or a lyric stored in the CP server.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying the at least one of guide information; and

selectively performing a playing of the full data of the background music while playing the title or performing a stopping of playing the title, playing the full data of the background music and playing the title when it is finished to play the full data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the main audio data is different from the background music.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the accessing is performed by using a URL included in a header of the background music.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the title corresponds to a movie or a broadcast program.

8. A method of searching for data on a background music included in a title being played, the method comprising:

playing a title including main audio/video (A/V) data and a background music;

capturing part of the background music included in the played title by recording the background music in a memory for a predetermined time after a user'"'"'s request;

accessing a content provider (CP) server;

transmitting both the captured part of the background music and a signal requesting data on the background music to the CP server; and

receiving, after transmitting both the captured part and the signal, complete data of the background music and the data from the CP server, wherein the complete data is previously stored on the CP server.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the signal requesting the data; and

transmitting the data to an external media.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the data comprises:

receiving at least one of a song name, a singer name or a lyric from the CP server.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying the at least one of the song name, the singer name or the lyric; and

selectively performing a playing of the data of the background music while playing the title or stopping of playing the title, playing the data of the background music and playing the title when it is finished to play the full data.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the main audio data is different from the background music.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the CP server is accessed based on a URL included in a header of the background music.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the title corresponds to a movie or a broadcast program.