Method and apparatus for managing bookmark information for content stored in a networked media server

• US 8,214,463 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahn, Sung Joon, Kim, Chang Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Jungwon
• Application Number:
  US12/789,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241704A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 707/201.1, 707/100, 725/136, 369/30.09, 386/95, 386/282, 709/219, 709/203, 715/716
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing bookmark information of a media server through a network based on the UPnP AV standard is disclosed. If a request for bookmarking a content item is made, a bookmark item is created and the created bookmark item is linked to the content item by adding the ID of the created bookmark item to the property information of the content item and recording the ID of the content item to be bookmarked in the created bookmark item.

Claims

1. A method for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the method performed by a controller and comprising:

generating a deleting request, the deleting request instructing a server to perform a deleting operation of the bookmark item;

transmitting the generated deleting request to the server,

wherein the deleting operation comprises;

deleting the bookmark item, the bookmark item comprising a bookmark identifier (ID), rendering state information, transporting state information, and a content ID of the content item to associate the bookmark item with the content item, and

deleting a bookmark ID included in the content item when the bookmark item is deleted, the bookmark ID included in the content item being the same as the bookmark ID included in the bookmark item,

wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering state information associated with playback of the content item, the state information including the rendering state information and the transporting state information,

wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from a player to the controller according to a rendering state information request transmitted from the controller to the player, and

wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the server to the controller according to a transporting state information request transmitted from the controller to the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering state information includes at least audio volume or display luminance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the rendering state information to the server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the transporting state information to the server.

6. An apparatus for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the apparatus comprising:

an interface unit configured to at least transmit or receive data; and

a control device configured to;

generate a deleting request, the deleting request instructing a server to perform a deleting operation of the bookmark item, and

transmit, via the interface unit, the generated deleting request to the server,

wherein the deleting operation comprises;

deleting the bookmark item, the bookmark item comprising a bookmark identifier (ID), rendering state information, transporting state information, and a content ID of the content item to associate the bookmark item with the content item, and

deleting the bookmark ID included in the content item when the bookmark item is deleted, the bookmark ID included in the content item being the same as the bookmark ID included in the bookmark item, wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering state information associated with playback of the content item, the state information including the rendering state information and the transporting state information,

wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from a player according to a rendering state information request transmitted to the player, and

wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the server according to a transporting state information request transmitted to the server.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the rendering state information includes at least audio volume or display luminance.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from the controller to the server.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the controller to the server.