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

• US 8,214,519 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• 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): Wasel, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US12/790,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/219, 709/231
• US Class Current: 709/231
• 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 performed by a controller for creating a bookmark item in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network including a server, a player and a controller for controlling the server and the player, the method comprising:

performing a requesting operation of rendering state information and transporting state information, the rendering state information and the transporting state information being associated with playback of a content item, and

when the UPnP network is configured in a push mode, the requesting operation comprises;

transmitting a rendering state information request to a player;

transmitting a transporting state information request to a server;

receiving the rendering state information from the player; and

receiving the transporting state information from the server; and

transmitting a creating request to the server, the creating request including the rendering state information and the transporting state information,

wherein the creating request instructs the server to create the bookmark item in the server and to update the content item, the bookmark item being used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting state information,

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

wherein the content item is updated to include the bookmark ID to associate the content item with the bookmark item.

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, wherein the bookmark item is created under a container assigned by the controller.

5. A controller for creating a bookmark item in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network including a server, a player and a controller for controlling the server and the player, the controller comprising:

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

a control unit configured to;

perform a requesting operation of rendering state information and transporting state information, the rendering state information and the transporting state information being associated with playback of a content item, and when the UPnP network is configured in a push mode, the requesting operation comprises;

transmitting, via the interface unit, a rendering state information request to a player;

transmitting, via the interface unit, a transporting state information request to a server;

receiving, via the interface unit, the rendering state information from the player; and

receiving, via the interface unit, the transporting state information from the server; and

transmit, via the interface unit, a creating request to the server, the creating request including the rendering state information and the transporting state information,

wherein the creating request instructs the server to create the bookmark item in the server and to update the content item, the bookmark item being used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting state information,

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

wherein the content item is updated to include the bookmark ID to associate the content item with the bookmark item.

6. The controller of claim 5, wherein the rendering state information includes at least audio volume or display luminance.

7. The controller of claim 5, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.

8. The controller of claim 5, wherein the bookmark item is created under a container assigned by the controller.