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

• US 8,364,779 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2010
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• 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): BOUTAH, ALINA A
• Application Number:
  US12/775,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/227, 709/203, 715201-203, 725/139, 725/101, 707/999.001, 707/999.003
• US Class Current: 709/217
• 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:

transmitting, to a server, a creating request for creating the bookmark item using rendering state information and transporting state information,

wherein the rendering state information is associated with a rendering control service and includes at least audio volume or display brightness, and

wherein the bookmark item is created and the content item is updated to include a bookmark identifier (ID) of the created bookmark item for associating the content item with the created bookmark item;

generating a deleting request, the deleting request instructing the server to delete the bookmark item; and

transmitting the generated deleting request to the server,

wherein deleting the bookmark item comprises;

deleting the bookmark item comprising the bookmark ID for uniquely identifying the bookmark item, the rendering state information, the transporting state information, and a content ID of the associated content item; and

updating the content item by deleting the bookmark ID from the content item when the bookmark item is deleted, the bookmark ID included in the content item being the same as the bookmark ID of the bookmark item to be deleted according to the deleting request,

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

wherein the transporting state information and the rendering state information are transmitted from a player to the controller and transmitted to the server from the controller.

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

3. A controller for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the controller comprising:

an interfacing device configured to at least transmit or receive data; and

a control device configured to;

transmit, to a server, a creating request for creating the bookmark item using rendering state information and transporting state information,

wherein the rendering state information is associated with a rendering control service and includes at least audio volume or display brightness, and

wherein the bookmark item is created and the content item is updated to include a bookmark identifier (ID) of the created bookmark item for associating the content item with the created bookmark item;

generate a deleting request, the deleting request instructing the server to delete the bookmark item; and

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

wherein deleting the bookmark item comprises;

deleting the bookmark item comprising the bookmark ID for uniquely identifying the bookmark item, the rendering state information, the transporting state information, and a content ID of the associated content item; and

updating the content item by deleting the bookmark ID from the content item when the bookmark item is deleted, the bookmark ID included in the content item being the same as the bookmark ID of the bookmark item to be deleted according to the deleting request,

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

wherein the transporting state information and the rendering state information are transmitted from a player to the controller and transmitted to the server from the controller.

4. The controller of claim 3, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.