Extended description to support targeting scheme, and TV anytime service and system employing the same

• US 8,365,224 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2004
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kunkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp.
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Yoon, Kyoung-Ro, Han, Sun-Young, Lee, Hee-Kyung, Kim, Jae-Gon, Choi, Jin-Soo, Kim, Jin-Woong
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Pankaj
• Assistant Examiner(s): MENGESHA, MULUGETA A
• Application Number:
  US11/571,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20080271079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,965 Days
• Field of Search: 725/46
• US Class Current: 725/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The present research relates to description supporting a targeting scheme, more particularly, to an extended description structure supporting a targeting scheme and a TV-Anytime service providing method and system employing the same based on Moving Picture Experts Group 21 (MPEG-21) Usage Environment Description (UED) tools. The TV-Anytime service providing system employing the extended description structure includes a service providing apparatus for generating package metadata including user information and usage environment information; and a user device for acquiring the package metadata including user information and usage environment information from the service providing apparatus through diverse access networks.

Claims

1. A service providing method for providing a package including a component to a user terminal, the method comprising:

generating metadata including user information and usage environment information as an extended description of a Moving Picture Experts Group 21 (MPEG-21) Usage Environment Description (UED);

transmitting the metadata to the user terminal,

wherein the usage environment information includes location information and time information, wherein the location information and the time information include auto-update attributes;

wherein the metadata further includes usage preference and usage history; and

wherein the location information, the time information and user information include protection attributes based on the usage preference or the usage history.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user information includes agent type, accessibility information, or user'"'"'s biographic information.

3. A service providing apparatus for providing a package including a component to a user terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a generating unit for generating metadata including user information and usage environment information as an extended description of a Moving Picture Experts Group 21 (MPEG-21) Usage Environment Description (UED);

a transmitting unit for transmitting the metadata to the user terminal,

wherein the usage environment information includes location information and time information, wherein the location information and the time information include auto-update attributes,

wherein the metadata further includes usage preference and usage history, and

wherein the location information, the time information and user information include protection attributes based on the usage preference or the usage history.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein the user information includes agent type, accessibility information, or user'"'"'s biographic information.

5. A consuming method of a user terminal for consuming a package including a component, the method comprising:

obtaining metadata including user information and usage environment information generated as an extended description of a Moving Picture Experts Group 21 (MPEG-21) usage Environment Description (UED);

selecting the package using the metadata,

wherein the usage environment information includes location information and time information, wherein the location information and the time information include auto-update attributes,

wherein the metadata further includes usage preference and usage history, and

wherein the location information, the time information and user information include protection attributes based on the usage preference or the usage history.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the user information includes agent type, accessibility information, or user'"'"'s biographic information.

7. A user terminal for consuming a package including a component, the user terminal comprising:

an obtaining unit for acquiring metadata including user information and usage environment information generated as an extended description of a Moving Picture Experts Group 21 (MPEG-21) Usage Environment Description (UED);

a selecting unit for selecting the package using the metadata,

wherein the usage environment information includes location information and time information, wherein the location information and the time information include auto-update attributes,

wherein the metadata further includes usage preference and usage history, and

wherein the location information, the time information and user information include protection attributes based on the usage preference or the usage history.

8. The user terminal as recited in claim 7, wherein the user information includes agent type, accessibility information, or user'"'"'s biographic information.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing metadata for targeting of a package including a component, the metadata comprising:

user information and usage environment information generated as an extended description of a Moving Picture Experts Group 21 (MPEG-21) Usage Environment Description (UED),

wherein the usage environment information includes location information and time information, wherein the location information and the time information include auto-update attributes,

wherein the metadata further includes usage preference and usage history, and

wherein the location information, the time information and user information include protection attributes based on the usage preference or the usage history.

10. The metadata as recited in claim 9, wherein the user information includes agent type, accessibility information, or user'"'"'s biographic information.