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

• US 8,458,288 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2010
• Issued: 06/04/2013
• 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): BEHARRY, NOEL R
• Application Number:
  US12/773,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,127 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217
• 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 creating and managing a bookmark item, the method performed by a server and comprising:

receiving a creating request for creating a bookmark item from a controller;

creating the bookmark item using transporting station information and rendering state information included in the creating request,

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

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

wherein the created bookmark item comprises an assigned bookmark identifier (ID), and is associated with a content item;

updating the associated content item to include the bookmark ID assigned to the created bookmark item, wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting state information associated with playback of the content item;

deleting the bookmark item that comprises the bookmark ID, when a deleting request of the bookmark item is received from the controller; and

updating the content item by deleting the bookmark ID from the content item when the bookmark item is deleted, the content item associated with the deleted 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. A server for creating and managing a bookmark item, the server comprising:

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

a control unit configured to;

receive a creating request for creating a bookmark item from a controller;

create the bookmark item using transporting state information and rendering state information,

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

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

wherein the created bookmark item comprises an assigned bookmark identifier (ID), and is being associated with a content item, and

update the associated content item to include the bookmark ID assigned to the created bookmark item,

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

delete the bookmark item that comprises the bookmark ID when a deleting request of the bookmark item is received from the controller; and

update the content item by deleting the bookmark ID from the content item when the bookmark item is deleted, the content item associated with the deleted bookmark item.

5. The server of claim 4, wherein the rendering state information includes at least audio volume or display luminance.

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