Apparatus and method for providing content

• US 8,769,066 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2008
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Skvortsov, Vladimir, Lea, Jong-ho, Kim, Yeun-bae
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, CHAU D
• Application Number:
  US12/149,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20090100164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,246 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/223, 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/485 Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution G06F9/4881 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2350/00 Solving problems of bandwidth in display systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing content is provided, which performs a web service initialization through a provided local offline web server and manages a plurality of content provided through a multithreaded web service. The apparatus for providing content includes a communication unit receiving one or more sets of content; a thread creation unit creating one or more threads that are given to the content to process a work; and a page creation unit having a frame per thread and creating an image page for playing the content on a web browser.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing content, the apparatus comprising:

a communication unit to receive plural sets of content;

a thread creation unit, using at least one processing device, to create plural threads by creating a thread for each of the plural sets of content;

a page creation unit to create a frame for each of the plural threads and to create an image page for playing the plural sets of content, respectively in each of the frames, on a web browser; and

a thread management unit to allocate resources to a respective thread of the plural threads,

wherein each amount of the allocated resources is determined based on information extracted from a main thread that controls the content of each of the respective plural threads,

wherein the thread creation unit is further to create the main thread, based on the information, and

wherein the thread management unit further performs content switchover among frames, wherein a first content being played through a first frame associated with the plural threads is played through a second frame associated with the plural threads, and a second content being played through the second frame is played through the first frame.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising the thread management unit managing a mutual work among the plurality of threads.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a web server initializing at least one web service that provide the plural sets of content, wherein the web server is offline.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the web server initializes the plural sets of content having at least one data form related to a same subject.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the web server performs a user authentication and a user classification.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plural sets of content being played respectively through each frame is updated irrespective of other thread work.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the web browser and the image page perform a code exchange.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a display unit which displays the image page.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising an input unit which receives a selection from a user.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the input unit includes a screen and the selection is input via the screen.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising an offline local web server that automatically receives new plural sets of contents from at least one remote web server, providing the plural sets of content, based upon the selection corresponding to a location of a different location than the user, and wherein the new plural sets of content are based on the selection.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one processing device determines latitude and longitude coordinates for the location.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an offline local web server that automatically requests new plural sets of contents from at least one remote web server, providing the plural sets of content, based upon a user selected location of a different location than the user for contents regarding the user selected location.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information includes content information.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the content information includes a type of content.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a first of the plural threads exchanges information with a second of the plural threads.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the web server internally constructs a session with the web browser and exchanges an HTTP message with the web browser.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the page creation unit inserts Java Script codes into at least one of the plural sets of content provided to the image page.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein one of the plural sets of content is supplied by the remote web server in a first format, wherein the one of the plural threads transforms the one of the plural sets of content to a second format.

20. A method of providing content, comprising:

receiving plural sets of content;

creating plural threads by creating a thread for each of the plural sets of content;

creating a frame for each of the plural threads;

creating an image page for playing each of the plural sets of content, respectively in each of the frames, on a web browser, using a processor;

creating a main thread that controls the content of each of the respective plural threads, based on information extracted from the main thread;

allocating resources to a respective thread of the plural threads,

wherein each amount of the allocated resources is determined based on the information; and

switching over content among frames associated with the plural threads, wherein a first content being played through a first frame associated with the plural threads is played through a second frame associated with the plural threads, and a second content being played through the second frame is played through the first frame.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising managing a mutual work among the plurality of threads.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising initializing one or more web services that provide the plural sets of content, using a web server that is offline.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the initializing comprises initializing the plural sets of content having at least one data form related to a same subject.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the initializing comprises performing a user authentication and a user classification.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the plural sets of content being played respectively through each frame is updated irrespective of other thread work.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the web browser and the image page perform a code exchange.

27. The method of claim 20, further comprising displaying the image page on a display unit.

28. The method of claim 20, further comprising automatically requesting by a local web server new plural sets of contents from at least one remote web server based upon a user selected location of a different location than the user for contents regarding the user selected location.

29. The method of claim 20, further comprising allocating resources to each of the respective plural threads, based on a user'"'"'s selection information.

30. The method of claim 20, wherein the information includes content information.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the content information includes a type of content.

32. An apparatus including at least one processing device providing content, the apparatus comprising:

a communication unit, using the at least one processing device, receiving a plurality of content based on a network search;

a thread creation unit creating a plurality of threads that are assigned to respective received content;

a page creation unit having a frame per thread and creating a corresponding image page for playing the plural content on a web browser; and

a thread management unit to allocate resources to a respective thread of the plurality of threads,

wherein each amount of the allocated resources is determined based on information extracted from a main thread that controls the content of each of the respective plurality of threads,

wherein the thread creation unit is further to create the main thread based on the information, and

wherein the thread management unit further performs content switchover among frames, wherein a first content being played through a first frame associated with the plurality of threads is played through a second frame associated with the plurality of threads, and a second content being played through the second frame is played through the first frame.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the information includes content information.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the content information includes a type of content.