Contents sharing method between mobile terminal and local server

• US 9,197,641 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2006
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Yang-lim, Nam, Su-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mesa, Joel
• Application Number:
  US11/645,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20080034064A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,254 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

Provided is a contents sharing method between a mobile terminal and a local server. The contents sharing method between a client terminal storing metadata and a server terminal storing the metadata, the method comprising requesting the server terminal for a contents share service; and receiving information on contents corresponding to matching metadata as a result of comparing the metadata stored in the client terminal and the metadata stored in the server terminal, thereby sharing contents desired by the user without the user'"'"'s intervention. Also, the user can communicate desired contents information with people in a bus, subway, library, etc., which forms a social network, and produces a contents flow between mobile terminals, thereby creating a new business model such as contents resale, promotion, etc.

Claims

1. A method of sharing content between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and a server mobile terminal storing second metadata, the method comprising:

determining that the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area;

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when it is determined that the server mobile terminal is within the wireless service area;

requesting the server mobile terminal for a contents share service over the wireless connection when the wireless connection is established;

receiving approval of the contents share service from the server mobile terminal, in response to the requesting;

transmitting the first metadata stored at the client mobile terminal to the server mobile terminal when receiving the approval of the contents share service; and

receiving information on contents stored in the server mobile terminal having metadata, among the second metadata, that matches the first metadata using the contents share service over the wireless connection, in response to the transmitting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the client mobile terminal requests the server mobile terminal for the contents share service using a contents share service protocol.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a Bluetooth protocol is applied to the client mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein digital rights management is applied to the information on the contents.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information on the contents comprises at least one of contents corresponding to the matching metadata, unique resource identifier (URI) information or license information of the contents, and the metadata that matches the first metadata.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising, when the URI information of the contents corresponding to the matching metadata is received from the server mobile terminal, accessing the URI through a wireless local area network, requesting transmission of the contents, and receiving the contents.

7. A contents share method between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and a server mobile terminal storing second metadata, the method comprising:

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area;

receiving a request for a contents share service from the client mobile terminal over the wireless connection, in response to establishing the wireless connection;

transmitting approval of the contents share service to the client mobile terminal when the request is received;

receiving the first metadata from the client mobile terminal, in response to the transmitting;

determining metadata among the second metadata that matches the first metadata when the first metadata is received from the client mobile terminal; and

transmitting information on content stored in the server mobile terminal having the determined metadata that matches the first metadata.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the client mobile terminal requests the server mobile terminal for the contents share service using a contents share service protocol.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein digital rights management is applied to the information on the contents.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the information on the contents comprises at least one of contents corresponding to the matching metadata, unique resource identifier information or license information of the contents, and the matching metadata.

11. A method of sharing content between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and server mobile terminals storing second metadata, the method comprising:

determining that a first server mobile terminal among the server mobile terminals is within a wireless service area;

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the first server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when it is determined that the first server mobile terminal is within the wireless service area;

requesting the first server mobile terminal for a contents share service over the wireless connection when the wireless connection is established;

receiving approval of the contents share service from the server mobile terminal, in response to the requesting;

transmitting the first metadata stored at the client mobile terminal to the server mobile terminal when receiving the approval of the contents share service;

receiving, from the first server mobile terminal having metadata among the second metadata that matches the first metadata, information on contents stored in a second server mobile terminal among the server mobile terminals having metadata among the second metadata that matches the first metadata, in response to the transmitting;

requesting the second server mobile terminal to transmit the contents based on the received information on contents when the information on contents is received; and

receiving the contents from the second server mobile terminal, in response to requesting the contents.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first client mobile terminal requests the first server mobile terminal for the contents share service using a contents share service protocol.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the information on the contents includes unique resource identifier (URI) information of the contents corresponding to the metadata that matches the first metadata.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, when the URI information of the contents corresponding to the matching metadata is received, accessing the URI through a wireless local area network, requesting the second server terminal to transmit the contents, and receiving the contents.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein digital rights management is applied to the information on the contents.

16. A client mobile terminal that shares contents with a server mobile terminal storing first metadata, the client mobile terminal comprising:

a communication module which automatically establishes a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when it is determined that the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area, requests the server mobile terminal for a contents share service over the wireless connection when the wireless connection is established, receives approval of the contents share service from the server mobile terminal in response to the requesting, requests the first metadata from the server mobile terminal when receiving the approval of the contents share service, and receives the first metadata from the server mobile terminal in response to the request; and

a processor which generates second metadata and determines metadata among the received first metadata that matches the second metadata when the first metadata is received, and controls the communication module to request transmission of information on contents having the determined metadata, among the first metadata, that matches the second metadata.

17. The client mobile terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

a metadata database which stores the generated second metadata.

18. The client mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the communication module requests the server mobile terminal for the contents share service using a contents share service protocol.

19. The client mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein a Bluetooth protocol is applied to the communication module.

20. The client terminal of claim 16, wherein the information on the contents includes unique resource identifier (URI) information corresponding to the matching metadata.

21. The client terminal of claim 20, wherein, when the URI information of the contents corresponding to the matching metadata is received from the server terminal, the URI is accessed through a wireless local area network to request transmission of the contents and to receive the contents.

22. A server mobile terminal that shares contents with a client mobile terminal storing first metadata, the server mobile terminal comprising:

a metadata generation module which generates second metadata of contents;

a metadata database which stores the generated second metadata;

a communication module which automatically establishes a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area, receives a request for a contents share service from the client mobile terminal over the wireless connection in response to establishing the wireless connection, transmits approval of the contents share service to the client mobile terminal when the request is received, and receives the first metadata from the client mobile terminal in response transmitting the approval;

a metadata matching module which determines metadata among the second metadata that matches the first metadata when the first metadata is received; and

a processor which controls the communication module to transmit information on contents stored in the server mobile terminal having the determined metadata, among the second metadata, that matches the first metadata.

23. The server terminal of claim 22, wherein digital right management is applied to the information on the contents.

24. The server terminal of claim 23, wherein the information on the contents comprises at least one of contents corresponding to the matching metadata, unique resource identifier information or license information of the contents, and the matching metadata.

25. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method of sharing content between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and a server mobile terminal storing second metadata, the method comprising:

determining that the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area;

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when it is determined that the server mobile terminal is within the wireless service area;

requesting the server mobile terminal for a contents share service over the wireless connection when the wireless connection is established;

receiving approval of the contents share service from the server mobile terminal, in response to the requesting;

transmitting the first metadata stored at the client mobile terminal to the server mobile terminal when receiving the approval of the contents share service; and

receiving information on contents stored in the server mobile terminal having metadata, among the second metadata, that matches the first metadata using the contents share service over the wireless connection, in response to the transmitting.

26. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method of sharing content between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and a server mobile terminal storing second metadata, the method comprising:

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area;

receiving a request for a contents share service from the client mobile terminal over the wireless connection, in response to establishing the wireless connection;

transmitting approval of the contents share service to the client mobile terminal when the request is received;

receiving the first metadata from the client mobile terminal, in response to the transmitting;

determining metadata among the second metadata that matches the first metadata when the first metadata is received from the client mobile terminal; and

transmitting information on content stored in the server mobile terminal having the determined metadata that matches the first metadata.

27. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method of sharing content between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and server mobile terminals storing the second metadata, the method comprising:

determining that a first server mobile terminal among the server mobile terminals is within a wireless service area;

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the first server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when it is determined that the first server mobile terminal is within the wireless service area;

requesting the first server mobile terminal for a contents share service over the wireless connection when the wireless connection is established;

receiving approval of the contents share service from the server mobile terminal, in response to the requesting;

transmitting the first metadata stored at the client mobile terminal to the server mobile terminal when receiving the approval of the contents share service;

receiving, from the first server mobile terminal having metadata among the second metadata that matches the first metadata, information on contents stored in a second server mobile terminal among the server mobile terminals having metadata among the second metadata that matches the first metadata, in response to the transmitting;

requesting the second server mobile terminal to transmit the contents based on the received information on contents when the information on contents is received; and

receiving the contents from the second server mobile terminal, in response to requesting the contents.

28. A method of sharing content between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and a server mobile terminal storing second metadata, the method comprising:

determining that the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area;

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when it is determined that the server mobile terminal is within the wireless service area;

requesting the server mobile terminal for a contents share service over the wireless connection when the wireless connection is established;

receiving approval of the contents share service from the server mobile terminal, in response to the requesting;

receiving a keyword input related to the contents into the client mobile terminal;

generating the first metadata based on the keyword input; and

transmitting the first metadata stored at the client mobile terminal to the server mobile terminal; and

receiving information on contents stored in the server mobile terminal having metadata, among the second metadata, that matches the first metadata using the contents share service over the wireless connection, in response to the transmitting.

29. A method of sharing content between a client mobile terminal storing first metadata and a server mobile terminal storing second metadata, the method comprising:

determining that the server mobile terminal is within a wireless service area;

automatically establishing a wireless connection between the server mobile terminal and the client mobile terminal over a same traffic channel when it is determined that the server mobile terminal is within the wireless service area;

requesting the server mobile terminal for a contents share service over the wireless connection when the wireless connection is established;

receiving approval of the contents share service from the server mobile terminal, in response to the requesting;

analyzing a history of content use of a user of the client mobile terminal;

generating the first metadata based on a result of the analyzing the history of the content use;

transmitting the first metadata stored at the client mobile terminal to the server mobile terminal; and

receiving information on contents stored in the server mobile terminal having metadata, among the second metadata, that matches the first metadata using the contents share service over the wireless connection, in response to the transmitting.