Display apparatus, apparatus for providing content video and control methods thereof

• US 9,253,538 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2013
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Yeo-ri, Lee, Sang-hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Harold, Jefferey
• Assistant Examiner(s): SANDERS, JUSTIN B
• Application Number:
  US13/860,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20130305283A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: 725/37
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display unit which displays a content video thereon; a communication unit which communicates with an external server providing a social networking service (SNS); and a controller which receives from the external server feedback information of a part of a playing section of the content video based on feedback information of a plurality of users with respect to the content video, the feedback information being collected through the SNS, and provides feedback information of a user regarding the part of the playing section while the content video is played.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server configured to provide a social networking service (SNS); and

a display apparatus configured to communicate with the server,

the display apparatus comprising;

a display unit configured to display a content video thereon;

a communication unit configured to communicate with the server; and

a controller configured to receive from the server a plurality of feedback information of the content video based on feedback information of a plurality of users with respect to the content video, the plurality of the feedback information being collected through the SNS, and configured to provide the plurality of the feedback information while the content video is played,

wherein the plurality of the feedback information is configured to respectively correspond to playing timings in an entire playing time of the content video, and

wherein the server is configured to select a playing section from an entire playing section of the content video based on a degree of distribution of the playing timings respectively corresponding to the plurality of the feedback information in the entire playing time, and the controller is configured to display a preview video including the selected playing section on the display unit.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays first feedback information of the plurality of the feedback information when the content video arrives at a first playing timing in the entire playing time while the content video is played, the first feedback information configured to correspond to the first playing timing, and overlays feedback information of one of the users on the content video corresponding to a part of a playing section in response to the display unit starting to display the part of the playing section.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feedback information comprises at least one from among preferences, opinions, content information and bookmark information of a predetermined playing section of the content video.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a user interface (UI) image which is provided to input feedback information of the content video while the content video is played, and upon receiving the feedback information through the UI image in a predetermined playing section of the content video, transmits to the external server the feedback information so that the external server stores the feedback information regarding the predetermined playing section at which the feedback information has been input.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is connected to the external server through a user account based on the SNS.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the server selects the playing section which is determined to have the degree of distribution higher than a predetermined degree level.

6. An apparatus for providing a content video comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a content video therein;

a communication unit configured to connect to a plurality of display apparatuses for communication based on a social networking service (SNS); and

a controller configured to collect a plurality of feedback information of a plurality of users regarding the content video from the plurality of display apparatuses, the plurality of the feedback information being collected through the SNS, and configured to provide one of the display apparatuses with the collected feedback information of the plurality of users together with the content video while the content video is played,

wherein the plurality of the feedback information is configured to respectively correspond to playing timings in an entire playing time of the content video, and

wherein the controller is configured to select a playing section from an entire playing section of the content video based on a degree of distribution of the playing timings respectively corresponding to the plurality of the feedback information in the entire playing time, and the controller is configured to transmit a preview video including the selected playing section to the display apparatus to be displayed.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller provides the display apparatus with information of a part of a playing section corresponding to feedback information to overlay the feedback information on the content video in response to the display apparatus starting to display the part of the playing section.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of feedback information comprises at least one from among preferences, opinions, content information and bookmark information of a predetermined playing section of the content video.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display apparatus is connected to the apparatus through a user account based on the SNS.

10. A control method of a system including a server and a display apparatus comprising:

by the display apparatus, connecting to the server providing a social networking service (SNS) for communication;

by the display apparatus, receiving from the server a plurality of feedback information of a content video based on feedback information of a plurality of users, the plurality of the feedback information being collected through the SNS; and

providing the plurality of the feedback information while the content video is played,

wherein the plurality of the feedback information is configured to respectively correspond to playing timings in an entire playing time of the content video, and

wherein the providing comprises;

by the server, selecting a playing section from an entire playing section of the content video based on a degree of distribution of the playing timings respectively corresponding to the plurality of the feedback information in the entire playing time; and

by the display apparatus, displaying a preview video including the selected playing section.

11. A control method of an apparatus for providing a content video comprising:

connecting to a plurality of display apparatuses for communication based on a social networking service (SNS);

collecting a plurality of feedback information of a plurality of users regarding a content video from the plurality of display apparatuses, the plurality of feedback information being collected through the SNS; and

providing one of the display apparatuses with the collected feedback information of the plurality of users, together with the content video, to display the feedback information while the content video is played,

wherein the plurality of the feedback information is configured to respectively correspond to playing timings in an entire playing time of the content video, and

wherein the providing comprises;

selecting a playing section from an entire playing section of the content video based on a degree of distribution of the playing timings respectively corresponding to the plurality of the feedback information in the entire playing time; and

transmitting a preview video including the selected playing section to the display apparatus to be displayed.