Content provision apparatus and method

• US 9,332,228 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2008
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Kwon, Choi, Hyok-Sung, Shin, Seong-Kook, Han, Se-Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Kieu Oanh T
• Application Number:
  US12/532,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20100107190A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,968 Days
• Field of Search: 725/32, 725/40, 725/43, 725/86
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• 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 21/26603 for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44016 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Provided are a content provision apparatus and method. The content provision apparatus includes a message reception module receiving a service request message from a display apparatus which displays first content; a content extraction module analyzing the received service request message and extracting second content associated with the first content; and a communication module transmitting the extracted second content.

Claims

1. A content provision apparatus comprising:

a message reception module configured to selectively receive an advertising content request message, the advertising content request message comprising a transmission time of the advertising content request message and information corresponding to a broadcast channel of broadcasting content, the advertising content request message being received from a display apparatus which is displaying the broadcast content;

a content extraction module configured to extract advertising content associated with the broadcast content based on the broadcast channel corresponding to the information included in the advertising content request message and the transmission time of the advertising content request message; and

a communication module configured to transmit the extracted advertising content,

wherein the advertising content is directly uploaded to the content provision apparatus by an advertiser of the advertising content, and the advertising content is associated with the broadcast content selected by the advertiser, and

wherein in the requesting of the advertising content associated with the broadcast content, the advertising content associated with the broadcast content is selectively requested during playback of the broadcast content.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the advertising content request message further comprises at least one of user information of a user, who is viewing the broadcast content, and information about the display apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the user information comprises at least one of a contact number and an address of the user.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the information about the display apparatus comprises at least one of a serial number and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the display apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display apparatus comprises:

a user input module which receives the user information inputted by a user;

a detection module which detects whether the user manipulates the display apparatus;

a message transmission module which transmits the advertising content request message based on a detection result of the detection module;

a content reception module which receives the advertising content which is transmitted from the content provision apparatus in response to the advertising content request message; and

a display module which displays the received advertising content.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the detection module detects a change of broadcast channels of the display apparatus by the user or a selection of advertising content information, which is displayed on the broadcast content in an on-screen display (OSD) format, by the user.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the message transmission module transmits the advertising content request message if the detection module detects the user manipulating the display apparatus.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display module displays the broadcast content and the advertising content in different regions of the display module.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a content storage module which stores the advertising content.

10. A content provision method comprising:

receiving advertising content which is directly uploaded by an advertiser of the advertising content;

associating the advertising content with broadcast content selected by the advertiser;

selectively receiving an advertising content request message, the advertising content request message comprising information corresponding to a broadcast channel of the broadcast content and a transmission time of the advertising content request message, the advertising content request message being received from a display apparatus which is displaying the broadcast content;

extracting the advertising content based on the broadcast channel corresponding to the information included in the advertising content request message and the transmission time of the advertising content request message; and

transmitting the extracted advertising content to the display apparatus,

wherein the advertising content request message is selectively requested during playback of the broadcast content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the advertising content request message further comprising at least one of user information of a user, who is viewing the broadcast content, and information about the display apparatus.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user information comprises at least one of a contact number and an address of the user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the information about the display apparatus comprises at least one of a serial number and an IP address of the display apparatus.

14. The method of claim 10, the method further comprising:

the user inputting by the user, user information through the display apparatus;

detecting a user'"'"'s manipulation of the display apparatus by the display apparatus;

transmitting by the display apparatus, the service request message based on a detection result;

receiving by the display apparatus, the advertising content, which is provided in response to the advertising content request message; and

displaying the received advertising content.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the detecting of the user'"'"'s manipulation of the display apparatus comprises detecting a change of broadcast channels of the display apparatus by the user or selection of advertising content information, which is displayed on the broadcast content in an on-screen display (OSD) format, by the user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting of the advertising content request message comprises transmitting the advertising content request message if the user'"'"'s manipulation of the display apparatus is detected.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the displaying of the received advertising content comprises displaying the broadcast content and the advertising content in different regions of the display apparatus.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising pre-storing the advertising content.

19. A method of providing advertisement content, the method comprising:

displaying a broadcast content on a broadcast channel on a display apparatus;

selectively transmitting an advertisement request message a display apparatus which is displaying the broadcast content, the advertising content request message comprising information corresponding to the broadcast channel and a transmission time of the advertising content request message;

receiving advertisement content extracted by the content supplying apparatus based on the broadcast channel corresponding to the information included in the advertising content request message and the transmission time of the advertisement request message; and

displaying the broadcast event with the received advertisement content,

wherein the transmitting the advertisement request message comprises transmitting the advertisement request message based on a viewer selection of the advertisement content or automatically transmitting the advertisement request message based on a viewer manipulation of the display apparatus,

wherein the advertisement content is directly uploaded to the content provision apparatus by an advertiser of the advertisement content, and the advertisement content is associated with broadcast content selected by the advertiser, and

wherein the advertising request message is selectively requested during playback of the broadcast content.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the advertisement is pre-associated with the broadcast content by using keywords of the broadcast content.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the advertisement is pre-associated with the broadcast content by using electronic programming guide information.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the advertisement is pre-associated with the information about the viewer of the display apparatus.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the viewer manipulation of the display apparatus comprises the viewer performing a keyword search.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein an advertiser pre-associates the advertisement with the broadcast content by performing a keyword search.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise titles of the broadcast contents.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise broadcast times of the broadcast contents.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise genres of the broadcast contents.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise characters in the broadcast contents.

29. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise cast members in the broadcast contents.

30. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise directors of the broadcast contents.

31. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise creators of the broadcast contents.

32. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise writers of the broadcast contents.

33. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast contents comprise crew members of the broadcast contents.

34. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise parental guidance ratings of the broadcast contents.

35. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise critic ratings of the broadcast contents.

36. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise viewer ratings of the broadcast contents.

37. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content parental guidance reviews of the broadcast contents.

38. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise critical reviews of the broadcast contents.

39. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise viewer reviews of the broadcast contents.

40. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise award nominations or awards won of the broadcast contents.

41. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise target demographics of the broadcast contents.

42. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast content comprise analyzed preferences of the viewer.

43. The method of claim 20, wherein the keywords of the broadcast contents comprise descriptions of the broadcast contents.