Apparatus and method for separately viewing multimedia content desired by a user

• US 9,355,682 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choo, Hee-Jeong, Lee, Keum-Koo, Sung, Ju-Yun, Kwahk, Ji-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Murray, Daniel C
• Application Number:
  US12/915,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20110106879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,041 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/231, 709/246, 725/32, 725/34
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/71 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/80 of semi-structured data, e.g. markup language structured data such as SGML, XML or HTML content-based retrieval of web data G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/178 Metadata, e.g. disparity information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

An apparatus and method for reproducing multimedia content are provided. Content selected through user input unit is reproduced, and if it is requested that part of the reproduced content be registered as content of interest, metadata about the part of the reproduced content is generated and stored using metadata about the reproduced content. The generated metadata is generated and stored as metadata of interest about the content of interest according to input of a user input unit.

Claims

1. A method for reproducing a multimedia content, the method comprising:

reproducing a first multimedia content received from a first server;

based on a selection of a first portion of the first multimedia content while reproducing the first multimedia content, generating first metadata including time information about the selected first portion within the first multimedia content and location information of the first multimedia content;

reproducing a second multimedia content received from a second server;

based on a selection of a second portion of the second multimedia content while reproducing the second multimedia content, generating second metadata including time information about the selected second portion within the second multimedia content and location information of the second multimedia content;

generating one integrated metadata including the first metadata and the second metadata;

accessing the first multimedia content stored in the first server and the second multimedia content stored in the second server using the location information included in the one integrated metadata; and

buffering the second portion of the second multimedia content while reproducing the first portion of the first multimedia content using the time information about the first portion within the first multimedia content and the time information about the second portion within the second multimedia content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one integrated metadata further includes information for at least one of a content maker, a content type, right condition of use rights, use condition and use history for each of the first portion and the second portion.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information about a first text content that corresponds to the first portion.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the generated one integrated metadata further includes the first text content and a second text content that corresponds to the second portion, if the information about the first text content is received.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the buffering of the second portion buffers the second portion with the second text content while reproducing the first portion with the first text content using the time information about the first portion within the first multimedia content and the time information about the second portion within the second multimedia content.

6. An apparatus for reproducing a multimedia content, comprising:

a display unit; and

a control unit configured to

reproduce a first multimedia content received from a first server via the display unit,

based on a selection of a first portion of the first multimedia content while reproducing the first multimedia content, generate first metadata including time information about the selected first portion within the first multimedia content and location information of the first multimedia content,

reproduce a second multimedia content received from a second server, based on a selection of a second portion of the second multimedia content while reproducing the second multimedia content,

generate second metadata including time information about the selected second portion within the second multimedia content and location information of the second multimedia content,

generate one integrated metadata including the first metadata and the second metadata,

access the first multimedia content stored in the first server and the second multimedia content stored in the second server using the location information included in the one integrated metadata, and

buffer the second portion of the second multimedia content while reproducing the first portion of the first multimedia content using the time information about the first portion within the first multimedia content and the time information about the second portion within the second multimedia content.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one integrated metadata includes information for at least one of a content maker, a content type, right condition of use rights, use condition and use history for each of the first portion and the second portion.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the control unit is further configured to receive information about a first text content that corresponds to the first portion.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit is further configured to generate the one integrated metadata further including the first text content and a second text content that corresponds to the second portion, when the information about the first text content is received.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit is further configured to buffer the second portion with the second text content while reproducing the first portion with the first text content using the time information about the first portion within the first multimedia content and the time information about the second portion within the second multimedia content.