Apparatus and method for searching multimedia content

• US 9,467,747 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2013
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hyeon-ji, Kim, Joon-hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lonsberry, Hunter B
• Application Number:
  US13/752,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20130139203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,352 Days
• Field of Search: 348/144, 345/619, 725/53, 725/34, 382/100, 455/414.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• 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 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A multimedia content searching apparatus includes: an image receiving unit that receives an image having additional information from an external device; an additional information reading unit that reads the additional information from the image received from the image receiving unit; a multimedia content searching unit that recommends a multimedia content to a user by searching for the multimedia content which is related to the additional information using the additional information read by the additional information reading unit; and an information comparing unit that compares the additional information read by the additional information reading unit with multimedia content information provided from a content provider, and the multimedia content searching unit searches for the multimedia content related to the additional information based on the result of the comparison by the information comparing unit.

Claims

1. A displaying method of a broadcast receiving apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an image signal including additional information and a broadcast signal;

displaying an image based on the image signal and a content based on the broadcast signal;

extracting location information from the additional information in association with the displayed image according to a user input;

searching a multimedia content based on the extracted location information; and

displaying a multimedia content list corresponding to the searched multimedia content.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image comprises at least one of a still image, a photograph, and a motion picture, which has the additional information attached thereto.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location information comprises global positioning system (GPS) information.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recommending the multimedia content list by searching for the multimedia content comprising at least one of a TV program, a video on demand (VOD), a user created content (UCC), and an electronic program guide (EPG), related to the location information using the location information.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing the location information with multimedia content information comprising information relating to the multimedia content, and searching for the multimedia content related to the location information based on the result of the comparison.

6. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

a broadcast signal receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal;

an image signal receiver configured to receive an image signal including additional information;

a display configured to display an image based on the image signal and a content based on the broadcast signal;

a location information extraction unit configured to extract location information from the additional information in association with the displayed image according to a user input instruction;

a multimedia content searching unit configured to search a multimedia content based on the extracted location information; and

a controller configured to control the display to display a multimedia content list corresponding to the searched multimedia content.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the image comprises at least one of a still image, a photograph and a motion picture, which has the additional information attached thereto.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the location information comprises global positioning system (GPS) information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the multimedia content searching unit recommends the multimedia content list by searching for the multimedia content comprising at least one of a TV program, a video on demand (VOD), a user created content (UCC) and an electronic program guide (EPG), related to the location information using the location information.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the multimedia content searching unit compares the location information with multimedia content information comprising information relating to the multimedia content, and searches for the multimedia content related to the location information based on the result of the comparison.