Control device, control target device and method of transmitting content information thereof

• US 9,608,836 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2012
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yang, Seungryul, Cho, Hyeoncheol, Kang, Youngwook, Uhm, Yoonsik, Lee, Jongyeop, Jeon, Chanhun, Jeon, Beomjin, Yoon, Jeonghwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams, Clayton R
• Application Number:
  US13/675,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

Provided are control device and a method of controlling a server. The method includes requesting an aggregated device list to the aggregate server; receiving the aggregated device list from the aggregate server; selecting at least one aggregated device from the received aggregated device list; requesting, to the aggregate server, content information collected from the selected aggregated device; and receiving, from the aggregate server, the content information of the selected aggregated device transmitted.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an aggregate server, the method comprising:

collecting, by the aggregate server, content information stored in an aggregated device;

transmitting, by a control device, a content information change request signal to the aggregate server,

wherein the content information change request signal is an update action or a destroy action;

updating or deleting, by the aggregate server, the collected content information based on the content information change request signal;

transmitting, by the control device, an aggregation refresh action to the aggregate server,

refreshing, by the aggregate server, the collected content information,

wherein the refreshing step synchronizes only the collected content information identified by the aggregation refresh action,

wherein the aggregation refresh action includes a refresh flag specifying which of the collected content information will be aggregated again, and

wherein the refresh flag corresponds to one of;

a first value indicating that the collected content information will be synchronized again to include results of the update action and the destroy action,

a second value indicating that the collected content information will be synchronized again to include a result of the update action and not include a result of the destroy action, or

a third value indicating that the collected content information will be synchronized again to not include results of the update action or the destroy action.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when an error occurs during an aggregation refresh process, the error includes an error code indicating that there is no corresponding object.

3. An aggregate server comprising:

a controller processor that;

collects content information stored in an aggregated device,

receives a content information change request signal,

wherein the content information change request signal is an update action or a destroy action,

updates of deletes the collected content information based on the content information change request signal,

receives an aggregation refresh action,

refreshes the collected content information,

wherein the refresh synchronizes only the collected content information identified by the aggregation refresh action,

wherein the aggregation refresh action includes a refresh flag specifying which of the collected content information will be aggregated again, and

wherein the refresh flag corresponds to one of;

a first value indicating that the collected content information will be synchronized again to include results of the update action and the destroy action,

a second value indicating that the collected content information will be synchronized again to include a result of the update action and not include a result of the destroy action, or

a third value indicating that the collected content information will be synchronized again to not include results of the update action or the destroy action.

4. The server of claim 3, wherein when an error occurs during an aggregation refresh process, the error includes an error code indicating that there is no corresponding object.