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Electronic apparatus and method for transferring contents on cloud system to device connected to DLNA

  • US 9,871,840 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2012
  • Issued: 01/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to operate an electronic apparatus connected to a plurality of clients on a cloud service system, the method comprising:

  • determining a kind of a protocol provided by a server;

    requesting the server to retrieve the protocol;

    receiving a response message of the protocol from the server; and

    requesting the server to transmit metadata comprising information on the one or more contents included in the server;

    receiving, from the server, the metadata comprising the information on the one or more contents included in the server;

    selecting, among the plurality of clients, a client which is to reproduce a selected content among the one or more contents;

    in response to selecting the client, determining a usable format of the metadata by the selected client;

    converting, to the determined usable format, a format of the received metadata of the selected content, wherein converting the format of the received metadata of the selected content to the determined usable format includes;

    converting the format of the metadata of the selected content to the determined usable format;

    transmitting, to the selected client, the metadata of the selected content with the converted format, the metadata being to be used to reproduce the selected content by the selected client; and

    receiving the selected content from the server and transferring the selected content to the selected client using a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) Digital Media Controller (DMC),wherein the information on the one or more contents is determined by analyzing the received response message of the protocol or using an Application Program Interface (API) provided by the cloud service system.

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