Method for providing additional contents at terminal, and terminal using same

• US 10,880,610 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2016
• Issued: 12/29/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Dong-chang, Moon, Se-won, Lee, Jun-kyu, Chung, Hyun-kwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Mendoza, Junior O
• Application Number:
  US15/573,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20180132003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,687 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 34833312, 348 E5024, 725 40, 725 60, 725 74, 725135
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the technology.

Provided are a method, an apparatus and a recording medium in which a terminal receives additional content corresponding to a captured image from a server by using a wireless communication device, and provides the additional content, based on a signal detected by a user interaction region.

Claims

1. A terminal for providing additional content, the terminal comprising:

a first communication interface configured to transmit an image capturing signal to a wireless communication device within a coverage area of the wireless communication device;

a second communication interface configured to receive the additional content corresponding to identification information of the wireless communication device from a server based on identification information of the terminal, wherein the additional content is provided by the server which received a request from the wireless communication device receiving the image capturing signal, the request of the wireless communication device comprising the identification information of the terminal and the identification information of the wireless communication device; and

a processor configured to provide the additional content, in response to an additional content request detected in at least one user interaction region, the at least one user interaction region being provided in a captured image corresponding to the image capturing signal,

wherein the processor is further configured to provide a different type of additional content for each of the at least one user interaction region based on a user touch input in the at least one user interaction region.

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to display the captured image and the user interaction region and detect a signal requesting the additional content, wherein the signal requesting the additional content is detected in the user interaction region.

3. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera configured to capture an image,

wherein the processor is further configured to set the user interaction region to an autofocus (AF) region set during the capturing of the image.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to generate interactive content for providing the additional content, by linking the captured image, the additional content corresponding to the captured image, and the user interaction region in which a signal requesting the additional content is detected.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to change a position of the user interaction region in the captured image included in the generated interactive content based on a user input to a change position and to update the position of the user interaction region included in the generated interactive content to the change position.

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, when a plurality of pieces of additional content are received, provide first additional content, in response to a first additional content request for a first user interaction region from among a plurality of user interaction regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of pieces of additional content.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, when there are a plurality of user interaction regions, provide the additional content, in response to the additional content request detected by any one of the plurality of user interaction regions.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, after the terminal provides the additional content, delete the additional content, based on a user input detected by the user interaction region.

9. A method by which a terminal provides additional content, the method comprising:

transmitting an image capturing signal to a wireless communication device within a coverage area of the wireless communication device;

receiving the additional content corresponding to identification information of the wireless communication device from a server based on identification information of the terminal, wherein the additional content is provided by the server which received a request from the wireless communication device receiving the image capturing signal, the request of the wireless communication device comprising the identification information of the terminal and the identification information of the wireless communication device; and

providing the additional content, in response to an additional content request detected in at least one user interaction region, the at least one user interaction region being provided in a captured image corresponding to the image capturing signal,

wherein the providing of the additional content comprises providing a different type of additional content for each of the at least one user interaction region based on a user touch input in the at least one user interaction region.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interaction region is an autofocus (AF) region set during the capturing of the image.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising generating interactive content for providing the additional content, by linking the captured image, the additional content corresponding to the captured image, and the user interaction region in which the signal requesting the additional content is detected,

wherein the providing of the additional content comprises providing the additional content by using the generated interactive content.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising changing a position of the user interaction region in the captured image included in the generated interactive content based on a user input to a change position;

and

updating the position of the user interaction region included in the generated interactive content to the change position.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the providing of the additional content comprises, when a plurality of pieces of additional content are received, providing first additional content, in response to a first additional content request for a first user interaction region from among a plurality of user interaction regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of pieces of additional content.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the providing of the additional content comprises, when there are a plurality of user interaction regions, providing the additional content, in response to the additional content request detected by any one of the plurality of user interaction regions.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising, after the terminal provides the additional content, deleting the additional content, based on a user input, detected by the user interaction region.