METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT BY USING METADATA

• US 20100138418A1
• Filed: 11/27/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YANG, Seung-ji, YOUM, Sun-hee, SEO, Ju-hee, KIM, Hwa-jung, SHIM, Woo-sung
• Application Number:
  US12/626,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138418A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A method and apparatus for reproducing content by using metadata are provided. In the method, a metadata file and a content file are obtained, wherein the metadata file comprises at least one of learned content reproduction pattern information and reproduction management information; the content file is reproduced based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information of the metadata file; and the metadata file is updated based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information.

Claims

1. A method of reproducing content, the method comprising:

obtaining a metadata file and a content file, wherein the metadata file comprises at least one of learned content reproduction pattern information and reproduction management information;

reproducing the content file based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern and the reproduction management information of the metadata file; and

updating the metadata file based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the metadata file and the content file comprises obtaining the metadata file and the content file from a content providing server or a content providing medium.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining another metadata file related to the content file; and

combining the metadata file and the other metadata file into a single metadata file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the learned content reproduction pattern information comprises at least one of:

information regarding content reproduction environments; and

information regarding an evaluation of content in the content file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the reproduction management information comprises at least one of:

bookmark information regarding a specific point or section of content in the content file, significant chapter information of the content in the content file; and

direct access information indicating a point of the content that was most recently reproduced.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata file is described using an International Standardization Organization file format.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata file and the content file exist separately from each other, and both the metadata file and the content file comprises reference information referring to each other.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the reference information comprises identification information or a uniform resource locator of the metadata file or the content file.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing the updated metadata file to at least one of the content providing server, another content reproducing apparatus, and the content providing medium.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the metadata file that includes at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the generated metadata file to at least one of the content providing server, another content reproducing apparatus, and the content providing medium.

23. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program that when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform the method of claim 1.

12. An apparatus for reproducing contents, the apparatus comprising:

a file obtaining unit that obtains a metadata file and a content file, wherein the metadata file comprises at least one of learned content reproduction pattern information and reproduction management information;

a reproducing unit that reproduces the content file based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information of the metadata file; and

an update unit that updates the metadata file based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the obtaining unit obtains the metadata file and the content file from a content providing server or a content providing medium

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the file obtaining unit obtains another metadata file related to the content file,

the apparatus further comprising a combining unit that combines the metadata file and the other metadata file into a single metadata file.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the learned content reproduction pattern information comprises at least one of:

information regarding content reproduction environments; and

information regarding an evaluation of content in the content file.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the reproduction management information comprises at least one of:

bookmark information regarding a specific point or section of content in the content file, significant chapter information of the content in the content file; and

direct access information indicating a point of the content that has been most recently reproduced

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the metadata file is described using an International Standardization Organization file format.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the metadata file and the content file exist separately from each other, and both the metadata file and the content file comprise reference information referring to each other.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the reference information comprises identification information or a uniform resource locator of either the metadata file or the content file.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a sharing unit that provides the updated metadata file to at least one of the content providing server, another content reproducing apparatus, and the content providing medium.

21. The content-reproducing apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a generation unit that generates the metadata file that includes at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a transmission unit that transmits the generated metadata file to at least one of the content providing server, another content reproducing apparatus, and the content providing medium.