METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PLAYING CONTENTS SEAMLESSLY

• US 20160373376A1
• Filed: 08/31/2016
• Published: 12/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: AHN, Jin-hyeong, Lee, Sangjeong, Chang, Kyung-ah
• Application Number:
  US15/253,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20160373376A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/821 Prioritising resource allocation or reservation requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• 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 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• 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

Abstract

A method of reproducing content seamlessly, the method includes: determining an operation state of registered devices; receiving information regarding an application that is being executed or has been executed by a registered device in operation from among the registered devices; determining a priority of reproducible content based on the information regarding the application; and reproducing content having a first priority from among the content.

Claims

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

determining an operation state of registered devices;

receiving information regarding an application which is being executed or which has been executed by a registered device in operation from among the registered devices;

determining a priority of reproducible content based on the information regarding the application; and

reproducing content having a first priority from among the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reproducing of the content comprises:

displaying a list of the reproducible content, and reproducing content selected by a user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the operation state comprises:

when a user approaches within a set range, determining an on/off-state of the registered devices.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the priority comprises:

determining a priority of the content depending on a kind of the registered devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the priority comprises:

determining a priority of the content depending on a kind of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the priority comprises:

determining a priority of the content depending on a kind of the content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the priority comprises:

determining a priority of the content by combining at least two or more of a kind of the registered devices, a kind of the application, a kind of the content, and a time when the application has been executed.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recoding medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1 on a computer.

8. A device for reproducing content seamlessly, the device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor,

wherein the processor determines an operation state of registered devices, receives information regarding an application which is being executed or which has been executed by a registered device in operation from among the registered devices, determines a priority of reproducible content based on the information regarding the application, and reproduces content having a first priority from among the content.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor displays a list of the reproducible content and reproduces content selected by a user.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein when a user approaches within a set range, the processor determines an on/off-state of the registered devices.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor determines a priority of the content depending on a kind of the registered devices.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor determines a priority of the content depending on a kind of the application.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor determines a priority of the content depending on a kind of the content.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor determines a priority of the content by combining at least two or more of a kind of the registered devices, a kind of the application, a kind of the content, and a time when the application has been executed.