Method and system for globally sharing and transacting contents in local area

• US 7,966,339 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2005
• Issued: 06/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Sun-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong; Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Kim T
• Application Number:
  US11/301,033
• Publication Number:
  US 20060129578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,016 Days
• Field of Search: 707/758, 707/793
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/231 Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26283 for associating distribution time parameters to content, e.g. to generate electronic program guide data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

A method and system for globally distributing a service containing digital content are provided. The method includes receiving original content existing in each local area from at least one content provider, generating metadata in a first local language using the received original content, converting the metadata into a universal language, and transmitting the converted metadata and at least a portion of the original content to the global MSP.

Claims

1. A method for globally sharing content in local area by interworking with a global multi service platform (MSP), the method comprising:

receiving original content existing in each local area from at least one content provider;

generating first local language metadata of a first local language from the received original content;

converting the first local language metadata into universal language metadata of a universal language;

transmitting the universal language metadata and at least a portion of the original content from a first local MSP to the global MSP;

converting the universal language metadata into second local language metadata of a second local language; and

transmitting the second local language metadata from the global MSP to a second local MSP,

wherein the original content comprises at least one of a video, an image, an icon, and sound.

2. The method of claim 1, when the received content can be divided into a plurality of contents, further comprising segmenting the received content into a plurality of contents.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the plurality of contents comprise first content having a small capacity and second content having a large capacity, the portion of the original content transmitted to the global MSP comprises first content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the original content is moving picture content, the first content includes audio and script, and the second content includes video.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the metadata is generated for each of the plurality of contents.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is described in a markup language.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving overall metadata from the global MSP, the overall metadata comprising at least one of metadata in the universal language and metadata in at least one local language converted from the metadata that are received from one or more different local MSPs.

8. A method for globally transacting content in a local area by interworking with a global multi service platform (MSP), the method comprising:

receiving, by a first local MSP, overall metadata from a global MSP, wherein the overall metadata comprises universal language metadata of a universal language and local language metadata of at least one local language;

selecting at least one of contents represented by the overall metadata;

sending a purchase request for the selected content to the global MSP;

receiving the selected content from the global MSP;

providing the received selected content to a terminal;

converting the universal language metadata into second local language metadata of a second local language; and

transmitting the second local language metadata from the global MSP to a second local MSP,

wherein the at least one of contents comprises at least one of a video, an image, an icon, and sound.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising creating electronic catalogs for advertising/merchandising of content represented by the received overall metadata for use in selecting contents.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining whether a user of the terminal has the right to access the selected content.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein when the selected content consists of a plurality of contents comprising first contents having a small capacity and second contents having a large capacity, receiving selected content further comprises receiving selected content from a local MSP, wherein the first contents are received from the global MSP and the second contents are received from the local MSP.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the requested content is moving picture content, the first contents comprise audio, and the second contents comprise video.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the providing of the received content to the terminal comprises downloading or streaming the received content to the terminal.

14. A method for globally sharing and transacting content existing in a local multi service platform (MSP) by interworking with at least one local MSP, the method comprising:

receiving universal language metadata in a universal language and at least a portion of content in a first local language corresponding to that of a local MSP source and represented by the metadata from the local MSP source;

converting the universal language metadata into second language metadata written in at least one second local language corresponding to that of at least one receiving local MSP, including a requesting local MSP;

converting the received content from the first local language into content in the second local language of the requesting local MSP;

providing overall metadata comprising at least the second language metadata to the requesting local MSP;

receiving a request for content represented by the overall metadata from the requesting local MSP of the at least one local MSP; and

transmitting the requested content to the requesting local MSP;

wherein the content comprises at least one of a video, an image, an icon, and sound.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining whether the requesting local MSP has the right to access the requested content.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the transmitting of the requested content comprises, when the requested content consists of a plurality of contents, transmitting second content having a large capacity among the plurality of contents directly from a local MSP while transmitting first content with small capacity from a global MSP holding the first content.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the requested content is moving picture content, the first content comprises audio, and the second content comprises video.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the transmitting of the requested content further comprises identifying information about a position where the requested content is stored, the identifying information being contained in the overall metadata describing the content.

19. A method for globally sharing and transacting content in local area, comprising:

receiving content from a content provider in the local area;

registering the received content with a global area;

generating first local language metadata in a first local language using the received content and converting the first local language metadata into global metadata in a universal language;

converting the global metadata into various local languages and generating second local language metadata comprising metadata of all the various local languages corresponding to each local MSP connected to a global MSP;

sharing the global metadata and the second local language metadata;

receiving a transaction request for content represented by the shared global and second local language metadata; and

selecting the requested content from the registered contents and transmitting the selected content;

wherein the content comprises at least one of a video, an image, an icon, and sound.

20. A first local multi service platform (MSP) for globally sharing content in local area by connecting to a global MSP, the first local MSP comprising:

a processor controlling;

a receiving unit receiving original content existing in each local area from at least one content provider;

a metadata generating unit generating first local language metadata in a first local language using the received original content;

a language converter converting the first local language metadata into universal language metadata of a universal language; and

a transmitter transmitting the universal language metadata and at least a portion of the original content from the first local MSP to the global MSP;

wherein the original content comprises at least one of a video, an image, an icon, and sound, and

the global MSP converts the universal language metadata into second local language metadata of a second local language corresponding to that of a second local MSP, and transmits the second local language metadata from the global MSP to the second local MSP.

21. A local multi service platform (MSP) for globally transacting content in local area by connecting to a global MSP, the local MSP comprising:

a processor controlling;

a means for receiving overall metadata from the global MSP, wherein the overall metadata comprises universal language metadata of a universal language and local language metadata of at least one local language;

a means for allowing a terminal to select one of contents represented by the overall metadata;

a means for sending a purchase request for the selected content to the global MSP;

a means for receiving the requested content from the global MSP;

a means for providing the received content to the terminal;

a means for converting the universal language metadata into second local language metadata of a second local language; and

a means for transmitting the second local language metadata from the global MSP to a second local MSP,

wherein the one of contents comprises at least one of a video, an image, an icon, and sound.

22. A global multi service platform (MSP) for globally sharing and transacting content for each local area existing in a local multi service platform (MSP) by interworking with at least one local MSP, the global MSP comprising:

a processor controlling;

a means for receiving universal metadata in a universal language and at least a portion of content represented by the universal metadata from a local MSP source;

a means for converting the universal metadata into local metadata written in a predetermined local language of a receiving local MSP;

a means for converting the received content into content in the predetermined local language;

a means for providing overall metadata including at least the converted metadata to at least one local MSP;

a means for receiving a request for content represented by the overall metadata from a local MSP of the at least one local MSP; and

a means for transmitting the requested content to a requesting local MSP;

wherein the content comprises at least one of a video, an image, an icon, and sound.

23. The global MSP according to claim 22, further comprising:

a means for receiving local metadata in a local language and at least a portion of the content represented by the metadata from at least one local MSP; and

a means for converting the received local metadata into universal metadata.