Method and apparatus for managing bookmark information for content stored in a networked media server

• US 8,224,925 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2010
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahn, Sung Joon, Kim, Chang Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US12/775,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/203, 709/227, 715/201, 715/202, 715/203, 1/1, 725/139, 725/101, 707/999.001, 707/999.003
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing bookmark information of a media server through a network based on the UPnP AV standard is disclosed. If a request for bookmarking a content item is made, a bookmark item is created and the created bookmark item is linked to the content item by adding the ID of the created bookmark item to the property information of the content item and recording the ID of the content item to be bookmarked in the created bookmark item.

Claims

1. A method for managing a bookmark item and a content item performed by a controller, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a server, a creating request for creating the bookmark item using rendering state information and transporting state information,

wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from a player to the controller according to a rendering state information request transmitted from the controller to the player,

wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the server to the controller according to a transporting state information request transmitted from the controller to the server, and

wherein the bookmark item is created and the content item is updated to include a bookmark identifier (ID) of the bookmark item associated with the content item;

generating a deleting request for deleting the content item, the deleting request instructing the server to perform a deleting operation of the content item; and

transmitting the generated deleting request to the server,

wherein the deleting operation comprises;

deleting the content item and the bookmark item associated with the content item,

wherein the bookmark item is searched using the bookmark ID included in the content item,

wherein the bookmark item comprises the rendering state information, the transporting state information, the bookmark ID and a content ID of the content item, and

wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting state information associated with playback of the content item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering state information comprises at least audio volume or display luminance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from the controller to the server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the controller to the server.

6. A control device for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the control device comprising:

an interface unit configured to transmit or receive data; and

a microprocessor configured to;

transmit, to a server, a creating request for creating the bookmark item using rendering state information and transporting state information,

wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from a player to the control device according to a rendering state information request transmitted from the control device to the player,

wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the server to the control device according to a transporting state information request transmitted from the control device to the server, and

wherein the bookmark item is created and the content item is updated to include a bookmark identifier (ID) of the bookmark item associated with the content item,

generate a deleting request for deleting the content item, the deleting request instructing the server to perform a deleting operation of the content item, and

transmit, via the interface unit, the generated deleting request to the server,

wherein the deleting operation comprises;

deleting the content item and the bookmark item associated with the content item,

wherein the bookmark item is searched using the bookmark ID included in the content item,

wherein the bookmark item comprises the rendering state information, the transporting state information, the bookmark ID and a content ID of the content item, and

wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting state information associated with playback of the content item.

7. The control device of claim 6, wherein the rendering state information comprises at least audio volume or display luminance.

8. The control device of claim 6, wherein the bookmark ID is generated by the server.

9. The control device of claim 6, wherein the rendering state information is transmitted from the controller control device to the server.

10. The control device of claim 6, wherein the transporting state information is transmitted from the control device to the server.