Device for processing bookmark information generated by another device and method for displaying bookmark information

• US 8,719,688 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sangwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton, Jr., Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mercado, Ariel
• Application Number:
  US12/916,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20120110425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• Field of Search: 715/206
• US Class Current: 715/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback

Abstract

An electronic device and method for processing a bookmark are provided. The electronic device includes a receiving unit that receives at least a portion of a bookmark of specific content generated in a first electronic device and a control unit that monitors whether a multimedia player is executed in the electronic device, displays an object including bookmark description information based on the portion of the bookmark if the multimedia player is executed, requests a resume operation to at least a second electronic device storing specific content or a third electronic device storing the bookmark if an input for the resume operation is received via the displayed object, and receives the specific content from the second electronic device. The present invention provides more convenient user interface for seamless content play between at least two electronic playing devices.

Claims

1. A method for processing a bookmark in a first electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving information associated with the bookmark, wherein the information associated with the bookmark includes an identifier of the bookmark, an identifier of bookmarked content, a reproduction point state variable, a rendering state variable, and output attribute information,

wherein the rendering state variable includes information related to playback of the bookmarked content, and

wherein the output attribute information is provided by the first electronic device and includes at least resolution information or bit rate information;

comparing the received output attribute information to an encoding information of the bookmark content;

transcoding the bookmarked content if the received output attribute information is different from the encoding information;

monitoring whether an application program for playing the bookmarked content is executed in the first electronic device;

displaying a user interface for inquiring whether to use the bookmark if the application program for playing the bookmarked content is executed in the first electronic device;

receiving an input for a resume operation via the displayed user interface;

displaying the transcoded bookmarked content according to the input; and

automatically deleting the information associated with the bookmark after playing the bookmark content;

wherein the bookmark is generated by a second electronic device, and

wherein the bookmarked content is received from a third electronic device that stores specific content or from a fourth electronic device that stores the bookmark.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is provided by an object including bookmark description information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific content is related to the generated bookmark and it is transcoded before it is received.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the third electronic device and the fourth electronic device is a computer, a television, a cellular phone, a home appliance, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation system or a mobile internet device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

temporarily storing the bookmarked content in the first electronic device by;

determining whether a storage space of a memory in the first electronic device is sufficient to store the bookmarked content;

adjusting the received output attribute information such that the bookmarked content can be stored in the storage space of the memory if it is determined that the storage space of the memory in the first electronic device is not sufficient; and

transcoding the bookmarked content based on the adjusted output attribute information.

6. A first electronic device for processing a bookmark, the first electronic device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive information associated with the bookmark, wherein the information associated with the bookmark includes an identifier of the bookmark, an identifier of bookmarked content, a reproduction point state variable, a rendering state variable, and output attribute information,

wherein the rendering state variable includes information related to playback of the bookmarked content, and

wherein the output attribute information is provided by the first electronic device and includes at least resolution information or bit rate information; and

a processor configured to;

compare the received output attribute information to an encoding information of the bookmark content;

transcode the bookmarked content if the received output attribute information is different from the encoding information;

monitor whether an application program for playing the bookmarked content is executed in the first electronic device;

display a user interface for inquiring whether to use the bookmark if the application program for playing the bookmarked content is executed in the first electronic device;

process an input for a resume operation via the displayed user interface;

display the transcoded bookmarked content according to the input; and

automatically delete the information associated with the bookmark after playing the bookmark content;

wherein the bookmark is generated by a second electronic device, and

wherein the bookmarked content is received from a third electronic device that stores specific content or from a fourth electronic device that stores the bookmark.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the user interface is provided by an object including bookmark description information.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the specific content is related to the generated bookmark and it is transcoded before it is received.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein each of the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the third electronic device and the fourth electronic device is a computer, a television, a cellular phone, a home appliance, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation system or a mobile internet device.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising a memory configured to temporarily store the bookmarked content in the first electronic device and wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether a storage space of a memory in the first electronic device is sufficient to store the bookmarked content;

adjust the received output attribute information such that the bookmarked content can be stored in the storage space of the memory if it is determined that the storage space of the memory in the first electronic device is not sufficient; and

transcode the bookmarked content based on the adjusted output attribute information.