Meta data information providing server, client apparatus, method of providing meta data information, and method of providing content
First Claim
1. A method of providing meta data information, the method comprising:
- generating, in a meta data information providing server, the meta data information including fundamental meta data information required for a client apparatus to retrieve content and detailed meta data information regarding the content;
automatically providing the fundamental meta data information from the meta data information providing server to the client apparatus in response to an initial connection with the client apparatus before a request is made by the client apparatus for meta data information, the fundamental meta data information comprising retrieval information including at least one of a video data resolution of the content and an audio data sampling rate of the content to be retrieved for the client apparatus to reproduce the content; and
selectively providing the detailed meta data information from the meta data information providing server to the client apparatus when the client apparatus requests the detailed meta data information based upon the provided fundamental meta data information.
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Abstract
An apparatus and/or a method for efficiently providing meta data information regarding content and the content to a user includes connecting to a meta data information providing server that provides meta data of at least one content, receiving fundamental meta data information including connection information, which is provided for retrieval of content, from the meta data information providing server, and, when predetermined content is selected, connecting to one of the content providing servers that provide the selected content using the connection information and obtaining the selected content from the connected content providing server. Thus, it is possible to rapidly access a content providing server that provides user desired content using fundamental meta data information received from a meta data.
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1. A method of providing meta data information, the method comprising:
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generating, in a meta data information providing server, the meta data information including fundamental meta data information required for a client apparatus to retrieve content and detailed meta data information regarding the content; automatically providing the fundamental meta data information from the meta data information providing server to the client apparatus in response to an initial connection with the client apparatus before a request is made by the client apparatus for meta data information, the fundamental meta data information comprising retrieval information including at least one of a video data resolution of the content and an audio data sampling rate of the content to be retrieved for the client apparatus to reproduce the content; and selectively providing the detailed meta data information from the meta data information providing server to the client apparatus when the client apparatus requests the detailed meta data information based upon the provided fundamental meta data information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus to provide meta data information, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to generate the meta data information including fundamental meta data information required for a client apparatus to retrieve content and detailed meta data information regarding the content; and a transmitter configured; to automatically provide the fundamental meta data information to the client apparatus in response to an initial connection with the client apparatus before a request is made by the client apparatus for meta data information, the fundamental meta data information comprising retrieval information including at least one of a video data resolution of the content and an audio data sampling rate of the content to be retrieved for the client apparatus to reproduce the content; and to provide selectively the detailed meta data information to the client apparatus when the client apparatus requests the detailed meta data information based upon the provided fundamental meta data information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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