CN102096873A - Device and method for supplying digital content - Google Patents

Device and method for supplying digital content Download PDF

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CN102096873A
CN102096873A CN2009102490822A CN200910249082A CN102096873A CN 102096873 A CN102096873 A CN 102096873A CN 2009102490822 A CN2009102490822 A CN 2009102490822A CN 200910249082 A CN200910249082 A CN 200910249082A CN 102096873 A CN102096873 A CN 102096873A
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马镇硕
金善子
咸昊相
金採奎
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The invention discloses a device and a method for supplying a digital content. The invention provides a content manager, a content searching unit, and a content transceiver, wherein the content manager is used for receiving a content table of an adjacent device which is used for supplying the digital content so as to update the content table of the content manager; the content searching unit is used for referring to the content table of the adjacent device for supplying the digital content so as to judge whether the content required by a user is the content which can be supplied and capturing the storage position of the corresponding content when the content is the content which can be supplied; and the content transceiver is used for requesting the corresponding the adjacent device used for supplying the digital content for the corresponding content and receiving the corresponding content from the adjacent device used for supplying the digital content when the corresponding content is stored in the adjacent device for supplying the digital content.

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Be used to provide the devices and methods therefor of digital content
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of devices and methods therefor that is used to provide digital content, described device can distribute and shared digital content.More specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of method of the device of digital content being provided and being used to provide digital content of being used to, described device can to registration in advance be used to the neighboring devices distributed digital loop content of digital content is provided and shares described digital content with it.
Background technology
Recently, the mobile phone as representative personal communication devices has various types of additional functions.Mobile phone has comprised high pixel camera phone, DMB (DMB) receiving function etc.Especially, mobile phone has had document reader or the text reading device that is included in the existing smart phone etc.In addition, mobile phone has widely used function such as motion picture player, MP3 player etc. in representative portable terminal.Recently, except motion picture and music reproduction function, text reading device function, navigation feature etc., portable media player (PMP) comprise such as HSDPA modulator-demodular unit or wireless LAN device Wireless Telecom Equipment and as the explorer of software, thereby it has the wireless connections function by the Internet.Recently, iPod touch (touch) that can obtain from AppleCo. (Apple) etc. has various motion pictures and music reproduction function, function slide etc., and can visit the Internet by the WLAN function of himself, with provide can the on-line purchase digital content function.
Therebetween, various personal terminal described above have passed through various technology evolution processes and have been promoted to the public apace.According to this trend, be used to provide the device of digital content to be developed, its be used for to the PMS off-line provide or sell the content of multimedia of the online sales such as various films, drama, music video, e-book (e-book) etc.
The device that is used to provide digital content described above can be installed within the room of wherein having assembled the user or outside, and according to user's request, use the cable data network of storage in advance to come to receive corresponding digital content and send it to user terminal from central server.It is as a result, described that to be used to the device of digital content is provided be the device that is used to collect the charges.The described device that is used to provide digital content provides content-data and does not pay separately for the use of grouping to user's mobile device.As a result, can be in desired place, to provide described digital content to the lower price of situation that the user provides digital content easily to this user than the wireless the Internet service by existing mobile operator wherein.
Fig. 1 is the reference diagram of content providers case of device that is used to provide digital content that is used for schematically explaining according to prior art.
The processing of the purchase content when the user buys the content of the device that is used for providing content below will be described in the prior art.
Usually, the digital content of buying the device 10a to 10n be used for providing content as the user (after this, be called " content ") time, if the content stores that user (buyer) is asked is being used to provide in the device of content, the device that then is used to provide extracts corresponding content, the corresponding content of being extracted is changed satisfying type of user terminals, and sent them to user terminal.Yet, in the time of in content that the user asked is not stored in the device 10a to 10n that is used to provide content, be used to provide the device of content to ask corresponding content (content that the user asked) to independent central server 20, download corresponding content from central server 20, and they are offered the user.
By above scheme, the content that provides the user to ask has caused some problems in fact.For example, when the content that provides the user to ask by above scheme, have following problem, promptly the transmission bandwidth of central server be subjected to very big influence, at central server and be used to provide transmit between the device of content content expend time in, increase offered load, from central server received content and conversion corresponding content to satisfy that user terminal expends time in etc.
In addition, when the user need be for a long time by off-line during received content, the situation that user wherein abandons content purchase appears, this is the main cause that hinders the activation of the device that is used to provide content.
Summary of the invention
The present invention plans to overcome the above problems.
In the time of in content that the user asked is not stored in the device that is used to provide content, by using the table of contents of device that is used to provide content of registration in advance adjacent on physical distance or logical reach, upgrade the described table of contents that is used to provide the device of content continuously, and when user's request content, the device that is used to provide content searches for whether there is described content by using its oneself the table of contents through upgrading.Target of the present invention is to solve central server and be used to provide the content delivery time between the device of content, the problems such as increase of offered load, and, receiving the desired content of user in the time fast when Search Results has been determined content stores when being used for the neighboring devices of content is provided.
Provide a kind of according to the device that is used to provide digital content of the present invention, having comprised: content manager is used to receive the table of contents of the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content, to upgrade its oneself table of contents; Contents searching unit is used for reference to the table of contents upgraded, determining content that the user asked whether for content can be provided, and when described content be in the time of can providing content, the memory location of extracting corresponding content; The content transceiver is used for being stored in when being used to the neighboring devices of digital content is provided when corresponding content, to correspondence be used to provide the neighboring devices request corresponding content of digital content and from being used to provide the neighboring devices of digital content to receive corresponding content.
Especially, described table of contents comprises the identifier of device that is used to provide digital content of wherein having stored corresponding content.
In addition, described table of contents further comprises: content designator, content name, content location, distribution of content date, content translation type, COS, content playback speed and at least one in the time of content playback.
In addition, described content manager periodically receives the table of contents of the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content.
In addition, describedly be used to provide the device of digital content further to comprise: the content storage unit that is used for memory contents, during wherein when storage fresh content in described content storage unit or from the existing content of described content storage unit deletion, described content manager correspondingly upgrades its own table of contents and is used to provide the table of contents through renewal of the device of digital content to be sent to the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content with described.
In addition, described content manager will be from being used to provide the corresponding content that neighboring devices received of digital content to offer user terminal and delete corresponding content then.
And describedly be used to provide the device of digital content further to comprise: the end message placement unit is used for extracting profile information about user terminal from user terminal.
In addition, described profile information comprises: the residual memory space size of the image compression format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the main memory size of the screen message of terminal, document kind that terminal is supported, motion picture compressed format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the CPU information of terminal, in terminal institute's installed platform and storehouse version information and in terminal at least a information in the kind in included storehouse.
, provide a kind of method that is used to provide digital content therebetween, having comprised: received the table of contents of the neighboring devices be used to provide digital content, and upgrade its oneself table of contents; With reference to the table of contents upgraded, to determine that whether content that the user asked is for providing content; When content that the user asked is in the time of can providing content, with reference to the table of contents of being upgraded to grasp the memory location of corresponding content; And when corresponding content is stored in when being used for the neighboring devices of digital content is provided, to the neighboring devices request corresponding content that is used to provide digital content of correspondence.
Especially, described table of contents comprises the identifier of device that is used to provide digital content of wherein having stored corresponding content.
In addition, described table of contents further comprises: content designator, content name, content location, distribution of content date, content translation type, COS, content playback speed and at least one in the time of content playback.
In addition, the table of contents of the described neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content by reception with the step of upgrading its oneself table of contents periodically from being used to provide the neighboring devices received content form of digital content and upgrading its oneself table of contents.
And, describedly be used to provide the method for digital content further to comprise: when the existing content of storage fresh content or deletion, to upgrade its own table of contents and its oneself the table of contents through renewal is sent to the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content.
In addition, described being used to provides the method for digital content further to comprise: from being used to provide the neighboring devices of digital content to receive the content that the user asked, so that they are offered user terminal; And deletion is from being used to provide the content that neighboring devices received of digital content.
And described being used to provides the method for digital content further to comprise: from the profile information of user terminal extraction about user terminal.
In addition, described profile information comprises: the residual memory space size of the image compression format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the main memory size of the screen message of terminal, document kind that terminal is supported, motion picture compressed format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the CPU information of terminal, at least a information in terminal in the kind in included platform and storehouse version information and the storehouse of being installed in terminal.
Can obtain following effect by the present invention.
Compare with the content delivery scheme by central server in the prior art, the present invention can by with registration in advance be used to provide the neighboring devices of content to share various digital contents, provide various contents to the user, and the user is provided desired content quickly.Therefore, the present invention can be used for providing the device of content to improve significantly being used to the digital content purchase efficient of the device that content is provided by activation, and easily provides various content of multimedia to many users.
In addition, and compare to the scheme of central server request content in the prior art, the present invention can reduce the load of content server, and make may be with specified level or the appearance that reduces the construction cost of central server and reduce offered load more.In addition, the present invention can reduce the construction cost of high-speed Internet circuit and reduce the traffic unnecessary on the network.
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Fig. 1 is the reference diagram of content providers case of device that is used to provide digital content that is used for schematically explaining according to prior art;
Fig. 2 is the reference diagram that is used to explain according to the content providers case of the device that is used to provide digital content of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the diagrammatic sketch that is used for explaining in detail according to the configuration of the device that is used to provide digital content of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the diagrammatic sketch that an embodiment who is used for table of contents of the present invention is shown;
Fig. 5 is used to explain that the device that allows to be used to provide digital content is from the neighboring devices received content form that is used to the to provide digital content process flow diagram with the processing of upgrading its oneself table of contents;
Fig. 6 is used to explain the process flow diagram that is used for providing to the user by the device that is used to provide digital content the method for digital content according to of the present invention.
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Present invention is described below with reference to accompanying drawing.Here, when description is of the present invention, may cause the unnecessary fuzzy relevant known function or the detailed description of configuration to be omitted to purpose of the present invention.Those skilled in the art provide example embodiment of the present invention so that can understand the present invention more all sidedly.Therefore, understand for clear, the shape of element, size etc. can be exaggerated in the accompanying drawing.
After this, will come with reference to the accompanying drawings the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail.
Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic sketch that is used to explain according to the operation of the device that is used to provide digital content of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is the diagrammatic sketch that is used to explain according to an embodiment of the device that is used to provide digital content of the present invention.
At first, be used to provide the device 100a to 100d of digital content and adjacent with it being used to provide other device of digital content to be connected to each other, to form a group and to share described content according to of the present invention with reference to figure 2.More specifically, other device that adjacent with it being used to of device 100a to 100d registration that is used to provide digital content according to the present invention provides digital content (after this, be called " neighboring devices that is used to provide content ") the home address (for example, the IP address), and then use predefined communication protocol to carry out and the communicating by letter of the neighboring devices that is used to provide content.As shown in Figure 2, according to each other device receiving digital contents that provides digital content from adjacent one another are being used to of the device 100a to 100d that is used for providing digital content of the present invention (after this, be called " content "), and if desired, then they are offered user terminal.
As shown in Figure 2, in the present invention, a plurality of groups of device formation that are used to provide digital content, and included being used to provides the device of digital content to be connected to each other in described group.Here, form a group a plurality of to be used for the device of digital content is provided can be to provide the device of digital content and the device that digital content is provided in adjacent one another are being used to of logical reach in adjacent one another are being used for of physical distance.
After this, will be used to provide the device 100a of digital content to be described according to of the present invention with reference to 3 couples in figure.Fig. 2 provides the device 100a to 100d of digital content to have identical configuration with being used to shown in 3, and thus, below come to be used to provide the device 100a (after this, being called " device that is used to provide content ") of digital content to be described by means of example to one.
At first, central server 30 is connected to the device 100a that is used to provide content according to the present invention and uses the integral body statistics of content with storage Customer management information and administrative institute, and described Customer management information is such as the information about the user terminal that is used to download content, content purchase history, content of interest etc.In addition, 30 pairs of central servers manage at the kind of the content that is used for providing the content utilization that device 100 upgraded of content, current storage and capacity etc.Central server 30 control and management are used to provide each unit of the device 100 of content.
Billed services device 40 is unit that content that the user is bought is charged, and it charges described method such as cash, card, electronic money (E-money), mobile phone paying etc. by existing employed the whole bag of tricks.
Though embodiments of the invention have been described central server 30 and have been configured to billed services device 40 and are used to provide the device 100a of content to separate, the function of central server 30 and billed services device 40 can integrally be configured in and be used to provide within the device 100a of content.
Be used to provide the device 100a of digital content to comprise according to of the present invention: terminal linkage unit 110, end message placement unit 112, controller 120, content transceiver 130, content storage unit 140, interactive unit 150 and network connection unit 160.
With reference to figure 2, terminal linkage unit 110 is by wired or wireless communication port included in user terminal 10, USB port, bluetooth communication, the infrared communication module etc. of being connected to, thereby it can transmit the contents that the user asked and make and is used to provide the device 100a of content and user terminal 10 to communicate to user terminal 10.
End message placement unit 112 is asked the information about the standard of the user terminal 10 that will reproduce or carry out content, to grasp about terminal information.At this moment, suppose that the standard of user terminal 10 is imported in user terminal 10 in advance, then push the standardize information that is structured in the user terminal 10 and transmit button, make thus to exchange the message that comprises about the information of device 100a that is used to provide content according to the present invention and user terminal 10.The method that is used to exchange messages can be used known various Radio Transmission Technologys, such as infrared communication, wireless transmission etc.
Therebetween, unit such as the cable that is provided at the device 100a that is used for providing content according to the present invention is provided user terminal 10, and end message placement unit 112 is connected to user terminal 10 to obtain the information about user terminal 10 by described cable.The desired content of user can be by the cable that is used to connect from being used to provide the device 100 of content to be sent to user terminal 10.
As another kind of method, the standard that the user interface that end message placement unit 112 allows the user to be provided by interactive unit 150 is come dumb terminal 10.
The end message that obtains by description before comprises: the image compression format that user terminal 10 is supported, the residual memory space size of user terminal 10, screen message about user terminal 10, the document kind that user terminal 10 is supported, the motion picture compressed format that user terminal 10 is supported, the main memory size of user terminal 10, CPU information about user terminal 10, institute's installed platform and storehouse version information in user terminal 10, and in user terminal 10 kind in included storehouse.One of described example is the information of expression in table 1.
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The PMS equipment code The standard example
PMS manufacturer The XX electronics
The PMS model name PMS-100
Screen size 4 inches
Screen resolution 480*640
Color resolution 65,536 looks
The CPU standard Intel?PXA270
The built-in storage size 128MB
External memory size 1GB
Spendable wireless transmission scheme Bluetooth v1.2, WiFi 802.11a/b/g
Maximum can be reproduced FPS (frame per second) 30
Spendable memory size 100MB
Platform release WIPI?2.0
The platform library version SKTlbs?1.0;SKTopenGL?1.1
Support multimedia MPEG4、H.263、MJPEG、MP3、JPEG、 PNG、PDF、HTML、TXT
The various content of multimedia of content storage unit 140 storages.The content that is stored in the content storage unit 140 can be original content file and be converted into various forms to satisfy the content file of various user terminals.Content storage unit 140 is received in the content file that will change and stores them in the content translator 120 of controller 120 described below.
In addition, content storage unit 140 store provisionally provide digital content from adjacent one another are being used to device 100b to 100d (hereinafter, be called " neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content ") content that provides, and the content that provides from the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content is provided according to the control of controller 120.
For example, content storage unit 140 can storing moving picture, image, mp3 file, document etc.
Network connection unit 160 will be used to provide the device 100a of digital content to be connected to central server 30 and billed services device 40 according to of the present invention, so that communicate each other with them.
The present invention is realized in controller 120 each unit of control.More specifically, controller 120 uses table of contents to determine whether the content of user-selected (request) is stored in the content storage unit 140.As definite result, when user-selected content stores was in content storage unit 140, controller 120 was changed by 124 pairs of user-selected contents of content converting unit, and they are offered user terminal 10.
Controller 120 comprises: content translator 124, contents searching unit 122 and content manager 126.Though Fig. 3 shows the configuration that comprises content translator 124, contents searching unit 122 and content manager 126 in controller 120, each unit all may be implemented as with controller 120 and is separated.
Content translator 124 extracts the content file that users ask (selection) from content storage unit 140, they is changed satisfying type of user terminals, and they are offered user terminal 10.In addition, 124 pairs of content translators are from being used to provide the content file conversion that neighboring devices 100b-100d provides of digital content, to satisfy type of user terminals (that is the standard of being asked when the selling digital content).
In more detail, content translator 124 comprises: image converter (not shown), file convertor (not shown), motion picture converter (not shown) and compiler/linker (not shown), and to be used for to changing in the application program that user terminal was moved.
Image converter receives the information the image compression format of supporting such as user terminal 10, the residual memory space size of user terminal, the screen message of user terminal etc. and uses this information, so that its image transitions that will be stored in content storage unit 140 is for the optimized form of user terminal.
The document kind that file convertor reception user terminal 10 is supported, the residual memory space size of user terminal, the screen message of user terminal etc. also use them, so that its document that will be stored in content storage unit 140 is converted to for the optimized form of user terminal.
The motion picture converter receives the residual memory space size of motion picture compressed format that user terminal 10 supports, user terminal, about the main memory size of the screen message of user terminal, user terminal, CPU information etc. and use them, so that its motion picture that will be stored in content storage unit 140 is converted to for the optimized form of user terminal.
Compiler/linker is received in main memory size, the CPU information of kind, the user terminal in institute's installed platform and storehouse version information in the user terminal 10, the storehouse of installing, the screen message of user terminal etc. and uses them, so that it carries out the operation that is structured in the content of being stored in the content storage unit 140 once more.
Contents searching unit 122 uses table of contents to come the search content file.Here, table of contents means 126 pairs of the content managers form about being stored in content storage unit 140 and being used for providing the information of content of the neighboring devices 100b to 100d of digital content to manage is provided.Contents searching unit 122 uses the identification information (the content ID of Fig. 4 or content title) about content included in table of contents that the content that can provide the user to ask is provided.When content that the user asked was available content, contents searching unit 122 used that included being used to provide the identifier (the generator ID of Fig. 4) of the device of digital content to determine wherein to have stored the position of corresponding content in table of contents.Being used for table of contents of the present invention will make a more detailed description in the explanation of the following content manager that will describe 126.
Content manager 126 uses table of contents to manage the content that can offer the user.In more detail, content manager 126 periodically is used to provide the table of contents of the device 100b to 100d of digital content to neighboring devices 100b to the 100d request that is used to provide digital content, and receive each table of contents of the neighboring devices 100b to 100d that is used to provide digital content from the neighboring devices 100b to 100d that is used to provide digital content, to upgrade its oneself table of contents.Here, " renewal " mean by change information (transaction file (transaction file)) to come interpolation in table of contents, deletion, exchange message and prepare to have the situation of the table of contents of fresh content.
The example of the table of contents that figure 4 illustrates table of contents that content manager 126 managed and receive from the neighboring devices 100b to 100d that is used to provide digital content.
Being used for table of contents of the present invention comprises: wherein stored corresponding content be used to provide digital content device identifier, corresponding content identifier, corresponding content title, in the position of the corresponding content of the device stored that is used to provide digital content, finally the distribute data of corresponding content, the reproduction speed of corresponding content, the recovery time of corresponding content, the COS (for example, film, news, documentary film etc.) of corresponding content, the translation type of corresponding content etc.
Therebetween, content manager 126 upgrades its own table of contents when generating change information in its oneself table of contents, and by content transceiver 130 table of contents through renewal is sent to the neighboring devices 100b to 100d that is used to provide digital content.For example, when adding fresh contents to content storage unit 140 or during from the existing content of content storage unit 140 deletions, content manager 126 upgrades its own table of contents and by content transceiver 130 table of contents through renewal is sent to the neighboring devices 100b to 100d that is used to provide digital content.This similarly is applied to be used to provide the neighboring devices 100b to 100d of digital content.
In the present invention, included being used to provides between the device of digital content exchanging contents form each other in a group, and upgrade its oneself table of contents based on it, thereby included being used to provides the device of digital content to share a table of contents in a group.
According to above description, when the user asks specific content, even corresponding content is not stored in its inside, also may grab the memory location of corresponding content by the memory location of corresponding content included in table of contents fast, whether be stored in the neighboring devices that is used for providing digital content and needn't one by one search for corresponding content.In addition, may be immediately to the corresponding intrument request corresponding content that is used to provide digital content, so that described content can be offered the user fast.Therefore, may prevent that offered load is owing to the unnecessary traffic increases.
In addition, the present invention can be used to provide the device of content to distribute and shares various digital contents and store a large amount of contents by activation, make the problem of the limited memory capacity may overcome each device that is used to provide digital content thus, and easily provide various content of multimedia to a large number of users.
Content transceiver 130 uses predetermined communication protocol to carry out and the communicating by letter of the neighboring devices 100b to 100d that is used to provide digital content.In more detail, content transceiver 130 transmits message, and described message is to neighboring devices 100b to the 100d request content form that is used to provide digital content, and correspondingly from being used to provide neighboring devices 100b to the 100d received content form of digital content.In addition, content transceiver 130 transmits message, and described message is to the necessary content of neighboring devices 100b to 100d request that is used to provide digital content, and correspondingly from being used to provide the neighboring devices 100b to 100d of digital content to receive corresponding content.
Interactive unit 140 shows the output result by user interface to the user, and correspondingly receives user's selection.Preferably, be used for interactive unit 140 of the present invention by receiving that the user selects and showing that to the user unit of exporting the result realizes, for example touch-screen.
Fig. 5 is used to explain that the device that allows to be used to provide digital content is from the neighboring devices received content form that is used to the to provide digital content process flow diagram with the processing of upgrading its oneself table of contents.
The table of contents (S100) that the neighboring devices of digital content periodically is provided to provide to the neighboring devices request that is used to provide digital content according to the device that is used to provide digital content of the present invention.
The device that is used to provide digital content receives the table of contents (S110) of the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content from the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content, and uses the table of contents that is received to upgrade its oneself table of contents (S120).
Though do not have shown in the drawings, but the device that is used for providing digital content according to the present invention is when upgrading its oneself table of contents when its oneself table of contents generates change information, and the table of contents of being upgraded is sent to the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content.For example, when adding the existing content of fresh content or deletion, the device that is used to provide digital content according to the present invention upgrades its oneself table of contents, and the table of contents of being upgraded is sent to the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content.In other words, be used to provide device update content form when the change of each generation inner content is historical of digital content, and they are sent to the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content, thereby included being used to provides the device of digital content to share identical table of contents in real time with the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content in a group.Therefore, may grasp the content utilization that is stored in the neighboring devices that is used for providing digital content in real time.
Fig. 6 is used to explain the process flow diagram that is used for providing to the user by the device that is used to provide digital content the method for digital content according to of the present invention.
It asks the information about the standard of the user terminal that will reproduce or carry out content, to grasp the information (S200) about user terminal.At this moment, suppose that the standard of user terminal is imported in user terminal in advance, then push the standardize information that is structured in the user terminal and transmit button, make thus to exchange the message that comprises about the information of device that is used to provide content according to the present invention and user terminal.The method that is used to exchange messages can be used known various Radio Transmission Technologys, such as infrared communication, wireless transmission etc.Therebetween, user terminal is connected to such as the unit the cable that device provided that is used for providing content according to the present invention, and the end message placement unit is connected to user terminal to obtain the information about user terminal by described cable.The desired content of user can be by the cable that is used to connect from being used to provide the device of content to be sent to user terminal.
Next, by coming to show by user-selected (that is, offering the user's) content utilization (S210) to the user with reference to its oneself table of contents.At this moment, the content that can provide the neighboring devices of digital content to provide from included being used to group as described above is provided the content utilization that can offer the user.
In step S210, it shows available content utilization to the user, and correspondingly receives user's selection (S220).
Therebetween, step S210 and S200 have described to the user and have shown available content utilization and correspondingly import user's input, but described step is not limited thereto.In other words, it receives the identification information of the desired content of user immediately from the user, and the reference content form searches for whether to provide described content and can be with the result notification user of correspondence.
When in step S220, receiving the user when selecting, grasp the memory location (S230) of corresponding content by the reference content form.At this moment, user-selected content can be stored in its inside and be stored in the neighboring devices that in described group included being used for provides digital content.Therefore, in step S230, by providing the identifier of the device of digital content to grasp the position of being stored of corresponding content with reference to included being used in table of contents.
It determines whether user-selected content is present in (S240) in its inside.When user-selected content (that is, corresponding content) was stored in its inside, it determined whether corresponding content is the content (S250) that is converted to satisfy user terminal.
As the definite result among the step S250, when user-selected content stores within it in the portion and be to be converted when satisfying the content of user terminal, it is collected the charges to the user according to providing of content is next, and then the content of being changed is offered user terminal (S260 and S270).
On the other hand, as the definite result among the step S250, though user-selected content stores within it in the portion, when changing when satisfying user terminal them, it changes described content to satisfy user terminal (S280).It is collected the charges to the user according to providing of content is next, and the content of being changed is offered user terminal (S260 and S270).
Therebetween, in step S240, when user-selected content (promptly, corresponding content) is stored in its outside (promptly, be used for providing the neighboring devices of digital content) time, it comes to the user-selected content (S300) of corresponding neighboring devices request that is used to provide digital content by the reference content form.
Next, it comes from being used to provide the corresponding neighboring devices of digital content to receive the content (S310) that the user asked according to the request among the step S300.
It determines whether must be to from being used to provide the corresponding content that neighboring devices received of digital content to change (S320).As the definite result among the step S320, when changing when satisfying user terminal described content, its conversion corresponding content is to satisfy user terminal (S330).
It is collected the charges to the user according to providing of described content is next, and the content of being changed is offered user terminal (S340 and S360).
It offers user terminal with corresponding content in step S360, and deletion is stored in the corresponding content (S360) in its inside.It is deleted in step S360 from being used to provide the content that neighboring devices provided of digital content, prevents that thus described content repeatedly is stored in a plurality of devices that are used for providing digital content.In addition, its can prevent that described content is concentrated in the described group any one be used for providing the device of digital content.
Steps more of the present invention can realize as computer-readable code in computer readable recording medium storing program for performing.Described computer-readable recording medium comprises has wherein stored all types of pen recorders that computer system-readable is fetched data.The example of computer-readable recording medium comprises: ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, CD-RW, tape, floppy disk, HDD, CD, optomagnetic memory device etc., and comprise the recording medium of realizing with carrier format (for example, the transmission of being undertaken by the Internet).In addition, computer-readable recording medium distributes on the computer system that connects by network, and described thus computer-readable recording medium can be stored and carry out as computer-readable code by distribution scheme.
As mentioned above, in drawing and description, described and illustrated preferred embodiment.Here, though used particular term, but described particular term only is used for the purpose that present invention is described, and is not to be used for limiting in implication of the present invention disclosed in the accompanying claims or to limiting in scope of the present invention disclosed in the accompanying claims.Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that and to carry out various modifications and can use other equivalent embodiment.Therefore, actual techniques protection domain of the present invention must be determined by the spirit of claims.

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1. device that is used to provide digital content, its be included in by a plurality of groups that device constituted that are used for providing digital content and be used to provide the neighboring devices of digital content to be connected to each other, describedly be used to provide the device of digital content to comprise:
Content manager is used to receive the table of contents of the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content, to upgrade its oneself table of contents;
Contents searching unit is used for reference to the table of contents upgraded, so that the whether content for providing of content that the user asked to be provided, and when described content is the content that can provide, the memory location of extracting corresponding content; With
The content transceiver is used for being stored in when being used to the neighboring devices of digital content is provided when corresponding content, to correspondence be used to provide the neighboring devices request corresponding content of digital content and from being used to provide the neighboring devices of digital content to receive corresponding content.
2. as the described device that is used to provide digital content of claim l, wherein said table of contents comprises the identifier of device that is used to provide digital content of wherein having stored corresponding content.
3. the device that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 2, wherein said table of contents further comprises: content designator, content name, content location, distribution of content date, content translation type, COS, content playback speed and at least one in the time of content playback.
4. the device that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 1, wherein said content manager periodically receive the table of contents of the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content.
5. the device that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 1 further comprises: be used for the content storage unit of memory contents,
During wherein when storage fresh content in described content storage unit or from the existing content of described content storage unit deletion, described content manager correspondingly upgrades its own table of contents and is used to provide the table of contents through renewal of the device of digital content to be sent to the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content with described.
6. the device that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 1, wherein said content manager will be from being used to provide the corresponding content that neighboring devices received of digital content to offer user terminal and delete corresponding content then.
7. the device that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 1 further comprises: the end message placement unit is used for from the profile information of user terminal extraction about user terminal.
8. the device that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 7, wherein said profile information comprises: the residual memory space size of the image compression format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the main memory size of the screen message of terminal, document kind that terminal is supported, motion picture compressed format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the CPU information of terminal, in terminal institute's installed platform and storehouse version information and in terminal at least a information in the kind in included storehouse.
9. method that is used for providing digital content by the device that is used to provide digital content, the described device that is used for providing digital content be included in by a plurality of groups that device constituted that are used to provide digital content and be used to provide the neighboring devices of digital content to be connected to each other, describedly be used to provide the method for digital content to comprise:
Reception is used to provide the table of contents of the neighboring devices of digital content, and upgrades its oneself table of contents;
With reference to the table of contents of being upgraded of the device that is used to provide digital content, so that the whether content for providing of content that the user asked to be provided;
When content that the user asked is the content that can provide, with reference to the table of contents of being upgraded to grasp the memory location of corresponding content; And
When corresponding content is stored in when being used for the neighboring devices of digital content is provided, to the neighboring devices request corresponding content that is used to provide digital content of correspondence.
10. the method that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 9, wherein said table of contents comprise the identifier of device that is used to provide digital content of wherein having stored corresponding content.
11. the method that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 10, wherein said table of contents further comprises: content designator, content name, content location, distribution of content date, content translation type, COS, content playback speed and at least one in the time of content playback.
12. the method that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 9, the table of contents of the wherein said neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content by reception with the step of upgrading its oneself table of contents periodically from being used to provide the neighboring devices received content form of digital content and upgrading its oneself table of contents.
13. the method that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 9, further comprise: when the existing content of storage fresh content or deletion, upgrade its own table of contents and its oneself the table of contents through renewal is sent to the neighboring devices that is used to provide digital content.
14. the method that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 9 further comprises:
From being used to provide the neighboring devices of digital content to receive the content that the user asked, so that they are offered user terminal; And
Deletion is from being used to provide the content that neighboring devices received of digital content.
15. the method that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 9 further comprises: from the profile information of user terminal extraction about user terminal.
16. the method that is used to provide digital content as claimed in claim 15, wherein said profile information comprises: the residual memory space size of the image compression format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the main memory size of the screen message of terminal, document kind that terminal is supported, motion picture compressed format that terminal is supported, terminal, about the CPU information of terminal, at least a information in terminal in the kind in included platform and storehouse version information and the storehouse of being installed in terminal.
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