KR20160120260A - System and method for using contents seamlessly in different devices, terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for continuously using contents between mutually different devices, and a terminal device. The method for continuously using contents between mutually different devices includes the steps of: generating clipping information representing a final state of contents when it is sensed that a clipping event occurs while contents are output; transmitting the clipping information; receiving and storing the clipping information; transmitting the stored clipping information in response to a request of the clipping information; requesting the clipping information in response to a request of subsequently viewing contents; receiving the clipping information; and sequentially outputting contents following current output contents by using the received clipping information. According to the present invention, by guaranteeing continuity of contents between the different terminal devices, it is secured to guarantee continuity of a service for the same user when news of a website, music, a moving picture and the like are used.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for continuously using content between different devices,

More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for successively using content between different apparatuses that can subsequently use the content used in the first terminal apparatus in the second terminal apparatus, .

Recently, as the penetration rate of smartphones has increased, more and more users are browsing Internet news on the move, downloading MP3 music and listening to it, or downloading movies such as movies and dramas.

However, in many cases, the user generally uses the corresponding content by using the mobile terminal during the sniffing time, frequently terminates the content without seeing or listening to the content completely while moving. In order to reproduce the corresponding content from another terminal, It is inconvenient for the user to search.

A variety of N screen services are now available for the current user to continue using the content. This supports continuous playback of video, music, and movies between TV and smartphone PCs, but does not provide true wireless in terms of allowing TVs and Hopp-only terminals to be connected continuously via cable. Therefore, it is inconvenient to use contents for service users due to discontinuity in usage caused by a change of devices used by the same user as a home PC, a smart phone, a company PC, and the like.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0801069 A, Jan. 29, 2008 (Name: Peer Content Sharing / Distribution System and Processing Method Thereof)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-described conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a content providing system, And a method, and a terminal device thereof.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for continuously using contents among different apparatuses, the system comprising: generating clipping information indicating a final state of content when detecting a clipping event during content output; A first terminal apparatus for transmitting and receiving clipping information, a service apparatus for transmitting clipping information stored in response to a request for clipping information, and a clipping information requesting unit for requesting clipping information in response to a content view request, And a second terminal device for receiving the clipping information and outputting the content output from the first terminal device using the received clipping information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device including a terminal transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting and receiving data, a terminal input unit for inputting information, a terminal output unit for outputting information, And transmits the generated clipping information to the service apparatus. The terminal control unit transmits the generated clipping information to the service apparatus.

The terminal device of the present invention further includes a terminal storage unit for storing a clipping agent. The terminal control unit generates clipping information using the clipping agent, and when the power of the terminal device is turned on, the clipping agent is executed in the background .

In the terminal device of the present invention, the terminal control unit detects a clipping event occurring at the time of requesting clipping of the user or ending of the content generated from the terminal input unit.

In the terminal device of the present invention, the terminal control unit determines whether or not the content being output is the first line information to be displayed on the screen, the time point at which the clipping event occurs in the content being output, the identification information of the content being output and the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) And the clipping information is generated.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal apparatus including a terminal transmitting / receiving unit for data transmission / reception, a terminal input unit for inputting information, a terminal output unit for outputting information, And a terminal control unit for receiving the clipping information from the service apparatus and outputting the content output from the other terminal apparatus through the terminal output unit using the received clipping information.

The terminal device of the present invention further includes a terminal storage unit for storing a clipping agent. The terminal control unit requests and receives clipping information using the clipping agent. When the terminal device is powered on, the terminal control unit executes the clipping agent in the background .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of continuously using contents between different apparatuses, the method comprising: detecting a clipping event occurring during a content output; detecting clipping information indicating a final state of the content; And a transmission step of transmitting the clipping information generated by the terminal device to the service device.

In the continuous content using method between different apparatuses according to the present invention, the transmitting step is characterized in that the terminal apparatus transmits at least any one of the identification information of the terminal apparatus and the identification information of the terminal apparatus user together with the clipping information do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of continuously using contents among different apparatuses, the method comprising: requesting clipping information to a service apparatus in response to a request to view a content, And an output step of sequentially outputting the content output from the other terminal apparatus using the receiving step and the clipping information received by the terminal apparatus.

The method of continuously using content between different apparatuses according to the present invention is characterized in that the terminal apparatus further comprises an accessing step of connecting to a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) included in the clipping information after the receiving step.

The method of continuously using contents among different apparatuses of the present invention is characterized in that the terminal apparatus further comprises a searching step of searching contents in the terminal apparatus by using the contents identification information included in the clipping information after the receiving step .

In the method of continuously using content between different apparatuses according to the present invention, the outputting step may be such that when the content is text, the terminal apparatus outputs the content from the first line displayed on the screen of the other terminal apparatus using the clipping information .

In the method of continuously using contents between different apparatuses according to the present invention, the outputting step is performed when a terminal device generates clipping events at the time of occurrence of a clipping event using the clipping information when the contents are moving images or music.

In the method of continuously using content between different apparatuses according to the present invention, the request step is characterized in that the terminal apparatus transmits at least any one of identification information of the terminal apparatus and identification information of the terminal apparatus user and requests clipping information .

According to the present invention, continuity of contents between different terminal apparatuses is ensured, so that continuity of services for the same user can be ensured when news articles, music, moving images, etc. of a web site are used.

In addition, since only necessary information is transmitted and received between different terminal devices in order to view content, it is possible to reduce the amount of data and time required to provide a content continuous view service.

1 is a block diagram of a system for continuously using contents among different apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a first terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is divided into functional units.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a second terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is divided into functional units.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of continuously using contents among different apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. The same reference numerals are used for portions having similar functions and functions throughout the drawings.

It is to be appreciated that where one element is referred to herein as " transmitting " data or a signal to another element, it may directly transmit data or signals and may transmit data or signals through at least one other element it means.

1 is a block diagram of a system for continuously using contents among different apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the map data partial update system of the present invention includes a first terminal device 100, a service device 200, a second terminal device 300, and a network 400.

The service device 200 receives the clipping information for the content output from the first terminal device 100 and stores the clipping information for each user. When the clipping information is requested from the second terminal device 300, the service device 200 transmits the clipping information.

Contents are digital works that are stored and distributed in digital form and include text, multimedia, music, image files, and the like. Such contents can be stored in the first terminal device 100 to the second terminal device 300, which are devices for outputting contents, and also can be stored on-line and accessible through a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) Lt; / RTI >

The clipping information is information on the output state at the time when the output of the first terminal device 100 is stopped to output the content output from the second terminal device 200, The information contained may vary.

Specifically, when the service device 200 receives the clipping information from the first terminal device 100, the service device 200 identifies the user identification information or the terminal identification information, and stores the user identification information or the terminal identification information. The user can register user identification information or terminal identification information in advance by connecting to the service apparatus. In this case, terminal identification information for a plurality of terminals can be registered for each user in the case of terminal identification information.

In addition, the service device 200 may store the clipping information for a plurality of contents, and may provide the most recently stored clipping information when the clipping information is requested by the second terminal device 300, 300 may check the list of clipping information stored in the service device 200 and request the desired clipping information.

If the second terminal device 300 does not have the content output from the first terminal device 100, the second terminal device 300 may transmit the content to the service device 200, And can receive and output the content together with the clipping information.

The first terminal device 100 and the second terminal device 300 can be used as any communication device that can output content, if the user is available. For example, the first terminal device 100 and the second terminal device 300 may be a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a navigation terminal, a smart phone, , A PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), and a digital broadcast receiver. Of course, this is merely an example, and it should be construed as a concept including a device that is currently developed, commercialized, or capable of all communication to be developed in the future, in addition to the above-described examples.

For convenience of explanation, the first terminal device 100 refers to a device that has output content, and the second terminal device 300 refers to a device that subsequently outputs the content output from the first terminal device 100, The terminal device 100 and the second terminal device 300 may be the same or different devices.

A clipping event refers to a change that occurs through a signal input from the user to stop outputting the content being output and save the current output state. Generally, it is generated through a clipping input for clipping a corresponding content through a clipping agent that reproduces content from a user. However, in case of forcibly terminating the output of content when power is turned off during content output, In the case of music, an input from the user for stopping the output of the content, such as a case of pausing the playback, may be included. In addition, the clipping input may be performed not only by key input but also through various input devices provided in the terminal device, and may include, for example, a user's gesture, voice, and the like.

When the first terminal device 100 detects the occurrence of a clipping event while outputting the content, the first terminal device 100 generates clipping information and transmits the clipping information to the service device 200. The second terminal device 300 receives clipping information from the service device 200 And outputs the content output from the first terminal device 100 from the time when the clipping event occurs. Accordingly, the user can continue to use the content that was used through the first terminal device 100 through the second terminal device 300.

 The network 400 refers to a data communication network for data transmission and information exchange between the first terminal device 100 and the service device 200 and between the second terminal device 300 and the service device 200. Specifically, It is not limited. For example, i-bimnet, which provides high-capacity data transmission and reception services through Internet Protocol (IP), and data service without disconnection, is an i-bimetal architecture that integrates different networks based on IP, It can be network. Also, the network 300 may include a 3.5G mobile communication network including a 3G network including a wired network, a Wibro (Wireless Broadband) network, a WCDMA, a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) A fourth generation mobile communication network, a satellite communication network, and a Wi-Fi network.

In the above-described continuous content utilization system between different devices, the service apparatus 200 may operate in a server-client computing manner or may operate in a cloud computing basis. For example, the service device 200 may be implemented as one or more servers operating on a cloud computing basis.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a first terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is divided into functional units. 1 and 2, a first terminal device 100 includes a terminal transmission / reception unit 110, a terminal storage unit 130, a terminal input unit 150, a terminal output unit 170, and a terminal control unit 190 .

The terminal transceiver 110 has an interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from the service device 200 via the network 400.

The terminal storage unit 130 is a means for storing data and programs necessary for the operation of the first terminal device 100 and basically stores an operating program and an application program to be executed by the terminal control unit 150. [ In the present invention, the terminal storage unit 120 may be a repository for storing contents or a clipping agent.

The terminal input unit 150 generates a user input signal according to a user's operation. The terminal input unit 150 may be implemented by various input means. For example, the terminal input unit 150 may include at least one of a key input unit, a touch input unit, a gesture input unit, and a voice input unit. The key input means generates a signal corresponding to the key according to the key operation, and corresponds to a keypad and a keyboard. The touch input means is a touch pad, a touch screen, and a touch sensor, which recognize an input operation by sensing a user's operation of touching a specific portion. The gesture inputting means is a means for inputting a specific operation specified by the user, for example, an operation to shake or move the first terminal device 100, an approach to the first terminal device 100, a blinking operation, And may include at least one of a geomagnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a camera, an altimeter, a gyro sensor, and a proximity sensor. In particular, in this embodiment, a user can input an input for generating a clipping event through the terminal input unit 150.

The terminal output unit 170 is a unit that outputs the operation status and the operation result of the first terminal device 100 to the user under the control of the terminal control unit 190. In particular, The content can be output. The terminal output unit 170 may be implemented as a display unit such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display), an LED (Light Emitting Diodes) Organic Light Emitting Diodes (AMOLEDs), Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes (AMOLED), flexible displays, and three-dimensional displays.

The terminal control unit 190 controls the overall operation of the terminal transceiver unit 110, the terminal storage unit 130, the terminal input unit 150, and the terminal output unit 170.

The terminal control unit 190 generates clipping information when it detects a clipping event while being stored in the terminal storage unit 130 or outputting content stored on-line using the URL address through the terminal output unit 170 To the service device (200).

As described above, the information included in the clipping information may vary depending on the location where the content is stored or the type of the content. If the content is content that can be accessed online, the clipping information may include a URL address. If the content is text, video, or music stored in the form of a complete file, the clipping information may include a digital object identifier (DOI) ), A content object identifier (COI), a file name, and the like.

In addition, in the case of text, when the output of the text is output from the second terminal device 300 as output at the time when the output of the text is stopped on the screen of the first terminal device 100, The information of the first line of the page output from the first terminal device 100 may be included in the first terminal device 100. In the case of moving pictures or music, And information on when the clipping event occurred.

The terminal control unit 190 can generate clipping information using the clipping agent. When the first terminal device 100 is powered on, the clipping agent is executed in the background and is used by the user through the terminal output unit 170 You can clip content at any time. The clipping agent may be program-dependent according to the type of the terminal device, and each terminal device can download the clipping agent from the service device 200.

More specifically, the clipping agent is generally displayed on the status bar so that the user can visually recognize the background process so that the user can recognize the background process while reproducing the content through the terminal output unit 170, Can be displayed. That is, the first terminal device 100 registers the clipping agent in the list of status bars, and can input the clipping by selecting the clipping agent from the list of status bars while the user is using the content. Also, when the terminal device is a PC (Personal Computer), it can be registered in the start menu so that the user can access at any time. In case of the digital broadcast receiver, the terminal can be included in the dedicated menu.

The terminal control unit 190 registers unique identification information of the terminal such as user identification information or MIN (Mobile Identification Number) and ESN (Electronic Serial Number) in the service device 200 as described above, When transmitting the generated information to the service device 200, the information may be transmitted to at least one of the identification information of the terminal device and the identification information of the terminal device user so as to store the clipping information in the service device 200 after the user authentication.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a second terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is divided into functional units. 1 to 3, the second terminal 300 includes a terminal transmission / reception unit 310, a terminal storage unit 330, a terminal input unit 350, a terminal output unit 370, and a terminal control unit 390 .

The second terminal device 300 may be a device of the same kind as the first terminal device 100, or may be a heterogeneous device. The description of the parts overlapping with the first terminal device 100 will be omitted.

The terminal control unit 390 receives the content view input from the user through the terminal input unit 350 and requests the clipping information from the service device 200 and uses the clipping information The content output from the first terminal device 100 is successively output.

If the clipping information includes a URL, the terminal control unit 390 accesses the corresponding web page by using the URL. When the clipping information includes the identification information of the content, the terminal control unit 390 extracts the content stored in the terminal storage unit 330 The content is searched and output. At this time, if the content is not stored in the terminal storage unit 330, the service device 200 can request the content, receive the content, and output the content. More specifically, the terminal control unit 390 determines whether or not the clipping information is information on the first line of the page of the text content output from the first terminal device 100 or the clipping information of the clip or music content output from the first terminal device 100 When the event information is included, the information is output from the terminal output unit 370 at the time when the first terminal device 100 stops outputting using the information.

In addition, the terminal control unit 390 can receive the clipping information on the content after transmitting the user identification information or the unique identification information of the terminal to the service device 200 and performing the authentication process. In this case, the terminal control unit 390 receives the list of the clipping information, outputs the list through the terminal output unit 370, and outputs the selection signal of the user And may request clipping information on the selected content.

The second terminal device 300 may store the clipping agent in the terminal storage unit 130 as in the first terminal device 100. The second terminal device 300 may also store clipping information through the clipping agent in the background, Can receive.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of continuously using contents among different apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 4, the first terminal device 100 detects a clipping event while outputting content (S51).

At this time, it is possible to receive clipping input for clipping the corresponding content in the clipping agent running in the background of the first terminal device 100, or to sense through the input from the user to stop the output of the content.

The first terminal device 100 that senses the clipping event in step S51 generates clipping information (S53), and transmits the generated clipping information to the service device 200 (S55).

If the content is content that can be accessed online, the clipping information may include a URL address. If the content is text, video, or music stored in a complete file format, the clipping information may include a digital object identifier (DOI) , COI (Content Object Identifier), file name, and the like. In addition, the text may include information on the first line of a page output from the first terminal device 100 at the time when the output from the first terminal device 100 is stopped, And information on the time at which the clipping event occurred in the reproduction time.

The service device 200 receiving the clipping information in step S55 stores the clipping information therein (S57).

At this time, the service apparatus 200 may perform a user authentication process using the user identification information or the identification information of the terminal apparatus, and may separately store the clipping information for each user, and may store a plurality of clipping information for each user.

When the second terminal device 300 receives an e-mail view input for continuously viewing the content output from the first terminal device 100 in the second terminal device 300 (S59), the second terminal device 300 requests the service device 200 to send clipping information (S61).

At this time, the second terminal device 300 can receive the next view input through the clipping agent running in the background of the second terminal device 300.

In step S61, the service device 200, which has requested the clipping information, transmits clipping information to the second terminal device 300. [

At this time, the service device 200 can transmit clipping information after user authentication process using the user identification information or the identification information of the terminal device. In addition, when storing a plurality of clipping information, it may provide the most recently stored clipping information, and may provide the list of clipping information to the second terminal device 300 to transmit the requested clipping information.

The second terminal device 300 receiving the clipping information in step S63 sequentially outputs the corresponding content output from the first terminal device 100 using the received clipping information (S65).

At this time, if the clipping information includes a URL, the second terminal device 300 accesses the corresponding web page using the URL. If the clipping information includes the identification information of the content, the second terminal device 300 uses the content identification information The corresponding content can be searched, and when the corresponding content is not stored, the service device 200 can request the corresponding content.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous changes and modifications can be made to the invention. And all such modifications and changes as fall within the scope of the present invention are therefore to be regarded as being within the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, a method for using continuous contents between different apparatuses does not require a separate apparatus compared with the existing system, thereby minimizing the additional cost incurred. Particularly, considering the tendency that the penetration rate of smart phones is high and the number of users who want to use the content anytime and anywhere is increased, the method for using continuous contents among different devices of the present invention will not be utilized much.

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150 terminal input unit 170 terminal output unit 190 terminal control unit
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Claims (15)

A first terminal device for generating clipping information indicating a final state of the content when the clipping event is detected during content output, and for transmitting the generated clipping information;
A service device for receiving and storing the clipping information and transmitting the stored clipping information according to a request of the clipping information;
A clipping information requesting unit operable to request clipping information from the service apparatus in response to a request to view the content, receive clipping information transmitted from the service apparatus, and sequentially output the content output from the first terminal apparatus using the received clipping information 2 terminal device;
Wherein the content providing system comprises a plurality of devices. A terminal transmission / reception unit for data transmission / reception;
A terminal input unit for inputting information;
A terminal output unit for outputting information;
A terminal control unit for generating clipping information indicating a final state of the content when the clipping event is detected during content output and transmitting the generated clipping information to a service device;
And a terminal device. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a terminal storage unit for storing a clipping agent,
Wherein the terminal control unit generates the clipping information using the clipping agent, and when the terminal apparatus is powered on, the terminal apparatus executes the clipping agent in the background. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the terminal control unit detects the clipping event occurring at the time of requesting clipping of the user or at the end of the content generated from the terminal input unit. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the terminal control unit determines whether or not at least one of the first line information to be displayed on the screen, the time point at which the clipping event occurs in the output content, the identification information of the content being output, and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) And generates the clipping information including one of the clipping information. A terminal transmission / reception unit for data transmission / reception;
A terminal input unit for inputting information;
A terminal output unit for outputting information;
A clipping information request unit for requesting clipping information to a service apparatus according to a content viewing request generated from the terminal input unit, receiving the clipping information from the service apparatus, outputting the clipping information from the terminal unit through the terminal output unit A terminal control unit for sequentially outputting the content that has been used;
And a terminal device. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a terminal storage unit for storing a clipping agent,
Wherein the terminal control unit requests and receives the clipping information using the clipping agent, and when the terminal apparatus is powered on, the clipping agent is executed in the background. A detecting step of detecting that a clipping event occurs during content output;
A generation step of generating clipping information indicating a final state of the content;
A transmission step of the terminal device transmitting the generated clipping information to a service device;
The method comprising the steps < RTI ID = 0.0 > of: < / RTI > 9. The method according to claim 8,
Wherein the terminal device transmits at least one of identification information of the terminal device and identification information of the terminal device user together with the clipping information. A requesting step of requesting clipping information to the service device by the terminal device in response to the content browse request;
A receiving step of the terminal device receiving the clipping information from the service device;
An output step of sequentially outputting content that the terminal device has output from the other terminal device using the received clipping information;
The method comprising the steps < RTI ID = 0.0 > of: < / RTI > 11. The method of claim 10, wherein after the receiving step,
A connection step in which the terminal device accesses a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) included in the clipping information;
Further comprising the steps of: receiving a request for content from another device; 11. The method of claim 10, wherein after the receiving step,
A search step of the terminal device searching for the content in the terminal device using content identification information included in the clipping information;
Further comprising the steps of: receiving a request for content from another device; 11. The method according to claim 10,
Wherein the terminal device outputs the content from the first line displayed on the screen of the other terminal device using the clipping information when the content is text. 11. The method according to claim 10,
Wherein the terminal device outputs the clipping event when the clipping event occurs at the other terminal device using the clipping information when the content is moving picture or music. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the terminal device transmits at least one of identification information of the terminal device and identification information of the terminal device user and requests the clipping information.

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