KR101542760B1 - Method and apparatus of dynamic controlling playback of digital media and providing digital contents - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing dynamic control of digital media is disclosed. Dynamic control of digital media is performed by receiving first information at a server through a communication network between the user device and the server and transmitting corresponding digital content and second information to the user device. The dynamic control method of the digital media enables the producer to control the digital media.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a digital content playback control method,

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing dynamic digital content during playback of digital media, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for providing dynamic digital content during playback of digital media, And to provide a method and apparatus for generating second information based on the second information.

Conventionally, as a method of providing other digital contents during reproduction of digital media such as moving images and still images, there is a method of displaying comments posted on the moving image or inserting the corresponding subtitle of the moving image into the image.

However, once the digital media is distributed, the authors lose control of the content, and if the digital content to be provided is modified or renewed in whole or in part for any additional purpose, If there is an error, even if it is not an error, it is impossible to modify and redistribute the contents if the contents need to be modified over time. Therefore, the maker of the digital media not only can lose control over the digital media, but also can not dynamically respond to the consumer's response or demand of the digital media. In order to overcome such a problem, the present invention proposes a method for a server to control and manage digital media contents.

In the present invention, a digital content is provided from a server during playback of the digital media, so that the content of the digital media can be modified even after distribution of the digital media, so that the digital media creator can maintain control over the corresponding digital media.

In the present invention, the contents of the digital media can be changed according to time or situation, so that the demand for the digital media is rapidly responded to.

In order to solve the conventional problems described above, the present invention proposes a dynamic control method of digital media, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. An embodiment of the present invention is a method for reproducing digital media, comprising the steps of: receiving first information from a user device at a server in playback of digital media; Identifying at the server the corresponding digital content based on the first information and generating at the server second information based on at least one of the first information and the digital content; Transmitting the identified digital content and the generated second information from the server to the user device; And reproducing the digital content in at least a portion of a predefined area at a defined time based on the second information identified in the digital content transmitted during playback of the digital media in the user device, Includes information about an IP address and image port information of the user device and information on time and area to insert the updated digital content, location information of the user device, playback time of digital media, predefined user's preference information And a content ID of the digital media.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising: receiving first information at a server from a user device upon playback of digital media; Identifying at the server the corresponding digital content based on the first information and generating at the server second information based on at least one of the first information and the digital content; Transmitting the identified digital content and the generated second information from the server to the user device; And reproducing the digital content in at least a portion of a predefined area based on the identified second information in the digital content transmitted during playback of the digital media in the user device, Wherein the second information includes at least one of a playback time of the digital media or information on a predefined area, and the second information includes at least one of a playback time of the digital content with respect to the playback time of the digital media determined based on the first information, time; And a position at which the digital content determined based on the second information is reproduced within the predefined area.

The present invention has the effect of eliminating the problem of losing control over the digital media once it has been once distributed, by communicating with the server at the time of playback of the digital media and receiving and providing additional digital content.

Further, in the present invention, contents of digital contents to be added to the digital media can be changed in the server, so that it is possible to respond quickly to the demands of consumers of the digital media.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide information necessary for a consumer of a digital media by receiving information on the digital media and the user apparatus together and determining the digital contents based thereon, There is an effect that can be.

1 is a block diagram of a screen of a user apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flow diagram of a method for dynamic control of digital media in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic diagram of a method for determining second information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following description and accompanying drawings are for understanding the operation according to the present invention, and those parts that can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art may be omitted for the sake of understanding the patentability of the present invention.

It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, and are not limitative of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should be determined by the claims. The terms used in the present specification should be construed to mean the meanings and concepts consistent with the technical idea of the present invention so as to best express the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(For example, a television, a computer, a mobile phone, a PCS, a notebook, a smart phone, or a handheld device) capable of connecting with a server through a communication network in order to reproduce digital media such as still images or moving pictures . In addition, with the spread of user devices connectable with such servers, the demand for digital media is increasing rapidly, and the range of application (for example, advertisement, education, etc.) of digital media is gradually expanding.

However, due to the nature of digital media, once it has been deployed, the creator of the digital media loses control over the digital media after distribution, making it more difficult to manage, control and modify the digital media.

Therefore, the maker of digital media has the right to control digital media even after distribution of digital media, and without adding the cost of producing separate digital media, it is possible to add contents to existing digital media, To provide an additional revenue structure.

In the present invention, it is necessary to provide a method of providing information required by a consumer of digital media without losing control of the digital media by avoiding the conventional technology of once losing control over the digital media once it is produced and distributed We suggest a method.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a screen of a user device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In order to facilitate understanding of the patentability of the present invention, a portion of the user device 10 excluding the display 20 is omitted.

The user device 10 of the present invention includes a television 20, a computer 20, a mobile phone 20, a PCS 20, a notebook computer 20, a smart phone 20, a handheld device 20, and the like. The user device 10 may be connected to the server through any communication network capable of connecting to the server such as the Internet, an intranet, and the like.

The predefined area 30 shown in FIG. 1 is the area in which the digital content received at the server is displayed, although it is shown as including only a portion of the display 20 in FIG. 1, 20, and may have any form other than that shown in Fig.

2 is a flow diagram of a method for dynamic control of digital media in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

First, at the time of reproduction of digital media (e.g., still image and moving image), the first information is received from the user device at the server (S100). In one embodiment, the transmission of the first information from the user apparatus to the server is performed by inserting a macro code into the header of the digital media file to be reproduced, .

The server identifies the digital content corresponding thereto based on the first information received from the user device, and generates the second information based on at least one of the first information and the digital content (S110). The digital contents corresponding to the first information may include a still image, a moving image, a voice, or a character. The first information and the second information will be described with reference to Fig.

3 is a schematic diagram of a method for determining second information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 (a) shows information that can be included in the first information, and FIG. 3 (b) shows information that can be included in the second information. The items included in Figures 3 (a) and 3 (b) are exemplary of the present invention, wherein the first information may include one or more of the items included in Figure 3 (a) May include one or more of the items included in FIG. 3 (b). Hereinafter, the determination of the digital content and the second information according to each first information will be described in detail.

As shown in Figure 3, the first information may include the IP address (I1) and image port (I2) information of the user device, and the server determines the approximate location of the user device based thereon, The region P1 and the reproduction resolution P2 to be reproduced by the digital content can be determined by the image port information and included in the second information.

Also, the first information may include the location information I3 of the user equipment, and the location information may include GPS information and the like. The server can determine the digital content corresponding to the area based on the more accurate location information of the user.

In addition, the first information may include the playback time I4 of the digital media, and the server may determine the digital content to be transmitted based on the determination, and determine the period during which the digital content is reproduced in the digital media, And the digital content reproduction time P3 including this information can be included in the second information.

Also, the first information may include information (I5) about a predefined area in which the digital content is to be reproduced, and the server may determine the digital content based on the size and position of the information (I5) for the predefined area And the server can also determine in which part of the predefined area the determined digital content will be played back and include the position P4 in which the digital content will be played back within the predefined area in the second information.

In addition, the first information may include predefined user's preference information I6, and the predefined user preference information I6 may include a user's interest, hobby, etc. stored in advance in the video playback program It is possible. The server can determine digital contents such as advertisement and information corresponding thereto based on the pre-defined user's preference information I6.

Further, the first information may include the content ID (I7) of the digital media, and the server may determine the corresponding digital content based on the content ID (I7) of the digital media.

Also, although not shown in FIG. 3, the second information may be determined based on the identified digital content and may be determined based on the first information and / or the identified digital content, Information about the control may be included.

The determination of the digital content and the second information according to the first information is exemplary, and the determination method described above can be combined with each other according to the content included in the first information and / or the identified digital content, The digital content can be determined in accordance with a predefined identification condition that is not predetermined.

Returning to FIG. 2, the server transmits the identified digital content and the generated second information to the user device (S120).

The user device reproduces the digital content received in at least a part of the predefined area based on the received second information while reproducing the digital media (S130). The received digital content may be reproduced for the whole of the predefined area if the received second information does not include information about the reproduction area, and if the received second information includes information about the reproduction area, The received digital content may be reproduced only for a portion of the predefined area accordingly.

If the predefined area is located inside the area in which the digital media is to be reproduced, the digital content may be overlaid on the reproduced digital media and the predefined area may be reproduced outside the area where the digital media is to be reproduced When positioned, the digital content may be reproduced by being placed on the left or right or above and below the digital media to be reproduced.

Further, the reproduction of the digital contents according to the embodiment of the present invention may be performed by replacing some or all of the digital media to be reproduced or reproduced with the received digital contents, or replacing some or all of the digital media And inserting digital content.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the digital media to be played may be a music file (e.g., MP3, WMA, etc.), or digital content received from the server may be played before or after a music file, Can be added.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second information received at the server may be information about the digital media to be reproduced, and the user equipment may skip a part of the digital media based on the received second information, Or prohibit the reproduction of part or all of the digital media, or delete the digital media.

With respect to the method of prohibiting the reproduction of the digital media, a method such as DRM (Digital Rights Management) is used, but the DRM can only permit or prohibit the reproduction of the digital media by managing the copyright, It is necessary to recognize that the dynamic control method of digital media and digital contents enables dynamic management and modification of digital media and digital contents and is different from the conventional technology such as DRM.

On the other hand, when it is not possible to transmit the first information from the user apparatus to the server, or when there is no response from the server within a predefined period of time, or when the connection failure notification is received from the server, May be displayed on at least a portion of the predefined area, the most recently received digital content may be played back, or the playback of the digital media may be restricted.

The present invention may be implemented through a proprietary digital media player or a program, but it may be implemented through an existing playback device or program, or may be implemented by installing a plug-in to an existing device, or by using a web browser (for example, Internet Explorer, Firefox , Web browser for mobile or personal computer such as Google Chrome, Opera, etc.), HTML, Active X, Java and the like.

Meanwhile, the digital media and digital contents of the present invention include still images, moving images, and music. Also, for example, the still image may include JPEG, TIF, GIF, PNG, BMP or any other file format, and the motion picture may include H.264, MPEG, AVI, MKV, WMV or any other file format , Music includes MP3, WMA, WAV or any other file format.

Alternatively, the present invention may be implemented by computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium herein includes all kinds of storage devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of computer-readable media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, as well as implementations in the form of carrier waves (e.g., transmission over the Internet). In addition, the computer-readable medium may be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code in a distributed manner can be stored and executed.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in various other forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be considered from an illustrative point of view, not from a limiting viewpoint. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and the inventions claimed by the claims and the inventions equivalent to the claimed invention are to be construed as being included in the present invention.

Claims (9)

Receiving first information from a user device at a server upon playback of the digital media;
Identifying at the server the digital content corresponding to the first information based on the first information and generating second information at the server based on at least one of the first information and the identified digital content;
Transmitting the identified digital content and the generated second information from the server to the user device; And
Reproducing the digital content in at least a part of a predefined area based on the second information while reproducing the digital media in the user device,
Wherein the first information includes at least one of a playback time of the digital media, a content ID of the digital media, and information on the predefined area,
Wherein the second information comprises:
A reproduction time of the digital content with respect to a reproduction time of the digital media determined based on the first information; And
Wherein the digital content determined based on the first information includes at least one of a position at which the digital content is reproduced within the predefined area. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first information further comprises at least one of an IP address of the user device, image port information, location information of the user device, and predefined user preference information. Content providing method. Receiving first information from a user device at a server upon playback of the digital media;
Identifying at the server the digital content corresponding to the first information based on the first information and generating second information at the server based on at least one of the first information and the identified digital content;
Transmitting the generated second information from the server to the user device; And
Controlling, at the user device, the digital media based on the received second information,
Wherein the step of controlling the digital media comprises:
Performing at least one of skipping all or a part of the digital media, deleting the digital media, and prohibiting reproduction of all or a part of the digital media based on the received second information ,
Wherein the first information comprises at least one of a digital media content ID, an IP address of the user device, and location information of the user device. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the transmitting the generated second information from the server to the user equipment comprises:
Further comprising transmitting the identified digital content from the server to the user device,
Wherein the step of controlling the digital media comprises:
Further comprising playing the digital content on at least a portion of a predefined area during playback of the digital media based on the received second information. Transmitting first information from a user device to a server upon playback of the digital media;
Identifying at the server the digital content corresponding to the first information based on the first information and generating second information at the server based on at least one of the first information and the identified digital content;
Receiving the identified digital content and the generated second information from the server at the user device; And
Reproducing, at the user device, the digital content in at least a part of a predefined area based on the received second information while reproducing the digital media,
Wherein the first information includes an IP address and image port information of the user device and includes information on the predefined area, location information of the user device, playback time of the digital media, Preference information, and a content ID of the digital media,
Wherein the second information comprises:
A reproduction time of the digital content with respect to a reproduction time of the digital media, which is determined based on the first information; And
Wherein the digital content is determined based on the first information, and wherein the digital content is to be reproduced within the predefined area. Means for receiving first information at a server from a user device upon playback of the digital media;
Means for identifying at the server digital content corresponding to the first information based on the first information and generating at the server second information based on at least one of the first information and the identified digital content;
Means for transmitting the identified digital content and the generated second information from the server to the user device; And
Means for causing the user device to play the digital content on at least a portion of a predefined area based on the second information while reproducing the digital media,
Wherein the first information includes at least one of a playback time of the digital media, a content ID of the digital media, and information on the predefined area,
Wherein the second information comprises:
A reproduction time of the digital content with respect to a reproduction time of the digital media determined based on the first information; And
And a position at which the digital content determined based on the first information is reproduced in the predefined area. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the first information further comprises at least one of an IP address of the user device, image port information, location information of the user device, and predefined user preference information. Apparatus for providing content. 24. A computer readable medium for dynamic control of a digital media comprising computer executable instructions,
The computer-
Code for causing a computer to receive first information from a user device at a server upon playback of the digital media;
A computer-readable recording medium for causing a computer to identify, at the server, digital content corresponding to the first information based on the first information and generate second information at the server based on at least one of the first information and the identified digital content Code;
Code for causing a computer to transmit the identified digital content and the generated second information from the server to the user device; And
And code for causing the computer to play the digital content in at least a portion of a predefined area based on the second information while reproducing the digital media in the user device,
Wherein the first information includes at least one of a playback time of the digital media, a content ID of the digital media, and information on the predefined area,
Wherein the second information comprises:
A reproduction time of the digital content with respect to a reproduction time of the digital media determined based on the first information; And
And wherein the digital content determined based on the first information includes at least one of a position at which the digital content is reproduced within the predefined area. 24. A computer readable medium for dynamic control of a digital media comprising computer executable instructions,
The computer-
Code for causing a computer to transmit first information from a user device to a server upon playback of the digital media;
Code for causing a computer to receive digital content and second information from the server; And
And code for causing the computer to cause the user device to play the received digital content in at least a portion of a predefined area based on the received second information while reproducing the digital media,
Wherein the digital content is identified at the server based on the first information,
Wherein the second information is generated in the server based on at least one of the first information and the digital content,
Wherein the first information includes an IP address and image port information of the user device and includes information on the predefined area, location information of the user device, playback time of the digital media, Preference information, and a content ID of the digital media,
Wherein the second information includes at least one of a reproduction time of the digital content with respect to the reproduction time of the digital media and a position at which the digital content is reproduced within the predefined area, A computer-readable medium for providing a computer program product.

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