KR20130039530A - Server, device and method for providing contents seamlessly - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A server for providing continuous-play for content, a terminal thereof, and a method thereof are provided to secure a lot of the same story content in advance and to supply continuous-play information to the terminal, thereby supplying a continuous-play service without a separate content conversion process. CONSTITUTION: A reproducible content obtainment unit(330) obtains reproducible information which includes reproduction file information of one or more content reproducible in a user terminal based on reproduction stop information obtained in a reproduction stop content obtainment unit(320). A continuous-play information providing unit(340) provides continuous-play information, which includes reproduction timing information of one or more content, to the user terminal. [Reference numerals] (310) Continuous watching request signal receiving unit; (320) Reproduction stop content obtainment unit; (330) Reproducible content obtainment unit; (340) Continuous-play information providing unit;

Description

Server, terminal and method for providing content review {SERVER, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS SEAMLESSLY}

The present invention relates to a content preview server, a terminal, and a method.

As information and communication technology develops, terminals including various functions such as smart phones and tablet PCs are widely used. In addition, as the same user has a plurality of terminals, a service that can connect the contents of the plurality of terminals in connection with each other is in the spotlight.

However, in the related art, although the ear show service may be provided for one shared content, the ear show service for different content including the same content may not be easily provided.

For example, video content including the same content may be classified into a plurality of files according to various file formats such as mp4, avi, mpeg, and wmv. In addition, even in the same file format, content types may be classified according to data rates according to network environments having different resolutions or transmission speeds for each terminal.

Therefore, in order to provide content retrieving services to the same or different terminals with respect to different contents including the same contents, a technique for transcoding the contents in a form that can be provided to the user terminal is required, thereby implementing the contents retrieving service. There is a problem that the configuration of the apparatus for doing so becomes complicated.

Meanwhile, as the prior art, Korean Patent Publication No. 2011-0009587 discloses an invention entitled “Method and system for connecting video content between heterogeneous terminals” to provide a method for providing video content to a plurality of terminals. The present invention relates to a technology for providing a replay of video content between heterogeneous terminals by implementing a playback history synchronization.

One embodiment of the present invention is to secure a plurality of content for the content of the same content in advance, the content re-view can provide a content retrieval service between terminals without a separate content conversion process by providing the resume information for the content It provides a providing server, a terminal and a method.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention is a rehearsal request signal receiving unit for receiving a content retrieval request signal from a user terminal, the playback is stopped at one or more terminals matching the user terminal; A playback stop content acquisition unit for acquiring playback stop information of one or more contents, and including playback file information of one or more contents that can be played on the user terminal among the one or more playback stopped contents based on the obtained playback stop information; A reproducible content acquiring unit acquiring reproducible information; Based on viewpoint information Group can provide the content providing server after view is selected, in which content is played by the user terminal.

In addition, another embodiment of the present invention (a) receiving a re-ear request including the identification information of the first terminal from the first terminal, (b) in response to the re-request request to the identification information of the first terminal; Obtaining information of one or more terminals matching a corresponding user, (c) transmitting the obtained information of one or more terminals to the first terminal, (d) based on the information of the one or more terminals transmitted Receiving information of the selected second terminal from the first terminal, (e) playable information of one or more contents that can be played on the first terminal among one or more contents that are stopped playing on the second terminal; Transmitting to the terminal, (f) receiving a play request for the selected content based on the transmitted playable information from the first terminal, and (g) the playing Ear in response to the blue content comprises transmitting the ear view information including playback position information of the selected contents to the first terminal View can provide a service method.

In still another embodiment of the present invention, (a) transmitting the ear request request signal including the identification information of the user terminal to the content ear providing server, (b) from the content ear providing server to the user terminal; Receiving information of one or more terminals matching the corresponding user, (c) transmitting the information of the rehearsal target terminal selected based on the received information of the one or more terminals to the content rehearsal providing server, ( d) receiving playable information including play file information of one or more contents that can be played on a user terminal among one or more contents that have been stopped playing on the subsequent target terminal, (e) contents selected based on the playable information Transmitting a playback request to the content replay providing server and (f) the content Air view provided after the view from the server may provide a content view after providing method comprising the steps of: receiving an ear view information about the target contents.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, to secure a plurality of content for the content of the same content in advance, and to provide the subsequent information for the content to the terminal requesting the subsequent service to continue the content without a separate content conversion process Provide viewing services.

1 is a general schematic diagram of a system for providing content resume according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a detailed configuration diagram illustrating a content retrieval providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a content reproducing providing server according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table for matching and storing a user terminal and a user in a content replay providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table for storing reproduction stop information in a content retrieval providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table including information of a playback file for playing content in a content preview providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a method for providing content resume according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a general schematic diagram of a system for providing content resume according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the content preview providing server 300 connects to the user terminal 100 through the network 200.

Here, the user terminal 100 may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server at a remote location through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc., which is equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , Personal Communication System (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code CDMA Division Multiple Access (2000), W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), a Wireless Broadband Internet (WBRO) terminal, a smart phone, and all kinds of handheld based wireless communication devices. Can be.

In addition, the network 200 may be a wired or mobile radio network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a value added network (VAN), or the like. It can be implemented in all kinds of wireless networks such as satellite communication networks.

When the first terminal 110 requests the content retrieving service server 300 for the content retrieving service, the content retrieving providing server 300 may be connected to other terminals 120 and 130 of the user who owns the first terminal 110. In the one or more contents from which the playback is stopped in the first terminal 110 transmits the resume information on the one or more contents that can be played back to the first terminal 110, thereby providing the content retrieval service to the first terminal 110 can do.

In addition, the first terminal 110 may play the content selected by the user as the target of the subsequent viewing service from the time when the playback was previously stopped based on the playback timing information included in the subsequent viewing information.

On the other hand, when the user requests the first terminal 110 to stop playing the content while the first terminal 110 is playing the content, the first terminal 110 provides the content replay request server 300 ) Can be sent.

The content replay providing server 300 may generate the reproduction stop information of the corresponding content based on the reproduction stop request signal received from the first terminal 110 and manage the matched user according to the user of the first terminal 110. have.

In this case, if the reproduction stop information for the corresponding content is already generated, the content replay providing server 300 may continuously manage the reproduction stop information by updating the existing reproduction stop information. Here, the reproduction stop request signal may include identification information of the content, identification information of the terminal, and information on the reproduction stop time.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram illustrating a content retrieval providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the content replay providing server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a rehearsal request signal receiving unit 310, a reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320, a playable content obtaining unit 330, and the like. Follow-up information providing unit 340 is included.

The resume request signal receiving unit 310 receives a content resume request signal from a user's terminal, for example, a first terminal (not shown). In this case, the content resume request signal may include identification information of the first terminal.

That is, the user who owns the first terminal may provide a preview service for content that is being played on the user's terminal, for example, the first terminal, the second terminal (not shown), and the third terminal (not shown) through the first terminal. In order to provide the first terminal, the first terminal may transmit the content resume request signal to the resume request signal receiver 310.

The reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 obtains reproduction stop information of one or more pieces of content that has been suspended in one or more terminals matching the first terminal. That is, the reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 uses the identification information of the first terminal included in the content retrieval request signal to transmit to the other terminals of the user having the first terminal, for example, the second terminal and the third terminal. The terminal information may be obtained, and based on the obtained terminal information, the reproduction stop information including information of one or more contents of which the reproduction is stopped in the terminal of the user may be obtained.

That is, the reproduction stop information acquired by the reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 may include identification information, reproduction stop time information, terminal identification information, and the like, of content that has been stopped on one or more terminals matching one user. have.

An example of obtaining the reproduction stop information by the reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 4 to 5.

The playable content obtaining unit 330 may analyze one or more pieces of content that may be reproduced by the first terminal by analyzing playout information of one or more pieces of content that has been stopped by the content reproduction unit 320. The playable information of the found one or more contents may be obtained.

That is, since there may be content that cannot be played by the first terminal among one or more content that has been stopped by the playback stop content obtaining unit 320, the playable content obtaining unit 330 is a playback stop content obtaining unit ( The playable information about the content that can be played by the first terminal among the one or more playback-stopped contents acquired by 320 may be obtained.

In one embodiment of the present invention, there may be a plurality of playback files corresponding to one content. For example, there may be an 'a' playback file that can play 'A' content at high resolution and a 'b' playback file that can play 'A' content at low resolution. In this case, the 'a' playback file and the 'b' playback file are both used to play the 'A' content, but the resolution of the 'A' content played by each of the playback files may be different.

Accordingly, the playable content acquisition unit 330 may determine the at least one playback file of the at least one playback content by using the identification information of the at least one content included in the playback stop information obtained by the playback stop content acquisition unit 320. Information may be obtained, and information of a reproduction file that may be reproduced by the first terminal among the obtained one or more reproduction files may be obtained.

For example, when the first terminal can play only content having a resolution of a predetermined level or less, the playable content obtaining unit 330 plays back one or more pieces of the stopped content obtained by the content stopping unit 320. By using the quality information included in the information of the file, the content of the playback file that can be played back on the first terminal is searched for, and the content of the playback file having a predetermined level or less that can be played back on the first terminal is searched. Information can be obtained.

The quality information described above may include information on the resolution or data rate of the content played by the corresponding playback file. The quality information may be classified based on the characteristics of the terminal or the network environment. For example, the quality information may be classified according to at least one of the resolution and data rate of the content.

The playable content obtaining unit 330 may use the acquired play file information to identify identification of a playable file, identification information of a content matching the playable file, storage location information of the playable file, offset information, and play time information. Playable information including playback time point information and the like.

An example of obtaining the playable information by the playable content obtaining unit 330 will be described later with reference to FIG. 6.

The ear show information providing unit 340 generates ear show information including play time information of one or more pieces of playable content, based on the playable information acquired by the playable content obtaining unit 330, and generates the replay information. Provide information to the first terminal.

The follow-up information may include an offset value and play time information, and the offset value may include time-point information about additional information added separately from the content by the service provider providing the content, for example, play time information of the additional information. And the like. In addition, the offset value includes the same content, but may have a different total reproduction time, but may be used to synchronize a plurality of contents including the same content.

In addition, the ear show information providing unit 340 may provide the ear show information on the content playable in the first terminal in the form of a list on the screen of the first terminal.

When the resume information is provided in the form of a list on the screen of the first terminal, the user may display image information, text information, etc., at the time when playback of the content that can be played on the first terminal starts on the screen of the first terminal. By selecting the content to be resumed from the list, you can receive the resume service.

3 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a content reproducing providing server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the content replay providing server 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a rehearsal request signal receiving unit 310, a reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320, a reproducible content obtaining unit 330, Subsequently, the information providing unit 340 and the information managing unit 350 are included.

The follow-up request signal receiving unit 310 receives a content follow-up request signal from the first terminal, which is the user's terminal. In this case, the content resume request signal may include identification information of the first terminal.

The playback stop content acquisition unit 320 stops playback of one or more pieces of content that has stopped playing in one or more terminals that match the first terminal in response to the content resume request signal received by the resume request signal receiving unit 310. Acquire.

That is, the playback stop content obtaining unit 320 may include playback stop information including information on one or more pieces of content that has been stopped in one or more terminals matched to a user of the first terminal in response to the content resume request signal. 350). Here, the reproduction stop information may include identification information of content, reproduction stop time information, and identification information of a terminal.

An example of obtaining the reproduction stop information by the reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 4 to 5.

The playable content obtaining unit 330 obtains playable information of one or more contents that can be played in the first terminal among the one or more paused contents.

For example, when the first terminal is a terminal supporting a resolution of a predetermined level or more, the playable content obtaining unit 330 may obtain playable information of a content having a predetermined level or more from among one or more interrupted contents.

Meanwhile, an example of obtaining the playable information by the playable content obtaining unit 330 will be described later with reference to FIG. 6.

The ear show information providing unit 340 generates ear show information including play time information of one or more pieces of playable content, based on the playable information acquired by the playable content obtaining unit 330, and generates the replay information. Provide information to the first terminal.

As a result, the content selected by the first terminal can be reproduced in the first terminal, and can be reproduced from a time point at which playback was previously stopped based on the reproduction time information included in the subsequent information.

As described above, the subsequent information includes at least one of an offset value and a play time information, and the offset value includes viewpoint information on additional information added separately from the content by a service provider providing the content, for example, Reproduction time information of the additional information and the like. Here, the offset value includes the same contents, but may have a different total reproduction time, but may be used to synchronize the plurality of contents including the same contents. In addition, the reproduction time information may include information about a time at which the reproduction of the content starts.

For example, if the content A including the 'sports game' has 50 minutes of play time without an offset value, the content B including the same 'sports game' is the 'sports game' by the service provider providing the content. It may have a play time of 50 minutes and 30 seconds including additional information such as an advertisement before the start of '. As a result, '30', which is time information corresponding to the added play time '30 seconds', may be an offset value.

Meanwhile, the content replay providing server 300 may further include an information manager 350.

The information manager 350 stores and manages the reproduction stop information and the reproducible information. In this case, the reproduction stop information and the reproducible information may be stored in the form of a table, respectively.

On the other hand, when the first terminal requests to stop playback of the content, the information manager 350 may generate and store playback stop information by receiving a stop request signal for the content from the first terminal. An example of the reproduction stop information will be described later with reference to FIG. 5.

In addition, the information manager 350 may match and store the first terminal and the user having the first terminal, an example of which will be described later with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table for matching and storing a user terminal and a user in a content replay providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the information management unit 350 of the content replay providing server 300 may match a user terminal and a user and store the same in a table form as shown in FIG. The unit 320 may identify a user having the user terminal from identification information of the user terminal included in the content retrieval request signal.

For example, the information manager 350 may match the terminal ID and the user ID as shown in FIG. 4. According to FIG. 4, the terminal ID possessed by the user 'user 1' is 'terminal 1' and 'terminal 2', and the terminal ID possessed by the user 'user2' is 'terminal 3'.

Accordingly, the reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 may identify the user having the user terminal, and obtain the reproduction stop information of one or more terminals corresponding to the identified user from the information management unit 350.

For example, when the user terminal is the 'terminal 2', since the user having the 'terminal 2' is 'user1', the 'terminal 1' corresponding to the 'user1' can be checked, and the content reproduction unit 320 stops playing. May acquire playback stop information of the content at which playback is stopped at 'terminal 1'.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table for storing reproduction stop information in a content retrieval providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information manager 350 may store the reproduction stop information in the form of a table, as shown in FIG. 5. Here, the reproduction stop information may include identification information of content, reproduction stop time information, and identification information of a terminal.

The reproduction stop information of the content may be stored as follows based on the stop request signal for the content received from the user terminal. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the content 'drama101' is played on the 'terminal 3' and stopped at '20 minutes and 05 seconds ', and the content' movie234 'is played on the' terminal 3 'and then the '14 minutes 10' You can see that it stopped in seconds. In addition, in the table of FIG. 5, the content 'movie234' is played in 'terminal 1' and is stopped at '55 minutes and 40 seconds'.

On the other hand, for example, when the reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 acquires the reproduction stop information, when the user holding the user terminal is 'user1', the reproduction stop content obtaining unit 320 is performed by the information managing unit 350. It can be seen from FIG. 4 that the terminal possessed by 'user1' is 'terminal 1', and with reference to FIG. 5, it is possible to obtain playback stop information of 'movie234', which is content that has been stopped in 'terminal 1'.

Similarly, when the user holding the user terminal is 'user2', the playback stop content obtaining unit 320 may confirm from FIG. 4 that the terminal held by 'user2' is 'terminal 3' by the information manager 350. Referring to FIG. 5, playback stop information of 'drama101' and 'movie234', which are contents that are not played in the terminal 3, may be obtained.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table including information of a playback file for playing content in a content preview providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information manager 350 may store the playback file information in the form of a table, as shown in FIG. 6. In this case, the reproduction file information may include identification information of the content, a storage location of the content, an offset value, a reproduction time range of the content, and quality information. Here, the storage location of the content is information indicating a location where the playback file of the content is stored, and may be expressed in the form of a URL or the like. In addition, the content storage server for storing the playback file of the content may be configured separately, it may be included in the content retrieval providing server 300.

In addition, the offset value may include viewpoint information on additional information added separately by the service provider providing the content, for example, the reproduction time information of the additional information, and the reproduction time range of the content is offset. Represents a playback time range of content provided by a service provider excluding a value. Here, the offset value may be expressed in seconds, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the offset value includes the same content, but may have a different total reproduction time, but may be used to synchronize a plurality of contents including the same content.

The quality information may be classified based on at least one of the resolution and the data rate of the content, and may be determined by the operator.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, the quality information may be classified into 'Type1', 'Type2', and 'Type3', and in response to the content retrieval service request of 'Terminal 2', the playback stop content obtaining unit ( When the 320 acquires the content 'movie234' whose playback has been stopped in the 'terminal 1' which is another terminal of the user having the 'terminal 2', the playable content obtaining unit 330 receives the 'Type1' for the content 'movie234'. The reproduction file information of the four contents, 'Type2' and 'Type3' may be obtained.

In this case, when the quality information suitable for 'Terminal 2' is 'Type3', the playback files corresponding to 'Type3' are 'fid121' and 'fid122'.

The resume information provided to the 'terminal 2' by the preview information providing unit 340 may include an offset value, playback time information, and playback stop time information.

Referring to FIG. 5, since the playback stop point of the content 'movie234' is '55 minutes and 40 seconds ', the following information providing unit 340 is assigned to' fid122 'including '55 minutes and 40 seconds' in the playing time range. Can provide follow-up information.

The playback time information of 'fid122' may be obtained by calculating (playback stop time-playback time range + offset) based on the information included in the subsequent information.

For example, when the playback stop point is '55 minutes 40 seconds ', the offset value is' 0 ', and the play time range is '45: 00 to 90:00', the play time information of 'fid122' is ( '55 minutes 40 seconds'-45 minutes + 0), which can be 10 minutes 40 seconds.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 6, the information manager 350 may generate and store reproduction stop information. For example, when the content 'movie234' is being played on the first terminal 110 and stopped at '56 minutes 00 seconds', the content retrieval providing server 300 receives a stop request signal from the first terminal 110. After receiving the information, referring to FIG. 6, if the quality information is' Type3 'and the offset value is' 20', the content is '55 minutes and 40 seconds', excluding an additional 20 seconds of video content in addition to the playback time of the content. The identification information 'movie234' and 'terminal 1' may be stored as reproduction stop information.

7 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a method for providing content resume according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the content preview providing server 300 receives a content preview request signal including identification information of the first terminal 110 from the first terminal 110 (S705).

The content retrieval providing server 300 obtains information on one or more terminals corresponding to the user corresponding to the identification information of the first terminal 110 in response to the content retrieval request signal (S710). That is, the content reproducing providing server 300 uses the identification information of the first terminal 110 included in the content resumption request signal, to the other terminals 120 and 130 of the user who owns the first terminal 110. One or more terminal information may be obtained.

The content replay providing server 300 transmits the obtained one or more terminal information to the first terminal 110 (S715).

The first terminal 110 selects a specific terminal, that is, the second terminal 120 from the transmitted one or more terminal information (S720), the terminal information of the second terminal 120 to the content reproducing providing server 300 It transmits (S725).

The content retrieval providing server 300 obtains playable information of one or more contents that can be played on the first terminal 110 among one or more contents that are stopped playing on the second terminal 120 (S730). That is, the content reproducing providing server 300 excludes playable information on content that cannot be reproduced in the first terminal 110 among one or more contents suspended from the second terminal 120. In operation 110, the content that can be played back can be obtained.

Here, the playable information may include content identification information, play file information, and the like.

Thereafter, the content retrieval providing server 300 transmits playable information of one or more contents that can be reproduced in the first terminal 110 to the first terminal 110 (S735).

The first terminal 110 selects the content to be continued based on the playable information of one or more contents that can be played by the first terminal 110 (S740).

The content retrieval providing server 300 receives a reproduction request for the selected content from the first terminal 110 (S745).

In response to the playback request, the content replay providing server 300 transmits replay information including the reproduction time point information of the selected content to the first terminal 110 (S750).

Here, the subsequent information may include an offset value and play time information, and the offset value may include time-point information about additional information added separately by the service provider providing the content, for example, reproduction of the additional information. Time information and the like. In addition, the offset value includes the same content, but may have a different total reproduction time, but may be used to synchronize a plurality of contents including the same content.

In addition, the content retrieval providing server 300 may provide the replay information on the content that can be reproduced in the first terminal 110 in the form of a list on the screen of the first terminal 110.

In this way, the first terminal 110 may perform content resume (S755).

That is, the user may be provided with a content retrieving service by selecting a target of the retrieval on the screen of the first terminal 110 which provides the content that can be played in the first terminal 110 in the form of a list.

Accordingly, the content retrieval providing server 300 provides a content retrieval service using files of various formats and information on the same content, so that the content service provider does not have a separate real-time transcoding environment. There is an advantage that can provide a content retrieval service.

In addition, the content retrieval providing server 300 registers only the offset value without a separate operation for synchronization, in order to perform the replay service even if the contents of different formats are not synchronized in time with respect to the same content, A content retrieval service may be provided.

One embodiment of the present invention may also be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: user terminal 200: network
300: the content resume providing server 310: the continue request signal receiving unit
320: playback stop content acquisition unit 330: playable content acquisition unit
340: continued information providing unit 350: information management unit

Claims (18)

In the content retrieval providing server providing a content retrieval service,
A resume request signal receiver configured to receive a content resume request signal from a user terminal;
A playback stop content obtaining unit obtaining playback stop information of one or more pieces of content that has been stopped playing in one or more terminals matching the user terminal;
A playable content obtaining unit configured to obtain playable information including play file information of at least one piece of content that can be played by the user terminal among the at least one piece of content that has been stopped playing based on the obtained play stop information; And
Earing information providing unit for providing the user terminal with the earing information including the play time information of the at least one playable content;
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And the content selected by the user terminal is reproduced based on the reproduction time information included in the subsequent information.
The method of claim 1,
And the playable content obtaining unit obtains the at least one playable content based on information of a play file corresponding to the identification information of the content included in the obtained play stop information.
3. The method of claim 2,
The information of the reproduction file includes quality information of the reproduced content based on the reproduction file, and the reproducible content obtaining unit obtains the at least one reproducible content based on the quality information. .
The method of claim 3, wherein
And the quality information comprises at least one of resolution information and data rate information.
The method of claim 4, wherein
And an information manager configured to match the playback stop information and the playable information to the user terminal, and to match and manage the user terminal and a user having the user terminal.
The method of claim 5, wherein
When the reproduction of the content selected by the user terminal is stopped,
And the information manager updates and stores the reproduction stop information.
The method of claim 1,
The rehearsal information includes at least one of an offset value and a reproduction time information.
And the offset value includes viewpoint information on additional information added separately by the service provider providing content.
In the content resume providing method for providing a content retrieval service,
(a) receiving a rehearsal request including identification information of the first terminal from the first terminal;
(b) obtaining information of at least one terminal matching the user corresponding to the identification information of the first terminal in response to the resumption request;
(c) transmitting the obtained at least one terminal information to the first terminal;
(d) receiving, from the first terminal, information of the second terminal selected based on the information of the one or more terminals;
(e) transmitting playable information of one or more contents that can be played in the first terminal among the one or more contents that have been stopped playing in the second terminal to the first terminal;
(f) receiving a reproduction request for the selected content from the first terminal based on the transmitted playable information; And
(g) transmitting, to the first terminal, the resume information including the reproduction time information of the selected content in response to the reproduction request;
How to provide a content re-view including a.
The method of claim 7, wherein
And the playable information includes information of a play file of the content.
The method of claim 9,
In the step (e)
The content reproducing method of claim 1, wherein whether the content is reproduced by the first terminal is determined based on quality information of the reproduction file of the at least one content that is stopped.
11. The method of claim 10,
And the quality information comprises at least one of resolution information and data rate information.
The method of claim 8,
The subsequent information includes at least one of an offset value and a play time information, and the offset value includes viewpoint information on additional information separately added to the content by a service provider that provides the content. How to provide a follow-up.
The method of claim 8,
And the content selected by the first terminal is played based on the playback time information included in the subsequent information.
In the content resume providing method for providing a content retrieval service,
(a) transmitting the ear request request signal including the identification information of the user terminal to the content ear show providing server;
(b) receiving information of at least one terminal matching the user corresponding to the user terminal from the content preview providing server;
(c) transmitting the information of the subsequent target terminal selected based on the received information of the one or more terminals to the content resume providing server;
(d) receiving playable information including play file information of one or more contents that can be played on a user terminal among one or more contents that have been stopped playing on the subsequent viewing target terminal;
(e) transmitting a reproduction request for the selected content based on the playable information to the content reproducing providing server; And
(f) receiving earing information on the content to be re-viewed from the content reproducing providing server
How to provide a content re-view including a.
15. The method of claim 14,
And the playable information includes information of a play file of the content.
15. The method of claim 14,
The subsequent information includes at least one of an offset value and a play time information, and the offset value includes viewpoint information on additional information separately added to the content by a service provider that provides the content. How to provide a follow-up.
15. The method of claim 14,
The resume view information includes playback time information of the content to be resumed, and the content to be replayed is based on the playback time information.
15. The method of claim 14,
In the step (d)
Whether the content is reproduced by the user terminal is determined based on the quality information of the reproduction file of the at least one content that has been stopped, and the quality information includes at least one of resolution information and data rate information. How to give a view.

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