KR20140078062A - Apparatus for providing customized content using metadata and method thereof - Google Patents

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KR20140078062A
KR20140078062A KR1020120146903A KR20120146903A KR20140078062A KR 20140078062 A KR20140078062 A KR 20140078062A KR 1020120146903 A KR1020120146903 A KR 1020120146903A KR 20120146903 A KR20120146903 A KR 20120146903A KR 20140078062 A KR20140078062 A KR 20140078062A
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An apparatus and a method for providing customized content using metadata are disclosed. The apparatus for providing customized content using metadata according to the present invention includes a content information acquisition unit for acquiring content metadata from a user; a content search unit for searching target content using communication between network devices using the content metadata; and a content providing unit for providing the user with the target content.

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[0001] APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED CONTENT USING METADATA AND METHOD THEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content-based networking technology, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing a customized content using metadata that provides content using content metadata and user environment information.

Recently, Internet-based content transmission services such as online TV, video on demand (VOD), and large file transmission have exploded. Multicast, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies have been introduced to effectively support these broadband services. As a solution of the application layer to minimize the change of the existing Internet network, they do not reflect the situation of the network resources in the network, causing the inefficiency of the transmission path and the traffic duplication and concentration problems. In particular, since the existing Internet is intended to transmit data packets from the transmitting end to the receiving end in the shortest path, there is a structural problem in that it can not effectively cope with the multi-user characteristics and the wide bandwidth characteristics of the content transmission service. In order to solve these problems fundamentally, content-based networking technology is being studied. The content-based networking technology, when a user requests content transmission by designating a content name instead of a content location, searches the storage location of the optimum content and delivers the content to the network, , It enables direct transmission from the network intermediate point without redundant search and routing procedures. In the content-based networking technology, target contents are specified using the name and ID of the content. However, even in the case of contents having the same contents, there are problems in that the form required by the user varies according to the format or editing format, and the user's requirements can not be properly satisfied. Therefore, in the related art, there is a limitation in that a user or an application program can directly select the contents according to the user's requirements and the user's environment.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-0008222 introduced a configuration for specifying and providing target contents using a content name and an ID in a content-oriented network. However, the above-described conventional technology is a content-based networking technology that does not reflect the form requested by the user, and the user or the application program directly selects the content according to the user's requirements and the user environment There are limitations that can not be avoided. Further, it is possible to acquire the content metadata from the user, retrieve the target content using the communication between the network devices instead of the user using the content metadata, obtain the user environment information even if the content metadata is not acquired from the user, The present invention does not specifically disclose or suggest a configuration for searching for target content using communication between network devices using the user environment information and providing the target content to the user.

Accordingly, it is possible to acquire the content metadata from the user, retrieve the target content using the communication between the network devices instead of the user using the content metadata, obtain the user environment information even if the content metadata is not acquired from the user, There is a need for a new content metadata-based networking technology that enables easier content provisioning by searching for target content using communication between network devices using the user environment information and providing the target content to the user do.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing customized content by obtaining content metadata from a user and searching for target content using communication between network devices on behalf of the user using the content metadata, It is possible.

It is another object of the present invention to acquire user environment information even when content metadata is not acquired from a user, to search for target content using communication between network devices using the user environment information, Thereby making it possible to provide a more convenient content.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a personalized content providing apparatus using metadata, including: a content information acquiring unit acquiring content metadata from a user; A content retrieval unit for retrieving target contents using communication between network devices using the content metadata; And a content providing unit for providing the target content to the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content metadata-based networking method comprising: obtaining content metadata from a user; Searching target content using communication between network devices using the content metadata; And providing the target content to the user.

According to the present invention, customized content can be provided by obtaining content metadata from a user and searching for target content using communication between network devices on behalf of the user using the content metadata to provide the target content to the user Do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a method for acquiring user environment information without acquiring content metadata from a user, searching the target content using communication between network devices using the user environment information, Thereby making it possible to provide more convenient contents.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a customized content providing apparatus using metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a content metadata-based networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing an example of a system to which a customized content providing apparatus using metadata of the present invention is applied.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, a repeated description, a known function that may obscure the gist of the present invention, and a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shapes and sizes of the elements in the drawings and the like can be exaggerated for clarity.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a customized content providing apparatus using metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a customized content providing apparatus using metadata according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a content information obtaining unit 110, a content searching unit 120, and a content providing unit 130.

The content information obtaining unit 110 obtains the content metadata from the user 320.

For example, the content information obtaining unit 110 may obtain 1mbps, HD, 30fps, and avi corresponding to the HD video as the content metadata from the user 320. [

At this time, the content information obtaining unit 110 may further obtain user environment information from the user 320. [

For example, the content information obtaining unit 110 may obtain 128 kbps, SD, 15 fps, and mp4 corresponding to the SD-class video suitable for the mobile phone environment as the user environment information from the user 320.

At this time, the user environment information may include at least one of terminal information, type of connection network, and screen size.

In this case, the user environment information may further include information that may affect content transmission and playback in addition to the terminal information, the type of the connection network, and the size of the screen.

The content searching unit 120 searches the target content using communication between network devices using the content metadata.

At this time, the content searching unit 120 can search the target content from the content source by further using the content name.

For example, the content searching unit 120 may search for the target content from the content source using /star.wars/hd as the content name.

At this time, the content searching unit 120 may search the target content by a method of acquiring the location of the content source in which the target content is stored.

For example, if the target content is the HD video, the content searching unit 120 may search for the target content by a method of obtaining 1.2.3.4, which is the position of the stored content source.

At this time, the content searching unit 120 may search for the target content by a method of acquiring a location of a network device connected to the content source in which the target content is stored.

For example, when the target content is the SD-class video, the content searching unit 120 acquires S3, which is a location of a network device connected to the content source, instead of the location 1.2.3.5 of the stored content source, The target contents can be retrieved.

At this time, the content searching unit 120 can search the target content from the content source by further using the user environment information.

The content providing unit 130 provides the user 320 with the target content.

In this case, the content providing unit 130 can provide the target content to the user 320 by routing the content name and the location of the content source.

At this time, the content providing unit 130 caches the target content to the network device at the intermediate location, and searches the target content for another user 320 including the content metadata and the user environment information Can be provided without any process.

For example, the content providing unit 130 caches the target content in the second network device 315, which is a network device between the first network device 310 and the user, And may provide the target content to another user 320 including the user environment information without a search process.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a content metadata-based networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a content metadata-based networking method according to an embodiment of the present invention acquires content metadata from a user 320 (S210).

For example, in step S210, the user 320 may obtain 1 mbps, HD, 30 fps, and avi corresponding to the HD video as the content metadata.

In this case, step S210 may further acquire user environment information from the user 320. [

For example, step S210 may obtain 128 kbps, SD, 15 fps, and mp4 corresponding to the SD-class video suitable for the mobile phone environment as the user environment information from the user 320. [

At this time, the user environment information may include at least one of terminal information, type of connection network, and screen size.

In this case, the user environment information may further include information that may affect content transmission and playback in addition to the terminal information, the type of the connection network, and the size of the screen.

In addition, the content metadata-based networking method according to an embodiment of the present invention searches the target content using communication between network devices using the content metadata (S220).

At this time, in step S220, the target content may be retrieved from the content source by further using the content name.

For example, in step S220, /star.wars/hd may be used as the content name to retrieve the target content from the content source.

At this time, the step S220 may retrieve the target content by obtaining the location of the content source in which the target content is stored.

For example, in step S220, when the target content is the HD video, the target content may be searched by a method of obtaining 1.2.3.4, which is the position of the stored content source.

In this case, the target content may be searched in step S220 by acquiring the location of the network device connected to the content source in which the target content is stored.

For example, if the target content is the SD-class video, step S220 is a method of acquiring S3, which is a location of a network device connected to the content source, instead of the stored content source location 1.2.3.5. Can be searched.

At this time, in step S220, the user environment information may be further used to retrieve the target content from the content source.

In addition, the content metadata-based networking method according to an embodiment of the present invention provides the target contents to the user 320 (S230).

At this time, the step S230 may provide the target content to the user 320 by routing the content name and the location of the content source.

In operation S230, the target content is cached in the network device at the intermediate point, and the target content is not browsed to another user 320 including the content metadata and the user environment information .

For example, in step S230, the target content is cached in the second network device 315, which is a network device between the first network device 310 and the user, It is possible to provide the target contents to another user 320 including environment information without a search process.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a system to which a customized content providing apparatus using metadata of the present invention is applied.

3, a system to which a customized content providing apparatus using metadata according to the present invention is applied includes network devices 310, 311 and 315, a user 320, and content sources 330 and 331.

The network devices 310, 311, and 315 include a first network device 310, a second network device 315, and a third network device 311.

The content sources 330 and 331 include a first content source 330 and a second content source 331.

The content information obtaining unit 110 obtains the content metadata from the user 320.

For example, the content information obtaining unit 110 may obtain 1mbps, HD, 30fps, and avi corresponding to the HD video as the content metadata from the user 320. [

At this time, the content information obtaining unit 110 may further obtain user environment information from the user 320. [

For example, the content information obtaining unit 110 may obtain 128 kbps, SD, 15 fps, and mp4 corresponding to the SD-class video suitable for the mobile phone environment as the user environment information from the user 320.

At this time, the user environment information may include at least one of terminal information, type of connection network, and screen size.

In this case, the user environment information may further include information that may affect content transmission and playback in addition to the terminal information, the type of the connection network, and the size of the screen.

The content searching unit 120 searches for the target content from the content sources 330 and 331 using the content metadata.

At this time, the content searching unit 120 can search the target content from the content sources 330 and 331 by further using the content name.

For example, the content searching unit 120 may search for the target content from the content sources 330 and 331 using /star.wars/hd as the content name.

At this time, the content searching unit 120 may search for the target content by a method of acquiring the position of the content source in which the target content is stored among the content sources 330 and 331.

For example, the content searching unit 120 obtains the location 1.2.3.4 of the first content source 330, which is the HD content, of the content sources 330 and 331, Content can be retrieved.

In this case, the content searching unit 120 may search for the target content by a method of acquiring a location of a network device connected to the content source among the network devices 310, 311, and 315.

For example, the content retrieval unit 120 may retrieve the second content source 331 instead of 1.2.3.5, which is the location of the second content source 331, (S3), which is the location of the third network device (311) connected to the first network device (331).

At this time, the content searching unit 120 can search the target content from the content source by further using the user environment information.

The content providing unit 130 provides the user 320 with the target content.

At this time, the content providing unit 130 can provide the target content to the user 320 by routing the content name and the location of the content source.

At this time, the content providing unit 130 caches the target content to the network device at the intermediate location, and searches the target content for another user 320 including the content metadata and the user environment information Can be provided without any process.

For example, the content providing unit 130 caches the target content in the second network device 315, which is a network device between the first network device 310 and the user, And may provide the target content to another user 320 including the user environment information without a search process.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, the customized content providing apparatus using the metadata of the present invention may include at least one of router networking, IP overlay networking, P2P networking, and SDN-based networking in a networking manner.

As described above, the apparatus and method for providing customized contents using metadata according to the present invention are not limited to the configuration and method of the embodiments described above, but the embodiments can be modified in various ways All or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined.

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130: Content provider
310: first network device
311: Third network device
315: second network device
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330: first content source
331: Second content source

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A content information acquisition unit for acquiring content metadata from a user;
A content retrieval unit for retrieving target contents using communication between network devices using the content metadata; And
A content providing unit for providing the target content to the user,
Wherein the metadata includes at least one of metadata and metadata.
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