KR20140118634A - Server and method for communicating linkage information of augmented object, and device thereof - Google Patents

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KR20140118634A
KR20140118634A KR1020130034919A KR20130034919A KR20140118634A KR 20140118634 A KR20140118634 A KR 20140118634A KR 1020130034919 A KR1020130034919 A KR 1020130034919A KR 20130034919 A KR20130034919 A KR 20130034919A KR 20140118634 A KR20140118634 A KR 20140118634A
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Abstract

A linkage information communication server includes: a receiving unit for receiving, from a device, a linkage information request message which requests linkage information of an augmented object displayed on the device; a linkage information type determination unit for determining the type of the linkage information based on the linkage information request message; a linkage information search unit for searching the linkage information of a web server if the determined type of the linkage information is web information; and a linkage information providing unit for providing the linkage information received from the web server to the device.

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Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a server and method for communicating interworking information for an augmented object,

The present invention relates to a server and method for communicating interworking information for an augmented object, and to a device.

Services are being developed that display information related to content along with content played through TV devices such as TVs, IPTVs, smart TVs, or smart devices such as smart phones and smart pads, Lt; / RTI > This reflects the request of the user who wants to confirm the information related to the content being watched in addition to viewing the content.

On the other hand, in the case of a VOD (Video on Demand) service, an IPTV service provider generally provides the service to the user, and the IPTV service provider provides information related to the content to the user before watching the VOD service. In recent years, the user sends preferred advertisements, recommends contents, or provides various information related to contents based on metadata of objects and advertisements and user's preference information.

In connection with a method of providing additional information related to contents, Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-0108117 discloses an apparatus and method for generating additional information on moving picture contents.

A server, a method and a device for providing interworking information on an augmented object included in a video content to a user viewing the video content in real time. A server, a method and a device for providing an intuitive and active user experience by providing information on an object included in a video content to a user through an augmented object and further providing interworking information on an augmented object . It is to be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a device, the method comprising: receiving, from a device, an interworking information request message requesting interworking information of an augmented object displayed on the device; An interworking information searching unit for searching the interworking information from a web server when the determined type of the interworking information is a web information type, and an interworking information searching unit for searching the interworking information received from the web server, And an interworking information providing unit provided to the device.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a device, comprising: receiving an interworking information request message requesting interworking information of an augmented object displayed on a device from a device; determining a type of the interworking information based on the interworking information request message Retrieving the interworking information from a web server when the determined type of interworking information is a web information type, receiving the interworking information from the web server, and providing the received interworking information to the device Can provide an interworking information communication method

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a video content providing system including a video content receiving unit for receiving video content from a video content providing server, an augmented object receiving unit for receiving augmented object and metadata of the augmented object from an interworking information communication server, An augmented object display unit for displaying the received augmented object when an object of the video content being played back is selected through a user interface, and a display unit for displaying the received augmented object when a displayed augmented object is selected through a user interface, A communication unit for requesting interworking information to the server, and an interworking information display unit for displaying the interworking information received from the interworking information communication server.

According to any one of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, a server, a method, and a device for providing interworking information on an augmented object included in a video content to a user viewing the video content in real time can be provided. A server, a method and a device for providing an intuitive and active user experience by providing information on an object included in a video content to a user through an augmented object and further providing interworking information on an augmented object .

1 is a configuration diagram of an augmented object providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a configuration diagram of the interworking information communication server shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of transmitting and receiving an augmented object and interworking information according to the respective configurations included in the augmented object providing system of FIG.
Fig. 4 is a configuration diagram of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
Figures 5A-5G illustrate examples of graphical interfaces displayed on a display of a device.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of communicating interworking information according to an exemplary 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 order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters 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.

1 is a configuration diagram of an augmented object providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, the augmented object providing system 1 includes a video content server 10, an interworking information communication server 20, a web server 30, a social network service server 35 and a device 40 . At this time, the video content server 10, the interworking information communication server 20, the web server 30, the social network service server 35, and the device 40 shown in Fig. 1 are limited to those shown in Fig. It is not. That is, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the augmented object providing system may be configured differently from Fig.

1 constituting the augmented object providing system 1 are generally connected via a network. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a device 40 is connected to an interworking information communication server 20 via a network. The device 40 is also connected to the video content server 10 via a network.

The network refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between nodes such as terminals and servers. An example of such a network is the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a Wireless LAN Local Area Network (WAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Personal Area Network (PAN), and the like.

The video content server 10 transmits the video content to the device 40. The video content server 10 has a plurality of video contents, and the video contents may be, for example, video contents such as video on demand (VOD). At this time, the video content may include any one of file formats such as Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), Windows Media Video (WMV), QuickTime, Real Video, Dvix and Xvid have. The video content server 10 may transmit the video content requested by the user of the device 40 to the device 40 through streaming or downloading.

The video content server 10 may transmit video content and metadata to the interworking information communication server 20. [ At this time, the video contents and the metadata are extracted to provide the augmented object of the video contents and the interworking information of the augmented object. At this time, the metadata of the video content may include at least one of a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), title, scene information, genre, supervision, running time, actor, script, Element.

When the interworking information communication server 20 is requested to generate an augmented object for video content stored in the device, the interworking information communication server 20 generates an augmented object corresponding to the object of the requested video content. At this time, the interworking information communication server 20 receives the video contents and the metadata from the video contents server 10 for generation of the augmented object of the video contents. The interworking information communication server 20 identifies the selected object from the device 40 based on the scene of the video content. The interworking information communication server 20 may generate the augmented object corresponding to the identified object and generate the position information of the augmented object. The interworking information communication server 20 provides the generated augmented object to the device 40 and the device 40 can display the augmented object at a point corresponding to the position of the object of the video content.

Upon receiving the selection of the augmented object displayed on the device from the device 40, the interworking information communication server 20 can generate the augmented object interworking information associated with the selected augmented object. At this time, the interworking information may be video contents interworking information or web interworking information. The interworking information communication server 20 can interact with a video content server, a web server, and a social network service server through at least one communication protocol for generating interworking information for an augmented object, The metadata of the interworking information for the augmented object can be obtained from any one of the servers. At this time, the metadata of the interworking information may include at least one of a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), a type, an image, a title, a description, an author, and a date of the interworking information as elements of the interworking information metadata. The interworking information communication server 20 may generate the augmented object interworking information to be interlocked with the augmented object of the video contents based on the meta data of the interworking information acquired from the interworking server.

When the video content interworking information for the augmented object is selected from the device 40, the interworking information communication server 20 transmits the interworking information related to the video contents to the device 40 based on the video contents and the metadata received from the video contents server 10. [ (40). At this time, the interworking information of the video contents is generated based on the metadata of the video contents. The interworking information communication server 20 transmits the augmented object based on the web information and the metadata received from the web server 30 or the social network service server 35 when the web interworking information for the augmented object is selected from the device 40. [ To the device 40 either a web page associated with the augmented object, a posting of the social network service in which the augmented object is mentioned, and a buddy list interested in the augmented object.

When the web server 30 receives the web interworking information about the augmented object from the interworking information communication server 20, the web server 30 extracts the web information and the metadata related to the augmented object and provides the web information and the metadata to the interworking information communication server 20. Also, the web server 30 can provide connection to a web page or purchase of goods through electronic commerce through the web link information provided to the device 40. [

When the social network service server 35 receives a request for a social network service for the augmented object from the interworking information communication server 20, the social network service server 35 uses the user profile of the device 40 to pay attention to the augmented object And provides the extracted information to the interworking information communication server 20. At this time, the interworking information communication server 20 can recommend the specific group or the friend list received from the social network service server 35 to the device 40. [

One example of the video content server 10, the web server 30, and the social network service server 35 includes a communication relay server, a content providing server, a content service provider server, a media server, and a head end.

Device 40 may play back the video content received from video content server 10. [ At this time, the video content may be, for example, video content such as VOD (Video on Demand). In addition, the device 40 can select any one of a plurality of objects displayed on the video content from the user interface. At this time, the device 40 may request the interworking information communication server 20 to create an augmented object for the selected object.

Upon receiving the augmented object generated from the interworking information communication server 20, the device 40 can receive the selection of the augmented object from the user interface. At this time, when the device 40 receives the selection of the augmented object, the device 40 can receive a selection of interworking information for the augmented object from the user interface. At this time, the interworking information may be, for example, interworking information of video contents or web interworking information.

Device 40 may request interworking information for the selected augmented object from the augmented object server 20. When the interworking information of the video contents for the augmented object is selected from the user interface, the device 40 acquires the title, scene information, genre, supervision, running time, actor, script, Can be displayed. Further, if web interworking information for an augmented object is selected from the user interface, the device 40 may display a social network service in which a web page or augmented object related to the augmented object associated with the video content is mentioned, Through the service, you can communicate in real time with specific groups or friends who are interested in the augmented objects. One example of such a device 40 may include a TV capable of playing video content such as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Smart TV, Connected TV, and the like.

2 is a configuration diagram of the interworking information communication server shown in FIG. 2, the interworking information communication server 20 includes a receiving unit 21, a type determining unit 22, an interworking information searching unit 23, an interworking information providing unit 24 and an augmented object managing unit 25 can do. However, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the interworking information communication server 20 may further include another configuration.

The receiving unit 21 receives an interworking information request message for requesting interworking information of the augmented object displayed on the device from the device 40. [ At this time, the receiving unit 21 may receive an interworking information request message including the interworking information ID of the interworking information.

The type determination unit 22 determines the type of interworking information based on the interworking information request message. For example, the type determination unit 22 may determine the type of the interworking information as the video contents information type based on the interworking information request message. As another example, the type determination unit 22 may determine the type of the interworking information as the web information type. The type determination unit 22 may determine a plurality of types of interworking information. For example, the type determination unit 22 may determine the type of the interworking information as the video contents information type and the web information type.

The interworking information searching unit 23 retrieves the interworking information from the web server when the determined type of the interworking information is the web information type. The interworking information searching unit 23 can retrieve the interworking information from the video contents server when the determined type of interworking information is the video contents information type.

The interworking information providing unit 24 provides the interworking information received from the web server to the device. In addition, the interworking information providing unit 24 can provide the interworking information received from the video contents server to the device.

The interworking information searching unit 23 may retrieve the first sub interworking information from the web server and the second sub interworking information from the video contents server when the determined type of information is the web information type and the video contents information type . In this case, the interworking information providing unit 24 generates the interworking information based on the first sub interworking information received from the web server and the second interworking information received from the video contents server, and provides the generated interworking information to the device can do.

The interworking information providing unit 24 can generate the interworking information of the augmented object. When receiving the selection of the augmented object from the user interface of the device 40, the interworking information providing unit 24 is requested to generate the interworking information for the augmented object from the receiving unit 21. [ At this time, the interworking information may be the video content interworking information or the web interworking information for the augmented object.

The interworking information searching unit 23 may be interworked with the video contents server 10 through a predetermined communication protocol to obtain the video contents interworking information. At this time, the interworking information searching unit 23 requests the video contents server 10 to interwork with the video contents. The video content server 10 extracts the video content and the meta data, and transmits the extracted video content and metadata to the interworking information searching unit 23. [ The interworking information searching unit 23 generates interworking information of the video contents based on the received video contents and metadata, and maps the generated interworking information to correspond to the augmenting object of the video contents. At this time, upon receiving a selection of the augmented object from the user interface, the interworking information is displayed on the device 40 in association with the augmented object.

For example, the interworking information searching unit 23 may be interworked with the web server 30 through a predetermined communication protocol to obtain the interworking information. At this time, the interworking information searching unit 23 requests the web server 30 for the web interworking information. The web server 30 extracts a web page and metadata associated with the augmented object, and transmits the extracted web page and metadata to the interworking information searching unit 23. [ The interworking information searching unit 23 generates web interworking information based on the received web page and metadata, and maps the generated interworking information to correspond to the augmenting object of the video contents. At this time, upon receiving a selection of the augmented object from the user interface, the interworking information is displayed on the device 40 in association with the augmented object.

For example, the interworking information searching unit 23 may be interworked with the social network server 35 through a predetermined communication protocol to obtain the social network service information. At this time, the interworking information searching unit 23 requests the social network service server 35 to request the interworking information of the social network service. The social network service server 35 extracts a post associated with the augmented object, a friend list interested in the augmented object, a specific group and metadata, and extracts the extracted post, friend list, specific group, 23). The interworking information searching unit 23 generates social network service interworking information based on the received posts, friend list, specific group and metadata, and maps the generated interworking information to correspond to the augmenting object of the video contents. At this time, upon receiving a selection of the augmented object from the user interface, the interworking information is displayed on the device 40 in association with the augmented object.

The augmented object management unit 25 creates an augmented object corresponding to the video content. The augmented object management unit 25 can generate an augmented object corresponding to the video content based on the URI included in the received augmented object creation request message when a request message for requesting the augmented object creation request is received from the device 40 . At this time, the augmented object creation request message includes at least one of Message ID, Source, Destination, Event_Type, and URI.

The augmented object management unit 25 receives the video content from the video content server 10 when the device 40 is requested to create an augmented object for the video content stored in the device 40, The augmentation object corresponding to the identified object, and the position information of the augmented object generated.

The augmented object management unit 25 may define a first ID for identifying the augmented object, a second ID for identifying the video content, and a third ID for identifying the interworking information as elements of the metadata for the augmented object. However, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the definitions of metadata and elements of the metadata may be performed by a separate metadata processing unit (not shown). The first ID is an augmented object ID that identifies the augmented object, the second ID is a video ID that identifies the video content, and the third ID may be an interworking information ID that identifies the interworking information.

The augmented object management unit 25 may define metadata of the augmented object. The augmented object management unit 25 stores metadata of the augmented object as a first ID, a second ID, a third ID, a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of augmented object, a type, a motion type, a title, May be included as an element of the augmented object meta data.

The augmented object management unit 25 may define meta data of video contents and metadata of interworking information. The enhancement object management unit 25 may define metadata of the video content. The enhancement object management unit 25 may include at least one of a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), title, scene information, genre, supervision, running time, actor, script, and commentary of the video content as elements of the video content metadata . In addition, the augmented object management unit 25 may define metadata of the interworking information. The augmented object management unit 25 may include at least one of a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), a type, an image, a title, a description, an author, and a date of the interworking information as an element of the interworking information metadata.

For example, the augmented object management unit 25 can determine the metadata of the augmented object, the video content, and the interworking information through Table 1. At this time, Table 1 is an example of metadata.

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Referring to Table 1, the interworking information communication server 20 can associate the video object with the augmented object through comparison between the second ID of the video content metadata and the second ID of the metadata of the augmented object and the Shot_info have. In addition, the interworking information communication server 20 can perform communication with the video contents server 10 based on the second ID and the Shot_info of the augmented object. For example, the interworking information communication server 20 transmits the second ID and the Shot_info to the video content server 10, and transmits the video content data corresponding to at least one of the second ID and the Shot_info from the video content server 10 . In another example, the interworking information communication server 20 may receive Shot information for displaying an augmented object from a scene of video contents existing in the video contents server 10. [

The interworking information communication server 20 can link the video object and the augmented object by comparing the third ID and Type of the interworking information, the third ID and Type of the augmented object, and the third ID and Object_type of the metadata of the augmented object have. In addition, the interworking information communication server 20 can perform communication with the video contents server 10 based on the third ID and Object_type of the augmented object. For example, the interworking information communication server 20 transmits the third ID and the Object_type to the web server 30 or the SNS server 35 and receives the third ID and the Object_type from the web server 30 or the SNS server 35 It is possible to receive interworking information data corresponding to one or more interworking information data. For another example, c. The interworking information communication server 20 transmits information corresponding to the selected type to the Web server 30 or the SNS server 30 according to whether the Object_type of the interworking information for the augmented object selected from the device 40 is a Web page or SNS information 35).

Of the metadata elements included in the interworking information communication server 20, the URI is the URI of the augmented object, Type is the type of the augmented object (for example, image, text, 3D, , Name is the name of the augmented object, Shot_info is the scene information of the augmented object, Position is the position of the augmented object in the shot, and Object_Type can be a web page or SNS.

When receiving the second ID from the device 40, the augmented object management unit 25 can provide the generated object information and metadata to the device 40. [ In addition, when receiving the third ID from the device 40, the interworking information providing unit 24 provides the interworking information to the device 40 using the third ID. At this time, the interworking information providing unit 24 acquires the interworking information from the video content server 10, the web server 30 and the social network service server using the third ID, To the device (40).

Either one of the receiving unit 21, the augmented object managing unit 25 and the interworking information providing unit 24 can communicate with at least one of the video content server 10, the web server 30 and the social network service server 35, And the message field of the communication protocol may include at least one of a message ID, a source, a destination, an event type, and a URI. At this time, the message ID includes a server connection request and response message, a video content request and response message, an augmented object meta information request and response message, an augmented object request and response message, a web interworking information request and response message associated with an augmented object, And a video content interworking information request and response message associated with the augmented object. The source and the destination may each include a terminal, a server interlocked with the augmented object information, a video content server, and a web (SNS) server. When the event type is requested by the device 40 from the web interface information about the augmented object, the requested web interface information may include any one of a web page, an SNS, and an e-commerce. The URI may include a URI for the string information. An example of a message field of a communication protocol is shown in Table 2 below.

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FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of transmitting and receiving an augmented object and interworking information according to respective configurations included in the augmented object providing system of FIG. Hereinafter, an example of a process of transmitting and receiving an augmented object and interworking information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 3, the device 40 requests video content to the video content server 20 (S310). The video content server 10 provides the requested video content to the device 40 (S311). The device 40 requests metadata of the augmented object from the interworking information communication server 20 (S312). The interworking information communication server 20 provides the requested augmented object meta data to the device 40 (S313). The device 40 displays the video content on the display (S314). The user interface selects an object of the video content displayed on the device 40 (S315). The device 40 requests the augmented object of the object selected by the interworking information communication server 20 (S316).

The interworking information communication server 20 identifies the requested object and generates an augmented object corresponding to the identified object (S317). The interworking information communication server 20 provides the generated augmented object to the device 40 (S318).

The device 40 displays the augmented object provided at the position corresponding to the selected object (S319). The user interface selects the augmented object displayed on the display of the device 40, and selects interworking information associated with the augmented object (S320). The device 40 requests the interworking information communication server 20 to interwork with the selected augmented object (S321).

The interworking information communication server 20 identifies the selected augmented object (S322). If the interworking information of the augmented object requested from the user interface is the video contents interworking information, the interworking information communication server 20 requests the video contents server 10 to interwork with the video contents for the augmented object (S323) If the interworking information of the augmented object is the web interworking information, the interworking information of the augmented object is requested to the web server 30 (S324).

The video content server 10 extracts the requested video content and metadata (S325). When the web server 30 receives a request for web interworking information from the user interface, the web server 30 transmits a request And extracts the received web page and metadata (S326).

The video content server 10 provides the interworking information of the extracted video contents to the interworking information communication server 20 in step S327 and the web server 30 provides the extracted interworking information to the interworking information communication server 20 (S328). The interworking information communication server 20 maps the provided interworking information with the augmented object, and generates interworking information interworking with the augmented object (S329). The interworking information communication server 20 provides interworking information for the generated augmented object to the device 40 (S330). The device displays interlocking information on the received augmented object on the display (S331).

Fig. 4 is a configuration diagram of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 1 and 4, the mobile communication terminal 100 includes a video content receiving unit 41, an augmented object receiving unit 42, a playback unit 43, an augmented object display unit 44, a communication unit 46, .

The video content receiving unit 41 receives the video content from the video content providing server 10. At this time, the received video content may be, for example, VOD (Video on Demand).

The augmented object receiving unit 42 receives the augmented object and the augmented object meta data from the interworking information communication server 20. [ At this time, the metadata of the augmented object includes a first ID for identifying the augmented object, a second ID for identifying the video content, and a third ID for identifying the interworking information.

Figures 5A-5G illustrate examples of graphical interfaces displayed on a display of a device.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the reproducing unit 43 can reproduce the video contents received from the video contents server 10 on the display. In this case, the video content being reproduced on the display includes a plurality of objects. When any one of the objects of the video content being reproduced is selected through the user interface, the communication unit 45 transmits the augmentation object To the interworking information communication server (20). The augmented object receiving unit 42 can receive the requested augmented object and the metadata of the augmented object from the interworking information communication server 20. [ For example, when the video content being played back on the display is '007 Casino Royale' and a car located at the center among a plurality of objects included in the video content is selected from the user interface, the interworking information communication server 20 Object and metadata to the augmented object receiving unit 42. Fig.

5B, the augmented object display unit 44 may display the augmented object 52 received from the interworking information communication server 20 on the display when an object of the video content being reproduced is selected through the user interface . At this time, the augmented object is displayed at a position corresponding to the object of the video content based on the positional information included in the received augmented object meta data. The augmented object display unit 44 may display the augmented object 52 of the vehicle received from the interworking information communication server 20 on the display and when the displayed augmented object is selected through the user interface, The information communication server 20 can request interworking information for the augmented object.

Referring to FIG. 5C, when the augmented object displayed on the display is selected through the user interface, the augmented object display unit 44 may display an interworking information identifier 53 for the selected augmented object. At this time, the interworking information identifier 53 includes the video content interworking information identifier 54 and the web interworking information identifier 56. [ The interworking information identifier 53 may be selected through a user interface. For example, either the video content interworking information identifier 54 or the web interworking information identifier 56 may be selected through the user interface.

Referring to FIG. 5D, the video content interworking information identifier 54 for the augmented object is selected from the user interface. When the video content interworking information identifier 54 for the augmented object is selected from the user interface, an interworking information request message is transmitted from the device 40 to the interworking information communication server 20. [ At this time, the interworking information request message may include at least one of an augmented object ID and an interworking information ID.

The interworking information communication server 20 can provide at least one of the title, scene information, genre, supervision, running time, actor, script, and commentary, which is video content interlocking information for the augmented object, to the device. For example, if the augmented object selected from the user interface is a model of 'Aston Martin', the interworking information communication server 20 requests the video content server 10 to include a scene containing the vehicle model 'Aston Martin' From the server 10, scene information including 'Aston Martin'. The interlocking information display unit 46 of the device 40 can display the scene information 55 received via the interlocking information communication server 20 on the display.

Referring to FIG. 5E, an example is shown in which a web interworking information identifier 56 for an augmented object is selected from a user interface. At this time, the web interworking information includes the web page 57 and the social network service 59 for the augmented object.

Referring to FIG. 5F, the web page 58 is selected as the web link information 57 for the augmented object from the user interface. At this time, the web page 58 is information extracted from the web server 30 in association with the augmented object. Conventionally, in order to know detailed information about an object, a user has to search directly through a web site. However, the web page 58 can be provided to the user in real time on the web detailed information about the augmented object. In addition, the web information 58 can provide purchase of goods to the user through interworking with the e-commerce site.

For example, suppose that a car augmented object is selected from a user interface and a web page icon is selected as an associated information identifier for an augmented object. The interworking information communication server 20 requests the web server 30 for the web interworking information related to the car augmenting object. The web server 30 extracts web information and metadata related to the car augmented object and transmits the web information and the meta data to the interworking information communication server 20. The interworking information communication server 20 transmits the extracted information and the meta data to the augmented object And generates interworking information. The interlocking information display unit 46 displays a web page 58 including at least one of manufacturer, model name, engine name, and horsepower of 'Aston Martin', which is a vehicle type of the vehicle augmenting object, from the interlocking information communication server 20 can do.

Referring to FIG. 5G, an example of the case where the social network service 59 is selected as the web interworking information 57 for the augmented object from the user interface. At this time, the social network service 59 is extracted from the social network service server 35. The social network service server 35 extracts a posting in which a friend list, a specific group, and an augmented object related to the augmented object are referred to, and the interworking information display unit 46 displays a friend list related to the augmented object, ). For example, the interlocking information display unit 46 can display a posting in which an augmented object is referred to, such as "Aston Martin is Bond Car."

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of communicating interworking information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The method for communicating the interworking information according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the interworking information communication server 20 shown in FIG. Therefore, even if omitted in the following description, the description of the interworking information communication server 20 through Figs. 2 to 5 also applies to Fig.

In step S610, the receiving unit 21 receives an interworking information request message requesting interworking information of the augmented object displayed on the device from the device. In step S620, the type determination unit 22 determines the type of the interworking information based on the interworking information request message. In step S630, the interworking information searching unit 23 retrieves the interworking information from the web server when the determined type of interworking information is the web information type. The interworking information searching unit 23 retrieves the interworking information from the web server when the determined type of interworking information is the web information type. The interworking information searching unit 23 receives the interworking information from the web server. The interworking information providing unit 24 provides the interworking information received from the web server to the device.

The method for communicating interworking information according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 6 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module, 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.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics 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 defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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A server for communicating interworking information corresponding to an augmented object,
A receiving unit for receiving an interworking information request message requesting interworking information of an augmented object displayed on the device from a device;
An interworking information type determining unit for determining a type of the interworking information based on the interworking information request message;
An interworking information retrieving unit for retrieving the interworking information from a web server when the type of the interworking information is a web information type; And
And an interworking information providing unit for providing the interworking information received from the web server to the device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the interworking information searching unit retrieves the interworking information from the video contents server when the type of the determined interworking information is the video contents information type.
The method according to claim 1,
The interworking information searching unit searches the web server for the first sub interworking information and the second sub interworking information for the video contents server when the determined information type is the web information type and the video contents information type,
The interworking information providing unit generates interworking information based on the first sub interworking information received from the web server and the second sub interworking information received from the video contents server, and provides the generated interworking information to the device Server.
The method according to claim 1,
The receiving unit receives the interworking information request message including the interworking information ID of the interworking information,
Wherein the providing unit provides the data of the interworking information received from the web server to the device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the interworking information providing unit provides the interworking information received from any one of a video content server, the web server, and a social network service to the device.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: an augmented object manager for providing the augmented object metadata request message to the device when the augmented object meta data request message requesting the augmented object metadata corresponding to the video content is received from the device.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the augmented object management unit provides the augmented object to the device when an augmented object request message requesting the augmented object from the device is received.
8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the augmented object management unit searches for an augmented object corresponding to the video content based on a URI included in the augmented object request message when the augmented object request message is received from the device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the interworking information providing unit provides at least one of the interworking information and the interworking information metadata received from the web server to the device.
A method for communicating interworking information corresponding to an augmented object,
Receiving an interworking information request message for requesting interworking information of an augmented object displayed on the device from a device;
Determining a type of the interworking information based on the interworking information request message;
Retrieving the interworking information from a web server if the determined type of interworking information is a web information type;
Receiving the interworking information from the web server; And
And providing the received interworking information to the device.
A device for displaying interworking information of an augmented object,
A video content receiving unit for receiving video content from a video content providing server;
An augmented object receiving unit for receiving augmented object and metadata of the augmented object from an interworking information communication server;
A playback unit for playing back the received video content;
An augmented object display unit displaying the received augmented object when an object of the video content being played is selected through a user interface;
A communication unit for requesting interworking information to the interworking information communication server when the displayed augmented object is selected through a user interface; And
And an interworking information display unit for displaying the interworking information received from the interworking information communication server.
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