KR20140139759A - Apparatus and method of providing document view function in remote site in divx player - Google Patents

Abstract

The following embodiment relates to a system and a method for supporting a remote document viewing function in a Divx Player. A divx player apparatus comprising: a divx player module for performing a divx player function; And a DMP module for reproducing the contents provided from the DMS by performing the DMP function of the DLNA system.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING DOCUMENT VIEW FUNCTION IN REMOTE SITE IN DIVX PLAYER [0002]

The following embodiment relates to a device and a method for supporting a remote document viewing function in a DivxPlayer.

DivxPlayer is a playback device with a built-in hard disk drive (HDD). It is a device that can store movies, dramas, music, various multimedia data such as pictures and pictures, and can connect with a television or projector to enjoy.

Divx players can play back encoded video files using a video compression format such as MPEG. Conventional Divx players are mainly used for reproducing contents in a local disk such as a hard disk.

In the existing Divx player, only the contents in the local disk could be reproduced, and accordingly, a separate player had to be used in order to reproduce the contents at the remote location.

DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), on the other hand, is based on industry standards such as IP, HTTP, UPnP, and Wi-Fi widely used in the past, and shares contents provided from devices such as TVs, VCRs, PCs, It is a standardization organization that wants to.

Currently, DLNA's media format is divided into three categories: Imaging, Audio, and Video. DLNA systems are divided into DMS (Digital Media Server), DMP (Digital Media Player) DMC (Digital Media Controller), and DMR (Digital Media Renderer).

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2007-0006180 discloses a text file reproducing apparatus and method for reproducing a text file in a format such as Divx in a digital video device such as a DVD player.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for receiving a document at a remote location and reading it by itself without the need for a separate application or device.

Accordingly, a method for easily receiving and reading a document at a remote location using a DLNA system is provided. In case of DLNA system, it is possible to play the contents at the remote site but it is restricted to video and photo audio, so that the viewer can view the document through a separate viewer.

A divx player apparatus comprising: a divx player module for performing a divx player function; And a DMP module for reproducing the contents provided from the DMS by performing the DMP function of the DLNA system.

On one side, the DMP module may request a content list from the DMS and receive the content list from the DMS.

In another aspect, the DMP module may request at least one document included in the content list with a DMS and receive at least one document requested from the DMS.

In yet another aspect, the apparatus further includes a viewer for displaying the received document, wherein the received document may correspond to a document located at a remote location.

In yet another aspect, the Divx Player module may store at least one document received from the DMS in a storage space.

A method of reproducing a document at a remote location in a Divx player, the method comprising: requesting a content list from a Divx player to a DMS of a DLNA system; Receiving the content list from the DMS by the Divx player; Requesting at least one document contained in the content list from a Divx player to a DMS, the at least one document being located remotely; Receiving a requested at least one document from a DMB player; And displaying the received document through a viewer, a method of reproducing a document at a remote location in a Divx player may be provided.

In one aspect, the Divx player includes at least one viewer, and the step of displaying the received document through the viewer includes selecting one of the at least one viewer according to the type of the received document, Lt; / RTI >

A method for receiving and displaying a document at a remote location without executing a plurality of applications or a separate device in a system environment that does not fully support a multi-process through the embodiment of the present invention, .

The convenience of the user can be increased by providing a method of easily receiving and reading a remote document using the DLNA system.

1 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of a Divx player apparatus capable of viewing a document at a remote place in an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of viewing a document at a remote location using a DivX player apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method of supporting a document view at a remote location in a Divx player and a Divx player performing the method will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As described above, the Divx player can only play the content in the local disk, and a separate playback device must be used in order to reproduce the remote content. Therefore, in the present invention, a Divx player apparatus capable of supporting document viewing as a function that has not been previously supported in the Divx player apparatus and capable of enhancing the convenience of the user in a system environment that does not fully support multi-processes, .

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of a Divx player apparatus supporting a document view of a remote location in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. The configuration according to the embodiment may include a Divx player module 110 for performing a Divx player function, a DMP module 120 for performing a DMP function, and a viewer 130 for displaying a received document .

The Divx player apparatus 100 receives a content list from a DMS (Digital Media Network Server) of a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) system and then receives a content list, DMS, and download the corresponding document.

The Divx player module 110 is a module for performing a conventional Divx player function and can be a module capable of storing various multimedia data such as movies, dramas, music, pictures and pictures, have.

The DMP module 120 performs a DMP (Digital Media Player) function of the DLNA system and may include a function of reproducing contents provided from the DMS.

In an embodiment, the DMP module 120 may request a list of content with a DMS and receive a list of content therefrom. The content list is not limited to any one of a list of contents that can be displayed through a display such as a television, for example, a movie, a drama, a music, a picture, a picture, a text document such as a word or an Excel.

When the DMS updates the content in the DLNA system, it can manage it including Word, Excel, PDF and so on. Accordingly, if the DMP module 120 requests the content list by the DMS, a content list including the document can be provided.

In the present invention, the user can select a document file at a remote location with respect to the received content list. Accordingly, the DMP module 120 can request the DMS to receive the selected document and receive the document file.

In the case of DLNA system, it is possible to play the contents at the remote location, but since the playback format is restricted by video, photo and audio, document files such as word, Excel and PDF file can be displayed through a separate viewer.

Accordingly, the divx player apparatus 100 includes the viewer 130 to display a document file selected and received by the user. The viewer 130 may be variously included in the document format, for example, a word viewer capable of displaying a word file, a PDF viewer capable of displaying a PDF file, or the like, or may include an integrated viewer .

The document received from the DMS can be stored in the internal storage space through the Divx Player module 110, and the corresponding viewer can be executed to display the document on the display screen.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of viewing a document at a remote place, which is performed through a Divx player apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method according to an embodiment can be performed in a DLNA system environment.

In an embodiment, the Divx player 210 may request a list of content to the DMS 220 (201). Here, the content may correspond to a moving picture, a picture, an audio, a document, and the like.

Then, the DMS 220 may provide a content list stored in the Divx player 210 requesting the content list (202).

A user of the DivX player 210 may select any one of the provided content lists, and the Divx player 210 may then retransmit the request to the DMS 220 (203). At this time, the document refers to a format including a text document such as Excel, Word, and PDF, and corresponds to a document located at a remote location.

The DMS 220 may then provide the selected document to the Divx player 210 (204). The Divx player 210 can easily receive and play back the content provided by the DMS 220 including the DMP function. However, in the case of the DLNA system, since the reproducible contents at the remote place are limited to moving pictures, pictures, and audio, it is not easy to reproduce the document.

Accordingly, the divx player 210 can store the received document in its internal storage space and request the display 230 to display the document, which can execute the document. The viewer 230 may correspond to a configuration included in the Divx player 210 and may include a plurality of viewers to enable display on various document formats.

A method for displaying a document at a remote site in a Divx player apparatus 100 for displaying a document at a remote location according to an embodiment and a method for displaying a document at a remote location in a Divx player apparatus may be used to execute various applications in a system environment that does not fully support multi- It is possible to receive and display a document at a remote place without the need of the user, thereby providing convenience to the user.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

100: Divx player device
110: Divx player module
120: DMP module
130: Viewer (Viewer)

Claims (7)

In a divx player apparatus,
A divx player module for performing a function of a divx player; And
A DMP module for reproducing the contents provided from the DMS by performing the DMP function of the DLNA system
And a divx player device. The method according to claim 1,
The DMP module includes:
Request a list of contents with the DMS,
Receiving the content list from the DMS;
Divx player device. 3. The method of claim 2,
The DMP module includes:
Requesting at least one document included in the content list to the DMS,
Receiving the requested at least one document from the DMS;
Divx player device. The method of claim 3,
A viewer for displaying the received document,
Further comprising:
The received document may be a document located at a remote location
Divx player device. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the Divx Player module stores the at least one document received from the DMS in a storage space
Divx player device. A method for playing a remote document in a Divx player,
Requesting a content list from a Divx player to a DMS of a DLNA system;
Receiving the content list from the DMS by the Divx player;
Requesting at least one document contained in the content list from the Divx player to the DMS, the at least one document being located remotely;
Receiving the requested at least one document from the DMS; And
Displaying the received document through a viewer
And playing back the document at a remote location. The method according to claim 6,
The divx player comprising at least one viewer,
Wherein the step of displaying the received document through a viewer comprises:
Selecting one of the at least one viewer according to the type of the received document and displaying the received document through a viewer
And playing back the document in the DivX player.

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