Content providing method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10123064-B2
Application number	US-201414272604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2014
Priority date	May 8, 2013
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

A content reproduction device includes: a communicator that requests a server for recommended content information, and receives from the server the recommended content information as a response to the request; a controller that is configured to select content based on the received recommended content information; and a display that outputs the selected content, wherein the recommended content information is information for selecting the content according to a viewing information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A content reproduction device comprising:
a user input receiver configured for receiving a user input;
a communicator which includes a transceiver and is configured for requesting a server for recommended content information based on the user input and receiving from the server the recommended content information as a response to the requesting;
a controller which includes a microprocessor and is configured to select content based on the received recommended content information; and
a display configured for outputting the content,
wherein the recommended content information is information for selecting the content that is generated by the server according to viewing information related to a number of times the content is reproduced in other content reproduction devices, users of which are different from a first user of the content reproduction device, and is generated by the server further based on a first user identification information of the first user and additionally based on a second user identification information of the users,
wherein the controller is further configured to select pieces of the content based on the recommended content information, and
wherein the display is further configured for outputting the selected pieces of the content in succession one after another in an order from a highest number to a lowest number of times the content was reproduced in the other content reproduction devices, on a screen of the content reproduction device, in response to the user input for turning on the content reproduction device that is received through the user input receiver.

2. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator is further configured for requesting the server for the recommended content information in response to the content reproduction device being turned on, and
the display is further configured for outputting the selected pieces of the content on an area of the screen.

3. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to set a content reproduction mode of the content reproduction device to a content recommendation mode, and
the communicator is further configured for requesting the server for the recommended content information, in response to the content recommendation mode being set.

4. The content reproduction device of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to set the content recommendation mode in response to a gesture input being detected as a gesture which has been defined and stored in advance as corresponding to setting the content recommendation mode.

5. The content reproduction device of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to set the content recommendation mode when a number of times the content reproduced by the content reproduction device is changed, based on the user input for changing the content, becomes equal to or greater than a preset value.

6. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the content is reproduced by using a broadcast signal received through a broadcast channel,
the recommended content information comprises information about the broadcast channel, and
the controller is further configured to tune the broadcast channel, which is output through the display, based on the information about the broadcast channel.

7. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the recommended content information comprises connection information for accessing the selected pieces of the content, and
the communicator is further configured for receiving the selected pieces of the content by using the connection information.

8. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator is further configured for transmitting the first user identification information to the server.

9. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the content based on a content selection input received from the first user.

10. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the recommended content information is generated by the server based on at least one among user gender information, user age information, and user-preferred content information.

11. The content reproduction device of claim 8 , wherein the first user identification information is obtained through image recognition of an image obtained by a camera provided in the content reproduction device.

12. The content reproduction device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect the first user of a remote controller for controlling the content reproduction device, and to determine the first user identification information according to a result of a detection.

13. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the recommended content information is generated by the server based on the viewing information transmitted to the server from the other content reproduction devices.

14. The content reproduction device of claim 13 , wherein the recommended content information is generated based on viewer rating information, according to the viewing information.

15. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to output an image received via a broadcast channel, and
the controller is further configured to reproduce the selected pieces of the content by using a virtual channel which is a channel different from the broadcast channel.

16. The content reproduction device of claim 1 , wherein the recommended content information for selecting the content is generated by the server further based on a match between a biological feature of the first user that is included in the first user identification information and a same biological feature of the users that is included in the second user identification information.

17. A server for recommending content, the server comprising:
a controller that includes a microprocessor and is configured to receive viewing information about content reproduced in content reproduction devices, from the content reproduction devices, and generate recommended content information for selecting the content based on the received viewing information; and
a communicator, which includes a transceiver, and is configured for receiving a request for the recommended content information from a first content reproduction device of the content reproduction devices and transmitting the recommended content information to the first content reproduction device as a response to the request,
wherein the controller is further configured to generate the recommended content information based on the viewing information related to a number of times the content is reproduced in second content reproduction devices, of the content reproduction devices, and further based on a first user identification information of a first user of the first content reproduction device and additionally based on a second user identification information of users of the second content reproduction devices,
wherein at least one type of a biological feature of the first user that is included into the first user identification information is matched to a same biological feature of the users that is included in the second user identification information,
wherein the second content reproduction devices are devices different from the first content reproduction device and the users of the second content reproduction devices are different from the first user of the first content reproduction device, and
wherein the first content reproduction device is configured

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chae Han-Joo
• Kang Nam-Wook
• La Jin

Classifications

• H04N21/4826 Primary

  using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score · CPC title

• H04N21/4402

  involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display {(details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764)} · CPC title

• H04N21/251 Primary

  Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies (details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08) · CPC title

• H04N21/6582

  Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number (arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38) · CPC title

• H04N21/4415

  using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861)} · CPC title