Apparatus, system and method for providing information on objects included in content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9277281-B2
Application number	US-74816703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2003
Priority date	Apr 9, 2003
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus for providing object-in-content information that includes a central control unit which creates and provides basic content information, receives the object-in-content information and provides the object-in-content information in a user-viewable format. The apparatus also features an object information interface unit which transmits a message containing the basic content information provided by the central control unit to an object-in-content information managing device, receives a message containing object-in-content information corresponding to the basic content information from the object-in-content information managing device, and transmits the object-in-content information contained in the received message to the central control unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for providing object-in-content information, managed by an object-in-content information managing device, comprising:
a central control unit operable to receive content, supply basic content information of the content, and provide the object-in-content information in a user-viewable format; and
an object information interface unit operable to transmit a request message including the basic content information to the object-in-content information managing device, receive a response message including the object-in-content information corresponding to the basic content information from the object-in-content information managing device, and transmit the object-in-content information included in the response message to the central control unit,
wherein the received content is not received through the object-in-content information managing device,
wherein a network for receiving the content is different from a network for requesting or receiving the object-in-content information,
wherein the object-in-content information comprises additional information concerning an object extracted from the content, and
wherein a first stream comprising the object and a second stream comprising the object-in-content information are outputted independently.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the basic content information comprises one of actual coordinates, a click time, a channel number, or a combination thereof.

3. An apparatus for providing object-in-content information of content, comprising:
a basic content information converting unit operable to receive a message including basic content information of the content and provide converted basic content information corresponding to the basic content information;
a storage unit operable to store the object-in-content information;
an information search unit operable to extract the object-in-content information stored in the storage unit by using the converted basic content information; and
an object information transmitting unit operable to generate a response message including the object-in-content information corresponding to the basic content information provided by the information search unit and transmit the response message to a central control unit,
wherein the object information transmitting unit does not transmit the content to the central control unit,
wherein a network for transmitting the content is different from a network for transmitting the object-in-content information,
wherein the object-in-content information comprises additional information concerning an object extracted from the content, and
wherein a first stream comprising the object and a second stream comprising the object-in-content information are outputted independently.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the basic content information converting unit receives the message, transmits the basic content information to a unit that provides the content, receives the converted basic content information from the unit and provides the converted basic content information.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the basic content information comprises one of actual coordinates, a click time, a channel number, or a combination thereof.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the converted basic content information comprises one of actual coordinates, a relative time, a content identifier, or a combination thereof.

7. A system for providing object-in-content information of content, comprising:
an apparatus for providing the object-in-content information, which comprises:
a central control unit operable to receive the content, supply basic content information of the content, and provide the object-in-content information in a user-viewable format;
an object information interface unit; and
an object-in-content information managing device, wherein:
the object information interface unit is operable to transmit a request message including the basic content information to the object-in-content information managing device, receive a response message including the object-in-content information corresponding to the basic content information from the object-in-content information managing device, and transmit the object-in-content information included in the response message to the central control unit, and wherein
the object-in-content information managing device comprises:
a basic content information converting unit operable to receive the request message and provide converted basic content information corresponding to the basic content information,
a storage unit operable to store the object-in-content information,
an information search unit operable to extract the object-in-content information stored in the storage unit by using the converted basic content information,
an object information transmitting unit operable to generate the response message including the object-in-content information provided by the information search unit, and
wherein the received content is not received through the object-in-content information managing device,
wherein a network for receiving the content is different from a network for requesting or transmitting the object-in-content information,
wherein the object-in-content information comprises additional information concerning an object extracted from the content, and
wherein a first stream comprising the object and a second stream comprising the object-in-content information are outputted independently.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the basic content information converting unit receives the request message, transmits the basic content information thereof to a unit that provides the content, receives the converted basic content information from the unit and provides the converted basic content information.

9. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the basic content information comprises one of actual coordinates, a click time, a channel number, or a combination thereof.

10. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the converted basic content information comprises one of a relative time, a content identifier, actual coordinates, or a combination thereof.

11. The system as claimed in of claim 7 , further comprising a content provider operable to provide the content, receive the basic content information through a separate medium other than a medium providing the content, and provide the converted basic content information corresponding to the received basic content information through the separate medium.

12. A method of providing object-in-content information of content, the method comprising:
receiving the content;
obtaining basic content information of the content;
transmitting a request message including the basic content information to an object-in-content information managing device; and
receiving a response message including the object-in-content information corresponding to the basic content information extracted according to the basic content information included in the request message,
wherein the received content is not received through the object-in-content information managing device,
wherein a network for receiving the content is different from a network for requesting or receiving the object-in-content information,
wherein the object-in-content information comprises additional information concerning an object extracted from the content, and
wherein a first stream comprising the object and a second stream comprising the object-in-content information are outputted independently.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising providing the object-in-content information include

Assignees

• Jung Dong-Shin
• Yi Kyoung-Hoon
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Dong-Shin
• Yi Kyoung-Hoon

Classifications

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• H04H60/64

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• G06F17/30014

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• H04N21/234318

  by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects · CPC title

• H04H60/39

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