Electronic device and content providing method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJeonghyo Sohn
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Abstract
A content providing method of an electronic device comprises the steps of: downloading, from a server, an organization schedule including content organization information for each channel; downloading, from the server, a highlight image of at least one content organized for a first channel on the basis of first channel organization information of the organization schedule; and sequentially reproducing the downloaded highlight images on the basis of the first channel organization information of the organization schedule. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments set forth above, and other embodiments are possible.
Claims16
A content providing method of an electronic device, the method comprising operations of:
- downloading an organization schedule including highlight organization information from a server, wherein the organization schedule comprises at least a first channel and a second channel;
- detecting a channel selection of the first channel after downloading the organization schedule;
- sequentially downloading respective first channel highlight images of a plurality of contents in a first sequence for the first channel from the server, based on the highlight organization information;
- sequentially playing the downloaded first channel highlight images of the plurality of contents in the first sequence while downloading remaining undownloaded highlight images of the plurality of contents in the first sequence, based on the highlight organization information;
- detecting a channel selection of the second channel after the channel selection of the first channel;
- sequentially downloading respective second channel highlight images of a plurality of contents in a second sequence for the second channel from the server, based on the highlight organization information;
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- sequentially playing downloaded second channel highlight images and at least one of the first channel highlight images previously downloaded in the second sequence based on the highlight organization information.
An electronic device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive data from a server;
- a storage configured to store an organization schedule and highlight images;
- a display configured to display the highlight images;
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- a controller configured to:
- download, via the receiver, the organization schedule including highlight organization information from the server, wherein the organization schedule comprises at least a first channel and a second channel,
- detect a channel selection of the first channel after downloading the organization schedule,
- sequentially download, via the receiver, respective first channel highlight image of a plurality of contents in a first sequence for the first channel from the server, based on the highlight organization information,
- sequentially play downloaded first channel highlight images of the plurality of contents in the first sequence while download remaining undownloaded highlight images of the plurality of contents in the first sequence, based on the highlight organization information,
- detect a channel selection of the second channel after the channel selection of the first channel,
- sequentially download, via the receiver, respective second channel highlight images of a plurality of contents in a second sequence for the second channel from the server, based on the highlight organization information, and
- sequentially play downloaded second channel highlight images and at least one of the first channel highlight images previously downloaded in the second sequence based on the highlight organization information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.