Manifest file structure, method of downloading contents usng the same, and apparatus for reproducing the contents
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKil-soo Jung, Kwang-min Kim
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Abstract
A structure of a manifest file containing information on contents stored in a local storage device of a reproducing apparatus, a method of downloading the contents using the structure of the manifest file, and an apparatus for reproducing the contents. The structure of the manifest file includes contents information and 0version information of the manifest file and description information on at least one predetermined unit forming the contents.
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A structure of a manifest file including contents information, wherein the manifest file comprises version information of the manifest file and description information on at least one predetermined unit forming the contents.
A method of downloading contents from an apparatus to reproduce the contents using a local storage, the method comprising:
- receiving a contents download list prepared based on version information of a manifest file including information on contents stored in the local storage;
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- selecting contents to be downloaded in the received contents download list, downloading the selected contents if a size of a local memory of the local storage is to determined to be sufficient to download the selected contents, and deleting a part of contents in the local storage device and downloading the selected contents if the size of the local memory is determined to not be sufficient to download the selected contents.
An apparatus to reproduce contents obtained by combining contents stored in a local storage device to store downloaded contents and/or contents read from a recording medium, the apparatus comprising:
- an application manager to receive a contents download list prepared based on version information of a manifest file including information on contents stored in the local storage device, selecting contents to be downloaded in the received download list, to download the selected contents if a size of the local memory is determined to be sufficient to download the selected contents, and to delete a part of contents in the local storage device and downloading the selected contents if the size of the local memory is determined to not be sufficient.
An application manager of an apparatus to reproduce contents obtained by combining contents stored in a local storage device to store downloaded contents and/or contents read from a recording medium to receive a contents download list based on version information of a manifest file including information on contents stored in the local storage device, to select contents to be downloaded in the received download list, to download the selected contents if a size of the local memory is determined to be sufficient to download the selected contents, and to delete a part of contents in the local storage device and download the selected contents if the size of the local memory is determined to not be sufficient, wherein the manifest file comprises:
- a studio ID that represents information on producers that produce the contents;
- a disc ID to identify information recording media storing the contents;
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- at least a piece of contents information that represents description information in a predetermined unit that divides the contents recorded on the information recording media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.