# US 2009/0276809 A1 · Method of browsing recorded news program and browsing apparatus for performing the method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2009/0276809 A1 - Document ID: US20090276809A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/336,967 - Filed: 2008-12-17 - Published: 2009-11-05 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-30 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yoon-hee CHOI; Dong-joon HYUN; Hee-seon PARK; Yong-sung KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090276809A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - G06F 16/70: of video data - G06F 16/75: Clustering; Classification - H04N 5/76: Television signal recording - H04N 5/783: Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate - H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window} - H04N 21/4325: {by playing back content from the storage medium (reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79)} - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments} - H04N 5/147: {Scene change detection} - H04N 21/47214: {for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market (stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224)} - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided are a method of browsing a recorded news program and a browsing apparatus for performing the method. The method includes grouping moving picture news reports included in a plurality of news programs according to news report, and selecting one moving picture news report from among each of a plurality of groups according to preference information input by a user, thereby reproducing only a user desired part from contents of a moving picture news report. Thus, the method can be used to rapidly and efficiently browse the plurality of news programs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of browsing a plurality of news programs, the method comprising: grouping moving picture news reports in the plurality of news programs into a first group of moving picture news reports including first contents that are at least similar and a second group of moving picture news reports including second contents that are at least similar; selecting, based on preference information input by a user, a first moving picture news report from the first group and a second moving picture news report from the second group, if there are matches; and reproducing the first and the second moving picture news reports. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the reproducing comprises: extracting core parts from the first and the second moving picture news reports; and reproducing only the extracted core parts of the first and the second moving picture news reports. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising recording one of information about the reproduced first and second moving picture news reports and information about corresponding first and second groups in a predetermined memory, wherein the reproducing comprises referring to the predetermined memory, and not reproducing a moving picture news report in a group having a previously reproduced moving picture news report. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the grouping is performed by referring to at least one of an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of the plurality of news programs, web bulletins related to the plurality of news programs, and captions of the plurality of news programs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting comprises: collecting metadata of the moving picture news reports in the first and the second groups; and comparing the metadata with the preference information input by the user, wherein the metadata and the preference information include information about at least one of an anchorperson's name, a news program title, a broadcasting station, a broadcasting time, and a news report genre. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the collecting is performed by referring to at least one of web bulletins, captions, and an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), which are related to the moving picture news reports. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, if a moving picture news report matching the preference information input by the user is not in one of the first and the second groups, the selecting comprises selecting a recently broadcast moving picture news report from among moving picture news reports in corresponding one of the first and the second groups. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein one of the core parts include one of an anchor shot part and an episode shot part, which are of one of the first and the second moving picture news reports. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein extracting of a first core part of the core parts is performed based on a number of words of the first moving picture news report, overlapping with words of other moving picture news reports in the first group, wherein the words of the first moving picture news report are from among words used in the first moving picture news report. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1. ### Claim 11 A browsing apparatus for browsing a plurality of news programs, the browsing apparatus comprising: a grouping unit which groups moving picture news reports in the plurality of news programs into a first group of moving picture news reports including first contents that are at least similar and a second group of moving picture news reports including second contents that are at least similar; a selecting unit which refers to preference information input by a user, and selects, based on the preference information, a first moving picture news report from the first group and a second moving picture news report from the second group, if there are matches; and a reproducing unit which reproduces the first and the second moving picture news reports. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The browsing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the reproducing unit extracts core parts from the first and the second moving picture news reports, and reproduces only the extracted core parts of the first and the second moving picture news reports. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The browsing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the reproducing unit records one of information about the reproduced first and second moving picture news reports and information about corresponding first and second groups in a predetermined memory, refers to the predetermined memory to reproduce the first and the second moving picture news report, and does not reproduce a moving picture news report in a group having a previously reproduced moving picture news report. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The browsing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the grouping unit groups the moving picture news reports by referring to at least one of an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of the plurality of news programs, web bulletins related to the plurality of news programs, and captions of the plurality of news programs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The browsing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the selecting unit collects metadata of the moving picture news reports in the first and the second groups, compares the metadata with the preference information input by the user in a comparison, and selects, based on the comparison, the first and the second moving picture news reports which match the preference information input by the user, wherein the metadata and the preference information include information about at least one of an anchorperson's name, a news program title, a broadcasting station, a broadcasting time, and a news report genre. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The browsing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the selecting unit collects the metadata by referring to at least one of web bulletins, captions, and an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), which are related to the moving picture news reports. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The browsing apparatus of claim 11, wherein, when a moving picture news reports matching the preference information input by the user is not in one of the first and the second groups, the selecting unit selects a recently broadcast moving picture news report from among moving picture news reports in the corresponding one of the first and the second groups. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The browsing apparatus of claim 12, wherein one of the core parts includes one of an anchor shot part and an episode shot part, which are of one of the first and the second moving picture news reports. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The browsing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the reproducing unit extracts the core parts, based on a number of words of the first moving picture news report, overlapping with words other moving picture news reports in the first group, wherein the words of the first moving picture news report are from among words used in the first moving picture news report.