# US 2013/0159929 A1 · Method and apparatus for providing contents-related information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0159929 A1 - Document ID: US20130159929A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/722,609 - Filed: 2012-12-20 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20 - Assignees: Kt Corporation - Inventors: Hoon-Kyu PARK; Ju-Yong LEE; Jin-Han KIM; Se-Jun PARK; Han-Wook JUNG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159929A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 16/438: Presentation of query results - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method and an apparatus for providing content-related information. The method includes requesting contents-related information from a contents information management server, receiving at least one contents-related information from the contents information management server, displaying the at least one contents-related information, receiving a user selection of one contents-related information item from among the at least one contents-related information and reproducing contents from a reproduction time corresponding to the selected contents-related information item. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of providing content-related information comprising: requesting contents-related information from a contents information management server; receiving at least one contents-related information from the contents information management server; displaying the at least one contents-related information; receiving a user selection of one contents-related information item from among the at least one contents-related information; and reproducing contents from a reproduction time corresponding to the selected contents-related information item. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting contents-related information is performed during a reproduction of the contents. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the contents-related information is overlaid on a reproduction screen in which the contents are reproduced. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving scene information using a user interface during the reproduction of the contents; and transmitting, to the contents information management server, the received scene information, identification information of the contents, and reproduction time information of the contents. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the user interface is overlaid on a reproduction screen in which the contents are reproduced. ### Claim 6 A method of transmitting contents-related information, the method comprising: receiving a request, from a user device, for providing the contents-related information which is information related to contents being reproducing by the user device; transmitting, in response to the request, at least one contents-related information to the user device; receiving a signal for selecting one contents-related information item from among the at least one contents-related information; and transmitting, to a service providing server, reproduction time information corresponding to the selected contents-related information item, wherein reproduction time information for reproducing the contents by the user device from a time point indicated by the reproduction time information, is provided from the service providing server, and is obtained based on the transmitted reproduction time information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: receiving, from the user device, a request for registering scene information comprising identification information of the contents and reproduction time information of the contents; determining if the receive scene information satisfies a predetermined criteria; and generating new contents-related information by registering the scene information associated with the contents if the determining yields that the scene information satisfies the predetermined criteria. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: counting a number of signals for selecting said one contents-related information item received from a plurality of user devices; and generating scene preferences for the contents based on the counting. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising dividing total reproduction time of the contents into a plurality of time intervals to determine a time interval for the reproduction time information, wherein the determined reproduction time information is at least one time interval from among the plurality of time intervals. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the scene information comprises location information of a location displayed in a scene that is reproduced in the contents. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: receiving, from the user device, the location information; and transmitting, to the user device, contents-related information corresponding to the received location information. ### Claim 12 A contents information management apparatus comprising: a request receiver configured to receive a request from a user device for providing contents-related information, which is information related to contents being reproduced by the user device; an information transmitter configured to transmit to the user device, in response to the request, at least one contents-related information; and a signal receiver configured to receive a signal for selecting one contents-related information item from among the at least one contents-related information, wherein the information transmitter is further configured to transmit reproduction time information corresponding to the selected contents-related information to a service providing server, and wherein reproduction time information for reproducing the contents by the user device from a time point indicated by the reproduction time information, is provided from the service providing server and is obtained based on the transmitted reproduction time information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The server of claim 12, further comprising: a controller configured to determine if scene information received from a user device satisfies a predetermined criteria and configured to generate new content-related information by registering the received scene information as being associated with the contents if the determining yield that the scene information satisfies the predetermined criteria, wherein the scene information comprises identification information of the contents and reproduction time information of the contents received from the user device by the request receiver. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The server of claim 12, further comprising: a scene preferences generator configured to generate scene preferences for the contents based on a number of signals for selecting the one contents-related information item received from a plurality of user devices. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a mobile device performs the requesting and wherein the reproducing of the contents is performed on a display apparatus connected to a set-top box. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the content-related information comprises multimedia data related to the reproduced contents and additional advertisement contents related to the reproduced contents. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the content-related information is provided by an Internet Protocol Television server. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting is performed by a user device connected to a display apparatus that reproduces the contents. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: requesting a generation of new content-related information item by receiving user input of selecting a scene in the reproduced content, by receiving user input of additional detailed information corresponding to the selected scene, and transmitting the selected scene and the input additional detailed information to the contents information management server. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user input of the additional detailed information is provided on a user interface that is overlaid on a reproduction screen in which the contents are reproduced by the user device.