Method of exchanging user messages among interactive disk players
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorWoo Seong Yoon
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Abstract
A method of exchanging user messages among interactive disk players through an external server is disclosed. The external server receives a user message from a first interactive disk player and stores the user message in an internal memory. Receiving a message request from a second interactive disk player, the external server compares playback time included in the message request and playback time included in the stored user message and sends the stored user message to the second interactive disk player if the two playback times are almost the same. The method allows users of individual interactive disk players to exchange opinions about the same DVD title irrespective of their individual playing positions.
Claims31
A method of exchanging user messages among interactive disk players, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a user message from a first interactive disk player;
- receiving a message request from a second interactive disk player;
- comparing a playback time included in the message request with a playback time included in the user message to produce a comparison result;
- and
- determining whether or not to send the user message to the second interactive disk player depending on said comparison result.
A method of exchanging user messages among interactive disk players, conducted by an interactive disk player, comprising the steps of:
- sending a message request to an external server;
- receiving from the external server a user message that was sent to the external server from a different interactive disk player;
- comparing a playback time included in the user message with a time that has elapsed since a start of the step of playing to produce a comparison result;
- and
- determining whether or not to display the user message based on said comparison result.
A system for exchanging user messages among interactive disk players, comprising:
- a first interactive disk player;
- a second interactive disk player;
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- an external server connected to the two interactive disk players by a network, the external server configured to receive a user message from the first interactive disk player and send the user message to the second interactive disk player,
- wherein the external server is configured, to receive a message request from the second interactive disk player, to compare a playback time included in the message request with a playback time included in the user message to produce a comparison result, and to determine whether or not to send the user message to the second interactive disk player depending on the comparison result.
An interactive disk player for exchanging user message with another interactive disk player, said interactive disk player being configured to send a message request to an external server and to receive a user message from the external server, the user message being sent from another interactive disc player via the external server, wherein said interactive disk player is configured to compare a playback time included in the user message with a time that has elapsed since a start of playback of an interactive disk, and to determine whether or not to display the user message based on said comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.