Method and device for playing back media data with limited control
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsIn-Chul Hwang, Ho Jin, Eun-Hee Rhim, Mun-Jo Kim
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for restricting a control operation with respect to reproduction of media data so as to commercially implement consumption of the media data, the method and apparatus including: restricting the control operation with respect to reproduction of the media data by using a predetermined Application Programming Interface (API); and reproducing the media data received from a media server, according to the restricted control operation.
Claims26
A method of reproducing media data received from a media server, performed by a client device, the method comprising:
- driving a browser comprising an application programming interface (API) for restricting a control operation with respect to reproduction of the media data by the client device;
- restricting the control operation with respect to the reproduction of the media data by using the API;
- and
- reproducing the media data based on the restricted control operation,
- wherein the reproducing of the media data comprises:
- when an input indicating a control operation is received from a user, determining whether the control operation is a restricted control operation;
- and
- as a result of the determining, if the control operation is a restricted control operation, ignoring the control operation and continuing reproducing of the media data.
A media data reproducing apparatus for reproducing media data received from a media server, the media data reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a browser driving unit which drives a browser comprising an application programming interface (API) for restricting a control operation with respect to reproduction of the media data;
- and
- an application driving unit which restricts the control operation with respect to the reproduction of the media data by using the API, and which drives an application that reproduces the media data based on the restricted control operation,
- wherein, when the application driving unit receives an input indicating a control operation from a user, the application driving unit determines whether the control operation is a restricted control operation, and as a result of the determining, if the control operation is a restricted control operation, the application driving unit ignores the control operation and continues reproducing of the media data.
A method of providing media data, the method comprising:
- transmitting, from a first server to a client device, media data;
- and
- transmitting, from a second server to the client device, information about restricting a control operation with respect to a reproduction of the media data by the client device,
- wherein the information is used by the client device to retrieve an application programming interface (API) for restricting the control operation with respect to the reproduction of the media data.
A method of reproducing media data received from a media server, performed by a client device, the method comprising:
- restricting a control operation with respect to a reproduction, by the client device, of media data by using an application programming interface (API);
- and
- reproducing the media data based on the restricted control operation, wherein the reproducing of the media data comprises:
- when an input indicating a control operation is received from a user, determining whether the control operation is a restricted control operation;
- and
- as a result of the determining, if the control operation is a restricted control operation, ignoring the control operation and continuing reproducing of the media data based on the retrieved API.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.