# US 8,788,544 B2 · Method and apparatus for managing data > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,788,544 B2 - Document ID: US8788544B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/946,375 - Filed: 2010-11-15 - Published: 2011-05-19 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2009-11-13 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ju-yun Sung; Ji-young Kwahk; Sang-woong Hwang; Jee-sun Yoon; Soo-hong Park; Jin-guk Jeong - Inventors: Ju-yun Sung; Ji-young Kwahk; Sang-woong Hwang; Jee-sun Yoon; Soo-hong Park; Jin-guk Jeong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8788544B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06F 16/9577: {Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents} - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G11B 27/034: on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract Methods and apparatuses for managing data. The method includes obtaining first data including a plurality of components, determining at least one component to be reproduced by an external device from among the plurality of components, based on metadata about the external device, and generating second data using the at least one component from the first data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing data in a component managing apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining first data, wherein the first data is configured to include a plurality of components, each of the plurality of components having a different data type; determining, by a processor, at least one component to be reproduced by an external device from among the plurality of components, based on metadata about the external device; and generating second data comprising the determined at least one component extracted from the first data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the external device can reproduce the first data including the plurality of components, based on the metadata about the external device; when the external device can reproduce the first data including the plurality of components, transmitting the first data to the external device; and when the external device cannot reproduce the first data including the plurality of components, transmitting the second data to the external device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the second data comprises: extracting the at least one component from the first data; and generating the second by combining the at least one extracted component. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes data type information indicating a type of data that can be reproduced by the external device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one component is determined based on the metadata about the external device and user preference information including information about a type of data preferred in the external device by a user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising converting the at least one component to be suitable for the external device based on the metadata about the external device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the external device from among a plurality of external devices based on a priority. ### Claim 8 A component managing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain first data, wherein the first data is configured to include a plurality of components, each of the plurality of components having a different data type; a processor configured to control a component determining unit configured to determine at least one component to be reproduced by an external device from among the plurality of components, based on metadata about the external device; and a generating unit configured to generate second data comprising the determined at least one component extracted from the first data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The component managing apparatus of claim 8, further comprising: a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first data to the external device, when the external device can reproduce the first data including the plurality of components, and transmit the second data to the external device, when the external device cannot reproduce the first data including the plurality of components. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The component managing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the generating unit comprises: an extracting unit configured to extract the at least one component from the first data; and a combining unit configured to combine the second data by combining the at least one component extracted from the first data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The component managing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the metadata about the external device comprises data type information indicating a type of data that can be reproduced by the external device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The component managing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the generating unit comprises a conversion unit for converting the at least one component to be suitable for the external device based on the metadata about the external device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The component managing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the component determining unit determines the at least one component to be reproduced by the external device from among the plurality of components, based on the metadata about the external device and based on user preference information including information about a type of data preferred in the external device by a user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The component managing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the component determining unit selects the external device from a plurality of external devices based on a priority. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the method of: obtaining first data, wherein the first data is configured to include a plurality of components, each of the plurality of components having a different data type; determining at least one component to be reproduced by an external device from among the plurality of components, based on metadata about the external device; and generating second data comprising the determined at least one component extracted from the first data. ### Claim 16 A component managing server, the server comprising: an obtaining unit for obtaining a first data, wherein the first data is configured to include a plurality of components, each of the plurality of components having a different data type; a processor configured to control a component determining unit for determining at least one component, to be reproduced by an external device, from among the plurality of components, based on metadata about the external device; a generating unit for generating a second data comprising the determined at least one component extracted from the first data; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the generated second data, to the external device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second data includes further data not included in the first data, the further data being obtained from an external source.