Method of providing service for user search, and apparatus, server, and system for the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiran Pal Sagoo, Young-ho Rhee
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Abstract
A service provision method is provided for user search, and an apparatus, a server, and a system for the same. A service provision method includes transmitting a terminal search request message including a contents information element to a service provision server, receiving positional information of a terminal, which is playing first contents related to the contents information element, from the service provision server, and displaying the received positional information.
Claims36
A service provision method comprising:
- playing first contents;
- transmitting a terminal search request message comprising metadata of the first contents to a service provision server;
- receiving positional information of at least one terminal that plays second contents related to the metadata of the first contents, from the service provision server;
- and
- displaying the received positional information,
- wherein the at least one terminal is determined by the service provision server from among terminals which transmit metadata of the second contents to the service providing server or which play the second contents in a streaming method.
A service provision method comprising:
- receiving from the first terminal a terminal search request message comprising metadata of first contents played in a first terminal;
- determining at least one second terminal which plays second contents related to the metadata of the first contents from among terminals which transmit metadata of the second contents or which play the second contents in a streaming method;
- collecting positional information of the at least one second terminal;
- and
- transmitting the collected positional information to the first terminal.
A digital device comprising:
- a control unit that generates a terminal search request message comprising metadata of first contents which the digital device plays;
- a network interface unit that transmits the generated terminal search request message to a service provision server and receives from the service provision server positional information of at least one terminal from the service provision server playing second contents related to the metadata of the first contents;
- and
- a display unit that displays the positional information received by the network interface,
- wherein the at least one terminal is determined by the service provision server from among terminals which transmit metadata of the second contents to the service providing server or which play the second contents in a streaming method.
The digital device of claim wherein the terminal search request message further includes information regarding a search area.
The digital device of claim wherein the information regarding the search area represents at least one of (a) a first local area to be handled by the service provision server and (b) a global area including a second local area to be handled by an additional service provision server, in which the service provision server is connected to the first local area by a relay server.
A service provision server comprising:
- a positional information management device that collects positional information of at least one second terminal, which is playing second contents related to metadata of first contents included in a terminal search request message comprising the metadata of the first contents played by a first terminal;
- a service processing device that receives the terminal search request message from the first terminal and transmits the collected positional information to the first terminal,
- wherein the positional information management determines the at least one second terminal from among terminals which transmit metadata of the second contents or which play the second contents in a streaming method.
A service provision system comprising:
- a first service provision server that, if a terminal search request message is received from a first terminal, collects positional information of a second terminal, which plays second contents related to metadata of first contents played in the first terminal included in the terminal search request message in a first local area, and transmits the contents information element to a relay server;
- a second service provision server that collects positional information of a third terminal, which plays third contents related to the metadata of the first contents in a second local area;
- and
- the relay server that transmits the contents information element transmitted from the first service provision server to the second service provision server and transmits the positional information of the third terminal collected by the second service provision server to the first service provision server,
- wherein the first service provision server transmits the positional information of the second terminal and the positional information of the third terminal to the first terminal,
- wherein the second terminal is determined by the first service provision server from among terminals which transmit metadata of the second contents to the first service providing server or which play the second contents in a streaming method, and
- wherein the third terminal is searched by the second service provision server from among terminals which transmit metadata of the third contents to the second service providing server or which play the third contents in a streaming method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.