Contents reproducing method and apparatus for adjusting contents reproducing time based on user preference information

A contents reproducing apparatus for adjusting a contents reproducing time, the apparatus comprising:

• a user preference information input unit which receives, from an external source, a target reproducing time provided by a user and user preference information, the user preference information comprising information regarding at least two sections or scenes in the contents labeling each of the at least two sections or scenes as user preferred contents section or scene or as not user preferred contents section or scene;
• a reproducing data obtaining unit which obtains contents reproducing data for adjusting a reproducing speed of the contents based on the target reproducing time and the user preference information;
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• a reproducing unit which adjusts the reproducing speed of the contents based on the reproducing data by reproducing the contents at normal speed in user preferred contents sections or scenes and reproducing the contents at a high speed in sections which are not the user preferred contents sections,
• wherein the reproducing unit sets the high speed in the sections which are not the user preferred contents sections based on the target reproducing time provided by the user, which identifies time in which the user is to watch the contents which comprises both the user preferred contents sections and the sections which are not the user preferred contents sections.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a contents reproducing method for adjusting a contents reproducing time, the method comprising:

• receiving, from an external source, a target reproducing time provided by a user and user preference information, the user preference information comprising information regarding at least two sections or scenes in the contents labeling each of the at least two sections or scenes as user preferred contents section or scene or as not user preferred contents section or scene;
• obtaining contents reproducing data for adjusting a reproducing speed of the contents based on the target reproducing time and the user preference information;
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• adjusting the reproducing speed of the contents based on the reproducing data by reproducing the contents at normal speed in user preferred contents sections or scenes and reproducing the contents at a high speed in sections which are not the user preferred contents sections,
• wherein the high speed in the sections which are not the user preferred contents sections is set based on the target reproducing time provided by the user, which identifies time in which the user is to watch the contents which comprises both the user preferred contents sections and the sections which are not the user preferred contents sections.

A contents reproducing method for adjusting a contents reproducing speed based on a target reproducing time and a user preference information, the method comprising:

• receiving the target reproducing time provided by a user and the user preference information, the user preference information including information regarding at least two sections or scenes in the contents labeling each of the at least two sections or scenes as user preferred contents section or as not user preferred contents section or scene;
• obtaining, based on the received target reproducing time and user preference information, reproducing data for adjusting a reproducing speed of the contents;
• reproducing the contents;
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• during the reproducing of the contents, adjusting by a computer the reproducing speed of the contents based on the reproducing data by reproducing the contents at normal speed in user preferred contents sections or scenes and reproducing the contents at a high speed in sections which are not the user preferred contents sections,
• wherein the high speed in the sections which are not the user preferred contents sections is set based on the target reproducing time provided by the user, which identifies time in which the user is to watch the contents which comprises both the user preferred contents sections and the sections which are not the user preferred contents sections.