Method and apparatus for reproducing content in multimedia data providing system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorIl-Woo Park
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Abstract
A content reproducing method is provided for continuously reproducing content being reproduced by a client device in another client device in a multimedia data providing system including a server for providing content and a plurality of client devices for reproducing the content provided by the server. The method includes reproducing, by a first device, multimedia content being streamed by a content server; and transmitting, by the first device, a first request message for continuously reproducing content being reproduced by the first device in another device and an IDentification (ID) of the first device to another device using local area communication in order to continuously reproduce the content being reproduced by the first device in another device.
Claims22
A method for continuously reproducing content being reproduced by a client device in another client device in a multimedia data providing system comprising a server for providing content and a plurality of client devices for reproducing the content provided by the server, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a first device, in order to have a second device reproduce content being streamed to the first device by a content server, a first request message including an IDentification (ID) of the first device, to the second device, using local area communication, wherein the ID of the first device is generated by the content server based on an IP address, a product name, and a reproduction capability of the first device transmitted during a registration process;
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- transmitting, by the first device, in order to have the first device continuously reproduce content being streamed to the second device by the content sever, a second request message including the ID of the first device, to the content server, using the local area communication.
An apparatus for reproducing content in a multimedia data providing system comprising a content server for providing the content and a plurality of client devices for reproducing the content provided by the content server, the apparatus comprising:
- a local area communication module configured to perform local area communication using an InfraRed (IR) ray;
- a network module configured to transmit and to receive content and a control signal through a communication network using Internet Protocol (IP);
- an input unit configured to receive an input from a user;
- a display unit configured to reproduce the content;
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- a controller configured to reproduce content being streamed from the content server, to transmit a first request message to have a second device reproduce the content being reproduced by the controller, the first request message including an IDentification (ID) of the apparatus and being transmitted to the second device using local area communication, wherein the ID of the apparatus is generated by the content server based on an IP address, a product name, and a reproduction capability of the first device transmitted during a registration process, and to transmit a second request message to have the apparatus reproduce content being streamed by the content server to the second device, the second request message including the ID of the apparatus and being, transmitted to the content server using the local area communication.
A content server for providing content in a multimedia data providing system comprising the content server and a plurality of client devices for reproducing the content provided by the content server, the content server comprising:
- a network module for transmitting and receiving multimedia content and a control signal through a communication network using Internet Protocol (IP);
- a content depository for storing the multimedia content;
- a connection management unit for broadcasting location information of the content server through the network module and managing addresses and product names of the plurality of client devices;
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- a controller for, if a first request message to have a second device reproduce content being streamed to a first device, generating an IDentification (ID) of the first device, wherein the ID of the first device is generated by the content server based on an IP address, a product name, and a reproduction capability of the first device transmitted during a registration process, and an ID of the second device are received from the second device, stopping streaming to the first device, storing the ID of the first device and the ID of the second device, and switching streaming so that the second device continuously reproduces the content being streamed, and
- for, if a second request message to have the first device continuously reproduce content being streamed to the second device is received from the first device, stopping streaming to the second device and switching streaming so that the first device continuously reproduces the content being streamed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.