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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,904,436 B2 Kang et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 2, 2014
(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR (56) References Cited PROVIDING PREFERRED BROADCAST INFORMATION U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventors: Sang-wook Kang, Anyang-si (KR); 6,754,904 B1 * 6/2004 Cooper et al...... 725/32 Hee-seon Park, Seoul (KR); Il-hwan 7,519,658 B1 * 4/2009 Anglin et a1...... 709/203 7,689,682 B1 3/2010 Eldering et a1. Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR) 2002/0133506 A1 9/2002 Yamato 2004/0019910 A1* 1/2004 Grenier et a1...... 725/70 (73) Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR) 2007/0028257 A1* 2/2007 Choi et a1...... 725/28 2008/0244681 A1* 10/2008 Gossweiler et a1. 725/133 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 2009/0100469 A1 * 4/2009 Conradt et a1...... 725/46 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 2009/0293079 A1 11/2009 McKee et al. U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. 2010/0058417 A1 3/2010 Rondeau et a1. (Continued) (21) App1.No.: 13/222,534 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (22) Filed: Aug. 31, 2011 JP 2008-191768 8/2008 (65) Prior Publication Data KR 1020060062967 6/2006 US 2012/0054795 A1 Mar. 1, 2012 (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (30) Foreign Application Priority Data Sarah Reedy, “Is TV the next Faceb00k7”, Mar. 6, 2009, Connected Aug. 31, 2010 (KR) ...... 10-2010-0084902 Planet.*
(51) Int. Cl. Primary Examiner * Hunter B Lonsberry H04N 5/445 (2011.01) Assistant Examiner * Cynthia Fogg H04N 21/25 (2011.01) G06F 17/30 (2006.01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * The Farrell Law Firm, PC. G06Q 10/10 (2012.01) (57) ABSTRACT H04N 21/482 (2011.01) H04H 60/46 (2008.01) A method and apparatus for providing preferred broadcast H04H 60/3 7 (2008.01) information are provided. A Social Networking Service (52) US. Cl. (SNS) server is requested to search for pieces of information CPC ...... H04N21/252 (2013.01); G06F 17/30663 in an SNS that are related to at least one broadcast channel by (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06F providing at least one keyword that identi?es the at least one 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 17/3066 (2013.01); broadcast channel to the SNS server. The pieces of informa H04N21/4828 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 tion are extracted from the SNS server. Preferred broadcast (2013.01); H04H 60/46 (2013.01) information is extracted from the pieces of information. The USPC ...... 725/40; 725/53; 725/56 preferred broadcast information is provided to a user of the (58) Field of Classi?cation Search apparatus. None See application ?le for complete search history. 20 Claims, 17 Drawing Sheets
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(56) References Cited 2012/0066202 A1* 3/2012 Hatazawa et a1...... 707/710 2012/0124625 A1* 5/2012 Foote et a1...... 725/42 US. PATENT DOCUMENTS FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 2010/0082434 A1* 4/2010 Chen et a1...... 705/14.55 2010/0115554 A1* 5/2010 Drouet et a1. 725/41 KR 100839987 B1 3/2009 2010/0154005 A1* 6/2010 Baxter ...... 725/56 KR 1020090027890 A 3/2009 2011/0107382 A1* 5/2011 Morris etal...... 725/109 KR 1020090036896 4/2009 2011/0276423 A1* 11/2011 Davidson 705/26.1 KR 1020100051961 5/2010 2011/0283304 A1* 11/2011 RobeIts etal. 725/9 2011/0320715 A1* 12/2011 Ickman etal...... 711/118 *citedby examiner US. Patent Dec. 2, 2014 Sheet 1 0f 17 US 8,904,436 B2
FIG. 1
100 SNS SERVER
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FIG. 2
/110 /120 100 S S APPARATUS FOR N PROVIDING PREFERRED SERVER BROADCAST INFORMATION
REQUEST TO SEARCH FOR REQUEST TO PRovIDE 130 PIECES OF BROADCAST PREFERRED BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED INFORMATION INFORMATION (S21) REMOTE BY PROVIDING KEYWORD ($22) CONTROL UNIT
PROVIDE RESULT OF SNS SEARCH INCLUDING PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED INFORMATION (S23)
4 S24 EXTRACT PREFERRED BROADCAST INFORMATION BASED ON RESULT OF SNS SEARCH ACCORDING TO CHANNELS
PROVIDE PREFERRED BROADCAST INFORMATION ($25) US. Patent Dec. 2, 2014 Sheet 3 0f 17 US 8,904,436 B2
FIG. 3
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REQUEST FOR BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION AND SELECT BROADCAST REQUEST TO SEARCH FOR CHANNEL (AUTOMATICALLY INPUT BY /130 BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED USING PSIP OR THE LIKE OR INFORMATION BY PROVIDING MANUALLY INPUT BY USER ($31) REMOTE KEYWORD (832) CONTROL UNIT
PROVIDE RESULT OF SNS SEARCH INCLUDING BROADCAST CHANNEL RELATED INFORMATION (saa)
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PROVIDE BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION (1 . WORLD CUP, 2. KOREA NATIONAL TEAM, 3. ADVANCE TO ROUND OF 16) ($35) US. Patent Dec. 2, 2014 Sheet 4 0f 17 US 8,904,436 B2
FIG. 4
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REQUEST TO PROVIDE PREFERRED BROADCAST CHANNEL INFORMATION IN REAL TIME AND REQUEST FOR SEARCH BY SELECT BROADCAST CHANNEL LIST PROVIDING BROADCAST (SELECT ALL CHANNELS 0R / 13o CHANNEL-RELATED KEYWORD VIEWABLE CHANNELS ACCORDING (sss, K881, K882, mac. E83,...) T0 REGIONS) ($41) REMOTE UNIT
PROVIDE RESULT OF SNS SEARCH INCLUDING SELECTED BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED INFORMATION ($43)
/ S44 EXTRACT PREFERRED BROADCAST CHANNEL FROM RESULT OF SNS SEARCH ACCORDING TO CHANNELS
PROVIDE PREFERRED BROADCAST CHANNEL (1.885. 2. K88, 3. MBC...) (S45) US. Patent Dec. 2,2014 Sheet 5 0f 17 US 8,904,436 B2
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Armenian cave yields what may be world's oldest leather shoe
By Tom Watkins, CNN June 9, 2010 -- Updated 2131 GMT (0531 HKT)
The right—looted shoe probably belonged to a woman, archaeologists say. STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) -— Gel a kick out of this: Researchers reported Wednesday finding the world's oldest leather shoe in a cave in Armenia. The 5,500-year-old one—piece shoe antedates Stonehenge by a millennium and precedes every loafer, mukluk, wader, clog, bootee. stiletto, wingtip_ mule, Oxford and cross trainer anyone has ever seen, according to Ron Pinhasi, a lecturer in prehistoric archaeology at University College Cork in Irelandv
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REQUEST SNS SERVER TO SEARCH FOR PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED INFORMATION BY PROVIDING KEYWORD FOR IDENTIFYING BROADCAST “8121 CHANNEL TO SNS SERVER I ACQUIRE PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED "8122 INFORMATION I EXTRACT PREFERRED BROADCAST INFORMATION FROM PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL—RELATED INFORMATION “3123 I PROVIDE PREFERRED BROADCAST INFORMATION US. Patent Dec. 2, 2014 Sheet 15 0f 17 US 8,904,436 B2
FIG. 13
SELECT CHANNEL (AUTOMATICALLY OR BY USER) 8131 I REQUEST SNS SERVER TO SEARCH FOR PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL—RELATED INFORMATION BY __ S132 PROVIDING KEYWORD FOR IDENTIFYING BROADCAST CHANNEL TO SNS SERVER I ACOUIRE PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED __ S133 INFORMATION I EXTRACT BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION FROM __ $134 PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL—RELATED INFORMATION I PROVIDE BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION 8135 US. Patent Dec. 2, 2014 Sheet 16 0f 17 US 8,904,436 B2
FIG. 14
REGISTER INTERESTING BROADCAST TREND (AUTOMATICALLY OR BY USER) "$141 I REQUEST SNS SERVER TO SEARCH FOR PIECES OF BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION-RELATED INFORMATION BY PROVIDING KEYWORD FOR ——SI42 IDENTIFYING BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION TO SNS SERVER I ACOUIRE PIECES OF BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION—RELATED INFORMATION I PROVIDE PIECES OF BROADCAST TREND INFORMATION-RELATED INFORMATION ~3144 US. Patent Dec. 2, 2014 Sheet 17 0f 17 US 8,904,436 B2
FIG. 15
SELECT BROADCAST CHANNEL LIST (INCLUDING ALL CHANNELS OR VIEWABLE CHANNELS -— $151 ACCORDING TO REGIONS) I REQUEST SNS SERVER TO SEARCH FOR PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED INFORMATION ACCORDING TO BROADCAST CHANNELS BY PROVIDING KEYWORDS FOR -— 8152 IDENTIFYING BROADCAST CHANNELS IN BROADCAST CHANNEL LIST TO SNS SERVER I ACQUIRE PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED _ S153 INFORMATION I ANALYZE PREFERENCES OF BROADCAST CHANNELS FROM PIECES OF BROADCAST CHANNEL-RELATED INFORMATION, __ S1 54 AND EXTRACT PREFERRED BROADCAST CHANNEL BASED ON ANALYZED PREFERENCES I PROVIDE PREFERRED BROADCAST CHANNEL 8155 US 8,904,436 B2 1 2 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR information. The apparatus further includes a preferred PROVIDING PREFERRED BROADCAST broadcast information provider that provides the preferred INFORMATION broadcast information to the user. According to a further aspect of the present invention, a PRIORITY computer-readable recording medium is provided having embodied thereon a program for executing the method of This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §1 19(a) to providing preferred broadcast information. The method Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0084902, ?led on includes requesting that a SNS server search for pieces of Aug. 31, 2010 in the Korean Intellectual Property O?ice, the information in an SNS that are related to at least one broadcast disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. channel by providing at least one keyword that identi?es the at least one broadcast channel to the SNS server; acquiring the BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION pieces of information from the SNS server; extracting pre 1. Field of the Invention ferred broadcast information from the pieces of information; and providing the preferred broadcast information to the user The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for providing preferred broadcast information, and of the channel broadcasting apparatus. more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing at BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS least one of broadcast trend information and preferred broad cast channel information using a Social Networking Service The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the (SNS). 20 2. Description of the Related Art present invention will be more apparent from the following An Internet Protocol TeleVision (IPTV) broadcasting ser detailed description when taken in conjunction with the vice, which is also referred to as an Internet multimedia accompanying drawings, in which: broadcasting service, is provided through an IP network. The FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for provid IPTV broadcasting service may be combined with various 25 ing preferred broadcast information, according to an embodi Internet services such as, for example, Internet searching, ment of the present invention; movie viewing, online shopping, online banking, and online FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the system gaming. The IPTV broadcasting service can also provide of FIG. 1, according to an embodiment of the present inven two-way interactive services. tion; In the IPTV broadcasting service, only listings of current 30 FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the system broadcast programs or channels and basic data may be of FIG. 1 that provides broadcast trend information, accord accessed by using an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), or the ing to an embodiment of the present invention; like. Therefore, it is di?icult for a user of the IPTV broadcast FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the system ing service to be noti?ed of a hot trend, a hot issue, a hot topic, of FIG. 1 that provides preferred broadcast channel informa or a viewing preference of the current broadcast programs or 35 tion, according to an embodiment of the present invention; channels. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION providing preferred broadcast information, according to an embodiment of the present invention; The present invention has been made to address at least the 40 FIG. 6 is a detailed block diagram illustrating the apparatus above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least of FIG. 5, which provides broadcast trend information, the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the according to an embodiment of the present invention; present invention provides a method and apparatus for pro FIG. 7 is a detailed block diagram illustrating the apparatus viding preferred broadcast information, and a computer-read of FIG. 5, which provides preferred broadcast channel infor able recording medium having embodied thereon a program 45 mation, according to an embodiment of the present invention; for executing the method. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the appara According to an aspect of the present invention, a method tus of FIG. 6, according to an embodiment of the present is provided for providing preferred broadcast information to a invention; user of a channel broadcasting apparatus. An SNS server is FIGS. 9A through 9C illustrate an operation of the appa requested to search for pieces of information in the SNS that 50 ratus of FIG. 6, according to an embodiment of the present are related to at least one broadcast channel by providing at invention; least one keyword that identi?es the at least one broadcast FIG. 10 is a table showing an operation of the apparatus of channel to the SNS server. The pieces of information are FIG. 7, according to an embodiment of the present invention; acquired from the SNS server. Preferred broadcast informa FIG. 11 illustrates a screen of the apparatus of FIG. 7, tion is extracted from the pieces of information. The preferred 55 according to an embodiment of the present invention; broadcast information is provided to the user of the channel FIG. 12 is a ?owchart illustrating a method of providing broadcasting apparatus. preferred broadcast information, according to an embodi According to another aspect of the present invention, an ment of the present invention; apparatus is provided for providing preferred broadcast infor FIG. 13 is a ?owchart illustrating a method of providing mation to a user. The apparatus includes an SNS searcher that 60 broadcast trend information, according to an embodiment of requests an SNS server to search for pieces of information in the present invention; the SNS that are related to at least one broadcast channel by FIG. 14 is a ?owchart illustrating a method of tracking providing at least one keyword that identi?es the at least one broadcast trend information, according to an embodiment of broadcast channel to the SNS server, and acquires the pieces the present invention; and of information from the SNS server. The apparatus also 65 FIG. 15 is a ?owchart illustrating a method of providing includes a preferred broadcasting information extractor that real-time preferred broadcast channel information, according extracts preferred broadcast information from the pieces of to an embodiment of the present invention.