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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9746838 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2013

Method and apparatus for content management

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Cheolho Cheong, Seoul, KR;

Yoonjeong Choi, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Jefferson IP Law, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Usmaan Saeed

Assistant Examiner:

Brian E Weinrich

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G08C 25/00 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 17/30303 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0775 (2013.01); Y10S 707/913 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for content management are provided. The method and apparatus efficiently manage content so as to provide a convenient user interface in an electronic device supporting content playback, browsing and storage. The method includes obtaining attribute information of a content item from a storage device, registering the attribute information in a content database, determining content items to be played back by a content player using the attribute information registered in the content database, creating a content list on the basis of the determined content items, displaying the content list, and playing back a content item selected by a user from the content list.

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