System and method of acquiring contents

摘要

A method of acquiring contents between a client terminal and a local server, the method including the client terminal photographing or recording partial information of predetermined contents according to an input of a user, the client terminal transmitting the partial information of contents to a predetermined local server, the local server analyzing the partial information of contents and retrieving contents or content-related information corresponding to the partial information of contents, and the local server transmitting the retrieved contents or content-related information to the client terminal.

主权项

1. A method of acquiring contents between a client terminal and two or more local servers, the client terminal comprising a camera and/or a recorder, the method comprising:
photographing and/or recording partial information of the contents displayed or replayed by at least one of the two or more local servers via an output unit according to an input of a user instructing the photographing and/or the recording, using the camera and/or the recorder of the client terminal; determining whether the client terminal knows a local server that is providing the contents among the local servers; transmitting the partial information of the contents to the local server via a local area network (LAN) in response to the client terminal knowing the local server that is providing the contents; broadcasting the partial information of the contents to the local servers via the LAN in response to the client terminal not knowing which of the local servers is providing the contents, the local server or the local servers analyzing the partial information of the contents, using Moving Pictures Experts Group 7 (MPEG 7), and the local server or the local servers retrieving, from respective databases, the contents and/or content-related information that correspond to a result of the analyzing of a scene of a movie and/or a portion of music or a sound effect; and receiving the retrieved contents and/or content-related information from the local server or at least one of the local servers via the LAN, wherein the photographing, or the recording, or the transmitting, or the receiving, or any combination thereof is performed by a processor.