APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC CREATION AND MANAGING OF CONTENTS INFORMATION FOR UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY AV SERVER AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A device and a method for automatically generating/managing for content information in a UPnP A/V server are provided to efficiently collect and automatically classify content list information of each device, reconfigure the content list information according to user's taste, and automatically recognize and update items of the content information changed by an external application. A user interface(301) registers the content information by receiving input from the user and forms a list of registered contents. A content information manager(302) manages the registered contents and generates a content tree based on the registered content information. A DIDL(Digital Item Declaration Language) generation manager(303) forms a DOM(Document Object Model) tree from the content tree and generates a DIDL document by using DOM tree information. The user interface includes a content tree view displaying folders storing the registered contents, a content list view displaying the list of the contents stored in the selected folder, and a menu tool bar including a view setting menu.