Content providing system based on media playback apparatus
A content providing system based on a media playback apparatus capable of reading a content reception information stored in a storage media to provide a multimedia content to a user is disclosed. In accordance with the system, an advertisement or a promotion of a product is possible by distributing a storage media that holds a link to a content providing apparatus to consumers.
1. A content providing system comprising:
a content providing apparatus configured to store therein a plurality of multimedia contents including a plurality of scene resource data obtained by dividing a data application according to scenes, wherein the data application has a plurality of scenes for interactive service and is transmitted in a unit of the scene resource data, wherein each of the plurality of the scene resource data is configured for a scene-by-scene execution of the data application and includes an execution code that is independently executed scene-by-scene and a resource data; and
a media playback apparatus configured to establish a communication connection with the content providing apparatus based on content reception information read by the media playback apparatus from external storage media, which is external to and connected to the media playback apparatus, configured to receive one of the plurality of multimedia contents and to provide the received multimedia content by subjecting the received multimedia content to signal processing, and configured to receive and provide the scene resource data by executing the scene resource data which contains the execution code that is independently executed scene-by-scene,
wherein the media playback apparatus stores user identification information or device identification information of the media playback apparatus, and
wherein the content providing apparatus transmits one of the plurality of multimedia contents to the media playback apparatus by verifying the user identification information and the device identification information,
wherein the content providing apparatus classifies and stores the plurality of multimedia contents based on a user profile, and wherein one of the plurality of multimedia contents to be transmitted to the media playback apparatus is selected based on the user identification information,
wherein the content providing apparatus classifies and stores the plurality of multimedia contents based on a service providing area, and wherein one of the plurality of multimedia contents to be transmitted to the media playback apparatus is selected based on the device identification information.
2. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the content reception information includes network identification information of the content providing apparatus, and wherein the media playback apparatus establishes the communication connection with the content providing apparatus based on the network identification information.
3. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the content reception information includes authentication information,
wherein the media playback apparatus reads the authentication information and transmits the authentication information to the content providing apparatus, and
wherein the content providing apparatus transmits one of the plurality of multimedia contents to the media playback apparatus by verifying the authentication information.
4. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the content reception information includes receiver identification information,
wherein the media playback apparatus reads the receiver identification information and transmits the receiver identification information to the content providing apparatus, and
wherein the content providing apparatus transmits one of the plurality of multimedia contents to the media playback apparatus by verifying the receiver identification information.
5. The system in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the content providing apparatus classifies and stores the plurality of multimedia contents based on a user profile, and wherein one of the plurality of multimedia contents to be transmitted to the media playback apparatus is selected based on the receiver identification information.
6. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the content providing apparatus maintains a list of the plurality of multimedia contents provided according to a time for providing the plurality of multimedia contents, and wherein one of the plurality of multimedia contents to be transmitted to the media playback apparatus is selected based on the list.
7. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the content reception information includes identification information of one of the plurality of multimedia contents, and wherein one of the plurality of multimedia contents to be transmitted to the media playback apparatus is selected based on the identification information.
8. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the storage media includes disk media, and
wherein the media playback apparatus provides the multimedia content stored in the disk media by subjecting the multimedia content stored in the disk media to the signal processing.
9. The system in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the disk media supports one of a DVD specification, a Blu-ray specification and a HD-DVD specification.
10. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the storage media stores a user interface program, and
wherein the media playback apparatus executes the user interface program and receives the selected multimedia content from the content providing apparatus based on a user input received through user interface program.
11. The system in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the resource data included in the scene resource data comprises a background image, an image of a button of the user interface, and a text data.