Patent ID: 9306984
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A continuous contents reproduction service providing server for continuously providing contents to a plurality of devices, the continuous contents reproduction service providing server comprising: a device manager configured to store identification information of a first device, among the plurality of devices, and identification information of a second device, among the plurality of devices, associated with the first device; a processor having a service interruption monitoring unit configured to determine whether a reproducing of contents in the first device is interrupted based on service interruption information received from the first device; a continuous reproduction information message transceiver configured to, in response to the service interruption monitoring unit determining that the reproducing of contents in the first device is interrupted, determine the second device as another device to which continuous reproduction of the contents is to be suggested and as associated with the first device from the identification information of the second device previously stored by the device manager, generate a continuous reproduction information message of the contents when the service interruption monitoring unit determines that the reproducing of the contents is interrupted, and transmit the generated continuous reproduction information message to the second device determined as another device to which continuous reproduction of the contents is to be suggested and as associated with the first device; a continuous reproduction manager configured to receive, from the second device in response to the transmitted continuous reproduction information message, a request for a continuous reproduction service of the contents and to determine, in response to the received request, whether to continuously provide the contents to the second device; and a contents provider configured to provide the contents to the second device based on the determination of the continuous reproduction manager.