Patent ID: 9118946
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A contents sharing server for sharing contents using groups, the server comprising: an identifier generation unit configured to generate and assign at least one user identifier (ID) to a user; a group matching unit configured to match the at least one user identifier with at least one of a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups having at least one contents identifier for identifying at least one content to be shared within each of the plurality of groups; a request reception unit configured to receive a request including a contents identifier and at least one user identifier; an identifier determination unit configured to search at least one group matched with the at least one user identifier included in the request, and determine whether the searched group has the contents identifier that is included in the request; a contents access authority assignment unit configured to assign authority for accessing contents corresponding to the contents identifier included in the request, to a device if the searched group has the contents identifier that is included in the request; and a contents storage unit configured to match the at least one contents identifier with at least one of the at least one user identifier, and configured to store contents corresponding to the at least one contents identifier that is matched with the at least one of the at least one user identifier, wherein the generation of the at least one user ID is performed at the contents sharing server, and wherein the user belongs to at least two of the plurality of groups, wherein the user has a separate user ID for each of the at least two of the plurality of groups, and wherein the at least one content comprises at least one from among video and images.