Patent ID: 9185349
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication terminal comprising: a video data reception unit configured to receive video data that includes an object; a display unit configured to display video corresponding to the video data received by the video data reception unit; an indication input unit configured to receive an indication input to the display unit; an indication recognition unit configured to recognize whether the indication input corresponds to video displayed on the display unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit search data to a search server when the indication recognition unit recognizes that the indication input corresponds to the video, wherein the search data includes: (i) indicated coordinate information corresponding to a coordinate on the video based on a location of the indication input, wherein the indicated coordinate information is based on a coordinate system of the video data displayed on the display unit or a coordinate system of the display unit of the communication terminal that displays the video data and (ii) indication timing information corresponding to a predetermined time stamp of the video data based on a time of the indication input; an indication form determination unit configured to determine an indication form drawn by a locus of indicated coordinates of continuous indications to the video, wherein: (a) if the indication form determination unit determines that the indication form is a circle, the search data further includes: or (b) if the indication form determination unit determines that the indication form is a line, the search data further includes at least: wherein the search server uses the search data to search for and obtain object data relating to the object displayed on the display unit, which includes attribute information of the object displayed on the display unit; an object data reception unit configured to receive the object data; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the object data received by the object data reception unit.