Patent Publication Number: US-7222162-B2

Title: Contents downloading system and method thereof

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
   This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 2001-42489, filed Jul. 13, 2001, in the Korean Industrial Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to a contents downloading system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a contents downloading system and a method of downloading the contents a user wants to a detachable media device through a communication network. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
   As the Internet has spread broadly, more people are obtaining information through the Internet. For example, the Internet now provides a variety of contents like MP3 music files or Ebooks, etc. Following the trend, the demand for a player reproducing a specific type of contents, e.g., a digital convergence disk player, MP3 player, etc., has been continuously growing. 
     FIG. 1  is a flowchart of a conventional procedure for downloading contents through the Internet. 
   According to  FIG. 1 , if a user wants to download any contents through the Internet, the user should run a web browser (for example, Explorer, Netscape, or Soribada, etc.) first and access a website that provides the corresponding contents (S 100 ). After connecting to the website, the user searches and tries to find the contents the user desires to download (S 110 ). When the user finds the contents after accessing the website, the user downloads the contents to a computer (S 120 ), which the user owns. When all the above operations are completed, the contents are stored in the computer of the user, thereby the user saves the contents into an external device (S 130 ). 
   However, such a method, as above-described, is generally uncomfortable and complicated because the user must drive the web browser each time he downloads some contents. Further, whether or not the user knows exactly where the contents are in the website does not matter because the user must complete the above operations regardless of whether the user knows a location of the content. In particular, when the user frequently visits a specific website (for example, a site that provides a song of a singer which the user favors), the user still has to complete a registration form and input the same information repeatedly using either a mouse or a keyboard. 
   Besides, if the user wishes to download the contents to a device with a unique identifier like a DCDP (Digital Convergence Disk Player), the user must connect to the web site that provides the contents necessary for the DCDP and download the desired contents to the computer of the user, and then save the contents into an external device again. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   Accordingly, a contents downloading system and method thereof is provided, in which a user can directly access desired content to download, without a requirement to go through a series of procedures, such as an operation of a web browser or searching the content of a web site. 
   Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. 
   To achieve the above and other objects, a contents downloading system, includes: a server device providing contents; a media device playing/recording the contents or receiving and transmitting data; and a user terminal device connected to the media device and transmitting a device identifier received from the media device to the server device to download a content corresponding to the device identifier of the media device from the server device, and transmitting the content to the media device. 
   The server device may include: a database unit saving the content; an authentication unit performing an authentication operation on the device identifier that has been transmitted; a storage unit saving an environment to download for the device identifier; and an operation unit searching the content corresponding to the device identifier from the database, and transmitting the content to the user terminal device if the device identifier transmitted from the authentication unit has been authenticated. 
   The server device may further include a counting unit managing a possible download frequency of the identical content downloaded to the media device corresponding to the device identifier. When the user downloads identical content within the possible download frequency limit designated by the device identifier, an operation unit of the server device deducts the possible download frequency limit, and if a request to download the identical content exceeds the possible download frequency from the media device corresponding to the device identifier, the server device does not allow the downloading. 
   The user terminal device may include a telecommunication unit transmitting and receiving data with the server device; a connection unit connected to the media device receiving the device identifier from the media device; and a control unit transmitting the device identifier received from the connection unit to the server device through the telecommunication unit. Thus, a user can automatically connect to the web site corresponding to the device identifier by using the device identifier received from the media device. 
   The user terminal device may further include a detection unit detecting the connection status of the media device. The content downloading device, therefore, can more actively detect the connection status of the media device. 
   Further, the user terminal device is provided with a user interface for inputting an environment to download from the user, and outputs at least part of the content downloaded from the server device. A control unit then transmits the environment to download that has been inputted by the user to the server device through the telecommunication unit. Accordingly, by transmitting the environment to download that has been inputted by the user through the input unit to the server device, and then the user can download a particular content the user desires at any time. 
   Moreover, the control unit transmits the content selected by the user among other contents downloaded to the media device through the connection unit. Hence, the user is able to survey the downloaded content that is outputted through the user interface, and the user can save desired contents into a storage device in the media device. 
   The media device comprises: an engine unit performing recordation of data in a disk, reading out the data from the disk, and transmitting the device identifier recorded therein; and a host controlling the engine unit, transmitting the device identifier to the server device through the user terminal device by connecting to the user terminal device, and receiving the content. 
   The engine unit may comprise: a DCD deck unit, to which the disk is inserted, recording data in the disk and/or reading out the data from the disk; a DCD servo driving the DCD deck unit; a buffer temporarily saving the data to be recorded and played in case the data is recorded in the disk and played later; an engine memory saving code values of commands that are shared with the disk and/or the host, data to control the engine unit, and a device identifier; an engine control unit controlling the DCD deck unit when the disk is inserted, and outputting a control command to transmit the device identifier to the user terminal device when the media device is connected to the user terminal device; and an engine interface transmitting and receiving the control command and data with the host. 
   The host may comprise: a digital signal process unit, connected to the engine interface, controlling a record/read out operation of data by accessing the engine unit, controlling a play operation of the read out data, controlling transmission operation of the device identifier, and control the media device for a proper process of play/record of a file according to characteristics of the data; a memory saving record time data and directory data of a file that are received from the disk; an interface unit transmitting and receiving the data from the user terminal device; and an audio output unit outputting an audio data played from the disk, and outputting messages generated by the digital signal process unit. 
   The contents downloading method includes: receiving a device identifier from a detachable/attachable media device; transmitting the device identifier to a server device that provides contents; and receiving the selected content based on the device identifier from the server device. Since the system of an embodiment of the present invention enables a user to connect to a specific web site according to the device identifier that is transmitted from the media device, the user does not have to complete a series of operations to download the desired content. 
   Following receiving a device identifier operation, a web browser corresponding to the device identifier is operated, and connected to the server device. Since the web browser is operated according to the device identifier received, the user does not have to carry out extra operations to drive the web browser. 
   One operation can be provided prior to the receiving a device identifier operation by transmitting the environment to download from the user to the server device that provides contents. By the user setting up the environment to download desired contents by connecting to the server device that provides the contents before connecting to the media device, the user can download of the desired contents more precisely. Further, the connection status of the media device can be detected prior to receiving a device identifier operation by actively checking a connection state. 
   The contents the user selected are then transmitted to the media device. After that, among other downloaded contents, the content the user desired to save into the media device is properly saved in the storage device equipped in the media device. 
   The receiving the selected contents based on the device identifier from the server device may further comprise: setting a limit on a possible download frequency against further downloads of the identical contents with a designated device identifier. Accordingly, the system of the present invention, while checking the device identifier of each media device, can count the download frequency of the identical contents so that the identical contents can be prevented from being downloaded too often. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which: 
       FIG. 1  is a flow chart illustrating a contents downloading method through the Internet according to a conventional method; 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating a contents downloading system according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a digital convergence disk player (DCDP) recording data in a digital convergence disk (DCD) or playing data that are recorded in the DCD; 
       FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a register unit in an engine unit of the DCDP; 
       FIG. 5  is a plane view showing one side of the DCD according to a recording part; and 
       FIG. 6  is a flow chart illustrating a contents downloading method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
   Reference will now made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below in order to explain the present invention by referring to the figures. 
     FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating a contents downloading system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
   Referring to  FIG. 2 , the contents downloading system  10  includes a server device  100 , a user terminal device  200  and a media device  300 . The server device  100  and the user terminal device  200  are connected to each other via a communication network  400 . 
   The server device  100  includes a database unit  120  storing the contents, an authentication unit  140  authenticating a device identifier received, a storage unit  150  storing data on a registration status of the device identifier, a possible download frequency corresponding to the device identifier and/or an environment to download, and an operation unit  110  transmitting contents, which correspond to the device identifier as a result of searching the contents in the database unit  120 , to the user terminal device  200 , when the authentication unit  140  authenticates the device identifier. 
   Upon a receipt of a device identifier of the media device  300  from the user terminal device  200  through the communication network  400 , the operation unit  110  outputs a control signal to the authentication unit  140  to conduct an authentication operation upon the device identifier transmitted. According to the control signal inputted by the operation unit  110 , the authentication unit  140  authenticates the corresponding device identifier if a record exists that the subject device identifier has been properly registered. The operation unit  110  then searches the environment to download that is stored in the storage unit  150 , and transmits the contents corresponding to the device identifier to the user terminal device  200  according to the authentication result. 
   The server device  100  may further include a counting unit  130  managing a download frequency of the identical contents on the media device  300  corresponding to the device identifier that is transmitted. In such a case, the possible download frequency designated to the media device  300 , which is represented by device identifier, may be stored into the storage unit  150 . 
   The operation unit  110  receives the device identifier from the user terminal device  200 , and when a request for a download of specific contents occurs, the operation unit  110  requests the download frequency for a transmission of the identical contents corresponding to the device identifier up to the present from the counting unit  130 . Meanwhile, the counting unit  130  includes information on the number of times a transmission of the identical contents corresponding to the device identifier occurs, and the counting unit  130  outputs the frequency to the operation unit  110 , as requested. Further, if the user terminal device  200 , corresponding to the same device identifier, repeatedly requests to download the contents that has already been downloaded, the counting unit  130  counts the download frequency of the contents. 
   For example, if a possible download frequency of the identical contents is set at 3, and the media device  300  already received the 3 downloads corresponding to the identical contents, the counting unit  130  notifies the operation unit  110  that no more downloading of the corresponding identical contents is possible. The operation unit  110  then transmits a message such as “Exceeded the maximum download frequency” to the user terminal device  200 , thereby informing the user that the user cannot download the contents any more. Further, when the operation unit  110  repeatedly receives a request for the download of the identical contents from the user, the operation unit  110  transmits the remaining possible download frequency to the user terminal device  200 . 
   In the contents downloading system, the user terminal device  200  can be used as a communicable computer, a PDA, or even a cellular phone. The contents downloading system includes a control unit  210 , a communication unit  220 , a web browser driving unit  230 , a connection unit  240 , a detection unit  250 , a user interface unit  260 , and a storage unit  270 . The user terminal device  200 , when used as the computer by the user, will be now explained. Further, the media device  300  can be used as a DCDP (Digital Convergence Disk Player), or an MP3. The following illustrates the case that the media device  300  is used as the DCDP. In such case, the storage device  500 , as shown in  FIG. 5 , installed in the media device  300  is a DCD. 
   The communication unit  220  is connected to the communication network  400 , such as the Internet, and transmits data to and receives data from the server device  100 . The server device  100  connected to the communication unit  220  may be a web server, but may further provide optional information like an FTP server. 
   A web browser driving unit  230  drives a web browser, for example, Explorer, Netscape, etc., and connects to the server device  100  corresponding to the device identifier of an individual DCDP media device  300 . Each device identifier of the DCDP media device  300  is stored in the storage unit  270  of the personal computer  200 , and the IP address of a corresponding server device to each device identifier is linked in the form of bookmarks. When the control unit  210  receives the device identifier from the DCDP media device  300 , the control unit  210  outputs a command signal commanding the web browser driving unit  230  to drive the web browser. The web browser driving unit  230  then drives according to a control signal that is inputted, and connects to the server device  100  having the corresponding device identifier to the device identifier received. 
   The connection unit  240  is one of configuration elements, the connection unit  240  being connected to the detachable DCDP media device  300 . The connection unit  240  can be either a parallel port or a serial port, for example, a universal serial bus (USB). The connection unit  240  transmits/receives data between the user terminal  200  and DCDP media device  300 . Further, the connection unit  240  can include a bluetooth chip that transmits/receives data via wireless communications between the personal computer  200  and the DCDP media device  300 . 
   The detection unit  250  detects the connection status of the DCDP media device  300 . The detection unit  250  can be used as a voltage sensor, as a connector (not shown) of the DCDP media device  300 , which is connected to the connection unit  240 , or as a separate stand-alone sensor. The detection unit may be incorporated into the software, as well. 
   When the connection unit  240  includes the bluetooth chip, the detection unit  250  can be configured on the bluetooth chip. In such a case, the detection unit  250  allows the personal computer  200  to make address inquiries and call actions to set up a wireless communication environment, and also allows the DCDP media device  300  to respond to inquiries about addresses and calls. 
   The user interface unit  260  outputs at least parts of the contents downloaded from the server device  100 , and to which, the environment to select or download the contents to be saved into the DCDP media device  300  is inputted by the user. The user may search a list of the downloaded contents or read the downloaded contents through the user interface unit  260 , may select the contents desired to be saved into the DCDP media device  300  among the downloaded contents, or may input the environment to transmit to the server device  100 . 
   The control unit  210  controls operations of each of the configuration elements, and upon the receipt of the device identifier of the DCDP media device  300  through the connection unit  240 , the control unit transmits the device identifier to the server device  100  through the communication unit  220 . Further, the control unit  210  outputs a control signal to the storage unit  270  to store the contents that are transmitted from the server device  100  through the communication unit  220 , or transmits the contents to the DCDP media device  300 . The storage unit  270  can be used as a self-equipped storage medium, such as a hard disk, or a separate storage medium such as a floppy disk. 
     FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustration a schematic configuration of the DCDP media device  300  recording data in the DCD or playing data that are recorded in the DCD. 
   With reference to  FIG. 3 , the DCDP media device  300  includes an engine unit  310  and a host  350 . 
   The engine unit  310  is a DCD driver recording and reading out data on a DCD  500 . The host  350  is connected to the engine unit  310 , and controls the engine unit  310 . The host  350  can be connected to the personal computer  200  and thereby control the engine unit  310 . 
   The engine unit  310  includes a DCD deck unit  315 , a DCD servo  320 , a buffer  325 , an engine memory  330 , an engine control unit  340 , and an engine interface  345 . When the DCD is inserted to the engine unit  310 , the DCD deck unit is controlled by the engine control unit  340  and the DCD deck unit records and plays the data on the DCD  500 . The engine control unit  340  transmits and receives data with a digital signal processor (DSP)  355  of the host  350  through the engine interface unit  345 . The DCD servo unit  320  drives the DCD deck unit  315  under the control of the engine control unit  340 . Under the control of the engine control unit  340 , the DCD deck unit  315  reads out the data from the DCD  500 . 
   The buffer  325 , when the data on the DCD  500  are recorded and played, stores the data temporarily, and the buffer  325  can be an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory). The engine memory  330  stores all commands that are shared with the DCD  500 , the engine unit  310  and the host  350 , and stores data for control, and uses flash memory (flash RAM). The engine control unit  340  controls the DCD deck unit  315 , the DCD servo  320  and the buffer  325 . The engine interface  345  provides an interface between the engine unit  310  and the host  350 . 
   The host  350  includes the DSP  355 , a power supply unit  360 , a memory  365 , an interface  370 , an audio output unit  375 , an audio input unit  380 , a key input unit  385 , and a battery residual quantity detection unit  390 . 
   The DSP  355  connects to the engine interface  345  and accesses the engine unit  310  to record and read out the data, and controls the operation of playing the data read and controls the DCDP media device  300 . Moreover, the DSP  355  controls the DCDP  300  making the process of data files to be properly played/recorded in accordance with the characteristic of the data that are read out in a file unit. 
   The power supply unit  360  includes a main battery (not shown), and a backup battery (not shown). The main battery supplies power driving the DCDP media device  300 . The backup battery supplies power restoring the data remaining in the memory  365  to the DCD  500  after power to the DCDP media device  300  is turned off. The battery residual quantity detection unit  390  detects the remaining charge of the main battery and sends a result to the DSP  355 . 
   The memory  365 , under the control of the DSP  355 , receives recording time information data and directory information of recorded files from the DCD, and stores the recording time information data and the directory information of the recorded files. 
   The interface unit  370  is the interface between the DCDP media device  300  and the personal computer  200 . Including the universal serial bus (USB), the interface can be a parallel port or a serial port. The interface unit  370  can be a wireless interface device such as the bluetooth chip. The interface unit  370  transmits the data between the DCDP media device  300  and the personal computer  200 . 
   The audio output unit  375  outputs the audio data reproduced from the DCD  500 , and every kind of message that is generated from DSP  355 . The audio input unit  380  processes a voice command inputted from the user and transmits the processed command to the DSP  355 . The user can input the command through a key input unit  385  to the DCDP media device  300  as well. 
   The engine unit  310  includes a register unit  335  with four registers.  FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the register unit  355  equipped in the engine unit  310  of the DCDP media device  300 . With reference to  FIG. 4 , the register unit  335  includes a control register  335   a , a status register  335   b , a byte counter register  335   c , and a data register  335   d . Each register  335   a – 335   d  is used for the communication with the host  350 . The host  350  selects one register in the register unit  335  to access in accordance with an address bit being 2 bits (DPI_ADD0 and DPI_ADD1). The host  350  performs the recording operation on the control register  335   a , and the engine unit  310  performs the readout operation. 
   The control register  335   a  has a function control and interface interrupt enable/disable values that are recorded by the host  350 . The host  350  performs only the readout operation, and the engine unit  310  performs the recording and the readout operations on the status register  335   b . The status register  335   b  possesses the status data and the cause of interrupt data. Meanwhile, the host  350  and the engine unit  310 , respectively, performs both recording and readout operations on the byte counter register  335   c , with the exception that the host  350  can only perform the recording operation on the byte counter register  335   c  when a busy bit of the status register  335   b  is clear, and if the data bit of the status register  335   b  is set, the host  350  reads out return valid information from the byte counter register  335   c.    
   The byte counter register  335   c  includes a byte counter for transmission of a next command, data or a status phase. The host  350  and the engine unit  310  perform both recording and readout operations on the data register  335   d , with the exception that the host  350  records the data in the data register  335   d  to transmit the data to the engine unit  310  during a command phase and a data read out phase, while the host  350  reads out the data register  335   d  to transmit the data from the engine unit  310  during a status phase and a data read in phase. 
   There exist four layers between the host  350  and the engine unit  310 , for example, a physical layer which connects the host  350  and the engine unit  310  physically, a data link layer which defines a usage method of data exchange, a command layer which records commands relative to the data on the DCD  500  to control the data accessed by the engine unit  310 , and an application layer which includes a file data/meta data mapping and a user interface. By providing a connection status of the four layers between the host  350  and the engine unit  310 , the file data/meta data recorded in the DCD  500  operated by the engine unit  310  can improve transmission to the host  350  to be processed. 
     FIG. 5  is a plane view showing one side of the DCD  500  according to a recording part. 
   Referring to  FIG. 5 , the DCD  500  has a circular plate shape, and from the center of the plate to the outward direction, the DCD  500  is divided into a hole part  510 , a unique number recording part  520 , a data recording part  530 , and a file system recording part  540 . 
   The hole part  510  is formed in the center of the DCD  500 , and the hole part  510  keeps the DCD  500  from severely shaking while in rotation. The unique number recording part  520  of the DCD  500  surrounds a certain designated range of the hole part  510 , thereby providing a ring-like shape. Each unique number given to every DCD  500  is recorded in the unique number recording part  520  to distinguish each of the DCDs  500  from one another. Further, the unique number recording part  520  includes information distinguishing one side of the DCD  500  from the other side, which is possible because of the property of the DCD  500 , a double-side recordable PhotoRecord medium. The data recording part  530  can include, for example, music data, document data and picture data, and occupies most of the DCD capacity. 
   The file system recording part  540  surrounds an outer part of the DCD  500  thereby producing a ring-like shape. The file system recording part  540  includes data on every file recorded in the data recording part  530  including file system data and directory data. The file system data indicates a file size of the file recorded in the data recording part  530  of the DCD  500 , a file name, a recording date and a recording time, a file format, directory data on the recorded data and a final correction date and a final correction, time, etc. The directory data indicates a space to save relevant files in a group. Irrelevant files are saved in another directory so that the relevant and irrelevant files do not co-mingle with each other. 
     FIG. 6  is a flow chart illustrating a contents downloading method in accordance with the present invention. 
   With reference to  FIG. 6 , using the personal computer  200 , the user connects to the server device  100  that provides contents. Then the user inputs the environment to download including the device identifier, a field of the content the user desires to download, etc. (S 600 ). At this time, the personal computer  200  should be connected to the DCDP media device  300 , where the DCDP media device  300  transmits the device identifier that is stored in the engine memory  330  to the personal computer  200 . Therefore, the user does not input the device identifier, but the DCDP media device  300  transmits the device identifier to the server device  100  via the personal computer  200 . The control unit  210  in the personal computer  200  then transmits the environment to download, which the user inputted to the server device  100  through the communication unit  400 . 
   The operation of inputting the environment to download takes place when the user first connects to the server device  100  providing contents on the corresponding DCDP media device  300 . Meanwhile, the user can change the environment to download after the user connected to the server device  100 . The environment to download is stored in the storage unit  150  of the server device  100 . Besides the environment described above, the storage unit  150  stores the necessary information to download contents on the DCDP media device  300 , such as, information on the registration status of the device identifier and the possible download frequency of the device identifier, etc. 
   After operation (S 600 ) completing the registration of the device identifier, when the contents from the server device  100  is downloaded, and the DCDP media device  300  is connected to the connection unit  240 , the device identifier stored in the DCDP media device  300  is transmitted to the user personal computer  200  through the connection unit  240  (S 610 ). At this time, the detection unit  250  ensures that the DCDP media device  300  is properly connected, and the control unit  210  reads out the device identifier saved in the DCDP media device  300 . The operation S 610 , as described above, is not carried out for the first registration of the DCDP media device  300 . 
   However, to transmit the device identifier at a time of connecting the DCDP media device  300  to the personal computer  200  is possible. In such a case, the host  350  equipped in the DCDP media device  300  outputs the command (DICMD_DEVICE_INFO) to the engine unit  310  for transmission of the device identifier. Upon the receipt of the transmission command of the device identifier from the host  350 , the engine unit  310  reads out the device identifier that is stored in the engine memory  330  and transmits the device identifier to the host  350 . Table 1 is an example of data structures in the engine memory. In Table 1, EngineNum is a device identifier. 
   
     
       
         
             
             
             
             
             
           
             
                 
             
             
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               Device Type 
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               0 x 01 
               Device form 
             
             
               1 
               Reserved 1 
               U8  
               0 x 00 
               Pad 
             
             
               2 
               Reserved 2 
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               Pad 
             
             
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               Reserved 3 
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               Pad 
             
             
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               Device ID 
               String &lt;20&gt; 
                 
               Indicate engine 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               ID as ASCII 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
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               Firmware 
               String &lt;8&gt;  
                 
               Firmware version 
             
             
               32–33 
               Packet Size 
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               Current packet 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               size 
             
             
               34–35 
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               U16 
                 
               Maximum packet 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               size 
             
             
               36–37 
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               Command set 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               version number 
             
             
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               String &lt;2&gt;  
                 
               Current Skip Up 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               Current Limit 
             
             
               40–43 
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               U32 
                 
               Reading speed 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               of Host 
             
             
               44–47 
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               U32 
                 
               Writing speed of 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
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               Present time on 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               the standard of 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               Jan. 1, 1970. 
             
             
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               54–73 
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               String &lt;20&gt; 
                 
               Unique number 
             
             
                 
                 
                 
                 
               of an Engine 
             
             
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   If the connection unit  240  is the bluetooth chip, the detection unit  250  allows the personal computer  200  to make the address inquiry operation and the call operation, or has the media device  300  respond to the address inquiry operation and the call operation and the detection unit  250  can be installed in the connection unit  240 . 
   The control unit  210  transmits the device identifier that has been transmitted through the connection unit  240  to the server device  100  through the communication unit  220  (S 620 ). The personal computer  200  may contain at least one device identifier and an IP address of the server device corresponding to each device identifier. In such a case, the control unit  210 , upon receiving the device identifier through the connection unit  240 , transmits the device identifier to the server device with the IP address corresponding to the device identifier and the web browser driving unit  230  drives the web browser according to the device identifier. 
   The operation unit  110  of the server device  100  confirms whether the possible download frequency for the identical contents of the device identifier transmitted is set up (S 630 ). If the possible download frequency is set up, the operation unit  110  inquires from the counting unit  130  whether the download frequency for the identical contents is less than the designated possible download frequency (S 640 ). 
   When the possible download frequency is not set up, or the download frequency for the identical content is less than the designated possible download frequency, the server device  100  transmits the contents corresponding to the device identifier transmitted to the personal computer  200  in accordance with the environment to download (S 650 ). However, if the download frequency for the content is equal to or greater than the possible download frequency, the server device  100  does not permit any download for the subject contents (S 690 ). 
   The control unit  210  of the personal computer  200  outputs a control signal to store the contents transmitted into the storage unit  270  (S 660 ). At this time, the user can decide whether or not to save the downloaded content into the DCDP media device  300  (S 650 ). Meanwhile, the control unit  210  can choose to save the contents into the storage unit  270  in accordance with the designated status of the environment to download, or to transmit the contents directly to the DCDP media device  300  without saving. 
   In the case that the downloaded contents are designated to be saved in the DCDP media device  300 , the control unit  210  transmits the contents, which the user selected, to the DCDP media device  300  through the connection unit  240 , and the host of the DCDP media device  300  stores the transmitted contents into the DCD  500  that is inserted in the engine unit  310 , where the engine unit  310  records the transmitted contents in the DCD  500  (S 680 ). 
   Thus far, only the media device  300  using the DCDP has been explained. However, the media device can be any type of media device with a unique device identifier, such as an MP3 player, or an Ebook. 
   According to the contents downloading system and the method thereof in the present invention, the user can download any contents the user desires by the environment to download the contents the user previously designated, without completing unnecessary procedures, for example, operating the web browser, web surfing, or selecting the contents the user desires to download, by connecting simultaneously to a detachable media device and to a web site based on the device identifier transmitted from the media device. 
   Further, since a media device like the DCDP, the MP3 player or the Ebook has a respective file format necessary for the device in general, the user can be automatically connected to the web site that provides the contents required for each media device according to the device identifier of the media device as the user connects to the media device, which greatly helps the user to download more conveniently. Furthermore, designating the same possible download frequency for the media devices with the identical device identifier, the media device having a single device identifier can download the identical contents within the range of the designated frequency. 
   Although a few preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in this embodiment without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.