US 12,316,918 B2
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling thereof
Gaeul Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Seokjae Oh, Suwon-si (KR); and Byoungho Yun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/405,229.
Application 18/405,229 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/016667, filed on Oct. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0152878 (KR), filed on Nov. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0163520 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4788 (2013.01) [G06F 40/40 (2020.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a communication interface;
a memory to store meta data corresponding, respectively, to a plurality of contents including a first content and a second content; and
at least one processor configured to:
acquire characteristic information corresponding to the first content and the second content, respectively, based on first content information of the first content and second content information of the second content received through the communication interface, provided the first content information of the first content and the second content information of the second content do not match each other;
provide a chatting room for the first content and the second content provided the first content and the second content are a same content based on the received first content information and the second content information, the acquired characteristic information, and the meta data stored in the memory,
wherein the meta data includes at least one of identification (ID) information or schedule information corresponding to the plurality of contents, respectively, the first content information and second content information including at least one of country type information or the ID information corresponding to the first content and the second content, respectively; and
the at least one processor is further configured to identify whether the first content information and the second content information are matched each other by comparing first country type information and first ID information, included in the first content information, with second country type information and second ID information, included in the second content information.