Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090100457 | Apparatus and method for managing customized channel in IP-based broadcasting services - Provided are an apparatus and method for managing customized channels in Internet Protocol (IP)-based broadcasting services. The apparatus includes: a monitored channel selection message receiver receiving a monitored channel selection message from a group manager of a viewing group consisting of customized channels that provide broadcast programs in real time according to a broadcast program list set by each viewer, wherein the monitored channel selection message contains information about a channel selected to be monitored by the group manager among the customized channels in the viewing group; a monitored channel provider transmitting a broadcast program being provided in real time over the channel selected to be monitored to the group manager; and a harmful channel blocking unit forcedly terminating the transmission of the broadcast program over the monitored channel upon receipt of a harm determination message notifying that the broadcast program being provided over the monitored channel is harmful from the group manager. The apparatus and method allow easy management of customized channels by blocking broadcast programs harmful to viewers over customized channels and providing the viewers with broadcast programs according to a preset schedule. | 04-16-2009 |
20090106106 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving IP-based two-way advertisement - Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving a two-way advertisement. The method is performed separately from a broadcasting being received by a client. When the client calls for the two-way advertisement, an Internet Protocol (IP)-based two-way advertisement receiving apparatus of the client requests and receives the two-way advertisement from an IP-based two-way advertisement server; stores the two-way advertisement in an advertisement storage unit, wherein the two-way advertisement is transmitted from the IP-based two-way advertisement server which refers to an advertisement area code included in the two-way advertisement and transmits the two-way advertisement by using a multicast group address corresponding to the advertisement area code; and displays the two-way advertisement on a screen of a client using terminal of the client. In the case where the client receives a summary advertisement and desires to obtain more detailed information, the client can receive a detailed advertisement and order a product via the screen. | 04-23-2009 |
20090116848 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MANCHESTER ENCODED SIGNAL REMODULATION - An optical communication system and method using Manchester encoded signal remodulation are provided. The optical communication system includes a transmitter generating and transmitting a Manchester encoded optical signal including a first data stream, and a receiver receiving an optical signal obtained by dividing power of the Manchester encoded optical signal into two parts and modulating one of the two parts to include a second data stream, and recovering the second data stream. In two-way communication, the optical communication system and method allow one party to generate and transmit a Manchester encoded signal (i.e., a downstream signal) to the other party and allow the other party to generate an upstream signal by modulating the optical power of the downstream signal without using a light source. | 05-07-2009 |
20090150936 | IP-based integrated customized broadcast service system and method - An Internet protocol (IP)-based integrated customized broadcast service system and method are provided. The IP-based integrated customized broadcast service system includes: a subscriber schedule table providing server generating a subscriber schedule table matching with a time when a user desires to be provided with a broadcast program or IP-based content; and a broadcast server transmitting the broadcast program to the user who desires to be provided with the broadcast program or converting the IP-based content to a broadcast service format that can be watched by the user and transmitting the converted IP-based content to the user who desires to be provided with the IP-based content according to the subscriber schedule table. Accordingly, video on demand (VoD) content, user created content (UCC), and proteur created content (PCC) can be used for broadcasting, so that a variety of broadcast programs can be configured. | 06-11-2009 |
20090269051 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL OUTPUT POWER AND PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided are an optical output power control method that provides optical communication without harming the human body even when a transmission line is cut or no optical network unit (ONU) accesses a communication system, and a passive optical network (PON) system using the method. In the method, an optical signal having a predetermined period is transmitted when an optical communication system is in an abnormal state, wherein the predetermined period includes a laser-on time interval in which the optical signal has a normal power level and a laser-off time interval in which the optical signal is off or has a power level lower than the normal power level, so that the optical communication system performs optical communication without harming the human body even during the abnormal state. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269066 | Single-Unit Integrated Transceiver Having Pump Source and Transceiver Module Using the Same - Provided are a sing-unit integrated transceiver having a pump source and a transceiver module using the transceiver. The single-unit integrated transceiver includes: an optical transmitter converting an input electric signal into a downstream optical signal; an optical receiver converting a received upstream optical signal into an electric signal; the pump source amplifying the downstream or upstream optical signal using a gain medium positioned in an optical transmission line to amplify an output optical signal; a convergence unit arranging or converging the downstream and upstream optical signals to/from the optical transmission line; and a multiplexing and/or a demultiplexing filter, the multiplexing filter positioned on an optical path between the optical transmitter/pump source and the convergence unit, and multiplexing the downstream optical signal and the amplified optical signal to pass to the convergence unit, the demultiplexing filter positioned on an optical path between the convergence unit and the optical receiver and demultiplexing the upstream optical signal to pass to the optical receiver. | 10-29-2009 |
20100008379 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION DEVICE FOR AN OPTICAL NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOF - A dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) device and a method thereof are provided. In the DBA method, the band allocation periods according to class queues and allocable bands with respect to each class queue are calculated on the basis of the service level agreement information and stored according to the service types in separate tables. The bandwidth allocation amount is calculated with respect to class queues which have the allocation periods by concurrently checking all the tables at each frame. The upward bandwidth usage efficiency is improved by calculating the final bandwidth allocation information from the service with a high priority order on the basis of the total allocable bandwidth of the corresponding frame. The upward bandwidth allocation amount can be calculated at each frame by reducing the processing speed in calculating the bandwidth allocation amount of each class queue. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively use the network. | 01-14-2010 |
20100058411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD SUPPORTING DYNAMIC DELIVERY OF PROGRAM TIME TABLES AND BROADCAST PROGRAMS - A broadcast service provider must transmit broadcast programs by dynamically reflecting real-time reconfiguration of broadcast timetables and broadcast programs of a plurality of broadcast program providers and the broadcast service provider. | 03-04-2010 |
20100131325 | NETWORK RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUARANTEEING ADMISSION RATE OF HIGH-PRIORITY SERVICE - Provided are a network resource control method and apparatus for guaranteeing an admission rate of a high-priority service. In the method and apparatus, the admission rate of the high-priority service is increased by differentiating between the high-priority service and a low-priority service by either rejecting the low-priority service or reducing a bandwidth allocated to the low-priority service when the low-priority service has already been accepted. | 05-27-2010 |
20100229211 | FAST CHANNEL CHANGE SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE MULTICASTS IN IPTV NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a fast channel change apparatus based on multiple multicasts communication in an IPTV network, and a method thereof. In the fast channel change system, after separately generating at least one multicast stream obtained by applying different time delays respectively to original multicast stream to be broadcast, a channel server dynamically analyzes information regarding the at least one multicast stream. After querying the channel server for information regarding an optimal multicast stream and receiving the response to the query, a user terminal joins a multicast group on the optimal multicast stream through a router. After a predetermined time is elapsed, the user terminal joins a multicast group of the original multicast stream. Thus, it is possible to easily and inexpensively embody a fast channel change function network based on multiple multicasts communication in an IPTV network. | 09-09-2010 |
20100272437 | TDMA PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK OLT SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST SERVICE - Provided is a TDMA (time division multiple access) PON (passive optical network) OLT (optical line terminal) system for a broadcast service, including packet processor determining information according to types of frames (unicast, multicast, and broadcast frames) and a switch output port using header information (an IP address of a packet header, MAC (medium access control) addresses of Ethernet frames, and the like) of data received from an external node or the ONT (optical network terminal) and attaching the information to header parts of the frames to generate second data, a switch copying the second data by a predetermined number of times according to a transmission method and transmitting the second data to a corresponding destination output port according to the identification codes, M TDMA PON MAC processors removing the identification codes added to the second data and converting the second data into TDMA PON frames, and M optical transceivers converting the TDMA PON frames into optical signals and transmitting the optical signals to an ONT. | 10-28-2010 |
20110020001 | TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS OVER WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - Provided is a time division multiple access over wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (TDM-over-WDM-PON) system. According to the TDM-over-WDM-PON system, a downstream optical signal is separated according to a wavelength in a remote node, transmitted to an optical amplifying device located in subscriber equipment, amplified in the optical amplifying device, transmitted back to the remote node, and then transmitted to the subscriber equipment. Also, an upstream optical signal is transmitted to a wavelength converting device located in the subscriber equipment from the remote node, wavelength-converted in the wavelength converting device, returned back to the remote node, and then transmitted to a central office. | 01-27-2011 |
20110026923 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OLT AND ONU FOR WAVELENGTH AGNOSTIC WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - In a Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) utilizing a conventional downstream optical signal reusing method, there is an inventory problem that different optical transmitter types need to be provided for the operation, management, replacement, etc. of a system. A WDM-PON system according to the present invention, includes: a seed light (SL) unit generating a seed light whose wavelength intervals and center wavelengths are adjusted using at least one seed light source; an optical line terminal (OLT) receiving the wavelength-multiplexed seed light from the seed light unit, transmitting a downstream optical signal to a subscriber of the WDM-PON, and receiving a upstream optical signal from the subscriber; and an optical network unit (ONU) receiving the downstream optical signal from the OLT, flattening and modulating the downstream optical signal with upstream data so that the downstream optical signal is reused for carrying upstream data. It is possible to improve the quality and reliability of downstream transmission by sufficiently increasing an extinction ratio, and improve the quality and reliability of upstream transmission by sufficiently flattening an input downstream optical signal in a semiconductor optical amplifier. | 02-03-2011 |
20110040898 | FORCE PROTECTION SWITCHING METHOD IN ETHERNET RING NETWORK - Provided are a forced protection switching method and a forced protection switching clearing method in an Ethernet ring network. When an operator desires to block a port of a specific node for maintenance and repair, the operator gives a forced switching (FS) command to the specific node in order to block the port. When the operator desires to clear FS, the operator gives a clear command to the specific node in order to clear the blocked port. As a result, operation flexibility of the Ethernet ring network is provided. | 02-17-2011 |
20110173689 | NETWORK ID BASED FEDERATION AND SINGLE SIGN ON AUTHENTICATION METHOD - Provided are methods for network ID based federation and single sign on authentication. A method of federating a service providing site in a service network with an access network for web application service authentication in a next generation network (NGN), the method comprising requesting the user equipment for authentication in correspondence with the federation request and inquiring whether to perform the federation, when a federation request is received from user equipment which has been authenticated by the access network; receiving responses to the authentication request and the inquiry from the user equipment; and registering the access network with a user federation list and notifying the federation to the access network, when authentication is determined to be successful from the response. | 07-14-2011 |
20110202649 | USER-CENTRIC LAYERED SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM FOR ENABLING I-CENTRIC SERVICES AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD USING THE SAME - An apparatus for providing I-centric services using a service delivery platform which is user-centric layered and a service providing method using the same are provided. The apparatus includes a media service platform providing an enabler obtained by abstracting resources and an I-centric enabler, a service creation environment providing a layered service creation and execution environment for each user, and a service execution environment. A personal user, a third party service provider and a service provider can create and provide various personalized services using the media service platform, the service creation environment and the service execution environment. | 08-18-2011 |
20140036927 | FORCE PROTECTION SWITCHING METHOD IN ETHERNET RING NETWORK - Provided are a forced protection switching method and a forced protection switching clearing method in an Ethernet ring network. When an operator desires to block a port of a specific node for maintenance and repair, the operator gives a forced switching (FS) command to the specific node in order to block the port. When the operator desires to clear FS, the operator gives a clear command to the specific node in order to clear the blocked port. As a result, operation flexibility of the Ethernet ring network is provided. | 02-06-2014 |