Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090019479 | IPTV CAPABLE OF AUTO CHANNEL SETTING AND METHOD THEREOF - An Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) capable of auto channel setting and a method thereof are provided. A channel information generating unit converts summaries of a plurality of web contents provided through the Internet into channel information as required by channel listing, and allocates channel numbers to the plurality of web contents, and a storage unit stores the allocated channel numbers and the generated channel information. | 01-15-2009 |
20090122991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ENCRYPTED KEY BASED ON DRM TYPE OF HOST DEVICE - A method and apparatus for providing an encrypted key based on a DRM type of a host device are provided. The method includes receiving available DRM type information of a host device, making a request for generation of a key object based on the received available DRM type information, and transmitting the generated key object to the host device. | 05-14-2009 |
20090165052 | PROGRAM-BASED ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A program-based electronic program guide (EPG) system is provided, the EPG system including a search unit which searches for and finds programs broadcast within a predetermined time period around a predetermined time, a collection unit which collects program information of programs found by the search unit, a classification unit which classifies the program information collected by the collection unit based on program codes, and a display unit which displays program guide information, including the program information classified by the classification unit. | 06-25-2009 |
20090198655 | SEMANTIC CLIENT, SEMANTIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER, METHOD OF GENERATING SEMANTIC INFORMATION, METHOD OF SEARCHING SEMANTIC INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE METHODS - A semantic client, a semantic information management server, a method of generating semantic information, a method of searching semantic information, and a computer program recording medium for performing the methods, the semantic client including: an identification (ID) generator to generate an ID of a target content; and a descriptor generator to generate a descriptor that defines correlations between the target content and one or more other contents. Furthermore, the semantic information management server includes: a semantic information database (DB) to store a descriptor including information about an ID of contents and correlations among the contents and other contents related to the contents; and an agent to search semantic information of the related contents with reference to the semantic information DB. Therefore, since contents have their own IDs, a user can easily search the contents. | 08-06-2009 |
20090198656 | IPTV collecting content information from content providers, and method and system for providing IPTV with content information - An Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) which collects content information from content providers and a method and system for providing the IPTV with the content information are provided. The IPTV includes a connection unit which enables the IPTV to be connected to the Internet for data transmission or reception over the Internet, a content information collection unit which collects information about content created by IPTV content providers over the Internet, a content information processing unit which creates standard metadata by processing the collected content information, a storage unit which stores the standard metadata, and an output unit which displays the content information of at least one channel by using the standard metadata. | 08-06-2009 |
20140222846 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTLY WRITING MULTIMEDIA DATA ON DIGITAL DEVICE - A method and apparatus for directly writing multimedia data onto a digital device are provided. The method includes sensing multimedia data written on a storage medium; displaying a user interface screen to display the multimedia data and a folder for a digital device; receiving a command to write the multimedia data in the folder; converting the multimedia data to a format which is playable by the digital device; and writing the converted data in the folder. The apparatus includes a sense unit which senses multimedia data written on a storage medium; a display unit which displays a user interface screen; an input unit which provides input in the form of a command to write the multimedia data in a folder; and a converting and writing unit which converts the multimedia data to a format which is playable by the digital device and writes the converted multimedia data in the folder. | 08-07-2014 |