Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080226260 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING CONTENTS INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for outputting content information are provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit which detects a connection of a source device, a generator which generates metadata related to the source device, a storage unit which stores content stored in the source device and the metadata, a loader which classifies the content based on the metadata, and an output unit which outputs the classified content on a display screen. | 09-18-2008 |
20080228289 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MACRO COMMAND AND INPUTTING MACRO COMMAND - Disclosed is provided an apparatus and a method for operating a macro command and inputting a macro command, wherein the apparatus including a storing unit storing control signals received from a control device for selecting of a menu item of a host device, a creating unit creating the macro command combined with the control signals, and an executing unit reading the macro command and executing functions corresponding to the respective menu item of the host device according to a combination sequence of the control signals included in the read macro command. | 09-18-2008 |
20080228817 | CONTENT HOOK-UP APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a content hook-up apparatus and method. In particular, the present invention relates to a content hook-up apparatus that searches and downloads various formats of content corresponding to a search list input from a user, performs format conversion on the downloaded content so as to be playable on a predetermined display apparatus, and provides the content subjected to the format conversion to the display apparatus, which can play the content in a streaming manner. The content hook-up apparatus searches and downloads the content at a predetermined interval according to the user's setting and maintains a reserve space for storing the downloaded content. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229205 | METHOD OF PROVIDING METADATA ON PART OF VIDEO IMAGE, METHOD OF MANAGING THE PROVIDED METADATA AND APPARATUS USING THE METHODS - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing metadata on parts of a video image, a method for managing the provided metadata and an apparatus using the methods. The terminal device includes a playback unit decoding an input video stream and reconstructing a video image, a display unit displaying the reconstructed video image, a user interface allowing a user to select a segment that is part of the reconstructed video image and receiving metadata regarding the selected segment, a metadata generator generating the received metadata in a structured document, and a network interface transmitting the generated structured document to a predetermined first server. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229252 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING DATA - Provided are an apparatus and method of managing data that is capable of receiving and storing in advance, when constructing a menu screen using data received through a network, data from a convertible menu screen on the basis of a currently displayed menu screen and constructing the menu screen using the data stored at the time of selecting the corresponding menu screen. The apparatus includes a control unit which confirms that a first page being displayed can be converted into a second page based on the first page, a data searching unit which determines whether data of the second page is stored, and a transceiver which the data if it is determined that the data is not stored. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BROADCASTING INFORMATION USING RESERVED CHANNELS - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcasting information. A method of receiving broadcasting information using reserved channels according to an aspect of the present invention includes receiving information of a program schedule that includes a dynamic program having a flexible broadcasting schedule, searching one or more reserved channels that receive broadcasting signals according to a new program schedule changed due to the dynamic program, and receiving the broadcasting signals through the one or more searched reserved channels. | 09-18-2008 |
20090043842 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING/RECEIVING WEB-BASED SERVICE OF PLURALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing/receiving a service from a plurality of service providers. In the method, in order to receive a service from a plurality of Internet protocol television (IPTV) service providers, a client receives information regarding at least one of a feed that syndicates web information and a web-based application from a server of a service provider selected from the IPTV service providers. Then, the client requests the server to provide a service providing at least one of the feed and the application based on the received information, and receives the service from the server. Accordingly, it is possible to provide or receive web-based services via an IPTV network. | 02-12-2009 |
20090097827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT RECORDING DEVICE - A method of controlling a content recording device, by generating control commands in a uniform resource identifier (URI) format and controlling the content recording device according to the generated control command(s), is provided. | 04-16-2009 |
20090138923 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE (IPTV) PROVIDER AND IPTV SERVICE BY USING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL - Provided are a method and apparatus by which a first entity receives information about one or more Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service providers or information about one or more IPTV services from a second entity by using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message. | 05-28-2009 |
20090144787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR IPTV SERVICE RELAY DEVICES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH DEVICES - Provided are method and apparatus for searching for a second device relaying at least one IPTV service included in the same residential network as a first device, wherein the searching is performed by the first device, and receiving the IPTV service provided from outside of the residential network through a found second device. | 06-04-2009 |
20090193438 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EVENT IN HOME NETWORK - Provided are a method and apparatus for notifying a specific device, which requests a service, of an event if the event relating to the service occurs in a home network. An event notification message that is multicasted in the home network includes a device ID that requests a service relating to an event, and devices discard the event notification message when the device ID included in the event notification message is not identical to IDs of the devices, thereby preventing all devices that are not related to the service from being notified of the event relating to the service. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193455 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTENTS BASED ON TRIGGER, AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION APPARATUS - Disclosed are an information storage medium having recorded thereon service information regarding a broadcast service to provide additional content, the information storage medium having recorded thereon information for receiving a trigger while the broadcast service is received, information for selecting additional content to be inserted to the broadcast service in correspondence to the received trigger, and a locator for receiving the additional content, a method of providing additional content by using the same, and a digital broadcast reception apparatus. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193456 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING METADATA AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTENTS, AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION APPARATUS - Disclosed are an information storage medium storing metadata for providing additional content during a broadcast program, the metadata including information indicating whether to insert second additional content instead of first additional content, which is underlying additional content of the broadcast program, and a locator of the second additional content, a method of providing additional content by using the same, and a digital broadcast reception apparatus. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING METADATA OF CONTENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING CONTENT USAGE AUTHORITY - Provided are a method and apparatus for limiting a content usage authority scope of a client by using metadata in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. The method performed by a metadata server adds control information to the metadata and transmits the metadata, wherein the content usage authority scope of the client is defined in the control information. The client of a user limits a content control operation according to a user input by using the control information extracted from the metadata. | 07-30-2009 |
20090288111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND USING CONTENT ADVISORY INFORMATION ON INTERNET CONTENTS - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory (CA) information on Internet contents. A method of providing CA information by using a CA information server, includes receiving a request for the CA information on a content, from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV); searching for CA information on the content; and transmitting the found CA information to the IPTV. A method of using CA information when an IPTV reproduces a content not having the CA information, according to the present invention, includes transmitting a request for CA information, to a CA information server; receiving the CA information from the CA information server; analyzing the CA information; and applying the CA information. | 11-19-2009 |
20100124400 | CONTENTS REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING CONTENTS REPRODUCING TIME BASED ON USER PREFERENCE INFORMATION - A contents reproducing method and apparatus for adjusting a contents reproducing time are provided. The method includes: receiving a target reproducing time and user preference information, the user preference information including at least one of user preferred contents sections or scenes from an external source; obtaining contents reproducing data for adjusting a reproducing speed of the contents based on the target reproducing time and the user preference information; and adjusting the reproducing speed of the contents based on the reproducing data. | 05-20-2010 |
20100217407 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MACRO COMMAND AND INPUTTING MACRO COMMAND - Disclosed is provided an apparatus and a method for operating a macro command and inputting a macro command, wherein the apparatus including a storing unit storing control signals received from a control device for selecting of a menu item of a host device, a creating unit creating the macro command combined with the control signals, and an executing unit reading the macro command and executing functions corresponding to the respective menu item of the host device according to a combination sequence of the control signals included in the read macro command. | 08-26-2010 |
20100299707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METADATA OF APPLICATION PROVIDING IPTV SERVICE - A method and apparatus for receiving metadata regarding an application providing an internet protocol television (IPTV) service, in which a metadata request message for requesting metadata regarding an application providing at least one IPTV service is generated, the metadata request message is transmitted to a second entity apparatus, and a metadata response message including the metadata regarding the application providing the at least one IPTV service is received from the second entity apparatus, in response to the metadata request message. | 11-25-2010 |
20100332655 | CONTENT RECORDING CONTROL METHOD FOR PEERS, AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for controlling content recording for a buddy of a management server are provided. The method includes: receiving a recording request message for the buddy according to an external input; determining whether a local recording apparatus of the buddy is in a recording state; and selectively sending a recording start message to a recording apparatus on a network, different from the local recording apparatus of the buddy, according to a result of the determining. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004665 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT-SHARING SERVICE, AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for providing contents-sharing services are provided. The method for providing contents-sharing services includes: receiving a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; transmitting a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and transmitting the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server, wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010727 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PLAYING BACK MEDIA DATA WITH LIMITED CONTROL - A method and apparatus for restricting a control operation with respect to reproduction of media data so as to commercially implement consumption of the media data, the method and apparatus including: restricting the control operation with respect to reproduction of the media data by using a predetermined Application Programming Interface (API); and reproducing the media data received from a media server, according to the restricted control operation. | 01-13-2011 |
20110016171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLIENT CAPABLE OF ACCESSING BROADCASTING NETWORK AND INTERNET NETWORK TO RECEIVE APPLICATION - A method and apparatus for a client, connected to a broadcasting network and an Internet network, to receive data for executing an application through the broadcasting network or the Internet network, according to information about the application received through the broadcasting network. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016501 | DATA RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLICATIONS PROVIDING AN IPTV COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE - A method and apparatus for receiving an application for providing an Internet protocol television (IPTV) communication service. The method includes: acquiring IP address information for initiating an IPTV service provider discovery at an entry point for searching for a service provider; receiving information regarding an IPTV service provider from an IPTV service provider discovery entity apparatus by using the IP address information; and acquiring information regarding the application for providing the IPTV communication service based on the information regarding the IPTV service provider. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING NOTIFICATION - A method and an apparatus for receiving a notification in a terminal entity that uses a service provided from an outside of a residential network through a gateway entity are disclosed. | 01-27-2011 |
20110219386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING BOOKMARK INFORMATION - A method and apparatus of generating and storing bookmark information regarding a point of time during reproduction of audio/video (AV) content are provided. The information storage apparatus includes: a browser driver which drives a browser, the browser including an application programming interface (API) which generates information regarding a point of time according to reproduction of audio/video (AV) content; and a storage unit which stores the information regarding the point of time, wherein the API generates the information regarding the point of time by receiving metadata regarding the point of time from an application program related to the reproduction of the AV content, and matching the metadata with an identifier of the AV content. | 09-08-2011 |
20110239263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING NON-REAL TIME CONTENT INCLUDED IN REAL TIME BROADCASTING SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for downloading and storing non-real time content are provided. The apparatus includes a browser driver which drives a browser, and a storage unit. The browser includes a first interface for extracting information about a transmission schedule of non-real time content included in a real time broadcasting signal and transmitting the extracted information to an application, and a second interface for downloading the non-real time content according to a download request from the application based on the transmission schedule. The storage unit stores the non-real time content downloaded by the second interface. | 09-29-2011 |
20110277004 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING IPTV SERVICE BASED ON API - A method and apparatus for controlling a device relaying an IPTV service by an apparatus using the IPTV service are provided. The apparatus includes an application driving unit which drives an application that is used to access the IPTV service, and a browser driving unit which drives a browser that provides the application with a driving environment for the application to access the IPTV service, wherein the browser comprises at least one application programming interface (API) related to controlling the device. | 11-10-2011 |
20120042335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING ADVERTISEMENT - A method of reproducing an advertisement in an audio/video (AV) content receiver which receives AV contents via a broadcasting network and an IP network, the method including receiving a second file including information regarding an address of a first file which includes information required for reproducing an AV content and metadata of an advertisement content to be inserted to the AV content and reproduced with the AV content; receiving the first file based on the received second file; and inserting the advertisement content to the AV content based on the metadata of the advertisement content included in the first file and reproducing the advertisement content with the AV content. | 02-16-2012 |
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20140370859 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED SERVICE - A user terminal apparatus includes a storage to store use log information on the user terminal apparatus, a communicator, when an event to receive a service from an external apparatus occurs, to transmit use log information required to provide the service to the external apparatus selectively, and a controller to receive a service generated based on the transmitted use log information and customized to the user from the external apparatus. | 12-18-2014 |