Patent application number | Description | Published |
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 |
20100094953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING BROADCAST DATA THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving broadcast data via a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, in which information regarding a list of a plurality of pieces of broadcast content that are broadcast via one broadcast channel is provided to a server in the P2P network, and the broadcast data is transmitted/received according to the provided list. | 04-15-2010 |
20100131596 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DATA BY USING PEER-TO-PEER PORTAL SERVER - Method and apparatus for receiving data by using a plurality of pieces of information managed by a server that manages information about data that can be received via one or more peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and information about peers respectively connected to each P2P network. | 05-27-2010 |
20100192189 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING BROADCASTING PROGRAM - Provided are an apparatus and method for sharing a broadcasting program, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for sharing a broadcasting program via the Internet. The apparatus includes a list manager which manages a list of devices storing a broadcasting program and a device information transmitter which transmits information, to a first device, about a second device storing a broadcasting program requested by the first device, wherein the second device divides the requested broadcasting program into time slots and transmits each time slot to the first device. | 07-29-2010 |
20110082943 | P2P NETWORK SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD THEREOF - A peer-to-peer (P2P) network system is provided. The P2P network system includes a server which groups transmission unit packets constituting a data stream into a group according to a predetermined time unit and provides the group of the transmission unit packets, and a plurality of peer devices which transmit and receive the group of the transmission unit packets. | 04-07-2011 |
20110116772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRICK PLAY SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a trick play service in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming (HAS) architecture for adaptively streaming media data according to fluctuation of a streaming environment are provided. The method at a server includes: generating a media presentation description (MPD) file including information about at least one piece of trick play data; transmitting the MPD file to a client; and transmitting the at least one piece of trick play data to the client in response to a request by the client based on the MPD file. The method at a client includes: receiving a media presentation description (MPD) file including information about at least one piece of trick play data; and receiving the at least one piece of trick play data from a server based on the MPD file. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE STREAMING USING SEGMENTATION - A method and apparatus for adaptively transmitting and receiving media data to a streaming environment by segmenting into segments a plurality of media data, which is generated by encoding content to have different qualities. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving data. The method includes obtaining information about first media data, the first media data including at least one component; and obtaining the at least one component based on the information about the first media data, wherein the information about the first media data further includes information indicating whether the at least one component is provided together with a component obtained from second media data. | 05-19-2011 |
20110125918 | ADAPTIVE STREAMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for performing streaming that is adaptive to a streaming environment, using information about a plurality of media data generated by encoding content to have different qualities. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING DATA - Provided are a method and apparatus for receiving and providing data. The method of receiving data includes: receiving first information including information about a first interval of a plurality of media data generated by encoding content in different qualities; acquiring renewal time information indicating a point of time for a first file to be renewed by using the first information; and receiving second information comprising information about a second interval of the plurality of media data based on the renewal time information. | 05-26-2011 |
20110145430 | STREAMING METHOD AND APPARATUS OPERATING BY INSERTING OTHER CONTENT INTO MAIN CONTENT - A method and apparatus for reproducing media data are provided. The method includes: receiving a first file including information about a period of first content and information about a period of second content; receiving and reproducing media data of the first content based on the received first file; stopping reproducing of the media data of the first content and receiving and reproducing media data of the second content based on the first file; and receiving and reproducing the media data of the first content when the reproducing the media data of the second content is completed, wherein the information about the period of the second content includes location information about the second media data of the second content or location information of a second file including the location information about the second media data of the second content. | 06-16-2011 |
20110208829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data are provided. In the method of receiving data, at least one of a plurality of media data generated by encoding content to have different qualities is received, the plurality of media data each including at least one segment; location information indicating a randomly accessible point of each of the at least one segment is obtained; and random accessing is provided on the received media data, based on the location information. | 08-25-2011 |
20110231487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PERSONAL BROADCASTING DATA BASED ON PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving personal broadcasting data in a peer-to-peer (P2P) based network. A terminal (client) that receives a personal broadcast requests a tracker server for a viewing reservation by using electronic program guide (EPG) information or a uniform resource locator (URL) of a personal broadcasting channel, a terminal (broadcaster) that transmits personal broadcasting data receives a list of clients that made a viewing reservation of the personal broadcast from the tracker server and notifies the clients about starting of the personal broadcast when it is time to start the personal broadcast. Accordingly, the client starts streaming when notified of the starting of the personal broadcast by connecting to the personal broadcasting channel after making the viewing reservation, without having to wait for the personal broadcast to start. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY STREAMING CONTENT INCLUDING PLURALITY OF CHAPTERS - A streaming method and apparatus, in which information regarding a plurality of chapters of content is inserted into a media presentation description that includes information regarding a plurality of media data generated by encoding the content so as to have different qualities, and then, streaming is performed based on the information. | 09-22-2011 |
20110302319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE STREAMING BASED ON PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS FOR DETERMINING QUALITY OF CONTENT - A method and apparatus are provided for performing adaptive streaming according to a streaming environment based on information about a plurality of elements for determining qualities of a plurality of media data with respect to the same content. | 12-08-2011 |
20120268615 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR USING SPECIAL EFFECTS - In a photographing apparatus, a user pre-selects a number of special effect modes to be applied to pictures not yet taken. The special effect mode selections are stored as an ordered set of special effect mode indicators. When the pictures are subsequently taken, the special effects are automatically applied in the order they were selected, based on the order reflected in the stored special effect mode indicators. | 10-25-2012 |
20120272281 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA DATA, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEVING MEDIA DATA - An information file pertaining to media data includes reproduction rating information for each of a plurality of segments. The information file is used by a client to determine what segment or segments to request from a server. The server responds to the request by sending the segment or segments to the client. Since the reproduction rating information may be provided for each of the segments, the selection of the segment or segments by the client can take into account a reproduction rating threshold. | 10-25-2012 |
20130152184 | METHOD OF PROVIDING SNS-GROUP INVITING SERVICE AND SNS SERVER THEREFOR - A method of providing a Social Networking Service (SNS) group inviting service via an SNS server, the method including receiving an SNS group invitation request containing second-user identification information, from a first device of a first user, generating first authentication information corresponding to the second-user identification information in response to the SNS group invitation request, receiving an SNS group joining request containing second authentication information, from a second device of a second user, and comparing the first authentication information and the second authentication information with each other and permitting the second device to join the SNS group. | 06-13-2013 |
20130173715 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR SHARING CONTENT - A content sharing method includes: selecting, by a content sharing terminal, content; transmitting, by the content sharing terminal, identification information of the selected content to an external device; and reproducing, by the content sharing terminal, the selected content while the external device is reproducing the selected content based on the identification information. | 07-04-2013 |
20140040828 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TAGGING INFORMATION ABOUT IMAGE, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A method and a system for tagging information about an object included in an image to the image, and searching for the image by using the tagged information, and an apparatus and a computer-readable recording medium thereof. The method includes: detecting at least one object included in a displayed image, receiving, from a user, information about the detected object, and tagging the received information to the displayed image. | 02-06-2014 |
20140059652 | APPARATUS FOR UPLOADING CONTENTS, USER TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR DOWNLOADING CONTENTS, SERVER, CONTENTS SHARING SYSTEM AND THEIR CONTENTS SHARING METHOD - A user terminal apparatus for uploading contents, a user terminal apparatus for downloading contents, a server, a content sharing system, and methods thereof are provided. The contents sharing method includes creating contents, uploading the created contents from the user terminal apparatus to a server, receiving, at the user terminal, storage location information corresponding to a location in the server where the uploaded contents are stored and access authorization information for accessing the uploaded contents from the server, and transmitting a message including the storage location information and the access authorization information from the user terminal apparatus to a second user terminal apparatus. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067861 | DEVICE AND CONTENT SEARCHING METHOD USING THE SAME - A device and method for searching for content are provided. The device includes: a display; a storage configured to store a plurality of contents; an inputter configured to receive a user answer to a question displayed on the display for searching for content stored in the storage; and a controller configured to determine, based on the plurality of contents, the question, output, through the display, the determined question, determine, based on the user answer to the output question, a criterion for searching for content, and output, through the display, a search result searched based on the criterion. | 03-06-2014 |
20150088994 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, SERVER, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SERVER - A method of operating an image display apparatus includes receiving image contents, performing a social network service (SNS) according to the image contents, receiving a reference time set according to information corresponding to an image contents reproduction time of a plurality of image display apparatuses interworking with the SNS, and displaying the image contents according to the reference time. | 03-26-2015 |