| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090007205 | USER TERMINAL AND PROXY SERVER OF INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal and proxy server of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and an operating method thereof are provided. A user terminal of an IPTV system includes a channel information input unit which receives channel information as an input, a channel management unit which transmits the input channel information to a proxy server, and receives from the proxy server a content information that corresponds to the channel information, and a content playback unit which replays a content using the received content information. As a result, viewers can use IPTV contents as easily as they use general TVs. | 01-01-2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20100131965 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CONTENT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT USING THE SAME - An image display device for providing content and a method thereof. The image display device for providing content using a template, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, comprises a content composition unit for composing content using a predefined template, and an agent for changing the composition of the content if an event occurs. Accordingly, the content is provided by various templates using a single template. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110093566 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT DOWNLOAD SERVICE AND TERMINAL APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a content download service and a terminal apparatus applying the method are provided in which the terminal apparatus transmits terminal apparatus information to a first server, the first server transmits the received terminal apparatus information to a second server, and the second server receives a download request for predetermined content based on the received terminal apparatus information. Therefore, it is possible for a user to access the second server and check the terminal apparatus information, even though the terminal apparatus is powered off. | 04-21-2011 |