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 |
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 |
20080256580 | CONTENT DOWNLOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS USED BY MOBILE DEVICE - A content downloading method and apparatus of a mobile device employing an Internet protocol television (IPTV) are provided. The content downloading method and apparatus allow an IPTV to provide a mobile device with content information received from a service provider, allow a user to input content desired to be downloaded to the mobile device, and allow a user to download the content to the mobile device from the service provider via the IPTV, thereby quickly and easily downloading desired content to the mobile device without a complicated process of browsing and copying the content. | 10-16-2008 |
20080307457 | CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A channel-switching method and apparatus are provided. The channel-switching method includes switching from a first channel to a second channel, outputting a partial video corresponding to the second channel on a screen while main data of the second channel is being buffered to be output, and outputting the main data of the second channel on the screen. | 12-11-2008 |
20090063676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING STATUS INFORMATION BY UTILIZING PRESENCE SERVICE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTENT STATUS INFORMATION BY UTILIZING PRESENCE SERVICE - A method of and apparatus for providing status information by using presence information data, and a method of and apparatus for generating content status information are provided. The method of providing status information on a second user to a first user terminal which is used by a first user includes: inserting additional data into the status information on the second user requested by the first user terminal; and transmitting the status information on the second user into which the additional data is inserted to the first user terminal. | 03-05-2009 |
20110196915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING SERVICE OF HOME NETWORK DEVICE BASED ON REMOTE ACCESS - A method and apparatus for using a service provided by a universal plug and play (UPnP) device of a home network, based on a user interface (UI) received by a client located outside of the home network from a server for managing at least one UI for a remote access. | 08-11-2011 |
20120259771 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TRANSACTION SERVICE - An apparatus and method for performing a transaction service, which includes receiving, by a service server, a transaction ID request for the transaction service with a service provider, from a user terminal, generating a transaction ID in response to the transaction ID request, providing the transaction ID to the user terminal, and receiving a transaction specification that corresponds to the transaction ID, from the service provider. The transaction specification is generated by the service provider using the transaction ID that is provided to the user terminal. | 10-11-2012 |
20130036052 | CREDIT TRANSACTION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, TERMINAL CAPABLE OF GRADING CREDIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A credit transaction system, apparatus, and method are capable of grading credit to other people. The credit transaction system includes a relay unit, a user terminal, and a seller terminal. The relay unit stores credit information including at least one of credit card information and account information of a credit owner, user information and terminal information on a user designated by the credit owner, and credit limit information on a limit usable by the user. The user terminal transmits the user's terminal information to a seller terminal corresponding to the seller. The seller terminal transmits billing records on the goods or service purchased by the user in response to the received user's terminal information. Here, the relay unit performs an authentication process for the user corresponding to the user terminal, and then relays to process payment regarding the billing records via the credit information within the credit limit information. | 02-07-2013 |
20130133017 | CONTENT DOWNLOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS USED BY MOBILE DEVICE - A content downloading method and apparatus of a mobile device employing an Internet protocol television (IPTV) are provided. The content downloading method and apparatus allow an IPTV to provide a mobile device with content information received from a service provider, allow a user to input content desired to be downloaded to the mobile device, and allow a user to download the content to the mobile device from the service provider via the IPTV, thereby quickly and easily downloading desired content to the mobile device without a complicated process of browsing and copying the content. | 05-23-2013 |
20140058865 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING TRANSACTION REQUEST FROM DEVICE - A method and system for authenticating a transaction request from a device are provided. The method includes storing authentication information that is generated by the device based on a user input to the device; and when the device approaches to within a predetermined range from the POS terminal, providing the authentication information to the POS terminal. The authentication information that is provided to the POS terminal is compared with authentication information that is generated by the POS terminal based on a user input to the POS terminal, and then is used to authenticate a transaction request from the device. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058897 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A method of acquiring and processing information on a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes: receiving, at the mobile terminal, information about at least one item displayed on an external display device from the external display device; and performing, at the mobile terminal, a function for the at least one item based on the received information. | 02-27-2014 |
20140281495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN APPLICATIONS - A method performed by a first application in a client apparatus to authenticate a second application in the client apparatus is provided. The method includes, when the first application receives an execution request from the second application, requesting authentication information of the second application from an authentication server, obtaining the authentication information of the second application from the authentication server, and authenticating the second application using the authentication information, wherein the authentication information of the second application is signed with a private key of the authentication server. | 09-18-2014 |
20140306004 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SECURITY SERVER AND PAYMENT METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a short-range communicator, a security server and a payment method thereof, the mobile terminal including a short-range communicator which exchanges data by a predetermined short-range technology, a payment processor which performs a payment process corresponding to a preset standard in response to a user's request for payment, and a secure world which communicates with the payment processor, extracts secure information from data and stores the data therein and masks the secure information from the outside. Thus, the secure data may be masked at the time of communication with the outside. | 10-16-2014 |