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20120184373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GAME SERVICE IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus and method for providing a game service in cloud computing environment. A method may be provided for providing a streaming game service using a plurality of cloud computing servers. The method may include receiving user inputs from at least one user equipments, executing and progressing at least one game program in response to the user inputs, capturing audio and video data as progress results of the executed at least one game program, and streaming the captured audio and video data to a respective user equipment. | 07-19-2012 |
20130023340 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD GAME SERVICE - A cloud game service providing apparatus includes an input reception unit configured to receive an input signal from a device from among at least one user device; a game execution unit configured to execute a cloud game in response to the received input signal; and a virtual graphic processing unit configured to encode a frame of the executed cloud game by using a virtual graphic resource, and to provide the encoded frame of the executed cloud game to the user device. | 01-24-2013 |
20130091525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLOUD-BASED USER MENU - A method and an apparatus for providing a cloud-based user menu are provided. The method and the apparatus for providing a cloud-based user menu according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is separately structured such that a cloud server connected to a broadcast receiving terminal configures the user menu and the broadcast receiving terminal merely renders the user menu when digital broadcasting is provided. | 04-11-2013 |
20130151980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICE - A method performed by a cloud service providing apparatus includes receiving a request for execution of an application from a user device, executing the application in response to the request, encoding application execution data generated by the execution of the application into image data and transmitting the encoded image data to the user device, wherein the encoded image data is configured to be displayed on a screen of the user device. | 06-13-2013 |
20140123177 | PRE-ENCODED USER INTERFACE VIDEO - In at least one example embodiment, in connection with a device having a user interface (UI), a method may include transmitting a request for VOD (video on demand) content to a content provider; receiving, from the content provider, a UI stream and the requested VOD content, the UI stream including a VOD header and a plurality of UI videos corresponding to the VOD content; playing a first UI video from among the plurality of UI videos; receiving a first user input; selecting a second UI video from among the plurality of UI videos based at least in part on the first user input; and playing the second UI video. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123190 | CONTENT BASED USER INTERFACE - In one example embodiment, a mobile device includes a data receiving unit configured to receive metadata regarding television content that is played by a television device; an icon displaying unit configured to: display a plurality of icons that are associated with the television content based at least in part on the metadata, and receive a touch input via at least one icon from among the plurality of icons; and a signal generating unit configured to generate a control signal regarding an operation of the television device based at least in part on the received touch input. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123199 | CONTENT RELAYING SCHEME - In one example embodiment, a system includes an internet protocol television server configured to transmit a first-internet protocol multicast stream of internet protocol television content; a wireless router configured to: receive, from the internet protocol television server, the first-internet protocol multicast stream, convert the first-internet protocol multicast stream into a second-internet protocol unicast stream, and transmit the second-internet protocol unicast stream via a wireless network; and an end device configured to: transmit a request for the internet protocol television content to the wireless router, and receive the second-internet protocol unicast stream from the wireless router. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129923 | SERVER HOSTING WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS ON BEHALF OF DEVICE - In at least one example embodiment, a method may include generating, regarding a rendered HTML page, an output image having a plurality of macroblocks; classifying each of the plurality of macroblocks into one of a variable macroblock and an invariable macroblock; generating an encoding map regarding the output image based at least in part on the result of the classifying; and encoding the output image based at least in part on the encoding map. | 05-08-2014 |
20140201794 | APPLICATION EXECUTION ON A SERVER FOR A TELEVISION DEVICE - In at least one example embodiment, a system may include a television device configured to: transmit a request to execute an application; and a server configured to: execute the application that uses at least one function of the television device to generate an image; transmit the generated image to the television device; and transmit a request to execute the at least one function of the television device, and wherein the television device is further configured to: execute the requested function of the television device and transmit a result of the execution to the server. | 07-17-2014 |
20150020095 | VIDEO STREAM COMBINATION FOR VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT - The disclosure is related to combining a plurality of video streams, and to providing a variety of video advertisements using a video stream combination procedure. Particularly, the video stream combination procedure according to the present embodiment may include extracting a plurality of encoded video data included in a plurality of video streams, and creating a single combined video stream by considering each extracted encoded video data as slice group data. Furthermore, an advertisement stream may be included in the single combined video stream, by using such video stream combination procedure. | 01-15-2015 |
20150020102 | MULTI-CHANNEL GUIDE SERVICE BASED ON BROADCAST RATING - The disclosure is related to providing a dynamic multi-channel guide service based on broadcast ratings. Particularly, a multi-channel guide stream corresponding to a single combined video stream may be formed using a plurality of encoded video data extracted from a plurality of broadcast channel streams, according to multi-channel guide configuration information. Herein, the multi-channel guide configuration information may be determined based on the broadcast ratings. | 01-15-2015 |
20150020119 | PERSONALIZED USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA STREAMS - The disclosure is related to a personalized user interface having at least one moving image produced based on a multimedia stream received in real time from a preferred streaming server. A service server for providing the personalized user interface may perform receiving multimedia streams transmitted in real time from preferred streaming servers selected based on user interface configuration information, obtaining personalized items based on the user interface configuration information, producing a single multimedia stream for the personalized user interface by combining the received multimedia streams and the obtained personalized items, and transmitting the produced single multimedia stream to the user device. | 01-15-2015 |
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20120130952 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA IN CONNECTED DEVICES - A network-connectable terminal can synchronize data in connected devices. The network-connectable terminal includes a memory unit and a synchronization unit. The memory unit stores metadata updated according to update of data. The synchronization unit updates the metadata, creates version information indicating whether the metadata are updated, and exchanges version information with peripheral devices to determine a peripheral device and data requiring synchronization. | 05-24-2012 |
20120198099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION AUTO-INSTALL FUNCTION IN DIGITAL DEVICE - An apparatus and method install an application in a digital device. An apparatus for providing a connection program to a desired peripheral device in a digital device includes a communication unit for receiving system information from a peripheral device and transmitting a connection program list, a program detecting unit for analyzing the received system information and creating the connection program list executable in the peripheral device, and a control unit for transmitting the created connection program list to the peripheral device. | 08-02-2012 |
20140222572 | SERVER OFFERING SERVICE TARGETING USER AND SERVICE OFFERING METHOD THEREOF - A server for offering a service targeting a user and a service offering method thereof, the method including: collecting data from a plurality of user devices; determining a unit zone partitioned from a service zone based on geographic information; adjusting the unit zone based on the amount of data collectable according to the determined unit zones; performing modeling to parse the data collected according to the adjusted unit zones; and offering a service targeting a user of the unit zone, based on results from the modeling. | 08-07-2014 |
20150039259 | MOTION RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A apparatus for recognizing a motion of an object is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a camera configured to photograph images of the object having the motion, a plurality of pressure and position sensors configured to be installed on a floor and to measure a floor contact position, a floor contact area and a floor contact pressure of the object and a motion analyzer configured to analyze the motion of the object by combining two or more among the images, floor contact position, floor contact area and floor contact pressure of the object. | 02-05-2015 |
20150042882 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING INFORMATION ABOUT CONTENTS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE METHOD, AND SERVER SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT CONTENTS - A method of acquiring information about content includes the operations of receiving a video signal from an external apparatus connected to an image display apparatus, extracting an object included in an on screen display (OSD) image from an image that is produced using the video signal, and collecting the information about content by using the extracted object. | 02-12-2015 |