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20110173200 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHORING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for authoring data in a communication system includes: an extraction unit configured to receive media corresponding to contents and extract contents information regarding the contents from the received media; a generation unit configured to generate a DMB ECG XML-based metadata comprising the extracted contents information; and a processing unit configured to visualize particulars of the DMB ECG XML-based metadata through a user interface and process the user interface so that the DMB ECG XML-based metadata is generated and edited on a template. | 07-14-2011 |
20110185275 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING STRUCTURED INFORMATION - Disclosed is a device and method of updating Structured Information (SI). The device and the method may define a standard for updating SI based on information described in Presentation Information (PI) and may update the SI based on the defined standard. | 07-28-2011 |
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20120151330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING XML DOCUMENTS USING PATH CODE - A method and apparatus of encoding and decoding an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document using a path code is provided. | 06-14-2012 |
20120206578 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EYE CONTACT USING COMPOSITION OF FRONT VIEW IMAGE - Provided is an apparatus and method for an eye contact using composition of a front view image, the apparatus including: an image acquiring unit to acquire a multi-camera image; a preprocessing unit to preprocess the acquired multi-camera image; a depth information search unit to search for depth information of the preprocessed multi-camera image; and an image composition unit to compose the front view image using the found depth information. | 08-16-2012 |
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20140259040 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DEDUCING A VIEWING HOUSEHOLD MEMBER PROFILE - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for deducing a viewing household member profile. According to the method and apparatus, a viewing pattern of a general viewing household is analyzed based on viewer group classification criteria generated using the standard household member profile, and thus the member profile of the viewing household may be deduced and the deduced profile may be provided, thereby effectively providing advertisements corresponding to the inclination of viewing household members. | 09-11-2014 |