Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110047515 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR CONTENTS GUIDE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a three dimensional (3D) navigation system for contents guide and a method thereof. The contents guide navigation system includes a contents classification module to classify contents based on at least one tag defined in the contents, and a navigation module to provide a list of the classified contents via a 3D guide screen constituted by an x axis, a y axis, and a z axis. Here, the navigation module links the list of the classified contents to the x axis, the y axis, and the z axis, each of the x axis, the y axis and the z axis being linked on different standards. | 02-24-2011 |
20110052150 | PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING CONTENT PLAYBACK INFORMATION OF DEVICE - A personal media system and method that obtain content playback information of an end device is provided. The personal media system including: an end device reader to, when an end device that collects playback information about content playback is connected, obtain the collected playback information and content information about content stored in the end device; and a mapping unit to map the playback information and the content information, to determine playback information for each content in the end device, and to generate playback information for each content of a user based on the playback information for each content in the end device. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052151 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF COLLECTING CONTENT PLAYBACK INFORMATION - An end device that collects content playback information of a user may be provided. The end device including: a storage to store content and a table including playback information of the content in a predetermined local storage address; a control unit to retrieve content, selected by the user, from the storage, to load a storage address of the selected content, and to transmit the storage address to a decoder; and the decoder to store the storage address in the table, to change playback information of the selected content, and to decode the selected content based on the storage address. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055176 | MEDIA MEDIATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTENTS OF VARIOUS FORMATS - Provided is a system and method that may encode various formats of contents to a single format and thereby manage the contents, and may transform the contents to a format corresponding to a request of a third party or an end user to distribute the content. A media mediator system of managing various formats of contents may include: a service manager to receive a content and metadata of the content from a content provider; a metadata manager to register the content using the metadata, and to store the metadata of the registered content; a database manager to store and manage information associated with the content; and an encoding manager to schedule an encoding sequence of the content, and to sequentially encode the content based on a scheduling result. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROKERING CONTENT AND METADATA OF CONTENT ON NETWORK - Provided is a method and system of automatically uploading a content and encoding the uploaded content using various formats to provide the encoded content to a third party or an end user. A system for brokering a content and metadata of the content over a network may include: a syndication portal to register a content provider, and to transmit address information for a feed to the content provider; an aggregator to verify whether an added content exists in the feed of the content provider, and to upload the content and the metadata of the content when the added content exists; and a media mediator to register the uploaded content, to encode the content, and to provide the encoded content to an end user. | 03-03-2011 |
20110069004 | REMOTE CONTROLLER SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEB SERVICE OPTIMIZED FOR REMOTE CONTROLLER - Provided is a remote controller supporting system and method that may provide a web service optimized for a remote controller of a user by displaying a webpage with different functions according to functions of each remote controller. The remote controller supporting system may include: a webpage storage unit to store a different webpage for each remote controller according to functions supportable by each remote controller; and a function controller to transmit remote controller group information containing remote controllers and webpage information corresponding to each of the remote controllers, and to transmit a webpage corresponding to a remote controller used in a system receiving the remote controller group information according to a request of the system. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072358 | REMOTE CONTROLLER SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING EVENT IN WEB ENVIRONMENT - Provided is a system and method that may perform various operations on a website according to combinations of buttons on a remote controller. A system for supporting a remote controller may include: a profile storage unit to store a plurality of profiles containing functions of the remote controller and information associated with the functions of the remote controller; a receiver to receive an input signal from the remote controller, and to interpret an event of the input signal based on a profile corresponding to the remote controller; and a presentation unit to access a web server, to transform, to a predetermined behavior, at least one event interpreted by the receiver, and to request the web server for an operation corresponding to the behavior. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072369 | REMOTE CONTROLLER SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING FUNCTION OF KEY BEING MAPPED WITH REMOTE CONTROLLER - Provided is a remote controller supporting system and method that may display, on objects included in a webpage, keys of a remote controller corresponding to the objects and manipulation schemes, respectively. The remote controller supporting system may include: a profile storage unit to store a plurality of profiles containing functions of the remote controller and information associated with the functions of the remote controller; a receiver to receive an input signal from the remote controller, and to interpret a meaning of the input signal based on a profile corresponding to the remote controller; an event unit to transform the meaning of the input signal to an event form; and a presentation unit to access a web server to display a webpage, to transform, to a predetermined behavior, at least one event transformed by the event unit, and to request the web server for an operation corresponding to the behavior. | 03-24-2011 |
20110145871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING EFFICIENT VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICE USING UNICAST/MULTICAST IN INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - A system and method for providing an efficient video-on-demand (VoD) service using unicast/multicast in an Internet Protocol (IP) network are provided. A VoD service system includes a multicast efficiency factor (MEF) checking unit to check an MEF in content in response to a request for the content from a client, and a content transmission unit to multicast or unicast the content over a network depending on the checked MEF. Here, the MEF includes an indicator of efficiency for multicast transmission relative to unicast transmission of the content. | 06-16-2011 |
20130103689 | MEDIA MEDIATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTENTS OF VARIOUS FORMATS - Provided is a system and method that may encode various formats of contents to a single format and thereby manage the contents, and may transform the contents to a format corresponding to a request of a third party or an end user to distribute the content. A media mediator system of managing various formats of contents may include: a service manager to receive a content and metadata of the content from a content provider; a metadata manager to register the content using the metadata, and to store the metadata of the registered content; a database manager to store and manage information associated with the content; and an encoding manager to schedule an encoding sequence of the content, and to sequentially encode the content based on a scheduling result. | 04-25-2013 |
20130194081 | REMOTE CONTROLLER SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING EVENT IN WEB ENVIRONMENT - Provided is a system and method that may perform various operations on a website according to combinations of buttons on a remote controller. A system for supporting a remote controller may include: a profile storage unit to store a plurality of profiles containing functions of the remote controller and information associated with the functions of the remote controller; a receiver to receive an input signal from the remote controller, and to interpret an event of the input signal based on a profile corresponding to the remote controller; and a presentation unit to access a web server, to transform, to a predetermined behavior, at least one event interpreted by the receiver, and to request the web server for an operation corresponding to the behavior. | 08-01-2013 |
20130227442 | REMOTE CONTROLLER SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING FUNCTION OF KEY BEING MAPPED WITH REMOTE CONTROLLER - Provided is a remote controller supporting system and method that may display, on objects included in a webpage, keys of a remote controller corresponding to the objects and manipulation schemes, respectively. The remote controller supporting system may include: a profile storage unit to store a plurality of profiles containing functions of the remote controller and information associated with the functions of the remote controller; a receiver to receive an input signal from the remote controller, and to interpret a meaning of the input signal based on a profile corresponding to the remote controller; an event unit to transform the meaning of the input signal to an event form; and a presentation unit to access a web server to display a webpage, to transform, to a predetermined behavior, at least one event transformed by the event unit, and to request the web server for an operation corresponding to the behavior. | 08-29-2013 |