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| 20080201746 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ELECTRONIC SERVICE GUIDE IN A DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method for transmitting an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) in a Convergence of Broadcasting and Mobile Service (CBMS) system is provided. A delivery path of ESG data is parsed. A first information element indicating transmission of a broadcast ESG when the ESG data can be delivered over a broadcast network is set. A second information element indicating transmission of a Point-to-Point (PTP) ESG for a terminal or a terminal group when the ESG data can be delivered over an interactive network in a PTP bearer is set. ESG delivery information is transmitted including at least one of the first and second information elements, to at least one terminal over at least one ESG bootstrap session for carrying information necessary for transmission of the ESG data. The broadcast ESG and the PTP ESG are transmitted to the at least one terminal over at least one delivery path out of the broadcast network and the interactive network. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080225799 | Method and apparatus for performing handover in a digital broadcasting system - A method is provided for performing handover by a terminal in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes measuring strength of a received signal from a serving broadcast transmitter while receiving a broadcast service, and comparing the measured strength of the received signal with a predetermined reference value; periodically measuring strength of the received signal while continuously receiving the broadcast service when the measured strength of the received signal is greater than the reference value; sending a handover start request message for the broadcasting system to a base station of a mobile communication system when the measured strength of the received signal is less than or equal to the reference value; and performing handover from the serving broadcast transmitter to a target broadcast transmitter upon receipt of an accept message for the handover start request for the broadcasting system from the base station. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080252719 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE FILE BASED ON MEDIA STANDARDS - Provided is an apparatus, a method, and a system for generating a stereo-scopic image file based on media standards. The system includes a stereo-scopic image file generation apparatus for generating a stereo-scopic image file including a data area including a first video track including a first image data and a second video track including a second image data to be synchronized with the first image data for use in generating a stereo-scopic image, a header area including a first video track information area including information on the first video track and a second video track information area including information on the second video track; and an image reproduction device for, upon receiving input of the generated stereo-scopic image file, simultaneously decoding the first image data and the second image data into a stereo-scopic image and reproducing the decoded stereo-scopic image. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080263614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SERVICE DATA IN A DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A system and method for transmitting broadcast service data in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes setting a flag indicating a service area representative of coverage where broadcast service data is provided, for each broadcast service; and transmitting broadcast service information including the flag and a Transport Stream (TS) including the broadcast service data. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080304766 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REGENERATING 3D IMAGE FILES BASED ON 2D IMAGE MEDIA STANDARDS - Disclosed are a system and a method for generating and regenerating three-dimensional (3D) images file based on two-dimensional (2D) image media standards, a 3D image file generating device for generating a 3D image file having a data area, which includes first image data and second image data synchronized with the first image data so as to be used for generating a 3D image, a header area including information of the first image data, and a metadata area including information of the second image data, and a 3D image file regenerating device, which parses information of the first and the second image data when a 3D image file is inputted so as to synthesize and regenerate the first and the second image data into a 3D image file. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080310762 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REGENERATING 3D IMAGE FILES BASED ON 2D IMAGE MEDIA STANDARDS - Disclosed are a system and a method for generating and regenerating three-dimensional (3D) image files based on two-dimensional (2D) image media standards. The system includes a 3D image file generating device for generating a 3D image file including a data area, which includes a first image data and a second image data, the second image data being synchronized with the first image data so as to be used for generating a 3D image and undergoing a data conversion process based on the first image data, a header area including information of the first image data, and a metadata area including information of the second image data, and a 3D image file regenerating device, which parses information of the first and second image data when a 3D image file is inputted so as to extract the first and second image data, restores the second image data through a data conversion process, and synthesizes the first image data and the restored second image data so as to regenerate the 3D image file. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080316973 | Method and Apparatus for Supporting a Handover Using an Interactive Channel in a Dvb-H Cbms System - An apparatus and method for continuously providing a selected service being watched when a user moves out of a cell or network in a Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) Convergence of Broadcasting and Mobile Service (CBMS) system. Information required for a handover is provided to a terminal using an interactive channel. The handover for the terminal can be performed using a conventional scheme and an enhanced scheme even when the user moves to a new cell while watching the selected service. As the enhanced handover scheme is provided, the user can receive a seamless service. In a mobile environment, a handover scenario for the terminal can be efficiently provided. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090003434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING SCENE USING LASeR CONTENTS - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving LASeR contents are provided, in which content including at least one of a scene element and a scene element set that includes the scene element is received, for use in scene composition, and a scene is composed by selecting at least one of the at least one of the scene element and the scene element set included in the content according to at least one of a terminal type, a user preference, and a content-serviced party. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090066783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC FILE - A method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic file defined based on a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format. The apparatus includes an encoder encoding first video data and second video data that are included in three-dimensional (3D) video data; and a file generating unit arranging the encoded first video data and second video data according to the information of a stereoscopic file format including boxes that are selected from boxes included in a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format in order to store and generate the stereoscopic file, and generating the stereoscopic file. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090075584 | MOBILE BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SERVICE THEREFOR - A method for receiving a broadcast service through a plurality of terminals in a mobile broadcasting system supporting the broadcast service is provided. The method includes sending a registration request message for requesting registration of each of a plurality of terminals from a server associated with a broadcast service, receiving a registration response message from the server in response to each registration request message, sending a service request message to the server through one terminal of the plurality of terminals to request that the broadcast service be provided to the remaining terminals, and receiving, by the remaining terminals, a service response message from the server and the broadcast service. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077591 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GREENWICH MEAN TIME IN MOBILE BROADCASTING SERVICE - An apparatus and method for providing mobile broadcasting services through a communication network and a broadcast network, wherein a mobile terminal receives and stores Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) access address through an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) bootstrap File deLivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) session. The GMT access address is included in the ESG bootstrap FLUTE session when transmitted. The mobile terminal requests the GMT from the communication network using the GMT access address, receives the GMT from the communication network, and stores and sets the GMT. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090083794 | METHOD AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ESG - Disclosed is a method and a digital broadcasting system for transmitting and receiving an Electronic Service Guide (ESG). When there are ESG fragments to be transmitted through a communication network among ESG fragments included in ESG data, a digital broadcast transmitter generates an ESG data session such that the ESG data session may include route information through the communication network of the relevant ESG fragments. Then, the digital broadcast transmitter transmits the generated ESG data session to a broadcast receiving terminal, which obtains the route information through the communication network of the relevant ESG fragments. Accordingly, a user can more easily and conveniently receive the ESG data by using the route information through the communication network obtained by the broadcast receiving terminal. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090096864 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE/VIDEO CONTENTS ON TERMINAL BASED ON LIGHTWEIGHT APPLICATION SCENE REPRESENTATION - A method for providing stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) image/video content in a terminal based on Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR) is provided. The method includes receiving a LASeR content including therein stereoscopic 3D image/video information, decoding the received LASeR content according to a stereoscopic 3D image/video attribute, checking LASeR commands from the decoded LASeR content, carrying out the LASeR commands, parsing scene information including stereoscopic 3D image/video information included in the decoded LASeR content, determining whether a media object to be included in scene description is a stereoscopic 3D image/video according to the stereoscopic 3D image/video information and, when the media object to be included in scene description is a stereoscopic 3D image/video, displaying the stereoscopic 3D image/video according to whether the terminal supports a stereoscopic 3D image/video. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090100472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING PLURAL DATA IN PORTABLE BROADCASTING SERVICE - A method and system for transmitting a plurality of ESG data to an MS over a communication network in a DVB-H CBMS portable broadcasting service are provided. The MS requests ESG data over the communication network, a server collects the requested ESG data and transmits at least one of the collected ESG data in an ESG data group file to the MS over the communication network. The MS receives the ESG data group file and stores the ESG data included in the ESG data group file. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090122134 | METHOD OF RECORDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - A method of storing 3D image data in a recording medium includes: loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating either one of a single stereoscopic image or a compound image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image; loading, in a predetermined image configuration information container field, scene descriptor information indicating temporal and spatial relations between a plurality of media objects included in the three-dimensional image, object configuration information indicating attributes of each media object of said plurality of media objects and a configuration relation between encoded streams of the plurality of media objects, configuration information of the encoded streams; loading in an image data container field media data of an image to be stored; and loading, in a meta container field, metadata including information for playing the 3D image data. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090148070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REPRODUCING IMAGE FILE INCLUDING 2D IMAGE AND 3D STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - An apparatus includes a storage unit to receive and store an image file, a processor to parse a media data field of the image file including one or more image data samples and to parse a media header field including an image type data field indicating whether each of the one or more image data samples is one of 2 dimensional (2D) image data and 3 dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image data to generate an image corresponding to one of a 2D image and a 3D stereoscopic image based on the image type data field of the image file, and a display unit to display the generated image according to the image type data field of the image file. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090160932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTIVIEW IMAGE DATA STREAM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING THE SAME - Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image data stream, the method including: recording multi-view image data onto the multi-view image data stream; recording onto the multi-view image data stream a multi-view image parameter recording parameter indicating whether a multi-view image parameter with regard to the multi-view image data is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream; and determining whether the multi-view image parameter is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream based on a value of the multi-view image data parameter recording parameter. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090199100 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING MEDIA FILES - A computer readable medium having data stored thereon is provided. A structure of the data includes a media data box including two or more media data, and a movie data (‘moov’) box including information on view sequence data in the media data. The ‘moov’ box includes track reference information indicating that a track box for one view sequence references a track box of another view sequence. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090204997 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MOBILITY IN A MOBILE BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for supporting mobility in a mobile broadcasting system in which Electronic Service Guide (ESG) discovery is required. The mobility support is classified into three ways according to three different aspects. The first way is to provide roaming information for a local IPDC operator having a roaming partner among local IPDC operators. In the second way, a terminal transmits a query message for requesting transmission of information on a particular local IPDC operator, and receives information on the particular local IPDC operator in response thereto. The third way is to provide the terminal with type information of an ESG; an access type of which is classified according to provision of a roaming service. The roaming information, the information on the particular local IPDC operator and the type information of the ESG, which are provided to the terminal from the mobile broadcasting system, can be provided in an ESG bootstrap level. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090208119 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND PLAYING IMAGE FILES FOR SLIDESHOWS - A system for generating and playing image files for slideshows is provided. The system includes an image file generator that generates image files. Each image file has an image track including at least two images for slideshow images and information for the slideshow images enabling at least two images to be sequentially displayed at specified time intervals. The system also includes an image file player that extracts the information for the slideshow images from the image files inputted from the image file generator, and provides the at least two images of the image track for a slideshow service. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090210896 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING NOTIFICATION MESSAGE IN A DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a notification message in a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) system are provided, in which a terminal detects an Access Point (AP) from an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) bootstrapping session, queries the AP to request a notification message list or all or part of a notification message over a communication channel, and receives the notification message list or all or part of the notification message from the AP. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090219282 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DATASTREAM INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MULTIVIEW IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING DATASTREAM BY USING THE SAME - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a datastream into which multiview image information is inserted. The method of decoding a multiview image datastream includes extracting multiview image information including information on at least one view image of a multiview image, from at least one elementary stream of the multiview image datastream; extracting a multiview image parameter regarding the multiview image based on the number of elementary streams and a correlation between view images of the multiview image; and restoring the multiview image by using the extracted multiview image parameter and the extracted multiview image information. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090265603 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPOSING SCENES USING RICH MEDIA CONTENTS - A user interface method and apparatus for a Rich Media service in a terminal. A decoder decodes a received stream to check a header of the received stream. A renderer adaptively composes a scene using scene composition elements of the received stream, according to adaptation information in the header checked by the decoder, and a display displays the adaptively composed scene. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090284583 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATIHNG AND DISPLAYING MEDIA FILE - A method and apparatus for creating and displaying a media file. A computer-readable recording medium is disclosed for storing stereoscopic content having two or more tracks and stereoscopic video-related information of each track in the stereoscopic content. The medium includes a duplication indication field indicating duplication of stereoscopic video-related information of each track in the stereoscopic content, and a track reference field including information used to connect a current track to at least one other track to which the current rack refers. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090300690 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SERVICE IN A DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for sending a broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes assigning a same Internet Protocol (IP) address for a common broadcast service when the common broadcast service is provided in at least two IP platforms, each of the at least two IP platforms providing a broadcast service to a terminal; delivering the common broadcast service using the same IP address; and delivering related information relevant to the common broadcast service. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090310566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MOBILITY INFORMATION SUPPORTING HANDOVER AND/OR ROAMING IN DIGITAL BROADCASTNG SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving mobility information to support the handover and roaming in a digital broadcasting system. The transmission method includes the steps of setting mobility information including information elements for indicating at least one handover/roaming type according to whether or not support of an interactive network is available for handover/roaming; inserting the mobility information into at least one of an ESG regarding broadcasting services, a notification message, and an independent signaling message so that the mobility information is transmitted to at least one terminal; and conducting handover or roaming of the terminal according to the mobility information. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100017372 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE SERVICE IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method are provided for providing a User Interface (UI) service in a multimedia system. The method includes receiving UI data from a UI server; abstracting UI data that is structuralized on an object-by-object basis, and corresponds to an input from a UI client; creating adaptive UI data by reflecting a UI environment of a device for displaying, in the abstracted UI data; and displaying the created adaptive UI data. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017504 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RICH MEDIA CONTENT - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving rich media content. A creator creates configuration information of each node formed in a hierarchical structure in a changeable format in which a driver can change the configuration information, and transmits content including the configuration information of each node to the driver. A driver receives the content, determines whether configuration information of each node formed in a hierarchical structure in the received content is created in the changeable format, reconfigures each node when the configuration information is created in the changeable format, and performs an application on the reconfigured node. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100023530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RICH MEDIA SERVICE - A method is provided for providing a received rich media service by a terminal. The method includes receiving and decoding service content, searching for reference information using representation information of the reference information in the received service content, and composing the received service content in a form that can be provided to a user, using the searched reference information. The composed service content is then output to the user through a user interface. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100064138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURITY SERVICE OF USER INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for providing a security service for UI applications in a network system. In a network supporting a user interface, encryption-unneeded data is distinguished from data in which security identifier is specified, that indicates a need for security between a server and a communication device, and the distinguished data is transmitted over a security channel and a general channel separately. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100091737 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER/ROAMING DURING FILE DOWNLOADING/STREAMING - Apparatuses and methods for handover or roaming during a file download or streaming. A streaming roaming method in a Convergence of Broadcast and Mobile Services (CBMS) system includes generating a Session Description Protocol (SDP), a fragment, or a notification message indicating streaming roaming or handover information, and transmitting the SDP, the fragment, or the notification message to a terminal. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100095228 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE BASED ON STRUCTURED RICH MEDIA DATA - An apparatus and method are provided for providing a structured rich media-based User Interface (UI) for producing situation-adaptive UI with a structured UI format composed of the rich media data including diverse multimedia and interactions. AUI UI format is created that includes a header and scene data. The header contains basic information on the UI and the scene data is composed of the UI. The UI format is encoded. The encoded UI format is transmitted. The header further includes initial information, configuration information, and layout information. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100115027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN REMOTE USER INTERFACE SERVICE - A method is provided for controlling access to a resource of a Remote User Interface (RUI) server in an RUI client of an RUI system. The method includes sending a request for an RUI page for controlling the resource to the RUI server and receiving the RUI page, generating a connection to a Mutual Exclusion (MUTEX) of the RUI server, which corresponds to the resource, using the received RUT page, and sending a request for MUTEX locking for restricting access to the resource to the RUI server. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100115053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING STATE INFORMATION OF REMOTE USER INTERFACE - A method for managing state information of a Remote User Interface (RUI) received from a server providing the RUI in a client. The method includes extracting the state information in response to a store request for the state information from a user; providing the state information to the server; receiving from the server location information indicating a route to a location where the state information is stored; and storing the location information in a bookmark module. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100115129 | CONDITIONAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A conditional processing method and apparatus for efficient memory management are provided. A conditional processing method includes generating a parse tree by loading a plurality of nodes of data structured based on a declarative description language in a memory in series; evaluating, when a parsing switch node having an attribute describing a condition for conditional processing exists among the nodes, child nodes of the parsing switch node according to the attribute; loading only the child nodes fulfilling the attribute in the memory; and outputting the child nodes retained on the memory. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100180310 | RICH MEDIA-ENABLED SERVICE GUIDE PROVISION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST SERVICE - A service guide provision method and system for a digital broadcast service is provided for distributing a rich media-enabled service guide. A rich media-enabled service guide provisioning method for a digital broadcast service includes creating a Rich Media Solution (RMS) template for a service guide with reference to service guide fragments; creating a service guide delivery descriptor containing RMS information on the RMS template and service guide fragment information on the service guide fragments; and broadcasting the service guide fragments, the RMS template, and the service guide delivery descriptor. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100192078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING USER INTERFACE COMPOSED OF COMPONENT OBJECTS - A method and apparatus for processing a rich media user interface composed of a plurality of component objects that is capable of transferring information from a group of component objects having a specific function but not supporting the export of information to a group of component objects importing information only through predetermined paths through unpredictable path are provided. The method for processing content composed of user interface component objects includes receiving content including a plurality of user interface component objects, extracting exportable information which is defined to be exportable outside the content, and transferring the extracted exportable information to a target object. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100195606 | SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE PROVISION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMS-BASED NETWORK - A service provision method in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is provided. A service request message is transmitted from a first user terminal to a second user terminal for requesting a service. The service request message includes global identifiers (IDs) allocated to the first user terminal and the second user terminal. A service response message is transmitted from the second user terminal to the first user terminal. A service session is established between the first user terminal and the second user terminal, when the service response message is received by the first user terminal. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100211977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PRESENTATION INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM - A method and apparatus is provided for defining and transmitting/receiving a presentation fragment including therein a requirement for a scheme of displaying an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) in a digital broadcast system. The transmission method includes generating a presentation fragment including therein a requirement for terminal presentation; inputting the presentation fragment including therein a requirement for terminal presentation to an ESG data model through encoding; and transmitting the ESG data model to the terminal. The presentation fragment includes ESG's display control information at the terminal. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100219976 | REMOTE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A remote user interface system and method for effectively controlling functions of a client device and remote user interface rendered on the client device by means of a client-specific or content-specific control user interface rendered on a remote control device is provided. A method for controlling a remote user interface device with a remote control device includes broadcasting, at the remote control device, a discovery message for discovering the remote user interface device; performing, when a response is received, a capability exchange and matching with the remote user interface device; rendering a control user interface transmitted by the remote user interface device and displaying the rendered control user interface on a screen; and transmitting, when an input is detected on the control user interface, a control command corresponding to the input to the remote user interface device. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100228844 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING SUBSCRIPTION STATUS OF SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for changing a subscription status of a service in a mobile communication system, and a system thereof. A method is provided for changing a subscription status of a service by a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method includes transmitting a pause request message, in which a pause period of the subscription status is included, to a network entity; receiving, from the network entity, a pause response message including therein a possible pause period for the pause period included in the pause request message, and a trigger for changing validity for a Long-term Key stored in the terminal; and changing validity for the Long-term Key using the trigger for the possible pause period included in the pause response message. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100242071 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING USER INFORMATION BETWEEN TERMINALS IN BROADCAST STREAMING SERVICE - A method and apparatus for transferring user information between different terminals are disclosed. The method includes saving by a first terminal, when a change is made to user information during playback of content, the changed user information in a scene history, performing a terminal change from the first terminal to a second terminal, and resuming, by the second terminal, playback of the content from a continued scene after the last scene played back by the first terminal. Consequently, in a terminal change, the user may use the second terminal to play back the same content from the continued scene using the same content usage environment as the first terminal. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100299708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTI-FORMAT DIGITAL BROADCASTS - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving multi-format digital broadcasts are disclosed. The method of transmitting multi-format digital broadcasts, includes creating digital broadcast services having different formats and electronic service guides (ESG) associated with the digital broadcast services; creating entry information for accessing the ESGs; and transmitting the digital broadcast services, the ESGs, and the entry information. The same broadcast services may be provided in multiple formats, and a broadcast receiver may selectively receive a broadcast service having a supportable format. Hence, it is possible to enhance effectiveness in reception of a digital broadcast service. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100306312 | EVENT-PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A HOME NETWORK SUPPORTING A REMOTE USER INTERFACE - An event-processing method and system are provided for efficiently re-delivering notification events stored by a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS), from the RUIS to remote user interface clients (RUICs), in a home network supporting an RUI. An RUIC transmits an information request to the remote user interface server, receives, from the RUIS, notification event information corresponding to the information request, transmits a notification event request based on the received notification event information to the RUIS, and receives, from the RUIS, at least one notification event corresponding to the notification event request. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100318601 | WIDGET ACTIVATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A method and apparatus for activating a group widget by a widget client are provided. The method includes receiving widgets from at least one surrounding widget server, analyzing the received widgets and grouping the widgets according to the result of the analysis, generating grouped widgets as a group widget, if an event is received from a user, converting a received event into an event related to a configuration widget of a group widget, transmitting the converted event to a corresponding widget server, and receiving a processing result from the widget server which received the transmitted event. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100325203 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A USER INTERFACE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting a User Interface (UI) to a client in a communication system supporting a Remote User Interface (RUI), in which a representation level of a UI requested by the client is determined, whether the representation level is available in a service provided to the client is determined, and a UI having an available representation level is provided to the client, according to the determination results. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110041078 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATION OF INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE - A method and device for creating an integrated User Interface (UI) by combining individual application UIs. The device receives application UIs from individual UI providing devices, combines the application UIs into the integrated UI, and displays the integrated UI. When an application UI is selected from the integrated UI, the device sends a function invocation signal to a corresponding device in order to perform the particular function corresponding to the selected application UI. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110060999 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN A REMOTE USER INTERFACE SERVER AND A REMOTE USER INTERFACE CLIENT - Provided is a method and apparatus for providing a User Interface (UI) component to a second Remote User Interface Client (RUIC) incapable of directly receiving the UI component from a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS) in a first RUIC capable of directly receiving the UI component from the RUIS. In the method, the first RUIC discovers the second RUIC that will receive the UI component. Upon discovering the second RUIC, the first RUIC performs a device capability matching procedure between the RUIS and the second RUIC. After completion of the device capability matching procedure, the first RUIC provides the second RUIC with a UI component received from the RUIS and processed for the second RUIC, and delivers control information for the UI component from the second RUIC to the RUIS. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110072359 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZABLE REMOTE USER INTERFACE PAGE - An apparatus and method for providing a customizable RUI page. The method includes setting object information including customization capability information and an attribute to an object of a User Interface (UI) to be configured at the RUI page; transmitting the set object information to a UI page-configuring unit to configure the RUI page using the object information; and when request for a user-customized object is received, configuring and transmitting the requested user-customized object according to object information included in the request. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110145430 | STREAMING METHOD AND APPARATUS OPERATING BY INSERTING OTHER CONTENT INTO MAIN CONTENT - A method and apparatus for reproducing media data are provided. The method includes: receiving a first file including information about a period of first content and information about a period of second content; receiving and reproducing media data of the first content based on the received first file; stopping reproducing of the media data of the first content and receiving and reproducing media data of the second content based on the first file; and receiving and reproducing the media data of the first content when the reproducing the media data of the second content is completed, wherein the information about the period of the second content includes location information about the second media data of the second content or location information of a second file including the location information about the second media data of the second content. | 06-16-2011 |
