Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100094845 | CONTENTS SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a contents search apparatus and a method thereof. The contents search apparatus includes a query word preprocessing module expanding an inputted query word; and a search module searching for contents of a tag corresponding to the expanded query word. The contents search method includes expanding an inputted query word; and searching for contents tagged using a tag corresponding to the expanded query word. | 04-15-2010 |
20110131413 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC UPDATE OF SOFTWARE-BASED IPTV CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - The apparatus for dynamic update of a software-based IPTV conditional access system includes: a server master key manager managing a master key and encrypting a conditional access code ID; a conditional access server manager generating and managing a server list, linking and storing an update policy with the conditional access server IDs included in the server list, and controlling execution of the conditional access server; and a conditional access code download server generating an ID map of set of conditional access codes by combining the plurality of conditional access codes and the plurality of conditional access code IDs that are encrypted, and transmitting the ID map of set of conditional access codes and the conditional access code to a receiver. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131623 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILE CONTENTS USING SETTOP BOX ON IPTV NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOF - A settop box based on an IPTV according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a home network interface communicating with one or more mobile terminals; a terminal profile manager acquiring and managing a terminal profile from a mobile terminal connected through the home network interface; a contents converter converting contents received from an external contents server through an external network to mobile contents suitable for the corresponding mobile terminal on the basis of the acquired terminal profile; a contents storage storing the contents converted by the contents converter; and a transmitting/receiving controller performing a processing operation to extract the mobile contents stored in the contents storage and transmit the extracted mobile contents to the mobile terminal through the home network interface in accordance with a request from a user. | 06-02-2011 |
20110145876 | APPARATUS FOR PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF ENTITLEMENT, METHOD THEREOF, AND SETTOP BOX IN IPTV BROADCAST SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus for purchase and delivery of entitlement in an IPTV broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present invention that includes: an entitlement purchase environment provider providing a charged broadcast contents list to the purchaser so that the purchaser can select delivery target contents and providing an IPTV broadcasting service subscriber list to the purchaser so that the purchaser can select one or more entitlement delivery target subscribers to which the entitlement for the delivery target contents is delivered; an entitlement generator receiving information on the delivery target contents from the entitlement purchase environment provider, and then generating the entitlement for corresponding broadcast contents; and an entitlement transmitter delivering the entitlement for the delivery target contents to IPTV settop boxes of the entitlement delivery target subscribers on the basis of information on the entitlement delivery target subscribers. | 06-16-2011 |
20110179444 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING CONDITIONAL ACCESS IMAGES - Disclosed herein is a software-based conditional access image download client device. The software-based conditional access image download client device includes a download management module, a conditional access image splitter, and a conditional access image restoration unit. The download management module establishes a secure channel for communicating with a download server device over a network, and communicates with the download server device in compliance with a download protocol. The conditional access image splitter splits a conditional access image, received via the download management module, into a plurality of files, generates a plurality of encrypted files by encrypting the plurality of files, and stores the plurality of encrypted files. The conditional access image restoration unit restores the plurality of encrypted files to the conditional access image when the conditional access image is required. | 07-21-2011 |
20130054499 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL MIND SERVICE - An apparatus for providing a digital mind service, includes a mind input module configured to receive gaze trace information, sensitivity information, or log information of a user. Further, the apparatus for providing the digital mind service includes a mind epigenomic map creating module configured to create a plurality of mind epigenomes in accordance with predetermined specifications by analyzing the log information of the user and to create a mind epigenomic map by defining relationship between the created mind epigenomes and structure thereof. | 02-28-2013 |
20140086553 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO CONTENTS SUMMARIZATION - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for summarizing a video based on a user, the apparatus including: a gaze information collecting unit to receive gaze information of a user about video data; a memory unit to manage identification information used to identify an object that is a target of the gaze information among objects included in the video data; a control unit to recognize an object of interest to which the user pays attention using the gaze information and the identification information; and a summarizing unit to generate summary data of the video data including the recognized object of interest. According to the present invention, summary data may be generated based on a frame that a user considers important, or an object or a human present within the frame. | 03-27-2014 |
20140220937 | DATA SHARING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method that enable data sharing to be performed between short-range/middle-range/long-range mobile terminals by minimizing specific intervention of a user. The apparatus includes a social relationship management unit for managing social network group information formed by a user while the user utilizes a social network service. A device recognition and authentication unit identifies a mobile terminal of another party attempting to make a connection and allocates a data communication channel for data exchange, based on device information received from the mobile terminal of the other party attempting to make a connection and the social network group information. A shared data setting unit sets data to be shared with the mobile terminal of the other party between which the data communication channel has been established. A shared data transmission unit transmits the data to be shared to the mobile terminal of the other party. | 08-07-2014 |
20140324971 | DATA SHARING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SOCIAL RELATION - Provided is a data sharing apparatus and method for sharing data between a terminal possessed by a user and another terminal using social relations. The data sharing apparatus includes a social relation information acquisition unit that accesses a social network service (SNS) server for providing an SNS to acquire social relation information of a user, a social relation information storage unit that stores the acquired social relation information, and a data sharing control unit that controls data sharing between a user terminal possessed by the user and a target terminal based on the stored social relation information. | 10-30-2014 |
20150039769 | SMART DEVICE COMBINING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Disclosed are a combining method of smart devices and an apparatus thereof. More specifically the combining method of resources of the smart devices and the apparatus thereof are disclosed. The smart device includes a storage unit configured to store identity information of a counterpart device, a sensing unit configured to sense approach by the counterpart device, a control unit configured to determine whether the counterpart device sensed by the sensing unit corresponds to the identity information stored in the storage unit, and a combining processing unit configured to combine a resource of the counterpart device if the counterpart device is determined by the control unit to correspond to the identity information. | 02-05-2015 |