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20090307228 | METHOD OF SHARING USAGE INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - Provided are a method, apparatus, and system for sharing usage information of daily life. Usage information sharing system includes: a first home network including at least one electronic device generating metadata with respect to human behavior; a first collecting device collecting metadata with respect to usage information from first home network; a second collecting device transmitting metadata of first home network that is received from the first collecting device to a second home network; and a second home network comprising at least one electronic device receiving the metadata from the second collecting device and performing an operation corresponding to the metadata. Accordingly, behavioral actions of a person in daily life can be dynamically recognized via a home network and home electronic devices and converted into metadata, and transmitted to another home network in real-time via a network. Thus, the experiences and feelings of a user can be dynamically shared. | 12-10-2009 |
20090313650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING VIEWING RESTRICTION INFORMATION OF APPLICATION - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving viewing restriction information of an application of data broadcasting. The method includes acquiring an application and viewing restriction information set on a unit-by-unit basis of the application, and performing viewing restriction functions differently for each unit of a plurality of units the application, based on the viewing restriction information which is acquired. | 12-17-2009 |
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20100169413 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE WITH REMOTE APPLICATION IN HOME NETWORK - Provided is a method and apparatus for providing a client with an application received through a data broadcast channel as a type of content of a content directory service (CDS) or a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service newly defined to provide applications by a server. | 07-01-2010 |
20100185765 | CONTENT INFORMATION PROVIDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are a content information providing method and apparatus. Application information about application data is obtained from broadcasting data. An application resource is generated based on the application information. The application resource is added to a content item. Link information between the application resource and an audio/video (AV) resource is added to attribute information of the content item. The content information including the attribute information is provided to a content reproducing apparatus. | 07-22-2010 |
20110138300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING COMMENTS REGARDING CONTENT - A method of sharing comments including outputting an interface for receiving comments regarding content, receiving comments input to the interface, and transmitting the received comments to a storage space of a designated web site. | 06-09-2011 |
20110238809 | METHOD OF MANAGING SELECTION INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO MEDIA CONTENT, AND USER DEVICE, SERVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method of managing selection information with respect to media content in a user device, a method of managing selection information with respect to media content in a server, the user device, a server, and a storage medium are provided. First information about at least one media content is output from the user device. A selection signal based on the first information is received at the user device. Second information about media content selected by the selection signal is transmitted from the user device to the server. | 09-29-2011 |
20120079022 | METHOD OF CREATING AND JOINING SOCIAL GROUP, USER DEVICE FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method, user device, server, and storage medium for creating and joining a social group performed by a user device are provided. The method for creating the social group includes receiving information corresponding to a current location of the user device; receiving at least one social group condition information item; and sending a request to create a social group based on the information corresponding to the current location and the at least one social group condition information item to an external device. | 03-29-2012 |