Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080240669 | MPEG-BASED USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUNCTION USING THE SAME - An MPEG-based user interface (UI) device and a method of controlling a function using the same are provided. The MPEG-based user interface (UI) device includes an output unit which outputs an MPEG-based UI to a screen of an apparatus, and a processing unit which controls a function corresponding to the UI. | 10-02-2008 |
20080243998 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A remote control apparatus and method are provided. The remote control apparatus includes a user interface (UI) server which transmits a UI having a multimedia data format, and a UI client which displays the UI, receives a user command and controls the UI server according to the received user command. The remote control method includes enabling a UI server to transmit a UI having a multimedia data format to a UI client, enabling the UI client to display the UI, and enabling the UI client to control the UI server by transmitting a user command received through the UI to the UI server. | 10-02-2008 |
20080310620 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A/V PROFILES - A method, apparatus and system for managing A/V (Audio/Video) profiles are provided, which is related to a technology that supports different profiles in a domain. The method of managing A/V profiles includes requesting a license component and an encrypted content component, and creating a DRM license and encrypted content by gathering elements that correspond to an A/V profile of a specified device from the license component and the encrypted content component. | 12-18-2008 |
20090265422 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING USER INTERFACE - In a method of providing/receiving a user interface between a user interface client and a user interface server, when the user interface server encodes information on a plurality of user interface scenes in a multimedia data format and transmits the encoded information to the user interface client. The user interface client receives and reproduces the multimedia data so that a user interface may be displayed to which a variety of effect are applied considering individual characteristics of the user interface client such as performance of the user interface client and user preference. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265646 | Method and apparatus for displaying personalized user interface - A method of displaying a user interface (UI), wherein the displaying is performed by a client, is provided. The method includes receiving UI data from a server, generating the UI to be displayed based on the received UI data and characteristics of the client and displaying the generated UI. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265648 | Method and apparatus for providing/receiving user interface in which client characteristics have been reflected - A method and apparatus for providing/receiving a user interface (UI) is provided. In the method and apparatus, a server provides, to a client, a UI encoded in a multimedia data format by considering client characteristics. Accordingly, various UIs for controlling the same server can be provided/received, thus making a UI session between the single server and various devices possible. | 10-22-2009 |
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 |
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 |
20100042678 | Method and apparatus for providing/receiving user interface using user interface directory - In a method and apparatus for providing/receiving a user interface (UI), a client requests a first server for a UI that is necessary to access a second server, and the first server having a plurality of UIs provides at least one of the plurality of UIs to the client. Accordingly, the client, which cannot use a UI provided by the second server, can receive the UI from the first server and access the second server. | 02-18-2010 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20100295809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING INPUT POSITIONS VIA ELECTRIC FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for tracking input positions via Electric Field Communication (EFC) are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of receiving electrodes for EFC and a receiver unit. The receiving electrodes detect strengths of input electric fields. The receiver unit compares the strengths of the input electric fields with each other and generates position information regarding the input electric fields. | 11-25-2010 |
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 |
20100332670 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEVICE CONNECTED TO UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY HOME NETWORK VIA INTERNET, AND SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR THE METHOD - A method, system, and device for controlling a device connected to a UPnP (universal plug and play) home network using the Internet is provided. This method includes: subscribing to the external device outside the UPnP home network and informing the external device of control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network; converting a third-party notification message about control of the device connected to the UPnP home network, the third-party notification message being received from the external device via the Internet, into a control message with respect to a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interfaces; and transmitting the control message to the device that provides a web-based user interface or the device that provides no web-based user interfaces. | 12-30-2010 |
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 |
20110219063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MEDIA CONTENT DATA - A method is provided for playing media content by a client in a data communication network, in which a request for a media content descriptor is sent to a server, a media content descriptor including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for an access to specific media content data configured for execution of a specific function is received from the server, and the specific media content data is received using the URL included in the received media content descriptor. | 09-08-2011 |
20110219138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STREAMING SERVICE IN A DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Provided is an apparatus and method for providing an adaptive streaming service based on a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) file in a data communication network. An MPEG file format defined to support an adaptive streaming service between a server and a client is processed to support an adaptive streaming service between a client and a client. An MPEG file format for a particular message used in a procedure for the adaptive streaming service between the server and the client and a procedure for the adaptive streaming service between the clients is newly defined. In particular, as to the newly defined MPEG file format, necessary information for supporting the adaptive streaming service between clients is defined. As the MPEG file format, both a Transport Stream file format defined in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 transport standards are considered. | 09-08-2011 |
20110255558 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MEDIA DATA - An interface for providing a media service is provided, the interface including an encapsulation layer for encapsulating coded media data; a delivery layer for transmitting the encapsulated media data to another entity; and a control layer for controlling transmission of the media data. | 10-20-2011 |
20110265138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SERVICE DISCOVERY INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND FILE STRUCTURE FOR THE SAME - A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting service discovery information in a multimedia transmission system. Service discovery information, including service access information for reception of a service, is generated. The service discovery information is transmitted after being classified into a plurality of levels. | 10-27-2011 |
20120023254 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA STREAMING SERVICE - In an apparatus for providing a multimedia streaming service, a server transmits a Media Presentation Description (MPD) including information about media data to a client, receives a partial request message requesting a part of media data having a range according to a defined range in the MPD, and transmits to the client a segment having the range in response to the partial request message. The segment includes at least one fragment, segment index information indicating the position of the at least one fragment in the segment, and fragment index information indicating the position of each of a plurality of samples included in the at least one fragment. | 01-26-2012 |
20120047280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DETERIORATION OF A QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE OF A MULTIMEDIA SERVICE IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for reducing a deterioration of a Quality of Experience (QoE) in a multimedia service. The method includes reproducing a first multimedia stream by the multimedia device, receiving a command for reproducing a second multimedia stream during the reproducing of the first multimedia stream, and reproducing the second multimedia stream with reference to information regarding a unit image that is independently decoded from the second multimedia stream. The information regarding the unit image includes information regarding a number of unit images per unit time included in the second multimedia stream. | 02-23-2012 |
20120087417 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - An apparatus and method are provided for securing service quality in multimedia services. The method includes arranging media data samples in each data frame (moof) included a data field of a media data box (mdat), according to a specific rule, and recording control information based on the specific rule in a control information field (sidx) of the mdat. The control information defines an arrangement of the samples in each moof, and includes level information about a level assigned to each sample and index information about a location where each sample is arranged in the data field. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A MULTIMEDIA STREAMING SERVICE - A method and apparatus for improving Quality of Service (QoS) in a multimedia streaming service are provided, in which at least one of a plurality of multimedia streams is configured to include reference information about at least one frame included in at least one of the other multimedia streams, and the configured multimedia stream is transmitted. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089977 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SERVICE IN PLURALITY OF DEVICES BASED ON WIDGET MIGRATION - A service performing method and a service requesting method are provided. The service performing method includes receiving from a second device a message including information representing whether to install a widget for performing a service, and location information of the widget; receiving the widget based on the location information of the widget, and selectively installing the widget based on the information representing whether to install the widget; and performing the service by executing the received widget. | 04-12-2012 |
20120185907 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA FRAME IN BROADCAST SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for transmitting a multimedia frame through a heterogeneous network in a broadcast system supporting a multimedia service based on an interne protocol are provided. The method includes generating header information including a frame identifier distinguishing a multimedia frame and information measuring a quality of a connection service between network layers and end-to-end network capabilities, and combining the header information and multimedia data to configure the multimedia frame. | 07-19-2012 |
20120317461 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PACKET IN BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet in a broadcasting and communication system are provided. The method and apparatus allows a receiver to recognize data in a packet lost due to data loss occurring in a network. To this end, Forward Error Correction (FEC) control-related information is generated, a packet including the generated FEC control-related information is generated, and the packet is transmitted. The FEC control-related information includes at least one of FEC configuration-related information and FEC encoding configuration-related information. | 12-13-2012 |
20120320911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA PACKET OF MULTIMEDIA SERVICE USING MEDIA CHARACTERISTICS - A method of transmitting a data packet of a multimedia service is provided. The method includes generating a media characteristic corresponding to a single media content component or aggregated media characteristics corresponding to a plurality of multimedia content components, obtaining information used for generating the data packet from the generated media characteristics or aggregated media characteristics, and generating the data packet based on the obtained information used for generating the data packet and transmitting the generated data packet. | 12-20-2012 |
20120320925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENTS IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus of transmitting media content in a multimedia system are provided. The method includes determining a transmission unit for transmitting at least one multimedia source related to the media content, generating a data stream including header information and the at least one multimedia source according to the determined transmission unit, and transmitting the data stream through a communication network. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324490 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - An apparatus and a method for providing an adaptive multimedia service in a mobile communication system are provided. The method of providing a multimedia service includes collecting user-preference-aware information, device-capability-aware information, and network-aware information, generating a packet according to a correlation among the user-preference-aware information, the device-capability-aware information, and the network-aware information, and providing a multimedia service according to the generated packet. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING CONTENT IN A BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method for creating content in a broadcasting system that provides an Internet protocol (IP) based multimedia service, the method comprising combining multiple assets into a package, the multiple assets being transferred from an upper layer and having multiple contents, and adding configuration information for multiplexing the multiple assets to the package and then transferring the package to a lower layer, wherein the configuration information comprises a list of assets contained in the package, composition information including information about relationships among the multiple assets, and a transport characteristic relating to delivery paths of the multiple assets. | 12-20-2012 |
20130013982 | METHOD FOR GENERATING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION PACKET IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION PACKET - A method and apparatus for transmitting a Forward Error Correction (FEC) packet block including a plurality of FEC packets in a multimedia system are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of first FEC packet blocks by performing a first FEC encoding on a plurality of source symbols, each of the plurality of first FEC packet blocks including at least one source packet and at least one repair packet for repair of each of the at least one source packet, generating a second FEC packet block by performing a second FEC encoding on the plurality of first FEC packet blocks, the second FEC packet block including at least one repair packet for the plurality of first FEC packet blocks, and transmitting the second FEC packet block that includes, in header information of each of the at least one source packet and the at least one repair packet. | 01-10-2013 |
20130074141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING MEDIA DATA OF MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST SERVICE - A method and an apparatus for synchronizing media data and auxiliary data received by a service through a broadcast network or a communication network in a multimedia broadcast service are provided. The method includes receiving regular media data provided for a broadcast service, receiving and storing control information regarding adjunct media data comprising auxiliary data regarding the regular media data, determining location information of the adjunct media data included in the control information, and receiving and storing the adjunct media data according to the location information. If an identifier of the adjunct media data is included in a header of the regular media data, reading the stored adjunct media data corresponding to the identifier of the adjunct media data, and executing the adjunct media data in synchronization with the regular media data according to synchronization information included in the header. | 03-21-2013 |
20130081088 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAYING BROADCAST CONTENT IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for playing broadcast content in a broadcasting system are provided. The method and the apparatus enable a viewer to watch an entire event by broadcasting the event through different networks in a condition that the event may not be broadcast from start to finish over a single broadcasting network. | 03-28-2013 |
20130086213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTENT - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving content is provided. A method for transmitting content in a transmitter includes generating a file with one or more packages including at least one asset, and transmitting the generated file to a terminal. | 04-04-2013 |
20130094545 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA DATA IN HYBRID NETWORK - An apparatus and a method for transmitting multimedia data in a hybrid network are provided. The apparatus includes a payload part including at least one of first data synchronized according to a time to be reproduced and second data other than the first data, a first header part including information on the payload part, a packet part for generating a packet, the packet part including a second header part including information on the packet, and a transceiver for generating and transmitting a signal including the payload part, the first header part, and the packet part to the hybrid network. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097470 | ENCODING APPARATUS AND ENCODING METHOD IN DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An encoding method and apparatus in a data communication system are provided. The method includes inputting a source block including a plurality of source payloads, converting the source block to an information block including a plurality of information payloads according to an Information Block Generation (IBG) mode selected from a plurality of IBG modes, transmitting a delivery block generated by adding a parity block generated by encoding the information block according to a selected encoding scheme to the source block to a receiver, and transmitting information indicating the selected IBG mode to the receiver. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - A method for receiving a multimedia service is provided. The method includes receiving service specific information for at least one multimedia service provided from different networks, selecting one service based on the service specific information, and receiving the selected service. The service specific information includes one of a first service map table including information about at least one service which is transmitted over a plurality of logical channels, and a second service map table including information about at least one service which is transmitted over a single logical channel. Each of the first and second service map tables includes asset-related information. | 04-18-2013 |
20130117800 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WIDGET SERVICE STREAMING THROUGH A BROADCAST NETWORK, AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - Embodiments disclose a method of processing signals in a digital broadcast receiving apparatus. The method of processing signals in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus further includes: extracting information about at least one widget, associated with a current broadcast program, from streaming data received through a broadcast network; installing the at least one widget in the digital broadcast receiving device on the basis of the extracted information; and executing the installed widget using input data installed in the streaming data of the current broadcast program. | 05-09-2013 |
20130136193 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING BROADCAST DATA - An encoding apparatus and a method of encoding a source block including different types of data payloads are provided. The method includes dividing the source block into a predetermined number M of sub blocks, generating a predetermined number P | 05-30-2013 |
20130219275 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE SERVICE IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing a User Interface (UI) service in a multimedia system are provided. The method includes receiving, from a UI server, a widget composed of a main part for handling display and a sub part for handling input; displaying information output from the main part of the widget; transmitting the sub part of the widget to a UI client device; receiving, from the UI client device, data input in the sub part of the widget; and controlling the main part of the widget according to the input data. | 08-22-2013 |
20130278634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROCESSING DATA TO SUPPORT AUGMENTED REALITY - A method and apparatus of processing data to support Augmented Reality (AR) are provided. In the method, an image file including at least a scene description stream, an object descriptor stream, and a visual stream including a real-world medium is received, the scene description stream including an AR node that represents information about at least one piece of AR content used to augment the real-world medium, information about an AR locator and an object descriptor Identifier (ID) is acquired from the AR node, the AR locator describing when the at least one piece of AR content appears and how the real-world medium is augmented with the at least one piece of AR content and the object indicator ID identifying an Object Descriptor (OD) that describes the at least one piece of AR content, and at least one elementary stream descriptor. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282715 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING MEDIA FILE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE - A method and an apparatus of processing a media file for an Augmented Reality (AR) service are provided. The method includes storing a media file including information about an event to provide the AR service, and providing the media file. The information about the event includes identification information about an event item and information about an event type. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A MULTIMEDIA DATA PACKET USING CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION - An apparatus and method for transmitting a multimedia data packet are provided. The method includes receiving Bottom-up Network Abstraction Layer (B-NAL) information from a network entity, determining a media data quality based on the received B-NAL information and generating media data having the determined media data quality, and generating a packet including the generated media data and transmitting the packet to the network entity. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290814 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PACKET IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting a packet in a communication system is provided. The method includes dividing a data stream into data payloads of a predetermined size and adding a common header to each of the data payloads, to generate a source payload, adding a first Forward Error Correction (FEC) payload Identifier (ID) to the source payload and applying an FEC code thereto, to generate an FEC source packet for a source payload, adding a second FEC payload ID to at least one parity payload and applying an FEC code thereto, to generate an FEC parity packet for the at least one parity payload, and transmitting the FEC source packet and the FEC parity packet. | 10-31-2013 |
20130297822 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA DATA IN A BROADCAST SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for transmitting multimedia data in a broadcast system are provided. A method for constructing a payload for a multimedia frame to be transmitted via a heterogeneous network, in a broadcast system that supports an Internet protocol-based multimedia service, includes dividing the data so as to transmit data of at least one media type and constructing a data region based on each datum of the divided data, constructing a header region including information on the state of the data contained in the data region and/or information on the data region, and combining the data region and the header region to construct a payload for the multimedia frame. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MESSAGE FOR DOWNLOADABLE CAS OR DRM IN MMT - A method for transmitting and receiving a message for Downloadable-Conditional Access System (D-CAS) or Downloadable-Digital Rights Management (D-DRM) in Moving Picture Experts Group Media Transport (MMT) is provided. The method includes, upon receiving Composition Information (CI) from an MMT server, acquiring signaling information for D-CAS or D-DRM, which is included in the CI, acquiring, from the signaling information, an address of a server from which software of D-CAS or D-DRM is downloadable, generating a request for the software based on the signaling information, and sending the request for the software to the server address. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301656 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A MULTIMEDIA DATA PACKET - A method and an apparatus for transmitting a multimedia data packet are provided. The method includes generating Media Abstraction Layer (MAL) information for abstracting information on the multimedia data to be transmitted, generating a multimedia data packet including said MAL information, and transmitting the generated multimedia data packet to a network entity. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305304 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROL MESSAGE IN A BROADCAST SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for providing information used for generating and consuming multimedia content in a broadcast system supporting a multimedia service based on an Internet protocol are provided. The method includes composing a message type field containing information indicating on a type of control information contained in the control message, composing a length field containing information on the length of the control message, composing optional fields having different values according to the type of the control information, and composing a payload field containing content of the control information. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN APPLICATION SERVICE IN A BROADCAST SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for driving an application, contained in a hybrid multimedia service, in a broadcast system that provides a user equipment with the hybrid multimedia service based on a hybrid network including at least a broadcast network and a network supporting an Internet protocol is provided. To this end, a broadcast server constituting the broadcast system constructs control information to be used for acquiring an instruction table for driving the application contained in the hybrid multimedia service, and transmits the constructed control information to the user equipment in a predetermined format. The user equipment may acquire the instruction table using the control information provided from the broadcast server, and drive a desired application using the acquired instruction table. | 11-14-2013 |
20130336325 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA FRAME IN BROADCAST SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for transmitting a multimedia frame through a heterogeneous network in a broadcast system supporting a multimedia service based on an internet protocol are provided. The method includes generating header information including a frame identifier distinguishing a multimedia frame and information measuring a quality of a connection service between network layers and end-to-end network capabilities, and combining the header information and multimedia data to configure the multimedia frame. | 12-19-2013 |
20140007172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING ADAPTIVE MEDIA IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140020014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING WIDGET INFORMATION USING AN MPEG-2 LAYER - The present invention relates to a method for providing a widget service. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for providing a widget service for a receiving device using a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 layer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving MPEG broadcast data; loading a widget general information table (WGIT) stored in program specific information (PSI) of the MPEG broadcast data; loading the information indicated by a widget information table (WIT) of the WGIT; and generating a widget using the information indicated by the WIT. | 01-16-2014 |
20140020015 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PROGRAM-RELATED APPLICATION WIDGET IN A BROADCAST RECEIVER - An apparatus and method for managing a program-related application widget in a broadcast receiver is provided. The method includes receiving information on an application widget, which may interact with a program and content, from a broadcast provider server and managing the application widget, which may interact with the program and content, based on the received information on the application widget. | 01-16-2014 |
20140023071 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIMEDIA DATA - There are provided a method and apparatus for delivering transport characteristics of multimedia data. According to an aspect of the present invention, transport characteristics of media data that can be divided in a unit of a Media Processing Unit (MPU) are created in a unit of a predetermined number of MPUs, the created transport characteristics and a flag indicating presence or absence of the created transport characteristics are inserted into the media data, and the resultant media data is delivered. Accordingly, by using transport characteristics in units of media data unit groups, each media data unit corresponding to a short time length, it is possible to effectively control Quality of Service (QoS) in a dynamically changing transport environment, like a mobile network. | 01-23-2014 |
20140105132 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA DATA DELIVERY CHARACTERISTICS INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting multimedia data delivery characteristics information by a multimedia data transmission apparatus in a multimedia communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a multimedia data reception apparatus, an element indicating whether multimedia data delivery characteristics information denoting information related to a Quality of Service (QoS) for multimedia data is included, and the multimedia data delivery characteristics information if the element indicates that the multimedia data delivery characteristics information is included. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105310 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PACKET IN A BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a complex content packet in a broadcasting and communication system is provided. The method includes creating an Forward Error Correction (FEC) source block by using at least one MMT Processing Unit (MPU) included in at least one MPEG Media Transport (MMT) asset, and transmitting the FEC source block, wherein the FEC source block is generated so that a boundary of the at least one MPU and a boundary of the FEC source block do not deviate. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING DATA PACKET FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA DATA - A method for transmitting complex multimedia data is provided. The method includes selecting one of a data headers composed of basic transmission units determined according to an amount of multimedia included in the complex multimedia data, generating a basic transmission unit of the complex multimedia data according to the selected data header, packetizing the complex multimedia data in the basic transmission unit; and transmitting the packetized complex multimedia data to a receiver. | 04-17-2014 |
20140109159 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AND RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA DATA IN HYBRID NETWORK - A method of delivering media data in a hybrid network capable of providing broadcasting and interne communication together is provided. The method includes generating a Media Processing Unit (MPU) to process media data, and delivering the generated MPU, wherein the MPU includes an MPEG Media Transport (MMT) Processing Unit (MMPU) box including information on the MPU, a Media Data box (MDAT) including one or more media data fragments which are generated from the media data, and an MMFU box including information on each media data fragment. | 04-17-2014 |
20140130114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAYING BROADCAST CONTENT IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for playing broadcast content in a broadcasting system are provided. The method and the apparatus enable a viewer to watch an entire event by broadcasting the event through different networks in a condition that the event may not be broadcast from start to finish over a single broadcasting network. | 05-08-2014 |
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20140237536 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENTS, METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING CONTENTS, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING BROADCAST CONTENTS - A method of displaying contents, a method of synchronizing contents, and a method and device for displaying contents are provided. The method includes: receiving initial scene configuration information of a content written in a markup language from an external device, structuralizing the initial scene configuration information, rendering the content according to the structuralized initial scene configuration information, receiving additional scene configuration information of the content from the external device, updating the structuralized initial scene configuration information based on the received additional scene configuration information, and rendering the content according to the updated initial scene configuration information. | 08-21-2014 |
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20140310579 | METHOD FOR GENERATING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION PACKET IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION PACKET - A method and apparatus for transmitting a Forward Error Correction (FEC) packet block including a plurality of FEC packets in a multimedia system are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of first FEC packet blocks by performing a first FEC encoding on a plurality of source symbols, each of the plurality of first FEC packet blocks including at least one source packet and at least one repair packet for repair of each of the at least one source packet, generating a second FEC packet block by performing a second FEC encoding on the plurality of first FEC packet blocks, the second FEC packet block including at least one repair packet for the plurality of first FEC packet blocks, and transmitting the second FEC packet block that includes, in header information of each of the at least one source packet and the at least one repair packet. | 10-16-2014 |
20140313916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BROADCASTING DATA BY USING MMT IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcasting data in a digital broadcasting system are provided. The method includes analyzing a media transmission characteristic of a moving picture experts group (MPEG) media transport (MMT) package, setting digital video broadcasting generic stream encapsulation (DVB GSE) based on the analyzed media transmission characteristic, and transmitting an MMT packet comprising the broadcasting data constituting the MMT package using the DVB GSE. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA DELIVERY IN MULTIMEDIA TRANSPORT NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for controlling media delivery in a multimedia transport network. The method includes transmitting composition information (CI) on media assets within a media package to be transmitted, to a user equipment (UE), packetizing the media assets of the media package to packets, transmitting some of the packets to the UE, receiving a feedback message including information on an available bitrate determined by the UE from the UE while the some of the packets are transmitted, selecting media data, which can be transmitted according to the available bitrate, from the media package by using asset delivery characteristics (ADCs) of the media assets within the media package, and packetizing the selected media data to packets and transmitting the packets to the UE. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DYNAMIC QUEUE IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for adaptively coping with a network environment are provided. The method and apparatus includes a packet descriptor for forwarding of Media Transport (MMT) packets in a network process of a switch or a router for processing MMT packets forwarding content expressed in a structure of an MMT standard. The method of managing a queue in a broadcasting system includes receiving a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) MMT packet, obtaining a header of the MMT packet, and queuing the MMT packet according to a type value of a bitrate included in the header of the MMT packet. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314157 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PACKET IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for encoding a packet in a broadcasting system supporting an Internet Protocol (IP)-based multimedia service is provided. The method includes dividing a data stream into data payloads, generating a Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) Media Transport (MMT) packet by adding a first header to each of the data payloads, and generating a source packet by adding an MMT packet header to the MMT packet and performing Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoding on the header-added MMT packet. The MMT packet header includes type information of the MMT packet. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314158 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING A PACKET IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a device and method for transmitting/receiving a packet in a communication system. The present invention includes: the processes of determining at least one MPEG media transport (MMT) asset protected by an application layer forward error correction (AL-FEC); determining at least one FEC flow for transmitting the at least one MMT asset; determining the MMT asset transmitted from the at least one FEC flow in each case and determining an FEC coding structure to apply to the at least one FEC flow; producing at least one source flow by dividing the MMT asset transmitted from the at least one FEC flow on a transmission unit basis; and producing and transmitting at least one parity flow by performing AL-FEC encoding on the at least one source flow according to the FEC coding structure. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA DATA IN MULTIMEDIA TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A method for transmitting media data in a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Media Transport (MMT) system is provided. The method includes receiving a Media Processing Unit (MPU) fragmented into one or more Media Fragment Units (MFUs), generating one or more multimedia data packets each including a packet header and a payload, based on the MPU, and transmitting the one or more multimedia data packets to a terminal. A payload header included in the payload includes identification information indicating an MPU to which at least one MFU included in the payload belongs, and a counter indicating the number of the at least one MFU. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317674 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALING INFORMATION IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method for transmitting signaling information in a digital broadcasting system is provided. The method includes generating the signaling information for reception of a broadcast service, and transmitting the signaling information using at least one of a first transmission scheme and a second transmission scheme, which are different from each other in access time to a broadcast channel. | 10-23-2014 |
20140376552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PACKET IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving packets in a broadcasting system are provided. The present disclosure allocates a padding size field by using padding octets, and thus can increase transmission efficiency. Also, the present disclosure does not restrict the number of padding octets while maintaining compatibility with existing disclosures, and thus can carry out as much padding as desired and as necessary. In addition, the present disclosure variably allocates the padding size field depending on the number P of padding octets, and thus can increase header efficiency. Furthermore, since the number of padded octets in a header is immediately known, the size of an actual payload is known in advance, and thus rapid transmission is possible. | 12-25-2014 |
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20150085940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING VIDEO DATA - A method and an apparatus for reproducing video data are provided. The method includes the steps of extracting a coded video data stream and video data attribute information from the stored video file, extracting samples relevant to an expanded time layer from the extracted video data stream on the basis of the location information of the sample which allows for temporal layer access contailed in the video data attribute information, and restoring and reproducing the extracted samples. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089560 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING DATA FOR MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a multimedia transmission system are provided. The method includes receiving, from an encapsulation function layer, a second data unit having one or more first data units, configuring payload header information, the payload header information including a payload type and configuration information, by analyzing header information of the second data unit, configuring one or more payloads from the second data unit based on sizes of the one or more first data units, configuring a multimedia data packet by combining payload header information corresponding to each of the one or more payloads, and transmitting the multimedia data packet to a counterpart entity. Each of the one or more payload includes at least one payload element, the type of which is selected from among a first type, a second type, a third type, a fourth type, and a fifth type. | 03-26-2015 |