Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090187618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING EVENT OF THIRD PARTY DEVICE IN HOME NETWORK SUPPORTING UPNP REMOTE PROTOCOL - An apparatus for outputting an event of a third party device in a home network is provided, which includes a remote user interface (RUI) client taking part in a user interface (UI) session using a universal plug and play (UPnP) remote protocol; an RUI server taking part in the UI session, judging whether the RUI client exists on the home network, storing and transmitting an event message of a third party device that does not take part in the UI session; and an i-box receiving the event message from the RUI server if the RUI client does not exist on the home network, and transmitting the event message to the RUI client existing outside the home network by using an external network. | 07-23-2009 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20100325421 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURITY SERVICE IN HOME NETWORK - An apparatus and method for providing a security service is provided. The apparatus includes a reception module which receives first data including a first public key and marked with a security ID, the first public key being one of a pair of public keys necessary for providing a security service to a home server and the security ID indicating that the first data needs to be encrypted; a response generation module which generates second data by encrypting part of a response message for the first data; and a transmission module which transmits the second data to a home server in a home network. | 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 |
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 |
20120016930 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE USER INTERFACE SERVERS USING A MULTICAST MESSAGE IN A HOME NETWORK - An apparatus and method for controlling a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS) in a Remote User Interface Client (RUIC), wherein the method includes rendering an RUI page for controlling RUISs, receiving an input of a control command for controlling the RUISs from a user through the RUI page, generating a multicast control message for transmitting the input control command in a form of multicast, and transmitting the multicast control message to the RUISs. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023411 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING REMOTE USER INTERFACE DATA IN A REMOTE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - An apparatus and method is provided, in which when transmitting a remote User Interface (UI), a remote UI server may provide feedback effects associated with user inputs, such as vibrations and sound effects to a remote UI client. The remote UI client includes a web browser module for rendering and outputting UI data that is received from a remote UI server in response to a remote UI request, and requesting feedback processing for providing, to a user, a feedback effect defined in the received UI data; and a feedback processor for processing feedback data in response to a request of the web browser module, and providing the feedback effect to the user according to the processing results. | 01-26-2012 |
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 |
20120096072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus is provided for updating a User Interface (UI) by a Remote UI (RUI) client in an RUI system providing a UI to a user in a remote location. The RUI client receives a UI page from an RUI server, and renders the received UI page. Upon detecting a change in its capability, the RUI client stores a UI state of the UI page and requests the RUI server to update the UI page according to the changed capability. The RUI client receives a UI page updated according to the changed capability, from the RUI server, reflects the stored UI state in the updated UI page, and renders the UI state-reflected updated UI page. | 04-19-2012 |
20120096094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING E-BOOK CONTENT - A method and apparatus for updating E-book content in an E-book terminal where upon a request for update of an E-book package, the E-book terminal sends an E-book content update request message including a version of the E-book package to an E-book server, receives from the E-book server an E-book content update response message including a content-specific version list or a content-specific action list included in the version of the E-book package, determines content to be updated based on the E-book content update response message, sends the E-book server a content request message for requesting the content to be updated, and updates the E-book content by receiving content of the latest version for the requested content from the E-book server. | 04-19-2012 |
20120215842 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING EVENT OF THIRD PARTY DEVICE IN HOME NETWORK SUPPORTING UPNP REMOTE PROTOCOL - An apparatus for outputting an event of a third party device in a home network is provided, which includes a remote user interface (RUI) client taking part in a user interface (UI) session using a universal plug and play (UPnP) remote protocol; an RUI server taking part in the UI session, judging whether the RUI client exists on the home network, storing and transmitting an event message of a third party device that does not take part in the UI session; and an i-box receiving the event message from the RUI server if the RUI client does not exist on the home network, and transmitting the event message to the RUI client existing outside the home network by using an external network. | 08-23-2012 |
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 |
20140019408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING MARKUP FOR ARRANGING MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS - A method of configuring a markup for composition of multimedia elements in a multimedia communication system is provided. The method includes configuring area description information corresponding to each of a plurality of areas included in a scene, configuring multimedia description information corresponding to at least one multimedia included in each of the plurality of areas, configuring scene composition information describing spatial composition and temporal composition of each of the plurality of areas, and configuring a markup including the scene composition information, the area description information, and the multimedia description information. | 01-16-2014 |
20140040424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATION CONVERGENCE SERVICE - An apparatus and method for providing a broadcasting and communication convergence service are provided. The method includes acquiring address information about an Internet server configured to provide an application customized based on user information and/or device information about a terminal, transmitting an application request message to the Internet server using the address information, receiving the customized application on a broadcast channel from the Internet server in response to the application request message, and consuming the customized application. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040963 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING N-SCREEN SERVICE IN BROADCAST SYSTEM - A method for supplying an N-screen service by a main N-screen device in a broadcast system is provided. The method includes receiving an Application Information Table (AIT) including a screen_type indicating a type of N-screen device in which a broadcast service application will be run from a broadcast service provider, and one of running the broadcast service application based on the screen_type, performing an operation related to running the broadcast service application by considering a connection relationship between the main N-screen device and a sub N-screen device based on the screen_type, and discarding the AIT based on the screen_type. | 02-06-2014 |
20140104367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING MEDIA INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for sending media information by a first terminal in a multimedia communication system is provided. The method includes generating scene configuration information that includes information regarding at least one medium of multiple media, and sending the scene configuration information to a second terminal, wherein the information regarding the at least one medium includes at least one of information indicating whether to allow reproduction of the at least one medium in the second terminal, resource information used to reproduce the at least one medium, position information used to reproduce the at least one medium on a screen, and reproduction time information for the at least one medium. | 04-17-2014 |
20140201609 | MARK-UP COMPOSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE-SCREEN SERVICE - A method for providing a multimedia service in a server is provided. The method includes generating a mark-up file including at least scene layout information for supporting a multimedia service based on multiple screens, and providing the mark-up file to a multimedia device supporting the multimedia service based on multiple screens. The scene layout information may include scene layout information for one multimedia device and scene layout information for multiple multimedia devices. | 07-17-2014 |
20140304090 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC BOOK SERVICE IN ELECTRONIC BOOK SYSTEM - A method for providing a multiplay electronic book content of a client in an electronic book system is provided. The method includes receiving, from an electronic book content server, a multiplay profile and a multiplayable electronic book content which is an electronic book content including multiplay characteristic information, and editing the multiplayable electronic book content so that the content corresponds to a user profile so as to generate a multiplay electronic book content. The multiplay profile includes at least one multiplay parameter which is information regarding the characteristics of relevant electronic book content. The multiplay characteristic information indicates information for tagging which sub-content included in the multiplayable electronic book content corresponds to which multiplay parameter from among said at least one multiplay parameter. The user profile includes at least one user parameter which is information regarding the characteristics of electronic book content with which the client intends to be provided. | 10-09-2014 |
20140317663 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BROADCASTING SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a broadcasting service are provided. The method includes receiving, by a first terminal, channel information of a program selected by a user from a second terminal, detecting a frequency of the selected program from a mapping table that maps the channel information to a corresponding frequency, locking a tuner of the first terminal to the detected frequency, and receiving a broadcasting service of the program from a broadcasting network server. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317669 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN A BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for receiving additional information from a device in a broadcast communication system is provided. The method includes receiving broadcast information provided from a broadcast service provider over a broadcast channel, extracting application information from the broadcast information, acquiring location information for the additional information associated with a broadcast content from the application information, and transmitting the location information for the additional information to a peer device for displaying the additional information. | 10-23-2014 |