Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090043842 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING/RECEIVING WEB-BASED SERVICE OF PLURALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing/receiving a service from a plurality of service providers. In the method, in order to receive a service from a plurality of Internet protocol television (IPTV) service providers, a client receives information regarding at least one of a feed that syndicates web information and a web-based application from a server of a service provider selected from the IPTV service providers. Then, the client requests the server to provide a service providing at least one of the feed and the application based on the received information, and receives the service from the server. Accordingly, it is possible to provide or receive web-based services via an IPTV network. | 02-12-2009 |
20090055877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING/RECEIVING SERVICE OF PLURALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing/receiving a service from a plurality of service providers. In the method, in order to receive services from servers of a plurality of service providers, a client receives information regarding a plurality of services that can be received from a server of a service provider selected from among the service providers, requests the server to provide a service from among the services based on the received information, and then receives the service from the server. Accordingly, it is possible to allow the client to search for and receive a service from among services of a plurality of service providers. | 02-26-2009 |
20090097827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT RECORDING DEVICE - A method of controlling a content recording device, by generating control commands in a uniform resource identifier (URI) format and controlling the content recording device according to the generated control command(s), is provided. | 04-16-2009 |
20090138923 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE (IPTV) PROVIDER AND IPTV SERVICE BY USING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL - Provided are a method and apparatus by which a first entity receives information about one or more Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service providers or information about one or more IPTV services from a second entity by using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message. | 05-28-2009 |
20090144787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR IPTV SERVICE RELAY DEVICES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH DEVICES - Provided are method and apparatus for searching for a second device relaying at least one IPTV service included in the same residential network as a first device, wherein the searching is performed by the first device, and receiving the IPTV service provided from outside of the residential network through a found second device. | 06-04-2009 |
20090193455 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTENTS BASED ON TRIGGER, AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION APPARATUS - Disclosed are an information storage medium having recorded thereon service information regarding a broadcast service to provide additional content, the information storage medium having recorded thereon information for receiving a trigger while the broadcast service is received, information for selecting additional content to be inserted to the broadcast service in correspondence to the received trigger, and a locator for receiving the additional content, a method of providing additional content by using the same, and a digital broadcast reception apparatus. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193456 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING METADATA AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTENTS, AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION APPARATUS - Disclosed are an information storage medium storing metadata for providing additional content during a broadcast program, the metadata including information indicating whether to insert second additional content instead of first additional content, which is underlying additional content of the broadcast program, and a locator of the second additional content, a method of providing additional content by using the same, and a digital broadcast reception apparatus. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING METADATA OF CONTENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING CONTENT USAGE AUTHORITY - Provided are a method and apparatus for limiting a content usage authority scope of a client by using metadata in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. The method performed by a metadata server adds control information to the metadata and transmits the metadata, wherein the content usage authority scope of the client is defined in the control information. The client of a user limits a content control operation according to a user input by using the control information extracted from the metadata. | 07-30-2009 |
20090288111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND USING CONTENT ADVISORY INFORMATION ON INTERNET CONTENTS - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory (CA) information on Internet contents. A method of providing CA information by using a CA information server, includes receiving a request for the CA information on a content, from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV); searching for CA information on the content; and transmitting the found CA information to the IPTV. A method of using CA information when an IPTV reproduces a content not having the CA information, according to the present invention, includes transmitting a request for CA information, to a CA information server; receiving the CA information from the CA information server; analyzing the CA information; and applying the CA information. | 11-19-2009 |
20100199313 | METHOD OF PROVIDING IPTV SERVICE INFORMATION, HYBRID IPTV AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - Provided are a method of providing personalized Internet protocol television (IPTV) service information that is based on user information, a hybrid IPTV for executing the method, and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method. The method includes transmitting user information to an IPTV service server via an Internet protocol network, receiving personalized IPTV service information that is based on the user information from the IPTV service server, and displaying the personalized IPTV service information. | 08-05-2010 |
20100332655 | CONTENT RECORDING CONTROL METHOD FOR PEERS, AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for controlling content recording for a buddy of a management server are provided. The method includes: receiving a recording request message for the buddy according to an external input; determining whether a local recording apparatus of the buddy is in a recording state; and selectively sending a recording start message to a recording apparatus on a network, different from the local recording apparatus of the buddy, according to a result of the determining. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004665 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT-SHARING SERVICE, AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for providing contents-sharing services are provided. The method for providing contents-sharing services includes: receiving a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; transmitting a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and transmitting the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server, wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010727 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PLAYING BACK MEDIA DATA WITH LIMITED CONTROL - A method and apparatus for restricting a control operation with respect to reproduction of media data so as to commercially implement consumption of the media data, the method and apparatus including: restricting the control operation with respect to reproduction of the media data by using a predetermined Application Programming Interface (API); and reproducing the media data received from a media server, according to the restricted control operation. | 01-13-2011 |
20110016501 | DATA RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLICATIONS PROVIDING AN IPTV COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE - A method and apparatus for receiving an application for providing an Internet protocol television (IPTV) communication service. The method includes: acquiring IP address information for initiating an IPTV service provider discovery at an entry point for searching for a service provider; receiving information regarding an IPTV service provider from an IPTV service provider discovery entity apparatus by using the IP address information; and acquiring information regarding the application for providing the IPTV communication service based on the information regarding the IPTV service provider. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING NOTIFICATION - A method and an apparatus for receiving a notification in a terminal entity that uses a service provided from an outside of a residential network through a gateway entity are disclosed. | 01-27-2011 |
20110119393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PAIR PLAY SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a pair play service, the method including: searching, by a master device, for a slave device that provides the pair play service; searching, by the master device, for the pair play service of the searched slave device; and searching, by the master device, for a pair play application constituting the searched pair play service. | 05-19-2011 |
20110277004 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING IPTV SERVICE BASED ON API - A method and apparatus for controlling a device relaying an IPTV service by an apparatus using the IPTV service are provided. The apparatus includes an application driving unit which drives an application that is used to access the IPTV service, and a browser driving unit which drives a browser that provides the application with a driving environment for the application to access the IPTV service, wherein the browser comprises at least one application programming interface (API) related to controlling the device. | 11-10-2011 |
20130265456 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION MODE OF MEDIA DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for controlling an operation mode of a media device, and a recording medium for storing a program source of the method are provided. The method includes acquiring detection information according to a grasp of a user by at least one detector located on at least one side of the media device, determining whether the acquired detection information satisfies a set image capturing mode switching condition for switching to the image capturing mode, and switching to the image capturing mode when a result of the determination indicates that the acquired detection information satisfies the image capturing mode switching condition. Therefore, it is possible to simply and easily switch between operation modes by recognizing the grasp of a user. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268876 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MENUS IN MEDIA DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for controlling a menu in a media device are provided. If a first icon in a first icon group including at least one icon is pressed, the media device changes display status of remaining icons in the first icon group except for the first icon, and displays, in a set display area, a second icon group including at least one icon related to a function corresponding to the first icon. If a second icon in the second icon group is selected due to a drag of the first icon, which is performed while the first icon is pressed, the media device performs a function corresponding to the second icon, making it possible to easily control menus of the media device. | 10-10-2013 |
20130283177 | PORTABLE APPARATUS COMPRISING TOUCH SCREENS FOR BROWSING INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON SCREEN OF EXTERNAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BROWSING INFORMATION THEREOF - A portable apparatus comprising a touch screen for browsing information displayed on a screen of an external apparatus and a method for browsing information thereof are provided. The method includes displaying a link area included in the web page displayed on the screen of the external apparatus on the touch screen of the portable apparatus, in response to a first gesture of a user on the touch screen, magnifying the link area displayed on the touch screen, and in response to a second gesture of the user on the magnified link area transmitting information regarding displaying another web page related to the link area on the screen of the external apparatus from the portable apparatus to the external apparatus. Accordingly, users may browse information displayed on a screen of an external apparatus using a portable apparatus having a touch screen swiftly and conveniently. | 10-24-2013 |
20140245349 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT-SHARING SERVICE, AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for providing contents-sharing services are provided. The method for providing contents-sharing services includes: receiving a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; transmitting a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and transmitting the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server, wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer. | 08-28-2014 |
20140304755 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE (IPTV) PROVIDER AND IPTV SERVICE BY USING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL - Provided are a method and apparatus by which a first entity receives information about one or more Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service providers or information about one or more IPTV services from a second entity by using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message. | 10-09-2014 |
20150081815 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING ANONYMOUS MESSAGE AND MESSAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An anonymous message transmission method and a message transmission system using the same. In an anonymous message transmission method of a message transmission system, a terminal device transmits a message created by a user to a server when the terminal device is set to an anonymous transmission mode and receives a message transmission command from the user, and the server generates an anonymous message by eliminating user information included in the message, and transmits the anonymous message to an external terminal device. | 03-19-2015 |