Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080304501 | TUNNELING SERVICE METHOD AND SYSTEM - A tunneling service method and system enabling data communication between different networks, in which an address of a tunneling service server used in a client node can be easily designated, the tunneling service method includes: transmitting an information request message, which requests information required for connection to the network, to a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server selected by the client node; receiving an acknowledgement message, which contains an address of the tunnel router, from the DHCP server selected by the client node; and the client node detecting the address of the tunnel router contained in the acknowledgement message and generating a packet for a tunneling service using the detected address of the tunnel router. | 12-11-2008 |
20100082568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INTEGRATED METADATA - A method of generating integrated metadata. The method includes receiving metadata about second contents including content access information for accessing the second contents from one or more content providers, which provide the second contents generated by changing at least one of quality, viewing cost, viewing time, and content providing method of at least one piece of first content; and generating integrated metadata using the received metadata about the second contents. | 04-01-2010 |
20100106827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING CONTENT - Provided is a content recommending method including receiving from second users meta data regarding content belonging to each of the second users having a content preference similar to a content preference of a first user, detecting based on the received meta data a plurality of pieces of recommended content similar to content that the first user is currently using, and outputting information regarding the respective pieces of detected recommended content. | 04-29-2010 |
20100191680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING PREFERENCE RATING FOR CONTENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING SAMPLE CONTENT - Provided are a method and an apparatus for predicting a preference rating for content, and a method and an apparatus for selecting sample content in order to predict a preference rating for the content. In the method of predicting a preference rating for the content, a list of users having similar preferences to a target user is extracted from content usage information collected with respect to the same content, and the target user's preference rating for the content is predicted by applying preference rating information of the users with similar preferences to a machine learning algorithm. | 07-29-2010 |
20110046755 | CONTENTS REPRODUCING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method for reproducing contents in a device is provided. The method includes identifying whether an event occurs based on a change in distance between a device and another device or a change in power status of the device or the another device, and if the event occurs, performing seamless play of contents between the another device and the device. Accordingly, seamless play may be performed effectively. | 02-24-2011 |
20110106657 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SEARCH SERVICE, USER TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING SEARCH OF OBJECT, AND METHODS THEREOF - A method for providing a search service of a display apparatus includes receiving a selection of an object by displaying a screen that displays at least one object, and providing location information adaptive to the user terminal to the user terminal using all location information of the searched object and information regarding a user location. Accordingly, a user may conveniently search a desired object. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106917 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DEVICE TO PROVIDE WITH CONTENT BASED ON CONTENT ATTRIBUTE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for providing content where one device from among a plurality of devices is determined as a device to transmit the content to, based on the attribute of the requested content. Accordingly, device utilization is optimized by providing the content to the device with the highest priority to play back the content based on the attribute of the content. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107219 | SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING SERVICE THEREOF - A service providing apparatus and method are provided. The service providing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives content metadata and a controller that determines a related service based on the received content metadata and a user metadata, and provides a determined related service. | 05-05-2011 |
20110119296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING DATA - A method of displaying data including searching for target content that matches information indicated by a first coordinate on a first coordinate axis and information indicated by a second coordinate on a second coordinate axis, and displaying the target content at a position corresponding to the first coordinate and the second coordinate. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DATA - Methods and apparatuses for managing data. The method includes obtaining first data including a plurality of components, determining at least one component to be reproduced by an external device from among the plurality of components, based on metadata about the external device, and generating second data using the at least one component from the first data. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTENT - An apparatus and method for managing content, wherein the method includes determining an event to occur, based on user metadata, selecting content corresponding to the event, selecting an external device to reproduce the content, and then generating binding information about a binding between the event, the content, and the external device. | 05-19-2011 |
20110159858 | USER TERMINAL, METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITION AND METHOD FOR GUIDING ROUTE THEREOF - A user terminal generates position information regarding a position of the user terminal, generates target recognition information for recognizing a target, communicates with a counterpart terminal, and determines whether the target recognition information conforms with first reference information. If so, the user terminal transmits the target recognition information and the position information to the counterpart terminal, and if the information does not conform, the terminal determines whether the target recognition information conforms with second reference information. Accordingly, the user terminal easily provides route guidance to a destination. | 06-30-2011 |
20110182518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR IMAGE - A method and apparatus for searching for an image are provided. The method includes: determining whether a unique identifier exists in metadata of an input image to be searched for; when the unique identifier exists in the metadata, searching for an original image of the input image in a target device by using the unique identifier; when the unique identifier does not exist in the metadata, extracting a characteristic value of the input image; and when the unique identifier does not exist in the metadata, searching for the original image by comparing the extracted characteristic value with one or more characteristic values of one or more images stored in the target device. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE - An apparatus for providing an image is provided. The apparatus including a storage unit for storing an image, a receiving unit for receiving an event associated with a predetermined image from an external device, an additional information extracting unit for extracting additional information from the stored image, a filtering unit for selecting at least one image corresponding to the event through filtering, and a transmission unit for transmitting the selected image. | 07-28-2011 |
20120215778 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTENT DATA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for managing content data of a portable terminal. for the method allows the portable terminal to be able to assign a user's preference on content data by assigning the preference on the content data to data information such as meta-data. The apparatus includes a preference manager configured to assign a preference on acquired content data, and a content manager configured to determine a transmission priority and sorting rule for the content data by confirming the assigned preference. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTING VIDEO DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In one embodiment, a method for segmenting video data in a mobile communication terminal includes acquiring sensor data periodically together with video data during video shooting, and segmenting the video data based on the acquired sensor data. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226752 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDIA BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for sharing media using a social network in a communication system are provided. A method of a transmit terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, generating media comprising location information associated with the media, and registering the generated media to the media server. A method of a receive terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, transmitting location information of the receive terminal to the media server, and receiving from the media server, media corresponding to the location information among media registered by the at least one counterpart terminal. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226996 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING COMMENT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method share a comment related to contents in a mobile communication terminal. In the method, a comment regarding a contents file that is being reproduced is received. A comment Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is read from a metadata storage space of the contents file. The comment regarding the contents file is stored in a storage space of the comment URL. | 09-06-2012 |
20140370859 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED SERVICE - A user terminal apparatus includes a storage to store use log information on the user terminal apparatus, a communicator, when an event to receive a service from an external apparatus occurs, to transmit use log information required to provide the service to the external apparatus selectively, and a controller to receive a service generated based on the transmitted use log information and customized to the user from the external apparatus. | 12-18-2014 |