Digital TV system for setting viewer-environments using network and control method thereof

A method for controlling a viewer's environment setting in a TV connected with a server and a network, the method comprising the steps of:

• outputting initial menu in response to the viewer's request of environment setting;
• transmitting a download request of environmental information inputted by the viewer to the server based on the initial menu;
• receiving environmental information corresponding to the download request from the server;
• and
• changing the former environments into environments suitable for the viewer's taste based on the downloaded environmental information, wherein the environmental information is inquired from the server based on the viewer's ID number.

A method for providing a viewer's environments from a server connected with a TV and a network to the TV, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving environmental information selected by the viewer;
• storing the environmental information corresponding to the viewer's ID number;
• receiving a download request of environmental information inputted by the viewer from the TV;
• inquiring whether or not there is the viewer's environmental information based on the ID number included in the download request;
• reading the environmental information corresponding to the ID number when the viewer's environmental information is inquired;
• and
• transmitting the read environmental information to the TV.

A digital TV system for setting a viewer's environments using a network, the system comprising:

• a server for storing environmental information selected by the viewer, the server providing the environmental information when the viewer requests download;
• a network for connecting to the server;
• and
• a controller for transmitting the environmental information to the server, the controller transmitting the download request to the server when the viewer requests download of the environmental information, the controller executing the environmental information downloaded from the server and changing the former environments into environments suitable for the viewer's taste.

A digital TV device connected with a server and a network, the digital TV device comprising:

• input means for inputting a viewer's environmental information;
• display means for providing the viewer with initial menu for selecting the environmental information;
• network connecting means for transmitting the environmental information to the server through the network and downloading the environmental information from the server;
• storing means for storing the initial menu, environment change program and changed environmental information;
• and
• controlling means for executing the environment change program and controlling for changing the former environments into the viewer's environments if the environmental information is input from the network connecting means through the network.

A server system comprising:

• a memory for storing database and program;
• and
• a processor connected to the memory and executing the program,
• wherein the processor performs, by the program, the steps of:
• receiving environmental information selected by a viewer;
• storing the environmental information corresponding to the viewer's ID number;
• receiving a download request of environmental information inputted by the viewer;
• inquiring whether or not there is the viewer's environmental information based on the ID number included in the download request;
• reading the environmental information corresponding to the ID number if the viewer's environmental information is inquired;
• and
• transmitting the read environmental information to a TV.