Apparatus for distributing same/different digital broadcasting streams in heterogeneous home network and method thereof

A method of distributing same/different digital broadcasting streams in a heterogeneous home network that controls a broadcasting tuner, selects a corresponding channel simultaneously and outputs a broadcasting TS (Transport Stream) of the selected channel to an IP (Internet Protocol) STB (Set Top Box) if a user inputs broadcast and channel selection information through the IP STB, the method comprising:

• a 101st step of transmitting a message having the broadcast and channel selection information input by the user if the IP STB receives an input of the broadcast and channel selection information from the user;
• a 102nd step of searching for tuner type information from the received message and determining a tuner type of the broadcast required by the user;
• a 103rd step of receiving the corresponding channel broadcast among received IP broadcasts and transmitting the received channel broadcast to an HDTV receiver through the IP STB if the tuner type determined at the 102nd step corresponds to an IP tuner;
• a 104th step of transferring a control signal having a tuner number and a channel number and destination IP information if the tuner type determined at the 102nd step corresponds to a ground-wave tuner;
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• a 105th step of receiving the broadcasting TS of the corresponding channel extracted by the ground-wave tuner and transferring the broadcasting TS of the corresponding channel to the IP STB.

A method of distributing same/different digital broadcasting streams in a heterogeneous home network that controls a broadcasting tuner, selects a corresponding channel simultaneously and outputs a broadcasting TS (Transport Stream) of the selected channel to a 1394 STB (Set Top Box) if a user inputs broadcast and channel selection information through the 1394 STB, the method comprising:

• a 106th step of transmitting a message having the broadcast and channel selection information input by the user if the user of the 1394 STB receives an input of the broadcast and channel selection information;
• a 107th step of searching for tuner type information from the received message and determining a tuner type of the broadcast required by the user;
• a 108th step of transferring a control signal having a tuner number and a channel number and 1394 ID information of a destination if the tuner type determined at the 107th step corresponds to a satellite tuner;
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• a 109th step of carrying the selected broadcasting TS on a 1394 frame with the destination 1394 ID and transferring the broadcasting TS to the 1394 STB if the satellite tuner receives an input of the broadcasting TS of the corresponding channel extracted by the satellite tuner.

A method of distributing same/different digital broadcasting streams in a heterogeneous home network that controls a broadcasting tuner, selects a corresponding channel simultaneously and outputs a broadcasting TS (Transport Stream) of the selected channel to a home server if a user directly inputs broadcast and channel selection information through the home server, the method comprising:

• a 201st step of transmitting a message having the broadcast and channel selection information input by the user if the home server receives an input of the broadcast and channel selection information from the user;
• a 202nd step of searching for tuner type information from the received message and determining a tuner type of the broadcast required by the user;
• a 203rd step of receiving the corresponding channel broadcast among input IP broadcasts, removing an IP header from the received channel broadcast, decoding the channel broadcast, and transmitting the decoded channel broadcast to an HDTV receiver if the tuner type determined at the 202nd step corresponds to an IP tuner;
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• a 204th step of simultaneously transferring a control signal having a tuner number and a channel number and the broadcasting TS of the corresponding channel extracted by a cable tuner to the home server if the tuner type determined at the 202nd step corresponds to a cable tuner.

A method of distributing same/different digital broadcasting streams in a heterogeneous home network that controls a broadcasting tuner, selects a corresponding channel simultaneously and outputs a broadcasting TS (Transport Stream) of the selected channel to an IP (Internet Protocol) STB (Set Top Box) if a user directly inputs broadcast and channel selection information through the IP STB connected to a home gateway, the method comprising:

• a 205th step of transmitting a packet having a tuner number and a channel number input by the user if broadcast and channel selection information is received from the user of the IP STB;
• a 206th step of determining a type of the broadcast required by the user from the received tuner number;
• a 207th step of simultaneously transferring a control signal having the tuner number and the channel number and destination IP information if the tuner type determined at the 206th step corresponds to a ground-wave tuner;
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• a 208th step of carrying the selected broadcasting TS of the corresponding channel extracted by the ground-wave tuner on a destination IP and transferring the broadcasting TS to the IP STB.