Method and apparatus for controlling scheduled recording service using external tuner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung-chul Sohn
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Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling a network device, and more particularly, a method and apparatus for scheduling recording by controlling another device connected to a network. The method of controlling a scheduled recording service using an external tuner includes detecting a device which supports a tuner on a network; and designating predetermined reservation information required to schedule transmitting broadcast contents which will be received by the tuner of the detected device, wherein the method is performed in a control point which does not include a tuner.
Claims33
A method of controlling a scheduled recording service using an external tuner, the method comprising:
- detecting a device which supports a tuner on a network;
- and
- designating predetermined reservation information required to schedule transmitting broadcast contents which will be received by the tuner of the detected device,
- wherein the method is performed in a control point which does not include the tuner.
An apparatus operable to control a scheduled recording service using an external tuner, the apparatus comprising:
- a discovery module that detects a device on a network;
- a description module that obtains a service description provided by the device detected by the discovery module;
- and
- a control module that detects a device which supports a tuner based on the service description obtained by the description module and schedules the detected device to transmit a broadcast program received on a predetermined channel at a predetermined time to a control point,
- wherein the apparatus is included in a control point that detects the device on the network.
A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method of controlling a scheduled recording service using an external tuner, the method comprising:
- detecting a device which supports a tuner on a network;
- and
- designating predetermined reservation information required to schedule transmitting broadcast contents which will be received by the tuner of the detected device,
- wherein the method is performed in a control point which does not include the tuner.
A method for controlling a scheduled recording service using an external tuner, the method comprising:
- transmitting a service description provided by a device to a control point;
- and
- controlling a tuner to receive a broadcast program on a predetermined channel at a predetermined time and transmit the broadcast program to the control point according to a tuner reservation of the control point which received the service description,
- wherein the method is performed in the device which supports the tuner that is detected and controlled by the control point on a network.
An apparatus for controlling a scheduled recording service using an external tuner, the apparatus comprising:
- a discovery module that transmits a message advertising a device to a control point;
- a description module that transmits a service description of a device in response to a request of the control point, the service description including tuner service information;
- and
- a control module that controls a broadcast program received on a predetermined channel at a predetermined time according to tuner reservation to be transmitted to the control point, where the tuner reservation designated in response to a request of the control point based on the tuner service information is included in the service description of the device,
- wherein the apparatus is included in the device which supports a tuner that is detected and controlled by the control point on a network.
A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method for controlling a scheduled recording service using an external tuner, the method comprising:
- transmitting a service description provided by a device to a control point;
- and
- controlling a tuner to receive a broadcast program on a predetermined channel at a predetermined time and transmit the broadcast program to the control point according to a tuner reservation of the control point which received the service description,
- wherein the method is performed in the device which supports the tuner that is detected and controlled by the control point on a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.