Method and apparatus for content service
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKang-wook Chun
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Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus for providing suitable a content service according to the characteristics of a client terminal, and a method and apparatus for using the content service. The method of providing the content service includes receiving device information from the client, determining a service profile including a list of content and/or services which are to be provided to the client, by analyzing the device information, and providing the content and/or services to the client according to the determined profile.
Claims19
A method of providing a content service to a client via a network, the method comprising:
- receiving device information from the client;
- determining a service profile comprising a list of at least one of content and services to be provided to the client, by analyzing the device information;
- and
- providing the at least one of the content and services to the client according to the determined service profile.
A method of using a content service provided by a server via a network, the method comprising:
- transmitting device information to the server;
- receiving information about a service profile, which comprises a list of at least one of content and services which are provideable, according to the device information, from the server;
- and
- receiving the at least one of the content and services according to the information about the service profile from the server.
An apparatus for providing a content service to a client via a network, the apparatus comprising:
- a smart agent which determines a service profile comprising a list of at least one of content and services which are to be provided to the client, by analyzing device information received from the client via a communicator;
- and
- a service manager which provides the at least one of content and services to the client according to the determined service profile.
An apparatus for using content service provided from a server via a network, the apparatus comprising:
- a device manager which transmits device information about the apparatus to the server via a communicator, and receives information about a service profile, comprising a list of at least one of content and services which are provideable according to the device information, from the server;
- and
- a presentation engine which receives the at least one of content and services according to the information about a service profile from the server and outputs the received at least one of content and services to a screen.
An apparatus for using content service provided by a server via a network, the apparatus comprising:
- a device manager which transmits device information about a display connected to the apparatus to the server via a communicator, and receives information about a service profile, comprising a list of at least one of content and services which are provideable according to the device information, from the server;
- and
- a presentation engine which receives the at least one of content and services from the server according to the received information about a service profile, and outputs the at least one of content and services to the display.
A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method, the method comprising:
- receiving device information from the client;
- determining a service profile comprising a list of at least one of content and services which are to be provided to the client, by analyzing the device information;
- and
- providing the at least one of the content and services to the client according to the determined profile.
A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method, the method comprising:
- transmitting device information to the server;
- receiving information about a service profile, which comprises a list of at least one of content and services which are provideable, according to the device information, from the server;
- and
- receiving the at least one of the content and services according to the information about the service profile from the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.