Method of transmitting preview content and method and apparatus for receiving preview content
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoon Ei Lee, Joon Hwi Lee, Jin Pil Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a method of transmitting preview content and a method and apparatus for receiving the preview content, wherein the method of transmitting preview content includes providing program guide service information by a content server to a program guide server; transmitting the program guide service information by the program guide server to a receiving apparatus when the program guide server is accessed by the receiving apparatus; and transmitting preview content corresponding to contents of the program guide service information by a preview content server to the receiving apparatus when the preview content server is accessed by the receiving apparatus.
Claims20
A method of transmitting preview content, comprising:
- providing program guide service information by a content server to a program guide server;
- transmitting the program guide service information by the program guide server to a receiving apparatus when the program guide server is accessed by the receiving apparatus;
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- transmitting preview content corresponding to contents of the program guide service information by a preview content server to the receiving apparatus when the preview content server is accessed by the receiving apparatus.
An apparatus for receiving preview content, comprising:
- a network interface unit which receives packets including access information, program guide service information, and the preview content;
- an Internet Protocol (IP) manager which transmits the received packets to a relevant manager according to a protocol;
- a service discovery manager which parses the packets according to a discovery protocol and a selection protocol and extracts the access information, the program guide service information, and the preview content;
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- an application/user interface (UI) manager which controls the network interface unit that access a service discovery server and receives the access information, accesses a program guider server using the access information and receives the program guide service information, and accesses a preview content server using the access information and receives the preview content.
A method of receiving preview content, comprising:
- receiving program guide service information by a network interface unit which accesses a program guide server according to control of an application/user interface (UI) manager;
- receiving preview content corresponding contents of the program guide service information by the network interface unit which access a preview content server according to control of the application/UI manger;
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- simultaneously displaying the program guide service information and the preview content on a display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.