System for providing related content, method for providing related content, service server, end terminal, and storage medium

A service server providing a related content, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data through a mobile communication network;
• a mobile communication terminal manager configured to manage information about a mobile communication terminal, received through the communication unit;
• an end terminal manager configured to manage information about first and second end terminals, received through the communication unit;
• a LAN manager configured to manage information about a LAN that relays communications between the mobile communication terminal and the end terminals;
• a storage unit configured to store the information about the mobile communication terminal, the end terminals and the LAN;
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• a controller configured to control the operations of the components, the controller searching for a content related to a basic content currently being played in the first end terminal or selected by a user through an applications server and requesting the application server to transmit the related content to the second end terminal when receiving a request for transmitting the related content to the second end terminal from the first end terminal.

An end terminal requesting a related content, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data through a LAN;
• an input unit configured to receive user's commands;
• a playing unit configured to play contents;
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• a controller configured to control the operations of the components, the controller transmitting a request for a content related to a basic content currently being played in the end terminal according to a user's command inputted through the input unit or selected by the user to a service server via a mobile communication terminal, displaying a list of related contents transmitted from the service server and a list of end terminals capable of receiving the related contents, and controlling the communication unit to transmit information about selection of a related content and an end terminal to the service server according to a user's command.

A method for providing a related content in a system constructed in such a manner that a first end terminal and a second end terminal are connected to a mobile communication terminal through a LAN, the mobile communication terminal is connected to a service server through a mobile communication network, the service server is connected to an application server through a wired communication network, the method comprising:

• connecting the first end terminal to the service server via the mobile communication terminal;
• requesting the service server by the first end terminal to provide a content related to a basic content currently being played in the first end terminal or selected by a user;
• transmitting basic content information from the first end terminal to the service server;
• requesting the application server by the service server to search for the related content based on the basic content information;
• transmitting a list of searched related contents and a list of end terminals capable of receiving the related contents from the service server to the mobile communication terminal;
• displaying the related content list and the end terminal list through the mobile communication terminal or the first end terminal;
• selecting the related content, which will be received by the mobile communication terminal or the first end terminal, and the second end terminal as the end terminal which will receive the related content;
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• transmitting the selected related content from the application server to the second end terminal at the request of the service server.

A method of providing a related content by a service server, comprising:

• allowing a first end terminal to be connected to the service server via a mobile communication terminal;
• receiving a request for a related content from the first end terminal;
• receiving information about a basic content currently being played in the first end terminal or selected by a user from the first end terminal;
• requesting the application server to search for the related content based on the information about the basic content;
• transmitting a list of the searched related contents and a list of end terminals capable of receiving the related contents to the mobile communication terminal;
• receiving information about selection of a related content, which will be received by the mobile communication terminal or the first end terminal, and the second terminal as the end terminal which will receive the related content from the mobile communication terminal or the first end terminal;
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• requesting the application server to transmit the selected related content to the second end terminal.