Internet protocol television service
AssigneeKt Corporation
InventorsJongho SHIN, Seonghyeon YANG, Du-seong CHANG
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Abstract
In one example embodiment, a system includes an end device configured to: display an image, receive an input to select an object depicted on the displayed image, and transmit information regarding the object; and a server configured to: receive the information regarding the object from the end device, store the received information regarding the object with a time of receipt, identify at least one service associated with the object with reference to the received information regarding the object, and transmit service information regarding the identified at least one service to the end device.
Claims25
A system, comprising:
- an end device configured to:
- display an image,
- receive an input to select an object depicted on the displayed image, and
- transmit information regarding the object;
- and
- a server configured to:
- receive the information regarding the object from the end device,
- store the received information regarding the object with a time of receipt,
- identify at least one service associated with the object with reference to the received information regarding the object, and
- transmit service information regarding the identified at least one service to the end device.
A server, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive, from an end device, an image of an object;
- an object recognizer configured to:
- recognize the object from the image, and
- retrieve object information regarding the object;
- an object database configured to store the object information;
- a service database configured to store service information regarding a plurality of services;
- a service manager configured to identify at least one of the plurality of services based on a correspondence between the retrieved object information and any of the stored service information;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit the service information corresponding to the identified at least one service to the end device.
A method performed under control of a server, comprising:
- receiving, from an end device, information regarding an object depicted on an image displayed by the end device;
- identifying at least one service associated with the object from among a plurality of services with reference to the received information regarding the object;
- and
- transmitting service information regarding the identified at least one service to the end device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.