Broadcast receiving device to report purchasing information and a reporting method thereof

A reporting method of a broadcasting receiving device, the method comprising:

• determining whether a purchase effective signal is received from an external device within a preset first reference time period, and determining whether a received purchase request command corresponds to a purchase that is a normal purchase or an abnormal purchase based on the determined results;
• and
• transmitting to a pre-registered contact number or an address a purchase questioning message informing whether the purchase is a normal purchase or an abnormal purchase, which is determined at the determination operation,
• wherein, in the determination operation, time is measured from a point of time when the operation control unit outputs the purchase questioning message in the control operation, and it is determined whether a purchase confirmation command is received from the external device based on the measured time and a preset second reference time period that is different from the preset first reference time period, and
• wherein, in the control operation, purchase of the requested service is conducted or halted based on the determined results of the determination unit.

A broadcast receiving device, comprising:

• a determination unit to determine whether a purchase request received in a preset first reference time period corresponds to a purchase that is a valid purchase;
• and
• an operation control unit to transmit a purchase questioning message to a pre-registered contact number or an address including whether the purchase request has been determined to be a valid purchase request by the determination unit,
• wherein the determination unit measures the time from a point of time when the operation control unit outputs the purchase questioning message, and the determination unit determines whether a purchase confirmation command is received from an external device based on the measured time and a preset second reference time period that is different from the preset first reference time period, and
• wherein the operation control unit conducts or halts purchase of the requested service based on the determination results of the determination unit.

A broadcast receiving device, comprising:

• a determination unit to determine whether a purchase request received in a preset first reference time period corresponds to a valid purchase request or an invalid purchase request;
• and
• an operation control unit to transmit a purchase confirmation request to request confirmation of whether the purchase request is one of the valid purchase request or the invalid purchase request as determined by the determination unit,
• wherein the determination unit measures the time from a point of time when the operation control unit outputs the purchase confirmation request, and the determination unit determines whether a purchase confirmation command is received from an external device based on the measured time and a preset second reference time period that is different from the preset first reference time period, and
• wherein the operation control unit conducts or halts the purchase request based on a response to the purchase confirmation request and the determination result of the determination unit.

A method of validating a purchase request in a broadcasting receiving device, the method comprising:

• determining whether the purchase request received in a first preset reference time period corresponds to a valid purchase request or an invalid purchase request;
• transmitting a purchase confirmation request to request confirmation of whether the purchase request is one of the valid purchase request or the invalid purchase request as determined by a determination unit;
• and
• conducting or halting the purchase request based on a response to the purchase confirmation request and the determination result,
• wherein the determining includes measuring the time from a point of time when the purchase confirmation request is output, and determining whether the purchase confirmation command is received based on the measured time and a preset second reference time period that is different from the preset first reference time period.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method of a broadcast receiving device, wherein the method comprises:

• determining whether a purchase request received in a preset first reference time period corresponds to a valid purchase request or an invalid purchase request;
• transmitting a purchase confirmation request to request confirmation of whether the purchase request is one of the valid purchase request or the invalid purchase request as determined by the determination unit;
• and
• conducting or halting the purchase request based on a response to the purchase confirmation request and the determination result,
• wherein the determining includes measuring the time from a point of time when the purchase confirmation request is output, and determining whether the purchase confirmation command is received based on the measured time and a preset second reference time period that is different from the preset first reference time period.

A broadcast receiving device, comprising:

• an interface to receive a signal from an external device;
• a transmitter to transmit a signal to another external device;
• and
• a controller having a determination unit to determine whether a purchase effective signal is received from the external device within a preset first reference time period, and to determine whether a received purchase request command corresponds to a purchase that is a normal purchase or for an abnormal purchase based on the determined results, and an operation control unit to control the transmitter to transmit a pre-registered contact number or an address a purchase questioning message informing whether the purchase is a normal purchase or an abnormal purchase, which is determined by the determination unit,
• wherein the determination unit of the controller measures the time from a point of time when the operation control unit of the controller outputs the purchase questioning message, and the determination unit determines whether a purchase confirmation command is received from the external device based on the measured time and a preset second reference time period that is different from the preset first reference time period, and
• wherein the operation control unit of the controller conducts or halts purchase of the requested service based on the determination results of the determination unit.