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Contents providing method, contents providing system, and contents server

  • US 20050240597A1
  • Filed: 04/12/2005
  • Published: 10/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A contents providing method applicable to a contents providing system including a contents server and a user terminal which are connected to each other via a network, the method comprising:

  • a step in which the user terminal issues a contents data transmission request to the contents server;

    a step in which the contents server encodes a contents data meeting the transmission request into an encoded data capable of being restored to the contents data with a quality level which varies according to which of decoding processes is selected;

    a step in which the contents server transmits the encoded data to the user terminal and then disconnects from the user terminal;

    a step in which the user terminal receives an operation of inputting information on a quality level desired by a user with which the contents data meeting the transmission request is to be restored;

    a step in which the user terminal establishes connection with the contents server and transmits the information on the desired quality level thus received to the contents server;

    a step in which after having received the information on the desired quality level from the user terminal the contents server transmits information needed for a decoding process for obtaining the desired quality level to the user terminal and then disconnects from the user terminal; and

    a step in which the contents server carries out a charging process with respect to the user based on the information on the desired quality level received.

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