Wire/wireles communication system and method for providing multimedia service therein

• US 20070008921A1
• Filed: 09/12/2006
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Woo-Yong, Nam, Sang-Jun
• Application Number:
  US11/519,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20070008921A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks

Abstract

Provided are a wire/wireless communication system, and a method for providing multimedia service therein. The system includes a multimedia service server connecting with a mobile communication network and a wire network, and providing contents data through the wire network in response to a request for contents through the mobile communication network; a home Du connecting with the wire network, storing the contents data provided through the wire network, and providing the contents data to a terminal of a home area; and the terminal for requesting the multimedia service server for multimedia service through the mobile communication network, and receiving the contents data from the home Du.

Claims

1. A wire/wireless communication system comprising:

a multimedia service server connecting with a mobile communication network and a wire network for providing contents data through the wire network in response to a request for contents through the mobile communication network;

a home Du connecting with the wire network for storing the contents data provided through the wire network, and providing the contents data to a terminal of a home area; and

the terminal for requesting the multimedia service server for multimedia service through the mobile communication network, and receiving the contents data from the home Du.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the home Du provides the contents data to the terminal using Bluetooth communication.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a local Du for transmitting the contents data to the terminal of a local area when the terminal moves to the local area.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the home Du and the local Du connect through the wire network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the home Du provides the contents data to the terminal in a downloading method.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the home Du provides the contents data to the terminal in a streaming method.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a contents server for storing a variety of digital contents for multimedia service, and providing the digital contents to the multimedia service server.

8. A method for providing multimedia service in a wire/wireless communication system, the method comprising steps of:

requesting, by a terminal, a multimedia service server for a specific content through a mobile communication network in response to user'"'"'s request;

providing, by the multimedia service server, the content to a home Du of the terminal through a wire network in response to the request for the specific content; and

storing, by the home Du, the provided content, and providing the content to the terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the home Du provides the content to the terminal using Bluetooth communication.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising, in a local Du, transmitting contents data provided from the home Du, to the terminal of a local area when the terminal moves to the local area.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the home Du and the local Du connect through the wire network.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the home Du provides the contents data to the terminal in a downloading method.

13. The method of claims 8, wherein the home Du provides the contents data to the terminal in a streaming method.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising, in a contents server to store a variety of digital contents for multimedia service, providing the digital contents to the multimedia service server.