CLIENT APPARATUS, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST SERVICE
First Claim
1. A method of providing a broadcast program in a client apparatus, comprising:
- generating final frame information identifying a frame corresponding to a broadcast watching stop time of a broadcast program that a user has been watching;
transmitting the final frame information to a server that provides the broadcast program, through the Internet;
requesting the broadcast program from the server;
receiving the broadcast program starting from a final frame found by the server based on the final frame information; and
providing the broadcast program to the user.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing broadcast programs. The method of providing a broadcast program in a client apparatus, includes generating final frame information identifying a frame corresponding to a broadcast watching stop time of a broadcast program that a user has been watching; transmitting the final frame information to a server that provides the broadcast program through the Internet; requesting the broadcast program from the server; receiving the broadcast program starting from a final frame searched for by the server based on the final frame information; and providing the broadcast program to the user. It is possible to provide a broadcast program from the stopped part of the broadcast program at a desired time after a user stops watching the broadcast program, even though the broadcast program is not recorded by the client apparatus.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of providing a broadcast program in a client apparatus, comprising:
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generating final frame information identifying a frame corresponding to a broadcast watching stop time of a broadcast program that a user has been watching; transmitting the final frame information to a server that provides the broadcast program, through the Internet; requesting the broadcast program from the server; receiving the broadcast program starting from a final frame found by the server based on the final frame information; and providing the broadcast program to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of providing a broadcast program in a server, comprising:
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receiving and storing final frame information identifying a frame corresponding to a user'"'"'s broadcast watching stop time, from one or more client apparatuses; receiving a broadcast program request signal from one of the one or more client apparatuses; searching for a final frame of a broadcast program corresponding to the final frame information transmitted from the client apparatus; and transmitting the broadcast program to the client apparatus starting from the final frame. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A client apparatus to provide a broadcast program comprising:
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a controller to generate final frame information identifying a final frame corresponding to a broadcast watching stop time of a broadcast program that a user has been watching; and a communication unit to transmit the final frame information to a server that provides the broadcast program through the Internet, to request the broadcast program from the server, and to receive the broadcast program starting from a frame searched for by the server based on the final frame information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A server to provide a broadcast program to a client apparatus, the server comprising:
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a communication controller to receive final frame information identifying a frame corresponding to a broadcast watching stop time from one or more client apparatuses and to receive a broadcast program request signal from one of the one or more client apparatuses; a storage unit to store the final frame information; and a search unit to search for a final frame of a broadcast program corresponding to the final frame information stored in the storage unit and transmitted from the client apparatus; wherein the communication unit transmits the broadcast program starting from the final frame to the client apparatus according to the broadcast program request signal received from the client apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program to execute a method of providing a broadcast program in a client apparatus, the method comprising:
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generating final frame information identifying a frame corresponding to a broadcast watching stop time of a broadcast program that a user has been watching; transmitting the final frame information to a server providing the broadcast program through the Internet; requesting the broadcast program from the server; receiving the broadcast program starting from a final frame searched for by the server based on the final frame information; and providing the broadcast program to the user.
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24. A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program to execute a method for providing a broadcast program in a server, the method comprising:
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receiving and storing final frame information identifying a frame corresponding to a user'"'"'s broadcast watching stop time from one or more client apparatuses; receiving a broadcast program request signal from one of the one or more client apparatuses; searching for a final frame of a broadcast program corresponding to the final frame information transmitted from the client apparatus; and transmitting the broadcast program to the client apparatus starting from the final frame.
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25. A method of providing a broadcast program after a user has stopped watching the broadcast program without recording the broadcast program, the method comprising:
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transmitting final frame information to a server relating to the final frame of the broadcast program that the user viewed; requesting the server for the broadcast program starting from the final frame; and receiving the broadcast program from the server starting from the final frame.
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26. A method of providing a broadcast program after a user has stopped watching the broadcast program without recording the broadcast program, the method comprising:
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receiving final frame information from a client apparatus relating to the final frame of the broadcast program that the user viewed; storing the final frame information; receiving a request for the broadcast program; and transmitting the broadcast program to the client apparatus starting from the final frame indicated by the stored final frame information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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