HOME NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECORDING BROADCASTING CONTENT THEREOF

• US 20080163322A1
• Filed: 07/11/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Nam, Kyoung Don, PARK, In Ho
• Granted Patent: US 8,650,597 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/115
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A home network system and a method of recording broadcasting content thereof are provided, and includes requesting, by the mobile terminal, the server to send the broadcasting content; receiving, by the server, the broadcasting content from a broadcasting station and sending the received broadcasting content to the mobile terminal; displaying, by the mobile terminal, the received broadcasting content; requesting, if the displaying of the broadcasting content is interrupted, by the mobile terminal, the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content; and recording, by the server, the broadcasting content from an interrupted time point of the broadcasting content.

Claims

1. A method of recording broadcasting content in a home network system including a mobile terminal and a home terminal connected to a server through a communication network, comprising:

requesting, by the mobile terminal, the server to send the broadcasting content;

receiving, by the server, the broadcasting content from a broadcasting station and sending the received broadcasting content to the mobile terminal;

displaying, by the mobile terminal, the received broadcasting content;

if the displaying of the broadcasting content is interrupted, requesting by the mobile terminal the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content; and

recording, by the server, the broadcasting content from an interrupted point in time of the broadcasting content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcasting content is one of terrestrial, satellite, and cable broadcasting content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein requesting the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content comprises sending to the server, by the mobile terminal, recording request information of the interrupted broadcasting content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the recording request information includes at least one of a type of broadcasting of the broadcasting content, a broadcasting channel, a name of the broadcasting content, and an interrupted point in time of the interrupted broadcasting content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of recording, by the server, the broadcasting content from an interrupted point in time of the broadcasting content comprises:

extracting the interrupted broadcasting content from among received broadcasting content based on the recording request information; and

recording the extracted broadcasting content from the interrupted point in time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of requesting the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content comprises if the mobile terminal receives a request for recording the interrupted broadcasting content by a user, requesting the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of requesting the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content comprises if the displaying of the broadcasting content is interrupted, automatically requesting by the mobile terminal, the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of requesting the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content comprises if the interrupted broadcasting content is a specific broadcasting content, requesting by the mobile terminal, the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of requesting the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content comprises:

determining if the interrupted broadcasting content is a specific broadcasting content;

if the interrupted broadcasting content is a specific broadcasting content, requesting by the mobile terminal, the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content; and

if the interrupted broadcasting content is not a specific broadcasting content, not requesting by the mobile terminal, the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of recording the broadcasting content from an interrupted point in time of the broadcasting content comprises:

extracting the interrupted broadcasting content from among received broadcasting contents; and

recording the extracted broadcasting content from the interrupted point in time.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting, by the mobile terminal or a home terminal, the server to reproduce the recorded broadcasting content; and

receiving and displaying the recorded broadcasting content from the server.

12. A method of recording broadcasting content in a home network system including a mobile terminal connected to a server through a wireless communication network, comprising:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, broadcasting content from a broadcasting station and displaying the received broadcasting content;

if the displaying of the broadcasting content is interrupted, requesting by the mobile terminal the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content; and

recording, by the server, the broadcasting content from an interrupted point in time of the broadcasting content.

13. A home network system comprising:

a server for receiving broadcasting content from a broadcasting station and for sending the received broadcasting content; and

a mobile terminal for receiving and displaying the broadcasting content from a broadcasting station or a server and, if the displaying of the received broadcasting content is interrupted, for requesting the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content,

wherein the server records the broadcasting content from an interrupted point in time of the broadcasting content according to a request of the mobile terminal.

14. The home network system of claim 13, wherein the mobile terminal sends to the server recording request information of the interrupted broadcasting content.

15. The home network system of claim 14, wherein the recording request information includes at least one of a type of broadcasting of the broadcasting content, a broadcasting channel, a name of the broadcasting content, and an interrupted time point of the interrupted broadcasting content.

16. The home network system of claim 15, wherein the server extracts the interrupted broadcasting content from among received broadcasting contents based on the recording request information, and records the extracted broadcasting content from the interrupted point in time.

17. The home network system of claim 13, wherein if the mobile terminal receives a request for recording the interrupted broadcasting content by a user the mobile terminal requests the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content.

18. The home network system of claim 13, wherein if the displaying of the broadcasting content is interrupted the mobile terminal automatically requests the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content.

19. The home network system of claim 13, wherein if the interrupted broadcasting content is a specific broadcasting content the mobile terminal requests, the server to record the interrupted broadcasting content.

20. The home network system of claim 13, wherein the server extracts the interrupted broadcasting content from among received broadcasting contents, and records the extracted broadcasting content from the interrupted point in time.

21. The home network system of claim 13, wherein the mobile terminal requests the server to reproduce the recorded broadcasting content, and receives and displays the recorded broadcasting content from the server.

22. The home network system of claim 13, further comprising a home terminal for requesting the server to reproduce the recorded broadcasting content and for receiving and displaying the recorded broadcasting content from the server.