Apparatus and Method for Interactive Multimedia Service in Access Network
First Claim
1. A system for providing interactive multimedia services to at least one of user terminals through an access network, the system comprising:
- a multimedia service providing server for creating multimedia information requested by a user terminal, processing the created multimedia information, and managing a corresponding communication channel to allow a predetermined user terminal to receive the processed multimedia information; and
a user terminal for transmitting inputted user multimedia information to the multimedia service providing server through the access network and receiving the multimedia information transmitted from the multimedia service providing server through the access network.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing an interactive multimedia service to a user in an access network are provided. The system includes a multimedia service providing server and a user terminal. The multimedia service providing server creates multimedia information requested by a user terminal, processes the created multimedia information, and manages a corresponding communication channel to allow a predetermined user terminal to receive the processed multimedia information. The user terminal transmits inputted user multimedia information to the multimedia service providing server through the access network and receives the multimedia information transmitted from the multimedia service providing server through the access network.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for providing interactive multimedia services to at least one of user terminals through an access network, the system comprising:
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a multimedia service providing server for creating multimedia information requested by a user terminal, processing the created multimedia information, and managing a corresponding communication channel to allow a predetermined user terminal to receive the processed multimedia information; and a user terminal for transmitting inputted user multimedia information to the multimedia service providing server through the access network and receiving the multimedia information transmitted from the multimedia service providing server through the access network. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for providing interactive multimedia services to at least one of user terminals, comprising:
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a service server for transmitting interactive multimedia service availability information to each of the user terminals based on set registration information of the user terminals and creating multimedia information requested by a user terminal capable of using the interactive multimedia services; a data processing server for receiving user multimedia information transmitted from the user terminal to provide the received user multimedia information to the service server and processing the created multimedia information at the service server into data suitable for the access network; and a channel management server for managing communication channels with the access network to allow the predetermined user terminal to receive the processed multimedia information from the data processing server and to transmit the user multimedia information transmitted from the predetermined user terminal to the data processing server. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A user terminal for communicating with a service server through an access network to receive interactive multimedia services, the user terminal comprising:
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a multimedia information receiving unit for receiving multimedia availability information downstream transmitted from the service server through the access network over an allocated channel and multimedia information requested by a user; and a multimedia information transmitting unit for transmitting the multimedia information selected or inputted by the user based on the received multimedia availability information to the service server over the allocated IP or RF channel to perform upstream transmission to the service server. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing an interactive multimedia service between a multimedia service providing server and a user terminal in an access network, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) transmitting interactive multimedia service availability information to each user terminal based on set registration information of a plurality of user terminals b) determining whether a user terminal is capable of receiving a predetermined interactive multimedia service according to user information and network information included in user multimedia information received from the user terminal c) creating corresponding multimedia information according to the received user multimedia information, and transmitting the created multimedia information to a user terminal if the user terminal is capable of receiving a service; and d) transmitting input multimedia information to a service server through an access network if user multimedia information is inputted from a user after receiving interactive multimedia service information from the multimedia service providing server and selecting one of service information at the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing an interactive multimedia service between a service server and a user terminal in an access network, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) at the service server, transmitting interactive multimedia service availability information to a user terminal based on set registration information of user terminals through an access network; b) at a least one of user terminals that receives the interactive multimedia service information, transmitting inputted multimedia information to the service server through an access network if the user terminal selects one of service information and inputs the user multimedia information and c) at the service server, determining whether the user terminal is capable of receiving a predetermine multimedia service according to user information and network information included in the received user multimedia information, and creating corresponding multimedia information according to the received user multimedia information and transmitting the created multimedia information to a corresponding user terminal through an access network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of transmitting and receiving multimedia information at a user terminal capable of communicating with a service server for receiving an interactive multi media service through an access network, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving multimedia service availability information that is downstream transmitted from the service server through an access network over an allocated channel; b) transmitting multimedia information, which is selected among the received multimedia service availability information by a user inputted from a user, to the service server through the allocated channel in order to upstream transmit the multimedia information to the server; and c) processing corresponding multimedia information if corresponding multimedia information requested by the user is received from the service server. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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