CONTENT DOWNLOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS USED BY MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20130133017A1
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YANG, Do-jun, NAMGUNG, Eun
• Application Number:
  US13/742,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20130133017A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/109
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42669 the medium being removable
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A content downloading method and apparatus of a mobile device employing an Internet protocol television (IPTV) are provided. The content downloading method and apparatus allow an IPTV to provide a mobile device with content information received from a service provider, allow a user to input content desired to be downloaded to the mobile device, and allow a user to download the content to the mobile device from the service provider via the IPTV, thereby quickly and easily downloading desired content to the mobile device without a complicated process of browsing and copying the content.

Claims

1. A content providing method comprising:

receiving content information from a service provider which provides a broadcast service using an Internet Protocol;

transmitting the received content information to a mobile device; and

if a content download request is received from the mobile device,

requesting the service provider for the content;

receiving the content from the service provider; and

transmitting the received content to the mobile device.

2. The content providing method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the received content information comprises:

comparing the received content information with previously stored content information to determine whether the received content information has been updated; and

if it is determined that the received content information has been updated, transmitting the received content information to the mobile device.

3. The content providing method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the received content; and

wherein the stored content is transmitted to the mobile device.

4. The content providing method of claim 1, wherein the requesting the service provider for the content comprises:

if the content download request is received from the mobile device, standing by until the service provider provides the content.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for executing the method of claim 1.

5. A content downloading method used in a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving the mobile device content information from an Internet protocol television (IPTV);

displaying the received content information;

receiving at least one content list, from among content lists included in the content information; and

requesting the IPTV to download content included in the received content list.

6. The content downloading method of claim 5, further comprising:

storing the content list; and

requesting the IPTV to download content included in the content list to the mobile device.

7. A content providing apparatus of an IPTV, the apparatus comprising:

a content information management unit which transmits content information, that is received from a service provider providing a broadcast service using an Internet protocol, to a mobile device;

a content request unit which, if a content download request is received from the mobile device, requests the service provider for the content; and

a content transmission unit which receives the content from the service provider and transmits the content to the mobile device.

8. The content providing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the content information management unit comprises:

an update determination unit which compares the received content information with previously stored content information to determine whether the received content information has been updated; and

wherein the content information management unit transmits the received content information to the mobile device according to a result of the determination of the update determination unit.

9. The content providing apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a content storage unit which stores the content,

wherein the content management unit transmits the stored content to the mobile device.

10. A content downloading apparatus in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit which, if the mobile device receives content information from an Internet protocol television (IPTV), displays the received content information;

a key input unit which receives at least one input designating a content list from among content lists included in the received content information; and

a download request unit which requests the IPTV to download content included in the content list.

11. The content downloading apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a list storage unit which stores the content list,

wherein the download request unit requests the IPTV to download content included in the stored content list.

12. A content downloading method of a mobile device, the method comprising:

if content information received from a service provider is updated, transmitting the content information from an Internet protocol television (IPTV) to the mobile device;

if the mobile device receives the content information from the IPTV, displaying the received content information;

receiving at the mobile device at least one content list, from among content lists included in the received content information, at a request from a user;

requesting at the mobile device the IPTV to download content included in the received content list;

if the IPTV receives a request to download the content, requesting the service provider to transmit the content; and

receiving at the IPTV the content from the service provider and transmitting the content from the IPTV to the mobile device.

13. A content downloading system comprising:

an Internet protocol television (IPTV); and

a mobile device,

wherein if content information received from a service provider is updated, the received content information is transmitted to a mobile device,

wherein if the IPTV receives a content download request from the mobile device, then a service provider is requested to transmit the content, the content is received from the service provider, and the content is transmitted to the mobile device; and

wherein, if the mobile device receives updated content information from the IPTV, the mobile device displays the content information, receives at least one content list, from among content lists included in the content information, at a request from a user, and requests the IPTV to download content included in the content list.