BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, SERVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SERVER

• US 20130151591A1
• Filed: 12/10/2012
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Jae-hwang, HONG, Jin-hyuck, PARK, Ji-won
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,140 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38

Abstract

A broadcast receiving apparatus is provided, which includes an interface unit connected to a server; a storage unit storing information on the broadcast receiving apparatus, a display unit displaying a UI (User Interface) for selecting the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus, and a control unit controlling the interface unit to transfer the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus selected through the UI to the server.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

an interface communicating with a server;

a storage which stores information on the broadcast receiving apparatus;

a display which displays a User Interface (UI) for selecting the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus; and

a controller which controls the interface to transfer the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus selected through the UI, to the server.

2. The broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus comprises at least one from among setting information on the broadcast receiving apparatus and user information stored in the broadcast receiving apparatus.

3. The broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller converts the selected information on the broadcast receiving apparatus into an Extensible Markup Language (XML) form to transmit the converted information to the server.

4. The broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface is communicatively connected to an external device, and

the controller transmits the selected information of the broadcast receiving apparatus to the external device that is communicating with the server to transmit the selected information on the broadcast receiving apparatus to the server.

5. The broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller encrypts the selected information on the broadcast receiving apparatus with a key and transmits the encrypted information to the server.

6. The broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller transmits a command for requesting the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus to the server through the interface, receives and stores the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus from the server in response to the request command.

7. A server comprising:

an interface communicatively connected to a broadcast receiving apparatus;

a storage unit storing information on the broadcast receiving apparatus that is transmitted from the broadcast receiving apparatus; and

a controller providing a UI for changing the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus to the broadcast receiving apparatus and storing the changed information on the broadcast receiving apparatus in the storage unit if the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus is changed on the UI.

8. The server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the controller receives and stores the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus that is in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) form through the interface.

9. The server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the broadcast receiving apparatus is one broadcasting apparatus,

the information on the one broadcast receiving apparatus comprises setting information on the one broadcast receiving apparatus, and

the controller changes the setting information to correspond to a set environment of another broadcast receiving apparatus and transmits the changed setting information to the other broadcast receiving apparatus if a command for requesting transmission of the stored information on the broadcast receiving apparatus is received from the other broadcast receiving apparatus.

10. A method for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus that communicates with a server, comprising:

displaying a User Interface (UI) for selecting information on the broadcast receiving apparatus; and

transmitting the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus selected through the UI to the server.

11. The method for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus comprises at least one from among setting information on the broadcast receiving apparatus and user information stored in the broadcast receiving apparatus.

12. The method for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmitting the information to the server converts the selected information on the broadcast receiving apparatus into an Extensible Markup Language (XML) form to transmit the converted information to the server.

13. The method for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the broadcast receiving apparatus is communicatively connected to an external device, and

the method for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus further comprises transmitting the selected information of the broadcast receiving apparatus to the external device that is communicating with the server to transmit the selected information on the broadcast receiving apparatus to the server.

14. The method for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmitting the information to the server encrypts the selected information on the broadcast receiving apparatus with a key and transmits the encrypted information to the server.

15. The method for controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting a command for requesting the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus to the server; and

receiving and storing the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus from the server in response to the request command.

16. A method for controlling a server that communicates with a broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

receiving information on the broadcast receiving apparatus that is transmitted from the broadcast receiving apparatus; and

providing a User Interface (UI) for changing the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus to the broadcast receiving apparatus and storing the changed information on the broadcast receiving apparatus if the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus is changed on the UI.

17. The method for controlling a server as claimed in claim 16, wherein the receiving information on the broadcast receiving apparatus receives and stores the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus that is expressed in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) form.

18. The method for controlling a server as claimed in claim 17, wherein the broadcast receiving apparatus is one broadcast receiving apparatus,

the information on the one broadcast receiving apparatus comprises setting information on the one broadcast receiving apparatus, and

the method for controlling a server further comprises:

receiving a command for requesting transmission of the stored information on the one broadcast receiving apparatus from another broadcast receiving apparatus; and

changing the setting information to correspond to a set environment of the other broadcast receiving apparatus and transmitting the changed setting information to the other broadcast receiving apparatus.