Method and apparatus for performing IPTV communication service
First Claim
1. A method of performing an internet protocol television (IPTV) communication service, the method comprising:
- acquiring a first application message for the IPTV communication service from an external input through a general-purpose web application by using a first plug-in application programming interface (API) of plug-in APIs of a web browser, the plug-in APIs being independent of an IPTV communication service provider;
sending the first application message to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) gateway (IG) functional entity apparatus; and
receiving a response message comprising a result of processing the sent first application message, from the IG functional entity apparatus,wherein the first plug-in API for acquiring the application message for the IPTV communication service provides access to an application of a different service provider than the IPTV communication service provider and comprises messages to be sent to a remote user and a remote user identifier as input arguments.
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Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus for performing an internet protocol television (IPTV) communication service. The method includes: acquiring an application message providing the IPTV communication service from an external input with respect to a general-purpose web application by using plug-in application programming interfaces (APIs) of a web browser which are independent of an IPTV communication service provider; sending the application message to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) gateway (IG) functional entity apparatus; and receiving a response message comprising a result of processing the application message as a response to the sending of the application message, from the IG functional entity apparatus.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of performing an internet protocol television (IPTV) communication service, the method comprising:
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acquiring a first application message for the IPTV communication service from an external input through a general-purpose web application by using a first plug-in application programming interface (API) of plug-in APIs of a web browser, the plug-in APIs being independent of an IPTV communication service provider; sending the first application message to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) gateway (IG) functional entity apparatus; and receiving a response message comprising a result of processing the sent first application message, from the IG functional entity apparatus, wherein the first plug-in API for acquiring the application message for the IPTV communication service provides access to an application of a different service provider than the IPTV communication service provider and comprises messages to be sent to a remote user and a remote user identifier as input arguments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An open an internet protocol television (IPTV) Terminal Function (OITF) entity apparatus comprising:
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a first plug-in unit which acquires a first application message for the IPTV communication service from an external input through a general-purpose web application by using a first plug-in application programming interface (API) of plug-in APIs of a web browser, the plug-in APIs being are independent of an IPTV communication service provider; an application message sending unit which sends the first application message to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) gateway (IG) functional entity apparatus; and a response message receiving unit which receives a response message comprising a result of processing the sent first application message, from the IG functional entity apparatus, wherein the first plug-in unit performs the first plug-in API for acquiring the first application message providing the IPTV communication service, the first plug-in API providing access to an application from a different service provider than the IPTV communication service provider and comprising messages to be sent to a remote user and a remote user identifier as input arguments. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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