Method, system, and medium for providing broadcasting service using home server and mobile phone

Abstract

A method, system, and medium of providing various types of broadcast services such as a record, a summary, a navigation and a real-time event service with respect to a broadcast content, utilizing a home server, according to a user's request. A broadcast service providing method includes: storing broadcast summary data, navigation data and real-time event data which is generated by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request from a user's portable device, in a database; and providing the user's portable device with a streaming service with respect to the stored broadcast summary data, the navigation data and the real-time event data, according to a summary selection request from the user's portable device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other aspects, features, and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of exemplary embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a broadcast service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast service providing method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast service providing method according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A broadcast service providing method comprising: storing broadcast summary data which is generated by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request from a user's portable device, in a database; andproviding the user's portable device with a streaming service, which streams the stored broadcast summary data, according to a summary selection request from the user's portable device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the broadcast summary data comprises: receiving the broadcast record request from the user's portable device;generating the broadcast summary data by analyzing the received broadcast data according to the broadcast record request; andstoring the generated broadcast summary data in the database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the streaming service comprises: receiving the summary selection request from the user's portable device;selecting the stored broadcast summary data according to the summary selection request; andproviding the user's portable device with the streaming service, which streams the selected broadcast summary data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting a record termination message to the user's portable device when recording of the received broadcast data is terminated.

5. A broadcast service providing method comprising: storing both navigation data, which is generated by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request from a user's portable device, and the received broadcast data; andproviding the user's portable device with a streaming service, which streams a selected portion of the stored broadcast data, based on the stored navigation data, according to a navigation selection request from the user's portable device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein: the storing of both the generated navigation data and the received broadcast data comprises:receiving the broadcast record request from the user's portable device;receiving broadcast data with respect to a corresponding broadcast program according to the broadcast record request;generating the navigation data by analyzing the received broadcast data; andstoring the generated navigation data and the received broadcast data in a database.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the providing of the streaming service comprises: receiving the navigation selection request from the user's portable device; andproviding the user's portable device with the streaming service, which streams a navigated portion of the stored broadcast data, by referring to the stored navigation data, according to the navigation selection request.

8. A broadcast service providing method comprising: detecting a real-time event by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request from a user's portable device;transmitting a notification message of an occurrence of the real-time event to the user's portable device; andproviding the portable device with a streaming service, which streams a predetermined portion of the received broadcast data around a point in time when the detected real-time event occurs, according to an event check request from the user's portable device.

9. A broadcast service providing system comprising: a summary generation unit generating broadcast summary data by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request;a database storing the generated broadcast summary data and the received broadcast data; andan input/output management unit receiving the broadcast record request and a summary selection request from a user's portable device, selecting the stored broadcast summary data according to the summary selection request, and streaming the selected broadcast summary data to the user's portable device.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising: a navigation generation unit generating navigation data by analyzing the received broadcast data according to the broadcast record request,wherein the database stores the generated navigation data, andthe input/output management unit receives a navigation selection request from the user's portable device, selects a predetermined portion of the stored broadcast data by referring to the navigation data according to the navigation selection request and outputs streaming portion of the stored broadcast data to the user's portable device.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising: a real-time event detection unit detecting a real-time event by analyzing the received broadcast data according to the broadcast record request,wherein the input/output management unit receives an event check request from the user's portable device, selects a predetermined portion of the stored broadcast data around a point in time when the real-time event is detected, according to the event check request, and outputs streaming portion of the stored broadcast data to the user's portable device.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising: a message generation unit generating a record termination message with respect to the broadcast data when recording of the received broadcast data is terminated and generating a notification message of generation of a real-time event when the real-time event is detected,wherein the input/output management unit outputs any one of the record termination message and the notification message of generation of the real-time event to the user's portable device.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising: a transcoding processor transcoding the received broadcast data into a format suitable for the user's portable device,wherein the database stores the transcoded broadcast data.

14. At least one medium comprising computer readable instructions implementing the method of claim 1.

15. At least one medium comprising computer readable instructions implementing the method of claim 5.

16. At least one medium comprising computer readable instructions implementing the method of claim 8.

17. A broadcast service providing system comprising: a navigation generation unit generating broadcast navigation data by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request;a database storing the generated broadcast navigation data and the received broadcast data; andan input/output management unit receiving the broadcast record request and a navigation selection request from a user's portable device, selecting the stored broadcast navigation data according to the navigation selection request, and streaming the broadcast navigation data.

18. A broadcast service providing system comprising: a real-time event detection unit detecting a real-time event by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request;a database storing the received broadcast data; andan input/output management unit receiving an event check request from a user's portable device, selecting a predetermined portion of the stored broadcast data around a point in time when the real-time event is detected, according to the event check request, and streaming the predetermined portion of the stored broadcast data to the user's portable device.

19. A broadcast service method comprising: storing broadcast summary data, navigation data and real-time event data which is generated by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request from a user's portable device, in a database; andproviding the user's portable device with a streaming service, which streams at least one of the stored broadcast summary data, navigation data and real-time event data, according to a selection request from the user's portable device.

20. At least one medium comprising computer readable instructions implementing the method of claim 19.