Abstract:
A content service providing apparatus includes: when an image display apparatus wishes to play or replay a content selected by a user, a communication interface configured to receive a request for replaying the content from the image display apparatus; an authority manager configured to identify details of an account for paying for the playing or replaying of the content based on the received request, and, when there is a shortfall in money for paying, to receive a confirmation on whether it is possible to make up for the shortfall from a sibling service providing apparatus, which gives an authority to play or replay the content regardless of the shortfall; and when it is possible to make up for the shortfall, a controller configured to control the communication interface to provide the content to the image display apparatus based on the authority.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for directly writing multimedia data onto a digital device are provided. The method includes sensing multimedia data written on a storage medium; displaying a user interface screen to display the multimedia data and a folder for a digital device; receiving a command to write the multimedia data in the folder; converting the multimedia data to a format which is playable by the digital device; and writing the converted data in the folder. The apparatus includes a sense unit which senses multimedia data written on a storage medium; a display unit which displays a user interface screen; an input unit which provides input in the form of a command to write the multimedia data in a folder; and a converting and writing unit which converts the multimedia data to a format which is playable by the digital device and writes the converted multimedia data in the folder.
Abstract:
A display apparatus and a method performed by the display apparatus are capable of collecting and analyzing a conversational service log to recommend suitable content to a user. The display apparatus includes: a communication portion which communicates with an external device using a predetermined protocol, a user interface (UI) to receive a request signal from a user, a display, a sensor to collect log information and a tendency profile, and a controller to control the operations of the display apparatus including transmitting the data collected through the sensor to an external device, receiving a media recommendation request signal through the UI and transmitting the media recommendation request signal to the external device, receiving recommendation information from the external device, and displaying the received recommendation information.
Abstract:
A content providing apparatus, a content providing method, an image forming displaying apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. A content providing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive viewer reaction information related to a program from an image displaying apparatus, a highlight information generator configured to measure a level of viewer reaction by analyzing the received viewer reaction information, and generates highlight information by detecting highlights based on the measured level of viewer reaction, wherein the generated highlight information is stored, and the image displaying apparatus is provided with the stored highlight information.
Abstract:
A display apparatus a control method thereof are provided, the display apparatus includes: a display which displays an image thereon; a first image processor which processes an image signal; a connector which is connectable to an upgrading apparatus that is provided to upgrade the display apparatus; and a first controller which executes a first application program and displays a first image signal corresponding to the execution of the first application program on the display, and when receiving a second image signal, corresponding to an execution of a second application program executed by the upgrading apparatus, from the upgrading apparatus through the connector, controls the display to display the second image signal together with the first image signal.