KR20150008797A - Method and apparatus for providing broadcasting contents - Google Patents

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KR20150008797A
KR20150008797A KR1020130144557A KR20130144557A KR20150008797A KR 20150008797 A KR20150008797 A KR 20150008797A KR 1020130144557 A KR1020130144557 A KR 1020130144557A KR 20130144557 A KR20130144557 A KR 20130144557A KR 20150008797 A KR20150008797 A KR 20150008797A
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김우석
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Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing broadcast content and broadcasting service provision information by using a cloud storage control server using a cloud storage. The broadcast content and the broadcasting service provision information may be provided through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by a broadcaster, such that various broadcast content may be effectively provided to a broadcast content receiver. In addition, the broadcast content may also be stored in the cloud storage such that security for the broadcast content may be improved and a bulk local storage may not be required.

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[0001] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BROADCASTING CONTENTS [0002]

 TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a broadcast content providing technique, and more particularly, to a broadcast content providing method using cloud storage and an apparatus for providing broadcast content.

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about a next generation digital broadcasting system for providing broadcasting contents through a communication network having both-directional characteristics as well as a broadcasting network having one-directional characteristics.

In particular, the US Digital Broadcasting Standardization Organization is attempting to define the next generation digital broadcasting standard through ATSC 3.0. ATSC3.0 aims to support new broadcasting services such as UHD broadcasting, personalized broadcasting, and bi-directional broadcasting regardless of backward compatibility with existing digital broadcasting.

In defining the next generation digital broadcasting standard, problems related to management, control and transmission of broadcast contents provided to users are newly emerged. In other words, a method of providing broadcast contents only through a broadcasting network having a unidirectional characteristic, and a method of processing and providing broadcast contents depending on local storage, are expected to provide a next generation It is difficult to apply to digital broadcasting service.

Therefore, it is possible to secure the economical efficiency of the terminal device receiving the broadcast content, improve the security of the broadcast content, and improve the security of the broadcast content, which is different from the broadcast content providing method using only the existing broadcast network, A method and an apparatus for providing information are required.

The information described above is for illustrative purposes only and may include content that does not form part of the prior art and may not include what the prior art has to offer to the ordinary artisan.

One embodiment of the present invention can provide a method and apparatus for providing broadcast content and broadcast service provision information using a cloud storage control server using cloud storage.

One embodiment of the present invention can provide a method and apparatus for providing broadcast service providing information and broadcast contents through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by a broadcaster.

In one aspect, there is provided a method comprising: receiving search information associated with one or more broadcast content from a cloud storage control server, performed by a broadcast content providing device, the broadcast content stored in a cloud storage controlled by the cloud storage control server - generating broadcast service provision information including information related to the selected broadcast content based on the received search information, wherein the selected broadcast content is broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents and the live broadcast contents; Transmitting the generated broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content receiving apparatus, and providing the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus.

The providing of the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus may include requesting the selected broadcast content to the cloud storage control server or the providing server of the live broadcast content.

The providing of the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus may include receiving the selected broadcast content from the cloud storage control server or the providing server.

The step of providing the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus may include transmitting the received selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus.

Each of the broadcast contents may be a non-real-time broadcast content or a live broadcast content.

The search information may be received at predetermined time intervals.

The broadcasting service provision information may be transmitted through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by the broadcasting contents providing apparatus.

Wherein the broadcast service providing information includes information related to broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through the communication network, information related to broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through the broadcast network, and information related to the broadcast content stored in the cloud storage And information related to the broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus by the direct access of the broadcast content receiving apparatus to the broadcast content receiving apparatus.

The selected broadcast content may be transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus.

The broadcast content providing method may further include receiving a request signal for the selected broadcast content from each of the one or more broadcast content receiving apparatuses.

The selected broadcast content may be selected from the broadcast content and the live broadcast content based on the request signal.

Wherein the providing of the selected broadcast content comprises: if the number of request signals received from the broadcast content receiving apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are received is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, Device.

Wherein the step of providing the selected broadcast content includes transmitting the selected broadcast content to each of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses through a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus when the number or the frequency is less than a predetermined value, Content can be provided.

Wherein the step of providing the selected broadcast content is a broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage, the number of request signals received from the broadcast content receiving apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are received The broadcast content receiving apparatus can directly access the selected broadcast content stored in the cloud storage to provide the selected broadcast content to each of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses.

The selected broadcast content may be broadcast content for a download service stored in the cloud storage.

The step of providing the selected broadcast content may provide the selected broadcast content to each of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses by allowing the broadcast content receiving apparatus to directly access the broadcast content for the download service stored in the cloud storage.

Receiving broadcast service provision information including information related to a broadcast content selected from a broadcast content providing apparatus, wherein the selected broadcast content is broadcast content selected from among broadcast contents stored in a cloud storage and live broadcast contents - receiving the selected broadcast content from the broadcast content providing apparatus based on the broadcast service provision information, and reproducing the received selected broadcast content.

The broadcasting service provision information may be received through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by the broadcasting contents providing apparatus.

The selected broadcast content may be received through a communication network or a broadcasting network operated by the broadcasting contents providing apparatus.

The broadcast content receiving method may further include transmitting a request signal for the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content providing apparatus based on the broadcast service provision information.

Wherein the step of receiving the selected broadcast content comprises: if the number of request signals transmitted from the broadcast content receiver apparatus and other broadcast content receiver apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are transmitted is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, Lt; / RTI >

The step of receiving the selected broadcast content may receive the selected broadcast content through a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus when the number or the frequency is less than a predetermined value.

Each of the other broadcast content receiving apparatuses may be a broadcast content receiving apparatus different from the broadcast content receiving apparatus.

Wherein the step of receiving the selected broadcast content is a broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage, the number of request signals transmitted from the broadcast content receiving device and other broadcast content receiving devices, The selected broadcast content can be received by directly accessing the selected broadcast content stored in the cloud storage when the frequency with which the request signals are transmitted is less than a predetermined value.

Each of the other broadcast content receiving apparatuses may be a broadcast content receiving apparatus different from the broadcast content receiving apparatus.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast content providing system including a broadcast content search unit, a scheduling unit, a broadcast service provision information generation unit, and a broadcast content transmission unit. The broadcast content search unit receives search information related to one or more broadcast contents from the cloud storage control server Wherein the broadcast contents are stored in a cloud storage controlled by the cloud storage control server, the broadcast service provision information generation unit generates broadcast service provision information including information related to the selected broadcast contents, Wherein the broadcast content transmitting unit transmits the generated broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content receiving apparatus and transmits the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus by the scheduling unit, And provides the program to the broadcast content receiving apparatus.

The broadcast content providing apparatus may further include a broadcast content receiving unit.

The broadcast content receiver may request the selected broadcast content to the cloud storage control server or the providing server of the live broadcast content.

The broadcast content receiver may receive the selected broadcast content from the cloud storage control server or the providing server.

The broadcast content transmitting unit may transmit the received selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus.

The broadcast content transmitting unit may transmit the broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through a communication network and a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus.

The broadcast content transmitting unit may transmit the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus.

The broadcast content providing apparatus may further include a signal receiving unit.

The signal receiving unit may receive a request signal for the selected broadcast content from each of the one or more broadcast content receiving apparatuses.

The selected broadcast content may be selected from the broadcast content and the live broadcast content based on the request signal.

One embodiment provides a broadcast content providing method and apparatus that does not include local storage by providing broadcast content and broadcast service providing information using a cloud storage control server using cloud storage.

One embodiment provides a broadcast content providing method and apparatus capable of efficiently providing various broadcast content to a broadcast content receiving apparatus by providing broadcast service providing information and broadcast content through a communication network and a broadcast network operated by a broadcaster.

1 shows a broadcast content processing method.
2 illustrates a method of processing broadcast content according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 illustrates a broadcast content providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows a broadcast content receiving apparatus according to an embodiment.
FIG. 5 shows a broadcast content receiving apparatus according to an example.
FIG. 6 illustrates a broadcast content processing method according to an example.

In the following, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

Various modifications may be made to the embodiments and may have various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the description. It is to be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the embodiments to the embodiments, but to include all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms used in the examples are used only to illustrate specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this embodiment belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

In the following description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and redundant explanations thereof will be omitted. In the following description of the embodiments, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted if it is determined that the gist of the embodiments may be unnecessarily blurred.

1 shows a broadcast content processing method.

1 shows a method in which a live broadcast content and a non-real-time broadcast content are provided from a broadcaster server 110 to a broadcast content receiving system 120.

The broadcast content receiving system 120 may include a broadcast content receiving device 122 and a local storage 125. The non-real-time broadcast content may be a broadcast content for a download service that is downloaded to the local storage 125 included in the broadcast content receiving system 120.

The live broadcast content and the non-real-time broadcast content may be provided to the broadcast content receiving system 120 via the broadcast network.

The broadcast content receiving system 120 may be a broadcast content receiving apparatus itself. At this time, the local storage 125 may be local storage included in the broadcast content terminal apparatus.

The broadcast content may be provided to the broadcast content receiving system 120 by displaying the content of the broadcast content on the broadcast content receiving system 120 such that the user of the broadcast content receiving system 120 can view the broadcast content, It may mean that the information for displaying the content is output to the broadcasting contents receiving system 120. [

The broadcasting company server 110 may select the broadcasting contents to be downloaded to the broadcasting contents receiving system 120 and may transmit the selected broadcasting contents to the broadcasting contents receiving system 120 through the broadcasting network. The selected broadcast content may be transmitted at a point in time when the viewer wants to view the selected broadcast content or before the point in time. The transmitted broadcast content may be stored in the local storage 125 of the broadcast content receiving system 120. A user of the broadcast content receiving system 120 may view the broadcast content stored in the local storage 125. [

The broadcasting company server 110 may be a server for managing live broadcasting contents and non-real-time broadcasting contents produced by broadcasters. Alternatively, the broadcasting company server 110 may be a server for managing broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting contents server 130 and live broadcasting contents received from the providing server 140 of the live broadcasting contents.

 The broadcast content server 130 and the providing server 140 may be a broadcasting company or a server separate from the broadcasting server 110. [ For example, the providing server 140 may be a broadcaster providing live broadcast content. In other words, the broadcast content server 130 and the broadcast server server 110 can relay the provision of the live broadcast content and / or the non-real-time broadcast content.

The live broadcast content and / or the non-real-time broadcast content provided between the broadcasting company server 110, the broadcast content receiving system 120, the content server 130, and the providing server 140 may be digital data.

The live broadcast content and the non-real-time broadcast content may be a broadcast program including one or more contents of the audio content, the image content, and the video content. For example, the live broadcast content and the non-real-time broadcast content may be a broadcast program produced by a broadcaster.

The live broadcast content may be a broadcast program broadcasted through a broadcaster according to a predetermined broadcast schedule of the broadcast company. For example, the live broadcast content may be a live broadcast program provided to viewers at the same time as the live broadcast program or a previously recorded and / or recorded broadcast program.

The live broadcast content may be a broadcast program broadcasted for a predetermined time predetermined by a broadcaster. The viewer can view the live broadcast content only during the time when the live broadcast content is broadcast. While the live broadcast content is being broadcast, it may not be possible to rewind and fast forward the live broadcast content by intention or manipulation of the viewer.

The non-real-time broadcast content may be a broadcast program that can be provided to the viewer at any time according to a request of the viewer regardless of a predetermined broadcast schedule of the broadcast company. While the non-real-time broadcast content is being broadcast, the rewind and fast forward of the non-real-time broadcast content may be performed by intention or manipulation of the viewer. That is to say, the viewer can view the non-real-time broadcasting contents at any time desired by the viewer, and selectively view only a part of the non-real-time broadcasting contents. For example, the non-real-time broadcast content may be a video on demand (VOD).

Unlike the illustrated example, a plurality of broadcasting contents receiving systems 120 may be provided, in which live broadcasting contents and non-real time broadcasting contents are provided. In other words, the broadcaster server 110 may provide live broadcast content and non-real-time broadcast content to each of a plurality of terminal devices.

2 illustrates a method of processing broadcast content according to an exemplary embodiment.

The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 can provide the broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 through the communication network and / or the broadcast network. The communication network in which the broadcast content is provided may be a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. For example, the communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may be a communication network used for transmission of data used by a server directly operated and / or controlled by a broadcasting company. The communication network and the broadcasting network may exist as a broadcasting communication convergence network.

The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 and the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may correspond to the broadcast server 110 and the broadcast content receiving system 120 described above with reference to FIG.

The broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may be a device that receives broadcast content from the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. [ When the broadcast content provided from the broadcast-content providing apparatus 210 includes compressed video and / or audio data, the broadcast-content receiving apparatus 240 transmits the compressed video and / or audio data to the original video and / Data can be restored. For example, the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may be a settop box.

The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 receives the broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 from the live broadcast content providing server 140 and / or the cloud storage control server 220, (240).

Alternatively, the broadcast content may be provided directly from the cloud storage control server 220 to the broadcast content receiving device 240. The manner in which broadcast content is provided directly from the cloud storage control server 220 to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, which will be described later.

The cloud storage control server 220 may be a server that manages the cloud storage 230. For example, the cloud storage control server 220 may store the broadcast content produced by the broadcaster in the cloud storage 230 and transmit the data stored in the cloud storage 230 to the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 and / (240).

As shown in the figure, when the broadcast content is stored in the cloud storage 230, the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 and the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 do not include a storage device for storing broadcast content, Lt; / RTI > For example, the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 and / or the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may store only the programs required for the operation and operation of the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 and / or the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 Or may include a storage device having only a predetermined minimum capacity for temporarily storing the broadcast content being transmitted until the broadcast content is completely transmitted from the cloud storage control server 220. [

In addition, since the broadcast content is stored in the cloud storage 230, the security of the broadcast content can be improved.

The structure of the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 and the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 and the manner in which the broadcast content is provided to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG.

The technical contents described above with reference to FIG. 1 can be applied as it is, so a detailed description will be omitted below.

3 illustrates a broadcast content providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 includes a cloud storage content searching unit 310, a scheduling unit 320, a broadcast service providing information generating unit 330, a broadcast content transmitting unit 340, and a broadcast content receiving unit 350 .

In the embodiment to be described later, the transmission of signals, information, and / or broadcast resources to / from each other among the components of the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may be performed using signals, information, and / And can indicate reception of broadcast stations. Therefore, redundant description is omitted.

The cloud storage content search unit 310 may be a device that receives search information related to broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230. [ Each of the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage 230 may be previously recorded and / or recorded broadcast content as the non-real-time broadcast content and / or live broadcast content described above with reference to FIG. For example, the live broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 may be streaming content that can be provided to the broadcast content receiving device 240 in real time.

In step 312-1, the cloud storage content retrieval unit 310 may receive retrieval information associated with one or more broadcast content from the cloud storage control server 220. The broadcast content may be broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 controlled by the cloud storage control server 220. The search information may be information for distinguishing broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage 230 from other broadcast contents. For example, the search information may include the title, size, play time, genre, and / or identifier of each of the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage 230. The search information may be received by the cloud storage contents search unit 310 at predetermined time intervals. For example, the cloud storage contents retrieval unit 310 periodically retrieves retrieval information from the cloud storage control server 220 or retrieves retrieval information when a change occurs in the number and / or content of the broadcasting contents stored in the cloud storage 230 .

Although not shown, the search information may be received from the cloud storage control server 220 based on the request of the scheduling unit 320. [ For example, the scheduling unit 320 may request search information from the cloud storage contents searching unit 310, and the storage contents searching unit 310 may request the cloud storage control server 220 to search information according to the request, And receive search information from the storage control server 220. [

In step 312-2, the cloud storage contents search unit 310 may transmit the search information received from the cloud storage control server 220 to the scheduling unit 320. [ The scheduling unit 320 may generate a control signal based on the received search information. The scheduling unit 320 may transmit the generated control signal to the broadcast service providing information generating unit 330 and the broadcast content receiving unit 350. The control signal transmitted from the scheduling unit 320 may be a signal for requesting broadcast content from the live broadcast content providing server 140 and the cloud storage control server 220 or requesting generation of information related to the broadcast content.

In step 326, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit a control signal to the broadcast service providing information generating unit 330. [

The broadcast service provision information generation unit 330 may generate the broadcast service provision information based on the received control signal. The broadcast service provision information may be generated based on the search information received by the scheduling unit 320 and the broadcast service provision information may be generated based on the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage 230 and the live broadcast service provided by the providing server 140 And information related to the selected broadcast content.

The broadcasting service provision information includes information on the broadcasting contents stored in the cloud storage 230 and the live broadcasting contents, information including one or more of the name of the broadcasting contents, the identifier, and information generated by the broadcasting company providing the desired broadcasting contents can do. Alternatively, the broadcast service provision information may include at least one of information on a part of the image content included in the broadcast content, information on a part of the image content, and information on a part of the sound content. For example, the broadcast service provision information may include a preview image, plot, synopsis, and / or still image of the broadcast content. The broadcast service providing information may be displayed on the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240. The user of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 can recognize the displayed broadcast service providing information.

In step 332, the broadcast service provision information generation unit 330 may transmit the generated broadcast service provision information to the scheduling unit 320.

In steps 372-1 and 376, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit the received broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content transmitting unit 430. [ The broadcast content transmission unit 430 may include a first broadcast content transmission unit 342, a second broadcast content transmission unit 344, and a multiplexing unit 346. [

In step 382, the broadcast-content transmitting unit 340 may transmit the generated broadcast-service-providing information to the broadcast-content receiving apparatus 240. The broadcast service providing information transmitted by the broadcast content transmitting unit 340 may be transmitted through a communication network and a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. The broadcasting service provision information includes information related to broadcasting contents transmitted to the broadcasting contents reception apparatus 240 through a communication network, information related to broadcasting contents transmitted to the broadcasting contents reception apparatus 240 through the broadcasting network, And information related to the broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 by the direct access of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 to the broadcast content.

In the following, a method in which broadcast service provision information generated by the broadcast service provision information generation unit 330 is transmitted to the broadcast content reception apparatus 240 through a communication network and a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content provision apparatus 210 Is described in detail.

In step 372-1, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit the received broadcast service providing information to the multiplexing unit 346. [ The multiplexing unit 346 can multiplex the received broadcast service providing information. In step 372-2, the multiplexing unit 346 may transmit the multiplexed broadcast service providing information to the first broadcast content transmitting unit 342. [ The first broadcast content transmission unit 342 may transmit the broadcast service provision information multiplexed through the broadcast network to the broadcast content reception apparatus 240. The first broadcast content transmitting unit 342 may include an antenna for data transmission.

In step 376, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit the received broadcast service providing information to the second broadcast content transmitting unit 344. The second broadcast content transmitting unit 344 may transmit the broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 through the communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210

In other words, the broadcasting service provision information may be transmitted through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by the broadcasting contents providing apparatus 210 for convenience of the user of the broadcasting contents receiving apparatus 240.

The broadcast content transmitting unit 340 may provide the broadcast content selected from the broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 and the live broadcast content provided by the providing server 140 to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240. [ The selected broadcast content can be selected by the scheduling unit 320. [ The selected broadcast content may be broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 and broadcast content provided to the broadcast content receiving device 240 among the live broadcast content provided by the providing server 140. The selected content may be one or more broadcast content.

Although not shown, the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may further include a signal receiving unit. The signal receiving unit may receive a request signal for the broadcast content selected from each of the one or more broadcast content receiving apparatuses. The selected broadcast content based on the request signal received by the selected broadcast signal receiver may be selected from the broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 and the live broadcast content based on the request signal. The request signal transmitted from the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4 to be described later.

In the following, how the selected broadcast content is provided to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 will be described in more detail.

In steps 322 and 324, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit a control signal to the broadcast content receiving unit 350. [

In step 322, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit a control signal to the live broadcast content receiving unit 352 of the broadcast content receiving unit 350. The control signal transmitted in step 322 may be a request signal for requesting the providing server 140 for live broadcast content. In step 362-1, the live broadcast content receiving unit 352 can receive the live broadcast content from the providing server 140. [ Although not shown, the live broadcast content may be transmitted from the providing server 140 at the request of the live broadcast content receiving unit 352. [ That is to say, the live broadcast content receiving unit 352 can receive the live broadcast content in step 362-1 by receiving the control signal in step 322 and requesting live broadcast content to the providing server 140. [

In step 324, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit a control signal to the cloud storage broadcast content receiving unit 354 of the broadcast content receiving unit 350. The control signal transmitted in step 324 may be a request signal for requesting broadcast content to the cloud storage control server 220. In step 364-1, the cloud storage broadcast content receiver 354 may receive the broadcast content from the cloud storage control server 220. [ Although not shown, the broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 may be transmitted from the cloud storage control server 220 at the request of the cloud storage broadcast content receiver 354. That is to say, the cloud storage broadcast content receiver 352 can receive the broadcast content in step 364-1 by receiving the control signal in step 324 and requesting the broadcast content to the cloud storage control server 220. [

Step 362-1 or step 364-1 may optionally be performed. In step 362-1 and / or step 364-1, the broadcast content received by the broadcast content receiver 350 may be the broadcast content selected above. That is to say, the control signals of step 322 and / or step 324 may be a signal requesting the selected broadcast content described above.

In other words, the broadcast content receiver 350 can request the broadcast content server 120 or the live broadcast content provider server 140 for the selected broadcast content. The broadcast content receiving unit 350 may receive broadcast content selected from the cloud storage control server 220 or the providing server 140 according to the request.

In step 362-2, the scheduling unit 320 may receive the live broadcast content from the live broadcast content receiving unit 352. [ In step 364-2, the scheduling unit 320 may receive broadcast content from the cloud storage broadcast content receiving unit 352. [

Step 362-2 or step 364-2 may optionally be performed. In step 362-2 and / or step 364-2, the broadcast content received by the scheduling unit 320 may be the selected broadcast content described above. Alternatively, the scheduling unit 320 may determine the broadcast content selected from the received broadcast content.

In step 374-1 and / or step 378, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content transfer unit 340. [

In step 384, the broadcast-content transmitting unit 340 may transmit the received selected broadcast content to the broadcast-content receiving apparatus 240. The selected broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may be transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 through a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210.

Hereinafter, how the selected broadcast content is transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 via a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 will be described in more detail.

In step 374-1, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit the received selected broadcast content to the multiplexing unit 346. [ The multiplexing unit 346 can multiplex the received selected broadcast contents. In step 374-2, the multiplexer 346 may transmit the multiplexed selected broadcast content to the first broadcast content sender 342. [ The first broadcast content transmission unit 342 may transmit the broadcast service provision information multiplexed through the broadcast network to the broadcast content reception apparatus 240.

Alternatively, in step 378, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit the received selected broadcast content to the second broadcast content transmitting unit 344. [ The second broadcast content transmitting unit 344 may transmit the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 through the communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. [

As described above, the selected broadcast content can be transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 through a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210.

The scheduling unit 320 may determine whether to transmit the selected broadcast content through the broadcasting network or the selected broadcast content through the broadcasting network. The scheduling unit 320 may determine a network to which the selected broadcast content is to be transmitted based on a request signal received from the broadcast receiving apparatuses by the signal receiving unit.

For example, when the number of request signals received from broadcast content receiving apparatuses or the frequency of receiving the request signals is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the scheduling unit 320 may transmit the selected broadcast content to each broadcast content receiving apparatus have. Alternatively, if the number of request signals received from broadcast content receiving apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are received is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the scheduling unit 320 may select The broadcast content can be transmitted to each broadcast content receiving apparatus. In other words, when there are many users of the broadcasting contents receiving apparatus to view the selected broadcasting contents, the selected broadcasting contents can be provided through the broadcasting network, and when there are few users of the broadcasting contents receiving apparatus to view the selected broadcasting contents, The selected broadcast content can be provided through a communication network.

Or if the selected broadcast content is a broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage 230 and the number of request signals received from broadcast content receiving apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are received is less than a predetermined value, The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may allow direct access of each broadcast content receiving apparatus to the selected broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230. [ The direct access of each broadcast content receiving apparatus to the selected broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 is allowed, so that the selected broadcast content can be provided to each broadcast content receiving apparatus. In other words, if the number of users of broadcast content receiving apparatuses to view the selected broadcast content is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 transmits the selected broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 to each broadcast content receiving apparatus It is possible to provide the selected broadcast content to each broadcast content receiving apparatus by allowing direct access.

The method by which the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 receives the selected broadcast content will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 to be described later.

The technical contents described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 may be applied as they are, so a detailed description will be omitted below.

FIG. 4 shows a broadcast content receiving apparatus according to an embodiment.

The broadcast content receiver 240 may include a broadcast content receiver 410, a demultiplexer 420, an information analyzer 430, a broadcast content determiner 440, and a playback unit 450.

The playback unit 450 may include a display device capable of outputting the provided broadcast content. For example, the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may be a mobile terminal apparatus including a set-top box integrated television (TV), a digital TV, a smart TV, or a smart phone. Alternatively, the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may exist as a separate apparatus from the reproducing unit 450, and may be connected to the reproducing unit 450 by wire or wireless, unlike the one shown in FIG.

The content receiving unit 410 may include a first broadcast content receiving unit 412 and a second broadcast content receiving unit 414. [

In step 382, the broadcast content receiving unit 410 may receive broadcast service providing information including information related to the selected broadcast content described above with reference to FIG. 3 from the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. [ The broadcasting service provision information may be received through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by the broadcasting contents providing apparatus 210.

In step 384, the broadcast content receiving unit 410 may receive the broadcast content selected from the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 based on the received broadcast service providing information. The selected broadcast content may be received through a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. The playback unit 450 can play back the received selected broadcast content.

The broadcast content receiver 410 can receive the broadcast service provision information before the broadcast content. The broadcast content receiving unit 410 may receive the broadcast service providing information from the broadcast content receiving unit 410 so that the broadcast content receiving unit 410 can receive the selected broadcast content based on the received broadcast service providing information.

In the following, the processing of the broadcast service providing information received by the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 will be described in more detail.

The first broadcast content receiving unit 412 can receive the broadcast service providing information transmitted from the first broadcast content transmitting unit 342. The broadcast service providing information received by the first broadcast content receiving unit 412 may be multiplexed broadcast service providing information transmitted through a broadcasting network. The first broadcast content receiving unit 412 may include an antenna for receiving data. In operation 422-1, the first broadcast content receiving unit 412 may transmit the multiplexed broadcast service providing information to the demultiplexer 420. [ The demultiplexing unit 420 may demultiplex the received multiplexed broadcast service providing information. In step 422-2, the demultiplexer 420 may transmit the demultiplexed broadcast service provision information to the analysis unit 430. [

The second broadcast content receiving unit 414 can receive the broadcast service providing information transmitted from the second broadcast content transmitting unit 344. [ The broadcast service providing information received by the second broadcast content receiving unit 414 may be broadcast service providing information transmitted through a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. [ In step 424, the second broadcast content receiving unit 414 may transmit the received broadcast service providing information to the analyzing unit 430.

The analyzer 430 may generate analysis information based on the broadcast service provision information received from the second broadcast content receiver 414 and / or the demultiplexer 420. In step 426, the analysis unit 430 may transmit the generated analysis information to the broadcast content determination unit 440. [

The broadcast content determination unit 440 can generate a control signal. The control signal generated by the broadcast content determining unit 440 may be a signal for requesting broadcast content to the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. For example, the broadcast content requested by the control signal may be selected broadcast content.

In step 432, the broadcast content determination unit 440 may transmit the generated control signal to the demultiplexer 420. [ The control signal of step 432 may be a control signal for determining a broadcast content to be viewed by a user of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 among the selected broadcast content received from the first broadcast content receiver 412.

In step 434, the broadcast content determination unit 440 may transmit the generated control signal to the second broadcast content receiving unit 414. [

Although not shown, the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may further include a signal transmitting unit. The signal transmission unit may transmit a request signal for the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 based on the broadcast service provision information. In other words, the signal transmission unit may transmit a request signal for the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 based on the control signal of step 432 and / or the control signal of step 434. [ The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 can provide the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 with the broadcast content selected based on the received request signal.

The request signal transmitted by the signal transmitting unit may correspond to the request signal received by the signal receiving unit of the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 described above with reference to FIG.

The request signal may be generated based on the input of the user of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240. The user of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 can receive the broadcast content desired to be viewed from the live broadcast content or the non-real-time broadcast content by operating the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 to the broadcast service providing information displayed on the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 . The request signal may be generated according to the selection according to the operation of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 of the user. For example, when a user accesses a non-real-time broadcast content providing menu and selects a specific broadcast content among the provided non-real-time broadcast contents, a request signal for the selected broadcast content may be generated. Alternatively, if the user desires to view paid and / or limited live broadcast content, a request signal for the live broadcast content may be generated when authentication for viewing paid and / or limited live broadcast content is completed. The authenticated live broadcast content may be selected broadcast content.

Hereinafter, a method for receiving broadcast content selected from the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 via a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 will be described in more detail.

The first broadcast content receiving unit 412 can receive the selected broadcast content transmitted from the first broadcast content transmitting unit 342. The selected broadcast content received by the first broadcast content receiver 412 may be selected multiplexed broadcast content transmitted through the broadcast network. In step 442-1, the first broadcast content receiver 412 may transmit the multiplexed received broadcast content to the demultiplexer 420. [ The demultiplexer 420 may demultiplex the multiplexed selected broadcast content. In step 442-2, the demultiplexer may transmit the selected broadcast content to the playback unit 450. [ For example, the broadcast content may be determined based on the control signal of step 432 among the selected broadcast contents received by the first broadcast content receiving unit 412 transmitted to the playback unit 450.

The second broadcast content receiving unit 414 can receive the selected broadcast content transmitted from the second broadcast content transmitting unit 344. [ The selected broadcast content received by the second broadcast content receiving unit 414 may be selected broadcast content transmitted through a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. [ In step 444, the second broadcast content receiving unit 414 may transmit the selected broadcast content to the playback unit 450. [

As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the selected broadcast content may be transmitted to a broadcast network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 according to the number of request signals from the broadcast content receiving apparatuses and the frequency with which the request signals are received Lt; / RTI >

In other words, when the number of request signals transmitted from the broadcast-content receiving apparatus 240 and other broadcast-content receiving apparatuses or the frequency at which the request signals are transmitted is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the first broadcast- The selected broadcast content can be received.

If the number of request signals transmitted from the broadcast-content receiving apparatus 240 and other broadcast-content receiving apparatuses or the frequency at which the request signals are transmitted is less than a predetermined value, the second broadcast- And may receive broadcast content selected via a communication network operated by the device 210. [

Alternatively, if the selected broadcast content is broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage 230, the number of request signals transmitted from the broadcast content receiver 240 and other broadcast content receiver devices, The second broadcast content receiving unit 414 can directly receive the selected broadcast content stored in the cloud storage 230 to receive the selected broadcast content.

Each of the other broadcast content receiving apparatuses may be a broadcast content receiving apparatus different from the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240.

The broadcast content selected by the step 442-2 or 432 is transmitted to the reproducing unit 450 so that the user of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 can view the selected broadcast content.

The technical contents described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3 can be applied as it is, and a detailed description will be omitted below.

FIG. 5 shows a broadcast content receiving apparatus according to an example.

5 shows a broadcast content receiving apparatus that further includes a local storage 510. [ The broadcast content receiving apparatus of FIG. 5 may correspond to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 described above with reference to FIG. Therefore, redundant description is omitted.

The local storage 510 may be a device that stores information related to the moving picture, the settings of the electronic device, and information related to the operation of the electronic device. The local storage 510 is a hardware module for storing information such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a random access memory (RAM) and a flash . The local storage 510 may store a program required for driving and operating the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240.

The local storage 510 may store the broadcast content provided from the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. For example, the broadcast content stored in the local storage 510 may be the selected broadcast content received by the broadcast content receiver 410 described above with reference to FIGS.

In step 520, the second broadcast content receiving unit 414 may store the broadcast content in the local storage 510. For example, the broadcast content stored in the local storage 510 may be selected broadcast content transmitted through a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210. [

At step 530, the demultiplexer 420 may store the broadcast content in the local storage 510. For example, the broadcast content stored in the local storage 510 may be a demultiplexed selected broadcast content transmitted through a broadcast network.

In step 540, the broadcast content determination unit 440 may transmit a control signal to the local storage 510 based on the broadcast service provision information. For example, the broadcast content determination unit 440 may generate a control signal based on the analysis information from the analysis unit 430 and transmit a control signal to the local storage 510.

In step 550, the local storage 510 stores the broadcast content, which the user of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 wants to view, among the broadcast contents stored in the local storage 510, based on the received control signal, ). For example, the broadcast content transmitted from the local storage 510 to the playback unit 450 may be selected broadcast content. The playback unit 450 may play back the selected broadcast content stored in the local storage 510. [ In other words, the local storage 510 may allow the playback unit 450 to access the selected broadcast content based on the received control signal, and the playback unit 450 may allow the selected broadcast content stored in the local storage 510 The selected broadcast content can be reproduced.

Unlike what is shown, the local storage 510 may further include a processing unit capable of processing the received control signal, and the above-described step 550 may be performed by the processing unit.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

FIG. 6 illustrates a broadcast content processing method according to an example.

6 shows a method in which broadcast content for a download service is provided to a broadcast content receiving apparatus.

The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may be a broadcaster or a broadcaster server for producing and / or managing broadcast content. Broadcast contents produced and / or managed by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may be stored in the cloud storage 230.

The cloud storage control server 220 can relay the provision of the broadcast content for the download service between the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 and the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 using the cloud storage 230. [ The broadcast content for the download service may be non-real time broadcast content.

The live broadcast content may be provided to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 from the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 via a broadcast network.

The broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may request the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 to provide the broadcast content for the download service. A request of the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 to the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may be performed through a broadcast network.

The broadcast content providing apparatus 210 may provide the broadcast content for the download service to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 based on a request from the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240. [ The broadcast content for the download service provided to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may correspond to the selected broadcast content described above with reference to Figs. In other words, the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 allows the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 to directly access the broadcast content for the download service stored in the cloud storage 230, thereby providing the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 with the selected broadcast content can do.

The broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 can receive the broadcast content for the download service from the cloud storage control server 220. [ In other words, the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 can directly receive broadcast content for a download service stored in the cloud storage 230, thereby receiving broadcast content for a download service. The reception or transmission of the broadcast content for the download service can be performed through a communication network. For example, the reception or transmission of the broadcast content for the download service may be performed through a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 or the cloud storage control server 220.

In other words, when the broadcast content providing apparatus 210 provides the broadcast content for the download service to the broadcast content receiving apparatus 240, the request for the broadcast content for the download service can be performed through the broadcast network, May be performed through a communication network.

The broadcast content receiving apparatus 240 may not have local storage.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 5 may be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

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A broadcast content providing apparatus,
Receiving search information associated with one or more broadcast content from a cloud storage control server, wherein the broadcast content is stored in a cloud storage controlled by the cloud storage control server;
Generating broadcast service provision information including information related to the selected broadcast content based on the received search information, wherein the selected broadcast content is broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents and the live broadcast contents;
Transmitting the generated broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content receiving apparatus; And
Providing the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus
And a broadcast content providing method. The method according to claim 1,
The step of providing the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus
Requesting the selected broadcast content to the cloud storage control server or the providing server of the live broadcast content;
Receiving the selected broadcast content from the cloud storage control server or the providing server; And
Transmitting the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus
And a broadcast content providing method. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the broadcast contents is a non-real-time broadcast content or a live broadcast content. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the search information is received at a predetermined time interval. The method according to claim 1,
The broadcast service providing information is transmitted through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by the broadcasting contents providing apparatus,
Wherein the broadcast service providing information includes information related to broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through the communication network, information related to broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through the broadcast network, and information related to the broadcast content stored in the cloud storage And information related to a broadcast content transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus by direct access of the broadcast content receiving apparatus to the broadcast content receiving apparatus. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the selected broadcast content is transmitted to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through a communication network or a broadcasting network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus. The method according to claim 1,
Receiving a request signal for the selected broadcast content from each of one or more broadcast content receiving devices
Further comprising:
Wherein the selected broadcast content is selected from the broadcast content and the live broadcast content based on the request signal. 8. The method of claim 7,
The step of providing the selected broadcast content
And transmitting the selected broadcast content to each of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses via a broadcasting network when the number of request signals received from the broadcast content receiving apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are received is equal to or greater than a predetermined value,
And providing the selected broadcast content by transmitting the selected broadcast content to each of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses via a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus when the number or the frequency is less than or equal to a predetermined value, . 8. The method of claim 7,
The step of providing the selected broadcast content
When the selected broadcast content is a broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage and the number of request signals received from the broadcast content receiver devices or the frequency with which the request signals are received is less than a predetermined value, And providing the selected broadcast content to each of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses by allowing direct access of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses to the selected broadcast content stored in the storage. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the selected broadcast content is a broadcast content for a download service stored in the cloud storage,
The step of providing the selected broadcast content
And allowing the broadcast content receiving apparatus to directly access broadcast content for the download service stored in the cloud storage, thereby providing the selected broadcast content to each of the broadcast content receiving apparatuses. A broadcast content receiving apparatus comprising:
Receiving broadcast service provision information including information related to a broadcast content selected from a broadcast content providing apparatus, wherein the selected broadcast content is broadcast content selected from broadcast contents stored in a cloud storage and live broadcast contents;
Receiving the selected broadcast content from the broadcast content providing apparatus based on the broadcast service provision information; And
And reproducing the received selected broadcast content
And receiving the broadcast content. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the broadcast service providing information is received through a communication network and a broadcasting network operated by the broadcasting contents providing apparatus. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the selected broadcast content is received through a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus. 12. The method of claim 11,
Transmitting a request signal for the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content providing apparatus based on the broadcast service provision information
Further comprising:
The step of receiving the selected broadcast content
And receiving the selected broadcast content via a broadcasting network when the number of request signals transmitted from the broadcast content receiving apparatus and other broadcast content receiving apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are transmitted is equal to or greater than a predetermined value,
When the number or the frequency is less than a predetermined value, receiving the selected broadcast content through a communication network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus,
Wherein each of the other broadcast content receiving apparatuses is a broadcast content receiving apparatus different from the broadcast content receiving apparatus. 12. The method of claim 11,
The step of receiving the selected broadcast content
Wherein the selected broadcast content is a broadcast content selected from the broadcast contents stored in the cloud storage and the number of request signals transmitted from the broadcast content receiver and other broadcast content receiver apparatuses or the frequency with which the request signals are transmitted The mobile terminal receives the selected broadcast content by directly accessing the selected broadcast content stored in the cloud storage,
Wherein each of the other broadcast content receiving apparatuses is a broadcast content receiving apparatus different from the broadcast content receiving apparatus. A broadcast content retrieval unit;
A scheduling unit;
A broadcast service provision information generation unit; And
A broadcast content transmission unit;
Lt; / RTI >
The broadcast content retrieval unit receives search information related to one or more broadcast contents from a cloud storage control server, the broadcast contents are stored in a cloud storage controlled by the cloud storage control server,
Wherein the broadcasting service providing information generating unit generates broadcasting service providing information including information related to the selected broadcasting contents, and the selected broadcasting contents are broadcast contents selected from the broadcasting contents and the live broadcasting contents by the scheduling unit,
Wherein the broadcast content transmitting unit transmits the generated broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content receiving apparatus and provides the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus. 17. The method of claim 16,
Broadcast content receiver
Further comprising:
The broadcast content receiver requests the selected broadcast content to the cloud storage control server or the providing server of the live broadcast content, receives the selected broadcast content from the cloud storage control server or the providing server,
And the broadcast content transmitting unit transmits the received selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the broadcast content transmitting unit transmits the broadcast service providing information to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through a communication network and a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the broadcast content transmitting unit transmits the selected broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus through a communication network or a broadcast network operated by the broadcast content providing apparatus. 17. The method of claim 16,
Signal receiver
Further comprising:
Wherein the signal receiving unit receives a request signal for the selected broadcast content from each of the one or more broadcast content receiving apparatuses,
Wherein the selected broadcast content is selected from the broadcast content and the live broadcast content based on the request signal.
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