Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Cathal Gurrin

Yoon-Hee Choi

Chang-hwan Choi

Sorin Sav

Noel E O'Conner

Jun-ki Kim

Hee-Seon Park

Yoonhee Choi

Hye-Soo Lee

Taeung Jung

Hyowon Lee

Alan Francis Smeaton

Hyo-won Lee

Paul Ferguson

Tae-Ung Jung

Hyo-Won Lee

Provided are a method and apparatus for recommending broadcasting contents by using a multimedia contents reproducing device, the method including the operations of generating a user list about one or more second users related to a first user; displaying the user list on a screen of the multimedia contents reproducing device; selecting at least a third user from among the one or more second users in the user list; and transmitting a recommendation message to the third user, wherein the recommendation message is related to recommending a first broadcasting content currently being watched by the first user, or a second broadcasting content selected from an Electronic Program Guide (EPG).

Method of recommending broadcasting contents and recommending apparatus therefor in multimedia contents reproducing device

Disclosed is a method of providing broadcasting program information, the method including obtaining electronic program guide (EPG) information, extracting first program information from the obtained EPG information, the first program information being program information with respect to all channels, generating second program information based on the first program information, the second program information being information regarding first programs currently being broadcast and second programs to be displayed next in each of the channels, and displaying the generated second program information and a vertical line or a horizontal line indicating a current time on a screen.

Method and apparatus to provide broadcasting program information on screen of broadcast receiver

A method for recommending broadcasting contents, is performed by a multimedia contents reproducing device of a first user. The method includes the operations of logging a broadcasting contents viewing behavior pattern of the first user and generating a first user profile; transmitting the generated first user profile to an external server by using a network; receiving a recommendation result about one or more recommended broadcasting contents from the server, wherein a preference degree correlation between the first user profile and a second user profile of at least a second user registered in an account of the first user is reflected in the recommendation result; classifying the one or more recommended broadcasting contents in the received recommendation result into broadcasting timetable categories; and displaying on a screen a recommendation result about the classified one or more recommended broadcasting contents.

Method of recommending broadcasting contents and recommending apparatus therefor

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Cathal Gurrin