Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hae-su Gwon

Gyung-pyo Hong

Jun-Ho Jang

Keum-yong Oh

Young-min Park

Kwang-hyuk Kim

Young-suk Kim

Sung-Wook Ahn

Hue-yin Kim

Jin-yong Ahn

Sang-woong Lee

Disclosed is a method of providing additional content in a digital broadcast reception apparatus, the method including receiving a locator of additional content from a broadcast server while a user watches a broadcast program, receiving an instruction to insert the additional content from the broadcast server, receiving and reproducing the additional content from a content providing server designated by the locator, and switching back to the broadcast program. Thus, it is not necessary to allocate a separate channel and/or to switch channels for providing additional content.

Digital broadcast reception apparatus and method of providing additional content

Provided are a method and a device for booting a host embodying a downloadable conditional access system (DCAS), wherein one of a plurality of pre-determined booting modes is decided as a booting mode of the host based on first information indicating whether a host can communicate with a broadcasting service provider and second information indicating whether a software-based security client providing information required for decrypting broadcasting data is installed to a hardware-based security module connected to the host, and the host is booted in the decided booting mode.

Method and apparatus for booting host

Growing community of inventors

Gunpo-si, South Korea

Hae-su Gwon