Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sung-Wook Ahn

Kwang-hyuk Kim

In-chul Hwang

O-hoon Kwon

Eun-Hee Rhim

Mun-jo Kim

Sung-jin Park

Sang-woong Lee

Sung-wook Byun

Jung-shin Park

Jong-Ho Lee

Chul-hong Park

Sang-Hoon Baek

Seung-Jae Jung

Sang-Kyu Oh

Young-suk Kim

Kyoung-Yun Baek

Jin-yong Ahn

Eun Namgung

Hue-yin Kim

Su-Hyeon Kim

Gyung-pyo Hong

Hae-su Gwon

Min-kyoung Kang

Kwang-Hyuk Kim

Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory (CA) information on Internet contents. A method of providing CA information by using a CA information server, includes receiving a request for the CA information on a content, from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV); searching for CA information on the content; and transmitting the found CA information to the IPTV. A method of using CA information when an IPTV reproduces a content not having the CA information, according to the present invention, includes transmitting a request for CA information, to a CA information server; receiving the CA information from the CA information server; analyzing the CA information; and applying the CA information.

Method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory information on internet contents

A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit, a system for carrying out the method, and a system for verifying an integrated circuit may use a standard cell layout including a first layout region that may violate design rules. The method for designing an integrated circuit may comprise receiving a data file that includes a scaling enhanced circuit layout, and designing a first standard cell layout using design rules and the data file. The designing the first standard cell layout may include designing a first layout region of the first standard cell layout using the data file, and designing a second region of the first standard cell layout using the design rules.

Method for designing and manufacturing an integrated circuit, system for carrying out the method, and system for verifying an integrated circuit

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

A message to be transmitted is converted into an image file. The image file is stored and location information about a location where the image file is stored, is generated. The image file is transmitted to at least one device based on the location information.

Method and apparatus for transmitting a message as an image

Disclosed are an information storage medium storing metadata for providing additional content during a broadcast program, the metadata including information indicating whether to insert second additional content instead of first additional content, which is underlying additional content of the broadcast program, and a locator of the second additional content, a method of providing additional content by using the same, and a digital broadcast reception apparatus.

Information storage medium storing metadata and method of providing additional contents, and digital broadcast reception apparatus

Provided are a method and an apparatus for managing digital contents and a method and an apparatus for executing digital contents according to playback positions. The method for managing digital contents includes inputting digital contents from a digital contents provider, inputting playback positions of the digital contents at which at least one application will perform an operation, and generating a list of playback positions in which the playback positions are recorded, based on attribute information on the application.

Method and apparatus for managing digital contents and method and apparatus for executing digital contents according to playback positions

Provided are a method and apparatus for inserting second contents stored in a storage medium of a host while first contents input from an external provider are played includes: searching, by a searching unit, for the second contents using location information which indicates a location of the second contents stored in the storage medium; detecting, by a signal information detecting unit, signaling information from the first contents, the signaling information indicating a section in the first contents in which insertion of the second contents is allowed; and playing, by a playing unit, the searched, second contents in the allowed section of the first contents which are being played, based on the signaling information.

Method for inserting contents searched from storage of a host and apparatus thereof

Provided are a method and apparatus for limiting a content usage authority scope of a client by using metadata in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. The method performed by a metadata server adds control information to the metadata and transmits the metadata, wherein the content usage authority scope of the client is defined in the control information. The client of a user limits a content control operation according to a user input by using the control information extracted from the metadata.

Method and apparatus for providing metadata of content, and method and apparatus for limiting content usage authority

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Seoul, South Korea

Sung-Wook Ahn