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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Soon Choul Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sung Ik Park, Daejeon, KR;
Jae-young Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Hyun-Jeong Yim, Sejong-si, KR;
Namho Hur, Sejong-si, KR;
Dong Joon Choi, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing an offloading service. A method of providing an offloading service according to an example embodiment includes streaming, to a user terminal including a cellular network receiver and a broadcast network receiver, media content data through a cellular network, transmitting, to the user terminal, an offloading service providing signal for activating the broadcast network receiver of the user terminal through the cellular network, transmitting, to the user terminal, a broadcast signal including connection information of a broadcast network to which the user terminal is to be connected so as to receive the media content data, through the cellular network, and broadcasting the media content data through the broadcast network.