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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Bok Hyun Pack, Suwon, KR;
Young Kuk Kim, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Hyun Ahn, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Han Seop Ryu, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Yeo Han Yun, Seoul, KR;
Bok Hyun Pack, Suwon, KR;
Young Kuk Kim, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Hyun Ahn, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Han Seop Ryu, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Yeo Han Yun, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal. In this present invention, information identifying a product item, which is in a scene to be presented from a broadcast signal, and address information of a web site providing detailed shopping information for the product item are provided together with a broadcast signal, then a signal receiving terminal stores the provided information, displays the stored information to a viewer to select one product item while or after watching an interesting broadcast program, and transmits a web site address associated with a selected product item to a network. As a result, detailed information for the selected item is acquired from a server addressed by the web site address.