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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Hee Young Park, Kyongsangbukdo, KR;
Hee Young Park, Kyongsangbukdo, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording/reproducing external device data in a broadcast receiver and method thereof are disclosed, by which a broadcast receiver allowed by a certification key is enabled to access a corresponding external device only. The present invention includes a connection checking step of checking a state of a physical connection between an external device and the broadcast receiver, a certification key registration deciding step of deciding whether a reserved certification key is registered, an access allowance deciding step of if the certification key is registered, deciding whether to allow an access to the connected external device by verifying the certification key, and an access allowing step of if the access is allowed, recording/reproducing corresponding data by accessing the connected external device.