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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2010
Young Sic Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Shin Gak Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Young Sic Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Shin Gak Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a personalized program providing method and system. The personalized program providing system may provide a view restriction, a personalized advertisement, or a personalized program guide using a set-top box including a fingerprint scanner. The personalized program providing system includes a set-top box to scan a fingerprint using a fingerprint scanner to identify identification information associated with a user and to transmit the identified identification information to an Internet TV service providing server, an Internet TV service providing server to transmit a personalized program guide corresponding to the transmitted identification information to the set-top box, and an Internet TV set to provide the transmitted personalized program guide.