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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Hun-hoi Choi, Gangneung-si, KR;
Hwa-suk Kim, Daejeon-si, KR;
Kee-seong Cho, Daejeon-si, KR;
Geun-hyung Kim, Busan-si, KR;
Jae-chan Shim, Daejeon-si, KR;
Hun-Hoi Choi, Gangneung-si, KR;
Hwa-Suk Kim, Daejeon-si, KR;
Kee-Seong Cho, Daejeon-si, KR;
Geun-Hyung Kim, Busan-si, KR;
Jae-Chan Shim, Daejeon-si, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A synchronization apparatus and method for synchronizing playback time of a media provided to multiple devices during service transfer and replication process are provided. The content synchronization system for providing a receiving terminal with content of a sending terminal, the content synchronization system includes the sending terminal; the receiving terminal; and a server configured to provide content to the sending terminal and the receiving terminal and to comprise a communication unit configured to communicate the sending terminal and the receiving terminal and to transmit a message and information about time point at which the message is sent, and a content playback time point calculating unit configured to calculate a first content playback start time point of the receiving terminal in an effort to provide the content of the sending terminal that is synchronized with the receiving terminal.