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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Kang-yong Lee, Daejeon-si, KR;
Kee-seong Cho, Daejeon-si, KR;
Won Ryu, Daejeon-si, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A channel control apparatus for an Internet protocol television (IPTV) broadcasting service, which selects and pre-joins channels based on data regarding a channel zapping pattern of a user, thereby effectively reducing channel zapping time, and a method of pre-joining channels using the channel control apparatus are provided. The channel control apparatus comprises: a pattern information collection unit configured to collect data regarding a channel zapping pattern of a user for a cycle of a previously set period; a bandwidth management unit configured to set a pre-joining bandwidth, which is an allowable bandwidth for channels to be pre-joined, based on the collected data; a channel selection unit configured to select channels to be pre-joined according to channel preference of a user; and a channel pre-join unit configured to pre-join the channels selected by the channel selection unit within the set pre-joining bandwidth.
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