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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2008
Applicants:

Eun-hee Rhim, Yongin-si, KR;

Sung-jin Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyok-sung Choi, Seoul, KR;

In-chul Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Eun-hee Rhim, Yongin-si, KR;

Sung-jin Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyok-sung Choi, Seoul, KR;

In-chul Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/40 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/40 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 7/173 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for providing/receiving a service from a plurality of service providers. In the method, in order to receive a service from a plurality of Internet protocol television (IPTV) service providers, a client receives information regarding at least one of a feed that syndicates web information and a web-based application from a server of a service provider selected from the IPTV service providers. Then, the client requests the server to provide a service providing at least one of the feed and the application based on the received information, and receives the service from the server. Accordingly, it is possible to provide or receive web-based services via an IPTV network.


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