Patent ID: 11882481
Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A media server apparatus for providing an offloading service for offloading media content data streamed through a cellular network to a broadcast network, the media server apparatus comprising:
a media streaming module configured to stream, to a user terminal comprising a cellular network receiver and a broadcast network receiver, the media content data through the cellular network;
a media stream packaging module configured to broadcast the media content data through the broadcast network; and
a control module configured to provide, to the user terminal, an offloading service providing signal for activating the broadcast network receiver of the user terminal through the cellular network, transmit, to the user terminal, a broadcast signal including connection information of the broadcast network to which the user terminal is to be connected so as to receive the media content data, through the cellular network, and instruct the media stream packaging module so as to broadcast the media content data through the broadcast network,
wherein the control module comprises:
a rule determiner configured to determine whether to provide the offloading service; and
a broadcast signal generator configured to transmit, to the user terminal, the offloading service providing signal and the broadcast signal, and instruct the media stream packaging module so as to broadcast the media content data through the broadcast network.