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

Claim 13:
14. A user terminal that receives an offloading service for offloading media content data streamed through a cellular network to a broadcast network, the user terminal comprising:
a cellular network receiver configured to receive the media content data in a unicast or multicast manner through the cellular network;
a broadcast network receiver configured to receive the media content data broadcasted through the broadcast network; and
at least one processor,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform:
an operation of receiving the media content data using the cellular network receiver;
an operation of receiving an offloading service providing signal using the cellular network receiver; and
an operation of activating the broadcast network receiver that is in an idle state in response to the received offloading service providing signal,
wherein the offloading service is provided by a media server apparatus,
wherein the media server apparatus determines whether to provide the offloading service, 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.