Patent ID: 9454650
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for updating service information of media content in a Digital Media Server (DMS), the method comprising: detecting, a service restriction of media content to be provided to a plurality of Digital Media Players (DMPs), wherein the DMS and the plurality of DMPs are used in a home network system based on Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA); immediately transmitting using a unicast method an unavailable content list or an available content list to the plurality of DMPs when a number of unavailable content is equal to or smaller than a predefined number; and transmitting, service limitation information regarding the media content to the plurality of DMPs using a multicast method when the number of unavailable content is greater than the predefined number, wherein transmitting the service limitation information regarding the media content to the plurality of DMPs further comprises, receiving, a request for an unavailable content list from a specific DMP of the plurality of DMPs sorting, the unavailable content from a content list, generating the unavailable content list using the unavailable content, and transmitting, the unavailable content list to the specific DMP.