Patent ID: 8904429
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing information about a service provider by using an electronic device displaying contents, the method comprising: displaying information corresponding to first service providers which are able to provide a service to a specific electronic device regardless of a location of the specific electronic device, the information corresponding to the first service providers being displayed enabled; displaying information corresponding to second service providers which are able to provide a service to a specific electronic device in a certain region, the information corresponding to the second service providers being displayed disabled; setting regional information of the electronic device based on regional information received through a user interface unit or location information obtained by a location information module; transmitting the set regional information to a server; receiving information about service providers related to the transmitted regional information and unrelated to the transmitted regional information from the server; and displaying the information corresponding to the first service providers and the information corresponding to the second service providers based on the received information, wherein first information corresponding to the second service provider related to the transmitted regional information is displayed enabled; and wherein second information corresponding to the second service provider unrelated to the transmitted regional information is maintained to be displayed disabled.