Patent ID: 8898711
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A client terminal, including at least one processing device, to receive multimedia contents and advertisement contents from a multimedia server, the client terminal comprising: a web browsing unit, using the at least one processing device, to access the multimedia server and to request desired multimedia contents and advertisement contents; and a session manager to manage a multimedia contents reproduction session reproducing the multimedia contents according to client initiated receipt of the advertisement contents via the web browsing unit after an automated cessation of a sequentially previous provision of the multimedia contents to the client and before a user requested resuming of the provision of the multimedia contents to the client, wherein the user requested resuming resumes the provision of the multimedia contents before completion of a provision of the advertisement contents and after a predetermined period of time having expired or predetermined amount of the advertisement contents having been provided during the provision of the advertisement contents, wherein the session manager controls the user requested resuming through a transmission of an advertisement contents stop request to the multimedia server to control a stoppage of the transmission of the advertisement contents and a subsequent transmission of a multimedia request command to the multimedia server during the provision of the advertisement contents, based on the advertisement contents stop request, to initiate an immediate resumption of the provision of the multimedia contents to the client.