Patent ID: 9204191
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a Video On Demand (VOD) service in a display device executed by a controller, the method comprising: registering a program to receive notifications when a rerun of the program is available on a VOD server; receiving information on a plurality of VOD programs and additional information on a newly uploaded VOD program from the VOD server via a network interface; generating a VOD program guide using at least one of the received information on the plurality of VOD programs and the additional information on the newly uploaded VOD program; detecting whether the received information includes information on the registered program; displaying a first message indicating that the rerun of the program has been uploaded in the VOD server when the information on the registered program exists in the received information; accessing the VOD server at a predetermined time period; searching for the program in the VOD server using the additional information on the program; and displaying a second message indicating that the rerun of the program has been searched in the VOD server when the program is searched, wherein the rerun program notifications are provided for registered programs in which broadcast programs previously had broadcasted in real time are available on the VOD server, and wherein, when there exists a plurality of programs matching the information corresponding to the registered program in the VOD program guide, selecting programs which have not been previously watched and displaying a message for rerun program notifications only for the selected unwatched programs.