Patent ID: 8699479
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A content providing method for providing an additional content by transmitting, from a server to a terminal, both a first content transmitted in a data stream and a second content corresponding to the additional content the content providing method comprising: checking, by the server, whether or not any part of the first content and the second content are stored in the terminal, in response to a request signal for the first content; when a first part of the first content is stored in the terminal but a corresponding first part of the second content is not stored therein, transmitting, by the server, the corresponding first part of the second content to the terminal; multiplexing, by the server, a second part of the first content not stored in the terminal with a corresponding second part of the second content, to produce a mixed content; transmitting, by the server, the mixed content to the terminal; and receiving and demultiplexing, by the terminal, the mixed content to separate the second part of the second content from the second part of the first content, combining the stored first part of the first content with the second part of the first content, combining the first part of the second content with the second part of the second content, and storing the combined first content and the combined second content in the terminal.