Patent ID: 8056109
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting digital TV broadcast contents to a digital media player (DMP) at a Digital Media Server (DMS) for personal TV service (PTS) on a digital living network alliance (DLNA) network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a broadcast channel information the digital TV broadcast contents of a plurality of channels; generating virtual items individually corresponding to the channels for the PTS by converting the broadcast channel information, each of the virtual items comprising a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI using a hypertext transport protocol (http) and having an address and an access port number of the DMS, a route of the PTS, and a channel number corresponding to each of the virtual items; transmitting the virtual items to the DMP; tuning, if one of the URIs is accessed by the DMP through one of the virtual items, to one of the channels corresponding to the accessed URI; receiving the digital TV broadcast contents through the tuned channel; packetizing the received digital TV broadcast contents; and re-transmitting the packetized digital TV broadcast contents to the DMP in an Internet Protocol (IP) communication regardless of a location of the DMP.