Patent ID: 8732760
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system including a set-top box and an Internet TV service providing server, the system comprising: a fingerprint scanner to scan a fingerprint of a user; a storage unit, included in the set-top box, for storing fingerprints and units of identification information, each stored fingerprint corresponding to one of the units of identification information; a controller, included in the set-top box, that matches the scanned fingerprint with one of the stored fingerprints, the controller identifying the unit of identification information corresponding to the one stored fingerprint, wherein the identified unit of identification information is a personal identifier that is not the scanned fingerprint; a transceiver, included in the set-top box, to transmit only the identified unit of identification information to the Internet TV service providing server to identify the user so that the Internet TV service providing server does not store any fingerprint corresponding to the user, and to receive, from the Internet TV service providing server, a personalized program guide corresponding to the transmitted identification information; and a providing unit, included in the set-top box, to provide the received personalized program guide to an Internet TV set.