Patent ID: 7870236

Claim:
A method of an Internet TV, the method comprising: transmitting a first authentication request message to an information provider server communicatively coupled to the Internet TV during a session of the Internet TV, wherein the first authentication request message is configured to request information from the information provider server; determining a state of the Internet TV upon receiving a first message requesting a delivery of an authentication number assigned to the Internet TV from the information provider server, wherein states of the Internet TV include a normal operation state and a default state; deleting any authentication numbers stored in a memory device of the Internet TV and placing the Internet TV in the default state in response to detecting a problem with an Internet operating program of the Internet TV; displaying a user interface input screen received from the information provider server when the Internet TV is in the default state, wherein the user interface input screen is configured to receive user information associated with a subscription of the information from the information provider server; transmitting the user information to the information provider server; requesting the information provider server to search for the authentication number in a database of the information provider server based on the transmitted user information; and storing the authentication number in the memory device of the Internet TV upon receiving the authentication number from the information provider server.