Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing multiple screens is disclosed. The apparatus includes a user/application interface module receiving a PiP service providing mode, and an output module displaying a video component of a service on a main screen if the PiP service providing mode is a first mode and displaying a background video or the video component of the service on a PiP screen if the PiP service providing mode in a second mode.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus are provided for signaling a transmission code set in data broadcasting. A client using the transmission code set signaling method includes a demultiplexer demultiplexing a packetized elementary stream (PES) packet corresponding to a program selected by a user from the broadcasting stream received by the system interface, an image decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for images, a sound decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for sound, and a CPU fetching information about a transmission code set of a character string used in an object carousel message from the demultiplexed message PES and decoding the character string used in the object carousel message based on the fetched information about the transmission code set.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing contents-sharing services are provided. The method for providing contents-sharing services includes: receiving a contents-sharing request message for a contents sharer from a first contents reproducing apparatus of a contents sharing requester; transmitting a contents-sharing notify message generated using the received contents-sharing request message to a second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer; and transmitting the received contents-sharing request message to a streaming server, wherein the transmitted contents-sharing request message requests the streaming server to transmit contents to the second contents reproducing apparatus of the contents sharer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling content recording for a buddy of a management server are provided. The method includes: receiving a recording request message for the buddy according to an external input; determining whether a local recording apparatus of the buddy is in a recording state; and selectively sending a recording start message to a recording apparatus on a network, different from the local recording apparatus of the buddy, according to a result of the determining.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus are provided for signaling a transmission code set in data broadcasting. A client using the transmission code set signaling method includes a demultiplexer demultiplexing a packetized elementary stream (PES) packet corresponding to a program selected by a user from the broadcasting stream received by the system interface, an image decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for images, a sound decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for sound, and a CPU fetching information about a transmission code set of a character string used in an object carousel message from the demultiplexed message PES and decoding the character string used in the object carousel message based on the fetched information about the transmission code set.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus are provided for signaling a transmission code set in data broadcasting. A client using the transmission code set signaling method includes a demultiplexer demultiplexing a packetized elementary stream (PES) packet corresponding to a program selected by a user from the broadcasting stream received by the system interface, an image decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for images, a sound decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for sound, and a CPU fetching information about a transmission code set of a character string used in an object carousel message from the demultiplexed message PES and decoding the character string used in the object carousel message based on the fetched information about the transmission code set.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing a remote user interface (UI) service of a remote UI client device. The method includes: receiving optimized scalable vector graphics (OSVG) information encoded so as to represent graphics including contents and a UI from a remote UI server device; decoding the encoded OSVG information; and rendering the decoded OSVG information using an OSVG primitive application programming interface (API).

Abstract: The present invention performs multiscreen configuration and multiscreen management by using a plurality of screens and a plurality of methods in order to represent a plurality of service contents. In accordance with a multiscreen configuration method of the present invention, by mutually assigning one or more broadcasting services, one or more logical screens, one or more display screens, and one or more output ports, ultimately outputting service contents which are executed on screens assigned by output ports, and setting, changing, and reporting configuration of a multiscreen, the configuration of the multiscreen may be set or reset so as to effectively output various service contents on the multiscreen by using a desired method.

Abstract: A method of controlling a content recording device, by generating control commands in a uniform resource identifier (URI) format and controlling the content recording device according to the generated control command(s), is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing multiple screens are provided. The apparatus includes a service processing module which provides a plurality of services to which a plurality of audio contents are respectively allocated, an interface module which receives a command to designate a first audio content of the plurality of audio contents as an audio content to be focused, an output module which outputs the first audio content that focused in response to the received command.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which receives at least one of video information, audio information, and data information and restores a plurality of services based on the at least one of the video information, the audio information and the data information; a service processing module which generates a display screen and a plurality of logical screens for displaying the restored services; and an output module which maps the plurality of logical screens generated by the service processing module to different locations on the display screen, wherein each of the logical screens includes an instance providing graphics, the instance includes a plurality of frames on which an application is executed, and each of the frames has arrangement attribute information indicating an arrangement order.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a screen generating module that generates a logical screen including at least one of a background still image, a video raster, and a graphic raster, each represented as an HScreen Device, and a service selecting module that adds a predetermined player to at least one of the HScreen Devices representing the background still image, the video raster, and the graphic raster included in the logical screen.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. A system and a method for providing a plurality of screen configurations to provide at least one service on a physical display device. The method includes positioning a logic logical main screen in a first arbitrary area of a display screen displaying at least one service on the physical display device, positioning a first logic logical picture-in-picture (PiP) screen in a second arbitrary area of the display screen, and positioning an overlay screen displaying at least one set of subtitles and various functions on the display screen.

Abstract: A client receiving a data stream via broadcasting is provided. The client includes a receiver which receives an object carousal that comprises data and a broadcast inter ORB protocol (BIOP) message, a processor which retrieves a transmission code set information from the BIOP message, wherein the transmission code set information provides an instruction to interpret character strings of the BIOP message, and a decoder which decodes the character strings based on the instruction provided by the transmission code set information.

Abstract: A server supporting structures of objects represented in various languages in a broadcast data stream is provided. The server includes a generator which generates an object carousal that comprises data and a broadcast inter ORB protocol (BIOP) message; a processor which inserts transmission code set information into the BIOP message of the object carousel, wherein the transmission code set information provides an instruction to interpret character strings of the BIOP message; and a transmitter which transmits the object carousal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying an application in a multi-screen environment are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which receives at least one of video information, audio information and data information, and restores a service based on the at least one of the video information, the audio information and the data information, a service processing module which generates a plurality of logical screens for displaying the restored service, and an output module which maps the plurality of logical screens provided by the service processing module to different locations on a display screen. An application present in the service is identified by a service context in which the application is executed and by identification inform.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module receiving at least one of video information, audio information, and data information and restoring a plurality of services based on the at least one of the video information, the audio information and the data information; a service processing module producing a display screen and a plurality of logical screens for displaying the restored services; and an output module mapping the plurality of logical screens provided by the service processing module to different locations on the display screen, wherein each of the logical screens includes an instance providing graphics, the instance includes a plurality of frames on which an application is executed, and each of the frames has arrangement attribute information indicating an arrangement order.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The method of dynamically configuring multiple screens includes generating a plurality of logical screens; associating a service context with a first logical screen selected from the generated logical screens; and moving the service context from the first logical screen to a second logical screen selected from the generated logical screens.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for managing resources in a multiscreen environment. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which receives at least one of video information, audio information, and data information and restores a plurality of services based on the at least one of the video information, the audio information and the data information; a service processing module which reserves resources for a screen object, which is to display the restored services, and generates a display screen and a plurality of logical screens based on the reserved resources; and an output module which maps the plurality of logical screens generated by the service processing module to different locations on the display screen.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing multiple screens are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which confirms whether a focus request regarding a first region on a screen has been issued, and an operational module which operates the application on the screen based on the confirmed result, wherein the first region displays an application included in received data information.