Abstract: A system for providing health information is provided. The system includes a wellbeing-index (WI) providing unit and a recommendation media providing unit. The WI providing unit receives a user's health information obtained through one or more health information measuring devices and calculates a WI indicating the user's health condition based on the health information. The recommendation media providing unit provides a recommendation media content suitable for the user based on the WI providing unit.

Abstract: A method of managing multiple content servers to provide a portal service is provided. Personal information on a user managed by the portal service is mutually used by a plurality of content servers to authenticate or identify the user. The content servers use an ID of a set-top box and an integrated ID of the user transmitted from the set-top box so as to identify a particular user and a set-top box of the user among users provided with a plurality of services.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a velocity of a cooling fan using a timer and a temperature sensor in a set-top box (STB) are provided. An apparatus for controlling a velocity of a cooling fan in an STB may include a temperature sensor unit to change a resistor to be in inverse proportion to an internal temperature, using a thermistor, a timer unit to generate a pulse signal using a capacitor and the resistor of the temperature sensor unit, a switching unit to turn on/off applied voltage, using the generated pulse signal, and a power source unit to apply the voltage to the switching unit.

Abstract: A wired/wireless Internet IP sharing device for controlling network access and a method of providing an advertisement using the same are disclosed. The method of providing the advertisement using the Internet internet protocol (IP) sharing device for controlling network access of a terminal may include providing an advertisement comprising at least one of coupon information, discount information, and product information associated with a location in which the internet IP sharing device is installed to the terminal when a network access request is received from the terminal, and allowing the terminal to access a network when the advertisement is run on the terminal, wherein the allowing includes allowing the terminal to access the network unconditionally when at least one action of a user of the terminal among clicking the advertisement, reproducing a video included in the advertisement, and executing a page viewer of the advertisement is recognized.

Abstract: A social network training service system and method is disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically controlling an energy apparatus using an energy modeling technique is disclosed. The energy management service system for managing the use of energy of each region may include an energy collecting unit to collect energy usage information of an energy apparatus consuming energy in a region through a remote metering server, an apparatus collecting unit to collect control state information of the energy apparatus through a home network device installed in the region to control the operation of the energy apparatus, and an energy management unit to determine an energy usage control factor based on the energy usage trend and to automatically control the operation of the energy apparatus based on the energy usage control factor.

Abstract: A multi protocol adapter capable of implementing various communication modes is disclosed. The multi protocol adapter may include a plurality of communication ports to connect to a plurality of communication modules supporting different communication protocols, and a main controller to convert a signal received from one of a plurality of the communication modules and to output the converted signal to the other communication module. In this instance, each of a plurality of the communication modules is attachable and detachable, and may be connected to one of a plurality of the communication ports.

Abstract: A communication terminal provides a silhouette function on a video screen for a video call and a method thereof. The communication terminal may include a video input unit to receive an input of a video signal for a video call from a camera, a body recognition unit to recognize a body image of a user captured through the camera in the video signal, a silhouette processing unit to silhouette an area corresponding to the body image in the video signal, and a video output unit to output the video signal including the silhouetted body image to at least one opposite party communication terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a communication system and method that may control a network access through an access point (AP) using an advertisement. The communication system may include an advertisement server to maintain an advertisement database (DB), and an internet sharer to control an access by a terminal to a network. The internet sharer may receive an advertisement from the advertisement server so as to provide the advertisement to the terminal when a request for a network access is received from the terminal, and may allow the terminal to access the network when the advertisement is executed in the terminal.

Abstract: A system for providing a user data storage environment using a network-based file system in an N-screen environment is provided. The system may include a memory cache to store a cache file downloaded from a Network File System (NFS) storage that is equipped in a server and stores data for each user, and an NFS interface to store, in the memory cache, the cache file downloaded through an NFS, in order to use the cache file in the N-screen environment.

Abstract: In a smart energy management system linked with home network devices respectively installed in a plurality of households to manage the use of energy for each household, a location detecting unit detects location information or entry/exit information of a household member through recognition of an RFID tag carried by the household member connected with an RFID receiving device. An energy recording unit receives energy use details of the household, inputted from the home network device, and records the received energy use details together with the location information or entry/exit information of the household member. A pattern analysis unit analyzes an energy use pattern for the energy use details. An energy management unit provides the energy use details through the home network device as a result obtained by comparing the energy use detailed for each household or so that the household member recognizes the energy use pattern.

Abstract: A remote-controller type telephone service system in a set-top box of an Internet television having a video solution is provided. In a telephone service system for providing a telephone function in an open platform based set-top box for providing an Internet television (web connected TV) function, the system includes a remote-controller type telephone terminal to provide a remote-controller function for the set-top box and a handset function for the telephone function. The set-top box includes a video telephone control unit to provide a video telephone function of displaying an image related to a video telephone on a screen of a TV based on a remote-controller signal when power of the TV is in an on-state; and an IP telephone control unit to provide an audio telephone function of outputting a voice related to an audio telephone when the power of the TV is in an off-state.