Abstract: A method for providing content where one device from among a plurality of devices is determined as a device to transmit the content to, based on the attribute of the requested content. Accordingly, device utilization is optimized by providing the content to the device with the highest priority to play back the content based on the attribute of the content.

Abstract: A service providing apparatus and method are provided. The service providing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives content metadata and a controller that determines a related service based on the received content metadata and a user metadata, and provides a determined related service.

Abstract: A method for providing a search service of a display apparatus includes receiving a selection of an object by displaying a screen that displays at least one object, and providing location information adaptive to the user terminal to the user terminal using all location information of the searched object and information regarding a user location. Accordingly, a user may conveniently search a desired object.

Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting important information from a moving picture. The method includes: detecting first candidate areas that are presumed to include important information in a plurality of moving picture frames by using stop edge information, which is edge information overlapped at a same position throughout the plurality of moving picture frames, from among edge information in at least two received moving picture frames; determining second candidate areas by performing grouping on the stop edge information according to a position of the stop edge information in the first candidate areas; analyzing the second candidate areas determined in the at least two moving picture frames; and detecting important information areas from each of the at least two moving picture frames based on the analysis.

Abstract: A video data compression method, medium, and system. The video data compression method, medium, and system includes receiving image data, generating background model data of the image data, determining a moving object region based on the image data and the background model data, estimating a motion value of the moving object region, and compressing the image data by referring to at least one of the background model data and the estimated motion value.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for summarizing a moving picture of a sports game. The method includes detecting play sections of the moving picture; calculating a degree of importance of each play section; and summarizing the moving picture including each play section using the degree of importance of each play section.

Abstract: A method of classifying a scene for each person in a video, the method including: detecting a face within input video frames; detecting a shot change of the input video frames; extracting a person representation frame in the shot; performing a person clustering in the extracted person representation frame based on time information; detecting a scene change by separating a person portion from a background based on face extraction information, and comparing the person portion and the background; and merging similar clusters from the extracted person representation frame and performing a scene clustering for each person.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing additional information of media content. In digital contents management, the apparatus for providing additional information of media content includes a media source, a media renderer, an additional information analyzer, a smart progress bar, and an additional information renderer. The media source receives media and additional information from a local file, a portable storage medium or a network and transfers the received media and additional information into the apparatus. The media renderer renders the received media to a user. The additional information analyzer analyzes the received additional information. The smart progress bar controls the playback of the media based on the analyzed additional information. The additional information renderer displays the additional information to the user by controlling the smart progress bar.

Abstract: A broadcast program summary generation system, method and medium are provided. The broadcast program summary generation system includes a format transformation unit to transform a broadcast format of digital broadcast data into a storage format, and a summary generation unit to decode video data of the transformed digital broadcast data, to analyze the decoded video data, to detect an important event by analyzing audio data of the transformed digital broadcast data, and to generate summary information based on the important event.

Abstract: A streaming content management apparatus and method for recording and replaying video and audio data using a real time video indexing function are provided. A streaming content management apparatus of a multimedia broadcast receiver includes a recording unit for recording an incoming content stream in units of segment together with indexes and a player for replaying the content stream recorded by the recording unit in response to an index that is input to request playback from a segment corresponding to the input index. The streaming content management apparatus divides the streaming content incoming through a broadcast channel in units of segment and stores segments of the streaming content with storage index and chapter information such that it is possible to quickly retrieve a playback position using the storage index or chapter information.

Abstract: A broadcast program recommendation method includes: selecting as many broadcast program channels as a number of initial broadcast program recommendations; displaying each broadcast program frame, corresponding to the selected broadcast program channel, as a recommendation screen; and receiving a selection of any one channel from a plurality of the selected broadcast program channels from a user.

Abstract: A moving picture play system, method and medium which includes determining whether a driver of a vehicle is unable to view moving picture data, summarizing moving picture data when it is determined the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture data, and playing the summarized moving picture data or recorded moving picture data when it is determined the driver of the vehicle is able to view moving picture data.

Abstract: Provided is an image editing apparatus and method. The image editing apparatus includes a containing region determination unit determining a plurality of containing regions from a frame image transmitted from a contents providing device based on first mapping information that maps the containing regions corresponding to a contents genre, a storage unit storing the containing regions determined by the containing region determination unit, and a containing region composition unit reading a main containing region and a sub containing region that are selected from among the containing regions determined by the containing region determination unit from the storage unit, composing the read main containing region and sub containing region, and providing an edited frame image resulting from the composition result.

Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus detecting a real time event in a sports video. The method may include testing a confidence of an online model, calculated in a sports video stream, detecting an event by using an offline model in the sports video stream, when the confidence of the online model does not meet a threshold, training the online model through an event detected by using the offline model, and detecting an event by using the online model in the sports video stream, when the confidence of the online model meets the threshold.

Abstract: A method, medium, and system generating navigation information of a sports video. The method may include detecting a candidate navigation point by analyzing video data in the sports video, and analyzing a caption from the candidate navigation point and generating the navigation information by determining a navigation section according to a result of the caption analysis.

Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of detecting a gradual shot transition in a moving picture The method includes: setting at least one feature point of a frame included in the moving picture, tracking the set at least one feature point, and setting a feature point of a subsequent frame, from the tracked at least one feature point; calculating a feature value corresponding to each feature point of each of the frames; and comparing corresponding feature values of corresponding feature points which are tracked for each of the frames, and determining that a gradual shot transition between the frames occurs when the comparison value is greater than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A method, system, and medium of providing various types of broadcast services such as a record, a summary, a navigation and a real-time event service with respect to a broadcast content, utilizing a home server, according to a user's request. A broadcast service providing method includes: storing broadcast summary data, navigation data and real-time event data which is generated by analyzing received broadcast data according to a broadcast record request from a user's portable device, in a database; and providing the user's portable device with a streaming service with respect to the stored broadcast summary data, the navigation data and the real-time event data, according to a summary selection request from the user's portable device.