Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for a web hard disk server to download broadcast contents from a broadcast content providing server and to store a minimum number of broadcast contents in order to avoid redundancy among downloaded broadcast contents. More specifically, among several individual broadcast contents downloaded or to be downloaded to a web hard disk of the web hard disk server, only one instance of identical broadcast contents is physically stored in a shared manner, so that the capacity of the web hard disk can be efficiently used while users perceive that they use the web hard disk individually.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for receiving and transmitting publically available broadcast programs to a registered external Internet protocol (IP) address. The received broadcast programs are digitally encoded and stored before transmission. More specifically, a broadcast communication converter system includes a broadcast source for creating predetermined broadcast programs in order to provide the created broadcast programs through a public broadcast network, and a broadcast communication converter for receiving the broadcast programs, digitally encoding the broadcast programs to create broadcast communication contents, storing the created broadcast communication contents into a predetermined recording medium, and transmitting the broadcast communication contents to an external broadcast communication contents target through a wired/wireless communication network.