Abstract: A content management method and apparatus for storing and deleting content, backing up content, and restoring the backup content are provided. The method includes receiving the content from a first server and storing the content, and generating and storing content information including information about a location from which the content can be downloaded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a broadcast program, a user input unit that receives a folder selection signal for selecting a folder in which the broadcast program is to be stored, and a controller that controls the broadcast program to be stored in a folder that is selected in response to in the folder selection signal.

Abstract: A content management method and apparatus for storing and deleting content, backing up content, and restoring the backup content are provided. The method includes receiving the content from a first server and storing the content, and generating and storing content information including information about a location from which the content can be downloaded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus capable of managing the rights of multi-layered video bitstreams by layers are provided. The method includes generating a scalable bitstream from an input video, the scalable bitstream having a plurality of layers of data; generating encryption keys, each encryption key corresponding to a respective one of the layers; and generating an encrypted scalable bitstream by encrypting each layer of data by means of the encryption key corresponding to the layer. The apparatus includes a scalable video encoder which generates a scalable bitstream by using an input video, the scalable bitstream having a plurality of layer data; a license generating unit which generates encryption keys, each of the encryption keys corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of layers; and an encrypting unit which generates an encrypted scalable bitstream by encrypting the layer data corresponding to the respective encryption keys using the corresponding encryption keys.

Abstract: A monitoring system and method. The monitoring system includes an encoder that performs scalable video coding on a photographed image of a monitored region, a predecoder that processes a bitstream containing information on the quality of the coded image into a form suitable for an image quality level required for decoding and outputs the same, a decoder that decodes the output bitstream, and a controller that controls image quality level required for decoding. Therefore, the amount of image data recorded can be reduced while obtaining high quality data for an image photographed upon occurrence of a specified event, transmitting the photographed image data over a low bandwidth, and reducing the amount of computation in adjusting the quality of an image to be displayed and/or stored.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for scalable encoding providing scalability in an encoder. The scalable video encoding apparatus includes a mode selector that determines a temporal filtering order of a frame and a predetermined time limit as a condition for determining to which frame temporal filtering is to be performed, and a temporal filter which performs motion compensation and temporal filtering, according to the temporal filtering order determined in the mode selector, on frames that satisfy the above-described condition. According to the method and apparatus, since scalability is provided in the encoder, stability in the operation of real-time, bidirectional video streaming applications, such as video conferencing, can be ensured.

Abstract: Provided are a video encoder, a video coding method, a video decoder, and a video decoding method for transmitting a compressed video signal based on a suitable compression method adaptively selected according to the environment. The video coder includes a first encoding portion that removes temporal and spatial redundancy of input video frames, quantizes transform coefficients generated by removing temporal and spatial redundancies from the input video frames, and generates a bitstream, a second encoding portion that removes spatial and temporal redundancy of input video frames, quantizes transform coefficients generated by removing spatial and temporal redundancies from the input video frames, and generates a bitstream, and a mode selector that compares the bitstreams input from the first encoding portion and the second encoding portion with each other, and outputs only the bitstream selected based on the comparison result. Therefore, video frames decoded with various resolution levels can be restored.

Abstract: A device and method for playing back scalable video streams. The device for playing back a scalable video stream includes a screen mode determination unit that determines the mode of a screen to be displayed, a decoding level determination unit that determines a decoding level according to the screen mode, a predecoder that provides a signal to be decoded in accordance with the decoding level, a decoder that decodes the signal provided by the predecoder, and a display unit that displays the decoded signal. The method includes judging the mode of a screen to be displayed, determining a decoding level suitable for the mode of the screen, performing predecoding in order to provide a signal to be decoded according to the decoding level, decoding the signal provided by the predecoder, and displaying the decoded signal for playback.

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for transmitting a scalable video stream suitable for a user's request by processing a scalable bitstream according to the user's request. The device includes a source of a scalable bitstream containing a video content requested by a user, a controller determining the quality of the video content based on the user request and user profile information, and a predecoder processing the scalable bitstream according to the determined quality for transmission.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing scalable video streams are provided. In the method and apparatus, multimedia data provided by video streaming service is searched fast using a characteristic that a video stream having temporal scalability is flexible to temporal levels. The apparatus includes a playback speed setting unit setting a playback speed when the playback speed is selected for a bitstream, a control unit determining a temporal level corresponding to the playback speed set by the playback speed setting unit and extracting frames to be decoded from the bitstream according to the determined temporal level, and a timing synchronization unit synchronizing the frames that are decoded with a frame rate of an original video signal using a timing signal.