Server, system and method that providing additional contents
Disclosed is a server, a system, and a method for providing additional content simultaneously with main content. The system includes: a server for multiplexing a second content with a first content which is streaming-transmitted, and streaming-transmitting, to a terminal, a mixed content produced by multiplexing the second content with the first content; and the terminal for receiving the mixed content, demultiplexing the mixed content to separate the second content from the first content, streaming-reproducing the first content, and storing the separated second content therein. Accordingly, the system does not need a configuration of another system for providing additional content, which presents separate conditions for providing the additional content and determines if the separate conditions are satisfied. Namely, if a condition for receiving only a particular period of the particular content is satisfied, a user of the terminal can receive and use the additional content along with the particular content.
1. A content providing method for providing an additional content by transmitting, from a server to a terminal, both a first content transmitted in a data stream and a second content corresponding to the additional content the content providing method comprising:
checking, by the server, whether or not any part of the first content and the second content are stored in the terminal, in response to a request signal for the first content;
when a first part of the first content is stored in the terminal but a corresponding first part of the second content is not stored therein, transmitting, by the server, the corresponding first part of the second content to the terminal;
multiplexing, by the server, a second part of the first content not stored in the terminal with a corresponding second part of the second content, to produce a mixed content;
transmitting, by the server, the mixed content to the terminal; and
receiving and demultiplexing, by the terminal, the mixed content to separate the second part of the second content from the second part of the first content, combining the stored first part of the first content with the second part of the first content, combining the first part of the second content with the second part of the second content, and storing the combined first content and the combined second content in the terminal.
2. A content providing method for providing an additional content by transmitting, from a server to a terminal, both a first content transmitted in a data stream and a second content corresponding to the additional content from a server to a terminal, the content providing method comprising:
checking, by the server, whether or not any part of the first content and the second content are stored in the terminal, in response to a request signal for the first content;
when a first part of the first content is stored in the terminal but the second content is not stored therein, multiplexing, by the server, the entire second content with a second part of the first content which is not stored in the terminal, to produce a mixed content;
transmitting, by the server, the mixed content to the terminal; and
receiving, and demultiplexing, by the terminal, the mixed content to separate the second content from the second part of the first content, and storing both (i) the first content produced by combining the first and second parts of the first content and (ii) the second content in the terminal.
3. The content providing method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the terminal streaming-reproduces the first content.
4. The content providing method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the terminal streaming-reproduces the first content.