Server, system, and method that providing additional contents

Abstract

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 system for providing an additional content, the content providing system comprising:
 a server for searching a second content in response to a request signal for a first content, multiplexing the second content with the 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 sending the request signal to the server, receiving the mixed content from the server, 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,   wherein the server multiplexes the second content with the first content during a part of a reproduction period of the first content, and the multiplexing corresponds to time-division multiplexing.   
     
     
         2 . The content providing system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mixed content comprises information on a starting point of time and an end point of time when the second content is multiplexed with the first content, a total length of the second content, a type of a medium of the second content, and an effective period of being able to reproduce the second content. 
     
     
         3 . The content providing system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the server comprises:
 a content providing unit for providing the first content and the second content;   a multiplexing unit for multiplexing the first content and the second content provided by the content providing unit; and   a transmission unit for transmitting the multiplexed contents to the terminal.   
     
     
         4 . The content providing system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the terminal comprises:
 a receiving unit for receiving the mixed content;   a demultiplexing unit for demultiplexing the mixed content received by the receiving unit and separating the second content from the first content;   a reproduction unit for reproducing the first content; and   a storage unit for storing the second content therein.   
     
     
         5 . A content providing system for providing an additional content which provides two or more contents to a terminal, the content providing system comprising:
 a server for searching a second content in response to a request signal for a first content, multiplexing the second content with the first content during a predetermined reproduction period of the first content streaming-transmitted to the terminal, and streaming-transmitting, to the terminal, a mixed content produced by multiplexing the second content with the first content,   wherein the server multiplexes the second content with the first content during a part of a reproduction period of the first content, and the multiplexing corresponds to time-division multiplexing.   
     
     
         6 . The content providing system as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the mixed content comprises information on a starting point of time and an end point of time when the second content is multiplexed with the first content, a total length of the second content, a type of a medium of the second content, and an effective period of being able to reproduce the second content. 
     
     
         7 . The content providing system as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the server comprising:
 a content providing unit for providing the first content and the second content;   a multiplexing unit for multiplexing the first content and the second content provided by the content providing unit; and   a transmission unit for transmitting the multiplexed contents to the terminal.   
     
     
         8 . A content providing method for providing an additional content which transmits both a first content which is streaming-transmitted and a second content corresponding to the additional content from a server to a terminal, the content providing method comprising the steps of:
 searching, by a server, the second content in response to an inputted request signal for the first content;   multiplexing the second content with the first content during a reproduction period of the first content, and producing a mixed content, by a server;   transmitting the mixed content from the server to the terminal; and   receiving the mixed content, and demultiplexing the mixed content to separate the second content from the first content, by the terminal,   wherein the server multiplexes the second content with the first content during a part of a reproduction period of the first content, and the multiplexing corresponds to time-division multiplexing.   
     
     
         9 . The content providing method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the mixed content comprises information on a starting point of time and an end point of time when the second content is multiplexed with the first content, a total length of the second content, a type of a medium of the second content, and an effective period of being able to reproduce the second content. 
     
     
         10 . The content providing method as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising a step of reproducing the first content and storing the second content by the terminal. 
     
     
         11 . The content providing method as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising a step of storing the first content and the second content by the terminal.