Method of processing data in internet protocol television receiver and internet protocol television receiver

Abstract

A method of processing data in an IPTV receiver and such an IPTV receiver are disclosed. The method includes receiving location information necessary to acquire a content corresponding to a content reference identifier (CRID) by using the CRID, requesting an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem Gateway (IG) to transmit a session description protocol (SDP) file of the content, wherein the content is identified by the CRID and an instance metadata identifier (IMI), receiving the requested SDP file from the IG, and controlling a session setup for processing the content by using the received location information and the received SDP file.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of retrieving at least one parameter of a SDP (session description protocol) file prior to a session setup in an open IPTV terminal function (OITF) receiver, the method comprising:
 performing a content reference identifier (CRID) location resolution process of mapping a CRID to either other CRIDs or a location information, wherein the location information provides additional data to retrieve the content; 
 retrieving the at least one SDP parameter prior to the session setup, the retrieving comprises,
 firstly requesting by the OITF receiver to an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem Gateway (IG) on a home network interface-IG interface (HNI-IGI) interface, the at least one SDP parameter; 
 secondly requesting by the IG to a network, the at least one SDP parameter, wherein the content is identified by at least one of CRID and Instance Metadata Identifier (IMI); 
 retrieving, by the IG, the at least one SDP parameter from the network; 
 forwarding the at least one SDP parameter from the IG to the OITF receiver; and 
 
 performing the process of the session setup after the OTIF receiver has retrieved the at least one the SDP parameter, 
 wherein the CRID location resolution process further comprises: 
 transmitting the CRID to a location resolution server; and 
 receiving other CRIDs or location information based on a content referencing table from the location resolution server. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the location information includes a session initiation protocol-uniform resource identifier (SIP-URI). 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the IG requests a content server to transmit the SDP, and receives the requested SDP from the content server. 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein performing the process of the session setup comprises:
 transmitting a request signal for the session setup for processing the content to the IG; and 
 receiving a session setup response signal from the IG. 
 
     
     
       5. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for execution of the method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
       6. An open IPTV terminal function (OITF) receiver that retrieves at least one parameter of a SDP (session description protocol) file prior to a session setup, the OITF receiver comprising:
 a first performing unit configured to perform that performs a content reference identifier (CRID) location resolution process of mapping a CRID to either other CRIDs or a location information, wherein the location information provides additional data to retrieve the content; 
 a retrieving unit configured to retrieve that retrieves the at least one SDP parameter prior to the session setup, the retrieving comprises: 
 firstly requesting by the OITF receiver to an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem Gateway (IG) on a home network interface-IG interface (HNI-IGI) interface, the at least one SDP parameter; 
 secondly requesting by the IG to a network, the at least one SDP parameter, wherein the content is identified by at least one of CRID and Instance Metadata Identifier (IMI); 
 retrieving, by the IG, the at least one SDP parameter from the network; 
 forwarding the at least one SDP parameter from the IG to the OITF receiver; and 
 a second performing unit configured to perform that performs a process of the session setup after retrieving the at least one SDP parameter, 
 wherein the CRID location resolution process further comprises: 
 transmitting the CRID to a location resolution server; and 
 receiving other CRIDs or location information based on a content referencing table from the location resolution server. 
 
     
     
       7. The OITF according to  claim 6 , wherein the location information includes a session initiation protocol-uniform resource identifier (SIP-URI).