Abstract:
A content service providing apparatus includes: when an image display apparatus wishes to play or replay a content selected by a user, a communication interface configured to receive a request for replaying the content from the image display apparatus; an authority manager configured to identify details of an account for paying for the playing or replaying of the content based on the received request, and, when there is a shortfall in money for paying, to receive a confirmation on whether it is possible to make up for the shortfall from a sibling service providing apparatus, which gives an authority to play or replay the content regardless of the shortfall; and when it is possible to make up for the shortfall, a controller configured to control the communication interface to provide the content to the image display apparatus based on the authority.
Abstract:
A content providing system and a content providing method thereof is provided. A content providing system includes a web server configured to receive a query for requesting providing content from a user terminal and transmit content corresponding to the query to the user terminal, a storage server configured to store content data received from an external content provider, and a management server configured to transmit the query to the content provider when the content data corresponding to the query is not stored in the storage server and receive the content data corresponding to the query from the content provider to store the received content data in the storage server.
Abstract:
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display, a communication unit for communicating with a server, and a processor for, if viewer rating metadata calculated based on viewing information of broadcasting content and web content is received from the server, displaying a channel list included in the viewing rating metadata through the display. The channel list is a channel list in which the broadcasting content and the web content are listed in order of viewer ratings.