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Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

US10841656B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2019
Grant dateNov 17, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8358
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic apparatus that receives broadcasting schedule information and a content signal corresponding to a channel, provides (e.g., displays or causes to be displayed) an image and/or sound based on the received content signal corresponding to the channel, acquire feature information from the content signal while the image is being provided, and transmit a request for content information corresponding to the acquired feature information to a server. The processor may further include one of: based on identifying that the broadcasting schedule information is incorrect, transmit the request to the server at a first frequency, or based on identifying that the broadcasting schedule information is correct, transmit the request to the server at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency (e.g., lower than the first frequency).

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