Information providing apparatus and method thereof

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US 20140307040A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2014/0307040 A1
CHOI et al. (43) Pub. Date: Oct. 16, 2014
(54) INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS Publication Classi?cation
AND METHOD THEREOF
(51) Int. Cl.
(71) Applicant: LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR) H04L 29/08 (2006.01)
H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
(72) Inventors: Sungha CHOI, Seoul (KR); Kgiwung (52) us CL
RYOO, Seoul (KR); Kwanghee LEE, CPC .............. .. H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04N 7/141
Seoul (KR) (2013.01)
USPC ...................................... .. 348/14.01; 709/217
(73) Assignee: LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR) (57) ABSTRACT
The present disclosure relates to an information providing
(21) App1.No.: 14/144,176
apparatus and a method thereof capable of easily and effec
tively sharing (providing) information (for example, content,
(22) Filed; Dec_ 30, 2013 data, etc.) between a plurality of terminals, and an informa
tion providing apparatus according to the embodiments of the
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data present disclosure may include a controller con?gured to
execute an application program based on application program
Apr. 10, 2013 (KR) ...................... .. 10-2013-0039390 information contained in meta data, and process data con
Apr. 11, 2013 (KR) ...................... .. 10-2013-0040068 tained in the meta data through the application program.
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THE EXECUTED APPLICATION PROGRAM
814 ~ OUTPUT THE PROCESSED DATA
END
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