META DATA INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER, CLIENT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROVIDING META DATA INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS

摘要

A server and a method for providing metadata, and a client device and a contents providing method thereof are provided to offer a user the metadata efficiently even though the client device includes no high capacity memory, and enable the user to obtain the contents efficiently through two-way communication by using the received metadata. A metadata generator(206) generates metadata for contents. A metadata transmitter(208) controls connection of a client device(400). The metadata includes basic metadata for searching contents information in the client device and detail metadata for the contents included in the basic metadata. The metadata transmitter transmits the basic metadata in an early stage connecting to the client device and transmits the detail metadata by a request of the client device. The basic metadata includes search information for searching the contents and connection information needed for determining priority for connecting the client device to at least one contents providing server(210).