METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE BASED ON APPLICATION RECEIVED IN MULTICAST SESSION

摘要

Provided is a method and apparatus in which information about a multicast session which provides an application associated with a predetermined Internet protocol television (IPTV) service is received and the application is received in the multicast session established based on the received information.

主权项

1. A method of performing session management associated with an Internet protocol television (IPTV) service, the method being performed a second server and comprising:
receiving, from a client, a request to establish a multicast session based on information about the multicast session, wherein the multicast session provides an application associated with the IPTV service and the information is transmitted from a first server to the client; establishing the multicast session based on the information so that the client receives the application in the established multicast session; wherein the information about the multicast session comprises at least one of: information about an IP address of the second server, information about a number of channels used for the multicast session, information about an IP address of the client, information about an identifier of the multicast session, and information about a start time and an end time of the multicast session, wherein the first server is a server for discovering the IPTV service from among a plurality of IPTV service.