IPTV RECEIVER, AND CONTENT-DOWNLOADING METHOD FOR SAME

摘要

Disclosed are an IPTV, and a content-downloading method for the IPTV. The content-downloading method of the IPTV, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: accessing an IPTV network and receiving Service Discovery and Selection (SD&S) information containing Open Internet Content Delivery (OICD) service information; parsing the OICD service information to obtain location information of an OICD provider; and accessing the OICD provider via the location information of the OICD provider, wherein said OICD service information contains the location information of the OICD provider which provides network information for downloading content using a peer-to-peer scheme. In addition, the IPTV receiver, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a network interface which accesses the IPTV network and receives Service Discovery and Selection (SD&S) information containing Open Internet Content Delivery (OICD) service information; a PSI decoder which parses the OICD service information to obtain the location information of the OICD provider; and a service access unit which accesses the OICD provider via the location information of the OICD provider, wherein said OICD service information contains the location information of the OICD provider which provides network information for downloading content using a peer-to-peer scheme.