METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION

摘要

A service providing method and apparatus and communication executing method and apparatus are provided to built OCAP(Open Cable Application Platform) middleware in one or more broadcasting receiver, thereby executing directly OCAP application in the one or more broadcasting receiver. A service providing apparatus provides an interactive service while receiving broadcast through a set-top box(301). The service providing device comprises an executor(310), a determining unit(320), and a data request unit(330). The executor executes application providing the interactive service by using built-in middleware. The determining unit determines whether the application can be independently performed. The data request unit requests selectively data required for the execution of the application to the set-top box based on the decision result.