| 摘要 |
A set top box and a method for providing multimedia contents in the set top box are provided to receive a download request from a user, transmit the download request to an Internet server such as a predetermined web hard providing server by directly connecting to Internet without passing through a PC(Personal Computer), receive the multimedia contents corresponding to the download request from the server, and transmit the received multimedia contents to a television, thereby providing real-time multimedia contents to a user. A set top box(300) comprises the followings: a user input unit(310) for receiving a download request from a user; a download requesting unit(320) for transmitting the inputted download request to a predetermined web hard providing server; a download controller(350) for downloading multimedia contents from the web hard providing server in correspondence to the download request; a contents storage(370) for storing the downloaded multimedia contents; and a television interface(390) for transmitting the stored multimedia contents to a television.
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