JP2002185415A - Broadcasting service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcasting service system capable of simplifying a subscription procedure and enlarging the number of objects to be connected to a medium and the range and reducing the fee. SOLUTION: Contents information received from a user terminal equipment (personal computer, a portable telephone or the like) via an ISP formal homepage, carrier official site, or a broadcasting station homepage is edited by each type server in the broadcasting station 3, then transmitted to a satellite 1 (broadcasting satellite, communication satellite or the like), and broadcast toward a television 2 in each viewer home via the satellite 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting service system, and more particularly, to a BS digital broadcasting service system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A method of sending a private message to a partner using a large-scale vision on a street or the like has been conventionally used.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the private use of a large-scale street vision is difficult, the usage fee is high, and only those who are in a limited place where the street vision is installed appeal to the target. The disadvantage of not being able to do so is recognized. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and simplifies the application procedure for use, further reduces the usage fee,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a broadcast service system capable of expanding the range of a target that contacts a medium.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a broadcasting service system according to the present invention comprises a means for receiving an application for content to be broadcasted through a public line from a user terminal, and a method for applying the content satisfying a predetermined standard. Means for examining whether or not the content has been examined, means for notifying the user terminal of the examination result, means for collecting a broadcasting fee from the user who passed the examination, and means for broadcasting the content based on the application contents of the user who collected the broadcasting fee And characterized in that:

[0005] In the broadcast service system, the application receiving server for receiving an application is preferably an ISP-side server, a broadcasting station-side Internet server, or a broadcasting station-side television server. In the broadcast service system, when the application receiving server is the ISP-side server and the user terminal is a computer, the broadcast service system may include means for adding a broadcast fee to the Internet connection fee of the user and collecting the fee. In the above-mentioned broadcasting service system, when the application receiving server is a server for the Internet on the broadcasting station side and the user terminal is a mobile phone, a means for adding a broadcasting fee to a call charge of the user and collecting the broadcasting fee can be provided. .

[0006] In the above-mentioned broadcasting service system, when the application receiving server is a server for the Internet on the broadcasting station side and the user terminal is a computer, means for confirming whether or not the user is a registered member; Can have means for prompting the user to register for membership, and means for withdrawing the broadcast fee from the user's designated account when the user is a registered member or when membership registration is completed. In the above-mentioned broadcasting service system, when the application receiving server is a broadcasting station-side television server and the user terminal is a television via a predetermined tuner, a means for confirming whether or not the user is a registered member; If not, means for prompting the user to register for membership, and means for deducting the broadcast fee from the user's designated account when the user is a registered member or when completing the membership registration can be provided.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a digital broadcasting system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 illustrates a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIGS. 5 and 6 are an overall configuration diagram and a flowchart for explaining a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the terms are used as follows. "ISP"; Internet service provider. "Carrier"; mobile phone carrier. "Broadcasting station-side Internet server": A server for managing the data that the broadcasting station providing this service exchanges with other terminals via the Internet line.
“Broadcasting station side TV server”: A server for managing data transmitted / received by a broadcasting station providing this service to / from a television via a predetermined tuner which is one of the user terminals.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram for explaining the first to third embodiments of the present invention. In the figure, content information received from a user terminal (a personal computer, a mobile phone, or the like) via an ISP official homepage, a carrier official site, or a broadcasting station homepage is edited by various servers in the broadcasting station 3 and then transmitted to a satellite 1 (broadcasting station). Satellite, communication hygiene, etc.) and broadcast via the satellite 1 to the television 2 in each viewing household.

<First Embodiment> In a first embodiment of the present invention, a computer (such as a personal computer) accesses an ISP's official homepage to apply for a message broadcast. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the present embodiment. The programs constituting the flowchart can be broadly divided into the following four. Application acceptance program Billing program Confirmation completion program Broadcasting program

(1) Description of Processes 201 to 209 Processes 201 to 209 correspond to the above-mentioned “application acceptance program”. First, the user accesses the official homepage managed by the ISP (201), and applies for content to be broadcast (referred to as “message” in the present embodiment) (203). The applied message is I
The “data transmission program” in the ISP server 100 managed by the SP is passed to the “data reception program” in the broadcast station-side Internet server 110 (20).
4). The administrator of the service system refers to the message on the management screen and checks whether or not a predetermined criterion is satisfied (eg, limiting the content of the message and the number of broadcast messages). If it is determined in the process 205 that the status is OK (suitable for broadcasting), the status becomes “OK mail transmission waiting”. In response to the message determined to be suitable, an “OK (confirmation) mail” is sent to the user terminal 130 (in this case, a personal computer or the like) that has applied (207). At this time, the message ID of the message is also sent to the ISP server 100. Those determined as NG (not suitable for broadcasting) in the process 205 have a status of “waiting for NG mail transmission”. For the message determined to be NG, a "refusal mail" indicating that broadcasting is not possible is sent to the user terminal 130 (209).

(2) Description of Processes 211 to 215 Processes 211 to 215 correspond to the “charging program” described above. "OK (confirmation) mail" sent in process 207
To access the confirmation screen provided by the ISP
RL is embedded. This "OK (confirmation) mail"
(207), the user accesses the confirmation screen based on the URL embedded in the mail, and presses a confirmation (or cancel) button (213). ISP at the same time
The charging server on the side starts up (215) and performs processing for adding the broadcasting fee to the Internet connection fee and debiting it from the user's account.

(3) Description of Processes 217 to 219 Processes 217 to 219 correspond to the above “confirmation completion program”.
Is equivalent to The ISP server 100, which has confirmed that the user has accessed the confirmation screen provided by the ISP and pressed the confirmation button, transmits the confirmed message ID to the “data receiving program” of the broadcasting station-side Internet server 110. The confirmed message received by the “data receiving program” is passed to the “program for creating a CSV file” in the Internet server 110 on the broadcasting station side. The CSV file created by the program is downloaded to the broadcasting server 130 by FTP (219).

(4) Description of the Processes 221 to 223 The processes 221 to 223 correspond to the above “broadcast program”. The CSV file output in the process 219 is inserted into the template of the broadcast language by the badge process (22
1). After insertion into the template, it is passed to the knitting server and broadcast according to the broadcast date specified in advance by the user (223).

<Second Embodiment> In a second embodiment of the present invention, a mobile phone 170 accesses a carrier official site and applies for a message broadcast. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the present embodiment. The programs constituting the flowchart can be broadly divided into the following four. Application acceptance program Billing program Confirmation completion program Broadcasting program

(1) Description of Processes 301 to 309 Processes 301 to 309 correspond to the above-mentioned “application acceptance program”. First, the user accesses an application-only site that is a carrier official site (30
1) Apply for content to be broadcast (referred to as “message” in the present embodiment) (303). The applied message is sent to the Internet server 11 on the broadcasting station side.
0 is stored. The administrator of the service system refers to the message from the management screen and checks whether or not a predetermined standard is satisfied (such as limiting the number of broadcast messages). If it is determined that the process is OK (suitable for broadcasting) in the process 305, the status becomes "OK mail transmission waiting". For the message determined to be appropriate, the user terminal 170 (in this case, a mobile phone) that has applied
"OK (confirmation) mail" is sent (307). Process 30
Those judged as NG (not suitable for broadcasting) in 5,
The status becomes "NG mail transmission waiting". For a message determined to be NG, a "refusal mail" indicating that broadcasting is not possible is sent to the user terminal 170 (30
9).

(2) Description of Processes 311 to 315 Processes 311 to 315 correspond to the above “charging program”. “O” transmitted to the user terminal 170 in the process 307
The “K (confirmation) mail” incorporates a broadcast fee charging module in advance. Upon receiving the "OK (confirmation) mail" (307), the user accesses a predetermined confirmation screen and presses a confirmation (or cancel) button (313).
At the same time, the charging server on the carrier side is activated (315), and performs processing for adding the broadcasting fee to the call fee and debiting the user's account.

(3) Description of Processes 317 to 319 Processes 317 to 319 correspond to the above “confirmation completion program”.
Is equivalent to The message confirmed in the process 313 is passed to a “program for creating a CSV file” in the Internet server 110 on the broadcast station side. The CSV file created by this program is transmitted to the broadcast server 13 by FTP.
0 (317).

(4) Description of Processes 319 to 321 The processes 319 to 321 correspond to the above “broadcast program”. The CSV file output in the process 317 is inserted into the template of the broadcast language by the badge process (31
9). After insertion into the template, it is passed to the knitting server and broadcast according to the broadcast date specified in advance by the user (321).

<Third Embodiment> In a third embodiment of the present invention, a computer (a personal computer or the like) accesses a homepage of a broadcasting station and applies for a message broadcast. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the present embodiment. The programs constituting the flowchart can be broadly divided into the following four. Application acceptance program Billing program Confirmation completion program Broadcasting program

(1) Description of Processes 401 to 409 Processes 401 to 409 correspond to the above-mentioned “application acceptance program”. First, the user accesses an application-only form provided on the homepage of the broadcasting station (40).
1) Apply for content to be broadcast (referred to as “message” in the present embodiment) (403). The applied message is sent to the Internet server 11 on the broadcasting station side.
0 is stored. The administrator of the service system refers to the message from the management screen and checks whether or not a predetermined standard is satisfied (such as limiting the number of broadcast messages). If it is determined in step 405 that it is OK (suitable for broadcasting), the status changes to “OK mail transmission waiting”. For the message determined to be suitable, the user terminal 130 (in this case, a personal computer, etc.) that made the application
"OK (confirmation) mail" is sent to the user (407). Process 40
Those judged as NG (not suitable for broadcasting) in 5,
The status becomes "NG mail transmission waiting". For a message determined to be NG, a “refusal mail” indicating that broadcasting is not possible is sent to the user terminal 130 (40).
9).

(2) Description of Processes 411 to 415 Processes 411 to 415 correspond to the “charging program” described above. "OK (confirmation) mail" sent in process 407
Embedded therein is a URL for accessing a confirmation screen provided by the broadcasting station-side Internet server 110. This "OK (confirmation) mail" was received (407).
The user accesses the confirmation screen based on the URL embedded in the mail, and presses a confirmation (or cancel) button (413). Here, the broadcasting-station-side Internet server 110 checks whether the user is a registered member who has the right to use the service system. If the user is not a registered member, the user is urged to register, and if the user is a registered member or the registration is completed, the application is accepted. At the same time, a predetermined charging server starts (41
5) A process for withdrawing the broadcasting fee from the designated account input by the user at the time of the above-mentioned membership registration is performed.

(3) Description of Process 417 The process 417 corresponds to the above-mentioned “confirmation completion program”. The message confirmed in the process 413 is passed to the “program for creating a CSV file” in the Internet server 110 on the broadcast station side. The CSV file created by the program is downloaded to the broadcasting server 130 by FTP (417).

(4) Description of Processes 419 to 421 Processes 419 to 421 correspond to the above “broadcast program”. The CSV file output in the process 417 is inserted into the template of the broadcast language by the badge process (41).
9). After insertion into the template, it is passed to the knitting server and broadcast according to the broadcast date specified by the user in advance (421).

<Fourth Embodiment> In a fourth embodiment of the present invention, a broadcast application for a message is made from a dedicated application screen of the television 2 using a predetermined input device (such as a remote controller). FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram for explaining the present embodiment. In the figure, content information passed from the television 2 to the server in the broadcasting station 3 via the data storage server 500 is edited by various servers in the broadcasting station 3 and then transmitted to the satellite 1, and the satellite 1 is transmitted to the satellite 1. It is broadcast to the television 2 in each viewing household via the Internet.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the present embodiment. The programs constituting the flowchart can be broadly divided into the following four. Application acceptance program Billing program Confirmation completion program Broadcasting program

(1) Description of Processes 601 to 609 Processes 601 to 609 correspond to the above-mentioned “application acceptance program”. Since an application-only screen is displayed on the television 2 provided with a predetermined tuner (601), the user applies for content (hereinafter, referred to as "message" in the present embodiment) to be broadcast using an input device such as a remote controller. Do. A data storage server 500 intervenes between the television 2 and the broadcast station TV server 160, and the applied message is transferred to the broadcast station TV server 160 via the data storage server 500. The broadcasting station-side television server 160 that has received the user identification information and the message data from the data storage server 500 checks whether or not the user is a registered member having the right to use the service system. The user is urged to register for membership via the data storage server 500, and an application is accepted when the user is a registered member or when membership registration is completed (603).

Next, the administrator of the service system refers to the message on the management screen and checks whether or not a predetermined standard is satisfied (such as limiting the number of broadcast messages). If it is determined in step 605 that it is OK (suitable for broadcasting), “OK (confirmation) data” is sent to the data storage server 500 (607). The data storage server 500 that has received the “OK data” sends an OK signal to the television 2 via a predetermined tuner, and the television 2 that has received this signal in the process 611 displays a confirmation screen (613). If it is determined in step 605 that it is NG (not suitable for broadcasting), “NG data” is sent to the data storage server 500 (609). The data storage server 500 that has received the “NG data” sends an NG signal to the television 2 via a predetermined tuner, and the television 2 that has received this signal displays a “refusal screen”.

(2) Description of Processes 613 to 615 Processes 613 to 615 correspond to the “charging program” described above. When the confirmation screen is displayed in process 613, the user presses a confirmation (or cancel) button using an input device such as a remote controller. At the same time, the charging server starts (61
5) A process for withdrawing the broadcasting fee from the designated account input by the user at the time of registration for membership is performed.

(3) Description of Process 617 The process 617 corresponds to the above-mentioned “confirmation completion program”. The message confirmed in the process 613 is passed to the “program for creating a CSV file” in the broadcast station television server 160. CSV created by the program
The file is downloaded to the broadcast server 130 by FTP (617).

(4) Description of Processes 619 to 621 Processes 619 to 621 correspond to the above “broadcast program”. The CSV file output in the process 617 is inserted into the template of the broadcast language by the badge process (61
9). After insertion into the template, it is passed to the knitting server and broadcast according to the broadcast date specified by the user in advance (621).

Although the present embodiment has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above description, and it is clear that, for example, the content to be broadcast may be not only character data but also image data. Further, in the present embodiment, the case where only the application for broadcasting is performed on the website or the TV screen has been described, but the function of ordering the product is provided on the website or the TV screen, and the order is received simultaneously with the application for the broadcasting. It is also possible to ship the goods to a predetermined destination.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to transmit private information all over Japan at a low usage fee using a user's familiar method such as a TV tuner, the Internet, and a mobile phone. And a broadcast service system capable of providing the same.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram illustrating first to third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram for explaining a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 TV 3 Broadcasting Station 100 ISP Server 110 Broadcasting Station Side Internet Server 130 Broadcasting Station Side TV Server 170 Mobile Phone

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A means for receiving an application for content to be broadcasted through a public line from a user terminal, a means for judging whether or not the application content satisfies a predetermined criterion, and a means for notifying the user terminal of an examination result. A broadcasting service system comprising: means for collecting a broadcast fee from a user who has passed the examination; and means for broadcasting the content based on the application content of the user who has collected the broadcast fee. 2. The broadcast service system according to claim 1, wherein the application receiving server for receiving the application is an ISP.
A broadcast service system characterized in that the broadcast service system is a side server, a broadcast station-side Internet server, or a broadcast station-side television server. 3. The broadcast service system according to claim 1, wherein the application receiving server is an ISP-side server and the user terminal is a computer. A broadcasting service system comprising means for adding and collecting a fee. 4. The broadcasting service system according to claim 1, wherein the application receiving server is a server for a broadcasting station side Internet, and the user terminal is a mobile phone. A broadcasting service system comprising means for adding and collecting a call charge of a user. 5. The broadcast service system according to claim 1, wherein the application receiving server is a server for a broadcast station side Internet, and the user terminal is a computer, and the user is a registered member. Means for confirming whether the user is a registered member, means for encouraging the user to register for membership if the user is not a registered member, and designation of the broadcasting fee by the user if the user is a registered member or registration is completed. A broadcasting service system comprising means for withdrawing from an account. 6. The broadcasting service system according to claim 1, wherein the application receiving server is a broadcasting station-side television server, and the user terminal is a television via a predetermined tuner. Means for confirming whether or not the user is a registered member; means for encouraging the user to register if the user is not a registered member; and means for broadcasting when the user is a registered member or when registration is completed. Means for debiting a fee from the user's designated account.