KR100222751B1 - Satellite receiving device having information terminal function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a satellite receiver with a built-in information terminal function. In particular, by embedding an information terminal function in a satellite broadcasting receiver, a user's IC card can search information of an institution that provides information retrieval programs and services to provide a desired service. The present invention relates to a satellite receiver having a built-in information terminal function.

The present invention relates to a satellite broadcast receiving apparatus that receives satellite broadcast signals, tunes, amplifies, and decodes them so that satellite broadcasts can be viewed, wherein the IC card in which the personal information of the user is recorded is read into the satellite broadcast receiving apparatus. IC card reader for providing the read data to the microcomputer; An information retrieval agency, an information retrieval selection unit for selecting a service provided by the institution; A microcomputer that performs an information retrieval operation according to a built-in program in accordance with the read data from the IC card reader and the retrieval selection data from the information retrieval selection unit; A modem for performing data communication between the microcomputer and the information retrieval organization; It is equipped with.

Description

Satellite receiver with built-in information terminal function

The present invention relates to a satellite receiver having a built-in information terminal function, and in particular, by embedding an information terminal function capable of receiving information from an information provider according to the satellite broadcast receiver, the user has a built-in satellite receiver for information convenience. It is about.

Satellite broadcasting receiver is a device that receives satellite broadcasting signal transmitted to microwave and converts it into TV signal and outputs it. It provides program data and checks the identity of subscriber and usage information of subscriber to control access to adult / paid program. A card reader that reads the IC card (or smart card) in which the identity information and the usage information of the subscriber are written to provide the subscriber information and the usage information to the resource and the subscriber management system that collect and store the information. A modem for transmitting to the resource and subscriber management system is provided.

However, in the conventional satellite broadcasting receiver, the main function is to receive and process satellite broadcast signals, and only satellite broadcast signals are received through a process of tuning, amplifying, and decoding satellite broadcast signals therein.

The conventional satellite broadcasting receiver has a problem in that the apparatus cannot be efficiently used by using only as an additional means for receiving a satellite broadcasting signal while having a means for data communication.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal function in a satellite broadcasting receiver, thereby searching for information of an institution that provides an information retrieval program and service with a user's IC card. It is to provide a satellite receiver equipped with an information terminal function to receive a service.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information terminal function embedded satellite receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: satellite receiver 11: micom

12: key input unit 13: infrared detection unit

14: IC card reader 15: communication modem

20: Information Retrieval Institution

As a constitutional means for achieving the above object of the present invention, an information terminal function-embedded satellite receiver device according to the present invention includes an IC card reader for reading an IC card in which personal information about a user is recorded, and an external device through a telephone line. When the card is inserted into the IC card reader, the modem is connected to the information retrieval organization and performs data communication, the information retrieval agency to search for information, and the service provided by the organization. Read the data from the IC card reader, check the selection signal by the information retrieval selection unit, control the modem to dial the selected information retrieval unit, and after the connection, call the service selected by the user to perform the information retrieval operation. It is characterized by including the microcomputer.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the satellite terminal device with a built-in information terminal function according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information terminal function embedded satellite receiver according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic operation flowchart for explaining the operation of the information terminal in the satellite receiver shown in FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in addition to the apparatus (not shown) for receiving a satellite broadcasting signal and tuning, amplifying and decoding the satellite broadcasting signal, the satellite receiver can be watched. The information retrieval organization 20, a key input unit 12 equipped with a plurality of selection keys such as a direction key or a numeric key for selecting a service to be provided, and an infrared ray sensing unit 13 for receiving a remote control signal by a remote controller, and a user. An IC card reader 14 which reads an IC card having recorded personal information on the card and provides the read data to the microcomputer 11, and is selected and input by the user from the key input unit 12 and the infrared sensing unit 13. Dial the information retrieval agency 20 according to the information retrieval agency, and transmit the data read from the IC card reader 14 to the information retrieval agency connected thereto or transfer the data from the information retrieval agency. The reception signal transmitted from an external information retrieval organization (not shown) by analog modulation and transmission of the microcomputer 11 which performs the information retrieval operation by controlling the reception and the IC read data connected to the telephone line and output from the microcomputer 11. And a modem 15 for performing data communication for digital demodulation to the microcomputer 11.

In the above, the key input unit 12 or the remote controller (not shown) and the infrared sensor 13 are information retrieval selection means by which a user can select an information retrieval agency and a service type.

Operation according to the device of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail below based on the accompanying drawings.

Prior to describing the present invention, a system environment for information retrieval will be described. The satellite broadcasting receiver according to the present invention configured as described above is connected to an information providing data bank of each institution providing an information service by telephone line. The environment is set.

The application of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the IC card is a smart card that records the user's personal information, name, date of birth, resident registration number, address, vehicle license, etc., is inserted into the IC card reader 14 of the satellite broadcasting receiver 10. Then, the IC card reader 14 reads the information of the inserted IC card and provides the read data to the microcomputer 11.

After receiving the data from the IC card reader 14, the microcomputer 11 receives a selection signal applied from the infrared sensor 13 by the key input unit 12 or the remote control (i.e., information retrieval for information retrieval). (Selection of service or service type selection signal), and according to this selection signal, the microcomputer 11 operates the information retrieval program as shown in FIG. 2 to select the user through the modem 15 and the telephone line. It calls an information retrieval service such as an institution, for example, a bank or a government office, or a pizzeria, receives the service information, outputs it to an output device (not shown), for example, a television receiver, and provides it to the user. At this time, the satellite broadcast reception operation is temporarily stopped, and when the output device is used as another output device (printer, etc.) instead of the television receiver, the satellite broadcast reception operation may be performed in parallel.

As described above, the satellite broadcasting receiver according to the present invention can receive the service information from the information retrieval institution selected by the user and output it through the output device according to the above, as well as provide a special service provided by each institution. . For example, it is possible to check balances, transfers, etc. of bank accounts, various issuances / herb issues, certificate issuance, etc. for the office work, and pizza orders, etc., for the pizzeria business, which is a private agency. Will be.

According to the present invention as described above, by incorporating the information terminal function in the satellite broadcast receiving apparatus, without the need of using a separate terminal device of the institution that provides information retrieval programs and services to the IC card of the user through the satellite broadcast receiving apparatus There is a special effect that you can search for information and receive the desired service.

The above description is only a description of one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is capable of various changes and modifications within the scope of the configuration.

Claims (1)

An IC card reader that reads an IC card recording personal information of a user, a modem connected to an external information retrieval agency through a telephone line for data communication, an information retrieval agency for which the user wants to retrieve the information, and a An information retrieval selection unit for selecting a service provided by the institution, and when a card is inserted into the IC card reader, the read data is input from the IC card reader, and the modem is selected by checking a selection signal by the information retrieval selection unit. And a microcomputer to control the information retrieval agency and to perform the information retrieval operation by calling the service type selected by the user after being connected.