KR100242294B1 - Method for setting configuration parameters in internet television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs

A method of setting up an Internet TV receiver.

I. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

It provides a setup method that allows the user to easily set up an Internet TV receiver.

All. Summary of Solution of the Invention

If the Internet TV receiver is unregistered when the power is turned on, the user enters registration information from the user and transmits the registration information to the ISP server. Internet TV receiver receives the setting information from the ISP server and stores it.

la. Important uses of the invention

Used to set up an Internet TV receiver.

Description

How to set up your Internet TV set

The present invention relates to an Internet television (hereinafter referred to as "TV") system, and more particularly to a method for setting up an Internet TV receiver.

To use an Internet TV receiver, setup must be done prior to use. The setup requires a specific configuration to be set in the Internet TV set, and the setting information must be stored in a permanent memory provided on a board of the Internet module, that is, a nonvolatile memory. . This configuration requires some specialized knowledge. As a result, it is difficult for ordinary users to set preferences.

If the user has to manually set the configuration manually, it will certainly embarrass the average user and blur the first impression. More fundamentally, ambiguous hand-entry of setup parameters loses the ultimate goal of a home appliance that must either fail completely or operate as soon as the power plug is plugged in.

As described above, when the user manually sets the environment settings in the Internet TV receiver, there is a problem that the setup may fail as well as inconvenience.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a setup method in which a user can easily set up an Internet TV receiver.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional Internet TV system,

2 is a flowchart of a process of the CPU 122 of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of the ISP server 100 of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a process of the CPU 122 of FIG. 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a detailed flowchart of the setup process 412 of FIG. 4 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart of processing of the ISP server 100 of FIG. 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

The present invention for achieving the above object is to enter the registration information from the user when the Internet TV receiver is unregistered when the power is turned on to transmit to the ISP (Internet Service Provider) server (server), the ISP server from the Internet TV receiver When the registration information is received, the relevant information is set and then the setting information is transmitted to the Internet TV receiver, and the Internet TV receiver receives and stores the setting information from the ISP server.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Many specific details are set forth in the following description and in the accompanying drawings, in order to provide a more general understanding of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. And a detailed description of known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a schematic diagram of a typical Internet TV system to which the present invention is applied. The Internet TV receiver 102 is connected to an ISP server 100 through a telephone line 130 of a public telephone network (not shown). do. The Internet TV receiver 102 includes an antenna 104, a broadcast receiver 106, a signal processor 108, a video and audio output 110, a microcomputer (MICOM) 112, a memory 114, and a key input unit. 116 and an internet module 120. The broadcast receiving unit 106, the video and audio output unit 110, the microcomputer 112, and the memory 114 are connected through the system bus 118, and the key input unit 116 and the internet module 120 are connected to the microcomputer 112. ) Is connected. The internet module 120 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 122, a memory 126, and a modem (modulator-demodulator) 124, and includes a CPU 122, a memory 124, and a modem 126. Is connected via a bus 128, and the modem 126 is connected to the ISP server 100 via the telephone line 130.

The broadcast receiving unit 106 receives a broadcast signal through the antenna 104 to tune and demodulate a channel. The output signal of the broadcast receiving unit 106 is processed by the signal processing unit 108 and then output to the water pipe and speaker (not shown) through the video and audio output unit 110. This operation is controlled by the microcomputer 112. The microcomputer 112 performs a normal TV function according to the key input from the key input unit 116 and displays a screen according to the Internet search by the Internet module 120. Do it. The memory 114 includes a read only memory (ROM) for storing an operating program of the microcomputer 120, a random access memory (RAM) for temporarily storing data according to program execution of the microcomputer 120, and And a nonvolatile memory for permanently storing various reference data. The nonvolatile memory may use EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM). The key input unit 116 includes an input device such as a keypad or a remote controller (REMOCON).

The CPU 122 of the internet module 120 communicates with the microcomputer 112 and performs an internet search function through the modem 126. The memory 124 permanently stores a ROM for storing an operation program of the CPU 122, a RAM for temporarily storing data according to the execution of the program of the CPU 122, and various reference data such as the above-described configuration setting information. It has a nonvolatile memory for storage.

The software of the CPU 122 needs to establish a connection to the ISP server 100 before such a web browser or e-mail can be used essentially in the Internet TV receiver 102. The software establishes these connections by providing the following information: ISP phone number, remote system log-on name, remote system password, Domain Name Server (DNS) Internet Protocol (IP) Address, Post Office Protocol (POP3) e-mail server machine name, Simple Mail Transaction Protocol (SMTP) e-mail server machine name, local IP address, e-mail name, e-mail password need. The ISP telephone number is a delay number for connecting to the ISP server 100 with the modem 126, and up to two. The remote system logon name is a valid user name for logging on to the ISP server 100. The remote system password is a valid password associated with the remote system logon name. The DNS IP address is the IP address of the name server, at least one and at most three. The POP3 email server machine name is the name or IP address of the email server. The SMTP email server machine name is the name or IP address of the email server. The local IP address is an IP address assigned to the board of the Internet module 120 embedded in the Internet TV receiver 102. The email name is the user's email name, and the email password is the password associated with the email name.

On the other hand, you may later need to configure additional ISP configuration data. One example is to create a help desk phone number for ISP support. This phone number is not necessary for email or web browsing, but can be easily obtained and stored during registration and setup.

These preference values are stored in the nonvolatile memory of memory 124 and are thus retained even if the power of the Internet TV receiver 102 is cut off. However, these values will vary with each Internet TV set 102 user and ISP and therefore cannot be pre-set at the factory before shipping.

In view of this, the present invention hides the user from setting these configuration parameters. This simplifies this process by minimizing the information required to enter the first-time user. Internet TV users will not be asked to enter anything other than what they already know, such as name, address and phone number.

Figure 2 shows a processing flow diagram according to the first embodiment of the present invention for this purpose, Figure 3 shows a processing flow diagram of the ISP server 100 of Figure 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The operation according to the processing flowchart of FIG. 2 is programmed in the memory 124 to be performed by the CPU 122 of the Internet TV receiver 102 of FIG.

Now, the operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. First, when the power of the Internet TV receiver 102 is turned on, the CPU 122 checks whether registration is performed in steps 200 to 202 of FIG. At this time, if the CPU 122 is already registered state is terminated as it is, if not registered state (204). In step 204, the CPU 122 displays a message requesting input of registration information on the screen through the microcomputer 112. At this time, the registration information is a name, address, and phone number that the user knows and can simply enter. When the user inputs the registration information through the key input unit 116 in step 206, the CPU 122 inputs the registration information through the microcomputer 112 in step 208 and the ISP server by the modem 126. Dial (100) to connect. The CPU 122 transmits the registration information input from the user to the ISP server 100 in step 210, and then performs step 212.

Then, when the ISP server 100 receives the registration information as described above from the Internet TV receiver 102 in step 300 of FIG. 3, the ISP server 100 stores the registration information in step 302 and relates to the configuration as described above. Set the information. The ISP server 100 then transmits the registered setting information to the Internet TV receiver 102 in step 304 and ends.

In the above state, the CPU 122 of the Internet TV receiver 100 receives the setting information from the ISP server 100 in step 212 and stores the setting information in the memory 124 to set the environment setting. At this time, the CPU 122 stores the setting information in the nonvolatile memory provided in the memory 124. After the setting information is stored in this manner, the CPU 122 displays the contents registered in the ISP server 100 on the screen in step 214 for the user to confirm and ends.

Therefore, the user can easily set up the Internet TV receiver 102 by inputting only the registration information that he already knows, name, name, address, and telephone number.

On the other hand, mandatory data entry requests during setup leave a negative impression on users who are not familiar with the computer. In particular, when a wireless keyboard is not provided as a standard, inputting data manually using a wireless remote controller or an on-screen keyboard will be very cumbersome. In view of this, it is possible to use a more user-friendly method than the method described above, which does not require the user to input any data. This is a method for the user to input the user information through the operating personnel of the ISP server 100. Therefore, this approach also works with the concept of home appliances that only work when plugged in.

Figure 4 shows a processing flow diagram according to a second embodiment of the present invention for this purpose, Figure 5 shows a detailed flow diagram of the setup process 412 of Figure 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the ISP server 100 of FIG. 1. Operations according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 are programmed into memory 124 to be performed by CPU 122 of Internet TV receiver 102 of FIG.

1 and 4 to 6 will be described in detail the operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention. First, when the power of the Internet TV receiver 102 is turned on, the CPU 122 checks whether registration is made in steps 400 to 402 of FIG. At this time, if the CPU 122 is already registered state is terminated as is, if not registered state (404). In step 404, the CPU 122 makes a phone call to the operator of the ISP server 100 by the modem 126, and in step 406, a serial number unique to the Internet module 120. The setup screen including the display through the microcomputer 112 and performs step 408.

In this state, the user tells the operating personnel his registration information and the unique serial number shown on the setup screen through a telephone (not shown) connected to the telephone line 130 with the modem 126. In this case, the registration information is a name, an address, and a phone number as described above. Next, the operating personnel enters the registration information and the unique serial number spoken by the user into the ISP server 100.

Then, the ISP server 100 inputs the registration information and the unique serial number of the user inputted by the operating agent in step 602 according to the registration of the operating agent in step 600, and corresponds to the unique serial number in step 604. In step 606, the configuration related information is set and registered as described above.

The user then starts setup via the key input unit 116. The CPU 122 then starts the setup process of FIG. 5 in step 410 in response to this in step 408. First, the CPU 122 connects to the ISP server 100 by the modem 126 in step 500 of FIG. 5, and transmits the unique serial number to the ISP server 100 in step 502. Step 504 is performed.

When the unique serial number is received from the Internet TV receiver 102 as described above, the ISP server 100 sets the information related to the configuration as described above in step 608 in response to this in step 606 ( In step 610, the setting information is transmitted to the Internet TV receiver 102 and terminated.

In the above state, the CPU 122 of the Internet TV receiver 100 receives and stores setting information from the ISP server 100 in step 504. At this time, the setting information is stored in the nonvolatile memory of the memory 124. After the setting information is stored in this manner, the CPU 122 displays the contents registered in the ISP server 100 in step 506 so that the user confirms them and ends.

Therefore, the user can simply set up the Internet TV receiver 102 by starting the setup after telling the operator the registration information that he already knows, name, address, telephone number and the unique serial number appearing on the setup screen.

Meanwhile, in the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. In particular, the present invention shows two examples, but may be applied as necessary. Therefore, the scope of the invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be defined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention has the advantage of easily setting up the Internet TV receiver since the user only needs to talk to the operating personnel without minimizing or separately inputting the information input for the setup of the Internet TV receiver.

Claims (8)

In the method of setting up the Internet TV receiver, When the Internet TV receiver is in a non-registered state when the power is turned on, inputting registration information from a user and transmitting the registration information to an ISP server; When the ISP server receives registration information from the Internet TV receiver, setting information related to environment setting and transmitting the setting information to the Internet TV receiver; And the Internet TV receiver receiving and storing the setting information from the ISP server. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting information is stored in a nonvolatile memory. The Internet TV receiver setup method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of displaying the contents registered in the ISP server and storing the setting information so as to be confirmed by the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration information is a user's name, address, and telephone number. In the method of setting up the Internet TV receiver, If the Internet TV receiver is unregistered when the power is turned on, calling a connection agent of an ISP server to connect the service; Registering, by the ISP server, registration information and a unique serial number that the operator listens to and inputs from the user of the Internet TV receiver; Transmitting, by the Internet TV receiver, the unique serial number after dialing and connecting to the ISP server according to the user's setup start; Transmitting, by the ISP server, setting information related to configuration when the unique serial number is received from the Internet TV receiver, and transmitting setting information to the Internet TV receiver; And the Internet TV receiver receiving and storing the setting information from the ISP server. The method of claim 5, wherein the setting information is stored in a nonvolatile memory. 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of displaying the contents registered in the ISP server and storing the setting information so that the user can confirm the information. The method of claim 5, wherein the registration information is a user's name, address, and telephone number.

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