KR100692198B1 - Customized Data Broadcasting Service System and Method - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, when a mobile subscriber uploads a file recorded and captured by using a multimedia message service (MMS) to an operation server operated by a data broadcaster, the subscriber edits the file at a specific broadcast time according to a customer's request. A custom data broadcasting service system and method for broadcasting on a data broadcasting channel are disclosed. The customer-customized data broadcasting service system of the present invention can use a multimedia message service (MMS) by recording a video or capturing a picture by using a camera, and embeds a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) chip set to perform terrestrial or satellite DMB broadcasting. A mobile terminal capable of receiving; A multimedia message service center (MMSC) for providing a multimedia message service (MMS) to the mobile terminal; An operation server equipped with a multimedia authoring / editing tool for editing a broadcast file according to a customer's request; And a DMB broadcasting center which performs a normal digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) and broadcasts a data file transmitted from the operation server through a data broadcasting channel of a DMB channel.

Data Broadcasting, Custom, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, MMS, DMB, Editing

Description

Customized data broadcasting service system and method {customized data broadcasting service system and method}

1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a customized data broadcasting system according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a customized data broadcasting service procedure according to the present invention;

3 is an example of a broadcast request message screen created by a customer according to the present invention;

4 is an example of a data broadcast screen edited according to a request message of a customer shown in FIG. 3;

5 is an example of a service menu screen provided by a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating another procedure of the customized data broadcasting service according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings *

102: CDMA network 104: DMB channel

110: mobile terminal 120: multimedia message service center

122: MMS relay 124: MMS server

130: operation server 140: DMB broadcasting center

150: WAP server 152: content server

The present invention relates to a data broadcasting service system and a method using a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, and more particularly, to a file recorded and captured by a mobile subscriber using a multimedia message service (MMS). The present invention relates to a customer-customized data broadcasting service system and method for uploading an operation server operated by a data broadcasting company to edit a corresponding file according to a customer's request and to broadcast it on a data broadcasting channel at a specific broadcasting time.

In general, data broadcasting is a broadcasting service that utilizes a transmission margin in a band allocated to each channel or broadcasts multimedia information through a separate dedicated channel, and a viewer can selectively search for information according to his or her interests and needs. . Such data broadcasting requires viewers to actively participate in broadcasting or broadcasting in that it can find desired information from the passive viewing of existing broadcasting programs.

The present invention has been proposed to meet the above necessity. When a mobile subscriber uploads a file recorded and captured by a multimedia message service (MMS) to an operation server equipped with a multimedia authoring tool, the file is uploaded to a customer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a customized data broadcasting service system and a method which can be edited according to a request and broadcasted through a data broadcasting channel at a specific broadcasting time.

In order to achieve the above object, the system of the present invention includes a camera to record a video or capture a picture to use a multimedia message service (MMS), a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) chip set built-in terrestrial or A mobile terminal capable of receiving satellite DMB broadcasting; A multimedia message service center (MMSC) for providing a multimedia message service (MMS) to the mobile terminal; An operation server equipped with a multimedia authoring / editing tool for editing a broadcast file according to a customer's request; And a DMB broadcasting center for performing a normal digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) and broadcasting a data file transmitted from the operation server through a data broadcasting channel of a DMB channel.

The data broadcasting service system may further include a WAP server for providing a wireless Internet service to the mobile terminal, and a content server for providing an additional service, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to create and transmit a multimedia message. It is equipped with an MMS user agent, a data viewer for decoding data broadcasts, a BIFS client for processing functions expressed in BIFS, a SMIL viewer for viewing SMIL content, and a WAP browser for wireless Internet.

In addition, to achieve the above object, a method of the present invention comprises the steps of creating a multimedia message (MMS) in a mobile terminal; Transmitting the created multimedia message (MMS) to an operating server as a receiver; Delivering the multimedia message to an operating server; Editing the multimedia file arriving at the operation server according to a customer's request; Composing and broadcasting the edited multimedia file in the form of a clip cast on a data channel of a DMB service; And receiving the data broadcast at the mobile terminal, another method comprising: composing a multimedia message (MMS) at the mobile terminal; Transmitting the created multimedia message (MMS) to an operating server as a receiver; Delivering the multimedia message to an operating server; Editing the multimedia file arriving at the operation server into SMIL content according to a customer's request; Constructing and broadcasting the edited SMIL content file in the form of a clip cast on a data channel of a DMB service; And receiving the data broadcast from the mobile terminal and displaying the data broadcast in a SMIL viewer.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the present invention is to send a MMS to a specific operating server that operates the data broadcast video or photo files recorded by the customer, if the video file according to the customer's request to check the received file from the operating server Edited as a video file that is fused with To To Text or added an object of a popular star, and provided to users through a data broadcasting channel of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) in the form of Clip Cast. It is.

Here, digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) is a new broadcasting service in which broadcasting and communication are converged, terrestrial DMB broadcasting using a frequency band of VHF channel 8 (180-186 MHz) and VHF channel 12 (204-210 MHz), and 2. It is divided into satellite DMB that broadcasts using S-band frequency of 6GHz band. Each DMB allocates a video channel, a radio channel, and a data broadcast channel. For terrestrial DMB, the video standard is MPEG-4 PRAT10 AVC (H.264), the audio standard is MPEG-4 PART3 BSAC, and the data broadcast standard is MPEG. -4 The broadcast standard has been adopted as the BIFS (Binary Format for Scene).

In addition, international standardization related to multimedia message service (MMS) is led by 3GPP (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project) and OMA (Open Mobile Alliance), which are key components for providing multimedia message service, such as MMS relay / server, The multimedia conversion server, MMS user agent, MMS unit service server, MMS billing server, MMS user profile database, and various external servers required for messaging are defined as the reference structure of the multimedia message service platform. In this structure, the message transmission and reception protocol between MMS client and MMS relay / server is defined as MM1 protocol.

1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a customized data broadcasting system according to the present invention, in which the system of the present invention includes a mobile terminal 110 and a mobile terminal capable of being carried by a customer and communicating through a CDMA network 102. A multimedia message service center (MMSC) 120 that provides a multimedia message service (MMS) by using a 110 and an operation server 130 that is equipped with a multimedia authoring / editing tool to edit broadcast files according to a customer's request. And a DMB broadcasting center 140 for performing a normal digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) and broadcasting a data file transmitted from the operation server 130 through the data broadcasting channel 104 of the DMB channel, and a mobile terminal ( 110 is configured as a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) server 150 for servicing a wireless Internet connection through the CDMA network 102.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 110 preferably includes a camera capable of recording a video or capturing a picture and having a built-in DMB chip set to receive terrestrial or satellite DMB broadcasting. Or PDA. The mobile terminal 110 captures a picture using a camera function, records a moving picture, composes and receives a multimedia message, stores and manages a message, decodes and displays a multimedia message, and receives various notifications related to a multimedia messaging service. Data from the WAP server 150 through a wireless network, an MMS user agent for processing the functions of the user, a data viewer for decoding data broadcasts, a BIFS client for processing functions expressed in the BIFS (Binary Format for Scene), and a wireless network. It is equipped with WAP browser that can receive and browse and SMIL viewer for viewing SMIL files.

The multimedia message service center (MMSC) 120 includes a MMS relay 122 and an MMS relay server 124 or a multimedia conversion server (not shown) to transmit and receive messages through interworking with the MMS user agent of the mobile terminal 110. It is responsible for storing and managing messages, and for converting multimedia formats and codecs in consideration of the performance of various clients. In addition, the multimedia message service charging data may be generated and an additional service may be provided by interworking with an external system required for the message service. At this time, the MMS relay 122 normally checks the recipient address and transmits it to the MMS server 124 of the service provider, and the MMS relay server 124 stores and manages the received message in the mailbox and inquires the device performance information of the receiver. If necessary, perform media conversion and download to the recipient's MMS user agent. In addition to these basic functions, the MMSC 120 according to the present invention views the recipient information of the message sent by the customer, and if the address (number) of the receiver is the operation server 130, the message received by the MMS-MO (Mobile Originated) method is DMB. Send to the operation server (130).

The DMB operation server 130 is equipped with a multimedia authoring tool (Multimedia Authoring tool) to edit the customer content delivered in the MMS-MO method according to the customer's request and transmits to the DMB broadcasting center 140. For example, you can decorate a video by adding a specific object to the video sent by the customer, or add audio to a file recorded by the customer to create an audio file in the form of karaoke, or by using BIFS object and additional link information and 3D form. Correct with data of.

The DMB broadcasting center 140 broadcasts the content delivered from the DMB operating server 130 to the data broadcasting channel 104 of the DMB channel. Accordingly, the customer possessing the mobile terminal 110 may receive the contents requested through the MMS of the CDMA network 102 through the data broadcasting channel 104 of the DMB channel and use the customized data broadcasting.

Next, a procedure for providing a customized data broadcasting service using the configuration of the present invention as described above will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a customized data broadcasting service procedure according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is an example of a broadcast request message screen created by a customer according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is according to a request message of a customer shown in FIG. 5 is an example of an edited data broadcasting screen, and FIG. 5 is an example of a service menu screen provided in a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a customer who wants to use a customized broadcast service according to the present invention drives an MMS user agent of the mobile terminal 110 to create an MMS message (S1). As illustrated in FIG. 3, the message screen created by the customer is a video shot by the camera of the mobile terminal 110 and a desired story is created. In Figure 3, attach a picture taken with a friend and say, “Change the right person to Kang Dong-won to make a music video. Song is the flower of snow. ”

In this way, after creating an MMS message using the MMS user agent, the receiver transmits the MMS message to the operation server 130 (S2). The MMS message is delivered to the MMSC 120, and the MMSC 120 processes the predetermined billing and checks the receiver, and if the receiver is the DMB operation server 130, the message of the customer received in the MMS-MO method is DMB. Transfer to the operation server 130 (S3).

When the MMS message arrives, the operation server 130 drives the multimedia authoring / editing tool and edits the content included in the MMS message according to the customer's request (S4). An example of the content screen edited according to the request message shown in FIG. 3 is shown in FIG. 4. Referring to FIG. 4, in the picture sent by the customer according to the user's request, the right person is changed to Kang Dong-won and the song of the flower of the eye is linked. The operation server 130 transmits the edited data broadcasting content file to the DMB broadcasting center 140 (S5).

The DMB broadcasting center 140 broadcasts the content file received from the operation server 130 as a clip cast file at a predetermined broadcast time through the data broadcasting channel 104 of the DMB channel (S6 and S7).

The customer receives the data broadcast through the DMB chip set of the mobile terminal 110 to watch through the data broadcast viewer (S8). At this time, if there is BIFS information in the received clip cast file, the WAP browser is driven and then connected to the WAP server 150 and connected to the corresponding content server 152 according to the BIFS information to receive the information (S9 to S13). For example, when event information is included in BIFS information, the corresponding content server 152 receives additional information such as winner information and product information.

In addition, when the customized content according to the present invention is used for a service such as a ringtone or a background screen, as shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 110 may serve as a menu of the mobile terminal 110 to serve through the WAP server 150. 5 shows an example of a ring / filling setting menu.

On the other hand, the service according to the present invention may be produced by synchronizing the content received from the DMB operating server 130 as SMIL content to the still image or text interesting to the video data. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of serving as SMIL content.

Referring to FIG. 6, a customer who wants to use a customized broadcasting service according to the present invention drives an MMS user agent of the mobile terminal 110 to create an MMS message (S21).

Subsequently, after creating an MMS message using the MMS user agent, the receiver transmits the MMS message to the operation server 130 (S22). The MMS message is delivered to the MMSC 120, and the MMSC 120 processes the predetermined billing and checks the recipient, and if the receiver is the DMB operation server 130, the message of the customer received by the MMS-MO method is DMB. Transfer to the operation server 130 (S23).

When the MMS message arrives, the operation server 130 runs the SMIL authoring / editing tool, edits the content included in the MMS message into SMIL content according to the customer's request, and then edits the edited SMIL content file for data broadcasting. And transmits to 140 (S24, S25).

Here, SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) is a markup language that defines the layout of a screen space composed of multimedia contents and defines the synchronization of various contents over time. SMIL documents have a structure similar to HTML and are easy to extend because they are based on XML. All SMIL documents start with a <smil> tag and end with a </ smil> tag.

The DMB broadcasting center 140 broadcasts the SMIL content file received from the operation server 130 as a clip cast file at a predetermined broadcast time through the data broadcasting channel 104 of the DMB channel (S26 and S27).

After receiving the data broadcast through the DMB chip set of the mobile terminal 110, the customer drives the SMIL viewer to watch the SMIL contents (S28 and S29).

In addition to the above-described method, the present invention collects photo files uploaded by various customers, merges them with specific music, edits them into music videos, and provides them to users through DMB data broadcasting channels in the form of clip casts. If the data is transmitted through the DMB broadcast channel, the broadcast information may be browsed in association with the CDMA back channel through the BIFS viewer of the receiver.

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to providing an opportunity for a customer to directly participate in a broadcast using a multimedia message service (MMS), a more innovative and more interesting data broadcasting service can be provided through a data broadcasting channel. have. It can also provide the opportunity to monetize carriers in situations where it is particularly difficult to generate revenue on DMB broadcasts.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, rather than simply showing a video or picture uploaded by the customer in the broadcast, the video or original video is modified into an attractive new video using a separate multimedia authoring / editing tool, and the service is provided through a broadcasting channel. Rather than a customer participation program, a new broadcasting service combining broadcasters and customers can be provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to add or edit another object to the content of the customer and to connect with another mobile communication network by using linking information instead of simply broadcasting by connecting BIFS. Therefore, it is possible to provide a three-way broadcast service beyond two-way.

Claims (7)

A mobile terminal having a camera for recording a video or capturing a photo to use a multimedia message service (MMS), and having a built-in digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) chip set for receiving terrestrial or satellite DMB broadcasting; A multimedia message service center (MMSC) for providing a multimedia message service (MMS) to the mobile terminal; An operation server equipped with a multimedia authoring / editing tool, which edits and delivers a multimedia message transmitted from a mobile terminal through the message service center into a broadcast file according to a customer's request; And And a DMB broadcasting center which performs a normal digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) and broadcasts a broadcast file transmitted from the operation server through a data broadcasting channel of a DMB channel. The system of claim 1, wherein the data broadcast service system comprises: And a WAP server for providing a wireless Internet service to the mobile terminal, and a content server for providing an additional service. The mobile terminal of claim 1 or 2, wherein the mobile terminal comprises: MMS user agent for creating and sending multimedia messages, data viewer for decoding data broadcasts, BIFS client for processing functions expressed in BIFS, SMIL viewer for viewing SMIL content, and for wireless Internet. Customized data broadcasting service system characterized in that the WAP browser is mounted. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation server, Add a specific object to the video sent by the customer to decorate the video, or add audio to the file recorded by the customer to create an audio file decorated in the form of karaoke, or add additional link information and 3D data using the BIFS object. Customized data broadcasting service system, characterized in that for modifying. Creating a multimedia message (MMS) in the mobile terminal; Transmitting the created multimedia message (MMS) to an operating server as a receiver; Delivering the multimedia message to an operating server; Editing the multimedia file arriving at the operation server according to a customer's request; Composing and broadcasting the edited multimedia file in the form of a clip cast on a data channel of a DMB service; And Receiving the data broadcast in the mobile terminal Customized data broadcasting service method comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein the service method, Confirming additional information through BIFS information associated with the clip cast file; Transmitting information to a corresponding content server through a WAP server; And Receiving additional information from the content server Customized data broadcasting service method characterized in that it further comprises. Creating a multimedia message (MMS) in the mobile terminal; Transmitting the created multimedia message (MMS) to an operating server as a receiver; Delivering the multimedia message to an operating server; Editing the multimedia file arriving at the operation server into SMIL content according to a customer's request; Constructing and broadcasting the edited SMIL content file in the form of a clip cast on a data channel of a DMB service; And Receiving the data broadcast in the mobile terminal and showing the SMIL viewer Customized data broadcasting service method characterized in that it comprises a.

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