KR100700059B1 - Method and System for recommending program, channel and data for digital broadcasting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting recommendation system and a method of using the same, and in particular, to easily propose and advertise specific programs, channels, services, additional data, etc. to viewers by a service provider or viewer of digital broadcasting. A broadcast information management unit (100) comprising a management server (110) for managing video and audio data, and a data management server (120) for managing interlocked or standalone additional data applications; A schedule server 200 for managing broadcast programming information; An EPG generating unit 300 generating the knitting information as EPG information; A recommendation management unit 400 for creating recommendation information to be recommended to the viewer with reference to the schedule information of the schedule server 200; A transmitter 500 which decodes and transmits data of the broadcast information manager 100, EPG information generated by the EPG generator 300, and recommendation information generated by the recommendation manager 400; It is configured to include a receiving terminal 600 for receiving a broadcast signal of the transmitter 500 to allow viewers to watch the broadcast, the viewer of the digital broadcast can be provided with information in a custom data format, this Through this, you can easily access and use the desired channel, program, etc. among a lot of information and channels in the desired form.

Digital broadcasting, recommendation, recommendation management, EPG, schedule server.

Description

Recommendation system for digital broadcasting and its use {Method and System for recommending program, channel and data for digital broadcasting system}

1 is a screen configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional electronic program guide;

2 illustrates an embodiment of a recommendation system for digital broadcasting according to the present invention.

       Block Diagram,

3 shows an example of a recommendation management unit of the recommendation system for digital broadcasting of the present invention.

       Block,

Figure 4 is an embodiment of a method of using the system for recommending digital broadcasting of the present invention.

       Flow chart,

5 is another embodiment of a method for using a system for recommending digital broadcasting according to the present invention;

       Flow chart,

6 is a view of a viewer when using the digital broadcasting recommendation system of the present invention.

       Screen showing an example of an interface.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: broadcasting information management unit 110: management server

120: data management server 200: schedule server

300: EPG generation unit 400: recommendation management unit

500: transmitting unit 600: receiving terminal apparatus

The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting recommendation system and a method of using the same. In particular, a digital broadcasting service enables a user to easily propose and advertise a specific program, channel, service, additional data, etc. to a viewer by a service provider or a viewer of the digital broadcasting. It relates to a recommendation system and its use method.

Conventional TV program information is generally provided by using a publication such as a newspaper, a magazine, or supplied as program information of a website in the form of a publication. However, with the development of media and technology, services using a number of channels, programs and various business models are being made in line with the digital broadcasting era.

A user viewing a program by a receiving terminal program processing system information and additional information of such a service uses a system called an electronic program guide (EPG) to select a program and a service.

The user can check the program information for a certain period by using the EPG displayed on the OSD (On Screen Display), and when selecting a program, additional information such as the program title, broadcasting time, detailed information, viewing restriction information, category information, etc. of the corresponding program Can be obtained.

1 is a screen configuration diagram illustrating an example of a conventional electronic program guide, and illustrates a grid user interface.

The grid interface forms a channel axis on the vertical axis and a time axis on the horizontal axis to display a list of program information for each channel according to the development of the time, and the start time information of each program in each cell. The program name will be displayed with.

Thus, when the user presses an appropriate input key after selecting the cell, the detailed information of the program is displayed or the program is displayed on the television.

However, as described above, the conventional EPG user interface expresses programs that are actual contents of organization information in a cell in a static grid having a constant size and size. Therefore, the conventional simple EPG that provides schedule information for the entire program cannot satisfy the demand for broadcasting priority setting and promotion of broadcast service providers.

On the other hand, the existing analog broadcasting has transmitted the organization information to viewers through offline media such as newspapers and magazines. In addition, although some selected information is provided separately for newspapers or magazines for a particular program such as "today's highlight program", there is a problem that such information provision is not effectively achieved in the conventional EPG.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above drawbacks, and in digital broadcasting, a service provider can recommend a specific program to a viewer, recommend information of a service unit to a viewer, increase value added, and facilitate additional data. It can guide the viewer to facilitate the use of data broadcasting, the viewer can be provided with the information of the custom data format, through which easy access to the desired channel, program, etc. among the numerous information and channels in the desired form It is intended to provide a recommendation system for digital broadcasting and a method of using the same.

The present invention includes a broadcast information management unit comprising a management server for managing video and audio data, and a data management server for managing interlocked or standalone additional data applications; A schedule server that manages broadcast program information; An EPG generator for generating the knitting information as EPG information; A recommendation management unit for creating recommendation information to be recommended to viewers by referring to the schedule information of the schedule server; A transmitter which decodes and transmits data of the broadcast information manager, EPG information generated by the EPG generator, and recommendation information generated by the recommendation manager; It is achieved by including a receiving terminal device for receiving a broadcast signal of the transmitter to allow a viewer to watch the broadcast.

As a method of using the system of the present invention, in the method of using a system for recommending digital broadcasting, information verification for confirming the integrity and type of the recommendation information when selecting information to be recommended using a schedule management client Steps; A generation and transmission step of generating recommendation information according to a specific format in the schedule generation unit and transmitting the recommendation information to the schedule management unit; It comprises the image data of the management server and the additional data of the data management server and the scheduling information generated and delivered to the EPG generation unit from the scheduling server and the transmitting step of multiplexing the recommendation information in the transmitting unit and transmitting it.

As another aspect of the method of using the system of the present invention, in the method of using the recommendation system of digital broadcasting, the broadcast data usage information of a viewer is transmitted to a recommendation information collection engine using a feedback system and collected and A collecting and processing step of analyzing and processing the behavior patterns of the viewers by analyzing them; A recommendation generation step of generating a recommendation schedule using the collected and processed information, and transmitting the recommendation schedule to a schedule management unit; It comprises the image data of the management server and the additional data of the data management server and the scheduling information generated and delivered to the EPG generation unit from the scheduling server and the transmitting step of multiplexing the recommendation information in the transmitting unit and transmitting it.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a digital broadcasting recommendation system according to the present invention. The present invention provides a management server 110 for managing video and audio data, and a linked or independent additional data application. A broadcast information management unit 100 comprising a data management server 120; A schedule server 200 for managing broadcast programming information; An EPG generating unit 300 generating the knitting information as EPG information; A recommendation management unit 400 for creating recommendation information to be recommended to the viewer with reference to the schedule information of the schedule server 200; A transmitter 500 which decodes and transmits data of the broadcast information manager 100, EPG information generated by the EPG generator 300, and recommendation information generated by the recommendation manager 400; Technical features of the present invention include a receiving terminal 600 for receiving a broadcast signal from the transmitter 500 so that a viewer can watch a broadcast.

A feedback system 700 is further configured between the receiving terminal device 600 and the recommendation management unit 400 to collect recommendation information according to the viewer's viewing activity so that the recommendation management unit 400 can refer to it. It may be.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a recommendation management unit of a recommendation system for digital broadcasting according to the present invention, wherein the recommendation management unit 400 includes at least one of a program, a channel, a service, and additional data to be recommended among the broadcast programming information. Schedule management client 410 to select; A schedule generation unit (420) for generating a schedule by verifying the information received from the schedule management client (410) with the organization information of the schedule server (200); The schedule generation unit 420 is configured to include a schedule management unit 430 for managing the normally registered recommendation information.

When the feedback system 700 is added thereto, the recommendation management unit 400 includes a recommendation information collection engine 440 that receives and processes information viewed by the viewer from the feedback system 700 in addition to the configuration. This can be further configured.

Then, by viewing the broadcast, the recommendation information received by the receiving terminal device 600 is displayed by the call of the viewer. The viewer may execute the recommendation client 610 by selecting a specific key of the input interface or a menu on the screen.

The recommendation client 610 may be an interlocked or standalone application transmitted from the transmitter 500. It may be an application that is embedded in the receiving terminal device 600 and executed.

4 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a method of using the recommendation system of the digital broadcasting of the present invention. The use method includes the integrity of recommendation information when selecting information to be recommended using the schedule management client 410. An information verification step (S10) for confirming the type; A generation and transmission step (S20) of generating recommendation information according to a specific format in the schedule generation unit 420 and transmitting the recommendation information to the schedule management unit 430; The image data of the management server 110, the additional data of the data management server 120 and the scheduling information generated from the schedule server 200 to the EPG generator 300 and the recommendation information are multiplexed by the transmitter 500. It is characterized in that it comprises a transmission step (S50) for transmitting this technical feature.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for using a recommendation system for digital broadcasting according to the present invention. When the feedback system 700 is added, the broadcast data usage information of a viewer is input using the feedback system 700. Referring to FIG. A collection and processing step (S30) of transmitting and collecting the recommended information collecting engine 440 and analyzing the processing pattern by analyzing and analyzing the behavioral pattern of the viewer; A recommendation generation step (S40) of generating a recommendation schedule by using the collected and processed information and transmitting it to the schedule management unit 430; The image data of the management server 110, the additional data of the data management server 120 and the scheduling information generated from the schedule server 200 to the EPG generator 300 and the recommendation information are multiplexed by the transmitter 500. It is configured to include a transmission step (S50) for transmitting this.

6 is a screen diagram showing an example of a viewer interface when using the recommendation system of the digital broadcasting of the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation and effect of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

The user utilizes the EPG by using a user control interface such as a remote control unit (RCU) for watching a desired broadcast. By selecting the direction buttons and the ok button of the remote control, the main functions of the EPG are channels and programs. Move the focus of the. In addition, the direction information and the selection button are used to select the recommendation information provided by the recommendation client 610.

The Color Key button on the remote control and the Hot Key buttons on the user control interface provide for the use of additional functions on the EPG. The viewer may call the recommendation client 610 through the color key button.

The viewer using the receiving terminal device 600 may be provided to the viewer by configuring various user interfaces (UIs) as an example of the recommended client.

As described above, the recommendation client 610 used by the viewer may be an additional data application transmitted from the transmitter 500 or an application embedded in the receiving terminal device 600.

Viewers can use this to bundle specific events (programs) that are provided only once, serialized programs that are broadcast at regular intervals, paid channel units, and services that can be bundled with channels (Basic, Silver, gold, Premium, etc.) ), An additional data application of data broadcasting, etc. may be selected and used.

When the user uses the recommendation client 610, an example screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. While the screen 620 currently being viewed continues, the recommendation information is displayed in the form of a pop-up. do.

In FIG. 6, three pieces of recommendation information 630 appear on one screen, and a focus is located on the recommendation information 630 in the center.

As illustrated, brief information of the representative screen 631 and the recommendation information 630 is displayed in the recommendation information 630 having no focus, and the recommendation information 630 in which the focus is located includes information such as time and title. The additional information 632 of the recommendation information 630 itself may be displayed.

Such recommendation information is produced by the steps as described above, i.e., when the broadcast manager selects information to be recommended using the schedule management client 410, the integrity and type of the recommendation information are confirmed (S10). The schedule generation unit 420 generates recommendation information according to a specific format and transmits the recommendation information to the schedule management unit 430 (S20).

Then, the image data of the management server 110, the additional data of the data management server 120 and the scheduling information generated from the schedule server 200 to the EPG generator 300 and the recommendation information from the transmitter 500 By multiplexing and transmitting the same (S50), and receiving the pairing information and the recommendation information from the receiving terminal device 600, it is possible to use the recommendation client 610 as described above.

In addition, when using the feedback system 700 to collect the broadcast data usage information of the viewer using the feedback information, the usage information is transmitted to the recommendation information collection engine 440 to collect and analyze the behavior pattern of the viewer Analyze and process (S30), and generates a recommendation schedule using the collected and processed information, and transmits it to the schedule management unit 430 (S40).

Then, the recommendation schedule is transmitted to the image data of the management server 110, the additional data of the data management server 120 and the schedule information generated from the schedule server 200 to the EPG generation unit 300 and the recommendation information transmission unit Multiplexing at 500, and transmits it (S50), by receiving the knitting information and the recommendation information in the receiving terminal device 600, it is possible to use the recommended client 610 as described above.

The above embodiment is an example for explaining the technical idea of the present invention in detail, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above drawings and embodiments.

The present invention as described above is effective in the following aspects.

First, a service provider of digital broadcasting can recommend a specific program to a viewer, recommend additional information by providing service unit information to a viewer, and can easily guide additional data so that the viewer can easily use data broadcasting. Can be facilitated.

In addition, the digital broadcast viewer can be provided with the information of the custom data format, through which there is an effect that can easily access and use the desired channel, program, etc. among the numerous information and channels in the desired form.

Claims (6)

delete A broadcast information management unit comprising a management server managing video and audio data, and a data management server managing linked or standalone additional data applications; A schedule server that manages broadcast program information; An EPG generator for generating the knitting information as EPG information; A recommendation management unit for creating recommendation information to be recommended to viewers by referring to the schedule information of the schedule server; A transmitter for decoding and transmitting data of the broadcast information manager, EPG information generated by the EPG generator, and recommendation information generated by the recommendation manager; And a feedback system provided between the receiving terminal device and the recommendation management unit to collect recommendation information according to the viewing activity of the viewer and to refer to the recommendation management unit. The method of claim 2, wherein the recommendation management unit, A schedule management client for selecting at least one of a program, a channel, a service, and additional data to be recommended among the broadcasting schedule information; A schedule generation unit for generating a schedule by verifying the information received from the schedule management client with the schedule information of the schedule server; And a schedule manager for managing the recommendation information normally registered in the schedule generator. The system of claim 2, wherein the recommendation management unit comprises a recommendation information collecting engine configured to receive and process information viewed by the viewer from the feedback system. delete In the method of using the digital broadcasting recommendation system, A collecting and processing step of transmitting and collecting the broadcasting data usage information of the viewer to the recommendation information collecting engine by using a feedback system, and analyzing and processing the behavioral pattern of the viewer by analyzing it; A recommendation generation step of generating a recommendation schedule using the collected and processed information, and transmitting the recommendation schedule to a schedule management unit; Digital broadcasting comprising the image data of the management server and the additional data of the data management server and the scheduling information transmitted from the schedule server to the EPG generator and the recommendation information is multiplexed by the transmitter to transmit it. How to use our recommendation system.

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