KR101370315B1 - Transmission System for Providing URL Information of Broadcasting Contents using Settop-box and Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a detailed information transmission system and method for broadcasting content using a set-top box.

In the present invention, the set-top box receives broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content from a content server. The set-top box transmits the received broadcast content in real time to the IPTV, and when the selection signal of the specific object is input to the set-top box at any point in time to display the broadcast content received through the IPTV, the detail of the specific object corresponding to the selection signal Extract the information. Thereafter, the detailed information of the specific object received by the set-top box is transmitted to the wireless terminal using short range wireless communication.

Accordingly, when the user wants to read the detailed information on the specific object included in the broadcast content while watching the broadcast on the IPTV by receiving the broadcast content, the user may receive the information in real time.

Content, multi, screen, wireless

Description

Transmission System for Providing URL Information of Broadcasting Contents using Settop-box and Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to a content delivery service, and more particularly, to a system and method for transmitting detailed information of broadcast content using a set-top box for transmitting URL information about a specific object included in broadcast content to another screen.

Modern digital TV systems are interactive or interactive TV broadcasts, which are useful for providing additional information unlike conventional analog broadcasts.

Such digital broadcasting broadcasts contents provided by contents providers (CP) in MPEG2-TS (Transport Stream) format together with video and audio taken by broadcasting stations, and users (viewers) are connected to a set top box (STB). The broadcast is received and viewed on a digital TV screen.

On the other hand, data broadcasting is a technical concept that can transmit and broadcast documents, still images, graphics, audio, video, and software products to information processing devices such as PCs, set-top boxes, or mobile communication devices at high speed. Together with the program, weather, securities and news information, the Internet and e-commerce are also available.

Such data broadcasting has a characteristic that when a digital signal is transmitted to a broadcast radio wave, a receiver automatically decodes and processes the data, and the receiver receives the result directly or controls other machinery or the like based on the information. Say a broadcast in a new field. The data broadcast signal has a common point with digital broadcast that digitally transmits audio and video signals through digital transmission.

Data broadcasting is a method of multiplexing and transmitting data signals to radio and television broadcasting, but there are also data broadcasting for transmitting information independent of data broadcasting for transmitting contents related to these broadcasting as digital signals. Such data broadcasting can be said to be a multimedia information service that combines the advantages of a wireless transmission system using television radio waves and the interactive function of the Internet.

Recently, when contents including television broadcast data are transmitted to a digital TV, there is a need for a technology development for viewing detailed information on a specific object of broadcast content regardless of data broadcasting through other wireless devices in connection with the TV. It is becoming.

Technical problem of the present invention devised to improve the above problems can be transmitted in real time to a separate wireless terminal when the user wants to view the detailed information about a specific object included in the broadcast object in the middle of watching the broadcast. It is aimed at being.

However, the objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In the method for transmitting detailed information of broadcast content using a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box receives broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content from a content server, and transmits the broadcast content. Transmitting to IPTV; An extraction step of extracting detailed information of the selected specific object corresponding to the selection signal from the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects when the set top box receives the selection signal of the specific object from the IPTV; And displaying, by the set-top box, transmitting detailed information of the selected specific object to a wireless terminal for display. . ≪ / RTI >

 In the extracting step, the set-top box may receive the selection signal at any point in time when the set-top box displays the received broadcast content through the IPTV.

In the displaying step, the set-top box may transmit and display the detailed information of the selected specific object to the wireless terminal through limousine communication.

The system for transmitting detailed information of broadcast content using a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention receives the broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content from a content server, and transmits the broadcast content to IPTV. When the selection signal is input at an arbitrary time of displaying the received broadcast content through the IPTV, the detailed information of the selected specific object according to the selection signal is extracted from the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects to a wireless terminal. A set-top box for transmitting; And the wireless terminal for receiving and displaying detailed information of the selected specific object using short-range wireless communication. . ≪ / RTI >

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless terminal comprising: a first short range wireless communication unit configured to perform short range wireless communication with a set-top box that receives broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content from a content server; A display device for displaying data received through the first short range wireless communication unit; And controlling the first short-range wireless communication unit to receive detailed information of the specific object selected by IPTV among the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects from the set top box, and to display detailed information of the selected specific object through the display apparatus. A first control unit controlling to display; . ≪ / RTI >

The wireless terminal may include: a first database unit configured to store detailed information of the selected specific object received from the set top box through the first short range wireless communication unit; As shown in FIG.

Set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention, the second transceiver for performing wired communication; Receiving the broadcast content from the content server and the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content to control the second transceiver to transmit the broadcast content to the IPTV, and to receive the selection signal of the specific object from the IPTV A second controller configured to control the second transceiver, extract detailed information of the selected specific object corresponding to the selection signal from detailed information of the plurality of specific objects, and transmit the extracted detailed information to a wireless terminal; And a second short range wireless communication unit which transmits detailed information of the selected specific object to the wireless terminal through short range wireless communication. . ≪ / RTI >

The set top box may include a second database unit for storing detailed information of the plurality of specific objects received from the second transceiver; As shown in FIG.

The second controller may control the second transceiver to receive the selection signal of the specific object from the IPTV at any point in time when the IPTV displays the received broadcast content.

According to the present invention, when a user watches a broadcast by receiving broadcast content through an IPTV and wants to read detailed information on a specific object included in the broadcast content, the user can receive a real-time transmission to a separate wireless terminal.

In addition, according to the present invention, when a user displays detailed information on a specific object included in broadcast content on an existing IPTV, the corresponding portion displaying the detailed information provides an effect of solving the problem of not being able to view the corresponding broadcast content. do.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

Meanwhile, in the present specification, when one component 'transmits' data or a signal to another component, any one component may directly transmit data or a signal to another component, and at least one other This means that a component can transmit data or a signal to another component.

1 is a block diagram of a system for transmitting detailed information of broadcast content using a set top box according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a detailed information transmission system for broadcasting content using a set top box includes an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) 110, a wireless terminal 130, a set top box 200, a communication network 300, a content server 400, and the like. It may include a web server 500.

The IPTV 110 is a device that provides various contents (broadcast content, video content, audio content, text content, and data content) through a screen (not shown) through a communication network (xDSL, FTTH, etc.) of an IP-based network. It may be to satisfy a Quality of Service (QoS) / QoE (QoE of Experience), information protection, interaction, reliability, etc., over a prescribed quality.

 In the present invention, the IPTV 110 has a higher resolution than the wireless terminal 130 and may be a terminal having a large number of pixels, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the IPTV 110 receives the broadcast content from the content server 400 using the set-top box 200.

In addition, a module for selecting a specific object from the broadcast content by using the IPTV 110 control device (remote control 111 or keypad 112, see FIG. 4). Selecting a specific object as the IPTV 110 control device will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The wireless terminal 130 is a device capable of providing Internet data to a user through the wireless link 150, which is a comprehensive concept of portable devices. That is, mobile phones, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), global system for mobile (GSM) phones, wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) phones, CDMA-2000 phones, mobile broadband and system (MBS) phones, and portable multimedia players. ), Such as a handheld computer, may include a multimedia phone and a multimedia player. Here, the MBS phone may be a mobile phone to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

On the other hand, when receiving information for providing detailed information of a specific object of the broadcast content from the set-top box 200, the wireless terminal 130 is an application program for automatically accessing the Internet to the set-top box 200 using short-range wireless communication It can be provided. The application may include a module for connecting a session for receiving detailed information of a specific object by accessing the set-top box 200 through short-range wireless communication when receiving information.

In the present specification, the module may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for performing the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, the module may mean a logical unit of a predetermined code and a hardware resource for performing the predetermined code, and means a code that is not necessarily physically connected or does not mean a kind of hardware. It can be easily inferred by the average expert in the art.

Short-range wireless communication used in the set-top box 200 may be a Personal Area Network (PAN), Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB (Ultra WideBand).

The set-top box 200 has a communication function required to use a bidirectional multimedia communication service such as the IPTV 110, content selection menu data such as broadcast content, EPG (Electronic Program Guide), advertisement data, bidirectional multimedia communication service data, etc. Receive In addition, it has a data storage (Data Storage) of the general set-top box for storing the above data.

On the other hand, the set-top box 200 is installed on the user side is connected to the IPTV (110). The set-top box 200 is connected to a content server 400 installed in a broadcasting station through the communication network 300, and can receive digital broadcast signals of various channels provided by the content server 400 through Internet protocol (IP). Make sure Therefore, the broadcast of the channel selected by the user is transmitted through the screen of the connected IPTV 110 so that the user can watch.

In the present invention, the set-top box 200 also stores detailed information of a plurality of specific objects transmitted from the content server 400.

Specifically, the user selects a specific object using the control device of the IPTV 110 to transmit detailed information about the specific object selected by the set-top box 200 to the wireless terminal 130 in a range of a reception area of the short range wireless communication. To ask. Receiving the request, the set-top box 200 extracts detailed information of the selected specific object from the corresponding pre-stored plurality of specific objects and transmits the short-range wireless communication. In order to extract detailed information of the selected specific object as described above, the detailed information of a plurality of specific objects is received and stored.

The communication network 300 refers to a data communication network for data transmission and information exchange between the set-top box 200 and the content server 400, and may be an IP network. The IP network is a high-speed backbone network of a large communication network capable of large capacity, long distance voice and data service, and may be, for example, the Internet. In addition, the IP network may be a next-generation wired network for providing high-speed multimedia services based on ALL IP (Internet Protocol). Meanwhile, the communication network 300 may be a mobile communication network. The mobile communication network may be a synchronous mobile communication network or an asynchronous mobile communication network. As an embodiment of the asynchronous mobile communication network, a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) communication network is exemplified. In this case, although not shown in the figure, the mobile communication network may include a Radio Network Controller (RNC), and an asynchronous MSC. On the other hand, it is well known that the WCDMA network can be changed to a next generation mobile communication network such as 3G LTE network and 4G network.

The content server 400 is a server installed in a broadcasting station. The content server 400 stores a page provided by a content provider, an object such as broadcast content, and responds to a content request from the IPTV 110. Server.

As a main function, the content server 400 serves to transmit the content corresponding to the digital broadcasting of the various channels requested from the IPTV 110, the set-top box 200 to some of the content held by the content server 400 It can be sent to and stored in. Through this, the set-top box 200 is able to quickly provide the content according to the request of the IPTV (110).

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the content server 400 may transmit not only the broadcast content but also detailed information of a specific object included in the broadcast content to the set top box 200.

2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the wireless terminal 130 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless terminal 130 may include a first short range wireless communication unit 131, a first control unit 133, a first database unit 135, and a display device 137.

The first short range wireless communication unit 131 receives detailed information of a specific object selected from the set top box 200 through short range wireless communication.

More specifically, the user selects a specific object from among a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content by the adjusting device of the IPTV 110. Accordingly, the set-top box 200 receives the selection signal of the specific object from the IPTV 110, extracts the detailed information of the selected specific object corresponding to the selection signal of the specific object from the detailed information of the plurality of previously stored specific objects, and Transmission to the wireless terminal 130 through wireless communication. In this case, the first short range wireless communication unit 131 of the wireless terminal 130 receives detailed information of the selected specific object.

The first control unit 133 is loaded with various application programs for the user, and among the detailed information of a plurality of specific objects stored in the set-top box 200 by data communication between the first short-range wireless communication unit 131 and the set-top box 200 Control to receive the detailed information of the selected specific object through the first short-range wireless communication unit 131.

To this end, the first control unit 131 may be equipped with an application program for receiving data for receiving detailed information of the specific object selected through the first short-range wireless communication unit 131, which is the wireless terminal 130 By simply updating the software, automatic connection is possible by a certain process.

In addition, the first controller 131 may control to display detailed information of the selected specific object received through the first short range wireless communication unit 131 through a display device such as a screen of the wireless terminal 130.

The first database unit 135 stores detailed information of the selected specific object received from the set-top box 200 through the first short range wireless communication unit 131. Meanwhile, in the present specification, the database may mean a functional structural combination of software and hardware that stores information corresponding to each database. The database may be implemented as at least one table, and may further include a separate Database Management System (DBMS) for searching, storing, and managing information stored in the database. Also, it can be implemented in various ways such as a linked-list, a tree, and a relational database, and includes all data storage media and data structures capable of storing information corresponding to a database.

The display apparatus 137 may include a screen for displaying detailed information of the selected specific object received from the set-top box 200 through the first short range wireless communication unit 131.

3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the set-top box 200 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the set top box 200 includes a second transceiver 210, a second controller 230, a second short range wireless communication unit 250, and a second database unit 270.

The second transceiver 210 receives the broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content from the content server 400. The second transceiver 210 transmits the received broadcast content to the IPTV 110 so that the user of the IPTV 110 can watch the broadcast in real time.

The second control unit 230 uses the selection signal, which is selection information for the specific object selected by the control unit of the IPTV 110, to select the specific object selected from the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects previously stored in the second database unit 230. Extract detailed information.

Meanwhile, the second short range wireless communication unit 250 transmits detailed information of the specific object selected by the short range wireless communication to the wireless terminal 130 under the control of the second control unit 230.

The second database unit 270 stores detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content received by the second transceiver 210. Also, the second database unit 270 may store broadcast content together.

4 is a view for explaining a method of selecting a specific object using the screen 113 of the IPTV in the system for transmitting detailed information of broadcast content using a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 4, the viewer of the IPTV 110 may select the area A indicated by the dotted rectangle with the adjusting device (remote control 111 or the keypad 112) of the IPTV 110. For example, as shown in FIG. You can select the soccer shoes of the soccer players indicated by the area.

To this end, the content server 400 transmits and stores detailed information of the plurality of specific objects together with the broadcast content to provide detailed information about the plurality of specific objects to the second database unit 230 of the set-top box 200. You can do that.

An example of detailed information about a specific object stored in the second database unit 230 may be as shown in FIG. 5.

That is, the specific object A may be for the soccer shoes (specific objects) of the soccer player of FIG. 4. In this case, the range may mean that the area indicated by the center point of the rectangle A represents a point for soccer shoes from A01 to C12. A01 to C12 may be a range for a pixel. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the alphabet may represent a horizontal pixel and the number may represent a vertical pixel.

The selection signal for the specific object selected by the above method is transmitted to the second control unit 250 inside the set top box 200. Thereafter, as described above, the second controller 250 extracts detailed information of the selected specific object corresponding to the selection signal from the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects stored in advance. Thereafter, the second controller 250 transmits the extracted detailed information of the specific object to the wireless terminal 130 through the second short range wireless communication unit 270.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting detailed information of broadcast content using a set top box according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 6, although not shown, the user transmits a broadcast content request to the set-top box 200 to watch using an IPTV 110 control device (remote control 111 or keypad 112). The set top box 200 transmits a broadcast content request to the content server 400.

Accordingly, the content server 400 transmits the broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content to the set top box 200 (S10). Here, the detailed information of the specific object may be information generated by combining detailed information corresponding to the specific object among the broadcast contents from the web servers.

The set-top box 200 stores the broadcast content received from the content server 400 and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects included in the broadcast content (S20), and the broadcast content received from the content server 400 is IPTV (110). (S30). The user of the IPTV 110 may watch the received broadcast content using the screen 113 of FIG. 4.

At any point in time when the broadcast content transmitted from the set-top box 200 to the IPTV 110 is displayed, the user of the IPTV 110 may designate a range (for example, A range of FIG. 4) as a control device of the IPTV 110. When the specific object is selected (S40), the selection signal for the selected specific object is transmitted from the IPTV 110 to the set-top box 200 (S50).

The set-top box 200 extracts the corresponding information from the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects stored in step S20 by using the received selection signal (S60). That is, the set top box 200 extracts detailed information of the selected specific object from among detailed information of the plurality of specific objects stored in advance.

When the extraction of the step (S60) is completed, the set-top box 200 transmits the detailed information of the selected specific object to the wireless terminal 130 using short-range wireless communication (S70).

The wireless terminal 130 receives the detailed information of the specific object selected by the control device of the IPTV 110, so that the user of the IPTV 110 and / or the wireless terminal 130 can re-discover specific objects. Effect is provided.

 The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) .

The computer readable recording medium can also be injected onto a networked computer system so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Although the contents of the present invention have been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art may realize various modifications and other equivalent embodiments therefrom. I will understand. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

The transmission system and method for providing URL information of contents using the multi-screen of the present invention can be obtained when the user wants to know detailed information about a specific object included in the broadcast content while watching the broadcast by receiving the broadcast content. Can be transmitted in real time to the terminal. Therefore, users can receive content more efficiently and quickly, and content providers can contribute to expanding related businesses by providing high quality services to customers.

1 is a block diagram of a transmission system for providing URL information of content using a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the radio terminal of FIG.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of the set top box of FIG. 1.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method of selecting a specific object using a screen of an IPTV in a transmission system for providing URL information of content using a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating detailed information about a specific object stored in a second database unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission method for providing URL information of content using a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

110: IPTV 130: wireless terminal

200: set-top box 300: communication network

400: content server 500: web server

Claims (9)

A set-top box receiving broadcast contents and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects displayed on a playback screen of the broadcast contents from a content server, and transmitting them to an IPTV to display the broadcast contents; While displaying the broadcast content through the IPTV, if the set-top box receives a selection signal of a specific object specifying a specific range of a playback screen from the IPTV, the set-top box may be selected from the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects. An extraction step of extracting detailed information of the specific object corresponding to the selection signal; And A display step of allowing the set top box to transmit detailed information of the extracted specific object to a wireless terminal by using short range wireless communication; Method for transmitting detailed information of the broadcast content using a set-top box comprising a. delete delete Receiving the broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects displayed on the playback screen of the broadcast content from a content server and transmitting to the IPTV to display the broadcast content, while displaying the broadcast content through the IPTV, the IPTV When a selection signal of a specific object designating a specific range of a playback screen is input, the detailed information of the specific object corresponding to the selection signal is extracted from the detailed information of the plurality of specific objects and transmitted to the wireless terminal through short-range wireless communication. A set top box; And The wireless terminal receiving and displaying detailed information of the specific object from the set-top box using short-range wireless communication; Detailed information transmission system of the broadcast content using a set-top box including a. delete delete A second transceiver for performing communication with the IPTV; Receiving the broadcast content and detailed information of a plurality of specific objects displayed on the playback screen of the broadcast content from a content server, controlling the second transceiver to transmit the broadcast content to the IPTV, and displaying the broadcast content through the IPTV. A second control unit configured to extract detailed information of a specific object corresponding to the selection signal from detailed information of the plurality of specific objects when receiving a selection signal of a specific object designating a specific range of a playback screen from the IPTV; And A second short range wireless communication unit which transmits detailed information of the specific object to a wireless terminal through short range wireless communication; Set top box comprising a. 8. The method of claim 7, A second database unit for storing detailed information of the plurality of specific objects received from the second transceiver; Set top box further including. delete

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