KR101397642B1 - Method and system of internet protocol television service provisioning - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for provisioning an IPTV service.
A method for provisioning an IPTV service by an IPTV service server includes the steps of: (a) providing a service provision information including a transmission method of service search information matched to a user of one or more IPTV terminals and identification information of a service matched to the one or more users; (B) generating at least one IPTV service information provided to the at least one IPTV terminal, (c) transmitting at least one IPTV service provided at the at least one IPTV terminal to the at least one IPTV terminal, (D) generating service search information including one or more IPTV service information, package information, and at least one IPTV service provider information; and (e) Based on the transmission method included in the provisioning environment information Comprising the step of transmitting to the one or more IPTV terminal, and may IPTV service is subscribed to the service based on the search information matching the user of the IPTV terminal may be provided to the user.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE PROVISION [0002]

The present invention relates to a method and system for provisioning an IPTV service, and more particularly, to a method and system for generating IPTV provisioning information for providing an IPTV service to a user and executing IPTV provisioning based on the generated information will be.

With the development of the Internet, the kinds of services provided to the users through the Internet network are increasing. In particular, in the past, Internet service was mainly provided only through a computer such as a desktop and a notebook computer, and in recent years, various services based on IPTV have been provided to users through the Internet network due to the spread of IPTV services.

[0003] As the types of services provided through IPTV increase, a package service for bundling a plurality of services and providing the services to users for the convenience of selection of the service goods of users, that is, subscribers, is gradually increasing.

In order to provide such a package service to a user, the IPTV terminal grasps a package service matched to a user, creates an environment capable of receiving information for providing an IPTV service included in the package, For example, when a request for a specific channel included in the package service occurs, the IPTV service matching the channel should be provided to the user.

One embodiment of the present invention provides service search information including package information, IPTV service information, and provider information provided by an IPTV service provider to an IPTV terminal, and provides an IPTV service using service search information provided by an IPTV terminal A method and system for provisioning an IPTV service capable of providing an environment for the IPTV service in advance.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for transmitting service search information matched with a user of at least one IPTV terminal and identification information of a service matched to the at least one user, (B) generating at least one IPTV service information provided to the at least one IPTV terminal; (c) providing at least one IPTV service information to the at least one IPTV terminal, (D) generating service search information including one or more IPTV service information, package information, and at least one IPTV service provider information that are generated; and (e) Based on the transmission scheme included in the provisioning environment information And transmitting the IPTV service to at least one IPTV terminal based on the service search information, wherein the IPTV service is provided to the user by matching the user of the IPTV terminal based on the service search information, Can be provided.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the step (e) includes the steps of (e1) transmitting the generated service search information through a DVB Service Discovery and Selection Transport Protocol (DVBSTP) or a File Deliver over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) To the one or more IPTV terminals.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the step (e) includes the steps of: (e2) transmitting Hypertext Transfer Protocol (URL) uniform resource locator (URL) information or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) URL information included in the provisioning environment information (E3) transmitting service search information matched to the at least one IPTV terminal to the at least one IPTV terminal in response to the service search information providing request from the at least one IPTV terminal .

Also, in the first aspect of the present invention, the IPTV service information, package information, IPTV service provider information, and service search information may be encoded based on XML (extensible markup language).

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the provider information included in the service search information includes offertype information of the package information, and the IPTV terminal determines, based on the offertype information of the package information, It is possible to obtain the package information matched to the IPTV terminal from the service search information.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the provider information included in the service search information includes offertype information of the IPTV service information, and the IPTV terminal is based on offertype information of the IPTV service information And obtain IPTV service information matched to the IPTV terminal from the service search information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing IPTV services, comprising the steps of: (a) setting a provisioning environment matching an IPTV terminal based on provisioning environment information received from an IPTV service server; (b) (C) acquiring business information matching the IPTV terminal from the received service discovery information based on the set provisioning environment; (d) acquiring service information matching the IPTV terminal based on the business entity information, (E) acquiring stream data of a service requested by a user of the IPTV terminal based on the generated service list information, and providing an IPTV service to the user based on the acquired stream data A method for provisioning an IPTV service by an internet protocol television (IPTV) Can.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the step (d) includes the steps of: (d1) obtaining package information including at least one IPTV service matched to the IPTV terminal, based on the provider information, from the service search information; ) Obtaining at least one IPTV service information matched to the IPTV terminal based on the provider information from the service search information, and (d3) acquiring service information matching the IPTV terminal based on the acquired package information and IPTV service information And generating list information.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the step (b) includes the steps of: (b1) transmitting the IPTV service server in a multicast manner via a DVB Service Discovery and Selection Transport Protocol (DVBSTP) or a File Deliver over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) And receiving the service search information from the service search information.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the step (b) may further comprise the steps of: (b2) extracting information on Hypertext Transfer Protocol (URL) uniform resource locator (URL) information or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure And accessing the matched address to obtain the service search information.

A third aspect of the present invention is a service provision system for providing IPTV services to a user by providing provisioning environment information to the IPTV terminal, the provisioning environment information being provided to the IPTV terminal, And a service search information providing unit for transmitting the service search information generated by the service search information managing unit to the IPTV terminal according to a transmission method preset in the provisioning environment information And an IPTV service server for provisioning an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service in which an IPTV service subscribed to the user of the IPTV terminal is provided to the user based on the service search information.

In the third aspect of the present invention, the service search information management unit includes a service information generation module for generating service information matched with the IPTV service provided to the IPTV terminal, package information matching the IPTV service package provided to the IPTV terminal, And a service search information generating module for generating service search information including the service information and the package information, wherein the service information includes identification information of the service and stream data matching the service And the package information may include information of one or more IPTV services included in the IPTV service package.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an IPTV service providing system, comprising: a provisioning environment setting unit configured to set a provisioning environment of an IPTV terminal based on provisioning environment information received from an IPTV service server; A service search information receiving unit for receiving service search information including service information matched with the package information, a service list generating unit for generating service list information of the IPTV service provided to the IPTV terminal based on the received service search information, And a service data stream receiving unit for receiving the service data stream based on the generated service list and providing the IPTV service to the user based on the received service data stream,A terminal can be provided.

In the fourth aspect of the present invention, the service search information includes IPTV service provider information, the IPTV service provider information includes offertype information of the package information and offer type information of the service information, The list generating unit obtains the package information and the service information matched to the IPTV terminal from the service search information based on the offertype information of the package information and the offer type information of the service information, And obtain the service name and the service transport stream address of one or more IPTV services included in the acquired package information to generate the service list information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, an IPTV service server provides service search information including package information provided to an IPTV terminal and one or more IPTV service information included in a package to an IPTV terminal, It is possible to generate a service list that can be provided to the user using the search information and provide the IPTV service to the user at the request of the user.

1 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a flow of an IPTV service provisioning method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a flow of an IPTV service provisioning method according to another embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an IPTV service server in an IPTV service provisioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an IPTV terminal in an IPTV service provisioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a flow of an IPTV service provisioning method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S105, the IPTV service server 100 transmits the provisioning environment information matched to the IPTV terminal 200 to the IPTV terminal 200.

The provisioning environment information includes information on the identification information of the IPTV service provider to which the user of the IPTV terminal 200 subscribes, the transmission method of the IPTV service discovery information, that is, a push method or a pull method, Lt; / RTI >

In addition, the provisioning environment information may include identification information of a package including information of an IPTV service product and a service area to which a user of the IPTV terminal 200 subscribes, and identification information of a segment in which the package is located.

In step S110, the IPTV terminal 200 sets up the IPTV service provisioning environment based on the provisioning environment information received in step S105.

In step S115, the IPTV service server 100 generates service information to be provided to one or more IPTV terminals provided with an IPTV service.

The service information includes identification information of an IPTV service provider and one or more individual service information provided by the provider.

The individual service information may include information such as service identification information, an address where a transport stream of the service is provided, a serviceable area, and a service name.

The address of the stream included in the individual service information may include a multicast address of the stream or an address of the stream providing server 300 according to a stream transmission method by the stream providing server 300.

That is, when the transport stream of the individual service is transmitted in a multicast manner by the stream providing server 300, the individual service information may include a multicast address of the transport stream.

When the transport stream of the individual service is transmitted in a unicast manner by the stream providing server 300, the individual service information may include the address of the stream providing server 300 transmitting the transport stream.

In step S120, the IPTV service server 100 generates information on a package including one or more services provided to one or more IPTV terminals provided with an IPTV service.

The package information includes package identification information and one or more service reference information. The service reference information may include service identification information and channel information matching the service.

In step S125, the IPTV service server 100 generates service search information including the service information, the package information, and the carrier information generated in step S115 and step S120.

The provider information may include provider information, identification information of the service provided by the provider, and the like.

The service information, package information, service provider information, and service search information generated by the IPTV service server 100 may be generated and encoded through XML (eXtensible Markup Language) proposed by the world wide web consortium (W3C).

In step S 130, the IPTV service server 100 transmits the service search information generated in step S 125 to the IPTV terminal 200.

The IPTV service server 100 may transmit the service search information generated in step S125 to the IPTV terminal 200 by using a push method or a pull method. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the case of transmitting the service search information in the push mode as described above will be described. In the description of another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 2, Will be described.

When the service discovery information is transmitted in the push mode, the IPTV service server 100 transmits the service discovery information to the IPTV service provider 100 in a multicast manner via a DVB Service Discovery & Selection Transport Protocol (DVBSTP) or a File Deliver over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) To the terminal 200.

In particular, the IPTV service server 100 transmits service discovery information to the IPTV terminal 200 through a DVBSTP (ETSI TS 102 034, a light protocol specified by DVB, a used for delivery over multicast) protocol, a FLUTE (IETF RFC 3926) Lt; / RTI >

The IPTV terminal 200 can receive the service search information transmitted in the multicast manner by the IPTV service server 100 using the transport address of the IPTV service provider included in the provisioning environment information set in step S110.

That is, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains the multicast address information from the transport address of the IPTV service provider included in the provisioning environment information set in step S110, and joins the obtained multicast address to obtain the IPTV service discovery information .

The IGMP version 2 (IETF RFC 3376 for "Detailed Service Offer" delivery over IPv4 multicast (push mode)), IGMP version 3 "delivery over IPv4 multicast (push mode)) to obtain the IPTV service search information by joining the multicast address.

In step S135, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains package information matched to a user of the IPTV terminal 200, that is, a subscriber of the IPTV service, from the service search information received in step S130.

That is, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains the provider information matching the provider identification information included in the provisioning environment information set in step S110 from the IPTV service search information received in step S130, And obtains package information matched to the IPTV terminal 200.

In other words, the IPTV terminal 200 acquires business entity identification information matching the user of the IPTV terminal 200 from the provisioning environment information, and transmits the business entity information matched with the acquired business entity identification information to the IPTV service It is possible to acquire the package information that is acquired from the search information and matched to the user of the IPTV terminal 200.

For example, the provider information included in the IPTV service search information can be described in the following XML format. In particular, the TTA standard (TTAK.KO-08.0027 IPTV service search and transmission method), ITU-T, DVB The provider information can be described according to the schema, and the XML described below is described according to the schema defined in the TTA standard.

The provider information includes a transmission method of the IPTV service discovery information, a transmission address of the IPTV service discovery information, and a segment of an offer type of the IPTV service discovery information transmitted to the corresponding address.

For example, in the XML including the provider information, the offer type of the package information is described as "05" and the offer type of the service information is described as "02".

Accordingly, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains the package information from the segment matched with the segment identification information set in step S110 among the segments of the IPTV service search information having the offer type value "05 " The user can selectively obtain the package information corresponding to the purchased product or the area where the user is located.

The package information acquired by the IPTV terminal 200 can be described in the following XML format. Like the provider information, the package information defined by the TTA standard (TTAK.KO-08.0027 IPTV service search and transmission method), ITU-T, DVB It can be described according to the schema, and the XML described below is described according to the schema defined in the TTA standard.

In step S140, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains service information matched with a user of the IPTV terminal 200, that is, a subscriber of the IPTV service, from the service search information received in step S130.

That is, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains the provider information matching the provider identification information included in the provisioning environment information set in step S110 from the IPTV service search information received in step S130, And acquires service information matched to the IPTV terminal 200.

As described above, when the service type of the service information is described as "02" in the XML including the provider information, the IPTV terminal 200 transmits the address of the IPTV service search information having the offer type value "02 " The service information of the IPTV terminal 200 can be selectively acquired by matching the service with the product of the user of the IPTV terminal 200.

The service information acquired by the IPTV terminal 200 can be described in the following XML format. In particular, according to a scheme defined by the TTA standard (TTAK.KO-08.0027 IPTV service search and transmission method), ITU-T, DVB, And the XML described below is described in accordance with the schema defined in the TTA standard.

In step S145, the IPTV terminal 200 generates service list information matching the user of the IPTV terminal 200 based on the package information acquired in step S135 and the service information acquired in step S140 .

That is, the IPTV terminal 200 generates a service list matching the user of the IPTV terminal 200 based on the service reference information of each individual service included in the package information acquired in step S135, The service name of the service included in the service list generated from the service information acquired from the IPTV terminal 200 and the service transport stream address to generate service list information matched to the user of the IPTV terminal 200.

In step S150, the IPTV terminal 200 receives a request for a service included in the service list generated in step S145 from the user, and transmits the requested service to the stream providing server 300 that provides the requested service Request the provision of services.

The IPTV terminal 200 obtains the service transport stream address of the service requested by the user, that is, the address of the stream providing server 300 or the multicast address of the stream from the service list, .

That is, when the stream of the requested service is transmitted in a unicast manner by the stream providing server 300, the IPTV terminal 200 acquires the address of the stream providing server 300 from the service list and requests the transmission of the corresponding service .

In addition, when the stream of the requested service is transmitted in a multicast manner by the stream providing server 300, the IPTV terminal 200 can acquire the multicast address of the corresponding stream from the service list and request the transmission of the corresponding service .

In step S155, the stream providing server 300 provides the requested service stream to the IPTV terminal 200 in response to the service request received in step S150. As described above, the stream providing server 300 can provide the requested service stream to the IPTV terminal 200 in a unicast or multicast manner according to the stream transmission method.

An RTSP or HTTP protocol may be used when the stream providing server 300 transmits a stream in a unicast manner, and an MPEG-2 TS method may be used when a stream is transmitted in a multicast manner.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the IPTV service server 100 and the stream providing server 300 exist separately, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may exist as one server.

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a flow of an IPTV service provisioning method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, in another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2, the service search information generated by the IPTV service server 100 is transmitted to the IPTV terminal 200 in a pull manner.

In step S205, the IPTV service server 100 transmits the provisioning environment information matching the IPTV terminal 200 to the IPTV terminal 200. [

The provisioning environment information includes the identification information of the IPTV service provider to which the user of the IPTV terminal 200 subscribes, the transmission method of the IPTV service discovery information, the transmission address of the IPTV service discovery information, IPTV service product, service area, and identification information of a segment in which the package is located.

In step S210, the IPTV terminal 200 sets up the IPTV service provisioning environment based on the provisioning environment information received in step S205.

In step S215, the IPTV service server 100 generates service information to be provided to one or more IPTV terminals provided with an IPTV service.

The service information includes identification information of an IPTV service provider and one or more individual service information provided by the provider. The individual service information includes service identification information, an address of the stream providing server 300 providing a transport stream of the service, Service availability area, service name, and the like.

The address of the stream included in the individual service information may include a multicast address of the stream or an address of the stream providing server 300 according to a stream transmission method by the stream providing server 300.

In step S220, the IPTV service server 100 generates information on a package including one or more services provided to one or more IPTV terminals that are provided with an IPTV service.

The package information includes package identification information and one or more service reference information. The service reference information may include service identification information and channel information matching the service.

In step S225, the IPTV service server 100 generates service search information including service information, package information, and business entity information generated in step S215 and step S220.

The provider information may include provider information, identification information of the service provided by the provider, and the like.

In step S230, the IPTV terminal 200 requests the IPTV service server 100 for service search information. That is, when the service search information is transmitted in a pull manner, the IPTV terminal 200 transmits information such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (URL) uniform resource locator (URL) information included in the provisioning environment information set in step S210 or HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) URL information to the IPTV service server 100.

In particular, the IPTV terminal 200 may be configured to use HTTP version 1.1 (IETF RFC 2616 "Detailed Service Offer" delivery over unicast (pull mode)), HTTP over TLS (IETF RFC 2818 for "Service Provider Information" delivery over unicast with secure manner mode)) protocol or the like.

In step S235, the IPTV service server 100 responds to the service search information request received in step S230, and transmits the requested service search information, that is, service search information matched to the IPTV terminal 200, 200).

In another embodiment of the present invention, the IPTV terminal 200 requests service search information from the IPTV service server 100 using HTTP URL information or HTTPS URL information included in the provisioning environment information and receives service search information However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to request service discovery information from a separate server that receives service discovery information from the IPTV service server 100, and receive service discovery information from the corresponding server.

In step S240, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains package information matched to a user of the IPTV terminal 200, that is, a subscriber of the IPTV service, from the service search information received in step S235.

That is, as described above, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains the provider information matching the provider identification information included in the provisioning environment information set in step S210 from the IPTV service search information received in step S235, It is possible to obtain the package information matched to the IPTV terminal 200 based on the acquired business entity information.

In step S245, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains service information matched to a user of the IPTV terminal 200, that is, a subscriber of the IPTV service, from the service search information received in step S235.

That is, the IPTV terminal 200 obtains the provider information matching the provider identification information included in the provisioning environment information set in step S210 from the IPTV service search information received in step S235, And obtain service information matched to the IPTV terminal 200.

In step S250, the IPTV terminal 200 generates service list information matching the user of the IPTV terminal 200 based on the package information acquired in step S240 and the service information acquired in step S245 .

In step S255, the IPTV terminal 200 receives a request for a service included in the service list generated in step S250 from the user, and transmits the requested service to the stream providing server 300 that provides the requested service Request the provision of services.

In step S260, the stream providing server 300 provides the requested service stream to the IPTV terminal 200 using a unicast method or a multicast method in response to the service request received in step S255.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an IPTV service server in an IPTV service provisioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The IPTV service server 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a provisioning environment information providing unit 110, a service search information generating unit 120, and a service search information providing unit 130.

The provisioning environment information providing unit 110 generates provisioning environment information for the registered IPTV terminal (not shown) matching the user who is provided with the IPTV service, and transmits the provisioning environment information to the IPTV terminal.

As described above, the provisioning environment information includes information on the identification information of the IPTV service provider to which the user of the IPTV terminal subscribes, the transmission method of the IPTV service discovery information, that is, a push method or a pull method, Not only the transmission address of the search information but also the identification information of the package including the information of the IPTV service product and the service area to which the user of the IPTV terminal subscribes and the identification information of the segment in which the package is located.

The service search information management unit 120 may include a service information generation module 121, a package information generation module 122, and a service search information generation module 123.

The service information generation module 121 generates information of an IPTV service provided to one or more IPTV terminals. The IPTV service information generated by the service information generation module 121 may include identification information of an IPTV service provider and one or more individual service information provided by the corresponding service provider.

In addition, the individual service information may include information such as service identification information, address of the stream providing server 300 providing a transport stream of the service, serviceable area, service name, and the like.

The package information generation module 122 generates information of a package provided by an IPTV service provider. The package generated by the package information generation module 122 may include one or more services, and the package information includes package identification information and one or more service reference information. The service reference information may include service identification information and channel information matching the service.

The service search information generation module 123 generates service search information including service information and package information generated by the service information generation module 121 and the package information generation module 122, respectively.

The service search information generated by the service search information generation module 123 may include business information including business information, identification information of a service provided by the business entity, and the like.

The service search information providing unit 130 provides the service search information generated by the service search information management unit 120 to an IPTV terminal (not shown) according to a preset method.

For example, when the service discovery information is provided according to the push method, the service discovery information providing unit 130 may transmit the service discovery information to the IPTV terminal in a multicast manner via the DVBSTP protocol or the FLUTE protocol.

When the service discovery information is set to be provided according to a pull method, the IPTV terminal requests the service discovery information to the HTTP URL or the HTTPS URL set in advance. In response, the service discovery information providing unit 130 transmits the service discovery information to the IPTV terminal Service search information can be provided.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an IPTV terminal in an IPTV service provisioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The IPTV terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a provisioning environment information receiving unit 210, a provisioning environment setting unit 220, a service search information receiving unit 230, a service list generating unit 240, 250 and a service data stream receiving unit 260.

The provisioning environment information receiving unit 210 receives the provisioning environment information from the IPTV service server (not shown).

The provisioning environment setting unit 220 sets an IPTV service provisioning environment based on the provisioning environment information received by the provisioning environment information receiving unit 210. [

As described above, the provisioning environment information includes the identification information of the IPTV service provider to which the user of the IPTV terminal subscribes, the transmission method information of the IPTV service discovery information, the transmission address of the IPTV service discovery information, the IPTV service product to which the user of the IPTV terminal subscribes, Service area, and the like, and identification information of a segment in which the package is located.

Accordingly, the IPTV terminal 200 can obtain service search information, service information, package information, and the like using the provisioning environment information set by the provisioning environment setting unit 220. [

The service search information receiving unit 230 receives IPTV service search information from an IPTV service server (not shown).

That is, the service search information receiving unit 230 receives the IPTV service search information from the IPTV service server through the push method in a multicast manner via the DVBSTP protocol or the FLUTE protocol, based on the transmission mode of the IPTV service search information included in the set provisioning environment information Search information can be received or the service search information can be requested from the IPTV service server using the HTTP URL or HTTPS URL information included in the provisioning environment information through a pull method to receive the service search information from the IPTV service server .

The service list generating unit 240 generates list information of the IPTV service provided to the IPTV terminal 200 based on the service search information received by the service search information receiving unit 230. [

That is, the service list generation unit 240 obtains the package information of the service subscribed by the user of the IPTV terminal 200 and the information on one or more individual services included in the package from the service search information received from the IPTV service server, And generate a service list including information of the acquired one or more individual services.

The service list generated by the service list generation unit 240 may include information such as a service name of each service, a service transport stream address, and the like.

The service requesting unit 250 requests the stream providing server, in response to a service request corresponding to the specific channel received from the user, a stream of the service requested by the user based on the generated service list.

That is, the service request unit 250 can obtain the transport stream address of the service requested by the user from the service list, and request the service stream to the stream providing server using the obtained transport stream address.

The service data stream receiving unit 260 receives the service data stream provided by the stream providing server in response to the request of the service requesting unit 250 and provides the IPTV service to the user based on the received service data stream.

One embodiment of the present invention may also be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

While the methods and systems of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of those elements or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: IPTV service server 200: IPTV terminal
300: stream providing server

Claims (22)

A method for an IPTV (internet protocol television) service server to provision an IPTV service,
(a) transmitting, to the one or more IPTV terminals, provisioning environment information including a transmission method of service search information matched to a user of one or more IPTV terminals and identification information of a service matched to the one or more users;
(b) generating at least one IPTV service information provided to the at least one IPTV terminal,
(c) generating one or more package information provided to the one or more IPTV terminals and including one or more IPTV services,
(d) generating service search information including one or more IPTV service information, package information, and one or more IPTV service provider information,
(e) transmitting the generated service search information to one or more IPTV terminals based on a transmission mode included in the provisioning environment information
Lt; / RTI >
An IPTV service subscribed to the user of the IPTV terminal based on the service search information is provided to the user,
Wherein the IPTV service information, the package information, the IPTV service provider information, and the service search information are encoded based on XML (extensible markup language).
The method according to claim 1,
The step (e)
(e1) transmitting the generated service discovery information to the at least one IPTV terminal in a multicast manner via a DVB Service Discovery and Selection Transport Protocol (DVBSTP) or a File Deliver over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE)
Gt; IPTV < / RTI > service provisioning method.
The method according to claim 1,
The step (e)
(e2) receiving a request for providing service search information from the at least one IPTV terminal through HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) URL (uniform resource locator) information or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) URL information included in the provisioning environment information step,
(e3) transmitting service search information matching the one or more IPTV terminals to the one or more IPTV terminals in response to the service search information providing request
Gt; IPTV < / RTI > service provisioning method.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the service information included in the service search information includes offertype information of package information and the IPTV terminal transmits package information matching the IPTV terminal to the service information based on offertype information of the package information, From the search information.
The method according to claim 1,
The service information included in the service search information includes offertype information of IPTV service information, and the IPTV terminal determines IPTV service information (IPTV service information) matching the IPTV terminal based on offertype information of IPTV service information From the service search information.
A method for an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) terminal to provision an IPTV service,
(a) setting a provisioning environment matching the IPTV terminal based on the provisioning environment information received from the IPTV service server,
(b) receiving service discovery information from the IPTV service server,
(c) acquiring business entity information matching the IPTV terminal from the received service search information based on the set provisioning environment,
(d) generating service list information matching the IPTV terminal based on the provider information
(e) obtaining stream data of a service requested by a user of the IPTV terminal based on the generated service list information, and providing an IPTV service to the user based on the obtained stream data
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The service search information includes one or more IPTV service information, package information, and the provider information, and the IPTV service information, the package information, the provider information, and the service search information are encoded based on XML (extensible markup language) An IPTV service provisioning method that is one.
8. The method of claim 7,
The step (d)
(d1) acquiring, from the service search information, the package information including at least one IPTV service matched to the IPTV terminal based on the provider information,
(d2) acquiring the at least one IPTV service information matched to the IPTV terminal from the service discovery information based on the provider information,
(d3) generating service list information matched to the IPTV terminal based on the acquired package information and the one or more IPTV service information
Gt; IPTV < / RTI > service provisioning method.
delete 8. The method of claim 7,
The step (b)
(b1) receiving the service discovery information from the IPTV service server in a multicast manner via a DVB Service Discovery & Selection Transport Protocol (DVBSTP) or a File Deliver over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE)
Gt; IPTV < / RTI > service provisioning method.
8. The method of claim 7,
The step (b)
(b2) accessing an address matched with HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) URL (uniform resource locator) information or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) URL information included in the set provisioning environment to obtain the service search information,
Gt; IPTV < / RTI > service provisioning method.
1. An IPTV service server for provisioning an internet protocol television (IPTV) service,
A provisioning environment information providing unit configured to transmit provisioning environment information matched with an IPTV terminal providing an IPTV service to a user to the IPTV terminal,
A service search information management unit for generating service search information including service information matched with one or more IPTV services provided to the IPTV terminal;
A service discovery information providing unit for transmitting the service discovery information generated by the service discovery information management unit to the IPTV terminal by a transmission method preset in the provisioning environment information;
Lt; / RTI >
An IPTV service subscribed to the user of the IPTV terminal based on the service search information is provided to the user,
Wherein the service search information includes the service information, the package information, and the provider information, and the service information, the package information, the provider information, and the service search information are encoded based on XML (extensible markup language) .
13. The method of claim 12,
The service search information management unit,
A service information generation module for generating the service information matched with the IPTV service provided to the IPTV terminal,
A package information generation module for generating the package information matched with the IPTV service package provided to the IPTV terminal;
A service search information generation module for generating service search information including the service information and the package information,
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Wherein the service information includes identification information of the service and address information providing stream data matched to the service, and the package information includes information of one or more IPTV services included in the IPTV service package server.
delete 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the service search information includes IPTV service provider information encoded based on XML and the IPTV service provider information includes offertype information of the package information and offer type information of the service information, server.
13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the service discovery information providing unit transmits the service discovery information to the IPTV terminal in a multicast manner via a DVB Service Discovery and Selection Transport Protocol (DVBSTP) or a File Deliver over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) protocol.
13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the provisioning environment information includes Hypertext Transfer Protocol (URL) uniform resource locator (URL) information or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) URL information, which is a transport address of the service search information,
Wherein the service search information providing unit transmits the service search information to the IPTV terminal in response to a service search information provision request received from the IPTV terminal received via the HTTP URL or the HTTPS URL.
1. An IPTV terminal for provisioning an internet protocol television (IPTV) service,
A provisioning environment setting unit configured to set a provisioning environment of the IPTV terminal based on the provisioning environment information received from the IPTV service server,
A service search information receiver for receiving service search information including IPTV service package information matched to the IPTV service server and service information matched with the package information from the IPTV service server,
A service list generation unit for generating service list information of the IPTV service provided to the IPTV terminal based on the received service search information;
A service data stream receiving unit for receiving a service data stream based on the generated service list and providing an IPTV service to a user based on the received service data stream,
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Wherein the service search information includes the package information, the service information, and the provider information, and the service information, the package information, the provider information, and the service search information are encoded based on XML (extensible markup language) Terminal.
delete 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the IPTV service provider information includes offertype information of the package information and offertype information of the service information,
Wherein the service list generation unit obtains package information and service information matched to the IPTV terminal from the service search information based on offer type information of the package information and offer type information of the service information, Acquires service name and service transport stream address of at least one IPTV service included in the obtained package information from the information, and generates the service list information.
19. The method of claim 18,
The service search information receiving unit receives the service search information transmitted in a multicast manner from the IPTV service server through a DVB Service Discovery and Selection Transport Protocol (DVBSTP) or a File Deliver over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) .
19. The method of claim 18,
The service search information receiver receives the service search information based on Hypertext Transfer Protocol (URL) uniform resource locator (URL) information or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) URL information included in the set provisioning environment, .

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