KR101882252B1 - Pay broadcasting service apparatus for the delivery of the notification message using set-top box and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a charged broadcast service apparatus capable of delivering a known message using a set-top box and an operation method thereof. In the present invention, when a notice message is transmitted to a receiver of a pay-TV broadcast in a pay-TV service, feedback is received from each set-top box installed on a pay-broadcast receiver side whether or not each member has viewed the announcement message. It is possible to accurately transmit an important notice message to the members subscribed to the pay broadcasting by transmitting the notification message to the mobile phone of the member in a text message for mobile communication.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a pay-TV service apparatus capable of delivering a broadcast message using a set-top box,

The present invention relates to a technique for delivering a notification message to members in a pay-TV service.

Recently, as pay-TV subscribers have increased, a variety of pay-TV channels have appeared, and the quality of pay-TV content is also improving.

Among such paid broadcasts, there are IPTV service, which is an interactive television service provided using a broadband internet, and cable TV service, which provides broadcast contents using a cable network.

In such a pay-TV system, a set-top box for receiving pay broadcasts is installed on the receiver side. The set-top box and the pay broadcast transmission side are connected via a network. The members who have subscribed to the pay-TV broadcast can confirm the known message transmitted from the pay-TV broadcast transmission side through the TV connected to the set-top box.

Such notification messages can be utilized when a broadcast system check is required, and when a broadcast service is temporarily stopped. In general, members who have subscribed to pay broadcasts often do not confirm such a notification message.

As a result, despite the fact that the important announcement message is delivered to the receiver of the pay broadcast, the member often fails to confirm the announcement message, and when the broadcast service is interrupted, protests related to poor service quality are frequently received from the members.

Accordingly, when a notice message is delivered to a pay broadcast reception side in a pay broadcast service, the user receives feedback on whether each member has viewed the announcement message through a set-top box installed in the pay broadcast reception side, It is necessary to introduce a system capable of correctly transmitting an important message to the members subscribed to the pay broadcasting by transmitting the notification message to the cellular phone of the member in the mobile communication text message .

In the present invention, when a notice message is transmitted to a receiver of a pay-TV broadcast in a pay-TV service, feedback is received from each set-top box installed on a pay-broadcast receiver side whether or not each member has viewed the announcement message. The present invention provides a system that can accurately transmit important announcement messages to members subscribed to a pay broadcast by transmitting the notification message to a mobile phone of the member in a mobile communication text message.

A pay-TV service apparatus capable of delivering a broadcast message using a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention includes identification information of a plurality of members subscribed to a pay-TV service, When a transmission command of a notice message for the plurality of members is input by a member database administrator who stores unique information on a set top box for receiving pay broadcast and mobile phone numbers of the plurality of members in association with each other A notifying message transmitting unit for confirming unique information of each set-top box of each of the plurality of members from the member database and transmitting the notifying message to a set-top box of each of the plurality of members, A predetermined threshold time from the time when the notification message is transmitted to the box, From the set-top box of each of the plurality of members, whether or not a confirmation completion signal for the notification message is received from the set-top box of each of the plurality of members, If it is determined that a confirmation completion signal for the notification message has not been received within the threshold time, the mobile phone number of the at least one first member stored in association with the identification information of the at least one first member from the member database And generating a mobile communication text message including the notification message, and sending the mobile communication text message to the receiving side by using the mobile phone number of the at least one first member as a receiving side.

Also, an operation method of a charged-broadcast service apparatus capable of delivering a known message using a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: identifying information of a plurality of members subscribed to a pay- Maintaining a member database in which unique information about set-top boxes for receiving pay-TV broadcasts and mobile phone numbers of the plurality of members are stored in association with each other; Top box of each of the plurality of members from the member database to transmit the notification message to the set-top box of each of the plurality of members when the transmission command of the plurality of members is input, Top box of each member of the < RTI ID = 0.0 > Determining from the set top box of each of the plurality of members a confirmation completion signal for the notification message is received within a threshold time period, The mobile phone number of the at least one first member stored in association with the identification information of the at least one first member from the member database, And generating a mobile communication text message including the notification message, and sending the mobile communication text message to the receiving side by using the mobile telephone number of the at least one first member.

In the present invention, when a notice message is transmitted to a receiver of a pay-TV broadcast in a pay-TV service, feedback is received from each set-top box installed on a pay-broadcast receiver side whether or not each member has viewed the announcement message. It is possible to accurately transmit an important notice message to the members subscribed to the pay broadcasting by transmitting the notification message to the mobile phone of the member in a text message for mobile communication.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a pay-TV service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are views for explaining the operation of a pay broadcast service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a charged-broadcast service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the description is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals in the drawings are used for similar elements and, unless otherwise defined, all terms used in the specification, including technical and scientific terms, are to be construed in a manner that is familiar to those skilled in the art. It has the same meaning as commonly understood by those who have it.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a pay-TV service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a pay broadcast service apparatus 110 according to the present invention includes a member database 111, a known message transmission unit 112, a completion signal confirmation unit 113, and a message transmission unit 114.

In the member database 111, identification information for a plurality of members subscribed to the pay-TV service and unique information about set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 for receiving pay-TV broadcasts owned by the plurality of members, respectively, And mobile phone numbers of the plurality of members are stored in association with each other.

The identification information for the plurality of members means a member ID or the like for identifying each of the plurality of members and the unique information for the set top boxes 121, A MAC (Media Access Control) address or the like.

At this time, information may be stored in the member database 111 as shown in Table 1 below.

Plural Identification information for members Unique information for set-top boxes carry Phone number Member 1 identification information Unique Information 1 010-1111-2222 Member 2 identification information Unique Information 2 010-2222-3333 Member 3 identification information Unique Information 3 010-3333-4444 ... ... ...

When a command for transmitting a notification message to the plurality of members is input by the administrator, the notification message transmitting unit 112 transmits the notification message to the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members from the member database 111 And transmits the notification message to the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members.

In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top boxes 121, 122 and 123 of the plurality of members, when receiving the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus 110, Display on a predetermined first point of the image output through each of the set top boxes 121, 122 and 123 of the members, and display on the predetermined message displayed on the selected first point by the user A confirmation completion signal for the notification message may be generated and transmitted to the pay-TV service apparatus 110. [

2 is a diagram for explaining an example in which the notification message is displayed on a predetermined first point of the image output through the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members, respectively have.

As shown in FIG. 2, the notification message is a message " TV service is stopped at about 11 am on September 12 for system repair ", and the selected first point is a message for each of the plurality of members The set top boxes 121, 122 and 123 of the plurality of members are connected to the pay-TV service apparatus 110 (110, 122, 123) 2, when the notification message is received from the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members, ). ≪ / RTI >

Thereafter, the user of each of the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 uses the remote control to input a button indicating that confirmation of the notification message displayed on the selected first point 210 has been completed When a confirmation completion command for the notification message is input to the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members, the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members, Message to the pay-TV service apparatus 110, and transmits the confirmation completion signal to the pay-

At this time, the completion signal confirmation unit 113 of the pay-TV service apparatus 110 transmits the notification message to the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members within a predetermined threshold time, Top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of each of the members of the mobile communication terminal.

If it is determined that the confirmation completion signal for the notification message has not been received within the predetermined threshold time from the set top box of at least one first member of the plurality of members, 111) of the at least one first member stored in association with the identification information of the at least one first member to generate a mobile communication text message including the notification message, And sends the mobile communication text message to the receiving side.

For example, when a confirmation completion signal for the notification message is not received from the set-top box of the " member 2 " due to the confirmation of the notification message by the " member 2 " 114 confirms the mobile telephone number of " member 2 " stored in association with the identification information of " member 2 " from the member database 111, generates a text message for mobile communication including the notification message, Quot; can be supported by the " member 2 " to confirm the announcement message by using his mobile phone by sending the mobile communication text message to the receiver.

In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top boxes 121, 122 and 123 of the plurality of members, when receiving the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus 110, Top boxes (121, 122, 123) of the members, and the notification message is stored in a memory mounted on each of the set-top boxes (121, 122, 123) The power of the set top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of each of the plurality of members is turned off before a confirmation completion command for the notification message is input by the user in a state of being displayed on the selected first point, When the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members are powered on, extracts the notification message stored in the memory, and transmits the extracted notification message to the selection Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > City can be displayed.

That is, when the settop box 121, 122, 123 of each of the plurality of members receives the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus 110, the notification message is transmitted to the set-top boxes 121, 122 and 123 of the first set-top box 121, 122, and 123, respectively, as shown in FIG. 2, And may display the notification message on point 210.

At this time, if the user turns off the power of each set-top box 121, 122, 123 before the user of each of the set-top boxes 121, 122, 123 inputs a confirmation completion command for the notification message, 121, 122 and 123 extracts the notification message stored on the memory and displays the extracted notification message again on the selected first point 210 when the power is turned on again later, The user of the boxes 121, 122, and 123 can confirm the notification message.

Also, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box 121, 122, 123 of each of the plurality of members transmits the notification message through the set-top box 121, 122, 123 of each of the plurality of members When the predetermined message adjustment time elapses, the image output through the set top boxes (121, 122, 123) of each of the plurality of members is displayed on the predetermined first point of the output image, A position at which a message is displayed is moved to a randomly selected first random point among a plurality of selected points and the character size of the known message is enlarged by a predetermined ratio.

In this regard, the operation of the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, for example.

2, when the notification message is displayed on the predetermined first point 210 of the image output through the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of each of the plurality of members, The set top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of each of the members of the plurality of members respectively receive the notification message from the image output through the set top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of each of the plurality of members, A position at which a message is displayed is moved to a randomly selected first random point among a plurality of selected points and the character size of the known message is enlarged by a predetermined ratio.

3, the selected plurality of points are displayed on the screen such as the top point 311, the right point 312, the bottom point 313, and the left point 314, 121, 122, and 123, for example.

Assuming that the selected message adjustment time is " 2 seconds " and that the selected ratio is 1.2 times, the set-top boxes 121, 122, When the notification message is displayed on the selected first point 210 as shown in FIG. 3, the position at which the notification message is displayed is displayed every time " 2 seconds & It is possible to move and display the randomly selected first random point among the plurality of points 311, 312, 313, and 314, and enlarge the letter size of the announced message by the predetermined ratio of 1.2 times.

If the user of each of the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 does not issue a confirmation command to the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123, the point at which the notification message is displayed is changed, The user of each of the set top boxes 121, 122, and 123 is more likely to check the notification message because the character size of the notification message is enlarged.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pay-TV service apparatus 110 may further include a table holding unit 115. Here, the known message transmitting unit 112 includes a broadcast channel information checking unit 116, An acknowledgment unit 117 and a transmission unit 118. [

The table maintenance unit 115 stores a plurality of broadcast channel information, information about cover points of the known messages corresponding to the plurality of broadcast channel information, and a table in which font information of the known message is recorded .

Regarding this, information such as the following Table 2 may be recorded in the above table.

A plurality of broadcast channel information Information about the display point of the notification message Font information for the notification message Channel 1 Top point Gothic Channel 2 Right branch Ming Channel 3 Bottom point Archery ... ... ...

At this time, the broadcasting channel confirmation unit 116 included in the notification message transmission unit 112, when a command for transmitting a notification message for the plurality of members is input by the administrator, Top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members, and confirms broadcast channel information currently being broadcasted through the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members.

The information confirming unit 117 refers to the table and stores the corresponding broadcast channel information currently broadcast through the set top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of each of the plurality of members Information on a display point of the notification message and font information on the notification message.

Then, the transmitting unit 118 transmits to the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members based on the unique information of the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members, , Transmits the notification message, information about a display point of the known message confirmed for each of the plurality of members, and font information for the notification message.

At this time, the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of each of the plurality of members receive the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus 110 and information about the display point of the notification message confirmed for each of the plurality of members And outputting the display point of the notification message, which is confirmed for each of the plurality of members, to the image output through the set top boxes (121, 122, 123) of the plurality of members, when the font information for the notification message is received, And displaying the notification message on the selected first point and displaying the font of the notification message to the font information that is confirmed for each of the plurality of members by processing the selected first point, As shown in Fig.

For example, as a result of checking the broadcast channel information currently being broadcasted through the set-top boxes 121, 122, and 123 of the plurality of members, the broadcast channel information confirmation unit 116 determines that the " 1 " and a broadcast according to a broadcast channel " Channel 2 " is received in the set top box of " Member 2 ".

At this time, the information identifying unit 117 refers to the table shown in Table 2 and extracts information about the "upper point" which is the display point of the known message corresponding to "Channel 1" for "Member 1" Quot; right message ", which is the display point of the known message corresponding to " channel 2 ", and extracts the font information for the & Can extract the font information for the font.

Thereafter, the transmission unit 118 transmits to the set top box of the " member 1 " the notification message, the information about the indication point of the notification message " upper point " and the font information for the notification message & , And transmits the notification message to the set-top box of " member 2 " and information on the display point of the notification message " right branch " and font information on the notification message "

At this time, the set-top box of "member 1" receives the notification message, the information about the display point of the notification message "top point" and the font information for the notification message "Gothic" from the pay- Quot; 311 " among the plurality of selected points 311, 312, 313, and 314 for displaying the notification message as shown in FIG. 3, The font of the message can be composed and displayed as " Gothic ".

On the other hand, the set-top box of " member 2 " receives the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus 110, information on the display point of the notification message " right branch " and font information on the notification message " 312, displaying the notification message at a " right point " 312 among a plurality of selected points 311, 312, 313 and 314 for displaying the notification message as shown in Fig. 3, The font of the notification message can be composed and displayed as " lively ".

As a result, the pay-TV service apparatus 110 according to the present invention can display the font and the point where the notification message is displayed differently according to the characteristics of the broadcast channel currently viewed by each member, The readability of the notification message can be improved by allowing the members to easily distinguish the notification message from the image.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a charged-broadcast service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S410, identification information about a plurality of members subscribed to the pay-TV service, unique information about the set-top box for receiving pay-TV broadcasts owned by each of the plurality of members, And maintains a member database in which mobile phone numbers are stored in association with each other.

In step S420, when a transmission command of a notification message for the plurality of members is input by the administrator, unique information on the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is checked from the member database, Top box of each of its members.

In step S430, whether or not a confirmation completion signal for the notification message is received from the set-top box of each of the plurality of members within a predetermined threshold time from when the notification message is transmitted to the set-top box of each of the plurality of members .

If it is determined in step S440 that the confirmation completion signal for the notification message has not been received from the set-top box of at least one first member of the plurality of members within the predetermined threshold time, The portable communication terminal generates a text message for mobile communication including the notification message by checking the mobile telephone number of the at least one first member corresponding to the identification information of the first member of the at least one first member, And sends the text message for mobile communication to the receiving side.

At this time, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box of each of the plurality of members outputs the notice message through the set-top box of each of the plurality of members when the notice message is received from the pay- And displays a confirmation completion signal for the notification message on receipt of a confirmation completion command for the notification message displayed on the first point selected by the user To the pay-TV service apparatus.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the set-top box of each of the plurality of members receives the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus, the notification message is loaded on the set- Wherein the notification message is displayed on the predetermined first point of the image output through the set top box of each of the plurality of members, When the power of the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is turned off before the set-top box is powered on, when the power of the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is turned on, the notice message stored on the memory is extracted, Can be displayed again on the selected first point.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box of each of the plurality of members may display the notification message on the predetermined first point of the image output through the set-top box of each of the plurality of members And displaying the location of the notification message on the image output through the set top box of each of the plurality of members as a randomly selected first random point among the plurality of selected points each time the predetermined message adjustment time elapses The character size of the notification message can be enlarged by a predetermined ratio.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for operating a pay broadcast service apparatus, the method comprising: receiving broadcast channel information, information about a cover point of the broadcast message corresponding to each of the plurality of broadcast channel information, And storing and maintaining a table in which font information on the message is recorded.

At this time, in step S420, when a transmission command of a notification message for the plurality of members is inputted by the manager, unique information on each set-top box of each of the plurality of members is checked from the member database, Checking broadcast channel information currently being broadcasted through a set-top box of each of the members, referring to the table, transmitting, to each of the plurality of members, Comprising the steps of: confirming information about a display point of the notification message corresponding to the channel information and font information for the notification message; and determining, based on the unique information for each of the plurality of members, For a set-top box, the announcement message and the announcement confirmed for each of the plurality of members Information to the display point of the message and may comprise transmitting the font information for the notification message.

At this time, the set-top box of each of the plurality of members receives from the pay-TV service apparatus information about the notification message, the display point of the notification message confirmed for each of the plurality of members, and font information for the notification message The display point of the notification message confirmed for each of the plurality of members is processed to the selected first point at which the notification message is to be displayed in the image output through the set top box of each of the plurality of members The notification message may be displayed on the selected first point and a font of the notification message may be composed of fonts according to the font information confirmed for each of the plurality of members.

Hereinabove, a method of operating a pay broadcast service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIG. Here, the operation method of the charged-broadcast service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the operation of the operation of the charged-broadcast service apparatus 110 described with reference to FIG. 1, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted. .

A method of operating a pay broadcast service apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by a computer program stored in a storage medium for execution through a combination with a computer.

In addition, the method of operating the charged-broadcast service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, such as specific elements, and specific embodiments and drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above- And various modifications and changes may be made thereto by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, belong to the scope of the present invention .

110: Paired broadcasting service device
111: Member Database 112: Notification Message Transmission Unit
113: Completion signal checking unit 114: Message sending unit
115: table holding unit 116: broadcast channel information checking unit
117: Information verifying unit 118: Transmitting unit
121, 122, 123: a set-top box of each of a plurality of members

Claims (12)

A pay-TV service apparatus capable of delivering a broadcast message using a set-top box,
The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the plurality of members subscribed to the pay-TV service, the unique information of the set-top box for receiving pay-TV broadcasts owned by each of the plurality of members, A member database stored correspondingly;
When a command for transmitting a notification message to the plurality of members is input by an administrator, the unique information on the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is checked from the member database to transmit the notification message to each of the plurality of members A notification message transmitting unit for transmitting the message to the settop box;
Checking whether or not a confirmation completion signal for the notification message is received from the set-top box of each of the plurality of members within a predetermined threshold time from the time when the notification message is transmitted to the set-top box of each of the plurality of members A completion signal confirmation unit; And
If it is determined from the settop box of the first member of at least one of the plurality of members that the confirmation completion signal for the notification message has not been received within the predetermined threshold time, After confirming the mobile phone number of the at least one first member stored in association with the identification information, generating a mobile communication text message including the notification message, and then transmitting the mobile phone number of the at least one first member to the receiving side A message sending unit for sending the text message for mobile communication
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The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
Displaying the announcement message on the first point of the image output through the set-top box of each of the plurality of members when receiving the announcement message from the pay-TV service apparatus, And generating a confirmation completion signal for the notification message and transmitting the acknowledgment completion signal to the pay broadcast service apparatus,
The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
When the notification message is displayed on the selected first point of the image output through the set-top box of each of the plurality of members, each time the predetermined message adjustment time elapses, And displaying the location of the announcement message on a randomly selected first random point among a plurality of selected points and displaying the announcement message at a predetermined rate, Service device. delete The method according to claim 1,
The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
Wherein when the notification message is received from the pay-TV service apparatus, the notification message is stored in a memory mounted on a set-top box of each of the plurality of members, and the notification message is transmitted to the set- The power of the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is turned off before a confirmation completion command for the notification message is input by the user in a state that the set-top box is displayed on the selected first point When the power of the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is turned on, extracts the notification message stored on the memory and displays the extracted notification message on the selected first point again And a service provider. delete The method according to claim 1,
A table holding and storing a table in which information about a plurality of broadcast channel information, a cover point of the known message corresponding to each of the plurality of broadcast channel information, and font information of the known message is recorded,
Further comprising:
The notification message transmission unit
When a command for transmitting a notification message to the plurality of members is input by the manager, unique information on the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is checked from the member database, A broadcast channel information confirmation unit for confirming broadcast channel information currently broadcasted through the broadcast channel;
Information about a display point of the announcement message corresponding to broadcast channel information being currently broadcasted through a set top box of each of the plurality of members, An information confirmation unit for confirming font information; And
For each set-top box of each of the plurality of members, based on unique information about a set-top box of each of the plurality of members, for each of the known messages and for the indication points of the notice messages identified for each of the plurality of members And a transmission unit for transmitting font information for the notification message
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The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
When receiving the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus, information about a display point of the notification message confirmed for each of the plurality of members, and font information for the notification message, Processing the display point of the announced message to the selected first point at which the announcement message is to be displayed in an image output through the set top box of each of the plurality of members so as to display the announcement message on the selected first point And displaying a font of the notification message in a font in accordance with the font information confirmed for each of the plurality of members. A method of operating a pay-TV service apparatus capable of delivering a broadcast message using a set-top box,
The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the plurality of members subscribed to the pay-TV service, the unique information of the set-top box for receiving pay-TV broadcasts owned by each of the plurality of members, Maintaining a stored member database;
When a command for transmitting a notification message to the plurality of members is input by an administrator, the unique information on the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is checked from the member database to transmit the notification message to each of the plurality of members Transmitting to a set-top box;
Checking whether or not a confirmation completion signal for the notification message is received from the set-top box of each of the plurality of members within a predetermined threshold time from the time when the notification message is transmitted to the set-top box of each of the plurality of members ; And
If it is determined from the settop box of the first member of at least one of the plurality of members that the confirmation completion signal for the notification message has not been received within the predetermined threshold time, After confirming the mobile phone number of the at least one first member stored in association with the identification information, generating a mobile communication text message including the notification message, and then transmitting the mobile phone number of the at least one first member to the receiving side And sending the text message for mobile communication
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The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
Displaying the announcement message on the first point of the image output through the set-top box of each of the plurality of members when receiving the announcement message from the pay-TV service apparatus, And generating a confirmation completion signal for the notification message and transmitting the acknowledgment completion signal to the pay broadcast service apparatus,
The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
When the notification message is displayed on the selected first point of the image output through the set-top box of each of the plurality of members, each time the predetermined message adjustment time elapses, And displaying the location of the announcement message on a randomly selected first random point among a plurality of selected points and displaying the announcement message at a predetermined rate, A method of operating a service device. delete The method according to claim 6,
The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
Wherein when the notification message is received from the pay-TV service apparatus, the notification message is stored in a memory mounted on a set-top box of each of the plurality of members, and the notification message is transmitted to the set- The power of the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is turned off before a confirmation completion command for the notification message is input by the user in a state that the set-top box is displayed on the selected first point When the power of the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is turned on, extracts the notification message stored on the memory and displays the extracted notification message on the selected first point again Wherein the method comprises the steps of: delete The method according to claim 6,
Storing and maintaining a table in which information about a plurality of broadcast channel information, a cover point of the known message corresponding to each of the plurality of broadcast channel information, and font information about the known message is recorded;
Further comprising:
Wherein the transmitting the notification message to a set-top box of each of the plurality of members comprises:
When a command for transmitting a notification message to the plurality of members is input by the manager, unique information on the set-top box of each of the plurality of members is checked from the member database, Confirming broadcast channel information currently broadcasted through the broadcast channel;
Information about a display point of the announcement message corresponding to broadcast channel information being currently broadcasted through a set top box of each of the plurality of members, Checking font information; And
For each set-top box of each of the plurality of members, based on unique information about a set-top box of each of the plurality of members, for each of the known messages and for the indication points of the notice messages identified for each of the plurality of members Information and font information for the notification message
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The set-top box of each of the plurality of members
When receiving the notification message from the pay-TV service apparatus, information about a display point of the notification message confirmed for each of the plurality of members, and font information for the notification message, Processing the display point of the announced message to the selected first point at which the announcement message is to be displayed in an image output through the set top box of each of the plurality of members so as to display the announcement message on the selected first point And displaying a font of the notification message in a font in accordance with the font information identified for each of the plurality of members. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for performing the method of any one of claims 6, 8, and 10. A computer program stored in a storage medium for executing the method of any one of claims 6, 8, or 10 through a combination with a computer.

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