KR102278623B1 - Method and system for providing contents using set top box in accommodations - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a set-top box capable of outputting content to a display device installed in one or more rooms of one or more accommodation establishments; a manager terminal provided in the accommodation establishment where the set-top box is installed; a user terminal corresponding to a user staying at the one or more accommodation establishments or requesting a reservation of the accommodation establishments; One or more of the manager content received from the manager terminal, user content received from the user terminal, affiliated broadcast content, own content including event or advertisement information, and surrounding information content of a lodging establishment in which the set-top box is installed is stored in the set-top box server to provide; There is provided a content providing system using a set-top box of a lodging establishment comprising a.

Description

A system and method for providing content using a set-top box of a lodging establishment {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS USING SET TOP BOX IN ACCOMMODATIONS}

The present invention relates to a content providing system and method using a set-top box of a lodging establishment, and more particularly, to a content providing system and method, including manager content received from a manager terminal, user content received from a user terminal, affiliated broadcast content, event or advertisement information. The present invention relates to a system and method for enabling one or more of content and surrounding information content of a lodging establishment to be reproduced on a display device of a guest room of a lodging establishment through a set-top box.

Recently, lodging establishments are equipped with a display device such as a television in each room for the convenience of customers. In this regard, since the display devices provided in the guest room have only the function of a general television, bidirectional communication is generally impossible, and only plays a broadcast or outputs the stored content. In addition, some lodging establishments collectively output information related to the corresponding lodging establishment on a display device. Korean Patent Registration No. 1572266 discloses a function of synthesizing and outputting contents provided by a hotel on a screen being broadcast using a display device installed in a guest room. However, according to such a conventional technology, content is synthesized on the screen of a general television and provided equally to all rooms, and there is a problem in that it is difficult to utilize it in a small lodging establishment.

An object of the present invention is to reproduce information desired by a user or an owner of a lodging establishment on a display device in a guest room in addition to broadcasting provided by a broadcasting company.

Another object of the present invention is to provide convenience for the use and management of accommodation establishments by using the set-top box installed in the guest room of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a set-top box capable of outputting content to a display device installed in one or more rooms of one or more accommodation establishments; a manager terminal provided in the accommodation establishment where the set-top box is installed; a user terminal corresponding to a user staying at the one or more accommodation establishments or requesting a reservation of the accommodation establishments; One or more of the manager content received from the manager terminal, user content received from the user terminal, affiliated broadcast content, own content including event or advertisement information, and surrounding information content of a lodging establishment in which the set-top box is installed is stored in the set-top box server to provide; There is provided a content providing system using a set-top box of a lodging establishment comprising a.

In the present invention, the manager terminal generates and transmits manager content to the server, and the manager content may include one or more of accommodation establishment information, room information, emergency information, announcements, and notification messages.

In the present invention, the user terminal generates and transmits user content to the server, and the user content may include accommodation reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed.

In the present invention, the server receives user content including lodging reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed from the user terminal, and determines a set-top box of the lodging establishment corresponding to the lodging reservation information, The desired content to be displayed may be transmitted to the set-top box determined with reference to the reproduction reservation information.

In the present invention, the server may determine a set-top box of the lodging establishment corresponding to the manager content, and transmit the manager content to the determined set-top box.

In the present invention, the server may determine a set-top box of the accommodation establishment corresponding to the user content, and transmit the user content to the determined set-top box.

In the present invention, the server may generate the surrounding information content based on the location of the lodging establishment and then provide it to a set-top box corresponding to the lodging establishment.

In the present invention, the affiliate broadcast content may be content transmitted from an Internet broadcasting station.

In the present invention, the self-content may be advertisement content of a lodging establishment registered in the content providing system, or event content for using the registered lodging establishment.

In the present invention, the server may receive a user request from the set-top box, and transmit the user request to the manager terminal of the lodging establishment corresponding to the user request.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: receiving a reservation request from a user terminal, generating corresponding accommodation reservation information, and transmitting the accommodation reservation information to a manager terminal of an accommodation establishment; receiving user content including the accommodation reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed from the user terminal; determining a set-top box of the accommodation establishment corresponding to the accommodation reservation information; transmitting the desired content to be displayed to the set-top box determined with reference to the reproduction reservation information; A method for providing content using a set-top box of a lodging establishment is provided, including.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, customized content registered by a user, such as a proposal image and an event image, may be reproduced on the display device of the guest room of the accommodation establishment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the manager content to be notified to the user of the lodging establishment can be output from the display device of the room without the manager installing a separate program or having a broadcast transmission method.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide two-way communication for the use and management of a lodging establishment using a set-top box.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a content providing system using a set-top box of a lodging establishment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a screen that can be output from the display device of the guest room of the accommodation establishment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a manager terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for a server to provide user content to a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0012] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0014] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0010] Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which show by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented with changes from one embodiment to another without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, it should be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention should be taken to cover the scope of the claims and all equivalents thereto. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements throughout the various aspects.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to enable those of ordinary skill in the art to easily practice the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a content providing system using a set-top box 21 of a lodging establishment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a content providing system using a set-top box 21 of a lodging establishment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server 100, a manager terminal 200 installed in the lodging establishment, a user terminal 300, It includes a set-top box 21 and a display device 22 .

First, the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the manager content received from the manager terminal, user content received from the user terminal, affiliated broadcast content, own content including event or advertisement information, and the set-top box 21 . It is possible to provide one or more of the surrounding information contents of the lodging establishment in which is installed to the set-top box 21. In addition to this, the server 100 of the reservation management service basically receives and processes a reservation request for the accommodation establishment from the user terminal. can The server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may communicate with the manager terminal 200 , the set-top box 21 , and the user terminal 300 through a known communication network. A detailed configuration of the server 100 will be described later.

Next, the manager terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a terminal that is provided in the accommodation establishment in which the set-top box 21 is installed, and corresponds to the accommodation establishment manager. Accommodation establishments according to an embodiment of the present invention may include one or more display devices 22 in a guest room, and are connected to the display device 22 to output content to the display device 22 ( 21) can be provided. In addition, at least one manager terminal 200 , a set-top box 21 and a display device 22 may be provided in the lodging establishment. In addition, the manager terminal 200 may communicate with the set-top boxes 21 installed in the lodging establishment. In the embodiment of Figure 1, although one manager terminal 200, the set-top box 21 and the display device 22 are shown in one lodging establishment, this is only for convenience of description, and a plurality of manager terminals 200 ), a set-top box 21 and a display device 22 may be provided. In particular, in general, a plurality of guest rooms exist in accommodation establishments, and a display device 22 and a set-top box 21 connected to the display device 22 may be provided in each room. The set-top box 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention can display the content provided by the server 100 on the display device 22 as well as display the content provided by the manager terminal 200 to the display device ( 22) can also be indicated.

In the following specification, communication between the server 100 and the set-top box 21 according to the embodiment may be implemented through the manager terminal 200 . For example, the server 100 providing content to the set-top box 21 may be transformed into an embodiment in which the server 100 provides the content to the manager terminal and the manager terminal provides the content.

On the other hand, the set-top box 21 (set top box) installed in the guest room of the lodging facility and capable of providing content to the display device 22 is a communication terminal for interactive multimedia communication, and a display device 22 such as a television is provided. It is a device that connects to a network to provide content, particularly video-on-demand (VOD), or enable two-way communication. The set-top box 21 is provided with a video signal reception/conversion function as a basic function in addition to communication with a video server 100 installed in a telephone company or a general cable broadcasting (CATV) station. However, the set-top box 21 is capable of interactive multimedia communication, but generally provides only the content provided by the video server 100 of a telephone company or general cable broadcasting station connected to the set-top box 21 . Accordingly, even if the accommodation establishments install the set-top box 21 in each room, only the same content provided by the broadcasting station, etc. can be output to the display device 22, and the set-top box 21 is utilized to provide content specialized to the accommodation establishment. couldn't

The present invention is characterized in that by using the set-top box 21, the content transmitted from the server 100 can be output to the display device 22 of the room using the set-top box 21 installed in the accommodation. . In more detail, one or more of the manager content received from the manager terminal, user content received from the user terminal, affiliated broadcast content, own content including event or advertisement information, and surrounding information content of the lodging establishment is provided to the set-top box 21 . , it is characterized in that it provides an invention capable of outputting contents specialized to the user using the accommodation establishment and the accommodation establishment on the display device 22 of the room. Accordingly, in the content providing system using the set-top box 21 of the accommodation establishment according to an embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the broadcast provided by the broadcasting company, the information desired by the user or the owner of the accommodation establishment is customized to the display device 22 in the room. It can be played in , and it can provide convenience for the use and management of accommodation establishments.

Next, the user terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a user terminal corresponding to a customer of the accommodation establishment, who is staying at one or more accommodation establishments, or has requested a reservation from the accommodation establishments. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal may obtain information on accommodation establishments from the server 100, request a reservation for accommodation establishments from the server 100, and check the user's own reservation information, , the user content may be generated and transmitted to the server 100 . A detailed configuration of the user terminal will be described later.

2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the server control unit 110 of the server 100 provides an interface for the server 100 to enable each unit to perform its role, and may be in charge of communication between units.

The management processor generation unit 120 may obtain information on rooms of the corresponding establishment from the establishment terminal, generate a management processor and provide it to the administrator terminal 200 . The management processor according to an embodiment of the present invention is a processor capable of integrally managing the online reservation received from the service server 100 from the user terminal 300 and the offline reservation directly input to the manager terminal 200, It can provide services for the reservation agency of the establishment and management of the room status.

Next, the reservation processing unit 130 may receive a reservation request from the user terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention and register the reservation in the management processor. In more detail, the reservation processing unit 130 may receive reservation information, reservation time, and lodging/occupancy status, process a reservation for the corresponding room, and register it in the management processor. When the reservation is registered in the management processor, the room status for the corresponding room may be changed to being reserved. That is, the server 100 may provide an integrated reservation management service to the owner of the lodging establishment and the user using the lodging establishment through the management processor generating unit 1200 and the reservation processing unit 130 .

On the other hand, the server 100 not only manages information of lodging establishments and users who have subscribed to the service provided by the content providing system of the present invention, but also a set-top box 21 installed in the lodging establishment from the manager terminal 200 . You can receive and manage information from The server 100 may manage one or more establishments, and may manage the set-top boxes 21 using a unique number of the set-top box 21 corresponding to the establishment.

Next, the self-content providing unit 140 may generate its own content including event or advertisement information and provide it to one or more set-top boxes 21 installed in rooms of the accommodation establishment. In-house content refers to content produced by the content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in addition to broadcasting transmitted from a broadcasting station, typically advertisement content of a lodging establishment registered in the content providing system of the present invention, or the registered content. It may include event content for using the accommodation. As a more specific example, advertisements for the reservation management service itself, advertisements for accommodation establishments acting on behalf of reservations, and contents for events that customers of the accommodation establishments can apply may include. In this case, the set-top box 21 that provides its own content may be the set-top box 21 of all lodging establishments subscribed to the service of the content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the server 100 provides its own content to the set-top box 21 , the set-top box 21 outputs its own content to the connected display device 22 . Thereby, it is possible to expose the guest using the room in which the set-top box 21 is installed to its own content.

3 is a view showing a screen that can be output from the display device 22 of the guest room of the accommodation establishment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 shows an example in which the content provided from the set-top box 21 and the user interface are output on the display device 22 . Referring to the screen of FIG. 3 , the display device 22 displays a service name area (a1), a content menu area (a2), weather/time information (a3), an advertisement display area (b), and an event display area (c) on the display device 22 . Contents that include it may be displayed. The embodiment of FIG. 3 is only an example for helping the understanding of the present invention, and the embodiment may be variously modified in order to carry out the configuration and purpose of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3 , a service name of the content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed in a service name area a1 , and a menu of contents or functions provided by the content providing system is displayed in a menu area a2 , , the current weather/time may be displayed in the weather/time information a3 . In addition, in the advertisement display area (b), advertisement contents may be displayed as self contents provided from the set-top box 21 , video advertisements, banner advertisements, etc. may be displayed. In addition, the event content may be displayed in the event display area c as its own content provided from the set-top box 21 . That is, as described above, the display device 22 may display its own content including advertisements, event information, weather information, etc. generated by the server 100 .

Meanwhile, FIG. 3 shows only an example of a display display for helping understanding of the present invention, and the content of the display interface and displayed content may be variously modified according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the display device 22 Single content (eg, user content, affiliate broadcast content, manager content, etc.) may be displayed on the entire screen.

Next, the user content providing unit 150 may receive the user content from the user terminal and provide the user content to the set-top box 21 corresponding to the user content. In this case, the user content may include accommodation reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed. A user according to an embodiment of the present invention may access the reservation management service of the present invention and input content desired to be displayed on the display device 22 of the room to be stayed. In this case, accommodation reservation information may be provided together to specify a room to be stayed in, and a reproduction reservation time for which content is desired to be displayed during the stay may be set together.

In a more specific example, if the user has reserved a room at yy accommodation at xx on the xxth day xx using the reservation management service and wants to display the proposal video content at xx:30, this is done using the user terminal 300 Such user content may be transmitted to the server 100 of the present invention. The user terminal 300 transmits user content including accommodation reservation information (reserving a room at yy accommodation at xx), reproduction reservation information (xx: 30 minutes), and desired content to be displayed (proposal video) to the server 100 . and the user content providing unit 150 of the server 100 provides the corresponding user content to the corresponding set-top box 21 . That is, the user content is provided to the set-top box 21 installed in the reserved room of the accommodation yy, and the set-top box 21 causes the desired content to be displayed on the display device 22 at xx:30. Through the configuration as described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to automatically reproduce the customized content registered by the user, such as a proposal image and an event image, by the display device 22 of the guest room of the accommodation establishment. The above-described desired content for display of the user content may be output as a pop-up on the screen of the display device 22 as in the embodiment of FIG. 2 or may be output as a full screen after the screen is switched.

Next, the manager content providing unit 160 may receive the manager content from the manager terminal and provide it to the set-top box 21 corresponding to the manager content. The manager content may include one or more of lodging establishment information, room information, emergency information, announcements, and notification messages.

For example, the manager content may be a notification message, and the notification message may be information that the manager of the accommodation establishment intends to deliver to current guests of the accommodation establishment. For example, the notification information providing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention receives notification information such as "30 minutes to leave" and information on a corresponding room from the manager terminal 200, and responds to the notification information. Notification information may be provided to the set-top box 21 installed in the guest room of the accommodation establishment. Accordingly, the manager of the accommodation establishment can display the notification information on the display screen installed in the guest room of the accommodation establishment without using a phone call, so that the information to be notified can be delivered to the customer in the current room without disturbing the accommodation of the customer. On the screen of the display device 22 as in the embodiment of FIG. 2 , notification information may be output as a pop-up.

Next, the affiliated content providing unit 170 may provide broadcast content affiliated with the reservation management service according to an embodiment of the present invention to one or more set-top boxes 21 . In this case, the affiliated broadcasting content may be Internet broadcasting content affiliated with the service of the content providing system of the present invention, in addition to broadcasting content provided by a terrestrial broadcasting station or a cable broadcasting station. More specifically, the affiliated broadcasting contents may include contents of Internet broadcasting stations such as GomTV, YouTube, AfricaTV, and the like, and broadcasting of personal media. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to use the set-top box 21 to provide broadcast content that is not provided by the existing terrestrial waves and cables. In this case, the affiliated content providing unit may provide the affiliated broadcast content to the set-top box 21 of all lodging establishments subscribed to the reservation management service according to an embodiment of the present invention. On the screen of the display device 22 as in the embodiment of FIG. 3 , the user may select a menu such as 'GOM TV' or 'Can TV' to view the associated content.

Next, the surrounding information providing unit 180 may generate surrounding information based on the location of the lodging establishment and then provide it to the set-top box 21 corresponding to the lodging establishment. The surrounding information may include restaurants, tourist attractions, traffic information, and the like, around the lodging establishment. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the surrounding information providing unit may identify the location of the lodging establishment, and provide the surrounding information of the lodging establishment to the set-top box 21 installed in the lodging establishment. As a result, customers staying at the lodging establishment can immediately know the surrounding information from the display device 22 . Although not shown on the screen of the display device 22 as in the embodiment of FIG. 3, the user can obtain information about the surrounding environment of the accommodation establishment by selecting a menu corresponding to 'neighborhood information' among the accommodation establishments and menus. .

Next, the user input transfer unit 190 may receive the user input from the set-top box 21 and transmit the user input to the manager terminal 200 corresponding to the user input. According to an embodiment of the present invention, since the set-top box 21 is connected to the display device 22 , the user may input a user request with the display device 22 . Accordingly, when the user inputs a user input to the display device 22 , the set-top box 21 may transmit the user input to the server 100 . The server 100 receiving the user input transmits the configuration user input to the manager terminal corresponding to the user input, that is, the manager terminal of the accommodation establishment in which the set-top box 21 having the user input is installed.

The user request according to an embodiment of the present invention may be that a guest currently tied to a lodging establishment requests matters necessary for the lodging establishment. For example, the user request may be a towel addition request, a waiting time extension request, a wake-up call request, etc., and the corresponding user request may be directly inputted from the display device 22 , and the input user request may be the manager terminal 200 or the server (100). As a result, the user currently tied to the lodging establishment may input the request through the display device 22 without having to separately transmit the request through a phone call to the front of the lodging establishment.

4 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a manager terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The manager terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention generates and transmits manager content to the server 100 or receives a user request from the server 100 or the set-top box 21 . In addition, the manager terminal may perform a general function required for the management of the accommodation establishment that manages the reservation status of the room status. To this end, the manager terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a manager terminal control unit 210 , a business information providing unit 220 , a management processor obtaining unit 230 , a manager content generating unit 240 , and a user request. and a receiver 250 .

First, the manager terminal control unit 210 provides an interface that allows each unit of the manager terminal 200 to perform its role, and may be in charge of communication between the respective units.

In addition, the establishment information providing unit 220 of the manager terminal 200 provides the service server 100 with information related to the corresponding accommodation establishment and rooms of the accommodation establishment. The lodging business information provided by the lodging establishment can be all information related to the business such as location, name, and phone number, and the room information can be all information related to the room, such as the number of rooms, room type, room number, availability, etc. And, the server 100 may generate the above-described management processor based on the room information. That is, the establishment information providing unit 220 may provide information on the accommodation establishment so that the server 100 can generate the above-described reservation management processor.

In addition, the management processor acquisition unit 230 acquires the management processor generated by the service server 100, displays it on the display screen of the manager terminal 200, and displays the changed portion of the management processor according to the manager's input to the server 100 send to That is, the manager of the accommodation establishment may use the reservation management service of the content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention by using the management processor acquired by the management processor acquiring unit 230 . In addition, the management processor acquisition unit 230 may transmit the changed room status to the service server 100 when there is a request from the manager of the accommodation establishment. For example, in addition to booking a room online, room reservation may occur offline, such as by phone reservation. In this case, the management processor acquiring unit 230 transmits to the service server 100 by registering that the reservation is registered in the corresponding room to the management processor, so that the room status managed by the management processor is synchronized even when the room status is changed offline. can

Next, the manager content generating unit 240 generates the manager content and transmits it to the server 100 . In this case, the manager content may include at least one of lodging establishment information, room information, emergency situation information, a notice, or a notification message to be delivered to a user of an individual room.

In more detail, the manager content generation unit 240 may generate accommodation establishment information and transmit it to the server 100 . The lodging establishment information may include general information that the manager of the lodging establishment wants to inform guests about the lodging establishment, such as an address, a phone number, a theme of the accommodation establishment, a photo or video of the accommodation establishment, and the like. Accordingly, the guests of the corresponding accommodation establishment can know information about the accommodation through the display device 22 of the room.

Also, the manager content generating unit may generate room information and transmit it to the server 100 . The room information may include information such as room type, room amenities, room size, room location, room number, room photos and videos, which are general information that the manager of the accommodation facility wants to inform guests about the room of the accommodation facility. . Accordingly, the guests of the corresponding accommodation establishment can know information about the room currently staying in the room display device 22 .

In addition, the manager content generating unit 240 may generate emergency situation information or notice and transmit it to the server 100 . The emergency situation information may include information on a response method and an evacuation plan in case of an emergency so that a notification appears on the display device 22 of the guest rooms when an emergency situation occurs in the accommodation establishment. The notice may display a notice that the manager of the accommodation establishment wants to notify to the guests of the accommodation establishment.

In addition, the manager content generator 240 may generate a notification message to be delivered to the user of the individual room. As an example of the notification message to be delivered to the user of the individual room, there may be a welcome message upon entering the room, a message informing the end time of the waiting room, or a message informing that the check-out time has elapsed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, since it is possible to individually provide content to the set-top box 21 installed in each guest room, the manager content generator 240 may generate a notification message and transmit it to the server 100 . . For example, the notification message may be "10 minutes left to finish the room." This message may be provided to the set-top box 21 of the corresponding room and displayed on the display device 22 .

According to an embodiment of the present invention described above, after the manager content generating unit 240 transmits the generated manager content to the server 100 , the server 100 transmits the manager content to the corresponding set-top box 21 . However, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the manager content generation unit 240 may directly transmit the manager content to the corresponding set-top box (21).

Next, the user request receiving unit 250 may receive a user request from the server 100 . In this case, the user request may be that the set-top box 21 transmits a request input by the user using the display device 22 to the server 100 . For example, the user may input an additional towel request, a stay extension request, a water request, etc. using the display device 22 , and the request is transmitted to the manager terminal 200 through the set-top box 21 and the server 100 . ) can be passed to Alternatively, the request may be directly transmitted to the manager terminal 200 through the set-top box 21 . The manager terminal receiving the user request displays the corresponding content on the screen of the manager terminal 200 so that the manager of the accommodation establishment can know the user request.

5 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention obtains information of accommodation establishments from the server 100 , transmits a reservation request to the server 100 according to a user input, and makes a reservation of the user from the server 100 . The status may be received and displayed, and user content to be displayed on the display device 22 of the guest room of the accommodation establishment may be generated and transmitted to the server 100 . To this end, the user terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal control unit 310 , a business information acquisition unit 320 , a reservation request unit 330 , a reservation status check unit 340 , and user content generation. part 350 .

First, the user terminal control unit 310 provides an interface that enables each unit of the user terminal 300 to perform its role, and may be in charge of communication between the respective units.

The establishment information acquisition unit 320 obtains and displays information of the lodging establishments that can be reserved from the server 100 . As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 100 can provide a reservation management service for lodging establishments, and thus can provide information on available lodging establishments in response to a user's query.

Next, the reservation request unit 330 transmits the reservation request of the user to the server 100 by designating a reservationable accommodation establishment, a room type, an accommodation type, and an accommodation time. The room type is a type of rooms provided in the accommodation establishment, and the accommodation type may be overnight accommodation or part-time rental.

Next, the reservation status check unit 340 may output the status of reservations completed by the user of the user terminal using the reservation management service provided by the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the reservation status of users may be provided from the server 100 .

Next, the user content generating unit 350 generates user content and transmits it to the server 100 . In this case, the user content may be content that a user who uses the accommodation establishment wants to be displayed on the display device 22 of the room in which the user is staying. For example, when the user desires to display the user content at a specific time on the display device 22 of the room in which the user is staying or is planning to stay, the user content may be generated. The user content may include accommodation reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed. The server 100 receiving the user content determines the set-top box 21 corresponding to the display device 22 to display the content based on the lodging reservation information, and transmits the user content to the corresponding set-top box 21. , the requested content can be displayed in the room and time desired by the user.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which the server 100 provides user content to the set-top box 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the reservation processing unit 130 of the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a reservation request from the user terminal 300 , generates corresponding accommodation reservation information, and stores the accommodation reservation information. It is transmitted to the manager terminal of the establishment (S1). That is, when a user requests a reservation of a lodging establishment from the server 100 using the user terminal 300, the lodging reservation information is registered according to the reservation contents and registered in the management processor, and the changed contents of the management processor are transferred to the manager terminal ( 200) is provided.

Next, the user content providing unit 150 of the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives user content including lodging reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed from the user terminal 300 ( S2). In this case, as described above, the desired content to be displayed is the content desired to be reproduced according to the reproduction reservation information on the display device 22 of the guest room of the lodging establishment reserved by the user.

Next, the user content providing unit 150 of the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention determines the set-top box 21 of the lodging establishment corresponding to the lodging reservation information (S3). Since the user content includes accommodation reservation information, it is possible to determine the set-top box 21 connected to the display device 22 of the room in which the content is to be displayed. In this case, the server 100 may determine the set-top box 21 by receiving the specified room information according to the lodging reservation information from the manager terminal 200 .

Next, the user content providing unit 150 of the server 100 transmits the desired content to be displayed to the set-top box 21 determined with reference to the reproduction reservation information (S4). In this case, the content desired to be displayed may be transmitted at a time at which the user desires the content to be reproduced using the reproduction reservation information. Alternatively, after the reproduction reservation information and the desired content to be displayed are transmitted to the set-top box 21 , the desired content to be displayed may be reproduced in the set-top box 21 at a predetermined time.

Finally, the display device 22 provided in the guest room of the lodging establishment may reproduce the content desired for display of the user content according to the reproduction reservation information ( S5 ). That is, while the user stays in the guest room, the desired content to be displayed may be reproduced on the display device 22 of the guest room at a desired time.

The specific implementations described in the present invention are only examples, and do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way. For brevity of the specification, descriptions of conventional electronic components, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of the systems may be omitted. In addition, the connection or connection members of the lines between the components shown in the drawings exemplarily represent functional connections and/or physical or circuit connections, and in an actual device, various functional connections, physical connections that are replaceable or additional may be referred to as connections, or circuit connections. In addition, unless there is a specific reference such as “essential” or “importantly”, it may not be a necessary component for the application of the present invention.

In the specification of the present invention (especially in the claims), the use of the term “above” and similar referential terms may be used in both the singular and the plural. In addition, when a range is described in the present invention, it includes the invention to which individual values belonging to the range are applied (unless there is a description to the contrary), and each individual value constituting the range is described in the detailed description of the invention. . Finally, the steps constituting the method according to the present invention may be performed in an appropriate order unless explicitly stated or contrary to the order of the steps constituting the method. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order in which the steps are described. The use of all examples or exemplary terms (eg, etc.) in the present invention is merely for the purpose of describing the present invention in detail, and unless the scope of the present invention is limited by the examples or exemplary terms, unless it is limited by the claims. it is not In addition, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications, combinations, and changes may be made in accordance with design conditions and factors within the scope of the appended claims or their equivalents.

The embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include hard disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magneto-optical media such as floppy disks. medium), and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. A hardware device may be converted into one or more software modules to perform processing in accordance with the present invention, and vice versa.

In the above, the present invention has been described with reference to specific matters such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but these are only provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and the present invention Those of ordinary skill in the art to which this belongs can make various modifications and changes from these descriptions.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and not only the claims described below, but also all ranges equivalent to or changed from these claims are within the scope of the spirit of the present invention. will be said to belong

100: server
200: administrator terminal
300: user terminal
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Claims (11)

a set-top box capable of outputting content to a display device installed in one or more rooms of one or more accommodation establishments;
a manager terminal provided in a lodging establishment in which the set-top box is installed;
a user terminal corresponding to a user staying at the one or more accommodation establishments or making a reservation request to the accommodation establishments;
One or more of the manager content received from the manager terminal, user content received from the user terminal, affiliated broadcast content, self-content including event or advertisement information, and surrounding information content of the accommodation establishment in which the set-top box is installed is stored in the set-top box server to provide;
including,
The user terminal generates user content and transmits it to the server,
The user content includes accommodation reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed,
The set-top box reproduces the user content with reference to the reproduction reservation information on a display device provided in a room reserved by the user of the accommodation establishment in response to receiving the user content from the server,
The server receives user content including accommodation reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and display desired content from the user terminal, determines a set-top box of the accommodation establishment corresponding to the accommodation reservation information, and provides the reproduction reservation information Transmitting the desired content to be displayed to the set-top box determined by reference, receiving a user request from the set-top box, and transmitting the user request to the manager terminal of the lodging establishment corresponding to the user request,
The user request is a content providing system using a set-top box of a lodging establishment that includes at least one of a towel addition request, a waiting time extension request, or a wake-up call request. The method of claim 1,
The manager terminal generates manager content and transmits it to the server,
The manager content includes at least one of lodging establishment information, room information, emergency information, announcements, and notification messages, a content providing system using a lodging establishment's set-top box. delete delete The method of claim 1,
The server determines the set-top box of the accommodation establishment corresponding to the manager content, and transmits the manager content to the determined set-top box, a content providing system using the set-top box of the accommodation establishment. The method of claim 1,
The server determines the set-top box of the accommodation establishment corresponding to the user content, and transmits the user content to the determined set-top box, a content providing system using a set-top box of the accommodation establishment. The method of claim 1,
The server, based on the location of the lodging establishment, generates the surrounding information content, and then provides it to a set-top box corresponding to the lodging establishment, a content providing system using a set-top box of the accommodation establishment. The method of claim 1,
The affiliated broadcast content is content transmitted from an Internet broadcasting station, a content providing system using a set-top box of a lodging establishment. The method of claim 1,
The content providing system using the set-top box of the lodging establishment, wherein the self-content is advertisement content of a lodging establishment registered in the content providing system, or event content for using the registered lodging establishment. delete receiving a reservation request from the user terminal, generating corresponding accommodation reservation information, and transmitting the accommodation reservation information to a manager terminal of the accommodation establishment;
receiving user content including the accommodation reservation information, reproduction reservation information, and desired content to be displayed from the user terminal;
determining a set-top box of the accommodation establishment corresponding to the accommodation reservation information;
transmitting the desired content to be displayed to the set-top box determined with reference to the reproduction reservation information; and
Receiving a user request from the set-top box, comprising the step of transmitting the user request to the manager terminal of the lodging establishment corresponding to the user request,
The user request includes at least one of a towel addition request, a waiting time extension request, or a wake-up call request,
The user content is generated by the user terminal,
The determined set-top box reproduces the user content with reference to the reproduction reservation information on a display device provided in a room reserved by the user of the accommodation establishment, a content providing method using a set-top box of the accommodation establishment.

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