KR102385683B1 - Method and apparatus for providing contents viewing terminal using access point - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router, and more particularly, to a terminal determined to actually view content from among the content information viewed through the IPTV and the terminals accessing or attempting to access the router using the router. The present invention relates to a method for providing a content viewing terminal capable of providing information on a viewing terminal to a service device by checking and to an apparatus therefor.

Description

Method and device for providing content viewing terminal using a router {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS VIEWING TERMINAL USING ACCESS POINT}

The present invention relates to a method of providing a content viewing terminal using a router, and more particularly, determining a terminal watching an IPTV linked to a set-top box connected to the router among terminals in which a router for a wireless LAN service exists in the vicinity; To a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router capable of providing various services related to the terminal through information on the viewing terminal confirmed using the router, and an apparatus therefor.

The content described in this section merely provides background information for the present embodiment and does not constitute the prior art.

Due to the rapid development of information and communication technology, various types of terminal devices such as mobile communication terminals and personal computers are being implemented to perform various functions.

Recently, with the increase in network speed and the spread of terminals such as smart phones and tablet PCs, service providers are providing various services based on information about terminals.

On the other hand, IPTV (Internet Protocol TeleVision) service is an interactive television service provided using a network such as an IP network, and it is possible to provide various additional services through the convergence of communication and broadcasting, and to easily expand and accommodate subscribers and broadcast contents. It is an Internet-based convergence service that can

In addition, wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) is a technology that enables wireless access to the Internet in a home, business, or specific service area using a terminal based on radio frequency technology, and is well known as Wi-Fi. , the terminal can access the Internet through a router (Access Point, AP).

In most homes, wired/wireless LAN service is provided by connecting an external Internet (optical cable, coaxial cable, telephone line, etc.) to the router. The IPTV service as described above is provided by connecting with a cable or the like.

Currently, when target advertisements are provided using IPTV services, advertisements generated based on information of IPTV subscribers are provided. In addition, since the standard for counting the number of viewers, such as the real-time audience rating provided by the current IPTV service, is based on the set-top box, if there are multiple viewers for one set-top box in one household, it may differ from the actual number of viewers. Even in the case of statistical data based on viewing, since the information of the IPTV subscriber is the standard, if the IPTV subscriber is not an actual viewer, incorrect statistical information accumulates and the information analyzed based on it is also inaccurate.

That is, since all of the various supplementary services provided based on the IPTV service are based on the IPTV subscriber's information, when the IPTV subscriber is not an actual viewer, the targeting effect or accuracy of the supplementary service is deteriorated.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Patent No. 10-2008-017662, published on February 27, 2008 (Title: IPTV service system and network, content and data transmission/reception method)

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for providing a content viewing terminal using a router that collects actual viewer information, not IPTV subscriber information, and provides it as a service device. There is this.

At this time, the real viewer uses the router to determine the terminal of the actual viewer who watches IPTV by judging among the terminals connected to the router among the terminals around the router or the terminals attempting to connect to the router, so that the router can provide additional services. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a content viewing terminal using the method and an apparatus for the same.

However, the object of the present invention is not limited to the above object, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood from the following description.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, there is provided a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router, the method comprising: receiving, by the router, content related information from the set-top box; checking a viewing channel and content broadcast on the channel in real time using the content-related information; determining a viewing terminal for viewing the content checked in real time among terminals existing in the vicinity; and confirming the identification information of the viewing terminal, mapping it together with the viewing channel and content, and transmitting the mapping information to the service device.

In addition, the step of registering the identification information of the terminal of the predetermined specific user; and mapping the information on the specific user with the identification information of the terminal and registering the information, wherein the step of transmitting to the service device includes, wherein the identification information of the viewing terminal matches the identification information of the previously registered terminal In this case, information on the mapped user may be transmitted together.

In addition, the identification information of the terminal can be managed by converting it into unique identification information for each user.

In addition, the determining of the viewing terminal may include measuring a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) for a terminal connected to the router from among the terminals existing in the vicinity, and converting a terminal in which the RSSI is equal to or greater than a preset value to a viewing terminal. can judge

In addition, the determining of the viewing terminal may include measuring the RSSI of a probe request message received from a terminal existing in the vicinity, and determining a terminal having the RSSI equal to or greater than a preset value as the viewing terminal.

In addition, after transmitting to the service device, the method may further include receiving an advertisement targeted to the viewing terminal from the service device and providing the advertisement to the viewing terminal.

A router according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes: a content confirmation unit for receiving content-related information from a set-top box and confirming a viewing channel and content broadcast on the channel; a terminal check unit for controlling access to terminals existing in the vicinity; Control of determining the viewing terminal viewing the content corresponding to the content-related information from among the terminals identified through the terminal confirmation unit, confirming the identification information of the viewing terminal, mapping the content-related information together with the content-related information, and transmitting to the service device It may include a viewing terminal management unit.

Additionally, the present invention can provide a computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method as described above is recorded.

According to the method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router of the present invention and an apparatus therefor, by using the router, the content information viewed through the IPTV and the terminal determined to actually view the content among the terminals accessing or attempting to access the router are checked. Information on the viewing terminal may be provided to the service device.

In addition, since it is based on the information of the terminal that is determined to be actually viewed among the terminals around the router, it is possible to provide effective targeted advertisements and provide additional services with higher accuracy, such as being able to count the actual number of viewers.

In addition, various effects other than the above-described effects may be directly or implicitly disclosed in the detailed description according to embodiments of the present invention to be described later.

1 is a system configuration diagram for supporting a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart for confirming a viewing terminal determined to be actually viewed from among the terminals around the router according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a data flow diagram between devices illustrating a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram illustrating a router according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to clarify the characteristics and advantages of the problem solving means of the present invention, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to specific embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

However, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations that may obscure the gist of the present invention in the following description and accompanying drawings will be omitted. Also, it should be noted that, throughout the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible.

The terms or words used in the present specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to their ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventor is appropriate as a concept of terms for describing his invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined in

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention. It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

In addition, terms including ordinal numbers such as 1st, 2nd, etc. are used to describe various components, and are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components, and to limit the components. not used For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the second component may be referred to as the first component, and similarly, the first component may also be referred to as the second component.

In addition, when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another element, it means that it is logically or physically connected or can be connected. In other words, it should be understood that a component may be directly connected or connected to another component, but another component may exist in between, and may be indirectly connected or connected.

In addition, the terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In addition, terms such as "unit", "group", and "module" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

In addition, embodiments within the scope of the present invention include computer-readable media having or carrying computer-executable instructions or data structures stored in the computer-readable media. Such computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer system. By way of example, such computer-readable media may be in the form of RAM, ROM, EPROM, CD-ROM, or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage, or computer-executable instructions, computer-readable instructions, or data structures. It may include, but is not limited to, a physical storage medium such as any other medium that can be used to store or convey any program code means in .

Now, a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router according to an embodiment of the present invention and an apparatus therefor will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a system configuration diagram for supporting a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system supporting a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a router 100 , a terminal 200 , a set-top box (STB, 300 ) and an IPTV 400 . can be configured. Additionally, the system of the present invention may be configured to include a variety of service devices 500 capable of providing additional services such as ratings aggregation and target advertisement using information received from the router 200 .

Briefly describing each component, the router 100 is a device that connects the network 600 and the terminal 200 so that the terminal 200 can use a communication service such as a wireless LAN. It may be referred to as an access point (AP) or the like.

Access control between the router 100 and the terminal 200 requires a procedure of discovery, authentication, and connection, and in this case, discovery may be described as passive or active discovery.

Basically, all routers 100 generate a beacon signal periodically notifying that a service is being performed, and passive scanning is performed by the terminal 200 receiving a beacon signal from the router 100 in the vicinity of the router 100 It means to check the presence or not, active scanning means that the terminal 200 transmits a probe request to the router 100 and receives a response to the probe request from the router 100 directly to the neighboring router 100. It refers to the method of attempting to access information by acquiring information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to check whether the terminal 200 is actually watching the IPTV 400, active among the terminals 200 not yet connected, not only the terminal 200 connected to the router 100. By using a part of the discovery process, the router 100 may determine the viewing terminal based on the signal strength (RSSI) of the probe request message transmitted from the terminal 200 to the router 100 .

A more specific operation in the router 100 will be described later.

In the system of the present invention, the STB 300 is connected to the router 100 , and an IPTV service can be provided by connecting the IPTV 400 to the STB 300 with an HDMI cable or the like.

The STB 300 and the IPTV 400 may be connected to a router by a wired/wireless LAN to provide an IPTV service in a multicasting manner through the network 600 .

The terminal 200 is a device that uses a communication service by accessing the network 600 through the router 100 . For example, the terminal 200 may use a communication service using Wi-Fi via the router 100 .

The terminal 200 used in the present invention is a device that can transmit and receive various data via the network 600 according to the user's key operation, and mainly uses wired and wireless communication services such as smart phones, tablet PCs, and smart watches. It includes all devices, and may include laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), etc.

In addition, the terminal 200 is a device for performing voice or data communication using the network 600 , and a browser, program and It refers to a device having a memory for storing protocols, and a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs.

On the other hand, the terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the router 100 is present in the vicinity of the router 100, a viewer watching the IPTV 400 linked to the STB 300 connected to the router 100. When it is checked among users of the terminal 200 and provides the service device 500 with information about the user of the terminal 200 and content related information viewed through the IPTV 400, the service device 500 generates based on this information. It can be provided to the user by receiving and outputting the additional service through the router 100 .

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, there may be a plurality of terminals 200 as shown, and the router may connect to one or more terminals 200 to provide communication services, and users of each terminal 200 and IPTV Applicants may be different.

The service device 500 is a server on the side of a service provider that can use additional services by using related information, such as information on the actual viewing terminal provided from the router 100, information on the user of the terminal, and information on viewing content. .

For example, the service device 500 may be a server of an IPTV service provider that calculates statistics on real-time audience ratings for each channel by using the received information, or the service device 500 provides information on viewing content and user information. It may be an advertisement platform server that provides target advertisements based on it, or may be a server capable of providing various additional services based on information about the user of the terminal 200 and information on viewing contents. In addition, the service device 500 may distribute an application that can use the additional service in the terminal 200 .

The router 100, the service device 500, and the terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention transmit and receive various information through the network 600, and the network 600 at this time is a WLAN such as Wi-Fi. It is preferable to use a wireless communication method, but is not limited thereto, and a wired communication method such as Ethernet may be used according to a system implementation method.

In addition, the network 600 of the present invention includes, for example, a plurality of access networks (not shown) and a core network (not shown), and may be configured to include an external network, for example, an Internet network (not shown).

The terminal 200 and the service device 500 according to the present invention are equipped with one or more processors, and can perform the functions according to the present invention described below by processing a program command for executing the method according to the present invention. . In one implementation, the processor may be a single-threaded processor, and in another implementation, the processor may be a multi-threaded processor. Furthermore, the processor may process instructions stored in a memory or a storage device.

Hereinafter, a basic flow of a method for providing a content viewing terminal using the router 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 .

In the vicinity of the router 100 , it is assumed that users of one or more terminals 200 are watching IPTV connected to the same router 100 .

First, the router 100 receives content related information currently being transmitted through IPTV from the STB 300 (S21). The content-related information may include an IP address of a currently viewed channel and a broadcast program schedule such as an electronic program guide (EPG).

The IPTV service provided by the multicasting method performs communication based on Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) for supporting multicast between the router 100 , the STB 300 , and the IPTV 400 .

Since an IP address is assigned to each channel, the STB 300 receives a multicast stream using the corresponding IP address based on IGMP and can receive a service through the IPTV 400 . In this case, the router 100 according to the present invention may acquire an IP address for a channel being viewed through the IPTV 400 , and may also acquire an EPG, which is a broadcast program schedule, as content-related information.

The router can check the IP address of the channel being broadcast through the IPTV 400 and the content currently being broadcast on the channel by using the received content-related information (S 22).

In this case, the viewer currently watching the content broadcast through the IPTV 400 may be different from the IPTV service subscriber. Therefore, in order to determine the viewer who is actually watching, the router 100 of the present invention determines the terminal 200 watching from among one or more terminals 200 existing around the router 100 (S23).

A method of determining the terminal 200 that is being viewed is described with reference to FIG. 3 , the router 100 identifies a previously connected terminal 200 among one or more terminals 200 existing in the vicinity, or the router 100 ) senses the WLAN control message transmitted and received with the terminal 200 (S 31).

As described above, the WLAN control message may be a message transmitted and received between the router 100 and the terminal 200 in a scanning procedure for access, and in an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal 200 existing around the router 100 is Although not yet connected to the router 100, it may be a probe request message transmitted to the router 100 in the process of active scanning for access.

Since the MAC address of the terminal 200 is included in the probe request message used when the terminal 200 requests information from the router 100 , it is possible to identify which terminal 200 the probe request is from.

In addition, the probe request message may include a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) field that is received signal strength.

The router 100 determines whether the terminal 200 is watching the IPTV 400 connected to the router 100 by checking the previously connected terminal 200 or sensing a probe request message.

Specifically, in the case of the terminal 200 previously connected to the router 100, it periodically exchanges data or control messages with the router 100, and the router 100 measures the RSSI of a signal for the data or control message. can do. Alternatively, even if it is not the connected terminal 200 , there may be a user of the terminal 200 watching the IPTV 400 around the router 100 . In this case, the router 100 may measure the RSSI of the probe request message transmitted by the terminal 200 (S 32).

It is determined whether the RSSI for the connected terminal or the terminal attempting to access exceeds a preset value (S 33), and if it exceeds, watch within a certain distance with the router 100, that is, within a certain distance with the IPTV 400 Since it can be regarded as the terminal 200 that is doing it, it is determined that the terminal 200 connected to the terminal having an RSSI of a certain size or more or the terminal 200 that is attempting to access transmitting the probe request message is the viewing terminal (S34). In this case, the reference value of the RSSI may be set in the RSSI field of the data or control message, the RSSI field in the probe request message, and may be stored in the router 100 itself.

Referring back to FIG. 2 , the router 100 provides information on the terminal 200 determined to be currently watching the IPTV 400 together with the content-related information received from the STB 300 to the service device 500 . can do.

Here, the information on the terminal 200 may be a MAC address that is identification information about the terminal itself capable of identifying the terminal 200 . On the other hand, when the MAC address is exposed to the outside, there may be a problem that security is weak because it may become information that can identify an individual user, so the router 100 performs hashing of the MAC address of the terminal 200 . It can be managed by converting it into a UUID (Universally Unique ID), which is a unique ID. UUID is 128-bit, expressed in 32 hexadecimal numbers, and is expressed by separating 5 groups of 8-4-4-4-12 with a total of 36 characters separated by hyphens. If the MAC address for the terminal 200 is converted and managed according to the UUID standard, uniqueness is satisfied and security can be maintained because there is no fear of exposing the actual MAC address to the outside.

Meanwhile, the information on the viewing terminal 200 may further include information about the user of the terminal 200 as well as information for identifying the terminal 200 itself.

Information on the user may be information such as age and gender of the user using the terminal 200 , which may be mapped together with identification information of the terminal 200 and registered in the router 100 . That is, by pre-inputting information on the members who watch the IPTV 400 in one household into the router 100, the router 100 provides identification information of the terminal 200 that is actually watching the IPTV 400 as well as the identification information. Instead, when the identification information of the corresponding terminal 200 matches the identification information of the terminal 200 of the previously registered member, information on the corresponding member that is mapped and stored together may also be transmitted to the service device 500 .

For example, if the service device 500 is a server of the IPTV service provider that calculates the IPTV 400 viewer rating, it may be possible to provide detailed statistical data for each age and gender using additional information such as age and gender. In addition, when the service device 500 is an advertisement targeting server, an advertisement more suitable for the user of the terminal 200 can be targeted in consideration of additional information, thereby enhancing the advertisement effect.

Hereinafter, a data flow between devices according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 by taking the case in which the service device 500 is an advertisement targeting server as an example.

Referring to FIG. 4 , there are terminals 1 200a and 200b that are different terminals around the router, terminal 1 200a is a terminal connected to the router 100, and terminal 2 200b is a router ( 100) is assumed to be a terminal attempting to access and described.

First, the router 100 may receive identification information of the terminal 200, such as a MAC address, and user information, such as age or gender, registered from the user and manage them (S41). As described above, the router 100 may convert the identification information of the terminal 200 into a UUID and manage it.

Terminal 1 200a is connected to the router according to the connection process of the probe request and response, the authentication request and response, and the connection request and response between the router 100 and the terminal 200 (S 42).

Both terminal 1 200a and terminal 2 200b are watching the IPTV 400 connected to the router 100 through the STB 300 (S 43 and 44), and the router 100 is connected to the IPTV 400 through the IPTV 400 . The transmitted content-related information is received from the STB 300 (S45). The content-related information may be an EPG capable of confirming IP information and a broadcast program on a channel currently being transmitted through the IPTV 400 .

On the other hand, since the terminal 2 200b is a terminal that exists in the vicinity of the router 100 but has not yet connected to the router 100, it actively scans itself to request information of the router 100 in the vicinity, and the terminal 2 ( 200b ) transmits a probe request message including identification information of itself to the router 100 ( S46 ). The probe request message includes an RSSI field, and the router 100 measures the RSSI of the signal for the probe request message received from the terminal 2 200b. It is determined that the terminal is watching the IPTV 400 (S47). In addition, it is determined that the previously connected terminal 1 200a is also a terminal watching the IPTV 400 (S47).

The router 100 transmits information on terminal 1 (200a) and terminal 2 (200b), which are determined to be viewing terminals, with the content-related information received from the STB (300), which the two terminals are watching through the IPTV (400), and Together with the service device 500, that is, the advertisement is transmitted to the targeting server (S48).

The service device 500 serving as an advertisement targeting server may analyze the received information to generate target advertisements 1 and 2 suitable for each user of the terminal 1 200a and the terminal 2 200b (S 49). The generated target advertisement for each terminal is transmitted to the corresponding terminal through the router 100 (S 50, 51).

As described above, according to the present invention, information on the terminal 200 that actually views the content using the router 100 can be provided to the service device 500 serving as an advertisement targeting server. As opposed to providing targeted advertisements based on a target advertisement, it is possible to provide targeted advertisements to actual viewers, thereby enhancing advertisement effectiveness.

Hereinafter, the main configuration of the router 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described from a logical point of view with reference to FIG. 5 .

Referring to FIG. 5 , the router 100 of the present invention may include a content confirmation unit 110 , a terminal confirmation unit 120 , a viewing terminal management unit 130 , and an information management unit 140 .

The content check unit 110 is configured to receive content-related information from the STB 300 connected to the router 100 and check the content currently transmitted through the IPTV 400 . In order to check the content to be transmitted, the content-related information may include channel IP information and EPG. Accordingly, the content check unit 110 uses the content-related information to check the currently viewed channel and the content broadcast on the channel in real time. , and the viewing channel and broadcast content are transmitted to the viewing terminal management unit 130 .

The terminal check unit 120 is configured to control an access procedure between the router 100 and the peripheral terminals 200 through an active or passive scanning process with the terminal 200 . The terminal check unit 120 checks the identification information of the previously connected terminal 200 and the identification information of the terminal 200 that transmits the probe request message through sensing the WLAN control message, and transmits it to the viewing terminal manager 130 .

The viewing terminal management unit 130 determines a viewing terminal considered to be currently watching the IPTV 400 among the terminals 200 checked through the terminal identification unit 120 , and provides information on the terminal 200 . It controls transmission of the currently viewed content related information received from the content check unit 110 to the service device 500 .

The viewing terminal management unit 130 checks the RSSI of a signal for a previously connected terminal 200 or a signal for a probe request message received from a terminal 200 that is not yet connected, and when the RSSI exceeds a preset value, It can be determined that the corresponding terminal 200 is a viewing terminal.

The information management unit 140 is configured to manage identification information such as the MAC address of the terminal 200 as a separate ID for uniqueness and security. The information management unit 140 may manage by converting the MAC address into a UUID through hashing.

In addition, the information management unit 140 may store and manage information about a specific user by pre-registering information on a predetermined specific user, such as a member of a household in which the STB 300 and the IPTV 400 are installed. In this case, the identification information of the terminal 200 and additional information about the user who uses the terminal 200, for example, information such as gender or age, may be mapped and managed.

The information management unit 140 may separately store a hashing algorithm for converting to UUID, a device or program capable of storing and managing the registered information, and the like.

If the terminal determined as the terminal 200 viewing the content is a terminal for a specific user registered and stored in the information management unit 140, the viewing terminal management unit 130 may include identification information of the corresponding terminal 200 together with the terminal. Transmission of mapped user information to the service device 500 may be controlled.

As described above, a method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router according to an embodiment of the present invention and an apparatus therefor have been described.

In particular, the method for providing a content viewing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may be provided in the form of a computer-readable medium suitable for storing computer program instructions and data.

In particular, the computer program of the present invention can operate in the router (100).

Such a computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination, and includes all types of recording devices in which data readable by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), and optical recording media such as DVD (Digital Video Disk). Stores program instructions such as Magneto-Optical Media, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), Flash memory, etc. and hardware devices specially configured to perform

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium is distributed in a computer system connected through a network, so that the computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the technical field to which the present invention pertains.

The acts recited in the following claims may be performed in a different order and still achieve desirable results. As an example, the processes depicted in the accompanying drawings do not necessarily require the specific illustrated order or sequential order to achieve desirable results.

Embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are merely presented as specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Although the above has been described and illustrated in relation to the preferred embodiment for illustrating the technical idea of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the configuration and operation as shown and described as such, and without departing from the scope of the technical idea. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many changes and modifications to the present invention are possible. Accordingly, all such suitable alterations and modifications and equivalents are to be considered as being within the scope of the present invention.

According to the method and apparatus for providing a content viewing terminal using a router of the present invention, the information on the viewing terminal is provided by checking the terminal that is determined to actually watch the content viewed through the IPTV using the router, not the IPTV subscriber. Since it can be provided by a device, it is possible to provide an additional service with higher accuracy, such as effective target advertisement and counting of the actual number of viewers.

The present invention has industrial applicability because it promotes the activation of IPTV service and additional services through it, and the possibility of commercialization or sales is sufficient and can be clearly implemented in reality.

100: router 110: content confirmation unit
120: terminal confirmation unit 130: viewing terminal management unit
140: information management unit 200: terminal
300: set-top box (STB) 400: IPTV
500: service device 600: network

Claims (10)

A method for providing a content viewing terminal by a router connected to a set-top box linked with IPTV and capable of accessing one or more terminals, the method comprising:
the sharer,
receiving content-related information from the set-top box;
checking a viewing channel and content broadcast on the channel in real time using the content-related information;
determining a viewing terminal for viewing the content checked in real time among terminals existing in the vicinity; and
checking identification information of the viewing terminal, mapping the viewing channel and content together with the viewing terminal, and transmitting the mapping information to a service device; including,
The step of determining the viewing terminal is
If there is a terminal connected to the router from among the terminals existing in the vicinity, measuring a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) for the terminal and determining a terminal whose RSSI is greater than or equal to a preset value as a viewing terminal;
If there is a terminal attempting to access the router among the terminals existing in the vicinity, the RSSI of a probe request message received from the terminal is measured and a terminal whose RSSI is greater than or equal to a preset value is determined as a viewing terminal. A method of providing a content viewing terminal using a router, characterized in that According to claim 1,
registering identification information of a preset specific user's terminal; and
registering the information on the specific user by mapping it with the identification information of the terminal;
further comprising,
The step of transmitting to the service device,
When the identification information of the viewing terminal matches the identification information of the previously registered terminal, the method for providing a content viewing terminal using a router, characterized in that the information on the mapped user is transmitted together. 3. The method of claim 2,
The method of providing a content viewing terminal using a router, characterized in that the terminal's identification information is converted into user-specific identification information and managed. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein after transmitting to the service device,
receiving an advertisement targeted to the viewing terminal from the service device and providing the advertisement to the viewing terminal;
Content viewing terminal providing method using a router, characterized in that it further comprises. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and 6 is recorded. In a router connected to a set-top box linked with IPTV and capable of accessing one or more terminals,
a content confirmation unit for receiving content-related information from the set-top box and confirming a viewing channel and content broadcast on the channel;
a terminal check unit for controlling access to terminals existing in the vicinity;
Control of determining the viewing terminal viewing the content corresponding to the content-related information from among the terminals identified through the terminal check unit, checking the identification information of the viewing terminal, mapping the content-related information together with the content-related information, and transmitting to the service device A viewing terminal management unit that includes;
The viewing terminal management unit,
By measuring the RSSI of the connected terminal checked through the terminal check unit, and determining that the RSSI is equal to or greater than a preset value as a viewing terminal,
The router, characterized in that by measuring the RSSI of a probe request message received from a terminal attempting access, confirmed through the terminal checker, and determining a terminal having the RSSI equal to or greater than a preset value as a viewing terminal. The method of claim 8, wherein the sharing group,
an information management unit that registers preset identification information of a terminal of a specific user and information on the specific user, and maps and manages information on the specific user and identification information of the terminal;
A router, characterized in that it further comprises. delete

Images