KR20010083828A - Peer to peer based one-to-one learning system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for a one-to-one education based on a P2P(peer to peer) is provided to offer a lecture service effectively through the Internet without a load of a server by directly connecting to clients thereto without through a main server using a P2P function between clients, thereby performing functions as a voice and image chatting, a white board, a file sharing, and a file transfer. CONSTITUTION: Clients connects to a main server through the Internet(S100). A client connection managing unit of the main server performs a basic certifying process of the clients. The client connection managing unit shows connected person's information to the clients(S110). The clients search one of the connected persons and connects thereto and transmits a lecture(S120). P2P connection managing modules being installed in computers of the clients directly tries a P2P connect ion to the selected client using data as an IP address and a port number of the client(S130). If a connection between clients is achieved, the P2P connection managing modules operates an education platform(S140). Thus, the clients progress an education through the P2P connection(S150).

Description

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The present invention relates to an education system and method through the Internet. Specifically, a peer-to-peer (hereinafter referred to as P2P) technology is used to provide a lecture service by directly connecting between clients through the Internet. The present invention relates to a one-to-one education system and method based on P2P that can efficiently share and deliver information without load.

With the rapid spread and spread of the Internet, various forms of education or lecture services are introduced through the Internet. The education or lecture service was started in the form of providing data in the form of simple texts, but using a large amount of multimedia data such as image data, video data or voice data for higher education and effective information delivery. I'm developing towards that.

However, in order to utilize multimedia data, it is essential to secure a high-speed line and secure bandwidth, and thus it is difficult to properly provide a service if these conditions are not met. In addition, considering the fact that the capacity of multimedia data itself is gradually increasing to deliver abundant data, and the user is rapidly increasing, there are still limitations even if high-speed lines and bandwidth are secured.

In addition, in order to provide an effective educational service, it would be more efficient if the teacher could write the written information on the blackboard while giving lectures in addition to using the textbook data given in advance. Such service is impossible due to the absence of program modules.

Meanwhile, so-called messenger programs are widely used on the Internet. It would be highly desirable if such a messenger program could be applied to an education system via the Internet. However, the messenger program currently used has only general-purpose functions such as simple message transfer, chat, file transfer, etc., and thus, it is very insufficient to provide specialized services related to education.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and based on the P2P technology to allow direct access between clients without a server, such as voice and video chat, whiteboard, file sharing, file transfer, etc. By providing specialized functions, firstly, education services can be provided through the Internet efficiently and economically without load on the server. Secondly, in the existing lecture system of the server / client environment, various shared systems such as whiteboards are used by one person or lecture. It aims to solve the inconvenience that only the provider can use, and to provide the interactive field reproducing service that can be used simultaneously by the lecture participants as well as the lecture participants.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration according to the present invention,

2 is a configuration diagram of a P2P connection management module;

3 is an exemplary view showing an example of a screen showing the information of the clients connected to the main server to the client side;

4 is a flow chart showing the procedure of one embodiment of the method according to the invention;

5 is an exemplary view showing an example of a state in which the education platform is driven.

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10,20 ... client, 11,21 ... P2P connection management module,

30 ... main server, 31 ... client access management,

32 ... database.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a client connection management unit for managing the connection of the client to connect through the Internet; And a main server having a database storing personal information of the client and connection information between the client, and a client server installed on the client-side computer to manage P2P connections between the clients, and when the connection is established between the clients, the education platform is used to transmit and receive data. And a P2P connection management module.

In addition, the method according to the present invention comprises a client connection management unit for managing a connection of a client connecting through the Internet; And a main server having a database storing personal information of the client and connection information between the client, and a client server installed on the client-side computer to manage P2P connections between the clients, and when the connection is established between the clients, the education platform is used to transmit and receive data. CLAIMS 1. A method of providing education service using a peer-to-peer based one-to-one education system comprising a P2P connection management module, the method comprising: a first step of a client accessing a main server through the Internet; A second step in which the main server transmits and displays accessor information to a client side; A third step of receiving, by the main server, information that the client selects a desired client by searching the accessor information; A fourth step of the P2P connection management module of the client making a P2P connection with the selected other client; And a fifth step in which the education platform of the P2P connection management module of each client is driven when the P2P connection with another client is successful.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the Example by this invention is described in detail with reference to an accompanying drawing.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, the system of the present embodiment includes a client connection manager 31 for managing the connection of a client connected through the Internet, and a database 32 for storing personal information of the client and connection information between the clients. P2P connection management modules 11 and 21 installed on the main server 30 and computers on the client 10 and 20 side to manage P2P connections between the clients and to drive the education platform to transmit and receive data when the clients are connected. It consists of.

The main server 30 is connected to the clients 10 and 20 through the Internet, and at the same time includes the function as a general web server. In the drawings, the client is shown in the case of 2 for convenience of description, but in the case of 2 or more, for example, 3 or 4, the system may be applied as it is.

When the client connects to the main server 30 through the Internet by driving the P2P connection management module 11, the client connection manager 31 may request general functions such as client authentication and connection management, and request of the client. It receives and interprets and performs appropriate processing on it and checks the connection information and status of clients 10 and 20.

The database 32 of the main server 30 stores identification information such as user ID and password of the client and other personal information, and stores connection information between clients.

Meanwhile, the P2P connection management modules 11 and 21 installed in the computers of the client 10 and 20 are configured as shown in FIG. 2. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the server connection manager 111 managing the connection with the server, the client connection manager 112 managing the P2P connection between the clients 10, 20, and the clients 10, 20. In the case where the connection is established, the educational platform 113 includes voice and video chat means, whiteboard means, file sharing means, program sharing means, file transfer means, and remote control means for providing education services.

When the P2P connection management module 11, 21 is driven by the computer of the client 10, 20 side, the server connection manager 111 connects to the main server 30 side such as personal information, ID, password, etc. of the client. It transmits information and performs a function of authenticating to the main server 30 side. When the basic connection procedure is completed, the server connection management unit 111 is provided with information of clients connected from the main server 30 to search for a client to be connected with. 3 illustrates a screen displayed by the server connection manager 111 toward the clients 10 and 20.

In the upper left portion of the screen of FIG. 3, a list of all accessors connected to the main server 30 by the accessor's ID, location, status, and subjects is shown. Status is composed of a teacher who provides a lecture and a student who receives a lecture. A subject refers to a subject that is the subject of a lecture. The statuses and subjects can be changed when accessing the main server 30 or in the environment settings, so that sometimes they act as teachers and sometimes act as students. If a visitor ID is selected in the list window, detailed information of the visitor is displayed in the right visitor detail information column.

The lower part is provided with a chat window for sending and receiving messages in real time with the accessor. It determines whether to start the education service by sending and receiving messages to each other through the chat window, and starts the P2P connection between the clients by clicking the start button in the lower right.

When the client connection manager 112 selects a counterpart to start the education service between the clients and presses the start button, the client connection manager 112 attempts a direct P2P connection between the selected clients to maintain and manage the connection. The client connection manager 112 establishes a connection between clients using data such as an IP address and a port number, and drives the education platform 113 when the connection is successfully established.

The educational platform 113 includes a voice and video chat function, a whiteboard function, a file sharing function, a program sharing function, a file transfer function, and a remote control function. By using this function, the lecturer can use the whiteboard to explain or transfer a file or execute various data files to display the lecture participants and edit them by using a whiteboard if necessary.

4 is a flow chart showing the procedure of one embodiment of the method according to the invention.

First, the clients 10 and 20 access the main server 30 through the Internet (S100). When the clients 10 and 20 access the main server 30, the client connection manager 31 of the main server 30 performs a basic authentication procedure of the clients 10 and 20, and access-related data for each client to the database. Save it.

When the basic authentication procedure is completed, the client connection manager 32 of the main server 30 shows the visitor information to the clients 10 and 20 (S110). The screen displaying the accessor information is as shown in FIG. 3.

Next, the client 10 or 20 looks at the screen as shown in FIG. 3, searches for a desired person among the accessors, and directly connects the client 10 or 20 to select a counterpart who wants to receive the lecture (S120).

When the counterpart selection is completed, any one of the clients 10 and 20 presses a function button such as a start button as shown in the lower right of the screen of FIG. 3 to start the education service. At this time, the client 10 and 20 side The P2P connection management modules 11 and 21 installed in the computer attempt a direct P2P connection to the selected client side using data such as the IP address and port number of the client (S130).

When the connection is made between the clients 10 and 20, the P2P connection management modules 11 and 21 drive the education platform (S140). The state in which the education platform is driven is shown in FIG. 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the configuration may include a whiteboard window, a chat window, a file sharing button, a file transfer button, a window displaying a video or image, and other information windows. The screen configuration is exemplary. The screen configuration may further include function buttons such as program sharing and remote program control.

As the education platform is operated as described above, the clients 10 and 20 proceed to education through a P2P connection (S150).

According to the present invention, based on the P2P technology, by allowing the clients to directly connect without passing through the server, by performing a function specific to education services such as voice and video chat, whiteboard, file sharing, file transfer, load of the server There is an effect that can provide education service through the Internet efficiently and economically without.

Claims (5)

A client connection manager configured to manage a connection of a client connected through the Internet; And Database that stores client's personal information and client's connection information And main server having a, A peer-to-peer based one-to-one education system, comprising: a P2P connection management module installed on a client-side computer to manage P2P connections between clients and to run and transmit data when the client is connected. The method of claim 1, The P2P connection management module includes a server connection manager that manages a connection with a server, a client connection manager that manages a P2P connection between clients, a voice and video chat means for providing education services, and a whiteboard means when a connection is established between clients. And a training platform comprising a file sharing means, a program sharing means, a file transfer means and a remote control means. A client connection manager configured to manage a connection of a client connected through the Internet; And a main server having a database storing personal information of the client and connection information between the client, and a client server installed on the client-side computer to manage P2P connections between the clients, and when the connection is established between the clients, the education platform is used to transmit and receive data. In the education service providing method using a peer-to-peer based one-to-one education system composed of a P2P connection management module, A first step of the client accessing the main server through the Internet; A second step in which the main server transmits and displays accessor information to a client side; A third step of receiving, by the main server, information that the client selects a desired client by searching the accessor information; A fourth step of the P2P connection management module of the client making a P2P connection with the selected other client; And If the P2P connection with other clients succeeds, the fifth step of running the education service by running the education platform of each client's P2P connection management module P2P-based one-to-one training method comprising the. The method of claim 3, In the fourth step, P2P connection between the client is based on the IP address and port number, P2P based one-to-one training method. The method of claim 4, wherein The education service of the fifth step is P2P-based one-to-one, characterized in that the voice and video chat means, whiteboard means, file sharing means, program sharing means, file transmission means and remote control means included in the education platform Teaching method.