KR20030077681A - information providing service system for DTV and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A service system and a service method for providing information by using a DTV(Digital TV) are provided to easily confirm contents of telephone calls and electronic mails received by a mobile communication terminal while a client of the mobile communication terminal watches the DTV. CONSTITUTION: A digital TV(200) continuously receives a session connection request for wireless data communication from a mobile communication terminal(100) of each client. The digital TV connects a data communication session with the corresponding mobile communication terminal in response to the session connection request. The digital TV continuously confirms all kinds of work states of the corresponding mobile communication terminal through the connected session, and receives information related to work execution for reporting the information to the corresponding client.

Description

Information providing service system for DTV and method

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing service system and a service method. In particular, various operations are performed by a corresponding customer through his mobile terminal, such as while watching TV, that is, a telephone call is received, or an e-mail and a short message. The present invention relates to a service system and a service method that allow a customer to easily check the status when a message is received.

At present, due to the rapid development of mobile communication technology, each customer can receive various services, such as information retrieval and music listening, provided through the mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication terminal.

In particular, in recent years, memory technology has also undergone rapid development, so that even if the overall size of the mobile communication terminal is small, not only the data can be stored in a certain size, but also the use of wireless data communication services such as sending and receiving e-mails using the mobile communication terminal. It is possible, and many developments are expected in the future.

In addition, the wireless data communication service using the mobile communication terminal is getting more response due to the advantage that it is not subject to time and space constraints.

However, although the above-described mobile communication terminal has various advantages, the mobile communication terminal has a disadvantage in that it is not possible to smoothly grasp a high-definition service or a content composed of many letters as the screen is small.

In addition, when a customer having the mobile communication terminal is watching TV while being located in the home, when a call is received through the mobile communication terminal (especially when an urgent call is received) In many cases, the user could not hear the vibration sound, and when receiving the mail or the message through the mobile communication terminal, the confirmation could not be performed in real time.

In addition, considering that each current home is equipped with interphones so that it is easy to know whether an external visitor is visiting indoors, when the customer is doing other work such as watching TV, the interphone is located. There was an inconvenience that had to go and confirm the visitor and the call through the interphone.

In recent years, due to the development of an Internet TV that integrates the functions of a general home TV and each personal computer, that is, a digital TV (DTV), a variety of services are provided by accessing the Internet network through the DTV without a separate personal computer. (E.g., information retrieval, email, file transfer, etc.).

However, such a DTV is capable of transmitting and receiving data through a data broadcasting network as well as broadcasting provided by airwaves as well as displaying and receiving the received data on a screen, in particular, a large screen and high definition. And although it has many advantages such as high sound quality, it is not widely activated due to the absence of various contents to provide a service using this, and its function is also extremely limited, which is receiving the general customer's appearance.

For this reason, there is an urgent need for providing various services and developing various services using the above-described DTV.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned various problems, the customer can easily check the status when the call is received through the mobile communication terminal or the e-mail is received while watching TV It is an object of the present invention to provide a service system and method.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a service system and method for displaying the content of a short message received through a mobile communication terminal of a corresponding customer while viewing a DTV in a predetermined display area of the DTV.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a first embodiment of a service system and a service state using a DTV of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation process of a DTV for providing a service using the DTV of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation process of a mobile communication terminal for providing a service using a DTV according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of a DTV according to the configuration of FIG. 1.

5 is a configuration diagram schematically showing another embodiment of a service system and a service state using the DTV of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart briefly illustrating an operation process of a DTV according to a second embodiment of a service system using the DTV of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart briefly illustrating an operation process of a DTV according to a third embodiment of a service system using the DTV of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100. Customer's mobile terminal 120. Short range wireless data transceiver

200.DTV220. Short range wireless data transceiver

310. Web Server 320. Database server

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, each customer has a short-range wireless data transceiver, and is configured to enable short-range wireless data communication with devices equipped with other homogeneous wireless data transceivers, and various kinds of information of interest. A mobile communication terminal configured to be provided through a short message service; A short-range wireless data transceiver is installed and configured to enable data communication connection with the mobile communication terminal, and receives various data and short message details received from the mobile communication terminal from the short-range wireless data transceiver and notifies the corresponding customer. In addition, the present invention provides an information providing service system using a DTV including a digital television (DTV;) having a notification unit for checking whether a call received from the mobile communication terminal is received and notifying the corresponding customer.

A first operating step of the DTV for receiving the wireless data communication session connection request from the mobile communication terminal of each customer and performing the session connection in the service method of the present invention using the above system; A second operating step of the DTV which receives various data received from the mobile communication terminal of the corresponding customer or various information according to whether a telephone is received through the connected session; A third operation step of: DTV for classifying the received information and notifying a corresponding customer by using a notification method set for each classification is provided.

Hereinafter, each embodiment according to the configuration and method of the present invention as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

First, Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing a karaoke service system of the present invention using a DTV and a mobile communication terminal.

That is, the service system according to the present invention allows the mobile communication terminal 100 which is owned by each customer and is capable of wireless data communication, and the general data broadcasting can be viewed as being located at the home or other viewable location of each customer. In addition, it is largely composed of a digital TV (DTV; DigitalTeleVision) (200) to notify the customer of the details of the specific operation occurs when the mobile communication terminal is connected to the session with the mobile terminal.

The mobile communication terminal 100 of the customer is equipped with a short-range wireless data transceiver 120 is configured to enable short-range wireless data communication with a device equipped with other homogeneous wireless data transceiver and connected to the Internet through a mobile communication network It is configured to be programmed to download various kinds of information data set by the customer, and may be a PDA or a mobile phone.

At this time, the short-range wireless data transceiver 120 will be one of the devices for the infrared data communication technology proposed through Bluetooth (Infrared Data Association) or Bluetooth (BlueTooth), which has recently been proposed for short-range wireless data communication. May be, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

In addition, the DTV 200 has a separate short-range wireless data transceiver 220 is installed corresponding to the data communication connection with the mobile communication terminal 100, the various data received by the mobile communication terminal 100 And a notification unit 210 which receives the details of the short message and notifies the corresponding customer, and confirms whether the call received by the mobile communication terminal 100 is received and notifies the corresponding customer.

In this case, the notification unit 210 includes a sound output unit 212 for outputting a sound signal for the notification target content, and an image display unit 211 for displaying an image for the notification target content; The short range wireless data transceiver 220 of the DTV 200 is also configured as a Bluetooth or IrDA device operating in correspondence with the short range wireless data transmitter 120 provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 of the customer. do.

In addition, the present invention is a web server that is built to provide the service on-line so that the customer can smoothly provide the details of the specific information of the various information provided to the customer through the above-mentioned DTV ( 310 and a database server 320 for storing various information are further presented.

At this time, the web server 310 relays and retrieves the request information selected by the customer through the DTV 200 from the mobile communication terminal 100 of the customer, and retrieves information on each searched request from the mobile communication terminal ( It operates a website provided to the DTV 200 through the relay of 100).

In addition, the database server 320 is operated in conjunction with the web server 310, and serves to store the details of the various provided information for each category.

Hereinafter, with reference to the configuration diagram and the flow chart of Figures 1 to 7 showing an embodiment of a service method using a service system of the above-described configuration as follows.

First, the DTV 200 continuously receives a session connection request for wireless data communication from each customer's mobile communication terminal 100.

In this process, when a specific customer changes the mobile communication terminal 100 to a mode for receiving the service according to the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 100 is located near the DTV 200 through the short range wireless data transceiver 120. The wireless data transceiver 220 requests a wireless data communication session connection.

In this case, the change to the mode for receiving the service may be changed by the selection of the corresponding customer in the state in which the mode for the present invention is added to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 100.

When the session connection request is generated by the above process, the DTV 200 connects a data communication session with the corresponding mobile communication terminal 100 in response to the session request connection.

However, the present invention is not limited to being able to provide the service only when the above-described mode is changed to the mode for the service request.

That is, the DTV 200 confirms that the short range wireless data transceiver 120 of each mobile communication terminal 100 is located within a predetermined range (operable range by the short range wireless data transceiver) through the short range wireless data transceiver 220. If so, a session connection for automatic wireless data communication may be implemented.

In addition, when there is no confirmation of the corresponding mobile communication terminal 100 by the customer for a predetermined time (eg, within 10 seconds from the ringing time and the reception of the message), the mobile communication terminal 100 is located at a short distance. It may be implemented to connect the session to the corresponding DTV (200).

On the other hand, when a session connection is made between the short range wireless data transceivers 120 and 220 through any one of the above-described methods, the DTV 200 performs various operations of the corresponding mobile communication terminal 100 through the connected session. Check the condition constantly.

In this process, when a specific task is performed from the mobile communication terminal 100, the DTV 200 transmits the generated task execution history or information on the task execution through a session connected to the mobile communication terminal 100. Received and will be notified to the customer.

This process will be described in more detail for each embodiment as follows.

First embodiment:

When the short message is received through the mobile communication terminal 100, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the received short message data to the corresponding DTV 200.

The DTV 200 receiving the short message data by the above process decodes the corresponding data and displays the decoded short message content in a predetermined area of the screen.

If the content of the short message is any one of various information services (eg, real-time stock quotes, weather, breaking news, etc.) provided by the customer in real time, the content of the short message is a ticker such as a general stock ticker. Display in the form of a ticker-bar.

At this time, the present invention further proposes to provide the detailed information when the customer requests more detailed information on the information displayed in the form of the ticker bar.

This means that when the customer selects any one of the information displayed in the form of the ticker bar through the DTV 200, the DTV recognizes this selection as a request for providing detailed information and the corresponding information request details. Transfer to the mobile communication terminal 100.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 100 accesses the web site of the web server 310 that handles the corresponding information through a mobile communication network, and transmits the received information request details to the web server 310.

At this time, when the web server 310 receives the information request details as described above from the specific mobile communication terminal 100, the web server 310 searches the database server 320 to obtain detailed information data on the details and then again. Transmit to the mobile communication terminal 100.

In the above process, the database server 320 continuously acquires and stores information on the details set by the customer from each website or a network of a company that provides the information, thereby requesting information from the web server 310. Allows the response to be made in real time.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 100 that has received the detailed information data on the information request history transmits the corresponding data to the short range wireless data transceiver 220 of the DTV 200 through the short range wireless data transceiver 120 again. In addition, the DTV 200 decodes the received data and displays the decoded contents on the display area of the corresponding screen, that is, the ticker bar, through the image display unit 211.

Second Embodiment

When the confirmation information according to the occurrence of the mail reception to the account set by the customer is received through the mobile communication terminal 100, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the corresponding data to the DTV 200.

In addition, the DTV 200 which has received the information data according to the above process decodes the corresponding data and changes the message into a message that can recognize whether the corresponding mail is received, and changes the contents of the changed image to the image display unit 211. Display in a predetermined area of the screen.

At this time, the change to the message is to read that the data has been received in accordance with the occurrence of the mail received in advance in the state of registering the message "new mail has arrived in the 00 account" on the DTV (200) Specific limitations may be omitted since various modifications may be made through a method of displaying a registered message.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to simply display the notification method according to the occurrence of the mail received as a message, but also to be notified through the output of audible perceptible sound such as voice or melody. Present additionally.

For example, the message “New mail has arrived in 00 account” is converted into a voice signal and output through the sound output unit 212.

Voice signal conversion at this time can be achieved through various programs for the task.

In addition, when outputting a sound so that it can be perceived audibly, other sound signals that are output through the DTV 200, that is, sound signals of various broadcasts are made smaller or temporary than the sound signals to be output. It is more preferable that the customer can easily recognize whether the mail is received through the corresponding mobile communication terminal 100 by setting the output to be stopped.

Third Embodiment

When a call comes to the mobile communication terminal 100 of the customer, the mobile communication terminal 100 converts the signal into data and transmits the data to the DTV.

In addition, the DTV 200 receiving the data according to the above process decodes the data and decorates it into a message that a corresponding customer can recognize that the call has come to a specific mobile communication terminal 100, and the changed The message content is displayed on a predetermined area of the screen through the image display unit 211.

In this case, the change to the message is the same as in the above-described second embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this case, the notification method according to the occurrence of the call is not limited to display only a message, but it is also suggested that the user can be notified through the output of an audible sound such as a voice or a melody. .

Of course, when the sound is output so that it can be perceived audibly, other sound signals that are output through the DTV 200, that is, sound signals of various broadcasts, are made smaller or temporary than the sound signals to be output. You can make it easy for the customer to know that the call is coming.

On the other hand, the service provision as in the third embodiment is not only performed when the call is made to a specific mobile communication terminal.

That is, considering that there are a plurality of members in the household made by the customer, and at least one of the members except the customer may own another mobile communication terminal, as described above, a call is made to the specific mobile communication terminal. If a call comes by simply notifying that a call is coming, whose mobile communication terminal does not know who the call may cause confusion.

Therefore, in the present invention, when a call is sent to a specific mobile communication terminal, the DTV 200 is not only transmitted to the DTV 200 by transmitting the phone number or the owner name of the corresponding mobile communication terminal 100. The present invention is further described in detail, and a more detailed description according to the implementation method for the process is based on each of the above-described processes (a series of methods to be displayed on the DTV when receiving a message, mail, or telephone). It is omitted because it is easily realized.

Of course, the content displayed on the DTV in the above process, the fact that the call has been received, and the caller name or the outgoing telephone number is displayed together with the telephone number or owner name of the mobile communication terminal, it is more preferable that the mobile terminal is the caller It is possible to transmit the caller's telephone number received through the tracking service to the DTV.

If the incoming call is to be audible to all members of the household, the communication call of the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected with the caller's communication call, and the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected in this state. By transmitting the voice signal received through the short-range wireless data transceiver 120 to the DTV 200 to be output through the sound output unit 212 of the DTV.

In addition, when the mobile communication terminal of the customer is capable of video communication, the image image data received by the mobile communication terminal 100 is transferred to the DTV 200, and the DTV 200 receives the received image image data. May be implemented to display in a predetermined area of the screen.

As described above, the information providing service system and the service method using the DTV according to the present invention, when the customer does not mind the mobile communication terminal, i.e., a call is made through the mobile communication terminal while watching TV or When the e-mail is received, the work can be easily confirmed by the corresponding customer, thereby improving the service satisfaction of the customer.

In addition, the additional service content using the DTV can be provided, thereby increasing the utilization of the DTV.

Claims (19)

A short range wireless data transceiver is installed and configured to enable data communication connection with a mobile communication terminal owned by each customer, and receives various data and short message details received by the mobile communication terminal from the short range wireless data transceiver. An information providing service system using a digital television (DTV; Digital TeleVision) having a notification unit for notifying the user and confirming whether or not the call received from the mobile communication terminal is received and notifying the corresponding customer. The method of claim 1, Built online A web server operating a website for receiving and searching request information selected by a customer through the DTV through the mobile communication terminal, and providing a web site with information on each searched request to the mobile communication terminal; Operating in conjunction with, the information providing service system using a DTV, characterized in that the database server is further included in each of the details of the information provided for each category is built. The method of claim 1, DTV's notification department A sound output unit for performing a sound output on the content to be notified; An information providing service system using a DTV, characterized in that it comprises an image display unit for performing an image display for the notification target content. A first operating step of the DTV receiving a wireless data communication session connection request from each customer's mobile communication terminal and performing a session connection; A second operating step of the DTV which receives various data received from the mobile communication terminal of the corresponding customer or various information according to whether a telephone is received through the connected session; And a third operation step of the DTV, which classifies the received information and notifies the corresponding customer by using a notification method set for each classification: the information providing service method using the DTV. The method of claim 4, wherein During each process by DTV, the customer's mobile communication terminal Continuously checking whether or not to perform various tasks that can be performed by a general mobile communication terminal such as checking whether various short messages are received, checking whether an email is received by each mail account designated by the corresponding customer, and checking whether a call is received; Requesting a session connection with the DTV when an operation occurs according to a specific task during the execution of the process; When the session connection is made in response to the request, the step of transmitting a variety of data related to the occurrence of the operation according to the execution of the particular task to the DTV: information providing service method using a DTV comprising a series of processes such as . The method of claim 5, The information providing service method using the DTV, characterized in that the operation further comprises the step of performing when inputting a session connection command by the customer's selection before the operation occurs according to the specific operation. The method of claim 4, wherein If the various data received through the second operating step of the DTV is the data received through the short message service, the notification method of the DTV is And displaying the content of the short message on a predetermined area of the screen of the corresponding DTV. The method of claim 7, wherein If the content of the short message is an information service provided by the customer in real time Information providing service method using a DTV, characterized in that the display in the form of ticker bar (ticker bar) such as various tickers. The method of claim 8, Being asked to provide detailed information about the content displayed in the form of a ticker bar; Transmitting the requested details to the mobile terminal when the request for providing the detailed information occurs; And displaying the received data in a predetermined area of a corresponding screen when receiving the corresponding data corresponding to the request information details transmitted from the mobile communication terminal. . The method of claim 9, The mobile communication terminal that is requested to provide details of specific information from the DTV Accessing a web site of a web server handling the information by accessing an internet network; Transmitting the request details to the web server; Receiving result information on the request details from the web server; And providing the received result information data by wireless data transmission to a DTV: an information providing service method using a DTV. The method of claim 10, A web server that is requested to provide details of specific information from a mobile communication terminal connected to a website online Retrieving a database to obtain detailed information on the details; And transmitting the acquired information to a corresponding mobile communication terminal. The information providing service method using the DTV according to claim 1, wherein the acquired information is sequentially transmitted. The method of claim 4, wherein If the various data received through the second operation step of the DTV is the confirmation data according to the occurrence of the reception of the mail to the account set by the customer, DTV notification method is And displaying a message content for recognizing whether or not the mail is received in a predetermined region of a screen of the corresponding DTV. The method of claim 12, If the various data received through the second operation stage of the DTV is the confirmation data according to the occurrence of the receipt of the mail to the account set by the customer, DTV notification method is The information providing service method using a DTV, characterized in that the operation further comprises a sound output step for allowing the contents to be perceived acoustically, such as voice or melody. The method of claim 13, While outputting audibly recognizable sounds The other sound signal output through the DTV is smaller than the sound signal to be output, or the information providing service method using the DTV, characterized in that to operate to stop the output temporarily. The method of claim 4, wherein If the various data received through the second operating step of the DTV is confirmation data notifying that the call has been received to the mobile terminal of the customer, the notification method of the DTV is And displaying a message content for recognizing whether the mobile communication terminal receives a call in a predetermined region of a screen of the corresponding DTV. The method of claim 15, If the various data received through the second operation step of the DTV is confirmation data notifying that the call has been received from the mobile terminal of the customer, the notification method of the DTV includes: The information providing service method using a DTV, characterized in that the operation further comprises a sound output step for allowing the contents to be perceived acoustically, such as voice or melody. The method of claim 16, While outputting audibly recognizable sounds The other sound signal output through the DTV is smaller than the sound signal to be output, or the information providing service method using the DTV, characterized in that to operate to stop the output temporarily. The method of claim 15, When requesting to listen to the call received by the mobile terminal through DTV Receiving a voice output signal of a corresponding mobile communication terminal connected to a caller's communication call through a short range wireless data transceiver; And outputting the received voice output signal through a sound output unit. The method of claim 15, If the customer's mobile terminal is available for video communication Receiving image image data received by the mobile communication terminal through a short range wireless data transceiver; And displaying the received image image data in a predetermined area of a corresponding screen.