KR20060108822A - Method for providing broadcasting service to mobile commnication terminals and apparatus of enabling the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a broadcast service by storing received broadcast data when a broadcast pause request situation occurs when providing a broadcast service through a mobile communication terminal and reproducing the stored broadcast data when the broadcast pause request situation is released. And a device thereof. Therefore, in the present invention, the mobile communication terminal receives and stores broadcast data corresponding to a stopped broadcast program according to transmission / reception processing of a call or a message according to a call / outgoing call and then transmits / receives a message. Thereafter, by reproducing and outputting the stored broadcast data, it is possible to continuously provide a broadcast program in which output of broadcast data is interrupted by message transmission and reception.

Broadcast, mobile communication terminal, playback

Description

Broadcasting service method and device therefor in a mobile communication terminal TECHNICAL FIELD AND APPARATUS OF ENABLING THE METHOD

1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration diagram of a general satellite digital multimedia broadcasting system.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a broadcast service providing apparatus in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast service providing method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: satellite DMB center 120: DMB satellite

130: terrestrial relay station 141, 142: mobile communication terminal

200: broadcast service device

210: input unit 220: broadcast receiving unit

230: storage unit 240: broadcast output unit

250: control unit

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a broadcast service in a mobile communication terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to broadcast data received when a broadcast pause request situation occurs when providing a broadcast service through a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing a broadcast service by reproducing stored broadcast data when a broadcast pause request situation is stored and then released.

In general, a satellite digital multimedia broadcasting service is referred to as a multimedia service such as high quality audio broadcasting, high quality video broadcasting, and various data services transmitted from satellites in a mobile communication terminal.

1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration diagram of a general satellite digital multimedia broadcasting system. A satellite DMB system for providing a satellite DMB service includes a satellite DMB center 110, a DMB satellite 120, a ground relay station 130, and Mobile communication terminals 141 and 142.

Referring to FIG. 1, the terrestrial satellite DMB center 110 codes a broadcast signal of a 13.824 to 13.883 GHz frequency band and transmits the content provided from a predetermined content provider to the DMB satellite 120. The DMB satellite 120 transmits a time division multiplex signal of the 12.214 to 12.239 GHz frequency band to the terrestrial relay station 130 to provide a high quality DMB signal to the mobile communication terminals 141 and 142. The code division multiplex signal of the 2.630 to 2.655 GHz frequency band is transmitted to the mobile communication terminals 141 and 142.

The ground relay station 130 transmits a signal for the mobile communication terminal 142 located in an area (shading area) where the satellite signal transmitted from the DMB satellite 120 cannot reach, and is received from the DMB satellite 120. It demodulates the time division multiplexing signal and modulates it into a code division multiplexing signal so that it can be received even in a multi-fading environment such as an urban area, and transmits a signal in the 2.630 to 2.655 GHz frequency band. The mobile communication terminals 141 and 142 receive and provide various tables and data related to the DMB service from the DMB satellite 120 or the terrestrial relay station 130 to receive the satellite DMB service.

As such, the mobile communication terminal receives broadcast data through a satellite or terrestrial relay station, and outputs the received broadcast data in real time through a predetermined broadcast output means. However, such a conventional mobile communication terminal stops output to a received broadcast program when a call by incoming or outgoing call is to be made or a message is to be received or transmitted while outputting a broadcast program. Receives and outputs data corresponding to the broadcast program after a call ends or reception or transmission of the message ends.

Conventionally, a mobile communication terminal stops service for a broadcast program by calling / outgoing or message transmission / reception while outputting a broadcast program selected by a user in real time, and then provides a broadcast service. There is a problem in that it is not possible to provide a user with a broadcast program broadcast in real time during a call or during the message transmission / reception.

Therefore, a mobile communication terminal providing a broadcast service for receiving broadcast data transmitted from terrestrial / satellite is received even if the broadcast service for a broadcast program received while a call or a message by call / outgoing is suspended. There is an urgent need for a function of continuously storing broadcast data for a broadcast program to be played and then playing a broadcast program interrupted after a call termination message transmission / reception by call / outgoing call is completed.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, and stores the broadcast data received during a call by the call / call in the mobile communication terminal to play the broadcast program after the call by the call / call is terminated It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for providing a broadcast service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast service providing method and apparatus capable of storing a broadcast data received during a message transmission and reception process in a mobile communication terminal and transmitting and receiving a message.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the problems of the prior art, the present invention receives a broadcast service request or a broadcast pause request from a user in a mobile communication terminal-The broadcast pause request is a call call / call function Or a request to perform a message send / receive function; Receiving broadcast data for a predetermined broadcast program according to the input broadcast service request; Outputting broadcast data for the broadcast program through a predetermined broadcast output means; And storing the received broadcast data in a storage means according to the broadcast pause request.

An apparatus for providing a broadcast service in a mobile communication terminal according to an aspect of the present invention includes an input unit for receiving a broadcast service request or a broadcast pause request from a user-the broadcast pause request is a call incoming / outgoing function or a message transmission / reception Includes performing a function; A broadcast receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a predetermined broadcast program; A storage unit which stores the received broadcast data; A broadcast output unit which outputs the received broadcast data in real time or reproduces and outputs the stored broadcast data; And controlling the broadcast output unit to output the received broadcast data in real time according to the broadcast service request, and controlling the broadcast output unit to stop the output of the received broadcast data according to the broadcast suspension request or the broadcast date and time. And a controller configured to control the broadcast output unit to reproduce and output the stored broadcast data as the stop request ends, and to control the storage unit to store the received broadcast data according to the broadcast pause request.

Mobile communication terminals widely used in the present specification are PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), smart phone, smart phone, handheld PC, cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) phones, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) phones, Dual Band / Dual Mode phones, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phones, satellite DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) phones And a communication terminal such as a terrestrial DMB phone or a Wi-Bro terminal. It is a general concept.

Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for providing a broadcast service in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a broadcast service device in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The broadcast service device 200 includes an input unit 210, a broadcast receiving unit 220, and a storage unit 230. , A broadcast output unit 240, and a control unit 250.

2, the input unit 210 receives a broadcast service request or a broadcast pause request from a user. The broadcast pause request includes a call call / call function or a message send / receive function execution request. The call / call function request is a case where a call is received or a call is made while a user watches or listens to a broadcast received through a mobile communication terminal. The request for performing the message transmission / reception function is a case where the user wants to confirm or transmit a message or receive a message while watching or listening to a broadcast received through the mobile communication terminal.

The broadcast receiver 220 receives broadcast data for a predetermined broadcast program. The broadcast program is provided from a satellite or terrestrial broadcast station. The broadcast data is radio broadcast or television broadcast data, and includes audio data or video data.

The storage unit 230 stores the received broadcast data. The storage unit 230 starts storing the received broadcast data through the broadcast receiving unit 220 according to the broadcast pause request. When the termination request for the broadcast service is generated, the storage unit 230 ends the storing of the broadcast data received through the broadcast receiving unit 220. The storage unit 230 may store broadcast data for the first broadcast program until the first broadcast program, which is received and output in real time immediately before the temporary play stop request is input, ends.

The broadcast output unit 240 outputs the received broadcast data in real time or reproduces and outputs the broadcast data stored in the storage unit 230. The broadcast output unit 240 includes audio output means for outputting audio data or video output means for outputting image data. The audio output means may include a speaker or an earphone. The image output means is a predetermined display means for displaying an image of the video data. When the broadcast data is audio broadcast data, for example, radio broadcast data, the broadcast output unit 240 outputs the audio broadcast data through the audio output means. When the broadcast data is video broadcast data, for example, television broadcast data, the broadcast output unit 240 outputs audio data through the audio output means and outputs video data through the video output means.

As the broadcast service request is input through the input unit 210, the controller 250 controls the broadcast output unit 240 to output broadcast data received through the broadcast receiver 220 in real time. As the broadcast pause request is input through the input unit 210, the controller 250 continues to receive broadcast data about the broadcast program that is being output to the broadcast output unit 240 through the broadcast receiving unit 220. The storage unit 230 is controlled to store broadcast data for the broadcast program. At this time, the control unit 250 for the broadcast program until the broadcast program output to the broadcast output unit 240 when the broadcast pause request is input from the broadcast data received through the broadcast receiving unit 220 ends. The storage unit 230 is controlled to store data. The controller 250 controls the broadcast output unit 240 to reproduce and output the broadcast data stored in the storage 230 when the broadcast pause request is terminated. The controller 250 controls the storage unit 230 to store broadcast data for the first broadcast program until the first broadcast program, which is being played in real time immediately before the pause play stop request, ends. The controller 250 controls the storage unit 230 to start storing the broadcast data corresponding to the broadcast program received through the broadcast receiver 240 in response to the broadcast pause request. The controller 250 controls the storage unit 230 to terminate the storage of the broadcast data when the request for terminating the broadcast service or the broadcast program ends.

The broadcast service apparatus of the mobile communication terminal which performs the above operation stores the received broadcast data in response to a broadcast pause request by call / outgoing or message transmission / reception while playing the received broadcast data. As the stop request ends, the stored broadcast data is reproduced.

Accordingly, the broadcast service apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention stores and plays back broadcast data received when a situation occurs in which a user cannot watch or listen to a broadcast due to a call / call or a message send / receive. The user can then listen to or watch the paused broadcast program.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast service method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 310, the mobile communication terminal determines whether a broadcast service request is input from a user.

When the broadcast service request is input, in step 320, the mobile communication terminal receives broadcast data from a satellite or terrestrial broadcasting station.

In step 330, the mobile communication terminal outputs the received broadcast data in real time through a predetermined broadcast output means. The mobile communication terminal outputs only audio through the broadcast output means when the broadcast data is audio broadcast data. The mobile communication terminal outputs audio data and video data through the broadcast output means when the broadcast data is video broadcast data.

In step 340, the mobile communication terminal determines whether a broadcast pause request is input through a predetermined input means. The broadcast pause request includes a request for performing a call / call function or a message send / receive function.

When the broadcast pause request is input, in step 350, the mobile communication terminal stores the received broadcast data in predetermined storage means. The mobile communication terminal starts storing the received broadcast data in the storage means according to the broadcast pause request, and when the end request for the broadcast service is generated from the user, End save.

In step 360, the mobile communication terminal determines whether the broadcast pause request ends. The termination of the broadcast pause request includes a case in which a call according to the call origination and reception function is terminated or a case where the message transmission / reception function is terminated.

The mobile communication terminal stores the broadcast data for the first broadcast program in the storage means until the first broadcast program, which is being played in real time immediately before the temporary playback stop request, ends.

When the broadcast pause request ends, in step 370, the mobile communication terminal automatically reproduces and outputs broadcast data for the broadcast program stored in the storage means through the broadcast output means.

The mobile communication terminal continuously receives and stores broadcast data for the broadcast program in the storage means and simultaneously reproduces and outputs broadcast data for the broadcast program stored in the storage means through the broadcast output means.

Embodiments of the invention also include computer-readable media containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The medium or program instructions may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, a mobile communication terminal stores broadcast data corresponding to a broadcast program received during a call by call / outgoing to reproduce broadcast data corresponding to a broadcast program after the call by call / call is terminated. A method and apparatus for providing a broadcast service are provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the mobile communication terminal receives and stores broadcast data corresponding to a broadcast program stopped according to a transmission / reception process for a message, and automatically stores the broadcast data after the transmission / reception process for a message is completed. The playback program can be continuously provided with a broadcast program whose output of broadcast data has been interrupted by message transmission / reception.

Claims (9)

In the method for providing a broadcast service through a mobile communication terminal, Receiving a broadcast service request or broadcast pause request from a user, wherein the broadcast pause request includes a call call / call function or a message send / receive function performance request; Receiving broadcast data for a predetermined broadcast program according to the input broadcast service request; Outputting broadcast data for the broadcast program through a predetermined broadcast output means; And Storing the received broadcast data in a predetermined storage means according to the broadcast pause request; Broadcast service method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The step of outputting the broadcast data for the broadcast program through a broadcast output means, The broadcast output means for outputting the broadcast data for the received broadcast program in real time through the broadcast output means or the broadcast data for the broadcast program stored in the storage means automatically when the broadcast pause request is terminated. Broadcast service method characterized in that the output through the reproduction. The method of claim 1, The step of storing the received broadcast data in the storage means, And storing the received broadcast data in the storage means in response to the broadcast pause request, and when the end request for the broadcast service is input, storing the received broadcast data ends. Broadcast service method. The method of claim 1, The step of storing the received broadcast data in the storage means, And storing the broadcast data for the first broadcast program in the storage means until the first broadcast program, which is being played in real time immediately before the temporary playback stop request is inputted, ends. The method of claim 2, Reproducing the broadcast data for the broadcast program stored in the storage means through the broadcast output means, And continuously receiving and storing broadcast data for the broadcast program in the storage means and simultaneously reproducing and outputting broadcast data for the broadcast program stored in the storage means through the broadcast output means. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 on a computer. An apparatus for providing a broadcast service through a mobile communication terminal, An input unit configured to receive a broadcast service request or a broadcast pause request from a user, wherein the broadcast pause request includes performing a call incoming / outgoing function or a message sending / receiving function; A broadcast receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a predetermined broadcast program; A storage unit which stores the received broadcast data; A broadcast output unit which outputs the received broadcast data in real time or reproduces and outputs the stored broadcast data; And Control the broadcast output unit to output the received broadcast data in real time according to the broadcast service request, and control the broadcast output unit to stop the output of the received broadcast data according to the broadcast suspension request or broadcast the broadcast. A controller for controlling the broadcast output unit to reproduce the stored broadcast data when the pause request is terminated and controlling the storage unit to store the received broadcast data according to the broadcast pause request Broadcast service device comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The control unit, If the storage unit is controlled to start storage of broadcast data corresponding to the broadcast program received through the broadcast receiving unit according to the broadcast pause request, and the end request for the broadcast service or the broadcast program ends, And controlling the storage unit to terminate storage of the broadcast data. The method of claim 7, wherein The mobile communication terminal, Broadcast service device, characterized in that the satellite DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) phone or terrestrial DMB phone.

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