KR20080083535A - Cable broadcasting system and method for transmitting messages using the same - Google Patents

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KR20080083535A
KR20080083535A KR1020070024217A KR20070024217A KR20080083535A KR 20080083535 A KR20080083535 A KR 20080083535A KR 1020070024217 A KR1020070024217 A KR 1020070024217A KR 20070024217 A KR20070024217 A KR 20070024217A KR 20080083535 A KR20080083535 A KR 20080083535A
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    • H04N21/6118—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a cable broadcasting system and a message transmission method for providing a message, such as an announcement or a late notice, for each user, group, or individual. The method includes: storing user information and message information in a cable broadcasting transmitter; Selecting a message to be transmitted from the information and selecting whether to transmit the message from the user information to the entire user, group, or individual; and transmitting the message to be transmitted to the selected user. The broadcast receiving unit may include receiving a message, signaling a received message, generating a message window including the processed message, and displaying a generated message window to notify a user of the message. can do.

Description

Cable broadcasting system and method for transmitting messages using the same}

1 is a view for explaining a cable broadcasting system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart showing message transmission in a cable broadcasting system according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing message reception in a cable broadcasting system according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating various types of messages displayed on a TV screen.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

11: message transmitter 12: receiver

13 signal processing unit 14 decoder

15: Demux 16: cable card

17: control unit 18: key input unit

19: memory 20: message window generating unit

21: display unit

The present invention relates to a cable broadcasting system, and more particularly, to a cable broadcasting system and a method for transmitting a message thereof for selectively providing a predetermined message to a specific user.

Since the broadcast of television broadcasts officially started, the receivers receiving the television waves have spread faster than any conventional media, and a lot of broadcast contents have begun to be produced accordingly.

In addition, television broadcasting has contributed a lot in terms of knowledge transfer and information sharing.

However, in order to produce and broadcast a broadcast program, a certain amount of investment in facilities and capital must be combined, and these limitations have been insufficient to catch up with the demands of various consumers.

In response to these demands, cable stations have emerged that offer specialized programs with less investment than existing airwave stations.

In order to receive a cable broadcast, a separate device such as a set-top box was required in addition to an antenna for receiving a conventional television broadcast.

The set-top box refers to a control box capable of receiving a broadcast and implementing various additional functions. Until the digital broadcasting became full-scale, receiving a broadcast data from a specific broadcaster was a main function.

However, as the digital conversion of the set-top box accelerates, it is evolving into a form of implementing various additional functions such as a broadcast reception, a communication function, a personal video storage function, and an electronic program guide function.

In general, a cable broadcasting system is a transmission system called a head end, a cable broadcasting receiver called an OpenCable device such as a set-top box, and a cable card called a Point of Depolyment (POD) device. It is largely composed.

The transmission system plays a role of transmitting a cable broadcast signal, the cable broadcast receiver plays a role of receiving a cable broadcast signal transmitted from the transmission system, and the cable card performs security and reception restriction functions.

In the cable broadcasting system configured as described above, the transmission system compresses various cable broadcasting programs and transmits them into a channel called InBand, and transmits information related to the corresponding broadcasting program and the like out of band. When transmitting to an external channel, the user could enjoy various programs through the cable broadcasting receiver.

Therefore, cable broadcast providers provide users with various information as well as broadcast programs through the cable broadcast system. In particular, in order to deliver a social public announcement message, a video message such as public service announcement or news, It is delivered through text messages such as subtitles.

However, such a delivery system is a system that can only deliver a public message to the user, there was a limit to deliver a message by a small area or individual.

Therefore, in order to deliver a message to a small area or individual user, cable broadcast providers have adopted a method of delivering a message using a telephone or a mail or in person.

However, such a delivery method takes a lot of effort, time and money, and also has a problem in that the message delivery effect is inferior.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, and a cable broadcasting system and a message transmission method that can effectively deliver a message, such as announcements or subscription fees for delivery to the entire user, group, or individual To provide.

The message transmission method of the cable broadcasting system according to the present invention includes the steps of storing the user information and the message information in the cable broadcasting transmission unit, selecting a message to be transmitted among the message information, and the message from the user information to the user, by group, And selecting which one to send to the individual, and transmitting the message to be transmitted to the selected user, and receiving the message at the cable broadcasting receiver, and processing the signal and processing the received message. And a step of generating a message window including the generated message, and notifying the user of the message by displaying the generated message window.

In this case, the displayed message may be a notice for delivering the whole user, a group, or an individual, or may be a late payment fee.

The message may be displayed on any one of the top, bottom, left and right sides of the display screen, and may be displayed in a scroll or popup form.

In addition, the user information may be stored in at least one of region, gender, age, occupation, taste, and individual.

The cable broadcasting system according to the present invention selects whether to transmit a message to be transmitted to all users, groups, or individuals, and transmits the message from the message transmitter to the selected user. Controlling a receiving unit, a signal processing unit for signal processing the received message, a message window generating unit for generating a message window having the signal processed message, a display unit for displaying the generated message window, and a message window generating unit It may be configured to include a control unit.

The message transmission unit may include a user information memory unit for storing user information for each type, a message information memory unit for storing message information to be transmitted to the user, and a user who wants to transmit messages and messages from the user information memory unit and the message information memory. It may be configured to include a controller for selecting and a transmitter / receiver for transmitting a message to a user to be transmitted.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention can be largely composed of a message transmitter, a receiver, a signal processor, a message window generator, a display, and a controller.

Here, the message transmitter selects whether to transmit a message to be transmitted to all users, groups, or individuals, such as an announcement or an overdue subscription fee for all users, groups, or individuals, and selects a message to be transmitted. Send to the intended user.

The receiver receives the message from the message transmitter, and the signal processor processes the received message.

Subsequently, the message window generation unit generates a message window having the signal processed message, and the display unit displays the generated message window and delivers a message such as a notice or a late notice to the user.

A more detailed description is as follows.

1 is a diagram illustrating a cable broadcasting system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cable broadcasting system of the present invention includes a message transmitter 11, a receiver 12, a signal processor 13, a decoder 14, a demux 15, a cable card 16, The controller 17, the key input unit 18, the memory unit 19, the message window generator 20, and the display unit 21 may be configured.

The message transmitter 11 may include a user information memory 21, a message information memory 22, a message encryption unit 23, a controller 24, and a transmitter / receiver 25.

The message transmitter 11 processes a message to transmit a message only to a specific region or specific persons, and may transmit the message using an in-band tuner or an out-band tuner of a cable broadcasting system.

Here, the control unit 24 of the message transmission unit 11 receives information of a user (a subscriber of a cable broadcast, etc.) from the outside and stores it in the user information memory unit 21.

In this case, the controller 24 stores user information by various types. For example, the controller 24 may classify a region where the user lives, the user's gender, the user's age, the user's occupation, the user's taste, and the like, and store the user information in groups.

In addition, the controller 24 may receive message information to be transmitted to a user from a broadcast provider or an advertiser, and store the message information in the message information memory unit 22.

The message encryption unit 23 encrypts the message selected by the control unit 24, and processes the encrypted message so that the user's identification information is included in the encrypted message.

Next, the transmission / reception unit 25 of the message transmission unit 11 receives user information or a message to be transmitted from the outside, receives a user acknowledgment signal of the message from the reception unit 12, and the message encryption unit 23. It can serve to transmit a message encrypted by.

Meanwhile, the receiver 12 may further include an audio / video receiver 31, a data receiver 32, and a data transmitter 33.

The receiving unit 12 includes an audio / video receiving unit 31 for receiving audio and video signals, and data transmitting / receiving units 33 and 32 for transmitting / receiving data signals. 31) and the data transmitting / receiving unit 32 may be configured as one tuner.

The signal processor 13 performs signal processing on the applied audio / video signal and data signal.

Subsequently, the cable card 16 decodes the message applied from the audio / video receiver 31 and the data receiver 32 by the control signal of the controller 17 or blocks the message.

At this time, the cable card 16 stores the user's identification information, and compares the user's identification information included in the authorized message with the user's identification information stored in advance, thereby allowing the authorized message to transmit the message correctly. It can be checked first if it is delivered to.

The decoded message is demultiplexed through the demux 15, decoded by the decoder 14, and then applied to the signal processor 13.

Next, the controller 17 sends a control signal to the message window generator 20, and the message window generator 20 synthesizes the signal processed message and a specific OSD (On Screen Display) signal, and sends a message to the display. Display the included message window.

Here, the message window may be displayed in various forms such as a pop-up form.

In addition, a confirmation button is generated in the message window so that the user presses the confirmation button through the key input unit 18 so that the message disappears from the display unit 21 or automatically disappears after a predetermined time.

If the message disappears automatically after a predetermined time, the message may be automatically stored in the memory unit 19 by the controller 17, and after being stored, may be displayed on the display unit 21 again after a predetermined time.

As a result, the user presses the confirmation button, the message disappears, and the control unit 17 transmits the user acknowledgment signal of the message to the message transmission unit 11, so that the message can be secondly confirmed.

2 is a flowchart showing message transmission of a cable broadcasting system according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing message reception of a cable broadcasting system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the control unit 24 of the message transmission unit 11 stores the received user information and message information in the user information memory unit 21 and the message information memory unit 22. (S11)

Here, the user information may be not only the information of each user, but also the region where the user lives, the gender of the user, the age of the user, the user's occupation, the user's taste, and the like.

Therefore, the controller 24 may store the user information for each individual, or may be stored for each group by dividing by region, gender, age, occupation, taste, and the like.

As such, the reason for storing is that the user can be quickly and easily searched according to the type of message to be delivered without searching for the corresponding user.

Next, the controller 24 selects a message to be transmitted from the messages stored in the message information memory unit 22, and selects a user or a user group to which the message is to be transferred from the user information memory unit 21 (S12).

Subsequently, the message encryption unit 23 encrypts the selected message according to the control signal of the control unit 24 and processes the message including the identification information of the user to be transmitted to the encrypted message.

Here, the user identification information is processed to be the same as the user identification information stored in the cable card.

In addition, the message including the user identification information is transmitted to the user who wants to transmit the message (S14).

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3, the receiving unit 12 of the user receives a message containing the user identification information (S21).

The received message is applied to the cable card 16, and the user's control unit 17 determines whether the user identification information of the received message and the user identification information previously stored in the cable card 16 match (S22).

As a result of the determination, if the user identification information of the received message and the user identification information previously stored in the cable card 16 match, the cable card 16 decodes the received message according to the control signal of the controller 17 and decrypts the decrypted message. Is processed by the signal processor 13 (S23).

However, as a result of the determination, if the user identification information of the received message and the user identification information previously stored in the cable card 16 do not match, the cable card 16 blocks the received message according to the control signal of the controller 17. (S27)

Next, the message window generator 20 synthesizes a signal processed according to the control signal of the controller 17 and a specific OSD (On Screen Display) signal, generates a message window, and includes the message in the generated message window. The message is displayed on the display unit 21 (S24).

Subsequently, the controller 17 determines whether the user checks the displayed message.

This can be confirmed by pressing the confirmation button of the message window through the key input unit.

As a result of the determination, if the user confirms the displayed message, the controller 17 confirms that the message is correctly delivered to the corresponding user by transmitting a user confirmation response signal of the message to the message transmission unit 11 (S26).

However, as a result of the determination, if the user does not confirm the displayed message, the control unit 17 removes the message from the display unit 21 after a predetermined time and stores the removed message to the memory unit 19 (S28). )

Subsequently, after the message is stored, the controller 17 repeatedly displays the stored message on the display unit 21 and checks the user again after a predetermined time elapses.

As such, the present invention is a system capable of quickly and accurately delivering a message to be delivered to specific users.

That is, by storing the user information by various types, it is possible to quickly find users who want to deliver a specific message.

In addition, the user identification information stored in the cable card includes the same identification information in the processed message to compare these identification information so that the delivery message is correctly delivered to the corresponding user.

Then, by transmitting a user acknowledgment signal of the message, it is possible to confirm whether the delivery message is completely recognized by the user.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating various types of messages displayed on a TV screen. As illustrated in FIG. 4, a message may be displayed on any one of the top, bottom, left, and right sides of a display screen.

The display may be variously displayed in a form such as a scroll or a popup.

In addition, the displayed message may be various announcements such as announcements or late payment fees for all users, groups, or individuals.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of promptly notifying a user of a notice or an overdue item, and the message checking function described above may be omitted in some cases.

The cable broadcasting system and the message transmission method according to the present invention have the following effects.

According to the present invention, by storing user information by various types, a message to be delivered can be quickly and accurately delivered to each user or to a specific type of user.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can quickly inform the user of the announcements, such as notices or fees for delivery to the entire user, by group, by individual.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the embodiments, but should be defined by the claims.

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In the message transmission method of the cable broadcast system comprising a cable broadcast transmitter and a cable broadcast receiver, In the cable broadcasting transmitter, storing user information and message information, selecting a message to be transmitted among the message information, and selecting whether to transmit the message from the user information to all of users, groups, or individuals. And transmitting the message to be transmitted to the selected user. Receiving the message by the cable broadcast receiving unit; signal processing the received message; generating a message window including the signal processed message; and displaying the generated message window to display the message. Message transmission method of a cable broadcasting system comprising the step of informing the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed message is a notice to be delivered to all users, groups, or individuals, or is overdue. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is displayed on any one of the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the display screen, and is displayed in a scroll or popup form. The method of claim 1, wherein the user information is stored in at least one of region, sex, age, occupation, taste, and individual. A message transmitter which selects whether to transmit a message to be transmitted to all users, groups, or individuals, and transmits the message to be transmitted to the selected user; A receiver for receiving a message from the message transmitter; A signal processor which processes the received message; A message window generating unit for generating a message window having the signal processed message; A display unit which displays the generated message window; And, And a control unit for controlling the message window generating unit. The method of claim 5, wherein the message transmission unit, A user information memory unit for storing user information for each type; A message information memory unit for storing message information to be transmitted to the user; A controller for selecting a user to which the message and the message are to be transmitted from the user information memory unit and the message information memory; And. And a transmitting / receiving unit configured to transmit the message to a user who wants to transmit the message.
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