KR20110137124A - System and method for providing information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for providing information are provided to supply food information related to the broadcasting information with the broadcasting information which is provided from a corresponding set top box to a mobile communication terminal. CONSTITUTION: A broadcasting company interface unit(34) provides set top box identifying information to an external broadcasting company if set top box identification information exists in the tag information. The broadcasting company interface unit receives the channel information of the broadcasting which is provided from a corresponding set top box from an external broadcasting company. An information extracting unit(35) respectively extracts the food information and the broadcasting information from a database by using the channel information received through the broadcasting interface unit. An information providing unit(36) provides the extracted food information and the broadcasting information to a mobile communication terminal.

Description

Information provision system and its method of providing information {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to an information providing system and a method of providing the same, and particularly, receives RFID tag information attached to a set-top box from a mobile communication terminal and moves food information related to the broadcast information together with broadcast information provided by the set-top box. An information providing system and a method for providing information thereof that can be provided to a communication terminal.

People's interest in food and health is high regardless of east and west, and recently, the interest of food itself or well-being food has increased due to aging and environmental pollution.

However, the provision of information on this has not been provided on the spot when food is encountered.

In particular, when watching a broadcast promoting a special product while watching a broadcast, for example, the user wonders which part of the body is the good food, what nutrients are made, and how to cook the special product without destroying the nursing home. In order to solve these questions, the user has to search for special products seen on the air through the Internet, and spend time in selecting appropriate keywords to obtain desired search results. There is a limit that can not be obtained immediately.

An object of the present invention is to receive the RFID tag information attached to the set-top box from the mobile communication terminal to provide the information to enable the mobile communication terminal to provide food information related to the broadcast information together with the broadcast information provided by the set-top box The present invention provides a system and a method of providing information thereof.

An information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a receiving unit for receiving tag information of an RFID tag read from a mobile communication terminal through a communication network; A determination unit to determine whether set top box identification information is present in the tag information; As a result of the determination by the determination unit, when the set-top box identification information is present in the tag information, the broadcaster for providing the set-top box identification information to an external broadcaster and receiving channel information of a broadcast provided by the set-top box from the external broadcaster. An interface unit; An information extracting unit for extracting food information and broadcasting information from a database using channel information received through the broadcasting company interface unit; And an information providing unit providing the extracted food information and broadcasting information to the mobile communication terminal.

The database includes an RFID information database storing RFID identification information; A set top box information database storing set top box identification information; A food information database storing food identification information identifying food, content of a food corresponding to the food identification information, and channel information corresponding to the food identification information; And a broadcast information database storing channel information in units of minutes or seconds for each broadcast provided according to the broadcast schedule.

The broadcast information may include at least one information of a moving picture, a picture, and text displayed on the display device in the set top box.

The food information preferably includes at least one of nutritional ingredients, bioactive ingredients, clinical trial information, efficacy, and recipes.

It is preferable to further include an information registration unit for registering in advance the broadcasting information and food information provided by the broadcast in the broadcast information database and the food information database according to the broadcast schedule.

The mobile communication terminal preferably includes a reader for reading the RFID tag.

In addition, the information providing method of the information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of receiving the tag information of the RFID tag from the mobile communication terminal read the RFID tag by the information providing system; Determining, by the information providing system, whether set-top box identification information exists in the received tag information; Determining, by the information providing system, a broadcast channel provided by the set top box based on the set top box identification information when the set top box identification information exists in the tag information; Extracting, by the information providing system, broadcasting information and food information from a database using the determined channel information; And providing, by the information providing system, the extracted food information and broadcast information to the mobile communication terminal.

The determining may include providing, by the information providing system, the set top box identification information to an external broadcaster; And receiving and determining, by the information providing system, channel information of a broadcast provided in the set-top box from the external broadcaster.

In addition, the information providing method of the information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention, before the step of receiving the tag information of the RFID tag, the information providing system provides the broadcast information and food information provided by the corresponding broadcast according to the broadcast schedule Preferably, the method further includes registering with the database.

The broadcast information may include at least one information of a moving picture, a picture, and text displayed on the display device in the set top box.

The food information preferably includes at least one of nutritional ingredients, bioactive ingredients, clinical trial information, efficacy, and recipes.

In addition, the information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention outputs a video and audio signal of a broadcast program received through a broadcast antenna via a display device, a set-top box with an RFID tag; A mobile communication terminal that reads the RFID tag and transmits tag information of the read RFID tag to the outside; And storing the broadcasting information provided by the predetermined broadcasting schedule and the food information related to the broadcasting information in a database, and providing the set information on the set top box by the set top box identification information included in the tag information received from the mobile communication terminal. And an operator server configured to determine a broadcast channel, and extract broadcast information provided from the determined broadcast channel and food information related to the broadcast information from the database and provide the extracted broadcast information to the mobile communication terminal.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the RFID tag information attached to the set-top box is received from the mobile communication terminal, and the food information related to the broadcasting information together with the broadcasting information provided from the set-top box can be provided to the mobile communication terminal. have. Therefore, the food information can be provided together with the broadcast information at the moment when the food is provided in the broadcast.

1 is a diagram illustrating an environment of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the operator server shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method of an information providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, an information providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 10, a set top box 20, first to third communication networks 40, 50, and 70, and an operator server 30. ), The broadcaster server 60 and the food institute server 65 may be configured.

Set-top box 20 is a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag 25 is attached, the video signal of the digital broadcast program of the MPEG2 transport stream received through a broadcast antenna (not shown) And after reconstructing and signal processing the audio signal, output the video and audio signal through the display device 80, for example, a television, so that the user can watch a desired broadcast program.

The RFID tag 25 embeds tag information that is specific information about the set top box. Here, the tag information may include identification information and RFID identification information of the corresponding set-top box.

The mobile communication terminal 10 has a configuration as shown in FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 10 includes a memory 11 storing at least one user data and a set-top box 20. The reader 19 for reading the attached RFID tag 25 and the RFID tag information read from the reader 19 are transmitted to the operator server 30 through the first communication network 40, and from the operator server 30. A control unit 12 controlling to display broadcast information corresponding to a broadcast channel provided by the set-top box 20 received through the first communication network 40 and food information related to the broadcast information on a screen, and a mobile communication terminal. Wireless communication unit 13 for performing wireless signal processing for communicating with the wireless communication unit, a voice processing unit 14, a speaker 15, a microphone 16, a key input unit 17 composed of buttons, a main LCD, And / or a display unit 18 or the like for providing a sub LCD.

The memory 11 stores an operation program and a system program of the control unit 12. The operation program and the system program are usually stored in a ROM area included therein and can be erased as necessary. The memory 11 also includes a RAM for temporarily storing data generated during execution of various operating programs.

The memory 11 also stores various terminal information of the mobile communication terminal and at least one user data. In this case, the user data includes a picture taken through a camera (not shown), a recorded video, music, a phone number, a message, a game, a document file, a movie, and the like. In addition, the memory 11 may temporarily store broadcast information and food information of a broadcast channel provided by the set-top box 20 received through the first communication network 40.

The key input unit 17 is composed of a plurality of numeric keys, menu keys, and function keys for performing various functions, and outputs key data to the controller 12 by an external operation.

The display unit 18 is a display device such as a main liquid crystal display (LCD) and a sub LCD, and under the control of the control unit 12, displays a state of a mobile communication terminal or a progress of a program. That is, the overall state of the mobile communication terminal and input user information are displayed.

The reader 19 reads the RFID tag 25 attached to the set top box 20 and provides it to the controller 12. In this case, the reader 19 may read the RFID tag 25 in a contact manner, but may also read tag information of the RFID tag in a non-contact manner that may be read through the reader 19 at a position adjacent to the RFID tag 25. Can be read.

The control unit 12 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal and transmits the RFID tag information read from the reader 19 to the operator server 30 via the first communication network 40. In addition, the controller 12 analyzes the broadcast channel provided by the set-top box 20 based on the set-top box identification information included in the RFID tag information in the operator server 30 to the broadcast information of the broadcast channel and the broadcast information. Receive food information related to the display unit 18 to be displayed.

Furthermore, the mobile communication terminal 10 further includes a camera (not shown), photographs a barcode or an object, transmits the photographed photographing information to the operator server 30 through the first communication network 40, and transmits the photographed photograph. Broadcast information and food information corresponding to the information can be provided.

The wireless communication unit 13 is controlled by the control unit 12 and converts a signal output from the control unit 12 into a wireless signal. In addition, the wireless communication unit 13 converts and outputs a wireless signal received through the antenna ANT to a desired signal.

The voice processor 14 modulates the voice signal input from the microphone 16 and converts the voice signal into voice data, and converts the voice data input from the wireless communication unit 13 and voice data stored in the memory 11 into voice signals. The demodulator outputs the sound through the speaker 15.

In the present embodiment, an electronic terminal that reads the RFID tag 25 attached to the set-top box 20 and transmits the RFID tag 25 to the operator server 30 is described as a mobile communication terminal. It is possible.

The first to third communication networks 40, 50, and 70 include an Internet network, a mobile communication network, a public telephone network (PSTN), and the like using a TCP / IP protocol that can be connected by wire and a WAP protocol that can be connected by wireless.

The operator server 30 receives the RFID tag information via the first communication network 40, and broadcast information provided by the broadcast channel being viewed on the basis of the set-top box identification information included in the tag information, and food related to the broadcast information. The operator server 30 may provide information, and hardware such as a central processing unit, a storage unit, a display unit, an input / output unit for controlling them, and an operating system that performs basic operations based on the hardware and the input / output unit. And various software and other resources for performing operations such as connecting to the first and second communication networks 40 and 50 and transmitting and receiving data.

In addition, the operator server 30 directly receives the broadcasting information of the corresponding broadcasting channel and the food information related to the broadcasting information through the operator terminal 30a, or in advance from the broadcasting company server 60 or the food research institute server 65. Broadcast information provided by a predetermined broadcast schedule and food information related to the broadcast information may be provided through the second communication network 50. The broadcaster server 60 and the food research institute server 65 may receive broadcast information and food information related to the broadcast information through respective manager terminals 60a and 65a.

The broadcaster server 60 is connected to the set top box 20 and the third communication network 70, and the broadcast program corresponding to the channel selected through the set top box 20 is connected to the set top box 70 through the third communication network 70. 20) to provide. The set top box 20 outputs video and audio signals of a broadcast program to a television connected by wire, for example.

Referring to FIG. 3, the operator server 30 may include a database 31, a receiver 32, a determiner 33, a broadcaster interface unit 34, an information extractor 35, an information provider 36, and an information registerer. It may be configured to include (37).

The database 31 includes an RFID information database 311, a set top box information database 312, a broadcast information database 313, a food information database 314, a customer information database 315, and a customized information database 316. Can be configured.

The RFID information database 311 stores RFID identification information matching the RFID tag 25 attached to the set top box 20.

The set top box information database 312 stores set top box identification information that matches the set top box 20, that is, a unique set top box serial number. Although the above-described RFID information database 311 and the set-top box information database 312 may be independently provided with a database, RFID identification information and set-top box identification information may be stored in one database for integrated management.

The broadcast information database 313 stores broadcast information of broadcast channels provided according to a broadcast schedule. The broadcast information is broadcast information of a broadcast channel provided by the set top box, and may be provided in at least one of a video, a photo, and text provided by a corresponding broadcast channel registered in advance by an operator. The broadcast information may be databased based on organizational information in units of minutes or seconds.

The food information database 314 stores food identification information identifying food, contents of the corresponding food, and channel information. Food information may include nutritional ingredients, bioactive ingredients, clinical trial information, efficacy, and recipes, and may be provided in at least one of a video, a photo, and text.

In the present embodiment, the broadcasting information database 313 and the food information database 314 are described as being independently provided. However, the broadcasting information and the food information may be integrated and managed in one database. In the case of integrated management in one database, the broadcasting information and food provided by the broadcasting channel in minutes or seconds so that the broadcasting information related to the broadcasting channel provided by the broadcasting schedule and the food information related to the broadcasting information can be provided. Information may be stored correspondingly, respectively.

 The customer information database 315 stores customer information of a service provided by the operator server 30. Customer information may include name, social security number, telephone number, email, address, mobile number, and the like.

The customized information database 316 stores information such as disease name, religion, and access history.

The receiver 32 receives the RFID tag information from the mobile communication terminal 10 via the first communication network 20. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 10 includes a reader 19 for reading an RFID tag attached to the set top box 20.

The determination unit 33 determines whether the set-top box identification information exists in the RFID tag information received through the reception unit 32. In addition, the determination unit 33 compares the RFID identification information and the set-top box identification information included in the RFID tag information with the information stored in the above-described RFID information database 311 and the set-top box information database 312 whether or not there is a right to use the service. Can be determined.

The broadcaster interface unit 34 determines that the set-top box identification information is provided to the external broadcaster, for example, the broadcaster server 60 or the set-top box provider (not shown) when the set-top box identification information exists. To provide. The broadcaster server 60 or the set-top box providing service provider identifies a broadcast channel provided by the set-top box based on the set-top box identification information, and transmits channel information including the identified channel and time to the operator server 30.

In the present embodiment, the broadcast channel and time are described as being transmitted from the broadcaster server 60 or the set-top box provider, but only the broadcast channel is transmitted from the broadcaster server 60 or the set-top box provider, and the time is an RFID tag. Can be used as the recognized time.

The information extraction unit 35 extracts information related to channel information received through the broadcaster interface unit 34 from the broadcasting information database 313 and the food information database 314. More specifically, the information extraction unit 35 refers to broadcast information stored for each broadcast channel and time zone in the broadcast information database 316, and broadcast information matching the broadcast channel and time, which is channel information received through the broadcaster interface unit 34. Extract The broadcast information may include at least one of a video, a photo, and text. In addition, the information extraction unit 35 extracts food information corresponding to food identification information corresponding to the channel information stored in the food information database 314.

The information provider 36 provides the mobile communication terminal 10 with the broadcast information and the food information extracted from the above-described broadcast information database 313 and the food information database 314 through the first communication network 40.

Accordingly, the user can easily receive food information together with broadcast information related to a broadcast program while watching a broadcast.

The information registration unit 37 receives the broadcasting information provided by the corresponding broadcast and the food information related to the broadcasting information from the broadcasting company server 60 or the food research institute server 65 according to the broadcasting schedule, and the broadcasting information database 313 and the food information. It registers in the database 314, respectively. In addition, the information registration unit 37 provides the broadcasting information of the broadcasting channel and the food information related to the broadcasting information through the operator terminal 30a, according to the broadcasting schedule, and the broadcasting information database 313 and the food information database 314. You can also register with). In this case, the broadcast information includes a video, a picture, and text of a broadcast provided by a broadcast channel, and the text may be a summary of the broadcast or the core content of the broadcast.

An information providing method of the information providing system having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 4 as follows.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method of an information providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the operation of the operator server 30 of the information providing system will be described.

The mobile communication terminal 10 reads the RFID tag 25 attached to the display device 80, for example, the set-top box 20 for providing a broadcast program output through a television. The RFID tag includes RFID identification information and tag information including set-top box identification information, that is, set-top box number.

The receiver 32 receives the tag information of the RFID tag from the mobile communication terminal 10 which has made a communication connection through the first communication network 40 by a contact or non-contact method (S101).

The determination unit 33 determines whether the set-top box identification information exists in the received RFID tag information (S103).

As a result of the determination in step S103, if the set-top box identification information does not exist in the received RFID tag information, the operator server 30 moves to the above-described step S101 to receive the tag information.

As a result of the determination in step S103, when the set-top box identification information exists in the received RFID tag information, the broadcaster interface unit 34 provides the set-top box identification information to an external broadcaster (S105). The external broadcaster may be a broadcaster server 60, or may be a set-top box provider that manages the set-top box.

The external broadcaster transmits the broadcast channel provided by the set-top box and the channel information including the time to the operator server 30 based on the received set-top box identification information. At this time, an external broadcaster may transmit only a broadcast channel excluding time to the operator server 30. The operator server 30 may generate channel information by using a broadcast channel received from an external broadcaster through the broadcaster interface unit 34 and a time when the RFID tag is recognized. In the present embodiment, the channel information is received from an external broadcaster. However, only the broadcast channel is received to generate channel information in the operator server.

The broadcaster interface unit 34 receives channel information from an external broadcaster (S107).

Thereafter, the information extraction unit 35 extracts information stored in the broadcast information database 313 and the food information database 314 using the broadcast channel and time of the received channel information (S107). The broadcast information database 313 and the food information database 314 store broadcast information and food information in units of seconds or minutes, respectively, corresponding to the channel information, so that broadcast information and food information corresponding to the channel information can be extracted. Can be. The broadcasting information data ebisu 313 and the food information database 314 store the broadcasting information and the food information related to the broadcasting information in advance according to the broadcasting schedule.

In this case, the broadcast information refers to information broadcast through a television, and may include at least one of a moving picture, a picture, and text. Unlike the broadcast information, the food information may include at least one of nutritional ingredients, bioactive ingredients, clinical experiment information, efficacy, and recipes of ginseng when the broadcasting information is information promoting, for example, ginseng.

The information providing unit 36 provides the extracted broadcasting information and food information to the mobile communication terminal 10 through the first communication network 40 (S111).

Accordingly, by receiving broadcast information and food information of a broadcast channel provided by the set-top box, the broadcast information provided by the channel and food information related to the broadcast information can be readily identified without accessing the Internet being viewed.

The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same way may be varied in many ways. Such modifications are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

10: mobile communication terminal 20: set-top box
25: RFID Tag 30: Operator Server
31: database 32: receiving unit
33: determination unit 34: broadcaster interface unit
35: information extraction unit 36: information providing unit
37: information register 40, 50, 70: first to third communication network
60: broadcaster server 70: Food Research Institute server

Claims (12)

An information providing system that can communicate with a mobile communication terminal that reads the RFID tag attached to the set-top box,
A receiving unit for receiving tag information of an RFID tag read from the mobile communication terminal through a communication network;
A determination unit to determine whether set top box identification information is present in the tag information;
As a result of the determination by the determination unit, when the set-top box identification information is present in the tag information, the broadcaster for providing the set-top box identification information to an external broadcaster and receiving channel information of a broadcast provided by the set-top box from the external broadcaster. An interface unit;
An information extracting unit for extracting food information and broadcasting information from a database using channel information received through the broadcasting company interface unit; And
And an information providing unit for providing the extracted food information and broadcasting information to the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The database is
An RFID information database storing RFID identification information;
A set top box information database storing set top box identification information;
A food information database storing food identification information identifying food, content of a food corresponding to the food identification information, and channel information corresponding to the food identification information; And
And a broadcast information database storing channel information in units of minutes or seconds for each broadcast provided according to the broadcast schedule. The method according to claim 1,
The broadcast information is an information providing system, characterized in that at least one of the video, photo and text displayed on the display device in the set-top box. The method according to claim 1,
The food information is an information providing system, characterized in that it comprises at least one of nutritional ingredients, bioactive ingredients, clinical trial information, efficacy, and recipes. The method according to claim 2,
And an information registration unit for registering the broadcasting information and the food information provided by the corresponding broadcast in the broadcasting information database and the food information database according to the broadcasting schedule. The method according to claim 1,
And said mobile communication terminal comprises a reader for reading said RFID tag. An information providing method of an information providing system that can communicate with a mobile communication terminal that reads an RFID tag attached to a set-top box,
Receiving, by the information providing system, tag information of an RFID tag from the mobile communication terminal that reads the RFID tag;
Determining, by the information providing system, whether set-top box identification information exists in the received tag information;
Determining, by the information providing system, a broadcast channel provided by the set top box based on the set top box identification information when the set top box identification information exists in the tag information;
Extracting, by the information providing system, broadcasting information and food information from a database using the determined channel information; And
And providing, by the information providing system, the extracted food information and broadcast information to the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 7,
The step of determining
Providing, by the information providing system, the set top box identification information to an external broadcaster; And
And receiving and determining, by the information providing system, channel information of a broadcast provided in the corresponding set-top box from the external broadcaster. The method according to claim 7,
Before the step of receiving the tag information of the RFID tag,
And registering, by the information providing system, broadcasting information and food information provided by the corresponding broadcast in the database according to a broadcasting schedule. The method according to claim 7,
The broadcast information includes the information providing method of the information providing system, characterized in that at least one of the information displayed on the display device via the display device, the picture and text. The method according to claim 7,
The food information is an information providing method of the information providing system, characterized in that it comprises at least one of nutritional information, physiologically active ingredient, clinical trial information, efficacy, and recipe. A set-top box that outputs a video and audio signal of a broadcast program received through a broadcast antenna through a display device, and includes an RFID tag;
A mobile communication terminal that reads the RFID tag and transmits tag information of the read RFID tag to the outside; And
The broadcasting information provided by the predetermined broadcasting schedule and the food information related to the broadcasting information are stored in a database and provided by the set top box by the set top box identification information included in the tag information received from the mobile communication terminal. And an operator server for determining a broadcasting channel, extracting broadcasting information provided from the determined broadcasting channel, and food information related to the broadcasting information from the database and providing the broadcasting information to the mobile communication terminal.

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