JP4005355B2 - Video on demand service provision system for aircraft passengers - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention belongs to the airline reservation and video content delivery technology relates to an aircraft passenger for video-on-demand service delivery system of.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional video services for aircraft passengers are broadcast-type services. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a flow showing a conventional business service form, and a video service is provided free of charge to passengers (users). That is, in the business form shown in FIG. 12, conventionally, airlines have provided video software to passengers during free flight, and the business flow is as follows.
(1) The user 31 reserves an airline ticket with the airline 32, pays the airline fee to the airline 32, and obtains the airline ticket.
(2) The airline 32 pays a content usage fee to the content distribution company 33.
(3) The airline 32 receives content distribution from the content distribution company 33.
(4) The user 31 receives a free movie viewing service designated by the airline 32.
[0003]
In the conventional services described above, when a work that has already been seen is screened on an airplane, such a passenger feels annoying, and it is said that the service is satisfactory for all passengers. hard.
[0004]
In order to answer the wishes of all passengers (users), the space that can be secured in the aircraft is limited, and the number of video software that can be stored is limited. The cost to video distribution companies (content distribution companies) will also increase as the number of video software increases. Also, if you try to provide all the movies that are being released free of charge, the cost burden will increase significantly and it will be difficult to realize.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Currently, movies and videos are shown on the plane for passengers, but there are only one or two movie titles and the number of contents is limited. Check the title of the movie or video that the user wants in advance, It is a problem to realize a service to be shown at each user's seat when the user desires.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. In addition to the free movie viewing service, attractive works are provided for a fee, and the range of works that can be provided free of charge and the number of works that can be provided free of charge for each boarding class. Video on-board for aircraft passengers that can open up new business development by changing the service content, enabling the provision of services that meet the needs of users, and allowing passengers to have a comfortable time. to provide a-demand service provides systems for the purpose of.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the video on-demand service providing system for aircraft passengers according to the present invention provides a reservation for receiving video software content that the user wants to watch while boarding at the same time as the reservation of the aircraft seat from the user terminal. Content reservation from the reservation server of the center, the content server of the content distribution center that requires distribution of the content reservation video software based on the airline ticket reservation information and the content reservation information from the reservation server of the reservation center, and the content reservation from the content server of the content distribution center User name / user ID / user password / boarding date / boarding date / boarding flight code / content server of reservation center to which video software is distributed and the content server of reservation center via airport cache server of airport distribution network Seat number / reserved video software content A flight cache server having the management server function and the content server function of the aircraft by the content reserved video software is stored with the code / seats IP address / all of the attribute data of the reservation data of the user of the date and time or a part, a user input An aircraft seat terminal that receives the reserved user ID and password, uses the user ID and password to access the in-flight cache server having the management server function and the content server function, and receives the reserved content. it is characterized in that the.
[0009]
In the video on-demand service providing system for aircraft passengers, the in-flight cache server in the aircraft has a management server function and a content server function, and is capable of caching 100 to 300 content. An airport caching server of an airport distribution network equipped with a small-scale cache server is characterized by arranging a medium-sized cache server capable of caching 1,000 to 10,000 contents.
[0010]
According to the present invention, in the passenger's video-on-demand service providing system of the aircraft, the flight cache server connected by the seat's seat end end and a wireless or wired, flight cache server and airports cache server by a wireless or wired The connected airport cache server is connected to the content distribution network and receives content distribution from the content server of the reservation center .
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0017]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a service form according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0018]
FIG. 1A shows a case where an airline acts as an intermediary and provides a free movie viewing service.
(1) The user 41 makes a free movie reservation to the airline 42 at the same time as the airline ticket reservation, and pays the airline fee to the airline 42.
(2) The airline 42 pays a content usage fee to the content distribution company 43.
(3) The airline 42 receives content distribution from the content distribution company 43.
(4) The user 41 receives an air ticket and a free movie watching service from the airline 42.
[0019]
FIG. 1B shows a case where an airline acts as an intermediary to provide a paid movie viewing service.
(1) The user 41 makes a paid movie reservation to the airline 42 at the same time as the airline ticket reservation, and pays the airline fee 42 and a movie viewing service fee to the airline 42.
(2) The airline 42 pays a content usage fee to the content distribution company 43.
(3) The airline 42 receives content distribution from the content distribution company 43.
(4) The user 41 receives an air ticket and paid movie viewing service from the airline 42.
[0020]
FIG. 1C shows a case where a content distribution company acts as an intermediary to provide a paid service for watching a movie.
(1) The user 41 makes a paid movie reservation to the airline 42 at the same time as the airline ticket reservation, and pays only the airline ticket fee to the airline 42.
(2) The user 41 pays a movie reservation (paid) content usage fee to the content distribution company 43.
(3) The airline 42 receives content distribution from the content distribution company 43.
(4) The user 41 receives an air ticket and paid movie viewing service from the airline 42.
[0021]
2 and 3 are configuration explanatory diagrams showing network configurations 1 and 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0022]
First, components of the following blocks will be described.
(1) Airline reservation center 1
The reservation center 1 includes a web server 2, a reservation server 3, a content server 4, and a billing server 17. The billing server 17 charges, for example, a fee for using a fee-based video software content and adds it to the air ticket fee.
(2) Content distribution center 8 of the content distribution company
The content distribution center 8 includes a content server 9 and a billing server 18. For example, the billing server 18 charges a fee for using a fee-based video software / content and charges it separately from the air ticket fee.
(3) Airport distribution network 10 at the airport
The airport distribution network 10 includes an airport cash server 11. As the airport cache server 11, for example, a medium-sized cache server capable of caching 1,000 to 10,000 contents is arranged. The airport distribution network 10 includes an airport wired distribution network method using an airport wired distribution network 10a and an airport wireless distribution network method using an airport wireless distribution network 10b.
(A) Airport wired distribution network method The airport wired distribution network method is a wired distribution method in which the airport wired distribution network 10a and the in-flight cache server 12 in the aircraft are connected by a wired LAN and distributed to the in-flight cache server 12. The in-flight cache server 12 has, for example, a management server function and a content server function, and is equipped with a small-scale cache server capable of caching 100 to 300 content.
(B) Airport wireless distribution network method In the airport wireless distribution network method, the airport wireless distribution network 10b and the in-flight cache server 12 in the aircraft are connected by a wireless LAN, and a wireless LAN terminal (airport master unit) in the airport wireless distribution network 10b is connected. This is a wireless distribution method for distributing to the in-machine cache server 12 connected to the wireless LAN terminal (airport slave) 20 via 19.
(4) Onboard distribution network 16 in the aircraft
In the in-flight distribution network 16, a plurality of seat terminals 15 of each seat are connected to the airport cash server 11 via a plurality of switching hubs 13, or the seat terminals 15 are independently connected via a wireless LAN terminal (in-flight) 14. Connected or seat terminal 15 is connected via switching hub 13 and receives content distribution. In-vehicle distribution network 16 includes a wired distribution network method distributed over LAN by wired distribution network 16a, and wireless communication. There is a wireless distribution network system in which a part or all of the distribution network 16b is distributed over a LAN.
(A) Wired distribution network type In-machine wired distribution network 16a has a plurality of seat terminals 15 connected to airport cache server 11 via a wired LAN, and is distributed and distributed by a plurality of switching hubs 13.
(B) Wireless distribution network system In-machine wireless distribution network 16b is configured such that seat terminal 15 is connected to airport cache server 11 by wireless LAN terminal (in-flight) 14 alone, or seat terminal 15 is switched via switching hub 13. Distributed and distributed.
[0023]
There are the following four types of network configurations of the airport distribution network 10 in the airport and the in-flight distribution network 16 in the aircraft.
(A) Configuration example 1
A distribution system in which an in-flight wired distribution network 16a is combined with an airport wired distribution network 10a.
(B) Configuration example 2
A distribution system in which an in-flight wireless distribution network 16b is combined with an airport wireless distribution network 10b.
(C) Configuration example 3
A distribution system in which an in-flight wireless distribution network 16b is combined with an airport wired distribution network 10a.
(D) Configuration example 4
A distribution system in which an in-flight wired distribution network 16a is combined with an airport wireless distribution network 10b.
[0024]
The combination of the constituent elements of each block and the system configuration from the CDN (Contents Delivery Network) distribution network 7 to the in-flight distribution network has been described above.
[0025]
Next, the configuration of each component and the network will be described.
[0026]
The user terminal 6 gateways to the CDN distribution network 7 via the IP network 5, and reserves the contents simultaneously with the seat reservation on the reservation Web screen to the reservation server 3 via the Web server 2 of the airline reservation center 1. The reservation server 3 requests content distribution from the content server 4 of the airline reservation center 1 to the content server 9 of the content distribution center 8, and the content server 4 of the airline reservation center 1 passes through the CDN distribution network 7. And receive content distribution.
[0027]
The reservation server 3 has a reserved flight management server function and a content server function so that the reserved content can be distributed to the seat terminal 15 of the seat of the aircraft whose seat has been reserved, according to a user request from the seat terminal 15 during boarding of the reserved flight. Attribute user data such as user name / user ID / user password / boarding class / boarding date / time, boarding flight code / seat number / reserved video software / content code / seat IP address / date / time etc. The content reservation video software is distributed together with all or a part of the data, and the data is stored and stored.
[0028]
Next, the business flow of the embodiment of the present invention will be described for each step based on FIGS.
[0029]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a reservation Web screen according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a configuration explanatory diagram showing content distribution of the business 1 (content fee paid by airline company) according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a configuration explanatory diagram showing content distribution of business 2 (content fee user burden, airline collects proxy) according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows business 3 (content according to the embodiment of the present invention) FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of business 1 (content price paid by an airline company) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an implementation of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of business 2 (content fee user burden, airline collects proxy) according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a business 3 (content fee according to the embodiment of the present invention). User burden sequence diagram of the content delivery company collection), FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing the different steps according to an embodiment of the present invention. Due to the difference in business form, the charging process in step (3) differs depending on the business 1, business 2, and business 3.
[0030]
Step (1) Seat reservation (1) Seat reservation page browsing request from user terminal 6 to Web server 3 (2) Web page transmission of reservation Web screen as shown in FIG. 4 from Web server 3 to user terminal 6 (3) Reserving a seat by determining a boarding class from the user terminal 6 to the Web server 3 (2) Content reservation processing (1) Sending a reservation boarding class content page from the reservation server 2 to the user terminal 6 via the Web server 3 (2 ) Reservation of the content selected from the user terminal 6 to the reservation server 2 (3) Price collection and notification of reservation completion * For business 1: Content fee is borne by the airline (1) Since the fee is not collected, the billing server charges No processing (2) Reservation end notification from the reservation server 2 to the user terminal 6 * For business 2: Content charges are borne by the user Airline company proxy collection (1) Billing server 17 of airline reservation center 1 billing process (2) Reservation server 2 notifies user terminal 6 of the end of reservation * For business 3: content fee is user burden / content distribution Collection of company (1) Billing server 18 of content distribution company (2) Notification end of reservation from reservation server 2 to user terminal 6 (4) Content accumulation in content server of reservation center (1) Content of reservation center 1 Request the reserved content from the server 4 to the content server 4 of the content distribution center 8. (2) Distribute the content from the content server 4 of the content distribution center 8 to the content server 4 of the reservation center 1, and store processing step (5) Airport cache server Content distribution to (1) Airport distribution from the content server 4 of the airline Content distribution step to the airport cache server 11 of the communication network 10 (6) Content accumulation in the in-flight cache server of the aircraft (1) Content distribution from the airport cache server 11 of the airport distribution network 10 of the aircraft to the in-flight cache server 12 of the aircraft, Accumulation Step (7) Content distribution to seat terminals in the aircraft (1) Distribution guidance request from the seat terminal 14 to the in-flight cash server 12 (2) Distribution guidance transmission from the in-flight cache server 12 to the seat terminal 14 (3) From the seat terminal 14 Request for distribution to in-flight cache server 12 (4) Streaming distribution of content from in-flight cache server 12 to seat terminal 14 In addition, the following processing can also be performed.
[0031]
Step ▲ 7 ▼ -1 If the seat terminal is changed and the reserved seat is changed,
(1) Request a change screen from the seat terminal 14 to be distributed to the in-flight cash server 12. (2) On the change screen, input the old seat number, the user ID and the user password, and change the distribution seat terminal step (7) -2. If you want to add paid content service and add content distribution,
(1) The seat terminal 14 that desires distribution requests the in-flight cash server 12 to add content distribution, selects the content in the content accumulation list of the in-flight cache server 12, and enters the credit card number to approve the charge (2 ) The in-flight cash server 12 confirms the billing to the seat terminal 14 and the in-flight cash server 12 charges recording step {circle over (8)} The in-flight charging record is also transferred to the charging server.
(1) The in-flight cash server 12 in the airplane transfers the billing record to the billing server 17 in the reservation center 1 of the airline company via the airport cash server 11 when the airplane lands, and performs credit card billing processing.
[0032]
As described above, the video on-demand service providing system for aircraft passengers according to the embodiment of the present invention is a movie that the user wants to watch while boarding at the same time as the reservation of the aircraft seat on the Web by the user terminal 6. Video software and content such as are reserved in the airline reservation center 1 so that they can be delivered to the user's seat IP address. The reservation center 1 uses the airline ticket reservation information and the content reservation information to board the user. At the same time, the content distribution center 8 is requested to distribute the content reservation video software, the content reservation video software is distributed from the content server 9 of the content distribution center 8 to the content server 4 of the reservation center 1, and the content server 4 of the reservation center 1 In accordance with the user's boarding, via the airport cash server 11 of the airport distribution network 10, User name / user ID / user password / boarding class / boarding date / boarding flight code / seat number / reservation video in the in-flight cash server 12 having the management server function and content server function for the flight reserved by the user Content reservation video software is stored together with all or a part of attribute data of the user reservation data such as software content code / seat IP address / date and time, and the reservation of a movie or the like from the seat terminal 14 at the user's preferred time. Provided is a content distribution service that allows video software content to be received and viewed on the seat terminal 14 of the reserved seat.
[0033]
In addition, the video software, content, and title that the user wants to watch while boarding at the same time as the airline ticket reservation are displayed in the content title list, and the reservation is selected from the list on the display screen, first class, business class, economy class, etc. Depending on the boarding class, you can set the name of the video software work that can be reserved and the range of the number of work that can be reserved.
[0034]
In addition, when the user moves to a seat number different from the reserved seat number and intends to receive the reserved content distribution, the management server function and the new seat terminal 14 using the registered user ID and user password The in-flight cache server 12 having the content server function is accessed, and the content distribution reserved by the user is received by the accessed seat terminal 14.
[0035]
In addition, when the user wishes to distribute content that has not been reserved in advance, additional services can be received by paying a separate fee only for the range of the stored content list of the cache server 12 by registration with the user ID and user password. .
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention has the following effects.
[0037]
Benefits for users: You can easily reserve the content you want to watch while boarding at the same time as the aircraft seat reservation, and users can watch movies, read books, and take rest at the time they want In addition, each user can spend as much free time as possible without being restricted as much as possible.
Benefits for airlines: This service can provide comfortable travel time without boring users in airlines that need to spend more time traveling for longer distances compared to other transports As a result, significant effects can be expected in terms of securing customers and differentiating services. Since only video content such as movies requested by the user is delivered to the cache server, waste of content delivery is eliminated, and memory devices such as a hard disk such as a cache server for storing content are saved.
Effects on content distribution companies: Content distribution business targeting airlines can be expected as a new business development.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a service configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
(A) In this case, the airline provides a free movie viewing service as an intermediary.
(B) In this case, the airline provides a paid service for watching movies as an intermediary.
(C) This is a case where a content distributor provides a paid service for watching movies as an intermediary.
FIG. 2 is a configuration explanatory diagram illustrating a network configuration 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
(A) Configuration example 1
(B) Configuration example 2
FIG. 3 is a configuration explanatory diagram showing a network configuration 2 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
(C) Configuration example 3
(D) Configuration example 4
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a reservation Web screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a configuration explanatory diagram showing content distribution of business 1 (content price airline burden) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a structural explanatory diagram showing content distribution of business 2 (content price user burden, airline collects proxy) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a configuration explanatory diagram showing content distribution of business 3 (content price user burden, collected by a content distribution company) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of a business 1 (content charge airline burden) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram of business 2 (content fee user burden, airline collects proxy) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of business 3 (content price user burden, collected by a content distribution company) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating different steps according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a flow showing a conventional business service form;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reservation center 2 Web server 3 Reservation server 4 and 9 Content server 5 IP network 6 User terminal 7 CDN distribution network 8 Content distribution center 10 Airport distribution network 10a Airport wired distribution network 10b Airport wireless distribution network 11 Airport cash server 12 On-board cash server 13 Switching hub 14 Wireless LAN terminal (In-flight)
15 Seat terminal 16 In-machine distribution network 16a In-machine wired distribution network 16b In-machine wireless distribution network 17, 18 Billing server 19 Wireless LAN terminal (airport master)
20 Wireless LAN terminal (Airport cordless handset)

Claims (3)

Reservation server of the reservation center that receives the reservation of the video software content that you want to watch while boarding at the same time as the reservation of the aircraft seat from the user terminal,
Based on the airline ticket reservation information and the content reservation information from the reservation server of the reservation center, the content server of the content distribution center that is required to distribute the content reservation video software,
A content server of the reservation center to which the content reservation video software is distributed from the content server of the content distribution center;
User name / user ID / user password / boarding class / boarding date / time / boarding flight code / seat number / reservation video software / contents code / seat IP via the airport cash server of the airport distribution network from the content server of the reservation center An in-flight cache server having an in-flight management server function and a content server function in which content reservation video software is stored together with all or part of the attribute data of the user reservation data at the address / date and time,
An aircraft seat terminal that receives a user ID and password entered by a user, uses the user ID and password to access an in-flight cache server having a management server function and a content server function, and receives reserved content; ,
A system for providing video-on-demand services for aircraft passengers.   An in-flight cache server in an aircraft has a management server function and a content server function, and is equipped with a small-sized cache server capable of caching 100 to 300 contents. The system for providing a video-on-demand service for aircraft passengers according to claim 1, wherein a medium-sized cache server capable of caching 000 to 10,000 contents is arranged.   The in-flight cache server is connected to each seat terminal by wireless or wired connection, and the in-flight cache server and the airport cache server are also connected wirelessly or by wired connection. 3. The video on demand service providing system for passengers of an aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the distribution is received.

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