KR100374251B1 - Multi-Media Offering System using Internet and Offering Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multimedia providing system using the Internet and a method of providing the same, including: an internet network 20, which is a network for transmitting and receiving data through a remote communication; A user computer 11 for searching for information regarding a video and receiving searched information through the Internet network 20; A web server 32 for providing information at the request of the user computer 11 connected through the Internet network 20; A web database 33 for providing information about the web stored under the control of the web server 32; Internet broadcasting, education, video, which is produced in the Internet standard multimedia integrated language (SMIL) using a video service on-demand, including a stream server 34 for providing information on a video requested by the user computer 11 It provides videos such as cartoons in real time through streaming technology.

Description

Multi-Media Offering System using Internet and Offering Method

The present invention relates to a system for providing a multimedia using the Internet and a method of providing the same, and more particularly, to an Internet standard multimedia integration language using a Video On Demand (VOD) service. The present invention relates to a multimedia providing system using the Internet and a method of providing the same for providing a video such as Internet broadcasting, education, video, cartoon, etc. in real time through a streaming technology.

With the development of computer and communication technology, the network is now able to provide various types of information such as text, image, video and audio over high speed network, and it is a general-purpose file server to service various types of multimedia information to many customers. There is a need for a high performance server with a different concept. With the advent of such a high performance server, it is possible to provide a multimedia data service that provides a real time service of a large amount of multimedia information by an improvement of a high speed communication network or a data compressor method.

Multimedia data is data in which data such as numbers and letters and data such as images, audio, and video are integrated. In particular, media represented over time, such as audio or video, are called continuous media. Such a continuous medium has a time continuous characteristic, and if time continuity is not guaranteed, it loses its meaning as informational data. In addition, a continuous medium is required to compress data due to its large capacity. As the compression method of video-audio data is standardized, and the spread of high-speed communication networks, such multimedia data servers are widely applied to video on demand (VOD), home shopping, and interactive TV.

Unlike the existing data, multimedia data is represented according to time, and therefore, a multimedia server must provide various services such as play, fast play and stop at an arbitrary speed. In addition, because of the time-continuous nature of the multimedia data, once the service is started, the server must guarantee the quality required by the user until the end.

The multimedia server is difficult to manage resources due to the user's demand for large amounts of information and various services, and in particular, 1GB of storage space was needed to provide a movie with a running time of about 100 minutes on an on-demand video server. In the case of a video server, it is necessary to store dozens or hundreds of such movies. Therefore, it is necessary to design and operate in consideration of disk storage capacity, processing capacity and disk arrangement for efficient management.

As such, the expansion of a high-speed communication network, data compression technology, and sufficient design of a large-capacity server and database for providing a video through a VOD service and Internet broadcasting as one of the multimedia have not been properly performed. Is not meeting.

In addition, although the multimedia VOD service is provided using SMIL, it does not provide high quality service due to communication speed problem at the initial stage and does not include perfect technology.

In addition, most payment systems used in e-commerce are based on credit cards, and most of them are restricted to adults who can issue credit cards. .

The present invention is to solve the above problems, real-time video, such as Internet broadcasting, education, video, cartoon, etc. produced in the Internet standard multimedia integrated language (SMIL) through the video on demand (VOD) service using streaming technology An object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia providing system using the Internet and a method of providing the same.

In addition, the present invention provides in real time advertising and information retrieval data such as various texts, images, animations, sounds and videos transmitted to the user's web browser through the Internet network, and in the case of unstored data Another purpose is to provide a user with a URL of a site and output a website corresponding to a click of an advertisement subtitle provided on a web browser screen or a video being played.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to solve the security problem for payment of the fee by making it easy to use through a prepaid card for payment of the Internet broadcast, education, video and cartoon provided for a fee. .

1 is a block diagram of a multimedia providing system using the Internet according to the present invention;

2 is a view showing a browser initial screen of a website according to the present invention;

3A to 3F are views showing a browser output screen of a website according to the present invention;

4 is a plan view showing a prepaid card according to the present invention

5 is a flowchart showing a payment method for use of the system according to the present invention;

6 is a flow chart showing an advertisement providing method according to the present invention,

7 is a flowchart illustrating a search providing method according to the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: User 11: Your Computer

12: Web browser 13: operating program

20: Internet network 30, 50: Website operator

32, 51: web server 33, 52: web database

34, 53: stream server 35: stream file database

36: stream file storage 37: MPEG video processing unit

38: MPEG encoder 40: text file section

41: image file section 42: camcorder

43: TV tuner 44: microphone

45: VCR 100, 130: web browser

102: login window 104: menu window

106: classification window 107: search result window

110: play window 112: subtitle window

114: image window 115: information window

120: search box 121: search key

122: search term input unit 140: prepaid card

The present invention for the above purposes, the Internet network which is a network for transmitting and receiving data through a remote communication; A user computer for searching for information regarding a video and receiving searched information through the Internet network; A web server for providing information at the request of a user computer connected through the Internet network; A web database for providing information about the web stored under the control of the web server; The present invention can be achieved by providing a multimedia providing system using the Internet including a stream server for providing information on moving images requested by the user's computer.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a multimedia providing system using the Internet according to the present invention.

The internet network 20 is a network for transmitting and receiving data through remote communication.

The user computer 11 is a user 10 who uses the Internet to search for and receive information about a video through the Internet network 20. The user computer 11 preferably includes a web browser made of Netscape or Internet Explorer and an SMIL Player for running SMIL (Internet Standard Multimedia Integrated Language). Do.

The web server 32 is for providing information at the request of the user computer 11 connected through the Internet network 20.

The web database 33 is for providing information about the web stored under the control of the web server 32.

The stream server 34 is a multimedia server for providing information about a moving picture requested by the user computer 11. The stream server 34 uses a high quality audio codec capable of streaming stereo audio sampled at 44.1 KHz at 20 kbps providing wide bandwidth, and the next generation standard MPEG4 video codec delivering superior picture quality over a wide range of bandwidths. It was. In addition, it uses intelligent streaming with a video blocking prevention filter that can maintain image quality even at low bandwidth to automatically detect the network conditions and automatically adjust the characteristics of the video stream to optimize the image quality. Provides multi-bit-rate encoding for encoding a single file at different video bandwidths, and a full-scale view window environment with adjustable video window size for optimal viewing It has a structure that can support any form of arbitration data and can be easily extended.

In addition, the system of the present invention includes an MPEG encoder 38 for compressing the on-demand multimedia data in real time, the MPEG video processing unit 37 is for processing the on-demand multimedia data compressed from the MPEG encoder 38 The stream file storage unit 36 is for storing on-demand multimedia data and text and image data input from the MPEG video processor 37. Although the MPEG encoder 38 uses the MPEG4 compression technique, the MPEG encoder 38 may also use the higher MPEG compression technique.

The stream file database 35 is for providing information about the stream file stored in the stream file storage unit 36 through the stream server 34.

In addition, in the system of the present invention, a text file for providing a variety of text information to provide multimedia data including text, images, video, and audio signals to the stream file storage 36 and the MPEG encoder 38. A unit 40, an image file unit 41 for providing various image information, a camcorder 42 for providing a captured video, a TV tuner 43 for providing a TV program being broadcasted, A microphone 44 for providing an audio signal and a VCR 45 for providing a produced video may be further included, and a medium for providing various videos may be further included.

The stream server 34 has a web server 32, a web database 33 and a plurality of website operators 50 including the stream server 34 is connected through the Internet network 20, the corresponding website You can search and register SMIL files from. That is, in such a case, when the stream file corresponding to the stream file storage unit 36 is not stored, the corresponding stream file is linked to and provided to the user through another website.

In addition, Figure 2 shows a browser initial screen of the website, the initial screen of the web browser login window 102, menu window 104, classification window 106, subtitle window 112, playback window 110 ) And a search box 120, the classification window 106 includes a fairy tale, cartoons, advertisements, dramas, movies, animations, driver's license writing test, etc., the subtitle window 112, the advertising phrase , Subtitles of the Korean and foreign languages, information related to the play window 110 are outputted, and a website or a detailed information window corresponding to the case where the subtitle window 112 is clicked is activated.

3A to 3F, various browser output screens of the website are displayed. When the play window 110 is displayed, an advertisement, a video, an image, and an animation are output, and the play window 110 is clicked. The corresponding website or detailed information window is activated.

The initial screen of the web browser includes a plurality of image windows 114 and 115 associated with information output to the play window 110 and the subtitle window 112, and corresponds to the case where the image windows 114 and 115 are clicked on. The website or details window will be activated. The image windows 114 and 115 output advertisements indicating information on products and output still images. Typically, the image window is preferably connected to a specialty shopping mall or website for the sale of goods.

In addition, the subtitle window 112 and the play window 110 are driven separately from the web browser 100 and may be the second web browsers 130 and 132 on which the corresponding website is activated.

The web browser further includes an information providing window 115 for a driver's license written test test, a news information window providing the latest news information, and a search result window 107 providing the searched information.

Specifically, in FIG. 3A, there is a login window 102 for authenticating the use of the user on the screen of the web browser 100, and the login window 102 enters an ID and password of the user, and the user. If you are a non-member who does not have an ID and password, you can register as a member. At this time, it is preferable that a database for managing the member is included. The menu window 104 is a part including various menus of a website for operating the multimedia system for the Internet of the present invention, and includes a main menu function, a bulletin board function, and a QA function. The classification window 106 is for providing various images and videos, and there are fairy tales, cartoons, advertisements, dramas, movies, animations, driver's license writing tests, etc., so that various kinds of information can be provided as necessary. Can be configured. The search box 120 allows a user to search for information about a video, an image, an advertisement, etc. to be searched for. The search box 120 inputs a search word to be searched for and then clicks the search key 121. The search result is output to the search result window 107.

Meanwhile, a plurality of playback windows 110 may be configured on the web browser 100, and the playback windows 110 may exist in the web browser 100 or on the web browser 100.

In addition, in FIGS. 3D and 3E, when the play window 110 or the subtitle window 112 is clicked, the corresponding web site is moved, and the corresponding second web browsers 130 and 132 are activated to request the user. The search for the information is performed.

In FIG. 3C, a reproduction window 110 and a subtitle window 112 are provided in the center of the web browser 100, and a plurality of advertisements of products related to or unrelated to advertisements are displayed on the top, bottom, left and right sides. The image windows 114 and 115 are displayed so that various advertisements can be provided to the user and the advertisement effect can be increased.

In FIG. 3F, various test questions, such as a driver's license written test, are provided so that a user can solve a problem after searching for a desired test question. For example, a driver's license test question is displayed in the search result window 107. When the problem is solved, the score is displayed in real time, and the information providing window 115 on the left is to help the user understand by outputting a help or a real driver's license situation as a video or an image to solve the problem. .

Thus, some embodiments of a method for providing a multimedia using the Internet according to the present invention are presented. That is, in FIG. 5, the system provides multimedia information about a movie, animation, fairy tale, cartoon, drama, and driver's license written test for a fee, and performs payment as follows.

First, in step S10, the prepaid card 140 is purchased at a commercial affiliate or specialty store affiliated with the website of the present invention. The prepaid card 140 is similar to a general card type as in FIG. 4, but the prepaid card 140 has an ID and a password unique to the prepaid card 140 along with an indication of the amount of money. The prepaid card 140 can be used semi-permanently in one purchase. In step S11, the user searches for an image provided for a fee, and then selects a desired image after searching for an image such as a cartoon, an animation, or a video through the classification window 106, the search window 120, or the like. . In step S12, the payment of the admission fee for viewing the video searched by the user inputs a unique ID and password included in the prepaid card 140 purchased, and in step S13, a unique ID input by the user. And a password authentication procedure. This authentication procedure determines whether the ID and password of the prepaid card 140 sold by the website operator 30 and the ID and password entered by the user match.

Therefore, when authentication is made in step S14, information about the amount of money is displayed, and the display of the amount of money indicates the amount of money available to the user. In step S15, it is determined whether the set amount is insufficient and an error message is output when the amount is insufficient. That is, when the remaining amount is insufficient compared to the remaining amount of the prepaid card 140 owned by the user and the viewing fee of the image that the user wants to see, an error message (for example, "the remaining amount for viewing the present image is insufficient. Please ".

In addition, when the amount set in step S16 is not short, the user can provide a desired video to view. In this case, the user computer 11 may download and view the image data stored in the stream file storage unit 36 through the stream server 34 through the Internet network 20 in real time or may be downloaded and viewed at once.

In step S17, when the user's requested image is provided, the remaining amount of the prepaid card 140 of the user is displayed, and in step S18, it is determined whether or not another image is searched. On the other hand, it is determined whether to recharge the prepaid card 140 in step S19, if you want to recharge in step S20, if you pay the amount corresponding to either Jiro or deposit account, in step S21 website After determining whether the deposit is confirmed, the operator 30 displays information corresponding to the amount of money deposited in the user's prepaid card 140 in step S22.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an advertisement providing method. In order to provide advertisement information in the system, first, when the user selects an advertisement on the initial screen of the web browser in step S30, the advertisement selected in step S31 is provided. Data is provided from the stream file storage unit 36 to the user computer 11 via the stream server 34, and from the playback window 110 on the web browser 100 of the user computer 11 in step S32. If the reproduction window 110 is clicked while the advertisement is being output, the web server 32 requests the stream server 34 for the requested advertisement SMIL file by clicking on the reproduction window 110 in step S33.

In step S34, the stream server 34 receives the URL of the advertisement website from the stream file storage unit 36, and transmits the URL of the advertisement website to the user computer 11 in step S35. The advertisement website requested in S36 is transmitted to the web browser 100 of the user computer 11.

Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a search providing method. In order to provide search information in the system, in step S40, a user searches for a SMIL information that a user wants to search through a search box on an initial screen of a web browser. If input, the search word input in step S41 requests a list of SMIL information from the web server 32 to the stream server 34. In step S42, the stream server 34 opens the stream file database 35. The SMIL list is searched and transmitted to the user computer 11, and in step S43, the user clicks on the desired SMIL information from the SMIL list output to the user computer 11.

If it is determined whether the SMIL information clicked by the user in step S44 is the information stored in the stream file storage unit 36, the SMIL information is transmitted. In step S45, the stream file storage unit 36 is transmitted. If the information is not stored in the web site, other SMIL websites are searched to provide the corresponding information.

As described above, the present invention provides a multimedia providing system using the Internet and a method of providing the same according to a user's request using the Internet. It is intended to provide in real time through the technology, those skilled in the art will be able to sufficiently change, transform, substitute and replace, it will be appreciated that it is not limited to the above.

As described above, the multimedia providing system using the Internet of the present invention and the method for providing the same include a web server, a stream server, and a stream file storage unit over the Internet network, which provides various images, texts, Provides video data including sound and video from text files, image files, camcorders, TV tuners, microphones and VCRs through the MPEG encoder and MPEG video processing unit in real time using streaming technology. Even if the video is not stored in the stream file storage unit, the relevant information can be provided to the user's computer by searching for information on other websites, and the multimedia VOD is supported using SMIL. High quality service through service By providing a prepaid card, it is possible to easily carry out electronic commerce through the Internet by expanding the target audience and solving security problems, thereby increasing the satisfaction of users' needs using the Internet network.

Claims (16)

An internet network, which is a network for transmitting and receiving data through remote communication; A user computer for searching for information regarding a video and receiving searched information through the Internet network; A web server for providing information at the request of a user computer connected through the Internet network; A web database for providing information about the web stored under the control of the web server; And a stream server for providing information on a video requested by the user's computer. The system of claim 1 wherein the system is MPEG encoder for compressing on-demand multimedia data in real time, MPEG video processing unit for processing the on-demand multimedia data compressed from the MPEG encoder, A stream file storage unit for storing on-demand multimedia data and text and image data input from the MPEG video processor; And a stream file database for providing information on the stream file stored in the stream file storage unit through a stream server. According to claim 2, In order to provide multimedia data including text, image, video and sound signals to the stream file storage unit and the MPEG encoder, A text file unit for providing various character information, An image file unit for providing various image information, Camcorder to provide recorded video, A TV tuner for providing TV programs on air; A microphone for providing an acoustic signal, Multimedia providing system using the Internet characterized in that it further comprises a VCR for providing a produced video. 2. The multimedia providing system according to claim 1, wherein the user computer includes an operating program for running a web browser made of Netscape or Internet Explorer and SMIL (Internet Standard Multimedia Integrated Language). The system of claim 4, wherein the initial screen of the web browser includes a login window, a menu window, a classification window, a subtitle window, a playback window, and a search window. The system of claim 5, wherein the classification window includes a fairy tale, cartoon, advertisement, drama, movie, animation, and driver's license writing test. The Internet of claim 5, wherein the caption window outputs information subtitles related to advertisement text, Korean and foreign subtitles, and a playback window, and activates a website or a detailed information window corresponding to a click of the caption window. Multimedia providing system using. The system of claim 5, wherein an advertisement, a video, an image, and an animation are output to the play window, and a website or a detailed information window corresponding to a click of the play window is activated. The web browser according to claim 5, wherein the initial screen of the web browser includes a plurality of image windows related to information output on a play window and a subtitle window, and a web site or a detailed information window corresponding to a click of an image window is activated. Multimedia providing system using the Internet. The system of claim 5, wherein the caption window and the playback window are driven separately from a web browser. The Internet-based multimedia of claim 4, wherein the web browser further includes an information providing window for a test of driving license test, a news information window providing latest news information, and a search result window providing searched information. Providing system. The Internet of claim 1, wherein a plurality of websites including a web server, a web database, and a stream server are connected to the stream server through an internet network, and the SMIL file is retrieved from the corresponding website and registered. Multimedia providing system using. By using the system of claim 1, multimedia information regarding movies, animations, fairy tales, cartoons, dramas, and driver's license written tests will be provided for a fee. Purchasing a prepaid card, Searching for the video material provided for a fee; Payment of the admission fee for viewing the searched video content comprises the steps of inputting a unique ID and password included in the prepaid card purchased; Going through the authentication process of the unique ID and password entered, Displaying information about the amount of money if the authentication is successful, Determining whether the set amount is insufficient and outputting an error message when the amount is insufficient; If the set amount is not short, providing the user with the desired video to watch; Displaying the remaining amount when the video is provided; Determining whether another image is searched for; Determining whether to recharge the prepaid card; If you want to recharge, pay the amount of money in either Jiro or deposit account; Determining whether the deposit was confirmed, Method for providing a multimedia using the Internet, characterized in that for performing the step of displaying information corresponding to the deposited amount. In order to provide advertisement information using the system of claim 1, The user selecting an ad on the initial screen of the web browser, Providing the selected advertisement data from the stream file storage unit to the user computer through the stream server; Clicking on the play window when an advertisement is output from the play window on a web browser of the user's computer; By clicking on the play window, the web server requests the stream server for the requested advertisement SMIL file, The stream server receives the URL of the advertisement website from the stream file storage unit, Sending the URL of the advertising website to the user's computer, And providing advertisement information by performing the step of transmitting the requested advertisement website to a web browser of a user computer. In order to provide search information using the system of claim 1, In the initial screen of the web browser, the user enters a search term for the SMIL information that you want to search through the search box, The search term entered is a request for a list of SMIL information from a web server to a stream server, The stream server searches the stream file database and sends the SMIL list to the user's computer. The user clicks on the desired SMIL information from the SMIL list displayed on the user computer, Determining whether the SMIL information clicked by the user is information stored in the stream file storage unit and transmitting the SMIL information if the SMIL information is stored in the stream file storage unit; If the information is not stored in the stream file storage unit, searching for another SMIL website and providing corresponding information is provided to provide search information. delete