KR100580818B1 - Method of providing reservation service for mobile broadcasting, and the server therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile broadcast reservation service method and a server thereof are disclosed. The mobile broadcast reservation service server includes: a viewing reservation information database in which viewing reservation information relating to mobile broadcasting content desired to be viewed through a subscriber's mobile terminal is registered; A broadcast content information storage unit for storing information on a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting; And searching for broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information by referring to the information on the plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting, and if there is broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information, before the broadcasting of the broadcasting content, And a controller for creating and outputting a message informing that broadcast content is to be broadcast. The mobile broadcast reservation service method and the server according to the present invention solve the inconvenience of having to directly find the broadcast program information regarding when the mobile broadcast content containing the topic or content that the mobile terminal user wants to watch, and the predetermined time. Allows users to watch desired broadcast content without being missed.

Description

Method of providing reservation service for mobile broadcasting, and the server therefor}

1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile broadcast reservation service system according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a mobile broadcast reservation service server according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile broadcast reservation service method according to the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of viewing reservation information stored in the viewing reservation information database.

The present invention relates to a reservation service method for a mobile broadcast that can be viewed through a mobile terminal and a server thereof.

Due to the high data transmission speed of the mobile communication network and the development of packet data communication technology, multimedia content services provided to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA) are being activated. The number of mobile broadcast service users who watch a wide variety of broadcast contents through their mobile terminals such as television broadcasts, movies, music videos, and sports events provided through the mobile terminal is increasing.

As a method of enjoying broadcast content through a mobile terminal, a method of downloading and enjoying a previously produced and stored broadcast content and a method of receiving a broadcast content stream transmitted by a broadcasting station at a predetermined time according to a predetermined broadcast program and listening in real time There is this.

In the latter case, there is a hassle that a mobile broadcasting service user has to find the broadcasting program information on which broadcasting content is a mobile broadcasting, and the broadcasting program information is insufficient. In addition, it is also time-consuming and cumbersome to select a broadcast content containing a specific theme or content desired by the individualized and diversified broadcast contents, but may miss the broadcast time and miss the desired content. have.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention, when receiving a broadcast content stream transmitted by a broadcasting station through a mobile terminal at a predetermined time in accordance with a predetermined broadcast program to watch the broadcast content, the broadcast content containing the desired topic or content To solve the hassle that a mobile broadcasting service user has to find the broadcasting program information regarding when the broadcasting is broadcasted, and to provide the mobile broadcasting reservation service method and the server which can watch the desired broadcasting content broadcasted at a predetermined time without missing. have.

In order to achieve the above object, the mobile broadcast reservation service server according to the present invention,

A viewing reservation information database, in which viewing reservation information about mobile broadcast content desired to be viewed through a subscriber's mobile terminal is registered; A broadcast content information storage unit for storing information on a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting; And searching for broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information by referring to the information on the plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting, and if there is broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information, before the broadcasting of the broadcasting content, And a controller for creating and outputting a message informing that broadcast content is to be broadcast.

In addition, the viewing reservation information includes keyword information indicating broadcast content to be watched. In addition, the controller generates and outputs at least one of a short message or a multimedia message to inform the mobile terminal that the broadcast content is to be broadcast through a mobile communication network.

In addition, the control unit preferably includes the address information in which the broadcast content is stored in the message.

In order to achieve the above object, the mobile broadcast reservation service method according to the present invention,

(a) receiving viewing reservation information about mobile broadcast content that a subscriber wants to watch through a mobile terminal of a subscriber and registering the same in a database; (b) searching for broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information by referring to information on a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled to be stored in advance; And (c) if there is broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information, before the broadcast of the broadcast content, preparing a message indicating that the broadcast content is to be broadcasted and transmitting the message to the mobile terminal through a mobile communication network. do.

In addition, the viewing reservation information includes keyword information indicating broadcast content to be watched.

In addition, the step (c) is preferably a step of creating and transmitting at least one of a short message or a multimedia message to the mobile terminal to inform the mobile terminal that the broadcast content is to be broadcast through a mobile communication network.

In addition, the step (c) is more preferably a step of creating a message including the address information is stored with the information indicating that the broadcast content is scheduled to broadcast.

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

1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile broadcast reservation service system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile broadcast reservation service system includes a broadcast content server 10, a data network 20, a mobile broadcast reservation service server 30, a mobile broadcast server 40, a mobile communication network 50, and a service subscriber. A mobile terminal 60 and a service subscriber side computer 70.

First, the overall operation of the mobile broadcast reservation service system according to the present invention will be briefly described.

The mobile broadcasting service subscriber inputs viewing reservation information about the mobile broadcasting content to be viewed through the service subscriber side computer 70 or the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60. The input viewing reservation information is transmitted to the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 through the data network 20 and stored in a database in the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30. The viewing reservation information will be described later.

The mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 receives and stores information on a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcast provided by the broadcast content server 10. The mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 refers to the information on the plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcast received from the broadcast content server 10 to determine whether there is broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information previously transmitted by the mobile broadcast service subscriber. Navigate. Information about a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting provided by the broadcast content server 10 will be described later along with viewing reservation information.

If there is a broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information, before the broadcast content is broadcasted, a message indicating that the broadcast content reserved for viewing is to be prepared is written and the mobile terminal 60 of the service subscriber side through the mobile communication network 50. To send). The identification information of the mobile subscriber 60 of the service subscriber side, for example, the telephone number of the mobile terminal is transmitted to the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 together with the viewing reservation information.

The message notifying the broadcast schedule transmitted to the mobile terminal 60 of the service subscriber includes a scheduled broadcast time, a message inquiring whether to view the broadcast, and an address where the broadcast content is stored so that the broadcast content can be immediately received when the service subscriber accepts the broadcast. It is desirable to include information. In general, the address information is information in the form of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in which broadcast content desired to be viewed is stored.

The service subscriber can confirm the broadcast scheduled time of the desired broadcast content by checking a message informing the broadcast schedule transmitted to the mobile terminal 60 of the service subscriber side, and if he / she wants to view it, he / she approves the inquiry about whether to view it or not. The broadcast content provided by the broadcast content server 10 may be immediately transmitted or desired broadcast content may be received at a broadcast time.

Hereinafter, each configuration of the mobile broadcast reservation service system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail.

The broadcast content server 10 transmits predetermined broadcast content to the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 at a predetermined time according to the mobile broadcast program. In general, the broadcast content server 10 is constructed and operated by the broadcasting station. On the other hand, although not separately shown in the figure, there may be a plurality of broadcasting station content servers providing a mobile broadcasting service.

The broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast content server 10 is transmitted to the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 via the data network 20, the mobile broadcast server 40, and the mobile communication network 50.

The broadcast content server 10, the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30, the mobile broadcast server 40, and the service subscriber side computer 70 are connected to the data network 20 to enable data communication with each other.

The data network 20 may be replaced by another suitable communication network which typically connects between devices, but is not limited to the Internet. For example, the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 and the mobile broadcast server 40 or between the broadcast content server 10 and the mobile broadcast server 40 may be connected by a dedicated line or a LAN.

The mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 provides the mobile broadcast reservation service according to the present invention to the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60. The detailed configuration and operation of the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 will be described later.

The mobile broadcast server 40 receives the broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast content server 10 through the data network 20 and transmits the broadcast content to the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 via the mobile communication network 50.

The mobile broadcast server 40 converts the broadcast content into a stream data format according to a predetermined method in order to transmit the broadcast content to the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 through the mobile communication network 50. On the other hand, in general, the mobile broadcast server 40 is constructed and operated by the mobile communication provider side.

The mobile communication network 50 is a communication network established by a mobile communication provider, but includes a plurality of base stations and switching stations, although not illustrated in a separate drawing.

The service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 is a mobile communication terminal capable of receiving a mobile broadcast service through the mobile communication network 50, for example, a cellular phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA) capable of wireless internet. The service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 is provided with software provided for the mobile broadcast reservation service according to the present invention.

The service subscriber who wants to watch a predetermined broadcast content through the mobile terminal 60 on the service subscriber side inputs the viewing reservation information about the mobile broadcast content that he / she wants to watch through the service subscriber side computer 70. The input viewing reservation information is transmitted to the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 through the data network 20.

The service subscriber side computer 70 may be wired to the data network 20 or wirelessly to the data network 20 through a wireless LAN. The service subscriber side computer 70 may use various types of computers, such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, and the like.

Meanwhile, the mobile broadcast service subscriber may transfer the mobile broadcast viewing reservation information to the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 by using the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 instead of the service subscriber side computer 70. In this case, the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 should be provided with software for inputting viewing reservation information.

2 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 may include a data network interface 310, a broadcast content information storage unit 330, a controller 350, a mobile communication network interface 370, and viewing reservation information. Database 390.

The data network interface 310 performs an interface with the data network 20. The data network interface 310 receives information about a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled to be provided by the broadcast content server 10 through the data network 20. In addition, when the service subscriber inputs the viewing reservation information regarding the mobile broadcasting content that the service subscriber wants to watch through the computer 70, the viewing reservation information is received through the data network 20.

However, the mobile broadcast service subscriber transfers the mobile broadcast viewing reservation information to the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 through the mobile communication network 50 using the mobile subscriber 60 on the service subscriber side instead of the service subscriber side computer 70. In this case, the mobile communication network interface unit 370 that interfaces with the mobile communication network 50 receives the mobile broadcast viewing reservation information. In addition, when a message informing the broadcast schedule of the broadcast content that the service subscriber reserves the viewing is generated by the controller 350, the message is transmitted to the mobile communication network 50 through the mobile communication network interface 370. The message transmitted to the mobile communication network 50 is transmitted to the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 through a simple message service (SMS) or a multimedia message service (MMS) provided by the mobile communication provider.

The broadcast content information storage unit 330 stores information about a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled to be provided by the broadcast content server 10 under the control of the controller 350.

The control unit 350 controls the broadcast contents information storage unit 330 and the viewing reservation information database 390 for the mobile broadcasting reservation service according to the present invention, and informs the user that the service subscriber is scheduled to broadcast the broadcast contents. Prepares and outputs it to the mobile communication network interface unit 370.

The viewing reservation information database 390 stores viewing reservation information regarding mobile broadcast content desired to be viewed through the service subscriber side computer 70 or the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 under the control of the controller 350. .

Hereinafter, a mobile broadcast reservation service method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 based on the configuration of the mobile broadcast reservation service server 30 shown in FIG. 2.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile broadcast reservation service method according to the present invention.

The control unit 350 receives the viewing reservation information regarding the mobile broadcasting content that the user wants to view through the mobile terminal 60 from the data network interface unit 310 or the mobile communication network interface unit 370, and receives the viewing reservation information database. Register at step 390 (step 81). The viewing reservation information is information input by the mobile broadcasting reservation service subscriber through the service subscriber side computer 70 or the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of viewing reservation information stored in the viewing reservation information database 390.

Referring to the data structure of the viewing reservation information database 390, information on the specific broadcast content reserved by each subscriber for each mobile broadcasting reservation service subscriber is stored. Each subscriber can be classified into four categories of specific broadcast content, content of broadcast content, characters, and groups to make a viewing reservation for broadcast content that he / she wants to watch.

Subscriber 1 reserves the viewing of all mobile broadcast contents in which a specific broadcast content called "MBC News Desk", all "soccer games" and "Song Hye Kyo" appear through his mobile terminal. Subscriber 2 reserves the viewing of all mobile broadcast content in which a specific drama content "All In" and a specific group "National Football Team" appear. When viewing a specific broadcast content, an ID code given to the broadcast content may be input.

However, it is not necessary to be limited to the four reservation items shown in FIG. 4 for viewing reservation of mobile broadcast contents, and various viewing reservation information input methods may be used. For example, without subdividing the reservation item, the service subscriber may input a key word indicating the broadcast content that the user wants to watch.

The keyword input method will be described in more detail. According to the structure of the viewing reservation information database 390 shown in FIG. 4, the subscriber 1 uses his or her computer to drive an application program for a mobile broadcasting reservation service. After that, "Song Hye Kyo" will be entered in the "People who appeared" column of the reservation items. However, instead of a separate viewing reservation item, the keyword "Song Hye Kyo" may be entered in the viewing reservation information field.

After operation 81, the control unit 350 refers to information about a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting stored in the broadcast content information storage unit 330 in advance and stores a plurality of viewing reservation information registered in the viewing reservation information database 390. Search for broadcast content corresponding to step S83.

The information about the plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting stored in the broadcast content information storage unit 330 is information provided by the broadcast content server 10. Similar to the data structure of the viewing reservation information database 390 shown in FIG. 4, it includes information such as an ID code of each broadcast content, the content of the content, a person or a group. The broadcast content desired by the service subscriber can be searched by matching the information about the plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting provided by the broadcast content server 10 with the data structure of the viewing reservation information database 390.

After the 83rd step, if there is broadcast content corresponding to the viewing reservation information, the controller 350 creates a message indicating that the broadcast content is to be broadcast and outputs it to the mobile communication network interface unit 370 before the broadcast content is broadcast. (Step 85). The mobile communication network interface unit 370 transmits a message to the mobile communication network 50, and transmits the message to the mobile terminal 60 on the service subscriber side which reserved a view through the mobile communication network 50.

The message transmitted to the mobile terminal 60 of the service subscriber includes a scheduled time of broadcasting, a message for inquiring whether to view the broadcast, and address information in which the broadcast content is stored so that the broadcast content can be immediately transmitted when the service subscriber accepts the viewing. It is preferable. The address information may be expressed as information in a URL format in which broadcast content desired to be viewed is stored. The message transmitted to the mobile communication network 50 is transmitted to the service subscriber side mobile terminal 60 through SMS or MMS provided by the mobile communication service provider.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

As described above, the mobile broadcast reservation service method and the server according to the present invention store and receive the viewing reservation information about the mobile broadcasting content that the user wants to watch from the mobile terminal user, and then store the content corresponding to the viewing reservation information. By automatically searching and notifying the mobile terminal user, the trouble of having to directly find the program information on when the broadcast content containing the desired topic or content is broadcasted is solved, and the desired broadcast content broadcasted at a predetermined time is missed. You can watch without. In addition, the user of the mobile terminal can easily receive the corresponding broadcast content without entering a cumbersome connection process by inputting an acceptance command to a query asking whether to view the broadcast content of the desired broadcast content.

Claims (10)

A viewing reservation information database in which viewing reservation information about mobile broadcast content desired to be viewed through a subscriber's terminal is registered; A broadcast content information storage unit for storing information on a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting; And The broadcast content corresponding to the keyword information included in the viewing reservation information is searched for with reference to the information on the plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting, and if there is a broadcast content corresponding to the keyword information, the broadcast content exists. Before the broadcast, the mobile broadcast reservation service server comprising a control unit for creating and outputting a message indicating that the broadcast content is to be broadcast. delete According to claim 1, The keyword information is a mobile broadcast reservation service server, characterized in that the information including at least one of the identifier of the broadcast content, the type of broadcast content, the person of the broadcast content, or the group appearing in the broadcast content. According to claim 1, And the controller composes and transmits at least one of a short message or a multimedia message to the subscriber's mobile terminal to inform the subscriber that the broadcast content is scheduled to be broadcast through a mobile communication network. According to claim 1, And the control unit includes the address information in which the broadcast content is stored together with information indicating that the broadcast content is scheduled to be broadcast in the message. (a) receiving viewing reservation information about mobile broadcast content that a user wants to watch through a subscriber's terminal and registering it in a database; (b) searching for broadcast content corresponding to keyword information included in the viewing reservation information by referring to information on a plurality of broadcast contents scheduled for mobile broadcasting; And (c) if there is broadcast content corresponding to the keyword information, before the broadcast of the broadcast content, creating a message indicating that the broadcast content is to be broadcasted and transmitting it to the subscriber's mobile terminal through a mobile communication network. Mobile broadcast reservation service method comprising a. delete The method of claim 6, And the keyword information is information including at least one of an identifier of broadcast content to be watched, a type of broadcast content, a character of broadcast content, or a group appearing in broadcast content. The method of claim 6, Step (c) further comprises the step of creating and transmitting at least one message of a short message or a multimedia message to the mobile terminal to inform the mobile terminal that the broadcast content is to be broadcast through a mobile communication network. Mobile broadcast reservation service method. The method of claim 6, The step (c) further comprises the step of creating a message including the address information is stored in the broadcast content with the information indicating that the broadcast content is scheduled for broadcasting.

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