KR100663160B1 - system and method for providing contents remote display device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a system and a method for providing digital content such as text, images, and moving images provided by a user to a display device installed at various remote locations for airing.

In the present invention, a remote display device, which is a field system having a communication function, is installed at various points, and each remote display device is connected to a central content providing system through a network. When a user registers his or her digital content and identification information to a content providing system through the Internet and inputs a specific point code using a portable wireless terminal at a certain point in time, the digital content previously registered by the user is input to the input point code. It is immediately driven on the remote display device at that point.

According to the present invention, since the predetermined content registered in advance by the user can be broadcasted in real time to the desired remote display device at the desired point and the desired time point, the user can increase the consumption satisfaction of his or her content beyond construction. .

Mobile Phone, Internet, Remote Display, Content

Description

System and method for providing content to remote display device

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for providing content to a remote display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a structural diagram of a content providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a detailed structural diagram of each server shown in FIG. 2.

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

5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating configuration of information input items for an Internet web page and a swap page in a content providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a content providing system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing content to a remote display device.

Recently, as the spread of large digital display devices such as PDPs and LCDs has been rapidly increased, more and more cases have been used for commercial video media beyond the limit as a home image media. In particular, services for locating display devices (hereinafter referred to as multi-point display devices) at a plurality of locations and providing commercial contents through each display device are rapidly increasing.

In the content service method through the multi-point display device, since the central server system provides a service in a manner of collectively organizing the content and broadcasting the content to the multi-point display device, a large number of unspecified personal contents are provided. It is difficult to select and service each branch office.

Recently, a system and a service capable of transmitting text subtitles during broadcasting through SMS, that is, a text message service of a portable wireless terminal have been developed and used. However, this service is a method of sending a text message written by a user directly on the display device. Therefore, in the case of content such as an image or a video, the screen size and clarity between the mobile device and the display device are different. Direct service is difficult.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a content providing system and method thereof, which can easily provide content to each display device arranged at a plurality of locations.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for driving the display device by providing a large amount of multimedia content to a display device at a specific remote location in real time through the Internet.                         

Another object of the present invention is to provide a content providing system and a method for controlling a user to display predetermined multimedia content on a specific display device remotely located using a portable wireless terminal.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a content providing system according to an aspect of the present invention is connected to a remote display device installed at a plurality of points through a first network, and provides a content to each display device. A site information database that stores a point code and information about a remote display device for each point where the remote display device is installed; A reservation information database storing contents registered by a user and user identification information; A content broadcasting control unit which extracts a content corresponding to the identification information from the reservation information database when a point code and user identification information are provided from a user terminal connected through a second network; And a content transmitting unit providing the extracted content to a remote display apparatus corresponding to a point code provided from the user terminal.

The user terminal may include: a first terminal accessing the system through the first network and providing content and identification information to be aired; And a second terminal providing the branch code and the user identification information to the system through the second network.

The remote display apparatus may further include a display unit that broadcasts content; The remote display device is a field communication unit for performing communication with the content providing system; And a field controller configured to provide the content received from the content providing system through the field communication unit to the display unit for the display unit to be displayed on the display unit, and check the result of the operation of the content to generate a broadcast result log accordingly. In this case, when the contents providing system transmits a broadcasting result log indicating whether the contents are successfully broadcasted or an error occurred from the remote display apparatus, the contents recording system records the broadcasting result based on the log and transmits the broadcasting result to the user terminal. Result log section; And a broadcasting log database in which the broadcasting result is recorded.

On the other hand, the content providing method according to another aspect of the present invention is a content providing method of a system that allows a user to provide content on a remote display device installed at a plurality of points over a network, a) a user Registering the content when the content to be broadcasted on the remote display device is provided through a network; And b) when the user requests to broadcast the registered content by connecting through the second network, providing the registered content to a predetermined display device among the remote display devices installed at the plurality of points to be broadcasted. . In this case, step a) may include requesting the user to select a remote display apparatus to which the content is to be broadcast; And registering the provided content and identification information of the user in response to the remote display device selected by the user, wherein step b) includes registering the content with the registered remote display device according to the content broadcasting request. Can be provided to be broadcast.

In addition, the content providing method according to another aspect of the present invention is a content providing method of a system that allows a user to provide content on a remote display device installed at a plurality of points via a network, a) a user Registering contents and identification information of the user when the contents are to be broadcasted on the remote display device through a network; b) requesting the user to select a remote display apparatus to which the content is to be broadcasted when the user connects through a second network and requests to broadcast the registered content; c) when the user selects a predetermined remote display device, finding the registered content based on user identification information provided from the user's terminal; And d) providing the content to a remote display device selected by the user so that the content is broadcasted.

The content providing method having the above characteristics comprises the steps of: transmitting a broadcasting result indicating whether the contents broadcasting is normally performed or an error has occurred from the remote display apparatus that broadcasts the contents; Recording the airing result when the airing result is transmitted; And notifying a user of the broadcasting result.

In the present invention having the features as described above, the user identification information may be a telephone number assigned to the wireless terminal. In addition, the first network may be a wired network, and the second network may be a wireless network.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for providing content to a remote display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In a system for providing content to a remote display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a specific content is provided to a plurality of display devices located at a remote location according to a request of a predetermined user. Provide multimedia content to the display devices.

To this end, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, remote display devices installed at a plurality of points are connected to a content providing system through a network. A plurality of unspecified users access a content providing system through an internet web access device such as a PC to register a content file and their identification information, and then, for a remote display device at a specific point through a mobile swap connection device such as a mobile phone, Request to broadcast the registered content. Accordingly, the content providing system provides the requested content to the remote display device located at a predetermined point designated by the user, so that the reserved content is displayed on the remote display device.

In the following embodiments, the content includes text, still images, and video. In addition, the digital display device includes an image device for displaying a digital image signal such as a PDP, LCD, LED, Beam Projector, and CRT. And broadcasting the content means an operation of displaying and playing the provided content by the display device.

Next, the structure and operation of a system for providing content to a remote display device according to an embodiment of the present invention having such a feature will be described in more detail.

2 and 3 illustrate a structure of a system for providing content to a remote display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a system for providing content to a remote display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as a content providing system) 30 is a network (internet, wireless Internet, etc.). It is connected to a plurality of remote display device 10 is located at a plurality of points, and in addition to the user terminal 40 through a network, the user terminal 20 is a mobile carrier through the network May be connected to the system 60. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a network connected between the remote display apparatus 10, the user terminal 40, the mobile communication company system 60, and the content providing system 30 will be referred to as a wired network, the Internet 20, A network connected between the user terminal 40 and the mobile communication company system 60 is called a mobile communication network 50 which is a wireless network. However, the network formed between each device or system is not limited to that illustrated above.

The remote display apparatus 10 provides a display unit 11 such as a PDP, an LCD, a CRT, or the like to display content, and provides the multimedia content to the display unit 11 to perform a display operation or generate a broadcast result log according to the content display. The field control unit 12, and the field communication unit 13 for receiving the content provided by communicating with the content providing system 30 through the Internet 20 or transmits the broadcast result log. The field controller 12 may be a computer device having a processor function such as a computer or a set-top box, and the field communication unit 13 may be connected to a network through a medium such as a dedicated line such as a wired / wireless LAN or a communication network provided by an ISP operator. 20) may be a communication terminal that can be connected to.

The user terminal 40 is connected to the content providing system 30 through the first terminal 41 and the mobile communication network 50 having a web access function for accessing the content providing system 10 through the Internet 20. And a second terminal 42 having a swap connectable function.

The first terminal 41 may be a communication device such as a PC including a web browser capable of accessing the Internet, a TV capable of accessing the Internet, and the second terminal 42 is a wireless application communication protocol (WAP: Wireless Application) of international standards. Protocol) may be a wireless terminal such as a PDA, a mobile phone, etc. capable of wireless Internet access. In this example, the user terminal 40 is divided into a first terminal 41 and a second terminal 42. For example, a user terminal performs both a web access function and a swap access function. It may be done.

The mobile communication company system 60 includes a mobile communication unit 61 which communicates with the user terminal 40 through the mobile communication network 50, and an internet communication unit 62 which communicates with the content providing system 10 through the Internet 20. do. The mobile communication unit 61 may communicate with the user terminal 40 according to various wireless Internet access methods for each mobile communication company. For example, SKT can be accessed through Nate-On, KTF through Magic-N, and LGT through Easy-I. In addition, a hot number internet connection method such as ** 1004 can be used.

On the other hand, it is connected to the remote display device 10, the user terminal 40, and the mobile communication company system 60 having a structure as described above via a network, so that the user remotely on the remote display device 10 As shown in FIG. 3, the content providing system 30 which enables to control the display of the content includes the data recorded by the processing server 31 and the processing server 31 that record and retrieve data or manage communication. And a database server 32 for storing content files.

The processing server 31 may include a site information register 311 for registering site information on remote display devices located at a plurality of points, a reservation information register 312 for registering a user's reservation information and a content file, and a user's broadcast request. A content broadcasting control unit 313 which receives information and performs a content broadcasting operation of a predetermined remote display device, and a content transmitting unit which transmits the reserved content to the remote display device 10 under the control of the content broadcasting control unit 313; 314). In addition, a broadcasting result log unit 315 for managing the broadcasting result log provided according to the content display of the remote display device, and a server communication unit 316 for communicating with each device via the Internet.

The database device 32 includes a site information database 321, a reservation information database 322, and a broadcast log database 323.

The site information database 321 stores site information for each remote display device located at each point. The site information may include information such as a point code assigned to each point, a name indicating each point, a type and / or size of a display device included in the corresponding remote display device.

The reservation information database 322 stores reservation information and content information registered for each user. For example, contents registered by the user in correspondence with the ID of the user, and reservation information including the user identification information for driving the content and the reservation date are stored.

Here, the user identification information identifies a user who requested the content broadcast in the system when the user accesses the system 30 through the second terminal 42 and requests the content broadcast to the remote display apparatus 10 located at a predetermined point. Information to make it possible. Particularly, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the user accesses through the second terminal 42, the wireless information of the second terminal may be used as the identification information of the user so as to avoid a cumbersome process such as inputting information for identifying the user separately. A number (for example, a mobile phone number or a hardware identification number assigned to the wireless terminal itself) is used. In the following embodiments, a mobile phone number is used as a wireless number, which is identification information of a user, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The broadcast log database 323 stores information on a content broadcast result, that is, a broadcast result log, for each remote display device at each point. The broadcast result log includes the success or failure of the content broadcast, the log time, or an error log if an error occurs.

In the above embodiment, the processing units 311 to 316 and the databases 321 to 323 of the servers 31 and 32 are classified according to functions for convenience of explanation, and the present invention is not limited to this classification.

Next, a method of providing content to a remote display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described based on such a structure.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a sequence of operations for registering content in a content service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and providing the same to a remote display device to drive the content.

When a user wants to broadcast specific content on the remote display device 10 located at a predetermined point, the user first accesses the content providing system 30 to register the content to be broadcasted.

That is, the user accesses the content providing system 10 through the first terminal 41 (S100), and accordingly, the reservation information registration unit 312 of the content providing system 10 provides a content reservation menu (S100 ~). S110).

The user registers his / her name and the wireless number of the second terminal 42, that is, the mobile phone number, through the provided content reservation menu, and provides the content file to be broadcasted to the content providing system 30 (S120). 5A illustrates a content reservation menu screen displayed on a user terminal and corresponding reservation information input by a user.

The reservation information registration unit 312 of the content providing system 30 stores the content provided from the user terminal 40 in the reservation information database 322 in response to a user name and a mobile phone number input by the user. At this time, the registration date that additionally registered the content may be stored together (S130).

Meanwhile, after the reservation information registration is completed, the person in charge of the content providing system 10 may directly check whether or not the registered content is suitable for airing according to the new content registration completion indication of the reservation information registration unit 312, or reserve The information registration unit 312 may check whether the content is airing suitability (S140). In addition, according to the inspection result, it is determined whether to broadcast the content, and if it is not suitable for the broadcast, the user can be notified (for example, a message for not broadcasting to the registered mobile phone number can be transmitted). There is (S140). This broadcast suitability check step (S140) is optionally performed.

As described above, the user may register specific content to be broadcasted on the remote display 10 and then selectively control the content to be broadcasted to the specific remote display 10.

The user connects to the content providing system 30 using the terminal having the identification information registered by the user, that is, the second terminal 42 having the registered mobile number (S150).

When the user connects using the second terminal 42, the content broadcasting control unit 313 of the content providing system 30 provides a content driving menu to the second terminal 42. The content driving menu provided from the content providing system 30 is provided to the Internet communication unit 62 of the mobile communication company system 60 through the server communication unit 316 and then the user's second terminal (eg, through the mobile communication unit 61). 42). Alternatively, the mobile telecommunication company system 60 may store the content driving menu in advance according to communication with the content providing system 30, and provide the content driving menu to the second terminal 42 of the user connecting through the mobile communication network 50. There is (S160).

In the content driving menu, an input box for selecting a point where the content is to be broadcasted is provided. Accordingly, the user inputs a point code for a location where the user broadcasts the contents registered in advance (S170). In FIG. 5B, a content driving menu displayed on the user's second terminal 42 and a point code input by the user are illustrated. In this case, since the user may not remember the code of the point where the content can be broadcasted, the code information for all the points where the content can be broadcasted under the control of the content providing system 30 in the content driving menu is provided. Based on this, the user may be prompted for a point code.

The point code input by the user is received by the mobile communication unit 61 of the mobile communication company system 60 (S180), and the mobile communication unit 61 stores the mobile phone number of the second terminal 42 of the user transmitted together with the point code. After the determination, the point code and the mobile phone number are transmitted to the content providing system 40 (S190). Extracting a mobile phone number of a wireless terminal to be connected in a general mobile communication technology is obvious to those skilled in the art, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The content broadcasting control unit 313 of the content providing system 40 receives the mobile phone number and the branch code of the user (S200), searches the reservation information database 322 based on the mobile phone number, and matches the mobile phone number. Detect content that has been created Then, the remote display device of the corresponding point to which the content is to be transmitted is determined based on the field information database 321 based on the point code.

Next, the content broadcasting control unit 313 instructs the transmission while delivering the detected content together with the information on the remote display device to the content delivery unit 314, so that the content delivery unit 314 transmits the content to the point code. In operation S210, the remote display apparatus 10 transmits to the remote display apparatus 10 disposed at the position corresponding to the remote display apparatus 10. FIG.

The site controller 12 of the remote display device 10 receives the content from the content providing system 30 through the field communication unit 13 (S220), and provides the content to the display device 11 for display. . Accordingly, the content is broadcasted (S230).

Next, when the broadcast of the content is successfully terminated or an error occurs in the middle, the field controller 12 transmits the corresponding broadcast log result to the content providing system 40 (S240). The content broadcasting control unit 313 of the content providing system 30 stores the transmitted broadcasting log result in the broadcasting log database 323 (S250), and the corresponding broadcasting result is carried out by the mobile communication company system 60 through the Internet 20. In order to be transmitted to the user to be provided (S260). When the mobile communication unit 61 of the mobile communication company system transmits a message about the result of the broadcasting to the second terminal 42 of the user through the mobile communication network 50 (S270 to S280), the user broadcasts the content requested by the user. Whether this is done successfully or whether an error has occurred can be checked in real time (S290).

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the user requests content broadcasting while inputting a branch code at the time of a swap connection. Alternatively, content registered by the user may be broadcasted on a predetermined remote display apparatus without inputting a branch code.

In this case, the content registration step (S120) allows the user to select a point for broadcasting the content registered in advance. For example, by providing the code information for all points that can broadcast the content to the user to select a predetermined point, and the content and user identification information provided with the selected point code corresponding to the reservation information database 322 Save it.

Therefore, when the user subsequently connects using the second terminal, when the user requests a content broadcast by operating a predetermined shortcut key or the like without inputting a separate point code, the content broadcast control unit 313 of the system 30 is provided. After searching the reservation information database 322 based on the user identification information to confirm the pre-selected point code, and provides the content registered to the remote display device corresponding to the point code to be broadcast.

Therefore, the user can allow the registered content to be broadcasted on a display device installed at a remote location desired by the user without inputting a point code while being connected to the mobile communication network.

On the other hand, in addition to the user selects the remote display device in advance in the content registration step (S120) above, it is possible to set the time when the display device broadcasts the registered content, so that the user later connects through the second terminal Even if the broadcast request is not performed, the registered content may be broadcast on the selected remote display device at the point of time set by the user.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, although the user requests to broadcast the registered content by using a wireless terminal, the user may request to broadcast the registered content by using a wired terminal.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it is well known in the art that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone who owns it can easily find out.

According to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, the user can register the content providing system through the Internet, no matter how large and complex, and the content of the individual by exposing the registered content at any time and at any desired time. Satisfaction with consumption is satisfied, and the following effects are provided.

First, it is possible to target and broadcast various personal contents through indoor and outdoor commercial display media that are difficult to implement in general broadcasting media having a popular and collective programming program.

Second, although the broadcasting expression method of the existing mobile phone text message is effective in that it is immediately broadcasted after writing, the expression of image or video is difficult to service in the above method due to the resolution gap between the portable wireless terminal and the display device. In light of the above, the present invention has the advantage of being able to freely service large-scale multimedia contents.

Third, content registered by the user through the Internet can be immediately displayed on a display device at a desired time point and a desired point through a portable wireless terminal without limitation of time and space.

Claims (13)

In a system that is connected to a remote display device installed at a plurality of points to provide content to each display device, A site information database storing a point code and information on a remote display device for each point where the remote display device is installed; A reservation information database storing contents registered by a user and user identification information; A reservation information registration unit that registers content and user identification information provided from a first terminal of a user through a first network to the reservation information database; A content broadcasting control unit configured to extract content corresponding to the identification information from the reservation information database when a point code and user identification information are provided from a second terminal of a user connecting through a second network, which is a wireless network; And Content delivery unit for providing the extracted content to the remote display device corresponding to the point code provided from the second terminal of the user Content providing system comprising a. delete delete The method of claim 1 And the user identification information is a telephone number assigned to a wireless terminal. The method of claim 1 And the first network is a wired network. The method of claim 1 The remote display device A display unit for broadcasting content; The remote display device includes a field communication unit for communicating with the content providing system; And On-site control unit for providing the content received from the content providing system through the field communication unit to the display unit to be aired, and check the result of the operation of the content to generate a broadcast result log accordingly Content providing system comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 6 A broadcast result log unit for recording a broadcast result based on the log and transmitting the broadcast result to a user terminal when a broadcast result log indicating whether the content is successfully broadcast or an error occurs is transmitted from the remote display device; And Broadcast log database in which the broadcast result is recorded Content providing system further comprising. delete delete In the content providing method of the system for allowing a user to provide content on a remote display device installed at a plurality of points over a network, a) when the first terminal of the user connects through a first network to provide content to be broadcasted on the remote display device, registering the content corresponding to the identification information of the user; b) requesting the user to select a remote display apparatus to which the content is to be broadcasted when the user's second terminal connects through a second network which is a wireless network and requests to broadcast the registered content; c) if a point code corresponding to a predetermined remote display apparatus is provided from the second terminal of the user, finding the registered content based on the user identification information provided from the second terminal; And d) providing the content to a remote display device corresponding to the point code to be broadcasted Content providing method comprising a. The method of claim 10 And the user identification information is a telephone number of a user's wireless terminal. The method of claim 10 Transmitting a broadcasting result indicating whether the contents broadcasting is normally performed or an error has occurred from the remote display apparatus that broadcasts the contents; Recording the airing result when the airing result is transmitted; And Notifying a user of the airing result Content providing method further comprising. The method of claim 12, Content providing method for transmitting the broadcast result to the user's wireless terminal via a wireless network.

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