KR100679010B1 - Home network messaging system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A home network messaging system and method are provided. The present invention relates to a home network messaging system and method for selectively notifying a message according to a preset condition in a home network environment and selectively notifying the user of the message.

Home network, message provider, message level, first forwarding condition, second forwarding condition

Description

Home network messaging system and method

1 is a conceptual diagram of a home network messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a home network messaging server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a home network messaging client in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a home network messaging method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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120a, 120b: Client 130: Server

140a, 140b: message provider 210: message receiver

220: personal message storage unit 230: client information storage unit

240: message transmission unit 250: comparison unit

The present invention relates to a home network messaging system and method, and more particularly, to a home network messaging system and method for determining a message notification according to a preset condition in a home network environment and selectively notifying a message to a user. It is about.

A home network is a system that allows all information and home appliances in a home to be connected to a wired or wireless network so that anyone can receive various home digital services regardless of device, place, or time. Wired communication technologies for realizing a home network include a home phone line networking alliance (PNA) and IEEE 1394, and wiring for data transmission and reception includes a telephone line, a coaxial cable, an optical fiber, and a USB. It is also possible to implement a home network using wireless communication, and wireless communication technologies include home RF, Bluetooth, and infrared communication (IrDA).

Home networks using wired or wireless communication technologies are spreading along with the development of the Internet, and apartments providing home network services are also appearing.

As described above, the home network can be provided to the user by controlling the device in the home regardless of the place and time, and the service provided by the home network includes the messaging service. The home network messaging service is a service for notifying a user when an event occurs in a device constituting the home network. There are various methods of home network messaging service.

However, such a conventional home network messaging service generates a message about every event that occurs and notifies any user in the home, so that a message is indiscriminately noticed in a home where a large number of users are gathered. There is an irrationality that a message is not notified to a user who needs to receive a message, and it is difficult for each user to select a message that they want to receive.

An object of the present invention is to allow each user to be notified of only a message he / she wants by setting each user's notification condition according to a message in a home network environment.

It is also an object of the present invention to determine whether to notify a message according to a preset condition when two or more users share a message notification means.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, the home network messaging method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of registering for each client of the home network a first delivery condition that is information of the client and the user for the message to be delivered from the message provider and Comparing a first delivery condition with a second delivery condition for determining a target of notification of a message, determining a client to which the message is delivered in the home network, and selectively delivering the received message to the determined client. It includes.

Home network messaging server according to an embodiment of the present invention is a client information storage unit for storing the first delivery condition that is the information of the client and the user for the message to be delivered from the message provider and a second to determine the notification target of the received message And a comparator configured to compare a delivery condition with the first delivery condition to determine a client to which the message is to be delivered in the home network, and a personal message storage to temporarily store a message notified to a user.

The home network messaging client according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage unit for storing a user's level and a list of registered users, notification means for notifying a user of a received message by a predetermined method, and storing and resuming the received message. It includes a personal message control unit for performing control such as notification and deletion.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

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

1 is a conceptual diagram of a home network messaging system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The basic operation of the home messaging system is that when the message providers 140a and 140b transmit message information to the server 130, the server 130 is a self-contained server. The information stored is compared with the received message information to derive a user whose message is to be notified, and to send a message to a client that has registered the user so that the client can notify the user of the message.

The concept of a home network messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

The message providers 140a and 140b are apparatuses for sending message information to the server 130. The message information includes not only a message but also a second delivery condition, which is a message importance level and a designated receiver to receive the message. It consists of a list of. Meanwhile, the message importance level may be configured as the sum of the message level and the message provider level. The message providers 140a and 140b refer to all devices capable of transmitting message information to the server 130 when an event occurs. Most home appliances in the home may be the message providers 140a and 140b. For example, the TV plays the role of a message provider 140a, 140b that transmits message information when the start time of a program that the user 110a, 110b wants to watch is performed. In this case, it may serve as a message provider 140a or 140b for transmitting message information.

The server 130 stores a first transfer condition preset by the users 110a and 110b. The first transfer condition includes a level of clients constituting the network and a list of users registered to each client. When the server 130 receives the message information from the message providers 140a and 140b, the server 130 compares the second delivery condition in the message information with the first delivery condition stored therein and transmits the message to the client to be delivered. Play a role.

When the server 130 receives the message information from the message providers 140a and 140b, first, the list of designated recipients, which are components of the second delivery condition, is compared with the list of users registered to each client of the first delivery condition. Thus, if there is a list of users that contains a list of named recipients, then the level of client registering the user's list is compared with the message importance level of the second delivery condition, and if the level of importance of the message is higher than that of the client, Send a message to

When the client 120a or 120b receives the message from the server 130, the client 120a or 120b notifies the user of the message using a predetermined notification means. The client determines its level to be a component of the first delivery condition and informs the server 130 of which the level is manually set by the user and automatically set by the sensor. The manual setting method is fixed level applied by the user, while the automatic setting method is that the level of the sensor is automatically changed according to the surrounding environment and the user's state. For example, if the user is watching a TV (client), the TV will lower his level so that the message he received can be notified to the user, and if the user is sleeping, the mobile phone (client) will be at his level. You can increase the number so that users are not notified of the message.

1 shows that an event occurs in each message provider 140a and 140b so that message information is transmitted to the server 130. Here, the level of the client which is the first delivery condition preset by the user, the list of users registered to each client, the level of the message which is the second delivery condition, the level of the message provider, and the designated recipient are as shown in FIG. 1. In another embodiment, the level of the message provider may be pre-stored in the server 130.

First, when the server 130 receives the message information sent by the message provider 1 (140a), the server 130 sends the designated recipient of the second delivery condition to each client (120a, 120b) of the first preset delivery conditions. Compared with the list of registered users, since the designated recipient is user 1 110a, the client who registered user 1 110a is searched for. Thus, the client 1 120a confirms that the user 1 is registered, and compares the message importance level of the second delivery condition, which is the next step, with the level of the client. Since the message level for the message sent by the message provider 1 140a is 4 and the level of the message provider 1 140a is 5, the message importance level is 9, which is the sum. However, the level of client 1 120a is six. Therefore, since the message importance level is greater than that of the client 1 120a, the server 130 transmits the received message to the client 1 120a.

Next, when the server 130 receives the message information sent by the message provider 2 (140b), since the designated recipient of the second delivery condition is the user 2 (110b), the client registering the user 2 (110b) is the first delivery condition. Search for and verify that it is client 2 (120b). Since the message level of the message sent by the message provider 2 140b is 6 and the level of the message provider 2 140b is 2, the message importance level becomes 8. By the way, the level of client 2 (120b) is nine. Therefore, since the message importance level is less than that of client 2 120b, server 130 does not send a message to client 2 120b.

For reference, although the sum of the message level and the message provider level is used as an operation for determining the message importance level in an embodiment of the present invention, the level is determined by various methods using arithmetic operations, or one of the message level and the message provider level. May be optionally used to determine its level.

In the level comparison step, the levels of the users 110a and 110b may be separately set for each of the clients 120a and 120b to select a client to be notified of the message for each of the users 110a and 110b. For example, by setting the level of user 1 110a to 2 for client 1 120a and to 6 for client 2 120b, the possibility of user 1 110a being notified of a message from client 1 120a. Can increase.

In the step of comparing the specified recipient list of the second delivery condition with the user list registered in the client of the first delivery condition, as well as the case where the designated recipient list is not included completely in the user list as in the present embodiment, but only partly included, In some cases, the message may be selectively determined according to various cases, such as when no part is included, a perfect match, or a perfect match.

Sensors are installed on the clients 120a and 120b to allow the server to send a message to the client when the user is recognized by the clients 120a and 120b, or to store the message later if not recognized. In this case, a message may be transmitted to a recognized client, and a combination of these modified embodiments may be implemented.

2 is a diagram illustrating a home network messaging server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The home network messaging server 130 includes a message receiver 210, a personal message storage 220, a client information storage 230, a message transmitter 240, and a comparator 250.

The message receiver 210 receives the message information transmitted by the message providers 140a and 140b and delivers the message information to the comparator 250. The message transmitter 240 receives the message information according to the command of the comparator 250. It is responsible for sending a message to the client.

The personal message storage unit 220 temporarily stores a message notified to the user, which may be later confirmed or deleted by the user.

The client information storage unit 230 stores a list of clients which are the first transfer condition, a level of each client, and a list of users registered in each client.

When the comparator 250 receives the message information from the message receiving unit 210, the comparator 250 compares the first delivery condition stored in the client information storage unit 230 with the second delivery condition of the received message information and satisfies the message. The message is transmitted to the client through the transmitter 240.

For reference, if a sensor is installed in the client, the server 130 may add a request unit and an unnotified message storage unit, and the request unit requests and responds to the client for the location of the designated receiver, which is the second delivery condition. The unsent message storage unit stores the unsent message when the level of the client is higher than the message importance level or when the user is not recognized by the client. .

The unnotified message may be later sent to a client that recognizes the user and notified to the user, or may be deleted after a certain time.

3 illustrates a home network messaging client in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The client is composed of a message receiving unit 310, a storage unit 320, a notification unit 330, a personal message control unit 340 and the control unit 350.

The message receiver 310 receives a message from the server 130 and transmits the message to the controller 350.

The storage 320 stores a list of registered users and their levels. The list of users and their levels stored in the storage unit 320 are input by the user using a predetermined input device, and the input contents are transmitted to the server 130 to be first transmitted by the server 130. It is used as a condition.

The notification means 330 serves to deliver a message to the user (110a, 110b) in a predetermined way. The notification means 330 includes not only visual and audio display devices such as a TV, a PC monitor, a PDA, a mobile phone, a home pad, and an alarm, but also all devices detected by the sense of touch and smell.

The user may classify the notified message into a personal message by using the personal message controller 340, and may later receive the message again, and may control to delete the message. When the user classifies the notified message as a personal message, the contents are transmitted to the server 130 and stored, and the user may later request the server to confirm or delete the message.

The control unit 350 causes the notification unit 330 to notify the user of the message when the message is received from the message receiving unit 310, and receives the user's input using a predetermined input unit, and the storage unit 320 and the personal message. It serves to control the controller 340.

For reference, as another embodiment of the present invention, the client 120a or 120b may be provided with a search unit and an unnotified message information storage unit. The search unit transmits the information (identity, location, etc.) or the surrounding situation (user's status, time, etc.) of the user located near the client to the control unit 350, and the unnotified message information storage unit has an unnotified message serial number and It stores the user information. The user search by the search unit may be performed at the request of the server 130, or may be performed by itself and notified to the server 130, and the surrounding situation search may be selectively used by the user to determine the level of the client. The level of the client determined here is transmitted to the server 130. In order to communicate with the server 130, a response unit is additionally required. The response unit receives a user's search request from the server 130, responds to the result, and transmits unnotified message information.

When the response unit receives the user's presence confirmation request from the server 130, the response unit transmits the user information to the control unit 350, and the control unit 350 confirms the presence or absence of the corresponding user through the search unit. The search unit checks the identities of all the users around the present, and compares them with the user information received from the control unit 350 and transmits the result to the control unit 350. The control unit 350 transmits the result to the server 130 through the response unit. If there is a corresponding user, the message receiving unit 310 receives a message from the server 130. The message is transmitted to the control unit 350, and the control unit 350 transmits the message to the notification unit 330 to notify the user of the message. However, if there is no corresponding user, the message receiving unit 310 receives an unnotified message serial number and user information from the server 130, and this information is transmitted to the control unit 350, and the control unit 350 receives this information. To be delivered to the unnotified message information storage to be stored.

Even if there is no user search request from the control unit 350, the search unit continuously checks the identity of a user nearby and transmits it to the control unit 350. The control unit 350 is stored in the user information and the unnotified message information storage unit. When there is a matching user by comparing the user information, the unsent message serial number and the user information are transmitted to the server through the response unit, and a message corresponding to the unnotified message serial number is received from the server 130 which receives the received message. The notification means 330 is used to notify the user.

4 is a flowchart of a home network messaging method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the server 130 receives the message information from the message providers 140a and 140b (S410), the server 130 compares the received first delivery condition with the received second delivery condition.

The first delivery condition consists of the level of the client and the list of registered users for each client, and the second delivery condition consists of the message importance level and the designated recipient list. S420). Recipient confirmation (S420) consists of comparing the specified recipient list with the list of registered users for each client. If the specified recipient list is included in the registered user list, the client having the list of registered users is the subject of the message notification. Become a client In the next step, the message importance level is compared with the level of the target client (S430). If the message importance level is greater than the level of the target client, the message is transmitted to the target client (S450).

Through the above process, the server determines a client to send a message and informs the user of the message. In another embodiment in which a sensor is installed in the client, the server that has completed the level checking step (S430) is a corresponding user registered to the target client. Check whether there is (S440) If the user is recognized by the client and transmits a message to the client (S450). However, if the corresponding user is not recognized by the client, the unnotified message is stored (S460), and the unnotified message information is transmitted to the client (S470). The content of the unnotified message to be stored is a message to which an unnotified message serial number is assigned, and the unnotified message information to be transmitted is a message serial number and corresponding user information. When the client receives the unsolicited message information, the client stores the contents and informs the server when a user matching the user information appears during continuous user search. If the server waits for the appearance of the unnotified message corresponding user and is notified by the client, the server transmits an unnotified message to the client (S450).

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. Therefore, it is to be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

According to the home network messaging system of the present invention as described above has one or more of the following effects.

First, in a home network environment, each user sets a notification condition according to a message in advance, so that each user is notified of only a message he / she wants.

Secondly, another object of the present invention is that if two or more users share the notification means, whether or not the message is notified may be determined according to preset contents.

Claims (9)

Registering a first delivery condition for each client of the home network, the first delivery condition including information of a client and a user about a message to be delivered from a message provider; Determining a client to which the message will be delivered in the home network by comparing the first delivery condition with a second delivery condition that determines a subject of notification of the received message; And Selectively delivering the received message to the determined client. The method of claim 1, Registering the first delivery condition is And automatically registering the first transfer condition in consideration of a surrounding situation, a user's state, etc. by a manual input by a user or a predetermined sensor. The method of claim 1, Determining the client Determining the client as a message delivery target client when the user targeted for the message notification is recognized by the client on which a predetermined sensor is installed, and storing an unnotified message in a predetermined storage unit when the user is not recognized. Home network messaging method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The first delivery condition is A home network messaging method comprising a list of users registered at a client level and for each client. The method of claim 4, wherein The second delivery condition is A home network messaging method that includes a message importance level and a list of specified recipients. The method of claim 5, The message importance level is Home network messaging method comprising the level of the message and the level of the message provider. The method of claim 5, Determining the client Comparing the level of the client with the message importance level and determining a client to receive the message by comparing a list of registered users and a list of designated recipients for each client. A client information storage unit for storing a first delivery condition which is information about a client and a user about a message to be delivered from a message provider; A comparator configured to compare a first delivery condition with a second delivery condition for determining a notification target of the received message and determine a client to which the message is delivered in the home network; And A home network messaging server comprising a personal message store that temporarily stores messages notified to a user. The method of claim 8, The client includes a storage unit for storing the first transfer condition; A message receiving unit which receives the message; And Home network messaging server comprising notification means for notifying the user of the message.

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