KR100727131B1 - Electronic newspaper service system based on television - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a television based electronic newspaper service system.

The television-based electronic newspaper service system of the present invention includes a server device for transmitting newspaper articles composed of digital contents classified into sections based on a network; And a television receiver for receiving a newspaper article transmitted from the server device and decoding the decoded newspaper article to be displayed for each section according to a user's selection. The newspaper article composed of the digital content includes a corresponding section and / or section by article and / or article. Or rating information for determining whether to allow access to the article.

TV, e-newspaper, section, article, rating, scrap

Description

TV-based electronic newspaper service system {ELECTRONIC NEWSPAPER SERVICE SYSTEM BASED ON TELEVISION}

1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention.

2 illustrates an example of TV-based electronic newspaper content configuration according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: Server 20: TV set

110: tuner 120: demodulator

130: system decoder 140: TV electronic newspaper ID filter

150: HDD interface 160: storage device

170: rating processing system 180: TV electronic newspaper data processing system

190: remote control 200: remote control processing system

210: subscription fee charging system 220: advertising content linkage system

230: scrap processing system 240: VDP

250: display unit

The present invention relates to an electronic newspaper service system capable of serving newspaper articles as digital content based on a television (TV).

Services for supplying newspaper content on the web based on digital content from newspapers using print media have become popular.

In the case of newspapers using existing print media, one newspaper must be purchased that includes articles such as politics, economy, society, culture, and sports. However, from the user's point of view, even though they may want to obtain and read only articles specialized in the field of interest, there is a structural problem that cannot be met fundamentally in response to the demand of the newspaper using the existing print media. .

Therefore, there is a problem of unnecessary additional cost burden because it is necessary to purchase a printed newspaper up to an area of no interest. In addition, once the printed article is read, the newspaper is usually discarded as a waste paper, so it is also a waste of resources, and it is inconvenient to scrap for storing the articles of interest separately. In particular, since the content of the purchased newspaper is printed on a paper, it is impossible to limit even if there are inappropriate contents according to age group. In addition, even in the case of advertisements in print media, it is difficult to obtain sufficient information only from the contents of the advertisements, and there is a limited way of obtaining such information service even if a user wants more detailed information about the advertisement. There is no choice but to.

On the other hand, newspapers are provided on the web as digital contents, or online-based articles (information) are provided in the form of webzine, such as some news letters. It is difficult to greatly improve the problems of media-based newspapers. In other words, since web-based electronic newspapers are provided as total newspaper information such as politics, economy, society, culture, and sports, they are inconvenient, and scraps on the contents of newspapers are greatly restricted. Because the content can be accessed without any limitation, in some cases, children, minors, etc. are also defenseless even for articles that are difficult to obtain. However, in the case of an electronic newspaper provided on the web, when a user clicks on an advertisement (depending on the type of banner advertisement, etc.), a function of connecting to an advertisement site is provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system for serving newspaper content based on TV.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a TV-based electronic newspaper service system for subscribing electronic newspaper contents by section in the service of newspaper content based on TV.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a TV-based electronic newspaper service system that allows users to store scraps and scraped articles for articles of interest in a storage device as a database in serving newspaper content based on TV. There is this.

In addition, the present invention provides a TV-based electronic newspaper service system to provide a rating (rate) according to the newspaper article in the service of newspaper content based on the TV and to restrict access to the article by age group based on the rating information. The purpose is to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a TV-based electronic newspaper service system, comprising: a server apparatus for transmitting newspaper articles composed of digital contents classified into sections based on a network; And a television receiver for receiving a newspaper article transmitted from the server device and decoding the decoded newspaper article to be displayed for each section according to a user's selection. The newspaper article composed of the digital content includes a corresponding section and / or section by article and / or article. Or rating information for determining whether to allow access to the article.

In addition, in the TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention, a newspaper article composed of the digital content is a newspaper article ID for distinguishing that it is a newspaper article, a section ID for section division, an article ID for newspaper article division, and article It is characterized by including the contents.

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In addition, the TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention, characterized in that it further comprises a storage device for storing the article received and decoded in the television receiver.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a TV-based electronic newspaper service system includes electronic newspaper content generating means for constituting electronic newspaper data for each section, charging processing means for performing charging processing according to the electronic newspaper subscription for each section, and the electronic newspaper content. A server including rating processing means for generating rating information for each section and / or article in and inserting the header into a header of the section and / or article; Data receiving means for receiving the electronic newspaper data for each section transmitted from the server based on the network, Rating control means for performing a rating control for the section and / or article according to the rating information of the received electronic newspaper data for each section And a display device for decoding and displaying the received electronic newspaper data for each section, and user interface means for selecting and displaying a subscription of articles provided for each section.

In addition, the TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention is characterized in that it further comprises a scrap processing means and a storage device for scrap processing the article for a particular article selected by the user among the articles.

In addition, in the TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention, the electronic newspaper content includes advertising content, the additional information on the advertisement selected by the user for the advertising content and the link information for the purchase of the advertising product further Characterized by including.

On the other hand, in the TV-based electronic newspaper service method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the electronic newspaper data for each section is configured and the corresponding section ID, article ID, rating information for the section and / or article is added to the digital electronic newspaper Generating content; Transmitting the generated digital electronic newspaper content based on a TV network; Receiving the transmitted digital electronic newspaper content at a TV receiver; Requesting, for the received digital electronic newspaper content, provision of an article of a particular section that the user wishes to subscribe to; Determining whether to provide the corresponding article according to the rating information of the specific section or the requested article; And providing the article of the requested section according to the determination result.

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In addition, in the TV-based electronic newspaper service method according to the present invention, the electronic newspaper data is further configured to include advertising content, when the TV receiver user requests additional information on the advertising content in response to this for the corresponding advertisement The method may further include providing additional information and / or purchase related information.

In addition, in the TV-based electronic newspaper service method according to the present invention, the step of receiving a user's scrap request for a specific article among the sections of articles provided to the user in the TV receiver, if there is a scrap request based on the ID of the article The method further includes the step of performing a scrap process on the type of the indexed article database.

In addition, the TV-based electronic newspaper service method according to the present invention, characterized in that it further comprises the step of performing the charging process for the electronic newspaper content for each section.

According to the TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention made as described above, the TV electronic newspaper with a variety of functions are implemented by digitalizing the newspaper and transmitting it to the TV. In particular, a user can subscribe to a newspaper in each section by the concept of a section newspaper, away from the concept of a comprehensive newspaper. In addition, if you want to scrap, you can easily save the scraped content in the storage device, and the basis for organizing the scrap articles by date and section is provided for easy retrieval of the scraped content in the future. In particular, it is possible to set the level of articles that can be viewed by age group by rating according to the content of sections and / or articles, thereby preventing access to articles that children, adolescents, and minors cannot afford.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the TV-based electronic newspaper service system of the present invention.

1 is a view for explaining an overview of a TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention, based on a communication network such as a radio (RF), a cable, a communication cable, etc. between a server 10 and a TV set 20. Electronic newspaper service is made. The server 10 is a broadcasting station or an electronic newspaper content provider.

The server 10 includes at least a configuration of electronic newspaper data for each section, a charging system, insertion of rating information for each article, and a linkage system of advertisement contents.

An example of the sectioned electronic newspaper data is shown in FIG. 2 and will be described in detail later.

In the case of the billing system, the billing control is performed based on the user authentication, such as billing by the selected section according to the contractual relationship with the user, or providing only a headline in the case of free.

The rating information for each article inserts the rating information by using the header information at the head of the section and / or article content when providing electronic newspaper content in sections and / or article units, and at the TV set. Based on the information, you control whether or not you can access the article.

The linkage system of advertisement contents provides the basis for accessing more detailed information about the advertisement contents based on means such as hyperlinks for a particular advertisement, and also allows the user to purchase the advertisement product network. Based on this, it can be performed directly on the TV.

At least, the TV set 20 is capable of receiving, decoding and displaying electronic newspaper data in sections, and constructing a system for storing electronic newspaper data based on internal or external storage devices, and decoding rating information for each article. Based on this, we authenticate and control whether or not the user can access the article, and build a system that links the user with the advertisement contents.

Receiving the section-specific electronic newspaper data and decoding and displaying the same can be easily implemented by basing data broadcasting on the existing DTV standard. In addition, the electronic newspaper data storage system is possible by internally or mass-connecting a mass storage device based on an HDD, such as a PVR. In addition, when the rating information is decoded for a specific article by decoding the rating information for each article, it may be achieved by controlling whether the user can access the article according to the user authentication or the setting of the rating password. The system for linking the advertisement content with the user is possible by applying the link technology of the existing web-based banner advertisement, and can be simply implemented by porting and using the electronic payment system.

2 shows an example of TV-based electronic newspaper content configuration according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the TV-based electronic newspaper content according to the present invention includes a header for electronic newspaper content, a header for each section, an article ID, an article content, an advertisement ID, and an advertisement content. As described above, the header for each section includes description information for the corresponding section, and it inserts the promised rating information together.

3 is a diagram showing a TV-based electronic newspaper service system configuration according to the present invention, a tuner 110, a demodulator 120, a system decoder 130, a TV electronic newspaper ID filter 140, an HDD interface 150, In-TV storage device 160, rating processing system 170, TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180, remote control 190, remote control processing system 200, the subscription fee system 210 connected to the server 10 and The advertisement content linkage system 220, the scrap processing system 230, the VDP 240, and the display unit 250 are included. The storage device 160 may use an external storage device.

The tuner 110 receives a TV signal based on RF or a cable and transmits the TV signal to the demodulator 120. The demodulator 120 demodulates the TV signal input from the tuner 110 and transmits the demodulated signal to the system decoder 130. The system decoder 130 decodes the input TV signal, separates general AV resources, data broadcasting, TV electronic newspaper content, and the like, and decodes them.

The TV electronic newspaper ID filter 140 detects an electronic newspaper ID included in a header of the input electronic newspaper content, and the detected information is provided to the HDD interface 150.

The HDD interface 150 is responsible for the interface between the storage device 160 and the scrap processing system 230 in the TV, and stores the scrap processing result for the electronic newspaper content, and reproduces and outputs it as necessary. Here, for example, the storage device 160 in the TV employs a large capacity HDD (hard disk drive).

The HDD interface 150 is connected to the rating processing system 170. The rating processing system 170 allows or controls user access, such as decoding and display, for the section and / or article according to the rating information included in the section and / or article header of the received and decoded electronic newspaper content. . As described above, it transmits rating information for restricting access to a specific section and / or article (including advertisements) by age group in the header information of the section and / or article, and transmits the information on the receiving TV set. This can be done by determining whether to allow or block access to the section and / or article through comparison with rating information previously set by the user.

The TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180 performs a process of decoding and converting electronic newspaper content, that is, sections and / or articles, that are allowed to be accessed by the rating processing system 170, into a format that can be displayed or stored. . The section-specific electronic newspaper articles configured in the TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180 are processed by the VDP 240 as appropriate, and are outputted to the user through the display unit 250.

This is achieved by recognizing a device operation and control command selected by the user based on the remote controller 190 in the remote controller processing system 200 and providing the recognition result to the TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180. The user may apply ratings, select articles, or select scraps of articles based on the remote controller 190 and the remote controller processing system 200 using an OSD menu method. In response to the command, a request is made to the TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180 from the remote control processing system 200, and accordingly, the TV electronic newspaper processing system 180 performs the requested operation.

Information about the section articles that the user wishes to acquire in the electronic newspaper is transmitted to the subscription fee charging system 210. The subscription fee system 210 is connected to the broadcasting station server 10 based on the communication cable. Therefore, through authentication of whether the user is a legitimate user, the billing information for the section article to which the user subscribes is transmitted to the server 10, so that the user can be billed.

In addition, the TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180 delivers the information to the advertisement content linking system 220 when the user desires to select more detailed information about an advertisement encountered while reading the section article. In response, the advertisement content linkage system 220 receives detailed information related to the corresponding advertisement from the server 10 and provides the same to the user, or performs a direct link based on a hyperlink or the like associated with the advertisement. give. From this, the user can not only acquire more detailed information, but also purchase a corresponding product by implanting a web-based electronic purchasing system.

On the other hand, when the article is processed in the TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180 and displayed on the display unit 250 through the VDP 240, and the user wants to scrap the article, the remote controller 180 is used. When the article is selected, the scrap is processed using the scrap processing system 230, and the scraped article content is stored in the database 160 in the TV storage device 160 through the HDD interface 150. The scrap processing system 230 performs scrap processing by section, article, and date. This is done using the section ID or article ID described above with reference to FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the TV-based electronic newspaper service system according to the present invention.

The first step (S110) is a step of receiving data based on a wired / wireless network such as RF or a cable. This may be the case, for example, of receiving electronic newspaper content section by data broadcasting in a digital television broadcasting system.

The next step (S120) is a step of acquiring and determining an electronic newspaper ID through the TV electronic newspaper ID filter from the received data. If it is not the electronic newspaper ID at this stage, the data broadcast is other than the TV electronic newspaper, so the process proceeds to the next step S130 to perform data processing other than the TV front newspaper.

In the step of determining the electronic newspaper ID (S120), in the case of the TV electronic newspaper ID, the process proceeds to the next step (S140) and stores each section in a folder corresponding to the newspaper date. In addition, the TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180 receives information on which section of the article is desired from the user through the remote controller 190 (S150).

In the next step (S160) performs a database search received from the server 10 for the section selected by the user, and receives feedback as to whether to view the selected section (S170).

If the user wants to acquire an article about a specific section in step S170, it is then determined whether the user is a paid service user in step S180. If the user is not a paid service, the process proceeds to providing only the headline and the summary information (S190), and browses only the headlines and the summary information of the various articles for the corresponding section, and then the VDP 240 and the display unit 250. It is provided to the user through.

However, if the user is a paid service user (or if the user wants to receive the paid service), the process proceeds to the next step (S200) and transmits the personal ID to the server 10, and in the next step (S210) the server 10 ) Receives and decrypts the authentication key to perform authentication of legitimate users. If the user is not a legitimate user, the service is rejected. If the user is a legitimate user, the process proceeds to the next step (S200).

That is, the electronic newspaper data is transferred to the step S200 of reading from the storage device 160, and the corresponding TV is stored in the storage device 160 in the TV electronic newspaper data processing system 180 through the HDD 150. Read the article in the section. At this time, as described above, the rating information added to the specific section and / or article is decrypted, and it is determined whether to allow access to the section and / or the article according to the decrypted rating information (S230). . Ratings may limit access to the section and / or article (ie, visual display).

In the next step (S240), for the article (data) included in the selected section is displayed on the display unit 250 to subscribe to the selected section TV electronic newspaper. In this step, the subscription fee billing system 210 operates to perform billing processing.

Meanwhile, when the user selects a scrap for a specific article among the articles, the scrap processing system 230 performs the scrap processing for the article.

That is, when a specific article is selected in the article scrap selection step S251, and a request for execution of scrap for the article is made in the next step S260, the article (or advertisement) data in the next step S270. Is stored in the storage device 160 through the HDD interface 150, and the article (or advertisement) is databased using the ID of the stored article (or advertisement) as an index, so that the article (or advertisement) of the user is interested. Scrap is made (S270, S280, S290).

Meanwhile, among articles of the selected section, a user may be interested in a specific advertisement. In this case, the user selects a specific advertisement using the remote controller 190 (S252). If more information about the selected advertisement is desired here (S301), the advertisement content linkage system 220 receives the corresponding advertisement data from the broadcasting station server 10, decodes it, and presents it to the user, thereby allowing the user to advertise the advertisement. More rich information is available for (S310, S320). In this case, if the user wants to purchase the corresponding advertisement product, the process proceeds to step S302 and receives a query and feedback on whether to purchase the product, and enables the purchase of the corresponding product through the authentication key (S330).

According to the TV-based electronic newspaper service system of the present invention, it is possible to subscribe to the electronic newspaper by section, so that unnecessary expenses can be prevented from the user's point of view, and the service provider's point of view is based on the provision of specialized articles. Enable article service.

In addition, since the electronic scrap function is implemented based on the article ID and the storage device, the scrap of the article of interest and the database thereof are facilitated.

In particular, since the rating can be applied to each section and / or article, there is an effect that can be allowed or blocked access to the article by age group according to the content of the article.

In addition, not only richer information can be provided for advertisements of interest to users, but also direct purchase of corresponding advertisement products.

Claims (12)

A server device for transmitting newspaper articles composed of digital contents classified into sections based on a network; And A television receiver for receiving a newspaper article transmitted from the server device and decoding the newspaper article to be displayed for each section according to a user selection; The newspaper article composed of the digital content includes rating information for determining whether to allow access to the section and / or article by section and / or article. . The method of claim 1, wherein the newspaper article composed of the digital content comprises a newspaper article ID for identifying a newspaper article, a section ID for section division, an article ID for newspaper article classification, and contents of an article. TV based electronic newspaper service system. delete The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage device for storing articles received and decoded at the television receiver. Electronic newspaper content generating means for constituting the electronic newspaper data for each section, billing processing means for performing the billing processing according to the electronic newspaper subscription for each section, generating rating information for each section and / or article of the electronic newspaper content A server including rating processing means for inserting the header into a corresponding section and / or article; Data receiving means for receiving the electronic newspaper data for each section transmitted from the server based on the network, Rating control means for performing a rating control for the section and / or article according to the rating information of the received electronic newspaper data for each section And a display device for decoding and displaying the received electronic newspaper data by section, and a user interface means for selecting and displaying a subscription of articles provided for each section. 6. The television-based electronic newspaper service system according to claim 5, further comprising scrap processing means and a storage device for scrapping the article with respect to a specific article selected by the user among the articles. 6. The television base according to claim 5, wherein the electronic newspaper content includes advertisement content, and further includes additional information on an advertisement selected by the user with respect to the advertisement content and link information for purchase of the corresponding advertisement product. Electronic newspaper service system. Generating electronic digital newspaper content by adding electronic newspaper data for each section and adding corresponding section ID, article ID, section and / or article information; Transmitting the generated digital electronic newspaper content based on a TV network; Receiving the transmitted digital electronic newspaper content at a TV receiver; Requesting, for the received digital electronic newspaper content, provision of an article of a particular section that the user wishes to subscribe to; Determining whether to provide the corresponding article according to the rating information of the specific section or the requested article; And And providing the article of the requested section according to the determination result. delete 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic newspaper data further comprises advertisement content, and in response to the TV receiver user requesting additional information for the advertisement content, additional information about the advertisement and / or purchase related information. The TV-based electronic newspaper service method further comprising the step of providing. The method according to claim 8, wherein the TV receiver receives a scrap request from a user for a specific article among sections provided to the user, and if there is a scrap request, the article database indexed based on the ID of the corresponding article. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of performing scrap processing. The method of claim 8, further comprising: performing a billing process on the electronic newspaper content for each section.

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