KR100766567B1 - Contents update relay system and method for providing contents update information to mobile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A contents update relay system and method for providing contents update information to an ME(Mobile Equipment) are provided to offer update information about interest contents to the ME as a push service based on an update checkup period, thereby solving inconvenience that a user has to connect with interest CPs(Contents Providers) directly by using the ME and check updated contents. A contents update relay system comprises the followings: a user interface server(111) which receives and registers an interest contents registration request from service users; an aggregator(113) which is connected to CPs(Contents Providers)(120) providing the contents and collects the update information of the interest contents; and a pusher(112) which transmits the update information of the collected interest contents to the ME(Mobile Equipment)(130) of the users through a wireless network.

Description

Content Update Relay System and Method for Providing Content Update Information to Wireless Terminal

1 is a block diagram of a content update relay service network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a content update relay system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a process of registering content of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates a process of transmitting the content of interest update information to a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a data providing system, and more particularly, to a content update relay system and method for providing content update information to a wireless terminal.

We are very helpful in getting information through the Internet. As the information grows exponentially, you face many problems. Firstly, in order to share and re-use good information with others, you must remember the information about the site. Secondly, you must visit frequently in order to know updates of blogs or sites that provide fast-changing information. This takes too much time and effort.

In order to solve the above problem, the contents syndication technology has emerged. Content syndication means that some or all of the content provided by the site is made available to other services. You can deliver content (or feeds) through a content syndication format, represented by RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary), and each feed, which consists of the content itself and metadata, may contain only headline content, There may be only a link to the site, or it may contain the entire contents of the site. In addition, the function is also provided in the Atom syndication format as a standard for next-generation content syndication.

In order to use the function, an RSS subscriber (Reader or Aggregator) is required, which is provided not only in the form of a program but also on a web basis. As such, the subscriber users may open the user's e-mail without having to visit the web sites that provide the contents supporting the syndication format each time. You can easily get the changed information, that is, the update information.

However, the subscriber should periodically check the update information by accessing a web site that provides contents supporting the content syndication format, which is not a problem in a wired internet network with sufficient bandwidth, but to provide the function to a wireless terminal. Supporting a program-type subscriber can seriously affect the performance of the bandwidth-limited wireless network due to the traffic generated by the periodic update information check.

In addition, in order to use the web-based subscriber through the wireless network in the wireless terminal, it may be inconvenient because it is necessary to frequently access the subscriber web site and check the update information.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a content update relay system and method for effectively transmitting update information on content of interest registered by a wireless terminal user to the wireless terminal without generating unnecessary traffic in a wireless network environment. .

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a content update relay system that receives update information of various contents through the Internet of the present invention and provides the update information to a wireless terminal through a wireless network, requests for registration of contents of interest from service users. A user interface server that receives and registers the information, an aggregator that accesses content servers providing the contents, collects content update information, and transmits the collected content update information to the user's wireless terminal through the wireless network. It is provided with a pusher.

Preferably, a scheduler that informs the time of collecting the content update information based on an update check period or a default update check period received from the user, and a predetermined schedule to transmit the collected content update information through the wireless network. And a database for storing the user information and the converted content update information.

Preferably, the pusher transmits filtered content update information based on a filtering condition received from the user.

The method for providing content update information to a wireless terminal using the content update relay system of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem comprises the steps of registering the content of interest from the user of the wireless terminal, collecting the update information of the content of interest And transmitting the updated information of the collected content of interest to the wireless terminal through a push service.

Preferably, an update confirmation period is received from the user to collect update information of the content of interest at an update confirmation time set based on the update confirmation period or the default update confirmation period.

Preferably, the filtering condition is received from the user, and the update information of the collected content of interest is filtered based on the filtering condition and then transmitted to a push service to the user's wireless terminal.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram of a content update relay service network 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The content update relay service network 100 includes a content update relay system 110, a plurality of content providing servers (CPs, 120), a wireless terminal (Moblie Equipment: ME, 130), and a plurality of PCs (PCs, 140).

The wireless terminal 130 may be a mobile phone (PCS or Cellular) or a portable information terminal (PDA), but is not limited thereto.

The content update relay service network 100 provides a service for pushing content update information collected from the plurality of content providing servers CPs 120 to the wireless terminal ME 130.

The content update relay system 110 is connected to a plurality of content providing servers CPs 120 and a plurality of PCs PCs 140 via the Internet.

In addition, the content update relay system 110 is connected to the wireless terminal ME 130 through a wireless network.

2 is a block diagram of a content update relay system 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the content update relay system 110 includes a user interface server 111, a pusher 112, an aggregator 113, a scheduler 114, and a data converter. 115) and a database (116).

The user interface server 111 provides a service interface for the content update relay service user. For example, the service user accesses the user interface server 111 to register not only contents of interest but also filtering conditions and an update checking period. In order to register the contents of interest, the UI server 111 may provide a screen for directly inputting URLs of the contents of interest or a screen for selecting contents of interest among various contents included in a predetermined directory. Can be. A screen for registering the filtering condition and the update checking period may be provided. The filtering condition may be a predetermined keyword (eg, 'World Cup', 'Dokdo', 'local election', etc.) representing the user's interest field, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the user interface server 111 may provide a screen for checking the update information of the registered content of interest. In addition, it is possible to manage such as changing and deleting the registered interest contents, filtering conditions, and update checking period.

The registration and management can be performed not only through the wireless terminal 130 of the user subscribed to the service, but also through the web from a plurality of PCs 120 connected to the Internet. Accordingly, the user interface server 111 includes a WAP server for providing an interface with the wireless terminal 130 and a web server for providing an interface with a plurality of PCs 120, but is not limited thereto. .

The pusher 112 provides update information of contents of interest registered from the user to the wireless terminal 130 as a push service. The update information may include related media files (eg, music files, video files, etc.).

Push service is a service that has begun to emerge with the introduction of wireless terminal-based wireless Internet services such as mobile phones. It is not a method in which a wireless terminal user directly accesses a content URL and pulls data (pull method). The service transmits the data of the content to the wireless terminal in the non-existing state.

The collector 113 collects content update information by accessing content providing servers 120 that provide registered contents of interest from the user interface server 111. After filtering the collected content update information based on the filtering condition, it determines whether there is content update information to be transmitted to the wireless terminal 130 and informs the pusher 112. If the content update information includes download information on a related media file (eg, a music file, a video file, etc.), the related media file is downloaded.

The scheduler 114 informs the collector 113 of a time to collect the content of interest update information based on a content update check period or a default content update check period registered by the user.

The data converter 115 parses the content of interest update information collected from the collector 113 and transmits the data format of the content of interest update information to the wireless terminal 130 through the wireless network. It is responsible for encoding.

The database 116 stores the content of interest update information whose data format is converted from the data converter 115. In addition, information of the users is stored, and the information includes login information, content of interest information, content update information, and filtering conditions of the users.

3 illustrates a process of registering content of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The content registration of interest is provided from the content update relay system 110 of FIG. 2 and may be performed based on RSS and Atom services, but is not limited thereto. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the content of interest is registered based on an RSS service.

The RSS service is a service that collects and distributes content update information based on RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary), which is one of the contents syndication formats mentioned in the related art. The RSS service requires an RSS reader or an RSS aggregator. Corresponding to this is the collector 113 of the content relay system 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The RSS reader and RSS collector collects and distributes an RSS feed, which is a document implemented in an RSS format provided from the content providing servers 120. The RSS feed address is called an RSS URL. The RSS service users can easily obtain the update information without directly accessing the web site of the contents of interest by registering the contents of interest with the RSS URL of the contents of interest in the RSS reader or the RSS collector. 2 and 3, first, a user accesses the content update relay system 110 from a wireless terminal 130 or a PC among a plurality of PCs 140 (S310).

The user connected in step S310 logs in (S320), and the login is allowed by the user interface server 111 based on the login information stored in the database 116. The subscriber may perform a procedure of subscribing to a service provided by the content update relay system 110 through a plurality of PCs 140 or their wireless terminal 130 before logging in (S320). .

The user who logs in at step S320 selects a method of registering content of interest at step S330.

The content of interest may be registered by directly inputting an RSS URL to the user (S340), and may be registered by selecting an RSS URL of contents desired by the user from a directory including RSS URLs of various contents (S350). It is not limited to this. In addition to registering the content of interest from the user, information such as the filtering condition and the update checking period is received.

The filtering condition and the update checking period may be differently provided to each of the contents of interest, and may be jointly given to all contents of interest, but is not limited thereto.

As described above, the filtering condition may be given as a predetermined keyword (eg, 'World Cup', 'Dokdo', 'local' election ', etc.) indicating the area of interest for which the user wants to obtain update information. It may be a keyword for removing unwanted update information, but is not limited thereto. The reason for the filtering is to minimize the update information to be sent to the wireless terminal through the wireless network.

The content of interest, the filtering condition, and the update checking period registered from the steps S340 and S350 are stored in the database 116 (S360).

4 illustrates a process of transmitting the content of interest update information to the wireless terminal 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 4, the process from the collector 113 at the content update confirmation time informed by the scheduler 114 based on the user's interest content update confirmation period or the default content update confirmation period stored in the database 116. It begins. In the embodiment, it is assumed that the content update confirmation period is given jointly. In addition, it is assumed that the content of interest of the user is all N.

The collector 113 of the content update relay system 110 may collect the content update information of interest based on the RSS and ATOM services, but is not limited thereto. It is assumed that the content of interest of the user is registered based on the RSS service as in the process of registering the content of interest of FIG. 3, and the collector 113 also checks the content of interest update based on the RSS service.

The collector 113 extracts the RSS URL of the content of interest of the user from the database 116 (S410).

The RSS feed is collected by accessing the extracted RSS URL in step S410 (S420).

It is determined whether there is update information from the RSS feed collected in step S420 (S430).

Based on the determination of the step S250, if there is update information, the update information is stored in the database 116 (S440), otherwise, S410 for other interest contents of which the N information of interest has not been checked for update information. Start over from step. In addition, in step S440, when the update information includes the download information for the related media file, the related media file is downloaded.

It is determined whether the update information check is completed for the N pieces of interest content (S450), and when the update information check is completed, it is determined whether update information exists in the database 116 (S460).

Based on the determination of step S460, if there is update information, filtering is performed based on the filtering condition registered by the user (S470), otherwise the process is terminated.

The content update information filtered in step S470 is transmitted to the user's wireless terminal 130 as a push service (S480). Preferably, the content update information includes the related media file downloaded in step S440.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it is merely illustrative, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. . Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, receiving information of interest, an update confirmation period, a filtering condition, and the like from a user of a wireless terminal, and update information of the interest content filtered based on the filtering condition in the update confirmation period. By providing a push service to the terminal on the basis, there is no hassle to check the updated content by directly accessing the content providing server of interest using the terminal.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the wireless terminal does not need to collect content update information, it is possible to provide update information of content of interest registered by a user by efficiently using a bandwidth-limited wireless network without generating unnecessary traffic. It has an effect.

Claims (15)

A system for receiving update information of various contents through the Internet and providing the update information to a wireless terminal through a wireless network, A user interface server configured to receive and register an interest content registration request from service users; A collector for accessing content servers providing the contents and collecting update information of the content of interest; And And a pusher for transmitting the collected update information of the content of interest to the user's wireless terminal through the wireless network, The collector Checking whether the content is updated from the content servers based on at least one of RSS and Atom, and downloading a related media file included in the content update information. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface server And at least one of a web server for registering the content of interest through a PC connected to the service users through the Internet and a swap server for registering the content of interest through the wireless terminal of the user. Update relay system. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the swap server or web server is Receiving the content of interest from the users based on at least one of the RSS and the atom, and receiving a filtering condition for the content of interest. The method of claim 4 wherein the pusher is And transmitting the filtered information and the downloaded related media file among the update information of the content of interest based on the filtering condition to the wireless terminal through a push service. The method of claim 1, And a scheduler for managing an update confirmation schedule of the contents. Wherein the schedule is an update confirming time of contents of interest registered from the users, and is set or defaulted by the users. The method of claim 6, And a database storing information of the users including the content of interest, the update confirmation time, and filtering conditions, and the content update information. The method of claim 1, And a data converter for converting the content update information collected from the collector into a data format that can be transmitted to the wireless terminal through the wireless network. A method of receiving update information of various contents through the Internet by a content update relay system and providing the update information to a wireless terminal through a wireless network, (a) registering content of interest from a user of the wireless terminal; (b) accessing content providing servers that provide the contents to collect update information of the content of interest; And (c) transmitting update information of the collected content of interest to the wireless terminal through a push service, Step (a) is (a1) registering the content of interest from the user based on at least one of RSS and Atom; And and (a2) registering a predetermined filtering condition and an update confirmation period for the content of interest. delete The method of claim 9, wherein step (a1) And receiving the RSS URL of the content of interest. The method of claim 9, wherein step (b) (b1) accessing an RSS URL of content of interest registered by the user when the update checking period arrives; And (b2) accessing the RSS URL and collecting update information from an RSS feed. The method of claim 12, wherein step (b2) If the download information for the media file associated with the update information includes the step of downloading the associated media file, the method for providing the content update information to the wireless terminal. The method of claim 13, wherein step (c) (c1) filtering the collected update information based on the filtering condition; And (c2) transmitting the filtered update information and the downloaded media file to the wireless terminal by the push service. A recording medium on which a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 9 and 11 to 14 is recorded.

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