KR100815240B1 - Method and system for supplying information related to broadcasting program to portable device interacting with dmb - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing broadcast related information to a communication terminal in conjunction with a DMB, wherein the communication terminal receives information of a broadcast signal and a broadcast information providing system received from a predetermined DMB broadcasting station, and receives a key input from a user. Receives and transmits a message for requesting content information to the broadcast information providing system, the broadcast information providing system transmits the content information including one or more callback URL to the communication terminal in the form of a predetermined message to the communication terminal to the broadcast; Enable certain content related services associated with the signal.

Communication terminals, DMB, broadcasting information, text messages, broadcasting stations

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING INFORMATION RELATED TO BROADCASTING PROGRAM TO PORTABLE DEVICE INTERACTING WITH DMB}

1 is a view for explaining a communication terminal and a broadcast information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining a broadcast information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a communication terminal and a broadcast information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view for explaining a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of using a service according to the present invention in a communication terminal.

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

300: broadcast information providing system

301: database

302: information provider

310: communication terminal

311: DMB receiver

312: messaging unit

313: broadcasting information service unit

314 input means

The present invention relates to a broadcast information providing system, and more particularly, to a broadcast information providing method and system for providing broadcast related information to a communication terminal in conjunction with a DMB.

Today's remarkable development of information and communication technology has rapidly promoted the popularization of communication terminals (mobile devices), so that most ordinary people always have communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs. Therefore, the user can easily communicate with the counterpart using the communication terminal, so that communication is more frequent than before, and users of the communication terminal are gradually increasing. Such communication terminals are provided with more various functions to meet the needs of users as the communication technology and the use of users increase, thereby providing user convenience.

In recent years, content-related services that can be used by communication terminals have been diversified and high quality. This development is basically the result of a convenient communication network called the wired and wireless Internet, and the user can download various contents to the communication terminal at any time or access the swap server through the communication terminal, as long as there is a computer terminal accessible to the Internet. Related services are available. However, the use of content-related services using the computer terminal is subject to space and time constraints. That is, a computer terminal is virtually impossible to carry, and even a portable notebook computer requires an interface capable of connecting to an access point (AP) or a wired network to use Internet services. Therefore, there is a fatal problem that a user cannot use a content related service conveniently and quickly anytime and anywhere through a computer terminal.

In addition, in order to use a content related service, a swap connection through the communication terminal requires not only a cost for downloading data but also a communication cost for a swap connection time such as searching for content. That is, the user has to pay not only the cost for the download of the content, but also the communication cost incurred while searching the swap server to download the content. The communication costs generated in this way can significantly reduce the frequency of the user using the content-related services, which can act as a decisive factor to inhibit the development of the content business and the communication business related to the wireless Internet.

In recent years, technologies such as terrestrial DMB and satellite DMB have developed remarkably, and various communication terminals providing broadcast signals in real time have emerged. With the development of these technologies, various contents related to DMB signals are currently being developed in the industry. However, in order to take advantage of this evolving content, the user has to search for content related to a program previously watched in a swap or web manner. That is, the user searches for the content through a swap connection through a communication terminal or a web connection through a computer terminal as described above, and uses a content related service through the retrieved content. However, in this process, the user often overlooks the content and suppresses the frequency of active use of the content, thereby causing loss on the operator side or more financial loss on the user side, which requires more payment for communication through the swap connection. Can be generated.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the communication terminal receives a variety of content information associated with the corresponding broadcast program with only one key input during DMB watching, and the desired content of the content information By selecting, it is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal that can conveniently use the content related service.

In addition, the present invention, when receiving a message requesting the content information from the communication terminal of the user watching the DMB, by transmitting the content information corresponding to the corresponding broadcast program information in the form of a message to the communication terminal, various contents related to the DMB It is an object of the present invention to provide a broadcasting information providing system and method capable of improving the business.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above problems of the prior art, the broadcast information providing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of transmitting a broadcast signal and information on the broadcast information providing system in a predetermined DMB broadcasting station, in a predetermined communication terminal Inputting a predetermined key assigned according to the information on the broadcast information providing system to make current program information and terminal information in a predetermined message form and transmitting the same to the broadcast information providing system; Receiving the predetermined message including the terminal information, extracting content information associated with the current program information from a predetermined database in response to the received message, and transmitting the extracted content information to a communication terminal corresponding to the terminal information; The current program on the communication terminal Receiving content information related to the program information, and a step of performing at least one of the services included in the received content information.

The broadcast information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention responds to the received message upon receiving a database including at least one content information corresponding to a DMB broadcast program, and a predetermined message including current program information and terminal information. And extracting content information associated with the current program information from the database and transmitting the extracted content information to a communication terminal corresponding to the terminal information in a predetermined message form.

In addition, the communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a DMB receiving unit for receiving information on a broadcast signal and a broadcast information providing system from a predetermined DMB broadcasting station, according to a predetermined key input assigned according to the information on the broadcast information providing system. A messaging unit for making current program information and terminal information in a predetermined message form and transmitting the same to the broadcast information providing system, and the current program information transmitted from the broadcast information providing system in response to the transmitted current program information and terminal information; And a broadcast information service unit configured to receive the related content information in a predetermined message form and perform at least one service included in the received content information.

Hereinafter, a broadcast information providing system and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a communication terminal 130 and a broadcast information providing system 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the DMB broadcasting station 140 broadcasts information on the broadcast information providing system 110 along with a broadcast signal. Information about the broadcast information providing system 110 broadcast by the DMB broadcasting station 140 is included in a user application data area of the broadcast signal and includes a predetermined callback number associated with the broadcast information providing system 110. can do.

Here, the DMB broadcasting station 140 is a broadcasting station that transmits a DMB program by using a terrestrial wave or satellite. In addition, the communication terminal 130 may receive a terrestrial wave or satellite type DMB.

The communication terminal 130 receives information on the broadcast information providing system 110 together with the broadcast signal from the DMB broadcasting station 140 and outputs the broadcast signal through an output means. Accordingly, in order to use broadcast related information (hereinafter, content related service) for the broadcast signal, a user performs a predetermined key input, and the communication terminal 130 is received together with the broadcast signal according to the key input. The callback number is extracted from the information on the broadcast information providing system 110. In addition, the communication terminal 130 sets the extracted callback number as a receiver phone number, generates a message including program information and terminal information according to the broadcast signal, and provides the broadcast information through the mobile communication server 120. Transmit to system 110. The message may be any one of a message according to a Short Message Service (SMS), a Multimedia Message Service (MMS), a Long Message Service (LMS), and a Unified Message Service (UMS).

In addition, the terminal information includes telephone number information or terminal specification information of the communication terminal 130, a terminal unique serial number, and the like.

The broadcast information providing system 110 extracts the program information and the terminal information from the received message and reads out content information corresponding to the program information from a database.

The database is a storage medium for recording the program information and the content information in association with each other.

The content information includes a callback URL or a callback number, and the communication terminal 130 may use the content related service through the callback URL or the callback number.

The broadcasting information providing system 110 includes the read content information in a response message using the telephone number information included in the terminal information as a reception number, and transmits the information to the communication terminal 130 through the mobile communication server 120. To send.

The response message transmitted by the broadcast information providing system 110 to the communication terminal 130 may also be one of SMS, MMS, LMS, and UMS messages, and the mobile communication server 120 It may be a messaging server that relays the response message.

Having received the response message including the content information, the communication terminal 130 outputs the response message to the display means, receives a predetermined input from the user, through one or more callback URLs or callback numbers included in the content information. Content related services can be used.

In one example, the response message includes a text data with a number of brief information about a plurality of content-related services, the user pushes the same keypad as the numbering corresponding to the brief information, the content-related services Can be used.

The content-related service collectively refers to services such as downloading content such as image data, video data, text data, music data, etc. from a predetermined server, or setting the ringer and the background of the communication terminal 130 after downloading. In addition, the broadcast information providing system 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention may record the content in the database or record address information for accessing content information recorded in a specific server.

2 is a view for explaining a broadcast information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 201, the DMB broadcasting station broadcasts a broadcast signal and information on the broadcast information providing system 110. Accordingly, in step 202, the communication terminal 130 receives the broadcast signal from the DMB broadcasting station 140 and information on the broadcast information providing system 110, and a user currently watches a program through the broadcast signal. A predetermined key is input in advance to use a content related service.

The communication terminal 130 generates a predetermined message in step 203 according to a key input from the user. The message includes the program information and the terminal information for the communication terminal 130, and is transmitted to the broadcast information providing system 110 through a mobile communication server 120, such as a messaging server. At this time, the mobile communication server 120 such as the messaging server delivers the message to the broadcast information providing system 110 through a specific receiver number included in the message, or a TID (transaction identifier) included in the message. The message is transmitted to the broadcast information providing system 110 through.

In step 204, the broadcast information providing system 110 receiving the message extracts the program information and the terminal information by analyzing the message. The program information is information for uniquely identifying a broadcast signal currently viewed by the user, and the broadcast information providing system 110 maintains content information corresponding to the program information in a predetermined database. The content information includes address information accessed by the communication terminal 130 to use a corresponding service through predetermined content.

In step 205, the broadcast information providing system 110 reads out the content information corresponding to the program information from the database, and transmits a response message including the content information to a phone number included in the terminal information.

In step 206, the communication terminal 130 receives the response message, selects one from a plurality of callback URLs among the content information included in the response message, and uses a specific content related service through the selected callback URL. For example, the response message includes, as the content information, each callback URL for a predetermined server providing download of a ringtone, image data, video data, and the like, and the user corresponds to the plurality of callback URLs. By selecting, it is possible to connect to a server that provides any one of the ringtone, image data, and video data. Thus, the user connected to the server can download the various contents from the server in a swap push method.

3 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the communication terminal 310 and the broadcast information providing system 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the broadcast information providing system 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a database 301 and an information providing unit 302. In addition, the communication terminal 310 includes a DMB receiver 311, a messaging unit 312, a broadcast information service unit 313, and an input unit 314.

First, the DMB receiving unit 311 receives a broadcast signal and a signal including a callback number for the broadcast information providing system 300 from a DMB broadcasting station (not shown). Accordingly, the messaging unit 312 uses the callback number as a receiver according to a key input signal input from the user through the input means 314, and sends a message including program information and terminal information corresponding to the broadcast signal. It transmits to the information providing unit 302 of the broadcast information providing system 300. Accordingly, the information providing unit 302 receives the message, and analyzes the program information and the terminal information from the message. The terminal information includes terminal specification information and phone number information for the communication terminal 310. The information provider 302 reads the content information corresponding to the program information from the database 301.

The database 301 is described in detail in FIG.

4 is a view for explaining the database 301 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The database 301 includes a program information field and a content information field.

The program information field records program information for uniquely identifying various programs broadcast from the DMB broadcasting station. For example, the program information included in the message from the communication terminal 310 is identified as 'program 1', and the database 301 records a plurality of content information corresponding to the 'program 1'. The content information is recorded in the content information field, and the content information field may be subdivided into a content type field, an address information field, and a minimum specification information field. First, the content type field records whether the data format of the content provided in relation to the program 1 is music data (ringtone), video data, image data, or text data. Records address information accessible to the server or predetermined storage medium on which the content is recorded. The address information may be a callback URL or a callback number. The minimum specification information field records information on a minimum specification of a terminal for driving the content. For example, when the content is a ringtone, the minimum specification information of the terminal on which the ringtone may be driven is 16 chords, It may be chord information such as 32 chords or 64 chords.

The database 301 of FIG. 4 is provided with 'ringtone', 'game', and 'background' as contents corresponding to 'Program 1', and the respective contents are 'address 1', 'address 2', and It is written to the server or database corresponding to 'address 3'. In this case, the content may be recorded in the database 301, and as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 4, the database 301 may record only address information for accessing the content. In addition, the database 301 is '64 chords' as the minimum specification information corresponding to the 'ringtone', '65, 000 pixels, 32 chords' as the minimum specification information corresponding to the 'game' and ' '65, 000 pixels' is recorded as minimum specification information corresponding to the background image.

The address information is information accessible to a specific server in which the content is recorded or information accessible to the database 301. To this end, the address information may be in the form of a callback URL or a callback number. Accordingly, when the content is recorded in the database 301, the communication terminal 310 receives the content from the broadcast information providing system 300 in a WAP PUSH manner based on the address information. Can be. Alternatively, when the content is recorded in a predetermined server, the communication terminal 310 may receive the content from the broadcast information providing system 300 in a swappable manner based on the address information.

Referring back to FIG. 3, the information provider 302 reading the content information from the database 301 receives the telephone number for the communication terminal 310 as the receiver through the terminal information included in the message. Generates a response message, and transmits the response message including the content information to the broadcast information service unit 313 of the communication terminal 310 through a predetermined messaging server.

Accordingly, the communication terminal 310 outputs the received message to an output means (not shown), and receives input of a specific content from a user through the input means 314. The message according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a predetermined message associated with each content, and each message is numbered through a uniquely identifiable number or letter. Accordingly, the user may perform the selection input by inputting the number or letter corresponding to the specific content desired to use the service through the input means 314.

That is, the broadcast information service unit 313 receives content information associated with the current program information transmitted from the broadcast information providing system 300 as a response message and performs at least one service included in the received content information. do.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of using a service according to the present invention in a communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 5, a user of the communication terminal 310 performs a predetermined key input in order to use a service related to the currently viewed DMB, and the communication terminal 310 displays the content information according to the key input. The request message is transmitted to the broadcast information providing system 300. Accordingly, the broadcast information providing system 300 analyzes the message, extracts terminal information and program information included in the message, and reads out the content information corresponding to the extracted program information from the database 301. do. Accordingly, the broadcast information providing system 300 includes the content information in a response message using a telephone number included in the terminal information as a reception number and transmits the content information to the communication terminal 310. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the communication terminal 310 numbers the numbers 1, 2, and 3 in order to use a content related service together with the text data of 'associated service for program 1' on the display device. '1. Ringtone settings ',' 2. Game downloads ', and' 3. Outputs a predetermined message related to the content of 'download wallpaper'. Thus, the user performs key input for the corresponding number in order to use the desired content. For example, if the user wants to set the music related to the current DMB signal as a ringtone for his communication terminal 310, push the keypad '1' to use a content related service for 'set ringtone'. Can be. When the user pushes the keypad '1', the communication terminal 310 determines the '1. Ring-tone connection to a predetermined server or a database 301 of the broadcast information providing system 300 corresponding to the ring tone setting, and receives a ringtone, which is content from the server or the database 301, in a download or streaming manner. Set as the current ringtone.

As described above, the content may be recorded in a predetermined server or a database 301 of the broadcast information providing system 300, and the content is content information, and minimum specification information of a communication terminal capable of supporting the ring tone may be provided. You can record more. If the communication terminal 310 does not match the minimum specification information that can support the ring tone, the broadcast information providing system 300 does not transmit content information related to the ring tone to the communication terminal 310 or The server for recording the content may not transmit the ring tone.

As a result, the user using the present invention can conveniently use various contents-related services with only one key input, and also provides various added-value creation opportunities for communication and content-related businesses through the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like, but the embodiments and the drawings are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from such description.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and all the things that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims as well as the following claims will belong to the scope of the present invention. .

In the communication terminal according to the present invention, the content related service can be conveniently used by receiving various content information related to the current DMB broadcasting program with only one key input and selecting the corresponding content among the content information.

In the broadcast information providing system and method according to the present invention, when a message for requesting content information is received from a communication terminal of a user who is watching DMB broadcasting, content information corresponding to the broadcast program information is transmitted to the communication terminal in a message form. As a result, various contents businesses related to DMB can be developed.

In addition, according to the present invention, by communicating by using a predetermined message between the communication terminal and the broadcast information providing system, the communication service provider can generate a profit through the communication cost according to the transmission and reception of the message.

Claims (11)

Transmitting, at the DMB broadcasting station, information on a broadcast signal and a broadcast information providing system to a communication terminal; In the communication terminal, a first callback URL or a first callback number is extracted from information on the broadcast information providing system according to an assigned key input, and a message including program information and terminal information according to the broadcast signal is received. Transmitting the extracted first callback URL or the first callback number to the broadcasting information providing system; In the broadcasting information providing system, reading content information associated with the program information from a database in response to the received message and transmitting the content information to a communication terminal corresponding to the terminal information; And In the communication terminal, a second callback URL or a second callback number is extracted from the received content information according to an assigned key input, and the second extracted callback URL or the second callback number is used for the broadcast signal. Receiving broadcast related information Broadcast information providing method comprising a. delete The method of claim 1, The message may be any one of a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), a long message service (LMS), and a unified message service (UMS). The method of claim 1, The content information is broadcast information providing method from the broadcast information providing system characterized in that provided by the push push (WAP PUSH) method. delete The method of claim 1, The step of receiving broadcast related information on a broadcast signal, Accessing the content recorded in the address information identified by the second extracted callback URL or second callback number; Broadcast information providing method comprising a. delete A DMB receiving unit which receives a broadcasting signal and information on a broadcasting information providing system from a DMB broadcasting station; The first callback URL or the first callback number is extracted from the information on the broadcast information providing system according to the assigned key input, and the message including the program information and the terminal information according to the broadcast signal is extracted. A messaging unit for transmitting to the broadcast information providing system using a URL or a first callback number; And Receiving content information from the broadcast information providing system responsive to the message, extracting a second callback URL or a second callback number from the received content information according to an assigned key input, and extracting the second extracted callback URL or A broadcast information service unit receiving broadcast related information on the broadcast signal using a second callback number; The broadcast information providing system, And read out content information associated with the program information from a database in response to the received message, and transmit the read content information using the terminal information. The method of claim 8, The message may be any one of a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), a long message service (LMS), and a unified message service (UMS). The method of claim 8, The content information is provided by the WAP PUSH method from the broadcast information providing system. The method of claim 8, The broadcast information service unit, And accessing the content recorded in the address information identified by the second extracted callback URL or the second callback number.

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