KR100851747B1 - System and method for revising electronic program guide, and apparatus applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A broadcast composition information correcting system and method, and a device applied thereto are provided to extract only a particular broadcast designated by a user accurately and record it. A broadcast receiving unit(100) receives a broadcast program and broadcast composition information corresponding to the broadcast program based on a wired/wireless connection. A broadcast composition information correcting unit(200) discriminates a broadcast composition time of the broadcast program. If the broadcast composition time corresponds to a broadcast reference time, the broadcast composition information correcting unit sets a correction start time and a correction end time, and re-forms the broadcast composition information. A broadcast transmitting unit(300) provides menu information for executing a broadcast service and discriminates whether the broadcast program can be provided. If the broadcast program can be provided, the broadcast transmitting unit encodes the broadcast program when a corresponding broadcast composition time arrives, and transmits it to a broadcast reception terminal device.

Description

Broadcast programming information calibration system and method, and apparatus applied thereto {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVISING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE, AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a technology for providing a broadcast program, and more particularly, to organize broadcast programming information for a broadcast program in a streaming form provided with a wired internet or a wireless internet, in order to correct the contents to match the actual broadcast time. Information calibration system and method, and apparatus applied thereto.

Conventional content broadcasting generally refers to internet broadcasting, and is simply a method of unilaterally supplying voice, music, or video content to an unspecified number of users on the world wide web. In other words, a user who accesses a specific web server using the Internet goes through a series of procedures (eg, log-in) to check membership.

Next, a list of multimedia contents that can be provided by the server to which the user is connected is transmitted to the user. The list of multimedia contents is transmitted in a so-called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format and is listed in a format that can be recognized by a user by an application such as a web browser installed on the user's personal computer. Accordingly, when a user clicks on a specific content or selects it by directly inputting an identifier thereof (for example, a URL (Unified Resource Locator) or an HTTP address), the server transmits the selected content to the user's computer.

Here, the selected content may be produced in advance and stored, but may be transmitted in real time at the same time or with a certain time delay, in particular, because it is not dedicated by one user but can be used simultaneously by a plurality of users, The method of transmitting content in this manner is called 'Internet broadcasting' because it is similar to the conventional air broadcasting.

Such internet broadcasting is provided as various types of broadcasting services through a wired or wireless internet to a personal computer or a mobile phone of each user.

However, such a broadcast service cannot be transmitted to each user's personal computer or mobile phone due to the copyright of the broadcast program, and for this purpose, the broadcast service can be applied according to the broadcast schedule information that lists the schedules for the respective broadcast programs. The broadcast control corresponding to the broadcast time can be smoothly transmitted when the broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast time is broadcasted in time, but since the corresponding broadcast program is not transmitted correctly according to the broadcast schedule information, many problems related to this are caused. It's happening.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to correct broadcast programming information for a broadcast program in a streaming form provided through a wired or wireless internet to match the actual broadcast time. The present invention provides a system and method for calibrating broadcast schedule information, and an apparatus applied thereto.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to reconstruct broadcast programming information in real time through monitoring the broadcast programming information, not only to accurately broadcast the corresponding broadcast program in time, but also to only a specific broadcast program designated by the user of the broadcast service. The present invention provides a system and method for calibrating broadcast schedule information for providing a specialized service such as providing a broadcast recording service by accurately extracting the same, and an apparatus applied thereto.

The broadcast organization information calibration system according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the broadcast receiving unit for receiving a broadcast program and broadcast program information corresponding to the broadcast program based on a wired or wireless connection, the broadcast program information And after determining the broadcast programming time of the broadcast program by monitoring the broadcast program, the broadcast program for reforming the broadcast program information based on the unsatisfactory time difference according to whether the broadcast program time matches the broadcast reference time. In response to a connection between an information calibrator and at least one broadcast receiving terminal device, menu information for executing a broadcast service is provided based on the reformed broadcast program information, and a user (ie, the broadcast) for the menu information is provided. At least one of user's input setting, user's subscription information and broadcasting environment After determining whether to perform encoding for the broadcast program based on broadcast service status information formed by using at least one parameter as a parameter, a broadcast for transmitting the encoded broadcast program to the broadcast receiving terminal device at the broadcast programming time when the encoded broadcast program is reformed. It characterized in that it comprises a transmitting unit.

Preferably, the broadcast programming information calibration system further comprises a reference time setting unit for providing the broadcast reference time.

Preferably, when the broadcast program being broadcast at the broadcast reference time is delayed or advanced before the broadcast programming time, the broadcast programming information correcting unit sets the corresponding time interval as the time difference that does not match. do.

Preferably, the broadcast programming information correcting unit sets a correction start time and a correction end time for the broadcast program based on the non-matching time difference, and then corrects a start time for another broadcast program sequentially arranged thereafter. And setting the end time of correction to implement the reconstructed broadcast program information.

Preferably, the broadcast program information correcting unit determines a broadcast availability of the broadcast program and a state of a broadcast time based on the non-matching time difference to form a broadcast state designator corresponding to the broadcast program, and the broadcast It characterized in that to implement the reformed broadcast programming information including a state designator.

Preferably, the broadcast program information correcting unit monitors the reformed broadcast program information in real time, executes an update to the broadcast state designator, and resets the calibration start time and the calibration end time for the broadcast program. Thereafter, the correction start time and the correction end time of the other broadcast programs sequentially arranged may be reset to reconstruct the reformed broadcast program information.

Preferably, the broadcast program information correcting unit is a stream decoder for performing decoding on the broadcast program and the broadcast program information, and a program for determining the broadcast program time corresponding to the decoded broadcast program from the broadcast program information. When the broadcaster on the checker and the broadcast reference time is delayed or advanced before the broadcast programming time, the corresponding time interval is set as the unmatched time difference to implement the reformed broadcast programming information. It comprises a time corrector for.

Preferably, the broadcast transmission unit provides a user information server for managing subscription information for a user of a broadcast service, and provides the menu information based on the subscription information to the broadcast receiving terminal device to execute user input setting. Encoding of the decoded broadcast program based on a broadcasting server status information formed through a menu server, a video / audio decoder for executing decoding of video and sound of the broadcast program, a user's input setting, or a broadcasting environment. And a transmission server for transmitting the encoded broadcast program to the broadcast receiving terminal device at a broadcast formation time when the encoded broadcast program is re-formed according to the reconstructed broadcast organization information.

In addition, the broadcast programming information calibration apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, monitoring the broadcast programming information through the reception of broadcast programming information corresponding to the broadcast program provided based on a wired or wireless connection And determining the broadcast programming time of the broadcast program, and reconstructing the broadcast programming information based on a time difference that does not match according to whether the broadcast programming time matches the broadcast reference time that the broadcast program is broadcasting. It is characterized by.

Preferably, the apparatus for calibrating broadcast schedule information includes: a stream decoder for executing decoding of the broadcast program and the broadcast schedule information; and for determining the broadcast schedule time corresponding to the decoded broadcast program from the broadcast schedule information. When the program checker and the broadcast program being broadcast at the broadcast reference time are delayed or advanced before the broadcast schedule time, the reconstructed broadcast schedule information is implemented by setting a time difference corresponding to the time interval corresponding thereto. It characterized in that it comprises a time corrector for.

Preferably, the time corrector forms a broadcast state designator corresponding to the broadcast program by determining whether the broadcast program is broadcastable and the state of the broadcast time based on the non-matching time difference. It characterized in that to implement the reformed broadcast programming information, including.

Preferably, the time corrector monitors the reformed broadcast programming information in real time to execute an update for the broadcast state designator, resets a correction start time and a correction end time for the broadcast program, and then The reconstructed broadcast programming information may be repeatedly reformed by resetting the correction start time and the correction end time of other broadcast programs sequentially arranged.

In addition, the broadcast programming information calibration method according to the third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, (A) receiving a broadcast program and broadcast programming information corresponding to the broadcast program based on a wired or wireless connection, ( B) determining the broadcast programming time of the broadcast program by performing monitoring on the broadcast programming information; and (c) whether the broadcast programming time is inconsistent depending on whether the broadcast program matches the broadcast reference time during which the broadcast program is being broadcast. Reforming the broadcast programming information based on a time difference; (d) executing encoding for the broadcast program based on broadcast service status information formed in response to access of at least one broadcast receiving terminal apparatus; The encoded information is encoded based on the corresponding broadcast programming time through the reformed broadcast programming information. And transmitting a broadcast program to the broadcast receiving terminal device.

Preferably, the broadcast programming information calibration method further comprises the step of (c) real-time monitoring the re-formed broadcast programming information iteratively reforming.

Preferably, in the step (c), if the broadcast program being broadcasted at the broadcast reference time is delayed or advanced before the broadcast programming time, the step (c) determines the time interval corresponding to the broadcast time and is not satisfied. Setting a time difference, (c-2) setting a correction start time and a correction end time for the broadcast program based on the unmatched time difference, and (c-3) sequentially arranged after the broadcast program. And setting the correction start time and the correction end time for the other broadcast programs, and (c-4) implementing the reformed broadcast programming information based on the setting items.

Therefore, in the present invention, by adjusting the broadcast programming information for the streaming program provided in the wired or wireless Internet to the content that matches the actual broadcast time, the broadcast program transmitted to the user of the broadcast service matches the broadcast programming information. Not only can it be provided accurately, but also the precise broadcast transmission control enables control of the broadcast which cannot be broadcast to a specific user or the entire user, and also extracts only a specific broadcast designated by the user accurately. It is also possible to implement a service that can run recording.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the broadcast programming information calibration system according to the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a broadcast programming information calibration system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown by way of example only in FIG. 1, the broadcast programming information calibration system is adapted to provide a broadcast program provided from satellite broadcasting or cable broadcasting and broadcast programming information corresponding to the broadcasting program based on a connection based on a wired or wireless internet. A broadcast receiving unit 100 having an interfacing function for receiving, a stream decoding process for the received broadcast program and broadcast program information, and then performing monitoring on the broadcast program information to determine the broadcast program time of the broadcast program. According to whether or not the determined broadcast programming time matches the broadcast reference time, which is the time that the corresponding broadcast program is broadcasting, the time interval according to the matching degree is set to a non-matching time difference, and based on the set non-matching time difference. Program schedule information for reforming program schedule In response to the connection of the government 200 and at least one broadcast receiving terminal apparatus 500, the menu information for executing the broadcast service is reformed based on the broadcast programming information reformed by the broadcast programming information correcting unit 200. And providing broadcast service status information using at least one of a user's input setting, user subscription information, and a broadcast environment for the menu information as parameters, and encoding the broadcast program based on the broadcast service status information. And a broadcast transmitter 300 for transmitting the encoded broadcast program to the broadcast receiving terminal apparatus 500 corresponding to the broadcast programming time on the reformed broadcast programming information.

In addition, the broadcast schedule information calibration system preferably further includes a reference time setting unit 400 for accurately forming a broadcast reference time and transmitting the same to each device in the system.

The broadcast program information correcting unit 200 includes a stream decoder for executing decoding of a broadcast program and broadcast program information, a program checker for determining a broadcast program time corresponding to the decoded broadcast program from the broadcast program information, and a broadcast reference time. If the broadcast program being broadcasted to is delayed or advanced before the broadcast programming time, the time interval corresponding to the corresponding time interval is set to include a time compensator for reforming the broadcast programming information.

The broadcast transmitter 300 provides a user information server for managing subscription information for a user of a broadcast service, and provides menu information based on the subscription information and broadcast service status information to the broadcast receiving terminal 500 to input a user. A menu server for executing the setting, a video / audio decoder for executing decoding of video and sound of a broadcast program, a broadcast encoder for encoding a decoded broadcast program based on the broadcast service status information, and reforming And a transmission server for transmitting the broadcast program encoded according to the broadcast schedule information to the broadcast receiving terminal 500 at the broadcast schedule time.

Here, the menu server provides a broadcast non-broadcasting message to the broadcast receiving terminal 500 to access when the broadcast is not possible on the basis of the broadcast schedule information, and particularly corresponds to the exceptional customer group for the program that cannot be broadcast. In the case of a user, it is preferable that the user is selectively implemented to provide a broadcast.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of broadcast programming information formed through the broadcast programming information calibration system shown in FIG. 1. As shown only as an example in FIG. 2, the broadcast programming information reconstructed through system control may include information on parameters additionally formed by reforming along with the original broadcast programming information provided from the broadcast receiving unit 100. It will be included.

The time corrector sets the correction start time and the correction end time for the broadcast program based on the unsatisfactory time difference, and then sets the correction start time and the correction end time for subsequent broadcast programs that are sequentially arranged. The broadcast program information is formed, and the broadcast state designator corresponding to the broadcast program is formed by determining whether the broadcast program is broadcastable and the state of the broadcast time, based on the unmatched time difference. The broadcast state designator is also included in the reformed broadcast program information.

For example, the broadcast state designator is '0' when the current broadcast is in progress within the correction start time and the correction end time, and '1' when the broadcast ends within the error time and the end time on the program information, and the end time on the program information. If the elapsed time, but the broadcasting is still in progress, '2', the end time on the scheduling information is more than elapsed, and if the broadcasting is terminated, '3', and if the broadcasting ends as early as the corresponding time, same.

In addition, the time corrector monitors the reconstructed broadcast programming information in real time to execute an update for the broadcast state designator, resets the correction start time and the correction end time for the broadcast program, and then sequentially configures another sequence. As the correction start time and the correction end time of the broadcast programs are reset, the reformed broadcast program information is repeatedly reformed, so that the accuracy of the broadcast program information can be continuously increased.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail with respect to the operation of the broadcast programming information calibration system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the broadcast organization information calibrating system illustrated in FIG. 1. As shown only by way of example in FIG. 3, the broadcast programming information calibration method proceeds to receiving a broadcast program and broadcast programming information provided from a satellite broadcast or a cable TV (S100).

Subsequently, a process of determining the broadcast programming time of the corresponding broadcast program is performed by monitoring the broadcast programming information (S102 and S104). The extent to which the determined broadcast programming time matches the broadcast reference time for the broadcast program currently being broadcast is compared (S106).

After determining whether the time difference between the broadcast schedule time and the broadcast time is within an error range that is inadequate in the provision of a broadcast service or an unsuitable time difference such that there is a problem in the broadcast service (S108), the time difference that does not match If so, the process of reforming the broadcast scheduling information is performed (S110).

Subsequently, based on the broadcast service status information, a time point at which the corresponding broadcast program should be executed is determined (S112 and S114). When the broadcast execution time is reached based on the reformed broadcast program information, the encoding for the corresponding broadcast program is reached. After executing (S116), it is sent to the target broadcast receiving terminal 500 (S118).

Furthermore, as real-time monitoring is continued for the reformed broadcast programming information, if the unscheduled time difference occurs and it interferes with the broadcast service, the update is repeated for the reformed broadcast programming information. It is preferable (S120).

In step S114, if the broadcast execution time is not based on the broadcast service status information, the broadcast standby mode is set until the broadcast restart point is reached, and when the broadcast restart point is reached, the encoding for the corresponding broadcast program is executed. It is made (S122).

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. I can understand that you can.

In addition, the present invention is intended to calibrate the program information on the broadcasting program of the streaming form provided by the wired or wireless Internet to the content that matches the actual broadcast time, the possibility of commercialization or sales is not only sufficient but also realistically Since it can be implemented, it is an invention with industrial applicability.

1 is a block diagram of a broadcast programming information calibration system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of broadcast programming information formed through the broadcast programming information calibration system shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the broadcast organization information calibrating system illustrated in FIG. 1.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: broadcast receiving unit 200: broadcast organization information correction unit

300: broadcast transmitter 400: reference time setting unit

500: broadcast receiving terminal

Claims (15)

A broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcast program and broadcast programming information corresponding to the broadcast program based on a wired or wireless connection; When the broadcast programming time of the broadcast program is determined by monitoring the broadcast programming information and the broadcast programming time does not correspond to the broadcast reference time, the correction start time of the broadcast program is based on the unsatisfactory time difference. And a broadcast program information correcting unit configured to reconfigure the program information by setting a correction end time. And In response to the connection of at least one broadcast receiving terminal device, menu information for executing a broadcast service is provided based on the reformed broadcast program information, and user input setting, user subscription information, and broadcast of the menu information are provided. If it is possible to provide the broadcast program after determining whether the broadcast program can be provided on the basis of broadcast service status information formed using at least one of environment as a parameter, And a broadcast transmitter for encoding the broadcast program and transmitting the broadcast program to the broadcast receiving terminal when the broadcast schedule time arrives. The system of claim 1, wherein the broadcast organization information calibration system And a reference time setting unit for providing the broadcast reference time. According to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the broadcast program information correction unit And when the broadcast program being broadcasted at the broadcast reference time is delayed or advanced than the broadcast programming time, set a time interval corresponding to the broadcasting program as the unmatched time difference. The method of claim 3, wherein the broadcast program information correction unit After the correction start time and the correction end time of the broadcast program are set based on the unmatched time difference, the correction start time and the correction end time of the subsequent broadcast programs, which are sequentially arranged, are set to form the reformation. Broadcast programming information calibration system, characterized in that for implementing the broadcast programming information. The method of claim 3, wherein the broadcast program information correction unit The broadcast state designator corresponding to the broadcast program is formed by determining whether the broadcast program is broadcastable and the state of the broadcast time based on the unmatched time difference, and the reformed broadcast includes the broadcast state designator. Broadcast organization information calibration system, characterized in that for implementing the organization information. The method of claim 5, wherein the broadcast program information correction unit Monitor the re-formed broadcast program information in real time to execute an update to the broadcast state designator, reset the calibration start time and the calibration end time for the broadcast program, and then perform other broadcast programs sequentially organized afterwards. And reconfiguring the reconstructed broadcast program information by resetting the correction start time and the end time of the correction. According to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the broadcast program information correction unit A stream decoder for decoding the broadcast program and the broadcast program information; A program checker for determining the broadcast programming time corresponding to the decoded broadcast program from the broadcast programming information; And When the broadcast program being broadcast at the broadcast reference time is delayed or advanced than the broadcast programming time, the time compensator for implementing the reformed broadcast programming information by setting the corresponding time interval as the non-matching time difference Broadcast organization information calibration system comprising a. The broadcast transmission unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the broadcast transmission unit A user information server for managing subscription information for a user of a broadcast service; A menu server for providing the menu information based on the subscription information to the broadcast receiving terminal device to execute a user's input setting; A video / audio decoder for performing decoding on the video and sound of the broadcast program; A broadcast encoder for encoding the decoded broadcast program based on the broadcast service status information formed through a user's input setting or a broadcast environment; And And a transmission server for transmitting the encoded broadcast program to the broadcast receiving terminal device at the broadcast scheduling time when the encoded broadcast program is re-formed according to the re-formed broadcasting schedule information. A stream decoder for performing decoding on a broadcast program provided based on a wired or wireless connection and broadcast program information corresponding to the broadcast program; A program checker for determining a broadcast programming time corresponding to the broadcast program based on the broadcast programming information; And And a time corrector for reconfiguring the broadcast programming information by setting a correction start time and a correction end time of the broadcast program based on a non-matching time difference when the broadcast programming time does not match the broadcast reference time. Broadcast organization information calibration apparatus, characterized in that. delete 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the time corrector The broadcast state designator corresponding to the broadcast program is formed by determining whether the broadcast program is broadcastable and the state of the broadcast time based on the unmatched time difference, and the reformed broadcast includes the broadcast state designator. Broadcast organization information calibration apparatus, characterized in that for implementing the organization information. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the time corrector Monitor the re-formed broadcast program information in real time to execute an update to the broadcast state designator, reset the calibration start time and the calibration end time for the broadcast program, and then perform other broadcast programs sequentially organized afterwards. And resetting the reconstructed broadcast program information by resetting the start time and the end time of the correction. (A) receiving a broadcast program and broadcast program information corresponding to the broadcast program based on a wired or wireless connection; (B) determining the broadcast programming time of the broadcast program by executing monitoring on the broadcast programming information; (C) If the broadcast programming time does not correspond to the broadcast reference time during which the broadcast program is broadcasting, the correction start time and the correction end time for the broadcast program are set based on the non-matching time difference. Reforming; (D) determining whether the broadcast program can be provided on the basis of broadcast service status information formed in response to access of at least one broadcast receiving terminal device, and according to a result of the determination, the broadcast program among the reformed broadcast program information; Encoding a broadcast program when a broadcast scheduling time for the program arrives; And (E) transmitting the broadcast program to the broadcast receiving terminal device. The method of claim 13, wherein the broadcast programming information calibration method (G) real-time monitoring of the re-formed broadcast program information, and repeating and reforming the broadcast program information, characterized in that it further comprises. 15. The method of claim 13 or 14, wherein the step (c) (C-1) if the broadcast program being broadcasted at the broadcast reference time is delayed or advanced before the broadcast programming time, determining a time interval corresponding to the broadcast program and setting it as the non-matching time difference; (C-2) setting a correction start time and a correction end time for the broadcast program based on the unmatched time difference; (C-3) setting a correction start time and a correction end time for other broadcast programs sequentially arranged after the broadcast program; And (C-4) The re-start based on the setting of the correction start time and the correction end time for the broadcast program and the setting of the correction start time and the correction end time for other broadcast programs sequentially arranged after the broadcast program. And implementing the formed broadcast programming information.

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