KR100921013B1 - Method and Apparatus for Contents delivery service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a content delivery service method, and in particular, in order for a user who uses a mobile communication terminal to easily receive necessary data through the wireless Internet, a content that is a subject of a content delivery service from a user mobile communication terminal. Receives information on the criteria for screening, retrieves and collects content data that meets the screening criteria from a content database, and then calls the user mobile terminal to request that the collected content be prepared for download. The message is transmitted, and after receiving a download request message from the user mobile terminal in response to the call message, the collected content is transmitted to the user mobile terminal.

Mobile terminal, content, download

Description

Content delivery service method and apparatus therefor {Method and Apparatus for Contents delivery service}

1 is a block diagram of an overall system for explaining interaction between devices for providing a content delivery service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a preliminary preparation process for providing a content delivery service according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing corresponding content data to a suitable user mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing content data to a user mobile communication terminal by a content delivery service device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a content delivery service apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, and

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing content data to a user mobile communication terminal by a content delivery service device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a content delivery service method, and more particularly, to a service method and apparatus for allowing a user using a mobile communication terminal to easily receive necessary data through the wireless Internet.

Recently, with the innovative development of the Internet or intranet technology, various contents such as music, news and video as well as general data such as e-commerce and various commercial advertisements can be easily transmitted and received through wired or wireless Internet. These contents materials are increasing in volume due to the development of information and communication technology.

However, due to the development of information and communication technology, it is difficult to find the content that the user needs, and there is a problem that the user needs a lot of time and effort to search and collect the content.

Recently, with the development of technology related to mobile communication terminals, as the types of contents that can be executed in mobile communication terminals have increased, the demand for various contents has increased in mobile communication terminal users. Accordingly, the number of service providers that provide such contents is increasing.

Currently, the mobile terminal can transfer contents stored in the PC to the mobile terminal through a wired network using a personal computer (PC) and a data communication cable, or directly from the mobile terminal to the wireless Internet. There is a method of accessing and providing necessary content. In this case, a method using a wired network is a method used in the early days, and it is inconvenient to search for and collect content data required by a user using a PC, and then transmit the data through a separate task.

On the other hand, the method of downloading content data by directly accessing the wireless Internet to the mobile communication terminal has an advantage that the user can easily use the content after searching for necessary content. However, there is a problem in that wireless Internet which can be connected to a mobile communication terminal has a limitation in speed and cost, and thus it is not practical to apply to a method of searching and downloading necessary contents for a long time.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a service method and an apparatus therefor that a user using a mobile communication terminal can easily receive necessary data through the wireless Internet.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the content delivery service method of the present invention,

A first step of receiving information on a criterion for selecting content targeted for a content delivery service from a user mobile communication terminal;

A second step of retrieving and collecting content data meeting the selection criteria from a content database;

A third step of transmitting a call message requesting a user mobile communication terminal to prepare to download the content collected in the second step;

A fourth step of receiving a download request message in response to the call message from a user mobile communication terminal;

And a fifth step of transmitting the content collected in the second step to the user mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the content delivery service device of the present invention,

A database server for storing service information necessary for providing a content delivery service to a user mobile communication terminal and storing content data collected from the content database for providing to the user mobile communication terminal;

Check whether there is content that meets the content selection criteria delivered from the user mobile communication terminal to determine whether to start the content delivery service, and as a result, when the content delivery service is started, the user mobile communication terminal A control server for transmitting a call message requesting that the content data be prepared to be provided with the content data; And

When a download request is received from a user mobile communication terminal, information about the corresponding content data is collected, authentication is performed as to whether the user is a legitimate user, and a download server communicates with the user mobile terminal to download the corresponding content data. It is composed.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in describing in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the same reference numerals are used for parts having similar functions and functions throughout the drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an overall system for explaining the interaction between devices for providing a content delivery service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Of course, the above process may include other configurations in addition to the above-described configuration, Figure 1 shows only the configuration necessary for convenience of description.

Referring to FIG. 1, the entire system for providing a content delivery service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a service provider 100, a content database 200, a content delivery service device 300, and a user mobile communication terminal 400. It is included.

The service provider 100 provides a content delivery service according to the present invention to the user mobile communication terminal 400 through the content delivery service device 300. To this end, the service provider 100 collects and manages information on contents corresponding to the service contents provided by the user among contents such as news, music, and video, and provides the contents delivery service to each user among the contents. Provide an environment in which you can select criteria for receiving. For example, the service provider 100 may provide an entire or category list of contents that can be provided to the user mobile terminal 400 to provide an environment in which the user of the user mobile terminal 400 can directly select necessary contents. The screening criterion for using the content is generated in advance and provided to the user mobile communication terminal 400. In this case, the user mobile communication terminal 400 may collect information on the selection criteria for the content to be provided from the response, and the collected information may be provided to the content delivery service device 300.

For example, when the content provided to the user is music content, and the service provider 100 provides a content delivery service for providing selected music content to the user of the user mobile communication terminal 400, the service provider 100 Providing a list of all music contents or a list organized by category such as genre or singer to provide an environment where a user of the user mobile terminal 400 can directly select necessary contents or music provided to the user mobile terminal 400 Selection criteria for selecting content, for example, a selection criteria of the form of 'Weekly Popular Best 10' or 'Today's Recommended Music' are generated and provided to the user mobile communication terminal 400.

The content database 200 is a database storing content provided to the user mobile communication terminal 400 according to the content delivery service of the present invention, and stores various content data such as news, music, and video. The content database may be generated by the service provider 100 or exist separately from the service provider 100, and the service provider 100 may be viewed from among the contents stored in the content database 200. The content delivery service may be provided by collecting, managing, and using information on content corresponding to the contents of the content delivery service of the present invention.

The content delivery service device 300 collects information on content selection criteria for each of the user mobile communication terminals 400 using the service according to the service provided by the service provider 100 and applies the collected content selection criteria to the collected content selection criteria. The content is collected from the content database 200 based on the selected content and then provided to the user mobile communication terminal 400. At this time, the content delivery service device 300 authenticates whether the user mobile communication terminal 400 is a user capable of receiving the content delivery service, and then authenticates the user mobile communication terminal 400 of a legitimate user. Only the content data meeting the selection criteria is transmitted.

The user mobile communication terminal 400 generates information on the content selection criteria to provide the content delivery service device 300 to receive the content delivery service provided by the service provider 100, and is selected according to the description criteria. Content data is provided from the content delivery service device 300.

In the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 400 refers to a small and lightweight wireless communication device such that a mobile phone, a PDA, etc. can be carried by an individual anytime, anywhere, and basically, transmission and reception of data and voice signals through a mobile communication network. Transmitting / receiving means for performing the operation, control means for controlling the entire operation according to a programmed control procedure, user interface means for providing an interface with a user, and operation state-specific screens and guide screens under the control of the control means. It is provided with a display means for displaying the, may be provided with a browser or a specific application.

Hereinafter, a process of providing a content delivery service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a preliminary preparation process for providing a content delivery service according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the service provider 100 provides a content delivery service device with information regarding a content delivery service (hereinafter, referred to as “service information”) to request a start request for a content delivery service specified by the information. It performs (S200). In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the service information provided together with the service start request may include service subscriber information, content information of a service, location information of a content database, and the like. In addition, the service information may include selection criteria for selecting content provided by the service provider 100 to the user mobile communication terminal 400 which is a service subscriber.

The content delivery service device 300 that has received the service initiation request of step S200 checks the user mobile communication terminal 400 subscribed to the service based on the service information provided from the service provider 100, and then the service. The legitimate user mobile communication terminal 400 identified as subscribed to requests information on content selection criteria (S201). In this case, the content selection criterion is a criterion for each user mobile communication terminal 400 to select content to be delivered through the content delivery service among the content data stored in the content database 200. In a preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, in step S201, the content delivery service device 300 requests the information on the content selection criteria, while the user of the user mobile communication terminal 400 can select the criteria Or generating a selection criterion regarding the use of the content in a form that can be selected by the user of the user mobile communication terminal 400 in advance, and provides it to the user mobile communication terminal 400.

In an embodiment applicable to the present invention, between the steps S200 and S201, for the user mobile communication terminal used as not subscribed to the service based on the service information provided from the service provider 100, After providing guide information about a service, if the information regarding the user mobile communication terminal 400 newly subscribed to the service is confirmed, the method may further include updating the service information.

Next, the content delivery service device 300 receives the content selection criteria information from the user mobile communication terminal 400 (S202). This may be provided in response form in response to the request of step S201. The content selection criteria information provided as described above is stored in a separate storage device or additionally stored in service information provided from the service provider 100 (203).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing corresponding content data to a suitable user mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, first, the content delivery service device 300 refers to content selection criteria received from the user mobile communication terminal 400, and provides content data desirable to each user mobile communication terminal 400 in the content database 200. Search (S300). If it is determined that there is content that meets the content selection criteria of the corresponding user mobile communication terminal 400, the content is delivered to the content delivery service device 300 in response to the search request in step S300 (S301). ).

Next, the content delivery service device 300 transmits a wakeup message to the corresponding user mobile communication terminal 400 (S302). The call message informs that there is content to be delivered from the content delivery service device 300 to the corresponding user mobile communication terminal 400, and requests the user mobile communication terminal 400 to prepare to download the content. It performs the function.

After receiving the call message, the user mobile communication terminal 400 analyzes the message, and if the message transmitted in step S302 is determined to be a message related to content download, requests a content download service device 300 to download the content. (S303).

The content delivery service device receiving the content download request in step S303 performs authentication as to whether the user of the user mobile communication terminal 400 is a subscriber of the service provided by the service provider 100 (S304). If it is determined that the user is a legitimate user, the terminal provides the content data suitable for the user mobile communication terminal 400 to the user mobile communication terminal 400 (S305) and receives a response indicating that the download is completed (S306).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing content data to a user mobile communication terminal by a content delivery service device according to another embodiment of the present invention. At this time, the flowchart shown in Figure 4 shows the process after the preparation process shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, the content delivery service apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a data server 310, a control server 320, and a download server 330. At this time, although not shown in Figure 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the content delivery service device 300 is an interface server (not shown) in charge of transmitting and receiving data or messages with an external device, such as the user mobile communication terminal 400 ) May be further included.

First, the control server 320 checks whether there is content that meets the content selection criteria delivered from the user mobile communication terminal 400 to determine whether to start the content delivery service according to the present invention (S400).

As a result of checking in step S400, when starting the content delivery service according to the present invention, the control server 320 of the content delivery service device 300 sends a wakeup message to the corresponding user mobile communication terminal 400. Transmit (S401). In this case, the message informs that there is content to be delivered from the content delivery service device 300 to the corresponding user mobile communication terminal 400, so that the user mobile communication terminal 400 is prepared to receive the content. It performs the function.

After receiving the call message, the user mobile communication terminal 400 analyzes the message, and if it is determined that the message transmitted in step S401 is a message related to content download, the download server 330 of the content delivery service device 300. Request to download the content (S303).

The download server 330 receiving the content download request in step S303 collects information on content data provided to the user mobile communication terminal 400 (S403), and then the user provides the service provider 100. Authenticate whether or not the subscriber of the service provided by (S404). If it is determined that the user is a legitimate user, the download server 330 requests the database server 310 to provide the content data to be provided to the user mobile communication terminal 400 (S405). In response, content data 406 is provided.

Next, the download server 330 writes the download description information in the form of a message (S407), and provides it to the user mobile communication terminal 400 (S408), the user mobile communication terminal with reference to the description information download server The server 330 requests content data (S409). The download server 330 receiving the request provides the corresponding content data to the user mobile communication terminal 400 (S410), receives a response thereto (S411), and provides it to the database server S412.

5 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a content delivery service apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, a content delivery service apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a database server 310, a control server 320, a download server 330, and an interface server 340.

The database server 310 stores information necessary for providing the content delivery service to the user mobile communication terminal, and before providing the content collected from the content database to the user mobile communication terminal for providing the content delivery service to the user mobile communication terminal. Save it.

The control server 320 checks whether there is content that meets the content selection criteria delivered from the user mobile communication terminal 400 to confirm whether to start the content delivery service according to the present invention, When the service according to the present invention is started, the control server 320 of the content delivery service device 300 transmits a wakeup message to the corresponding user mobile communication terminal 400. In this case, the message informs that there is content to be delivered from the content delivery service device 300 to the corresponding user mobile communication terminal 400, so that the user mobile communication terminal 400 is prepared to receive the content. It performs the function.

The download server 330 collects information about the corresponding content data when there is a download request from the user mobile communication terminal, authenticates whether the user is a legitimate user, and communicates with the user mobile communication terminal. Perform the download operation.

The interface server 340 is responsible for exchanging data or messages with devices existing outside the content delivery service device, such as a service provider, a content database, or a user mobile communication terminal.

At this time, in an embodiment applicable to the present invention, the content delivery service device stores the information on the content selection criteria provided from the service provider, and the content and the content selection criteria provided from each user mobile communication terminal The apparatus may further include a personalization engine (not shown) for searching the contents database for contents to be provided to the corresponding user mobile communication terminal based on the information about the information.

Hereinafter, a content delivery service method according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing content data to a user mobile communication terminal by a content delivery service device according to another embodiment of the present invention. 6 illustrates a process after the preparation process illustrated in FIG. 2 is completed.

First, content download begins by sending a push message from the control server 320. This is because the message transmission daemon of the control server 320 retrieves data about the object of the service from the transmission target table stored in the database server 310, and then transmits a push message through the network based on the data (1). The message is provided to the application of the user terminal 400 in the form of a WakeUp message via the network (2).

The application receiving the call message calls the interface module of the library (3), and the interface module stores the message in a queue (4). Next, the message parser fetches the messages sequentially from the queue and parses the received message data (5). In this case, when the message type is a download, a content download request is made. For this purpose, the download server 330 needs to be connected. To this end, the message parser calls the download module (6), and the download module makes a content download request to the download server 330 via the network module (7).

In the present invention, the download module makes the content download request through the WICGS (Wireless Contents Gateway System) (8), the request is a socket (SOCKET) in the communication gateway (communication G / W) of the download server 330 (9) and then parsed by the WICGS parser (10). The WICGS parser parses the WICGS header value and extracts the necessary data items.

Next, the authentication module performs user authentication based on the data obtained at the communication gateway (11). At this time, in a preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, the terminal user authentication, such as whether the user is a normal user, a pause / cancellation, a corporate user, a prepaid user, an intelligent network prepaid, and the like through the network in the authentication server that exists externally Also, the mobile terminal model information (customer identification code, mobile terminal model name, Poly information, color information, etc.) is checked (12), and whether the user who has made the download request is a user who is subscribed to the corresponding channel. To this end, the channel subscription information stored in the database server 310 can be checked.

Next, when the user authentication is completed, the download module is called to request the corresponding content data (13). Accordingly, the download module calls a database module (DB module) and a content module to collect content data stored in the database server 310 (14 and 15). In this case, the content file may be collected from a NAS (Network Attached Storage) which is a storage device that is separate from the database server 310.

After the content file is collected, the download module configures the download description information based on the content file information and then provides it to the communication gateway so that it is provided to the user terminal 400 (16). The communication gateway provides the download description information to the user terminal via WICGS (17, 18).

The network terminal of the user terminal 400 provided with the download description information provides the file module and the download module to the file module and the download module (19, 20), and the download module analyzes the download description information and requests the content download to the download server 330. (20). The request is transmitted to the download server 330 through the network module and the WICGS, and the download module of the download server 330 provides the corresponding content data to the user terminal 400. The user terminal 400 provides the provided content file to the download module via the network module (20), and the download module provides it to the user application via the interface module (21, 22).

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and it is common in the art that various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

According to the present invention, a user using a mobile communication terminal can be easily provided even without searching and collecting necessary content data directly through the wireless Internet.

Claims (12)

A content delivery service method performed by a content delivery service device, the method comprising: a first step of receiving information on a criterion for selecting content targeted for a content delivery service from a user mobile communication terminal; A second step of retrieving and collecting content data meeting the selection criteria from a content database; A third step of transmitting a call message requesting a user mobile communication terminal to proceed to prepare to download the content collected in the second step; A fourth step of receiving a download request message in response to the call message from a user mobile communication terminal; And a fifth step of transmitting the content collected in the second step to a user mobile communication terminal. Before the first step, Receiving a request for initiation of a content delivery service specified by the information about the content delivery service together with information about the content delivery service from a service provider; Checking whether the user is a user mobile communication terminal subscribed to the service based on the information about the content delivery service; And, And requesting information on the content selection criteria from a legitimate user mobile communication terminal identified as subscribed to the service. delete The method of claim 1, The information on the content delivery service, service subscriber information, content information that is the target of the service and content delivery service method, characterized in that the location information of the content database. The method of claim 1, The information about the content delivery service, the content delivery service method comprising the screening criteria for selecting the content provided by the service provider to the user mobile terminal as a service subscriber. The method of claim 1, If the user mobile communication terminal used as not subscribed to the service is provided with guide information about the service, and the information about the user mobile communication terminal newly subscribed to the service is confirmed, the information about the content delivery service is provided. The method further comprises the step of updating the content delivery service. The method of claim 1, The content selection criterion information provided from the user mobile communication terminal in the first step is stored in a separate storage device or additionally stored in the information about the content delivery service provided from the service provider. The method of claim 1, The fourth step is performed by the user mobile communication terminal receiving the call message after analyzing the message, and if it is determined that the message is a message related to the content download, requesting the content download service device to download the content. Content delivery service method, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The fifth step, Providing download description information in a message form and providing the same to the user mobile terminal; Receiving content data from a user mobile communication terminal referring to the description information; And, And providing the corresponding content data to the user mobile communication terminal according to the request. delete A database server for storing service information necessary for providing a content delivery service to a user mobile communication terminal and storing content data collected from the content database for providing to the user mobile communication terminal; A user who receives a request for initiation of a content delivery service specified by the information about the content delivery service together with information about the content delivery service from a service provider, and based on the information about the content delivery service, a user subscribed to the service. Determine whether the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal, request information on the content selection criteria from a legitimate user mobile terminal confirmed to have subscribed to the service, and determine whether there is content that meets the content selection criteria delivered from the user mobile terminal. Confirming whether or not to start the content delivery service, and when the content delivery service is started, a call message requesting that the user mobile terminal prepares to receive the content data. I'm To the control server; And, When a download request is received from the user mobile terminal, the download server collects information on the corresponding content data, authenticates whether the user is a legitimate user, and downloads the corresponding content data by communicating with the user mobile terminal. Content delivery service device characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 10, The content delivery service device further comprises an interface server responsible for exchanging data or messages with a device existing outside of at least one content delivery service device of a service provider, a content database, or a user mobile communication terminal. Device. delete

Images