KR101190189B1 - System and method for providing contents update information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing content update information to a user, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a user with update information on content that a user prefers.
The content update information providing system receives an interest content registration request from a user terminal and registers a content identifier corresponding to the content identification information included in the interest content registration request in a user-specific interest content list for the user terminal. An update management unit for receiving the content information matching the content identifier registered in the interest content list for each user from the content providing server providing the content to the user terminal and updating the update information of the content of interest and the updated update information; It may include an update information providing unit for transmitting to the user terminal.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS UPDATE INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing content update information to a user, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a user with update information on content that a user prefers.

Recently, according to the development of Internet technology, various services using the Internet are provided to users, and in particular, IPTV providing services, which are content providing services using the Internet, are widely used.

IPTV service is a service that provides a variety of video content to viewers over the Internet. Conventional TV content providing service provides viewers with a program set to a specific time on a specific channel, and viewers can spend the program only at the time set by the content provider for viewing of their favorite program. In contrast, the IPTV service has an advantage of allowing users to select and view desired contents at any time.

However, in the conventional IPTV service, the user has to bear the inconvenience of finding and providing the content directly through the search in order to select and view the content to be viewed.

In particular, the VOD service, which is one of the biggest features of the IPTV service, possesses a large number of contents and provides the user with tens of thousands of VOD contents provided to the user, and provides real-time broadcasting through a channel. In the case of a service, an IPTV operator can theoretically provide an infinite number of channels to a user. Therefore, in the IPTV service according to the related art, a user has to spend a lot of time in order to find a content that he / she wants to see.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing a user with updated information of content to be used by the user to more easily use the updated content of interest.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is a system that allows the user to receive the update information for the content of interest by registering the content searched through the keyword search, the real-time broadcast content, video on demand (VOD) content as the interest content And to provide a method.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, a first aspect of the present invention is to receive a request for content registration of interest from a user terminal, the content terminal corresponding to the content identification information included in the content registration request of interest the user terminal An interest content management unit for registering the user's interest content list for each user, and receiving content information matching the content identifier registered in the user's interest content list from the content providing server providing the content to the user terminal to update the interest content It is possible to provide a content update information providing system comprising an update management unit for updating information and an update information provider for transmitting the updated update information to the user terminal.

In a first aspect of the present invention, the content-of-interest management unit may receive a content search information receiving module that receives content search information from the user terminal, search for content matching a keyword included in the received content search information, Content search result providing module for providing information to the user terminal, Interest to receive a signal for requesting registration of interest content for one or more content selected by the user terminal of the content information included in the content search result information from the user terminal The content information receiving module and the interest content registration module may register the selected one or more contents as the content of interest in the user terminal in response to the received content content request signal.

In addition, in the first aspect of the present invention, the content identification information included in the interest content registration request received from the user terminal may be obtained from real time broadcast content or video on demand (VOD) content output by the user terminal. have.

The second aspect of the present invention provides a method of providing a content of interest, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a content interest request for one or more content from a user terminal; and (b) content in which the one or more content is registered in the content interest list in response to the content interest request. (C) registering content, which is not registered in the content of interest among the one or more contents, in the content list of interest, and (d) registering in the content of interest list matched to the user terminal from the user terminal. Receiving a request for content update information for content, (e) generating content update information for content registered in the content list of interest, and transmitting the generated content update information to the user terminal. The content update information provision system updates the content update. It can provide a way to do this.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, since the user is provided with updated information for each content of interest, the user may be more easily provided with content not viewed among preferred content.

In addition, according to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, the user registers the content retrieved through keyword search as the content of interest or the real-time broadcast content, video on demand (VOD) content as the content of interest while watching, The update information may be provided to increase the expandability of the content information.

1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a system for providing content update information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an IPTV service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content update information by an IPTV service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in which update information of content of interest is provided to a user through a user terminal in a system for providing content update information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu provided for registering content of interest during real-time broadcasting in a system for providing content update information according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu provided for registering content of interest while watching a video on demand (VOD) broadcast in a system for providing content update information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a system for providing content update information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 100 requests the IPTV service providing server 200 that provides the IPTV service to the user terminal to request update information on the content of interest registered for each user of the user terminal 100 to receive an interest from the IPTV service providing server 200. Update information on the content may be received.

The user terminal 100 may output the received update information to a user through a display device such as a TV connected to the user terminal 100. The user terminal 100 may include a terminal capable of accessing the IPTV service providing server 200 such as a settop box (STB).

The user terminal 100 may transmit the identification information of the user terminal 100 or the identification information of the user to the IPTV service providing server 200 together with the update information request.

The user terminal 100 transmits the information of the content being searched for by the specific content or keyword through the specific VOD or channel to the IPTV service providing server 200 to match the user or the user terminal 100 of the user terminal 100. It can be registered as content.

The IPTV service providing server 200 receives the information of the content of interest from the user terminal 100, matches the user terminal 100 or the user of the user terminal 100 to register the content of interest, and updates related to the registered content of interest. Request information to the content providing server 300, and manages the content of interest information by using the update information received from the content providing server 300.

For example, when the content of interest is a drama composed of a plurality of series, the IPTV service providing server 200 requests the content providing server 300 for update information of new content of the corresponding drama, and from the content providing server 300. The requested update information is received and reflected in the information of the content of interest.

The IPTV service providing server 200 receives a request for update information of the content of interest from the user terminal 100, and in response to the request for update information of the content of interest matched with the user of the user terminal 100 or the user terminal 100. Provided to the terminal 100.

The content providing server 300 obtains newly updated information about the content received from the IPTV service providing server 200 in response to a request of the IPTV service providing server 200, and obtains the obtained update information from the IPTV service providing server ( 200).

The content providing server 300 may provide content to the user terminal 100 or directly provide content to the user terminal 100 through the IPTV service providing server 200.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an IPTV service providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

IPTV service providing server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a content management unit 210, the update management unit 220, the update information providing unit 230 and the content information database 240.

The interest content management unit 210 includes a content search information reception module 211, a content search result providing module 212, an interest content information reception module 213, and an interest content registration module 214.

The content retrieval information receiving module 211 receives content retrieval information from a user terminal. For example, the content search information receiving module 211 may receive keyword information for content search from the user terminal.

The content search information received by the content search information receiving module 211 may include a name of a specific person, a name of content such as a specific drama or a movie, and the like.

The content search result providing module 212 searches for content matching the content search information received by the content search information receiving module 211 and provides the search result to a user terminal (not shown).

The interest content information receiving module 213 receives information of content that a user intends to register as interest content from a user terminal. The information of the content received from the user terminal may include identification information of the content.

The user terminal transmits content information such as content unique ID, category ID, and user information such as user ID to the IPTV service providing server 200 or keyword search result of the real time broadcasting content provided through the VOD content or channel currently being viewed. Content information such as content unique ID, category ID, and user information of a specific content included in the user information, such as the user ID and the like can be transmitted to the IPTV service providing server 200 to request registration of the content of interest.

Accordingly, the content-of-interest information receiving module 213 may receive such content information and user information from the user terminal.

The content of interest registration module 214 registers content that is matched with the content information with the user ID by using the content information received from the user terminal and registers the content of interest as a content of interest for the user of the user terminal. The interest content registration module 214 stores the information of the registered content of interest in the content information database 240.

The update manager 220 checks whether the content registered as the content of interest in the content information database 240 is updated by using the content information received from the content providing server (not shown).

When there is a content of interest in which new content is registered in the content providing server, the update manager 220 generates update information of the content of interest. The updated information of the content of interest may be generated for content not viewed by the user, and may include information about content not viewed by the user.

That is, even if a certain time elapses after a specific content is registered in the content providing server, if the user does not watch, the update information of the content of interest may include information of the corresponding content so that the user can check the content in the update information. Can be.

The update manager 220 matches the generated update information with the corresponding content of interest and the corresponding user and stores the updated information in the content information database 240.

The update information providing unit 230 provides the user terminal with updated content of interest content generated and stored by the update manager 220 in response to a request of the user terminal.

The update information provider 230 may receive identification information of the user terminal or the user of the user terminal together with the update information request of the content of interest from the user terminal.

The update information provider 230 may retrieve update information of the content of interest matching the received identification information from the content information database 240 and provide the updated information to the user terminal.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content update information by an IPTV service providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In step S105, the IPTV service providing server receives the content search information from the user terminal. As described above, the content search information may include a keyword for content search, and in particular, may include a keyword for the name of an actor, a director, or a name of the content itself.

In step S110, the IPTV service providing server searches for a content matching the content search information received in step S110 from the content information database.

In step S115, the IPTV service providing server transmits the content information retrieved in step S110 to the user terminal.

In step S120, the IPTV service providing server receives the information of the content to be registered as the content of interest from the user terminal. As described above, the received content information may include content information such as content unique ID and category ID and user information such as user ID.

In step S125, the IPTV service providing server determines whether the content of interest content request requested has already been registered as the content of interest by using the content information received in step S120.

When the user registers various contents as the content of interest, the user may request the IPTV service providing server to repeatedly register the content registered as the content of interest as the content of interest.

Accordingly, the IPTV service providing server determines whether the content requested to be registered for interest content corresponds to the existing registered interest content.

In step S130, if it is determined in step S125 that the content of interest requested to be registered is not previously registered as the content of interest, the IPTV service providing server receives the content of interest in the content of interest requested in step S120. Register with

The IPTV service providing server may manage the content of interest for each user by matching the requested content with user information such as the user ID received in step S120 and registering the content as the content of interest.

In step S135, the IPTV service providing server receives a request for updating the content of interest from the user terminal. That is, the IPTV service providing server receives a request for update information from the user terminal, including an update situation of content of interest registered and registered with the user.

The IPTV service providing server may receive user information together with the content update request of interest.

In step S140, the IPTV service providing server updates the update information of the requested content of interest in response to the update information request received in step S135. The IPTV service providing server may acquire information of the content of interest matching the user information received together with the update information request in step S135, and request the update server of the acquired content of content from the content providing server.

The IPTV service providing server may receive update status information of the content of interest from the content providing server and update the update information of the content of interest.

In step S145, the IPTV service providing server provides the user terminal with update information of the content of interest updated in step S140. The IPTV service providing server may generate update information to distinguish the content that the user did not watch from the content that the user watched.

Therefore, the user can identify not the most recently updated content but the unviewed content through the update information as in the most recently updated content, and can request and receive the content not viewed from the content providing server.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in which update information of content of interest is provided to a user through a user terminal in a system for providing content update information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The update information 400 provided to the user includes a list information display unit 410 of content of interest registered for the user and a content detail information display unit 440 including detailed information of specific content selected by the user.

The interest content list information display unit 410 may classify and display the interest content list according to a method in which the user registers the content of interest.

The channel interest content information display unit 420 may include list information of real-time broadcast content registered as interest content while the user is watching real-time broadcast content through a channel, and the VOD interest content information display unit 430 may include VOD content. It may include list information of the real-time broadcast content registered as the content of interest while watching the.

As shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6, when a user registers the content as the content of interest while watching real-time broadcasting content or VOD content and subsequently wants to receive update information, the user is provided in a control device such as a remote controller. Content currently being provided to the user may be registered as the content of interest by using the content of interest addition menus 510 and 610 provided through the hotkeys or the user interfaces 500 and 600.

The channel interest content information display unit 420 and the VOD interest content information display unit 430 may include information on content registered by the user as content of interest while watching.

The keyword interest content information display unit 420 includes list information of content registered as interest content by the user among searched contents based on the keyword input by the user.

In addition to the content currently being viewed, the user may search for content matching the content information such as the title, actor or director of the content, and register the content that the user wants to be continuously updated with as the content of interest in the IPTV service providing server. You can request

To this end, the user may transmit search information such as a title of the content, keywords for the actor or director, etc. to the IPTV service providing server, and may receive a search result thereof.

The user may select the content to be registered as the content of interest from the provided content search results and request the IPTV service providing server to register the content of interest.

The keyword interest content information display unit 420 may provide information to the user by including information of content searched through the keyword search and registered as the content of interest.

The channel interest content information display unit 410, the VOD interest content information display unit 420, and the keyword interest content information display unit 430, respectively, provide an interest content information display unit 421, 422, 431, 432, which classify and provide the content of interest. 441 and 442).

The interest content information display units 421, 422, 431, 432, 441, and 442 may include update information display units 423, 433, and 443 that display update information provided to a user with respect to the content of interest.

The update information display units 423, 433, and 443 may include a number indicating the number of updated contents of the corresponding content of interest, and the user may change the content of interest through the numbers displayed on the update information display units 423, 433, and 443. It is possible to easily recognize whether or not to update and view the content, and determine whether to watch the corresponding content.

One embodiment of the present invention may also be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

While the methods and systems of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of those elements or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: user terminal 200: IPTV service providing server
210: interest content management unit 220: update management unit
230: update information provider 240 content information database
300: content providing server

Claims (7)

In the content update information providing system,
Receives a request for registration of interest content including at least one of a search result of a keyword, a VOD, and channel information from a user terminal, and information of the user terminal; An interest content manager configured to register an identifier corresponding to the user's interest content list for the user terminal,
From a content providing server providing content to the user terminal, content corresponding to a search result of the keyword registered in the content list of interest, VOD, channel information, and content information matched to the user terminal and not played in the user terminal. An update manager to receive the update information of the content of interest and
Update information provider for transmitting the updated update information to the user terminal
Including,
The content information includes a unique ID of a content corresponding to the keyword search result, a category ID to which the content belongs, and an attribute keyword of the content.
And the content corresponding to the category ID and the attribute keyword of the content are also registered in the interest content list and transmitted to the user terminal together with the update information of the content of interest.
The method of claim 1,
The interest content management unit
A content search information receiving module which receives content search information from the user terminal;
A content search result providing module for searching for content matching a keyword included in the received content search information and providing information of the found content to the user terminal;
A signal for requesting registration of interest content for one or more contents selected by the user terminal among the content information included in the content search result information from the user terminal, or registration of interest content for the corresponding channel or VOD during the channel or VOD playback. Content of interest information receiving module for receiving a request signal and
The interest content registration module that registers the selected one or more contents as interest content in the user terminal in response to the received interest content registration request signal.
Content update information providing system comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
And content identification information included in the content of interest registration request received from the user terminal is obtained from real time broadcast content or video on demand (VOD) content output by the user terminal.
The method of claim 1,
And the update information provided by the update information providing unit includes information on the number of updated contents.
In the content update information providing system to provide a content update,
(a) receiving an interest content registration request including at least one of content, VOD, and channel information corresponding to a search result of a keyword from a user terminal, and receiving information of the user terminal;
(b) determining whether the one or more contents are contents registered in the contents list of interest in response to the request for registering contents of interest;
(c) registering contents of the one or more contents which are not registered in the contents of interest to the list of contents of interest,
(d) receiving a request for content update information for content information registered in a content list of interest matched with the user terminal from the user terminal,
(e) generating content update information for content corresponding to a search result of the keyword registered in the content list of interest, VOD, channel information, and content matched with the user terminal and not played in the user terminal; Transmitting one content update information to the user terminal;
Including,
The content information includes a unique ID of a content corresponding to a search result of the keyword, a category ID to which the content belongs, and an attribute keyword of the content.
The content corresponding to the category ID and the attribute keyword of the content are also registered in the content list of interest and transmitted together with the content update information to the user terminal.
The method of claim 5, wherein
The step (a)
(a1) receiving content search information from the user terminal,
(a2) searching for content matching the content search information; and
(a3) transmitting the information about the found one or more contents to the user terminal;
Including,
The interest content registration request received from the user terminal comprises a content interest request for at least one or more of the searched content.
The method of claim 5, wherein
And the request for registering content of interest received from the user terminal is generated by the user terminal based on real time broadcast content or video on demand content provided to the user terminal.

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