KR101303257B1 - Aparatus and method for guiding program linhage network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for guiding a program of interest based on information collected through a network.
To this end, an interest keyword corresponding to a subject that is an issue on a network providing an online networking service is extracted, and an interest program list is generated using the extracted interest keyword. At least one topic included in the created interest program list is displayed on the screen, and the selected topic is provided to the broadcast server when one of the displayed at least one topic is selected by the user. Receives a content list collected on the selected subject from the broadcast server, displays the received content list on the screen, and executes specific content selected by the user in the displayed content list.

Description

Network-linked program guide device and method {APARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDING PROGRAM LINHAGE NETWORK}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for guiding a program by interworking with a network, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for guiding a program of interest based on information collected through a network.

In general, when a program is to be used through a broadcasting system, a user must select a program that is of interest or desire among unspecified programs. However, with the rapid growth of programs such as content, images, and text, which are called floods of information, selecting a program of interest or interest is not an easy task for the average user.

Accordingly, in the broadcasting system, various methods are provided to make a list of programs of interest based on the degree of interest of the user and provide them to the user, thereby making it easier to find or select a desired program.

Until now, the broadcast system has mostly been a method of generating a program of interest by analyzing or utilizing a user's use style or keywords registered by the user. For example, a user's usage style that is analyzed or utilized to generate an interest program list may be a type of a program that a user mainly watches by time.

Therefore, in order to provide a list of programs of interest, a lot of time and effort were required to collect information for grasping a user's usage style, and there was an inconvenience in that a user directly registered a keyword.

An embodiment of the present invention proposes a network-linked program guide apparatus and method for guiding a program of interest using issue information online.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention proposes a network-linked program guide apparatus and method for guiding a program of interest based on information collected through an online networking service.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention collects the matters that are an issue in the online networking service or the web, and collects the collected information into electronic program guide (EPG) information or video on demand (VoD). The present invention proposes a network-linked program guide apparatus and method for automatically constructing and guiding a list of programs of interest by automatically connecting to a program available on a television such as a list.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention proposes a network-linked program guide apparatus and method for guiding a viewer with a real-time broadcast or VoD service by connecting data according to a broadcast program and an online networking service in real time.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by outputting a broadcast program associated with the content that is an issue in the current online networking service in real time broadcasting, the user can access the broadcast program more quickly and accurately in real time. A network linked program guide apparatus and method are provided.

A method of guiding a program of interest in a user terminal providing a content service by interworking with a broadcasting system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a subject that is an issue in an online network building service supporting information sharing between users online. Extracting a keyword of interest corresponding to and generating a list of interest programs using the extracted keyword of interest; displaying at least one topic included in the generated list of interest programs on a screen; Providing the selected topic to a broadcast server when one of at least one topic is selected by the user, receiving a list of content collected from the broadcast server as the selected topic, and receiving the received content list Display on the screen, and the content displayed by the user If a specific content is selected in the list, the process includes executing the selected specific content in association with the content server having the selected specific content,
Here, the process of generating the program of interest list,
Collecting information on a subject that is an issue when a user accesses an online social networking service subscribed to the user; analyzing information on the collected subject; extracting an interest keyword; and extracting the extracted interest keyword Generating a list of programs of interest to be managed according to themes.

In addition, the apparatus for interested program guide in a broadcasting system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention collects a topic that is an issue on a network that provides an online network building service that supports information sharing between users online, and collects the collected topic. By using the extracted interest keywords, the interested program list generator for generating a program of interest program using the extracted interest keywords, a display unit for displaying a screen according to the program of interest program, and the generated interest program list When one of the at least one topic displayed on the display is selected by the user, the extracted interest keyword extracted corresponding to the selected theme is provided to the broadcast server, and the content list collected by the provided interest keyword from the broadcast server. A transmitting / receiving unit for receiving the A control unit which controls to display a new content list on the display unit, and controls to provide the selected specific content when a specific content is selected by the user in the displayed content list,
Here, the program of interest list generation unit,
When the user accesses the online social networking service subscribed to by the user, the information on the subject in question is collected through the transmitter / receiver, and the information about the collected subject is analyzed to find an interest keyword corresponding to each subject. And generating an interest program list for managing the extracted interest keyword for each subject.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a program list for a topic is automatically configured without having to directly find out which topic is currently being issued in another medium, such as an online networking service. In addition, by using the configured program list and connecting to the object (Object) available on the broadcast, it is possible to provide convenience to the user and to induce access to the object.

In addition, various effects predicted according to an embodiment of the present invention will be disclosed in the following description.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a broadcast system for guiding a program of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus of interest program guide performed for guiding program of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG.
3 is a diagram illustrating a control flow for guiding a program of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example according to a program of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that only the parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in the following description, and the description of the other parts will be omitted so as not to disturb the gist of the present invention.

In general, the online social networking service represented by SNS (Social Network Service) is a concept that encompasses one media, one community, and information sharing. For example, an online social networking service is a community-type website set up for the purpose of broadening a friendship by allowing participants to introduce friends to each other. For convenience of explanation, the terms 'online networking service' and 'SNS' are used interchangeably. However, due to the use of the terms described above, the embodiment proposed by the present invention should not be limited to being applied only to SNS.

As mentioned earlier, most SNSs are web-based services. The SNS also provides a means for users to contact each other through e-mail or instant messenger service.

In addition, social networking has become a new way for people to communicate and share information with others. In particular, millions of people use social networking websites every day.

These social networks have been in the spotlight over the last few years as new media, and their strength is that they can attract tens of millions of unique service users. In the early days of social networks, it was difficult to make money with registered users, but through the revenues of advertisements exposed to the rapidly growing mobile SNS users, revenues through social games, and direct and indirect advertisements of operators. Various business models are being created, such as promoting the business.

For example, the most common type of SNS is a service that categorizes people into schedules such as alumni and motives. In addition, it has a system that provides a means to communicate with friends (usually a self-introduction web page) or recommends something based on a user's trust relationship.

On the other hand, the use (or interworking) of SNS in various types of user terminals is a method of extending the acquisition of additional information on the object or program based on the object or program currently selected by the user.

In other words, SNS is a method for obtaining more detailed information in the process of identifying (or selecting) an object or a program that is currently an issue through a path (web, friends). (Or Web).

Therefore, if you use the information collected through SNS, you can automatically connect to objects such as VOD, real-time channel, You tube, web, etc. that can be used on the broadcasting system without collecting the information in question through a separate path. You may have a plan.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention to be described later, in the case of VOD, the concept of selecting online VOD is introduced as a reference for selecting a large number of VODs, and the corresponding articles are read through SNS for the VoD and used as a review of the VOD. At this time, the SNS will be printed in consideration of the popularity.

In addition, users can select the program by referring to the opinions of various people in real time using SNS, so that the user can select the content more easily than the conventional method.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 illustrates a configuration of a broadcast system for guiding a program of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, SNS or Web 110 represents a network in which various online social networking services are provided. The communication resource for accessing the network provided with the SNS or the Web 110 is not limited to the kind thereof. For example, a network provided with the SNS or Web 110 may be accessed by an external device using both radio and wired resources.

The SNS or Web 110 collects a topic that is currently an issue in response to a request from a device that is granted access, and provides the collected topic to the device that is allowed to access. However, the SNS or Web 110 may provide the collected subjects to the devices that are allowed access without a separate request.

For example, the SNS or Web 110 may be implemented to provide the collected subjects to devices that are allowed access according to a predetermined period. As another example, the SNS or Web 110 may be implemented to provide the changed subject to the device to which the access is allowed in real time when the collected subject changes from the previously collected subject. In this case, the period does not need to be set in advance. However, when the period is set in advance, even if the changed theme does not exist, it is preferable to inform the apparatus that is allowed to access that there is no changed theme for each preset period.

Meanwhile, the topic provided to the device to which the access is allowed by the SNS or the Web 110 may be a topic that is an issue at this time or a topic of interest registered by a user who uses the device.

The user terminal 120 represents an apparatus for providing a program such as desired content at the request of the user. For example, the user terminal 120 may be a digital IP TV, a smart phone, a set top box (STB), or the like. Only the user terminal 120 should be able to access an external network using communication resources such as wired resources and wireless resources. The external network may be the SNS or the Web 110.

The user terminal 120 collects a subject that is an issue by using an online network building service serviced by the SNS or the Web 110. For example, the collection of the subject may be collected by a request to the SNS or Web 110 and collected by a response thereto or by information about a subject provided periodically or aperiodically from the SNS or Web 110.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 120 may perform an authentication procedure for accessing the SNS or Web 110 for collecting a subject. For example, the authentication procedure will be most common by inputting a user's ID and password. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that all other authentication methods commonly used to date can be applied.

The user terminal 120 extracts a keyword of interest for each of the collected topics. For example, if a topic about 'Season No. 3 goals put by Park in the Premier League held yesterday' was collected, the user terminal 120 includes 'Park Ji Sung', 'Premier League', 'No. 3', 'Goal', etc. It is possible to extract the keyword of interest. As another example, if a topic about 'the 4 secrets that MBC will broadcast in the PD notebook at 11 o'clock today' is collected, the user terminal 120 may be interested in such as 'MBC', 'PD notebook', '4 secrets', etc. You can extract keywords.

When the user terminal 120 extracts an interest keyword for each subject, the user terminal 120 generates an interest program list using the subject and the extracted interest keyword corresponding to the subject.

The user terminal 120 displays at least one topic included in the generated interest program list on the screen.

4A illustrates an example of displaying a collected theme on a screen of the user terminal 9120 by the above-described operation. That is, according to Figure 4 (a), the user terminal 120 based on the previously collected topics "ⅰ. Park Ji-sung Season 3 Goals ”and“ ii. PD notebook-4 rough secret ”on the screen. On the other hand, Figure 4 (a) shows an example in which the subject is displayed by the list of interest programs while the user is watching the content corresponding to the real-time broadcast. However, guiding the list of programs of interest is not limited to the content that the user is currently watching. In other words, a theme according to the list of programs of interest may be displayed on the screen regardless of whether the user views the content or the type of the content being viewed.

The user terminal 120 provides the topic to the broadcast server 130 when one topic is selected by the user from at least one topic displayed on the screen. For example, when a single topic is selected by the user, the user terminal 120 may provide the broadcast server 130 with information about a keyword of interest extracted corresponding to the selected topic.

The user terminal 120 receives a content list collected corresponding to a corresponding topic from the broadcast server 130. For example, the content list may be configured by real-time broadcast content, video on demand, web content, and the like.

The user terminal 120 displays a list of contents available on the screen in response to a topic selected by the user using the contents list received from the broadcast server 130. In this way, the user can use the contents he / she wants by the contents list displayed on the screen.

Figure 4 (b) shows an example of displaying the content list in response to the "Park Ji Sung season No. 3 goal" is selected by the user. That is, in FIG. 4B, 'content (Channel) indicating a channel related to Park Ji-sung' among real-time broadcasting channels, 'content displaying the item related to Park Ji-sung (VOD) among VoD', and a list of other contents that can be linked (You Tube, etc.) is shown.

When one content is selected from the content list displayed on the screen by the user, the user terminal 120 provides the selected specific content to the user. To this end, the user terminal 120 confirms location information such as a URL for obtaining information about specific content selected by the user. The user terminal 120 accesses a content server based on the identified location information, and obtains information about the specific content from the accessed content server. Therefore, the user terminal 120 can execute the content selected by the user.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 120 generates a topic collected from the SNS or Web 110 and an interest keyword extracted for each topic or generated through the same in order to recognize a change in a topic that is an issue on the SNS or Web 110. A list of programs of interest can be stored.

The broadcast server 130 receives information on an issue list provided from the user terminal 120, for example, a topic selected by the user or an interest keyword corresponding to the selected theme.

The broadcast server 130 searches for relevant target content based on a topic of interest or a keyword corresponding to the selected topic from the user terminal 120, and creates a content list based on the contents collected by the search. . For example, the content list may be an object list constructed by matching EPG, VOD, and other available databases.

The broadcast server 130 transmits the created content list, for example, a usable object list to the user terminal 120. Meanwhile, the broadcast server 130 registers a topic provided from the user terminal 120 or a keyword of interest corresponding to the topic, and periodically or aperiodically when a new content corresponding to the registered information is searched for. It may be provided to the user terminal 120.

In addition, when a topic provided from the user terminal 120 or a keyword of interest corresponding to the topic is registered, the broadcast server 130 may correspond to the registered information only by requesting a content list of the user terminal 120. The content list may be provided to the user terminal 120. That is, the broadcast server 130 may provide a content list to the user terminal 120 without receiving a new topic or a keyword of interest corresponding to the new topic.

Meanwhile, in the above description, it is assumed that the user terminal 120 provides a topic to the broadcast server 130 and the broadcast server 130 generates a content list corresponding to the topic.

However, as another example, the user terminal may generate a content list corresponding to a topic, and may be configured to receive a detailed list for each content included in the generated content list from the broadcast server 130.

As an example, assuming that the subject of “Park Ji Sung Season No. 3 Goal” is selected, the user terminal 120 displays a list of contents such as a 'real time channel list', 'voD list associated with a topic', and 'web related data related to a topic'. Can be generated. In addition, the user terminal 120 may display the generated content list on the screen, and collect information commonly used in the selected content when one content included in the content list is selected by the user.

2 is a block diagram of a program of interest program guide for performing a program of interest guide according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, the interested program guide device may be provided in the user terminal 120 illustrated in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the transmitter / receiver 210 transmits a subject selected by a user or a keyword of interest extracted corresponding to the selected subject under the control of the controller 240 to a broadcast server through a broadcast network. At this time, the topic or interest keyword transmitted to the broadcast server corresponds to one selected by the user from among at least one topic displayed on the display unit 230 using the interest program list generated by the interest program list generator 220. .

The transmitter / receiver 210 receives a content list composed of contents collected by the subject or a keyword of interest extracted corresponding to the subject from the broadcast server. Here, the content list includes real time broadcast content, video on demand, and web content.

The transmitter / receiver 210 may receive the interest keyword extracted by the user or the extracted interest keyword corresponding to the selected theme to the interest program list generator 220. In addition, the transmitter / receiver 210 provides the content list received from the broadcast server to the controller 240 or to the display unit 230 under the control of the controller 240.

The interested program list generation unit 220 collects a topic that is an issue on the network for providing an online networking service through the transmission / reception unit 210. The interest program list generation unit 220 extracts the collected interest keywords for each topic, and generates an interest program list using the extracted interest keywords for each topic. Although not shown, the program of interest list may be stored in a separate recording medium and managed.

The interested program list generating unit 220 transmits the generated interested program list to the display unit 230 under the control of the controller 240 so that the interested program list can be displayed by the display unit 230. An example of displaying a list of programs of interest by the display unit 230 is as shown in FIG. 4A.

The interest program list generation unit 220 transmits the interest / keyword extracted from the topics included in the interest program list generated by the user under the control of the controller 240 or extracted corresponding to the topic. It may be provided to the receiver 210.

The display unit 230 displays a screen according to a program guide of interest under the control of the controller 240. Accordingly, the display unit 230 displays subjects included in the interest program list provided by the interest program list generator 220 under the control of the controller 240. Displaying the topics included in the list of interests through the display unit 230 is to give a user an opportunity to select content to use.

The display unit 230 displays the content list received by the transmitter / receiver 210 under the control of the controller 240. The display unit 230 displays a screen according to one content selected by the user from the displayed content list under the control of the controller 240. In this case, the information about the content for displaying the screen according to the selected one content may be provided from the content server through the transmitter / receiver 210.

The controller 240 controls the overall operation of the apparatus of interest program guide to guide the program of interest. That is, the controller 240 controls to provide the broadcast server with a topic selected through the transmitter / receiver 210 or a keyword of interest corresponding to the selected theme, and the broadcast server through the transmitter / receiver 210. Perform control to receive a list of content from the.

In addition, the controller 240 performs a control for displaying the received content list on the display unit 230. In addition, the controller 240 monitors whether the specific content is selected by the user in the content list displayed on the display unit 230, and executes the selected specific content when the specific content is selected through the monitoring. Perform overall control.

3 shows a control flow for guiding a program of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 310, a user terminal including an apparatus of interest program guide collects a subject that is an issue on an SNS. To this end, the user terminal may access a network or server that supports SNS, and upon successful connection, request the user terminal to collect and report a topic that is an issue at this time. In this case, the user terminal may proceed with a user authentication procedure to access the network or server.

As another example, the user terminal may request a network or server that is connected to extract and report a keyword of interest for each subject that is an issue at this time. In this case, the user terminal may omit an operation for extracting a keyword of interest for each subject that is an issue on SNS.

When the user terminal obtains information on a topic at issue from the network or server supporting the SNS, the user terminal extracts an interest keyword for each acquired topic. As described above, if the keyword of interest is provided from a network or a server supporting SNS, the user terminal may omit an operation for extracting the keyword of interest.

The user terminal generates an interest program list based on the information reported from the network or server supporting the SNS in step 312. In this case, the information collected and reported from the network or server supporting the SNS may be a topic that is an issue at this time or an interest keyword corresponding to the topic.

When the generation of the interest program list is completed, the user terminal displays the collected topics on the screen based on the generated interest program list. This is to make it easy for the user to select a topic of interest from among the topics that are an issue on the SNS.

In step 314, if a specific theme among the displayed topics is selected by the user, the user terminal collects content corresponding to the selected theme. For example, in order to collect the content, the user terminal provides a topic selected by the user or a keyword of interest previously extracted corresponding to the selected theme to the broadcast server. In this case, it is assumed that the broadcast server is a server capable of providing information on all contents desired by the user.

When a specific topic or interest keyword is provided from the user terminal, the broadcast server collects related content based on the specific topic or interest keyword. The content list is generated based on the collected related content. In this case, the content list may be classified and organized according to the type of content. For example, the content list may be classified into real-time broadcasting, VOD, web information, and the like, and detailed content may be created for each category.

The broadcast server provides the content list created by the above operation to the user terminal. Meanwhile, the broadcast server does not need to receive a new topic or a new keyword of interest from the user terminal every time to generate a content list. For example, when the subject matter on the SNS does not change or when the subject selected by the user does not change, the user terminal has no reason to provide the same subject and the same keyword of interest to the broadcast server. In this case, even if only the content list request is received by the broadcast server, the content may be collected using a topic or an interest keyword used in generating the previous content list, and a new content list may be generated through this.

When the user terminal receives the content list from the broadcast server by the above operation, the user terminal displays the received content list on the screen in step 316. This is to notify the user of the contents collected in relation to the theme selected by the user, so that the user can use the desired content.

If specific content is selected by the user, the user terminal may check the location information corresponding to the selected content and then provide the desired content service to the user based on the identified location information. Here, the location information may be information such as a URL in which information on the corresponding content is stored.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (10)

delete In the method for guiding a program of interest in a user terminal providing a content service by interworking with a broadcast system,
Extracting an interest keyword corresponding to a subject that is an issue in an online network building service that supports sharing of information among users online, and generating an interest program list using the extracted interest keyword;
Displaying at least one topic included in the generated interest program list on a screen;
Providing the broadcast server with a keyword of interest extracted in response to the selected theme when one of the displayed at least one topic is selected by the user;
Receiving a content list collected by the provided interest keyword from the broadcast server;
Displaying the received content list on a screen;
If a specific content is selected from the displayed content list by a user, executing the selected specific content in association with a content server having the selected specific content,
Here, the process of generating the program of interest list,
Collecting information on a subject in question when the user accesses an online social networking service;
And analyzing the information about the collected topic to extract an interest keyword, and generating a list of interest programs managing the extracted interest keyword for each subject. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing of the selected subject to a broadcast server comprises:
Monitoring whether one of the displayed at least one topic is selected by the user;
And when a subject is selected by the user through the monitoring, providing the broadcast server with the extracted interest keyword corresponding to the selected subject. 4. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 3,
The online network building service is a social network service (Social Network Service) characterized in that the program guide method of interest. 4. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 3,
And the content list comprises real-time broadcast content, video on demand, and web content. delete In the apparatus for guiding a program of interest in a broadcasting system,
Collects the topics that are the issue on the network that provides the online network building service that supports information sharing among users online, extracts interest keywords for each collected topic, and uses the extracted interest keywords to list interest programs A program of interest list generation unit for generating a;
A display unit for displaying a screen according to the program of interest,
When one of at least one topic displayed on the display unit is selected by the user using the generated interest program list, an interest keyword extracted corresponding to the selected topic is provided to the broadcast server, and the broadcast server provides the provided interest keyword. A transmitting / receiving unit for receiving a list of contents collected by a keyword of interest;
A control unit for controlling the display of the received content list on the display unit and controlling to provide the selected specific content when a specific content is selected by the user in the displayed content list;
Here, the program of interest list generation unit,
When the user accesses the online social networking service subscribed to by the user, the information on the subject in question is collected through the transmitter / receiver, and the information about the collected subject is analyzed to find an interest keyword corresponding to each subject. And an interest program list for managing the extracted interest keywords for each subject. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting / receiving unit,
And when the controller detects that one of the at least one topic displayed on the display unit is selected by the user, providing the interested keyword extracted by the interest program list generator in response to the selected theme to the broadcast server. Program of interest guide device. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 8,
And the online network building service is a social network service. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 8,
And the content list includes real-time broadcast content, video on demand, and web content.

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