KR101366301B1 - Method of connectingsocial contents and storage media storing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

It may be connected to the user terminal and may be performed in a social content linking social content linking server performed in a social content linking server interoperating with a broadcast content providing server. Determining at least one social content relating to broadcast content that has been, may or may be provided at the broadcast content providing server, and the social electronic program guide regarding the specific broadcast content based on the determined at least one social content. Generating a; and transmitting the generated social electronic program guide to the user terminal so that the user terminal recommends the specific broadcast content to the user. Such a method may provide a broadcast viewer with an electronic program guide generated based on social content including opinions of other users to help the user to select broadcast content more easily.

Description

How to connect social content and record media recording it {METHOD OF CONNECTING SOCIAL CONTENTS AND STORAGE MEDIA STORING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a social content linkage technology, and more particularly, to a social content linkage method capable of providing a social electronic program guide generated based on social content to a user terminal and a recording medium recording the same.

Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is a professional guide channel operated by cable and satellite broadcasting companies that provide multi-channel broadcasting to provide viewers with convenient channel selection. Can help.

SNS (Social Network Service) is a service that allows you to connect with other people online, and users can build new networks or strengthen their relationships with existing social networks. SNS is not only a means of forming social relations online, but also serves as a tool for expressing individual opinions and the like on specific issues online.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2012-0050601 relates to a digital broadcasting system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for providing an electronic program guide (EPG) to a viewer and a system thereof.

Korean Patent No. 0636602 relates to a technology for transmitting and receiving electronic program guide data (EPG data), and particularly to view one of several programs, such as television programs that are currently being transmitted or to be transmitted to a user receiving device. Technology that makes it easy, understandable, and selectable. Electronic program guides are included, wherein information known as EPG data representing other television programs that can be received by a user is transmitted to the same medium used to transmit the television programs themselves.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0050601 Korean Patent Registration No. 0636602

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide information on at least one other broadcast content to viewers of the currently displayed broadcast content by overlaying the social electronic program guide on the currently displayed broadcast content.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a social content user determines at least one candidate broadcast content based on a frequency of occurrence of social content related to broadcast content including content related to broadcast content, to a viewer of the currently displayed broadcast content. It is intended to provide information on a number of broadcast content issues or recommendations.

Among the embodiments, the social content association method that can be connected to the user terminal and interworking with the broadcast content providing server is performed in the social content association server. The social content associating method includes determining at least one social content related to broadcast content that has been provided, may be provided, or may be provided by the broadcast content providing server, the particular based on the determined at least one social content. Generating a social electronic program guide related to broadcast content and transmitting the generated social electronic program guide to the user terminal so that the user terminal recommends the specific broadcast content to the user.

In an embodiment, the step of allowing the user terminal to recommend the specific broadcast content to the user may further include overlaying the generated social electronic program guide on the broadcast content currently displayed by the user terminal. have.

In an embodiment, the determining of the at least one social content related to the broadcast content may include determining at least one candidate broadcast content based on a frequency of occurrence of the social content related to the broadcast content including the content about the broadcast content. It may further comprise a step.

In an embodiment, generating the social electronic program guide related to the specific broadcast content may further include determining one of the at least one candidate broadcast content as the specific broadcast content according to a specific rule.

In one embodiment, the specific rule may correspond to a random selection rule, a recursive selection rule, or a selection rule through a particular user's preference.

In one embodiment, the social electronic program guide may include a title of the specific broadcast content and at least one power social content associated with the specific broadcast content.

In one embodiment, generating a social electronic program guide relating to the particular broadcast content is determined as at least one power social content that is highly attractive by other social content user (s) among a set of social content associated with the particular broadcast content. It may further comprise the step.

In an embodiment, the social electronic program guide may include an associate for direct viewing of the specific broadcast content, VOD (Video On Demand) viewing, direct recording or scheduled recording.

Among the embodiments, the social content association method may be performed in a broadcast content providing server and a user terminal that may be connected with the social content association server. Receiving broadcast content from the broadcast content providing server and displaying the received broadcast content on a display; receiving a social electronic program guide at a social connection server in the process of displaying the received broadcast content; and receiving Overlaying the displayed social electronic program guide on the displayed broadcast content.

In one embodiment, overlaying the received social electronic program guide on the displayed broadcast content may further include replacing the received social electronic program guide with another social electronic program guide after a specific time. .

In one embodiment, overlaying the received social electronic program guide on the displayed broadcast content recursively provides the user with at least one power social content in the received social electronic program guide. can do.

Among the embodiments, the recording medium records a computer program relating to social content that can be connected to a user terminal executed in a social content linking server and that cooperates with a broadcast content providing server. A function of determining at least one social content relating to broadcast content that is provided, may or may be provided by the broadcast content providing server, and a social electronic program guide relating to specific broadcast content based on the determined at least one social content And a function of transmitting the generated social electronic program guide to the user terminal so that the user terminal recommends the specific broadcast content to the user.

The social content association method according to an embodiment of the present invention overlays the opinion of the social content creator regarding the candidate broadcast content on the broadcast content currently being viewed so that the broadcast viewer knows the broadcast content that is issued or recommended by the social content user. can do.

The social content association method according to an embodiment of the present invention may select the broadcast content in the social electronic program guide so that the viewer can immediately watch the broadcast content issued or recommended by the social content user.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a social content linking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a social content linking server of FIG. 1.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal connected to a social content linkage server of FIG. 2.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a social content association method for generating and providing a social electronic program guide to a user terminal.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a social content linkage method of providing a social electronic program guide received from a social content linkage server to a user terminal.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an overlay of a social electronic program guide generated on broadcast content currently displayed by a user terminal.

The description of the present invention is merely an example for structural or functional explanation, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments are to be construed as being variously embodied and having various forms, so that the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing technical ideas. Also, the purpose or effect of the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, since it does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effect.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

The terms "first "," second ", and the like are intended to distinguish one element from another, and the scope of the right should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but there may be other elements in between. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring to", should be interpreted as well.

It should be understood that the singular " include "or" have "are to be construed as including a stated feature, number, step, operation, component, It is to be understood that the combination is intended to specify that it does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

In each step, the identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of explanation, the identification code does not describe the order of each step, Unless otherwise stated, it may occur differently from the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices for storing data that can be read by a computer system . Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used predefined terms should be interpreted to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and can not be interpreted as having ideal or overly formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a social content linking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the social content linkage system 100 includes a social network service server 110, a broadcast content provision server 120, a social content linkage server 130, and a user terminal 140. 150 (eg, the Internet).

The social network service (SNS) server 110 is a computing device that manages social content, and may help to store, modify, and delete social content created by a social content creator. Here, the social content may be, but is not necessarily limited to, text, images, voices, or a combination thereof that may be used in a social network service (SNS). For example, the social network service server 110 may be a Twitter server or a Facebook server, but is not limited thereto. The social network service server 110 may transmit social content according to a request of an external server (eg, the social content association server 130).

The broadcast content providing server 120 is a computing device that provides broadcast content to the user terminal 140. For example, the broadcast content providing server 120 may transmit broadcast content generated by a broadcasting station in a wired or wireless manner. In one embodiment, the broadcast content providing server 120 does not necessarily need to be implemented as such, but may provide information of broadcast content at the request of the social content linking server 130.

The user terminal 140 is a computing device capable of playing broadcast content and may correspond to, for example, a desktop, a laptop, a tablet PC, a smartphone, a PDA, or a TV.

In one embodiment, the user terminal 140 may receive a social electronic program guide from the social content association server 130. The user terminal 140 may overlay the social program guide on the currently displayed broadcast content in the display process of the broadcast content. Meanwhile, the social program guide will be described later with reference to FIG. 6.

The social content association server 130 is a computing device that generates a social electronic program guide, which is generated based on social content in the social network service server 110. In one embodiment, the social content association server 130 may request the social network service server 110 to periodically transmit social content.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a social content linking server of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the social content linking server 130 may include a social content determiner 210, a social electronic program guide generator 220, a social electronic program guide transmitter 230, and a controller 240.

The social content determiner 210 may receive social content from the social network service server 110.

The social content determiner 210 determines at least one social content related to broadcast content provided, provided, or provided by the broadcast content providing server 120. For example, the social content determiner 210 may determine social content associated with broadcast content that can be provided by the broadcast content providing server, from among a plurality of social content, as social content related to broadcast content.

The social content determiner 210 may extract social content related to the broadcast content by extracting at least a portion of the content of the social content associated with the broadcast content that can be provided by the broadcast content providing server 120. In an embodiment, the social content determiner 210 may determine text associated with a specific broadcast content and including at least one keyword as social content related to the broadcast content. For example, the social content determiner 210 may determine the content on the SNS including the word {gentleman Jang Dong Gun} as the social content associated with the drama {gentleman's dignity}.

The social content determiner 210 may determine at least one candidate broadcast content based on a frequency of occurrence of social content including content related to broadcast content. The candidate broadcast content may correspond to a candidate that may be selected as broadcast content included in the social electronic program guide. The occurrence frequency of social content may correspond to the number of social content provided to the SNS server 110 by the SNS user (s) during a specific period of time. The social content determiner 210 may determine at least one candidate broadcast content based on the number of social content related to the broadcast content in the SNS server 110. The specific period of time may correspond to a certain period of time from the present time (eg, a week). For example, the social content determiner 210 may determine a specific number (eg, 10) of candidate broadcast content based on the number of social content related to broadcast content in the SNS server 110 during a specific period of time. have.

In an embodiment, the social content determiner 210 may determine one of the at least one candidate broadcast content as the specific broadcast content according to a specific rule. For example, the specific rule may correspond to a random selection rule, a recursive selection rule, or a selection rule based on a user's preference. The preference of the user may be determined based on the genre of broadcast content frequently selected by the user terminal. For example, the social content determiner 210 may preferentially select broadcast content having the highest user preference among at least one candidate broadcast content. For another example, the social content determiner 210 may randomly select specific broadcast content from at least one candidate broadcast content. As another example, the social content determiner 210 may select specific broadcast content in a manner of recursively at least one candidate broadcast content, that is, sequential but the last and the next again.

The social electronic program guide generator 220 may generate a social electronic program guide including a title of at least one broadcast content and at least one power social content.

The social electronic program guide generator 220 may generate a social electronic program guide based on the power social content. In one embodiment, power social content may be determined among social content related to broadcast content based on affinity by other social content user (s). Here, the likelihood may be determined by the number of reads, the number of recommendations, or the number of comments of other social content user (s). In another embodiment, the power social content may be determined among social content generated by a SNS power user among social content users, and the SNS power user has much influence on other social content user (s) on the SNS. It may correspond to a social content user determined to be. Here, many influences can be determined by the number of followers or the number of friends.

The social electronic program guide generation unit 220 may include an associate for direct viewing, specific video on demand (VOD) viewing, direct recording, or scheduled recording of a specific broadcast content in the social electronic program guide. The social electronic program guide will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an overlay of a social electronic program guide generated on broadcast content currently displayed by a user terminal.

The example screen 600 shows the broadcast content 610 currently displayed by the user terminal 140 and the social electronic program guide 620 overlaid on the broadcast content 610.

The social electronic program guide 620 may include a title 630 of a specific broadcast content, power social content 640, and identification information 650 of a power social content creator. The power social content 640 and identification information 650 of the power social content creator may be periodically replaced within the social electronic program guide 620. The social electronic program guide 620 may be replaced periodically.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the social electronic program guide transmitter 240 may receive the social electronic program guide from the social electronic program guide generator 220 and transmit it to the social electronic program guide receiver 310 of the user terminal 140. . In an embodiment, the social electronic program guide transmitter 240 may receive the newly generated social electronic program guide at regular intervals and transmit the newly generated social electronic program guide to the user terminal 140.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal connected to a social content linkage server of FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user terminal 140 includes a social electronic program guide receiver 310, a broadcast content receiver 320, a social content interworking unit 330, a display unit 340, and a controller 350.

The social electronic program guide receiver 310 may receive the social electronic program guide from the social electronic program guide transmitter 240 and transmit the social electronic program guide to the social content interworking unit 330. In an embodiment, the social electronic program guide receiver 310 may receive a social electronic program guide regarding another specific broadcast content and transmit the social electronic program guide to the social content interworking unit 330 after a specific time.

The broadcast content receiver 320 may receive broadcast content from the broadcast content providing server 120. Here, the broadcast content refers to various information or contents provided through the network. For example, the broadcast content may correspond to video or audio, although it is not limited thereto.

The social content linker 330 may overlay the social electronic program guide on the currently displayed broadcast content. In one embodiment, the social content linker 330 may match the social electronic program guide as part of the broadcast content. In one embodiment, the social content linker 330 may overlay the social electronic program guide on a specific area of the broadcast content independently of the broadcast content.

In one embodiment, the content content interworking unit 330 may replace the social electronic program guide received after a specific time with another social electronic program guide to provide the broadcast content viewer.

In one embodiment, the content content linker 330 may cyclically provide the user with at least one power social content in the received social electronic program guide. For example, a plurality of power social contents related to specific broadcast contents may be periodically replaced and provided at the user terminal.

The display 340 may provide broadcast content viewers with broadcast content and social electronic program guides.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a social content association method for generating and providing a social electronic program guide to a user terminal.

The social content determiner 210 may determine at least one social content related to broadcast content (step S410).

 The social content determiner 210 may determine at least one candidate broadcast content based on a frequency of occurrence of social content related to the broadcast content (step S420). The social content determiner 210 may determine the specific broadcast content according to a specific rule among the at least one candidate broadcast content (step S430). The content determiner 210 may determine at least one power social content from a social content set associated with a specific broadcast content (step S440).

The social electronic program guide generation unit 220 may generate a social electronic program guide including a title of the specific broadcast content and at least one power social content (step S450). The social electronic program guide transmitter 240 may transmit the generated social electronic program guide to the user terminal 140 (step S460).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a social content linkage method of providing a social electronic program guide received from a social content linkage server to a user terminal.

The social electronic program guide receiver 310 may receive the social electronic program guide generated by the social content linking server 130 (step S510). The broadcast content receiver 320 may receive broadcast content from the broadcast content providing server 120 (step S520). The social content interlocking unit 330 may overlay the social electronic program guide on the broadcast content currently being displayed (step S530). The display unit 340 may display the social electronic program guide overlaid on the currently displayed broadcast content.

The social content interworking unit 330 may replace the social electronic program guide overlaid on the currently displayed broadcast content after a specific time (step S550). Meanwhile, the replaced social electronic program guide may have a title of broadcast content different from the previous social electronic program guide.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

110: social network service server 120: broadcast content providing server
130: social content connection server 140: user terminal
150: Internet
210: social content receiver 220: social content determiner
230: social electronic program guide generator
240: social program guide transmitter 250: controller
310: social program guide transmitting unit 320: broadcast content receiving unit 330: social content linking unit 340: display unit
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Claims (12)

A method for associating a social content with a broadcast content providing server, the method comprising the steps of:
Determining at least one social content relating to broadcast content that has been, may or may be provided at the broadcast content providing server;
Generating a social electronic program guide relating to particular broadcast content based on the determined at least one social content; And
Transmitting the generated social electronic program guide to the user terminal so that the user terminal recommends the specific broadcast content to the user,
And the social electronic program guide includes at least one social content as user opinion on the specific broadcast content.
The method of claim 1, wherein the user terminal recommends the specific broadcast content to a user.
And overlaying the generated social electronic program guide on the broadcast content currently displayed by the user terminal.
The method of claim 1, wherein determining at least one social content related to the broadcast content comprises:
And determining at least one candidate broadcast content based on a frequency of occurrence of social content related to broadcast content including content related to the broadcast content.
The method of claim 3, wherein generating a social electronic program guide related to the specific broadcast content comprises:
And determining one of the at least one candidate broadcast content as the specific broadcast content according to a specific rule.
The method of claim 4, wherein the specific rule is
A method of associating social content, characterized in that it is specified in a random selection rule, a recursive selection rule, or a selection rule through a particular user's preference.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the social electronic program guide
And a title of the specific broadcast content and at least one power social content associated with the specific broadcast content.
The method of claim 1, wherein generating a social electronic program guide related to the specific broadcast content
And determining at least one power social content having high affinity by other social content user (s) among the social content sets associated with the specific broadcast content.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the social electronic program guide
And an associate for direct viewing of the specific broadcast content, VOD (Video On Demand) viewing, direct recording or scheduled recording.
In the social content association method performed in the user terminal that can be connected to the broadcast content providing server and the social content association server,
Receiving broadcast content from the broadcast content providing server and displaying the received broadcast content on a display;
Receiving a social electronic program guide at a social linking server in the process of displaying the received broadcast content; And
Overlaying the received social electronic program guide on the displayed broadcast content,
The social electronic program guide includes at least one social content as a user opinion on the specific broadcast content.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein overlaying the received social electronic program guide on the displayed broadcast content
And replacing the received social electronic program guide with another social electronic program guide after a specific time.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein overlaying the received social electronic program guide on the displayed broadcast content
Providing at least one power social content in the received social electronic program guide cyclically to a user.
In the recording medium that can be connected to the user terminal and recording a computer program related to social content linkage performed on a social content linkage server linked to the broadcast content providing server,
Determining at least one social content relating to broadcast content that has been, may or may be provided at the broadcast content providing server;
Generating a social electronic program guide relating to particular broadcast content based on the determined at least one social content; And
And transmitting the generated social electronic program guide to the user terminal so that the user terminal recommends the specific broadcast content to the user.
The social electronic program guide includes at least one social content as a user opinion on the specific broadcast content.

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