KR101369273B1 - Interactive live broadcasting system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention receives the social image from the terminal of the viewers watching the broadcast and display it on the broadcast site and transmits the image of the broadcast site to the terminal of the viewer enables the viewers to participate in the broadcast, even if there is no audience in the broadcast site viewers real-time response The present invention relates to a two-way live broadcasting system and method for vividly receiving a live broadcast, and uploading a social image from a plurality of user terminals and displaying the divided image on a field display of a broadcasting site, and taking a picture of the broadcasting site. It is characterized in that the transmission to the user terminal as a broadcast video.

Description

INTERACTIVE LIVE BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD}

The present invention relates to a two-way live broadcasting system and method, and more particularly, receiving a social image, which is a video of a viewer, from a terminal of viewers watching a broadcast, and displaying the video on the broadcast site including the social image. The present invention relates to a two-way live broadcasting system and method that enables viewers to participate in a broadcast and transmits lively response of viewers even if there is no audience at the broadcast site.

In general, Internet live broadcasting is implemented in such a manner that when a broadcast server transmits broadcast contents to a network, a plurality of clients receive the contents and simultaneously play them. Such a transmission method is commonly called a live streaming method.

Video on demand (VOD) service is a service that allows a client to send the desired content in real time and play it simultaneously. In other words, the VOD service streams different content to each client. On the other hand, live streaming has a feature of simultaneously providing one content to multiple clients at the same time.

Therefore, the existing Internet live broadcasting server must transmit a large amount of content data to multiple clients in real time at the same time.

Meanwhile, with the launch of IP TV services, interest in interactive broadcasting has increased. The interactive service of two-way broadcasting refers to a service that delivers information according to a user's request, rather than providing unilateral information to a viewer from a broadcasting station provided by a conventional analog broadcasting.

In general, data transmission / reception of bidirectional broadcasting generates image information, audio information, function information according to a user command, screen layout information, etc. as a stream from a server (broadcasting station) terminal and transmits it to a terminal (TV, PC, mobile terminal), and the terminal. Decodes and arranges video and audio according to the MPEG standard, implements a user command function defined by XML, and composes and displays the entire frame.

In the conventional two-way broadcast, viewers simply exchange opinions on the broadcast through a chat window, a bulletin board, or the like using their own terminals, and thus, the actual two-way broadcast is not made. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to induce the viewer's interest in such a two-way broadcasting method.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of which is to receive a social image, which is the video of the viewer from the terminal of the viewer watching the broadcast and to display on the broadcast site image of the broadcast site including such a social image The present invention provides a two-way live broadcasting system and method that enables viewers to participate in broadcasting by transmitting to the terminal of the viewers, and can receive live broadcasts of the viewers in real time even if there is no audience.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a social image is uploaded from a plurality of user terminals, and is displayed as a multi-part image on a field display of a broadcasting site, and the image captured by the broadcasting site is transmitted to the user terminal as a broadcasting image. It provides a two-way broadcast system.

Preferably, the user terminal comprises: a visitor terminal and a standby terminal for viewing the broadcast image through its own terminal and transmits its own social image for on-site display; And a viewer terminal for watching the broadcast through its terminal. And a control unit.

Preferably, the user terminal is classified according to at least one or more of the customer information of the user, the user's time of connection, the user's viewing method request, the user's payment information.

Preferably, the broadcasting system includes a service web server to which the user terminal can be connected, which receives a social image transmitted from the user terminal and transmits the broadcast image to the connected user terminal; A media server configured to receive and store social images from the service web server; A display server configured to receive social images of individual users from the media server, generate a multi-division image including the corresponding social images, and reflect control information; An on-site display provided in a studio of a broadcast site and displaying a multi-part image transmitted from the display server on a site; And a broadcast server that receives the captured image photographed in the studio and transmits the captured image to the media server as a broadcast image. And a control unit.

Preferably, the control server for transmitting the control command information to the display server to control the multi-segment image; It further comprises, characterized in that the individual image included in the multi-segment image is selected according to the control command information.

Preferably, the multi-segmented video includes at least one or more of a social video of a visitor terminal, a social video of a waiting terminal, an advertisement video, and a content sharing opinion as individual videos, and the individual video is replaced according to the control command information. It features.

Preferably, the broadcast video is characterized in that it includes a specific social video or advertising video.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, (a) classifying each user terminal according to the connection of the user terminal, the audience terminal, the standby terminal and the viewer terminal; (b) receiving social images uploaded from the audience terminal and the standby terminal to secure social images for participating in the broadcast; (c) displaying the social image as a multi-part image on a field display of a broadcasting site; And (d) transmitting an image of the broadcast scene to the user terminal as a broadcast image. It provides a broadcast method comprising a.

Preferably, in the step (a), the user terminal, watching the broadcast video through its own terminal and the viewer and the waiter terminal for transmitting the social video for the field display for viewing the broadcast through its own terminal The terminal is classified as a viewer terminal, and the user terminal is classified according to at least one or more of the customer information of the user, the user's access point, the user's viewing method request, and the user's payment information.

Preferably, in the step (c), the individual video included in the multi-segmented video is selected and replaced according to the control command information, and the multi-segmented video includes the social video of the audience terminal, the social video of the waiting terminal, the advertising video, At least one or more of the content sharing opinion is characterized in that it is included as a separate image.

Preferably, the broadcast video of step (d) is characterized in that it includes a specific social video or advertising video.

According to the present invention, by receiving a social image from the terminal of the viewers watching the broadcast and display on the broadcast site and transmitting the image of the broadcast site to the viewer's terminal, the viewer can participate in the broadcast, even if there are no audience in the broadcast site The real-time response is vividly delivered to have the effect of being able to proceed with the broadcast.

In addition, through SNS, viewers can actively share their opinions about the broadcast, and by incorporating the viewer's reaction into the broadcast in real time, the viewer-centered broadcasting can be performed to promote the media consumption of users.

In particular, since the individual can service the content that he or she authored, there is an effect of enabling a personalized broadcast that can communicate with viewers in real time.

1 is a view for explaining a two-way live broadcast system according to the present invention.
2 is an overall flowchart illustrating a two-way live broadcast method according to the present invention.
3 is a service flow diagram illustrating a two-way live broadcast system and method according to the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an on-site display to which the present invention is applied.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a broadcast studio to which the present invention is applied.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a bidirectional live broadcasting system and method according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view for explaining a two-way live broadcast system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the interactive live broadcasting system according to the present invention accesses a web service on which a broadcast is made, user terminals 110, 120, and 130 for transmitting a social image of a user and receiving a broadcast image, and the user terminal 110. , 120 and 130 may be connected, and the service web server may receive a social image transmitted from the corresponding user terminals 110, 120, and 130 and transmit a broadcast image to the connected user terminals 110, 120, and 130. 210, receives and stores social images from the service web server 210, transcodes the corresponding social image to a predetermined standard, and transcodes the captured image taken in the studio into a broadcast image for transmission to the service web server 210. Media server 220 to transmit to the multi-segmented video that receives the social images of each individual user from the media server 220, the corresponding social images ( A display server 240 for generating a lead image and reflecting control information, a field display 250 provided in a studio of a broadcasting site, and displaying a multi-segment image transmitted from the display server 240 to the field; The broadcast server 260 may be configured to receive a captured image and transmit the image to the media server 220.

In the description of the present invention, a social image is a personal image in which a user who views a broadcast photographs and transmits a user through his terminal, and the social images are included in a multi-part image as shown in FIG. Will be displayed in the studio. Therefore, the individual's social video is included in the broadcast video taken in the studio and delivered to the broadcast viewers, and the live scenes of the broadcast viewers can know the lively response of the broadcast viewers through these social videos. Such a structure of the present invention may be suitable for live music broadcasting in the studio, and in particular, by displaying these social images on-site, even if there is no visitor in the field, the social image can give an effect as if the audience is listening in the studio. The broadcast object (eg, singer, performer, etc.) can be given seriousness to the broadcast.

In addition, in the present invention, a user watching a broadcast means a person who can receive a broadcast video through his terminal to watch the broadcast video, and such a user views the broadcast through his terminal and views his social video on-site. Audiences who send and display for display, waiters who watch the broadcast through their own terminals and transmit social images of assets for on-site display, but are not immediately displayed, and viewers who watch the broadcasts through their own terminals. Can be distinguished. Here, the audience's social image is immediately displayed on the field display 250, and the audience's social image may be replaced with the waiter's social image or the advertisement image. The selection of the social image or the advertisement image included in the field display image may be controlled through the control information of the control server 230. The classification of these users is classified according to the customer information of the user accessed by the service web server 210, or according to the time of the user's connection (for example, first-come-first-served basis) or according to the user's viewing method request, or the user's payment information. Can be classified according to. And these users will be limited to a certain number of people according to the system.

First, the user terminals 110, 120, and 130 may be divided into a plurality of audience terminal 110, a plurality of waiter terminals 120, and a plurality of viewer terminals 130, as described above. 110, 120, and 130 are terminals of an end user side connecting to the service web server 210 according to the present invention, and may be a computer or a mobile terminal. Preferably, it may be a computer including a laptop computer or a handheld PC, but is not necessarily limited thereto and should be interpreted as including all information communication terminals capable of transmitting and receiving data through a network. Accordingly, the smart phone, the cellular phone, the PCS, the PDA, and the like may also be the user terminals 110, 120, and 130.

In this case, the user terminals 110, 120, and 130 should be able to reproduce broadcast images transmitted from the service web server 210 through their own displays, and use the SNS-based community service provided from the corresponding service web server 210. User interface function to input user command using keypad etc. to share opinions about broadcasting with other users, communication function to send and receive data by connecting to network, and display information as text or picture to user. Screen view function, etc. should be provided.

In particular, in the case of the audience terminal 110 and the standby terminal 120 to create and upload a social image should be provided with a camera function that can take a picture of the user.

The service web server 210 may provide a web service so that the user terminals 110, 120, and 130 may access and log in, watch a broadcast according to a specified authority, and share a opinion on broadcast content, and participate in the broadcast. In addition, the social image uploaded from the audience terminal 110 and the standby terminal 120 is received and delivered to the media server 220.

The media server 220 receives the social image of the audience and the waiter transmitted from the service web server 210 and transcodes the image into an image suitable for display, and stores the social image and the contents of the user. Information on the shared opinion is transmitted to the control server 230 and the display server 240.

The media server 220 receives the studio shot image from the broadcast server 260, and transcodes the broadcast image into the broadcast video so that the video can be reproduced in each user terminal. Done.

The display server 240 processes the social image and the shared opinion content transmitted from the media server 220 into a multi-part image (N × N grid image) to be displayed on the field display 250 of the studio.

Here, the multi-segmented video includes the audience viewer social image uploaded from the audience terminal 110, the standby image uploaded from the standby terminal 120, the content sharing opinion contents of the users transmitted from the service web server 210, the control server 230 The advertisement image delivered from the) may be included.

The selection of individual images constituting the multi-segmented image from the multi-segmented image is controlled according to control command information of the control server 230.

The control server 230 may instruct to fill the multi-segmentation video with only the social video of the audience by the control command information, and may replace the social video of the specific audience with the social or advertising video of the specific waiter during the broadcast. Some of the split videos can be replaced with content sharing opinions. Herein, the advertisement image may be provided from the advertisement image server 300 or may use an advertisement image stored therein.

In addition, the control server 230 may control the display server 240 to apply various display effects such as enlarging an image of a specific audience or processing only a specific image as an overlay.

Various display examples of the field display according to the control of the control server 230 is shown in FIG. 4 (a) is a multi-division image composed of nine individual images, and each individual image is selected and displayed as a social image of the audience or a waiter's social image. And (b) of FIG. 4 is an example in which the content sharing opinion content of one individual video and the user is expressed.

Meanwhile, the broadcast server 260 receives the captured image taken in the studio and transmits the image to the media server 220.

In this case, since the photographed image is taken by the studio, the field display 250 is photographed together with the broadcast object to include social images. An example of such a broadcast video is shown in FIG.

In another case, when the broadcast image is constructed, the captured image and the specific social image may be combined into a broadcast image. In this case, the social video included in the broadcast video may be a social video of a broadcast viewer or a social video of a specific interest selected by the broadcast viewer. It may also be an advertisement image or an advertisement screen instead of a social image.

In the above description and drawings, the service web server 210, the media server 220, the control server 230, the display server 240, and the broadcast server 260 are described and illustrated as separate servers, but their functions are broadcast. Depending on the size of the small may be implemented in one interactive broadcast server.

Now, a broadcast method to which the above-described broadcast system is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a two-way live broadcast method according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a service flow diagram for explaining a two-way live broadcast system and method according to the present invention.

First, the service web server 210 connects each of the user terminals 110, 120, and 130 according to the connection of the user terminals 110, 120, and 130 to the audience terminal 110, the standby terminal 120, and the viewer terminal 130. Classified by (S10).

Here, the classification of these users is classified according to the customer information of the user accessing the service web server 210, according to the time of the user's connection (for example, first-come-first-served basis), according to the user's viewing method request, or the user's payment. It can be classified according to the information. And such a user may be limited to a certain number of people according to the system. The service web server 210 may provide a web service to each of the user terminals 110, 120, and 130 so that they can participate in the broadcast while sharing opinions on the broadcast content.

Thereafter, the service web server 210 receives a social image uploaded from the audience terminal 110 and the standby terminal 120 among the user terminals 110, 120, and 130, delivers the social image to the media server 220, and stores the image. Social images for participation are secured (S20).

The media server 220 transcodes and stores the social image of the audience and the waiting person, which are transmitted from the service web server 210, into an image suitable for display. This is transmitted to the control server 230 and the display server 240 (S30).

The display server 240 receiving the social image and the content sharing opinion of the user processes the social image and the content of the shared opinion into a multi-part image (N × N grid image) (S40).

Thereafter, the display server 240 determines whether there is a video control through the control command information regarding the displayed image from the control server 230 (S50), and when the control command information is received from the control server 230, The control command is applied to the multi-division image to update the multi-division image (S60). The update of the multi-segmented video according to the video control and control command application can be made at any time during the broadcast.

Basically, the multi-segmented video includes social videos transmitted from the audience terminal 110. However, according to the control command, the social video of a specific audience may be replaced with a social video or an advertisement video of a specific waiter according to the control command. Some of these may be replaced by content sharing opinions.

Accordingly, the display server 240 expresses the multi-segmented image including the social image on the field display 250 of the studio (S70), and broadcast shooting is performed in the studio.

The captured broadcast image is transmitted to the media server 220 through the broadcast server 260 and transcoded according to the standard of the user terminal. The broadcast image is transmitted to the user terminals 110, 120, and 130 through the service web server 210. It is to be serviced (S80).

In this case, since the broadcast image is taken by the studio, the on-site display 250 may be taken together with the broadcast object to include social images. In another case, when the broadcast image is constructed, the captured image and the specific social image may be combined into a broadcast image. In this case, the social video included in the broadcast video may be a social video of a broadcast viewer or a social video of a specific interest selected by the broadcast viewer. It may also be an advertisement image or an advertisement screen instead of a social image.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

110: audience terminal 120: waiting terminal
130: viewer terminal 210: service web server
220: media server 230: control server
240: display server 250: field display
260: broadcast server 300: advertising video server

Claims (11)

Uploading a social image from a plurality of user terminals to display a multi-segment image on the field display of the broadcast site, and transmits the image taken by the broadcast site to the user terminal as a broadcast image,
Broadcast system,
A service web server to which the user terminal may be connected, which receives a social image transmitted from the user terminal and transmits a broadcast image to the connected user terminal;
A media server receiving and storing social images from the service web server and delivering a broadcast image to the service web server;
A display server configured to receive social images of individual users from the media server, generate a multi-division image including the corresponding social images, and reflect control information;
An on-site display provided in a studio of a broadcast site and displaying a multi-part image transmitted from the display server on a site; And
A broadcast server which receives the captured image photographed in the studio and transmits the captured image to the media server as a broadcast image; A bidirectional broadcast system comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The user terminal,
An audience visitor terminal and a waiter terminal for watching the broadcast image through its own terminal and transmitting its social image for on-site display; And
A viewer terminal for watching a broadcast through its terminal; Broadcasting system comprising a.
3. The method of claim 2,
The user terminal is classified according to at least one or more of the user information of the user, the user's time of connection, the user's viewing method request, the user's payment information.
delete The method of claim 1,
A control server which transmits control command information to the display server to control a multi-segment image; Further comprising:
And a separate video included in the multi-segmented video is selected according to the control command information.
6. The method of claim 5,
The multi-segmented video includes at least one or more of a social image of a visitor terminal, a social image of a waiting terminal, an advertisement image, and a content sharing opinion as individual images.
The broadcast system, characterized in that the individual video is replaced according to the control command information.
The method of claim 1,
The broadcast video includes a social video or an advertising video, characterized in that the broadcast system.
(a) classifying each user terminal into an audience visitor terminal, a standby terminal, and a viewer terminal according to a connection of the user terminal;
(b) receiving social images uploaded from the audience terminal and the standby terminal to secure social images for participating in the broadcast;
(c) displaying the social image as a multi-part image on a field display of a broadcasting site; And
(d) transmitting the captured image of the broadcast site to the user terminal as a broadcast image; Including;
In the step (c), the individual video included in the multi-segmented video is selected and replaced according to the control command information, and the multi-segmented video includes the social video of the audience terminal, the social video of the waiting terminal, the advertisement video, and the content sharing opinion. At least one broadcast method characterized in that it is included as a separate image.
The method of claim 8,
In step (a), the user terminal is classified into an audience terminal for watching a broadcast image through its own terminal and a viewer terminal for transmitting its social image for on-site display, and a viewer terminal for watching the broadcast through its own terminal. ,
The user terminal is classified according to at least one or more of the user information of the user, the user's time of connection, the user's viewing method request, the user's payment information.
delete The method of claim 8,
The broadcasting method of step (d) comprises a social image or an advertising video.

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