KR101527271B1 - Method for providing goods information associated with broadcast program at portable terminal, and computer-readable recording medium storing computer program for executing same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing product information associated with a broadcast program in a portable terminal, and a computer readable recording medium storing a computer program for executing the method.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing merchandise information associated with a broadcast program in a portable terminal, the portable terminal including an application, the application displaying a list of chat rooms of a broadcast program currently being broadcast , The application providing a chat room associated with a particular broadcast program at a viewer's choice, and displaying the at least one merchandise information associated with the broadcast program in the chat room / RTI >

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for providing merchandise information related to a broadcast program in a portable terminal and a computer readable recording medium storing a computer program for executing the method. COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME}

The present invention relates to a method for providing product information related to a broadcast program in a portable terminal and a computer readable recording medium storing the computer program for executing the method. More particularly, The present invention relates to a method and a computer-readable recording medium for receiving product information related to a broadcast program provided through a TV receiver different from the portable terminal.

Conventionally, when a viewer wants to purchase a product displayed on a broadcast program (excluding a home shopping program) or to inquire information on such a product, the user searches the Internet using his / her PC or smart phone, Since it was necessary to use the web page provided according to the search, it was a considerable hassle.

On the other hand, in recent years, an interactive TV service has been provided so that viewers can easily purchase or inquire information about products displayed in a broadcast program. An example of such a service is a T-commerce service that enables viewers to perform actions such as information inquiry, ordering, and settlement of goods with only a TV receiver and a remote control. However, such a service also has a problem that the viewer often breaks the privacy of the viewer in a situation where the viewer watches a broadcast program with other viewers in the home, work, and the like. Also, there is a problem that the spread of a TV receiver capable of such a service is not yet sufficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve all the problems of the prior art described above.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a viewer to receive merchandise information associated with a broadcast program provided through a TV receiver different from the portable terminal using his / her portable terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a viewer to have a conversation with another viewer while achieving the above object.

In order to accomplish the above object, a representative structure of the present invention is as follows.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing merchandise information associated with a broadcast program in a portable terminal, the portable terminal including an application, the application displaying a list of chat rooms of a broadcast program currently being broadcast , The application providing a chat room associated with a particular broadcast program at a viewer's choice, and displaying the at least one merchandise information associated with the broadcast program in the chat room / RTI >

In addition, other methods and other systems for implementing the present invention are provided.

According to the present invention, a viewer can receive product information related to a broadcast program provided through a TV receiver different from the portable terminal by using his / her portable terminal.

In addition, the viewer can communicate with other viewers while receiving the product information related to the broadcast program provided through the TV receiver, which is different from the portable terminal, using the portable terminal of the viewer.

1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of an overall system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a detailed view showing the configuration of a goods information providing system 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a main process performed by the portable terminal 120 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a case where a banner of goods information related to a specific scene of a broadcast program is provided through a messenger application of the mobile terminal 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, the specific shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented by changing from one embodiment to another without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It should also be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention should be construed as encompassing the scope of the appended claims and all equivalents thereof. In the drawings, like reference numbers designate the same or similar components throughout the several views.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

[Preferred Embodiment of the Present Invention]

Configuration of the entire system

1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of an overall system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the overall system may include a viewer's TV receiver 110, a viewer's portable terminal 120, a merchant's product information providing system 130 and a communication network (i.e., network) have. The entire system may be a system in which a viewer can receive merchandise information associated with a broadcast program provided through the TV receiver 110 using his or her portable terminal 120. [

First, a communication network 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The communication network 140 may be configured without regard to communication modes such as wired communication or wireless communication and may be a LAN (Local Area Network), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN) ), And the like. Preferably, the communication network 140 referred to herein may be the well-known Internet or World Wide Web (WWW). However, the communication network 140 may include, at least in part, a known wire / wireless data communication network, a known telephone network, or a known wire / wireless television communication network, without being limited thereto.

Next, a TV receiver 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The TV receiver 110 is a TV receiver that receives a broadcast radio signal from a broadcast program provider server (not shown) and allows a viewer to watch a broadcast program. The TV receiver 110 is an analog TV receiver, a digital TV receiver, an IPTV receiver, Such as a personal computer capable of receiving data, can all be employed as the TV receiver 110 according to the present invention.

Next, a mobile terminal 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The portable terminal 120 is a digital device including a function of communicating with the goods information providing system 130 and can be easily carried by a viewer such as a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a web pad, a PDA Any of digital devices having memory means and equipped with a microprocessor and capable of computing can be adopted as the portable terminal 120 according to the present invention.

In the portable terminal 120, a predetermined application capable of providing product information related to a broadcast program may be executed to a viewer, or a predetermined web service for providing the above information may be realized through a browser. In particular, the application may be a computer program that can be downloaded to the portable terminal 120 and then executed after being stored in the predetermined computer readable recording medium.

The above-mentioned application or web service may provide a chat room to at least two viewers so that they can receive product information related to the broadcast program while talking about a specific broadcast program broadcasted at that time. Such merchandise information is preferably provided by objects such as listings, banners, tickers, icons, etc. in the chat room. To this end, the application or the web service browser may receive the information on the broadcast program and / or the product information from the product information providing system 130.

According to a preferred embodiment, the application or the web service chat room may be generated according to a request of a viewer for a specific broadcast program, or may be automatically generated as a broadcast time point of a specific broadcast program arrives. Such a chat room can be maintained even after the broadcast of the broadcast program is terminated. As the above-mentioned chat room, any one can be adopted as long as it can provide a predetermined conversation thread between two or more viewers. Therefore, for example, a well-known Internet messenger conversation window or a known Internet chat window can be a chat room as referred to in the present invention.

Finally, the product information providing system 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The merchandise information providing system 130 is a digital device including a function of communicating with the portable terminal 120. The merchandise information providing system 130 may include a memory means such as a server computer, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, And can be adopted as the product information providing system 130 according to the present invention as long as it is a digital device equipped with a microprocessor and capable of computing.

The merchandise information providing system 130 provides the merchandise information related to the broadcast program to the viewer and provides the merchandise so that the merchant can provide the merchandise to the viewer accordingly, (130). ≪ / RTI > For this purpose, a business operator may provide various information (for example, image, name, name, etc.) related to a product that can be sold or promoted in association with a broadcast program from a general merchandise seller, a PPL related provider, Prices, functions, producers, salespersons, product reviews of other viewers, etc.). Such information may be stored in a database in a product information providing system 130 or an apparatus connected thereto in a form in which a specific broadcast program and specific product information are matched. On the other hand, when there is an order received from the viewer, the business operator can deliver the product directly to the viewer or through another carrier.

Organization of product information providing system

FIG. 2 is a detailed view showing the configuration of a goods information providing system 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the product information providing system 130 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a controller 200, a product information manager 210, a product information provider 220, an order manager 230, And a product information database 240. According to an embodiment of the present invention, at least a part of the control unit 200, the product information management unit 210, the product information providing unit 220, the order management unit 230, 120, < / RTI > Such a program module may be included in the product information providing system 130 in the form of an operating system, an application program module or other program module, and may be physically stored in various well-known storage devices. Such a program module may also be stored in a remote storage device capable of communicating with the goods information providing system 130. [ Such program modules, on the other hand, encompass but are not limited to routines, subroutines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types as described below in accordance with the present invention.

First, the product information management unit 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention manages the broadcast program-related product information provided from various different providers as described above, thereby matching the information about the specific broadcast program with the specific product information Can be stored in the goods information database 240.

In addition, the product information management unit 210 can specify a broadcast program currently being broadcasted. For this, the product information management unit 210 may store predetermined information (for example, EPG) related to the schedule of the broadcast program. Since there are many broadcast programs that are normally broadcast at a single time, there may be a plurality of broadcast programs specified by the product information management unit 210.

In addition, the product information management unit 210 can refer to the product information database 240 and specify the product information stored in association with the above specified broadcast program. Preferably, the product information may be information on each of the plurality of products. For example, if the broadcast program is a popular drama, the information may be information on each of clothes, jewelry, etc. worn by the heroine of the drama.

On the other hand, the product information management unit 210 may perform matching or specific matching of the product information as described above with further individual scenes of a specific broadcast program. According to one example, for this purpose, the matching or specification may be made with respect to a specific reproduction time point of the broadcast program.

Next, the product information providing unit 220 according to the embodiment of the present invention transmits the information on the broadcasting program specified with respect to the current time by the product information management unit 210 and the product information to the portable terminal 120 Lt; / RTI > When the viewer selects an object related to specific product information through an application of the portable terminal 120 or a browser, the product information providing unit 220 transmits specific information (e.g., image, name, price , A function, a producer, a salesperson, a product review of another viewer, etc.) from the product information database 240 and transmit the extracted product information to the portable terminal 120.

Next, an order management unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives information about such an order from the portable terminal 120 and processes it when the viewer makes an order using the portable terminal 120 Function can be performed. The information on the order of the viewer may include, for example, the name of the viewer, the identification information of the specific merchandise of the viewer, the address of the viewer, and the contact information of the viewer. Various known online commerce technologies can be referred to for the configuration of the order management unit 230 that performs the order processing.

The control unit 200 controls the flow of data between the goods information management unit 210, the goods information providing unit 220, the order management unit 230 and the goods information database 240 Function can be performed. That is, the control unit 200 according to the present invention controls the flow of data to / from the outside of the product information providing system 130 or the data flow between the respective components of the product information providing system 130, ), The product information providing unit 220, the order management unit 230, and the product information database 240, respectively.

At least a part of the functions performed by the product information management unit 210 or the product information providing unit 220 (for example, specification of a broadcast program currently being broadcast, specification of product information associated therewith) But may be performed by the application of the portable terminal 120 according to the need of the person performing the operation.

The chat room process of the mobile terminal

The portable terminal 120 for realizing the present invention may include a predetermined application as described above. Such an application communicates with the merchandise information providing system 130 while the viewer provides a chat room (for example, an Internet chat room) that allows the viewer to communicate with other viewers about the broadcast program currently being broadcast, And may be a computer program that can receive product information associated with the broadcast program.

Referring to FIG. 3, a process by which the portable terminal 120 provides a chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a main process performed by the portable terminal 120 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Here, the name of an exemplary service of the present invention will be referred to as "ABC TV" for the sake of convenience.

In step S1, the application can connect to the ABC TV service at the viewer's request. The ABC TV service may be hosted by the merchandise information providing system 130 as described above.

In step S2, the application can display a list of chat rooms of the broadcast program currently being broadcast while refreshing. Such a chat room may be one that the viewer has actively requested and generated for a particular broadcast program, or it may be automatically generated with respect to the broadcast program currently being broadcast. Such a list of chat rooms may be refreshed periodically or intermittently.

In step S3, the application can determine whether the viewer has selected a specific chat room.

If the result of step S3 is "yes ", in step S4, the application can provide the viewer with the selected chat room. On the other hand, if the result of step S3 is "no ", the process returns to step S2.

In step S5, the application can display the product information at a predetermined time according to the progress of the broadcast program in the chat room. Such product information may be displayed through the object as described above. Meanwhile, for this purpose, the application can communicate with the product information providing unit 220 as described above.

In step S6, the application can determine whether specific product information has been selected by the viewer.

If "yes" is obtained in step S6, then in step S7, the application can display the product detail information screen to the viewer. To this end, the application may communicate with the product information providing 220 as described above. Such a product detail information screen may not only include detailed information on the product, but may also be linked with a module for ordering products or the like. On the other hand, if the result of step S6 is "no ", it returns to step S5.

The Examples

4 is a diagram illustrating a case where a banner of goods information related to a specific scene of a broadcast program is provided through a messenger application of the mobile terminal 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a viewer can watch a broadcast program in front of the TV receiver 110 and use one or more messenger applications (e.g., a messenger program such as KakaoTalk (trademark)) of his smartphone 120 According to one application example of the present invention, the product information providing system 130 specifies one broadcast program based on the current time point, specifies a plurality of commodity information associated with the broadcast program, The banner may be provided in a circular manner through the messenger application. In this case, when the banner just circulated and displayed has relevance to a specific scene of the broadcast program, the portable terminal 120 vibrates or makes a sound according to the control of the dedicated application installed in the portable terminal 120 It is also possible to take notice actions to attract viewers' attention. For this, the product information database 240 may store product information in association with a specific broadcast program, as well as its specific scene.

On the other hand, the merchandise information provided to the viewer on the conversation thread of the messenger once specified can be continuously provided to the viewer until the thread is completely terminated regardless of the end of the broadcast program.

The embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be those specifically designed and configured for the present invention or may be those known and used by those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROM and DVD, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, medium, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code, such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device may be modified into one or more software modules for performing the processing according to the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments, and all ranges that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims of the present invention as well as the claims .

110: TV receiver
120: portable terminal
130: Product information providing system
140: Network

Claims (6)

A method for providing product information associated with a broadcast program in a wireless terminal, the wireless terminal including an application,
The application displaying a list of chat rooms of broadcast programs currently being broadcast in a TV receiver separate from the portable terminal,
The application providing a chat room associated with a specific broadcast program according to a viewer's selection or automatically providing the broadcast program according to the broadcast time of the specific broadcast program,
Wherein the application displays at least one item of merchandise information associated with the broadcast program in the chat room,
The application refreshing the chat room list
≪ / RTI > delete delete delete delete A computer readable recording medium storing an application program for executing a method for providing product information associated with a broadcast program in a portable terminal,
The application program includes:
Displaying a list of chat rooms of broadcast programs currently being broadcast in a TV receiver separate from the portable terminal,
Providing a chat room associated with a specific broadcast program according to a viewer's selection or automatically providing the broadcast program as the broadcast time of the specific broadcast program arrives;
Displaying at least one merchandise information associated with the broadcast program in the chat room, and
Refreshing the chat room list
Readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method.

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