KR101881523B1 - Method for transmitting overlay contents - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for transmitting overlay content is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for transmitting overlay content comprises the steps of: receiving broadcasting display information of a target terminal satisfying a broadcasting display condition; generating overlay content including the broadcasting display information; and transmitting the overlay content to a broadcasting terminal. Receiving the broadcasting display information can be performed by triggering the target terminal to access a third party server operated by a third party other than an Internet broadcasting company streaming online broadcasting content and a business operator servicing an overlay server since an object displayed with the online broadcasting content is selected.

Description

{METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OVERLAY CONTENTS}

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting overlay content. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of transmitting an overlay content including broadcast display information for a terminal connected to a third party server by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcast content.

As the diffusion of the Internet spreads rapidly, a new concept of broadcasting media that broadcasts through the Internet has appeared, which is called Internet broadcasting. Internet broadcasting has the following advantages.

Unlike the over-the-air broadcasting, Internet broadcasting has no restriction on the number of channels and broadcasting time, so it is a broadcasting format of 'bilateral broadcasting' in that users can watch desired programs at desired time. Through this, it is possible to get unlimited access to essential information such as news, business technology, home shopping, and health, as well as entertainment broadcasts of movies, dramas, and music videos provided on the Internet.

In addition, Internet broadcasting can target niche markets by dealing with areas that terrestrial broadcasting can not deal with according to audience ratings or production conditions. It is possible to broadcast differentiated content from terrestrial broadcasting, for example, by showing only the part cut off from the deliberation of the movie in the movie theater, or collecting and revealing only the mistakes of the performers when shooting CF and music video.

In addition, internet broadcasting, especially live streaming, can feed back the reaction of the viewer in real time, so that the broadcasting person can communicate with the viewer in a conversation. Viewers are most delighted when a broadcaster reads their chats and feel immersive as if they were involved in the broadcast. Viewers are very satisfied when the viewer feels they are calling and recognizing themselves in the broadcast, and the broadcast is often lively.

On the other hand, internet broadcasters did not expect profit especially at the beginning of internet broadcasting, but broadcasted with personal hobbies. Internet broadcasters were able to earn income only from viewers' voluntary donations at first, but increasingly profit channels such as advertisement sponsor (company banner advertisement) and YouTube streaming income are becoming diverse. The audience is encouraged to donate or promote the sponsorship of the advertisement by directly mentioning it or broadcasting it as text or image overlaid on the broadcast screen.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0056878 (published on May 31, 2011)

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing an overlay content including broadcast display information when a terminal of a viewer accesses a third party server by selecting an object displayed together with on- And transmitting the generated information to the broadcasting terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of generating an overlay content including broadcast indication information that the overlay server can not display in the previous order and transmit the overlay content to the broadcasting terminal when the online streaming is terminated .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a broadcast service, the method comprising the steps of: when a terminal of a viewer accesses a third party server by selecting an object displayed together with online broadcast contents and satisfies a predetermined condition, And a method for generating overlay content and streaming it together with current online broadcast content.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an overlay content generating apparatus and method capable of generating an overlay content including broadcast display information that can not be displayed in a previous order when an on- And provide a way to stream together.

The technical objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical subjects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an overlay content transmission method including receiving broadcasting display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition, generating overlay content including broadcast display information, Receiving the broadcast display information by selecting an object to be displayed together with the online broadcast content, and transmitting the overlay content to an Internet broadcasting service provider Party server that is operated by a third party of the server.

The target terminal that satisfies the broadcast display condition may be a viewing terminal that receives the online broadcast content transmitted from the broadcast terminal from the Internet broadcast server. Alternatively, the target terminal may be an access terminal in which a third party application is installed by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcast content.

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a clear name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcast display condition satisfied by the view terminal, a broadcast display condition satisfied by the access terminal, and text information directly inputted by the viewer.

A method for an overlay server to transmit overlay content to a broadcasting terminal, the method comprising: generating an overlay content at the time of a next broadcasting even if the broadcasting ends before the overlay content is created; and transmitting the overlay content to the broadcasting terminal, And the like.

Specifically, when the overlay server receives the streaming status from the Internet broadcasting server and determines that streaming of the streaming status analysis result is terminated, the overlay server suspends generation of the overlay content. When the overlay server suspends generation of the overlay content, And transmits the generated overlay content to the broadcasting terminal. The broadcasting terminal receives the overlay content including the broadcast display information that was previously received from the overlay server but can not be broadcast using the URL information specified in the overlay layer of the broadcast-only program, thereby overlaying the overlay content on the online broadcast content .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an overlay streaming method for streaming a server operated by an Internet broadcaster (hereinafter, referred to as 'Internet broadcasting server'), Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal that satisfies a broadcast display condition, generating overlay content using the broadcast display information, and overlaying the overlay content on the online broadcast content to stream it to a viewing terminal Receiving the broadcast display information may be performed by selecting an entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast content and triggering the target terminal to connect to a third party server operated by a third party other than an Internet broadcasting company have.

A method of streaming online broadcast content and overlay content in an Internet broadcaster server, the method comprising: generating an overlay content at the time of a next broadcast even if the broadcast ends before generating the overlay content and streaming the overlay content to the audience terminal along with the current online broadcast content; It is possible to broadcast without forgetting the fact that the viewer is not satisfied with the broadcast display condition.

Specifically, when the streaming ends, the Internet broadcasting company server suspends generation of the overlay content, generates the overlay content when the next broadcasting is started by the broadcasting terminal, and stores the current online broadcasting contents of the broadcasting terminal and the broadcasting displaying information May be streamed to the viewing terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for an overlay server to transmit overlay content to a broadcast terminal, the method comprising the steps of: By allowing the terminal to broadcast the overlay content including the broadcast display information for the viewer, it is possible to encourage the viewer to participate in the broadcast.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the overlay server receives the streaming status from the Internet broadcasting server and determines that the streaming status analysis result streaming is terminated, the overlay server suspends generation of the overlay content, By overlaying the overlay contents including the broadcast display information for the viewers meeting the condition on the current online broadcast contents, it is possible to provide the viewer with a sense of satisfaction that he has not forgotten himself.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of streaming online broadcast content and overlay content to an audience terminal, the method comprising the steps of: By allowing the viewer to stream the overlay content together with the online broadcast content when the viewer meets a certain condition, the viewer can encourage the viewer to participate in the broadcast.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when an internet broadcasting server finishes streaming, the overlay content generation is suspended and the overlay content including broadcasting display information for viewers meeting the broadcasting display condition in the previous broadcasting at the start of the next broadcasting By overlaying the content over the current online broadcast content and streaming it, the viewer can be provided with a sense of satisfaction that he has not forgotten himself.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be exerted in the technical field of the present invention.

1 is a configuration diagram of an Internet broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, and an overlay server.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an integrated chat window service by an overlay server in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, an overlay server, and a third party server.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an overlay server transmitting overlay content to a broadcasting terminal in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on a viewing terminal by streaming an online broadcasting content in which an overlay layer is inserted through the process of FIG. 5 through an Internet broadcasting server server.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a case where an access terminal accesses a third party server in a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, an access terminal, an overlay server, and a third party server.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an overlay server transmitting overlay content to a broadcasting terminal in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 7. Referring to FIG.
9 is a block diagram illustrating a case where a viewing terminal directly communicates with an overlay server in a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, an overlay server, and a third party server.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of an overlay server transmitting overlay content to a broadcasting terminal in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG.
11 is a block diagram illustrating a case where an access terminal directly communicates with an overlay server in a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, an access terminal, an overlay server, and a third party server.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process of an overlay server transmitting overlay contents to a broadcasting terminal in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG.
13 is a hardware configuration diagram of an exemplary computing device capable of implementing an overlay server according to embodiments of the present invention.
14 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, and a third party server.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which an Internet broadcasting server in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 14 overlayes overlay content on online broadcast content and streams the broadcast content to a viewing terminal.
16 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, an access terminal, and a third party server.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which an Internet broadcasting server in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 16 overlayes overlay content on online broadcast content and streams the broadcast content to a viewing terminal.
18 is a block diagram illustrating a case in which a viewing terminal directly communicates with an Internet broadcasting server in a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, and a third party server.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a process of an Internet broadcasting server in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 18, overlaying overlay content on online broadcast content and streaming the overlay content to a viewing terminal.
20 is a block diagram illustrating a case where an access terminal directly communicates with an Internet broadcaster server in a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal, an Internet broadcasting server, a viewing terminal, an access terminal, and a third party server.
FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which an Internet broadcasting server in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 20 overlayes overlay contents on online broadcasting contents and streams the same to a viewing terminal.
22 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting an overlay content to a broadcast terminal in an overlay server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
23 is a flowchart illustrating a method of streaming a broadcast stream of an overlay content to an audience terminal by overlaying an overlay content with an online broadcast server.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. The singular forms herein include plural forms unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

Prior to explanation, some terms used in this specification will be clarified.

In this specification, 'broadcast terminal 110' means a terminal for transmitting a broadcast or file-type online broadcast content to an Internet broadcast server 210. The broadcast terminal 110 may be any type of electronic device as long as it can transmit an online broadcast content in the form of a file or a packet to the internet broadcast server 210. For example, various types of electronic devices such as a PC, a tablet, a smart phone, a feature phone, a smart TV, a wearable device, and an electronic device connected to a network may be a broadcasting terminal 110.

In this specification, the term 'viewer's terminal' means a terminal possessed by a viewer. The terminal of the viewer may be a terminal that watches online broadcast contents transmitted from the broadcast terminal 110 through the Internet broadcast server server 210. The terminal of the viewer at this time is referred to as a ' On the other hand, the terminal of the viewer may refer to another terminal held by the viewer other than the viewer terminal 120. [ For example, a terminal of a viewer may be a terminal installed with an application when a hyperlink displayed together with online broadcast contents is clicked, and the terminal of the viewer at this time is referred to as a 'access terminal 130'. Various types of electronic devices such as a PC, a tablet, a smart phone, a feature phone, a smart TV, a wearable device, and an electronic device connected to a network can be terminals of a viewer.

In this specification, the 'Internet broadcasting server 210' means a server which receives the online broadcasting contents in the form of a file or packet transmitted from the broadcasting terminal 110 and transmits the contents to a plurality of the viewing terminals 120 via the Internet. The online broadcasting contents transmitted from the Internet broadcasting company server 210 may be online broadcasting contents stored in the server or online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 in real time. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience, it is referred to as 'VOD (Video on Demand) streaming' for transmitting the online broadcast contents stored in the server in advance and the online broadcast contents received from the broadcast terminal 110 in real time, Is referred to as " live streaming ". In the present specification, 'VOD streaming' and 'live streaming' are collectively referred to as 'streaming'.

In this specification, the 'overlay layer' is a layer overlaid on the on-line broadcast content and means a layer on which content received from an external server is displayed using URL information. If the URL information with the external content is not set, the content is not stored at the location indicated by the set URL information, or the content fails to be received from the external server for any other reason, the overlay layer can be displayed transparently.

In this specification, 'overlay content' means content displayed on an overlay layer. The overlay content may be any type of content such as a moving picture, an image, a sound, or text that can be recognized by a person through visual or auditory sense.

In this specification, 'overlay server 230' refers to an external server in which contents that can be displayed on an overlay layer are stored. The overlay server 230 may be operated by a separate company operating the overlay server 230, rather than an Internet broadcasting company.

In this specification, 'overlay URL' means URL information for accessing the overlay content stored in the overlay server 230.

In the present specification, the 'third party server 220' means a server operated by a third party, not a company operating an Internet broadcaster or an overlay server 230. For example, the third party server 220 may be a server for execution and operation of a specific application connected by a specific application.

In this specification, the term 'application' or 'application' collectively refers to software installed and executed in a PC, a tablet, a smart phone, a feature phone, a smart TV, a wearable device or an electronic device connected to a network.

Some embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. For convenience of understanding, the present invention will be described by taking the case where the present invention is applied to live streaming as an example. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the technical idea of the present invention can be applied not only to live streaming but also to VOD streaming.

1 is a configuration diagram of an Internet broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The Internet broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a broadcasting terminal 110, a viewing terminal 120, an access terminal 130, an Internet broadcasting server server 210, a third party server 220 and an overlay server 230 And may include one or more.

The broadcast terminal 110 is a terminal for transmitting online broadcast contents to the Internet broadcast server server 210. The broadcast terminal 110 may be any type of electronic device as long as it can transmit an online broadcast content in the form of a file or a packet to the internet broadcast server 210. For example, various types of electronic devices such as a PC, a tablet, a smart phone, a feature phone, a smart TV, a wearable device, and an electronic device connected to a network may be a broadcasting terminal 110.

According to one embodiment, the broadcasting terminal 110 not only transmits the online broadcasting contents to the Internet broadcasting server 210, but also receives the broadcasting contents to be transmitted to the viewers from the Internet broadcasting server 210 So that the current broadcast status can be confirmed.

The Internet broadcasting server 210 is a server for receiving online broadcasting contents in the form of a file or packet from the broadcasting terminal 110 and transmitting the contents to a plurality of the viewing terminals 120 via the Internet. Examples of the Internet broadcasters include YouTube, Twain TV, Africa TV, and Cacao TV. The Internet broadcasting company server 210 can be directly operated by an Internet broadcasting company or entrusted to an Internet broadcasting company by a server company.

The viewing terminal 120 is a terminal displaying on-line broadcasting contents transmitted from the broadcasting terminal 110 through the Internet broadcasting server 210. Any type of electronic device may be used as long as the viewing terminal 120 can receive the online broadcasting contents in the form of a file or packet from the Internet broadcasting server 210 and display the contents on the screen. Various types of electronic devices such as a PC, a tablet, a smart phone, a feature phone, a smart TV, a wearable device, and an electronic device connected to a network may be the viewing terminal 120.

According to one embodiment, the viewing terminal 120 may include an input interface such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, or the like, or may be connected to an input interface such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, or the like. When the viewer inputs a chat to the viewing terminal 120 or instructs the sponsorship to pay the fee, the viewing terminal 120 transmits the chat content or the chat content And transmits the paid support contents to the Internet broadcasting server server 210.

The access terminal 130, the third party server 220 and the overlay server 230 will be described later in detail.

Any one of the broadcasting terminal 110, the viewing terminal 120, the access terminal 130, the Internet broadcasting server server 210, the third party server 220 and the overlay server 230 may be connected to the broadcasting terminal 110, May communicate with any one of the Internet 120, the access terminal 130, the Internet broadcasting server 210, the third party server 220, and the overlay server 230 through a network. In this case, the network can be applied to any type of LAN, a wide area network (WAN), a mobile radio communication network, and a Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet).

2 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server server 210, a viewing terminal 120, and an overlay server 230. As shown in FIG.

2, the connection relationship between the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server server 210, the viewing terminal 120 and the overlay server 230 is indicated by an arrow, But is intended to express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

Internet broadcasters initially broadcasted for personal hobbies and self-realization purposes without expecting profits. However, in order to raise awareness and maximize profits by developing various profit models such as paid sponsorship and advertising, Broadcasting the broadcast contents at the same time, it obtains paid support from two or more Internet broadcasting platforms and exposes advertisement to many viewers. For example, Internet broadcasting is being simultaneously transmitted to two or more Internet broadcasting platforms such as YouTube, Twain TV, Africa TV, and Cacao TV (formerly TVPod).

Internet broadcasting creates an enjoyable scene as if playing an online game as a live chat between a viewer, a viewer, and a viewer. For this reason, chatting is an indispensable element in Internet broadcasting, especially live streaming. In the case of simultaneously transmitting the online broadcasting contents to a plurality of Internet broadcasting platforms, it is necessary to integrate and display the contents of chats inputted from a plurality of Internet broadcasting platforms have.

A program that can process data received from a plurality of Internet broadcasting platforms in order to integrate chat contents input from a plurality of Internet broadcasting platforms and display messages integrated in a plurality of Internet broadcasting platforms, I need a server.

The broadcast terminal 110 broadcasts online broadcast contents to a viewer via a network. Specifically, the broadcasting terminal 110 transmits the online broadcasting contents to the Internet broadcasting server server 210, and the Internet broadcasting server server 210 transmits the online broadcasting contents to the plurality of the viewing terminals 120.

The online broadcast content may be any type of content such as a moving image, an image, a sound, or a text that can be recognized by a person through visual or auditory sense. The broadcast terminal 110 may be provided with broadcast-specific software used for generating and transmitting online broadcast contents. For example, the broadcast terminal 110 may be provided with broadcast-specific software such as XSplit Broadcaster ™ and OBS (Open Broadcast Software). The broadcast-only software has a function of displaying one or more moving images, images, sounds, texts, and the like on one screen and transmitting them to the Internet broadcasting server server 210.

According to one embodiment, a broadcaster can overlay an overlay layer, which displays overlay contents received from an external server through URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information or the like, on an online broadcast content using broadcast-only software have. If the URL information is not set, or if the content is not stored at the location indicated by the set URL information, or if the content fails to be received from the outside for other reasons, the overlay layer may be displayed transparently. In this case, The overlay layer is not visible to the audience terminal 120 receiving the broadcast screen through the broadcast channel.

If the broadcasting terminal 110 sets the overlay URL on the overlay layer using the broadcasting software installed in the broadcasting terminal 110, the broadcasting terminal 110 accesses the external server according to the overlay URL, receives the overlay content, and displays the overlay content on the overlay layer. In this case, the external server storing the external content is referred to as an overlay server 230, and the overlay server 230 is operated by a separate company operating the overlay server 230, not the Internet broadcasting company.

The broadcaster may set an overlay URL directly on the overlay layer or may receive information on the overlay URL from the overlay server 230 and set the URL on the overlay layer.

The external content displayed on the overlay layer may be the content of the Internet broadcasting company server 210. [ In other words, if you are broadcasting a live stream on a twisted-pair TV and you set the video URL link on YouTube to the overlay layer, you may see a YouTube video on the overlay layer during the twisted-pair TV broadcast. In this case, the Internet broadcasting company server 210 immediately becomes the overlay server 230. However, in this specification, the case where the overlay server 230 is operated by a separate overlay server company rather than an Internet broadcasting company will be described as an example.

The overlay server 230 may store data such as photographs, moving pictures, music, screen composition images and the like stored by the company operating the overlay server 230. The overlay server 230 can upload and store data necessary for direct broadcasting by the broadcaster or the viewer. The overlay server 230 may store data related to Internet broadcasting from the Internet broadcasting server 210 using an API (Application Program Interface) provided by an Internet broadcasting company. In the case of live streaming, there are paid sponsorship information, chat information, and the like that occur in real time along with the progress of Internet broadcasting. The overlay server 230 can receive and store paid support information and chat information in real time from the Internet broadcasting server server 210 have.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an integrated chat window service by the overlay server 230 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG.

The broadcasting terminal 110 transmits the online broadcasting contents to the Internet broadcasting company server 210 (S311). The online broadcast content is a content that the broadcaster wants to broadcast on-line, and all types of contents such as a moving image, an image, a sound, and text that can be recognized by a human being through visual or auditory sense can be transmitted as online broadcast content.

For example, the online broadcast content may be a screen and sound of a game being played, a cam screen showing a face of a broadcaster, and a voice of a broadcaster, and the program screen and sound of the game, It is possible to simultaneously transmit the voice of the user and stream it to the Internet broadcasting server server 210.

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 transmits the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to the plurality of the viewing terminals 120 in a streaming manner (S312). Streaming refers to the process of starting to output data from a client browser, a plug-in, or software, even if the media file is not completely downloaded, rather than completely downloading media files such as video or sound files from a storage medium such as a hard disk or an SSD. The time required from the start of the media file transfer to the media file playback is shortened and the media file is not required to be completely downloaded in order to play the media file. As a result, the storage capacity can be reduced, Or a music site provides a real-time streaming media file playback service.

The viewer watches the online broadcast content streamed from the Internet broadcast server server 210 on the web page of the Internet broadcaster, and chat with the viewer and other viewers in the chat window displayed separately from the online broadcast content on the Internet broadcaster web page (S321 ). In the case where the broadcaster simultaneously broadcasts the online broadcast contents to a plurality of Internet broadcast platforms, the number of chat windows is several, and therefore it is necessary to integrate and display chat contents input from a plurality of Internet broadcast platforms.

The overlay server 230 refers to a server in which external content to be displayed on the overlay layer is stored using broadcast-specific software installed in the broadcast terminal 110. [ The overlay server 230 receives chat contents from a plurality of Internet broadcasting server servers 210 using an API (Application Programming Interface) provided by each Internet broadcasting company.

An API (Application Programming Interface) is an interface that allows an application to access other programs, servers, and data directly. An API on the Internet means a piece of software that allows an application to access a specific part of the server and directly connect to the server's data and services.

The API of the Internet began with the Web 2.0 paradigm that "sharing provides better value to users". The Web 2.0 paradigm means the open Internet where users participate actively to create and share information and knowledge. Many web services companies such as Google, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo, Naver, Services and data in the form of open APIs, and most Internet broadcasters now provide APIs that allow them to connect directly to their data and services.

Technologies for API implementation include Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Representational State Transfer (REST). SOAP has the advantage of providing a neutral, distributed computing environment for languages, platforms, and communications, as well as providing Web services standards and vendor-prepared tools and error handling. However, various standards such as ENVELOPE such as SOAP header, body, FAULT, security, and transaction are difficult for developers to understand.

REST is a framework for network architecture introduced by Roy Fielding's 2000 paper by leading author of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), which means API technology faithful to the basic concept of HTTP. REST constructs identifiable resources by URL in order to exchange information between machines and machines as well as information exchange between people and machines in Internet-based information exchange, and establishes links between resources and resources Based information generation (POST), query (GET), delete (DELETE), update (PUT), and operation (OPERATION). A well-implemented REST web service has a concise and consistent interface structure and is easily developed or usable, and many companies offer REST-based open APIs.

When viewers watch online broadcast content on a web page of each Internet broadcaster and input a chat into the chat window, the chat contents inputted by the viewers are transmitted to the overlay server 230 from the Internet broadcast server 210 through the API provided by each Internet broadcast company (S322).

The overlay server 230 stores chat contents received from a plurality of Internet broadcasters. The overlay server 230 may store chat contents received from the first broadcasting company, chat contents received from the second broadcasting company, and chat contents received from the third broadcasting company at different locations. Alternatively, the overlay server 230 may organize the chat contents received from the first broadcasting company, the chat contents received from the second broadcasting company, and the chat contents received from the third broadcasting company in a time zone and store them in one location.

The overlay server 230 generates an overlay content having a file format such as HTML that can be used in the broadcasting terminal 110 by using chat contents (S323).

The broadcast terminal 110 receives the overlay content stored in the overlay server 230 using the overlay URL specified in the overlay layer of the broadcast-only program (S324) and displays the overlay content on the overlay layer, (S331).

The broadcast terminal 110 transmits the overlayed online broadcast content to the internet broadcast server 210 (S332).

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 transmits the online broadcasting contents overlaid with the overlay contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to the plurality of the viewing terminals 120 in a streaming manner (S333).

4 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server server 210, a viewing terminal 120, an overlay server 230, and a third party server 220.

4, the connection relationship between the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server 210, the viewing terminal 120, the overlay server 230, and the third party server 220 is indicated by an arrow. However, Is not intended to directly communicate in a P2P or one-to-one manner, but rather to express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

The broadcast terminal 110 is a terminal for transmitting online broadcast contents to the Internet broadcast server server 210. The broadcasting terminal 110 not only transmits the online broadcasting contents to the Internet broadcasting server 210, but also receives the broadcasting screen transmitted to the viewers including the chat contents and the sponsorship contents from the Internet broadcasting server server 210, Can be confirmed.

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 is a server for transmitting the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to a plurality of the viewing terminals 120 via the Internet. However, the Internet broadcasting server 210 referred to in the present specification is not limited to the server that transmits the online broadcasting contents to the plurality of the viewing terminals 120, but includes all the servers that the Internet broadcasting company uses for Internet broadcasting. For example, a server used by an Internet broadcaster to manage broadcasters and viewers, a server for storing chat contents by Internet broadcasters, a server for managing payment details of Internet broadcasters, and the like are also included in the Internet broadcaster server 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention. .

The viewing terminal 120 is a terminal for displaying online broadcasting contents received from the Internet broadcasting server 210 on the screen. The viewing terminal 120 may not only display the online broadcasting contents on the screen, but also transmit contents inputted by the viewer using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120, such as chat contents or paid sponsored contents, to the Internet broadcasting server server 210 have.

The overlay server 230 is a server in which contents displayed on an overlay layer overlaid on online broadcasting contents by broadcasting dedicated software installed in the broadcasting terminal 110 are stored. The overlay server 230 may store data such as photographs, moving pictures, music, screen composition images and the like stored by the company operating the overlay server 230. The broadcast terminal 110 may communicate with the overlay server 230 to broadcast the content stored in the overlay server 230.

According to one embodiment, the overlay server 230 may receive and store data related to Internet broadcasting from the Internet broadcasting server 210 using an application program interface (API) provided by an Internet broadcasting company. For example, the overlay server 230 may store paid support information, chat information, and the like received from the Internet broadcasting server 210 in real time.

According to one embodiment, the overlay server 230 may communicate with the third party server 220 to receive and store data from the third party server 220.

The third party server 220 is a server operated by a third party other than a company that operates the Internet broadcasting server or the overlay server 230 and can communicate with the overlay server 230 or the audience terminal 120 through a network . Here, the network may be implemented as any type of wired or wireless network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a mobile radio communication network, a Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) .

The third party server 220 may be a server for executing or operating an application installed in the viewing terminal 120. The third party server 220 is not limited to a server for executing or operating a specific application but may be a server operated by a third party other than a company operating an Internet broadcaster or an overlay server 230, Party server 220 referred to in the present invention may be a server connected via a wired or wireless network with the server 120. [

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the overlay server 230 transmitting the overlay content to the broadcasting terminal 110 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG.

The broadcasting terminal 110 transmits the online broadcasting contents to the Internet broadcasting server server 210 (S511).

The Internet broadcasting server server 210 transmits the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to the plurality of the viewing terminals 120 in a streaming manner (S521).

The viewer accesses the web page of the internet broadcasting company using the broadcasting terminal 120 and watches the online broadcasting contents streamed from the internet broadcasting server 210. [

A panel for providing various functions or links related to broadcasting may be displayed outside the area in which the online broadcasting contents are displayed in the Internet broadcasting web page displayed on the viewing terminal 120. [

The panel may include an entity that the viewer can select using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120. The entity included in the panel may be an entity including a function of allowing the viewing terminal 120 to access the third party server 220 when the viewer selects the viewing interface 120 using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 in step S513.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity that includes a URL link that allows the third party server 220 to register user information. For example, the object included in the panel may include a URL link for registering user information for advance reservation of installation of a specific application. When the corresponding object is clicked (S513), the connection is made to the third party server 220 S514) A pop-up window for inputting user information, for example, a user's telephone number, e-mail address, etc., can be opened. When the user inputs the user information into the opened pop-up window, the corresponding user information can be registered in the third party server 220.

According to one embodiment, the entity contained in the panel may be an application install link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the audience terminal 120 (S513), the specific application is installed in the audience terminal 120 by the install link, 120 may access the third party server 220 (S514). For example, the installation link may be a link to connect to a URL and download a specific application from the Internet. Alternatively, the install link may be a link to access specific applications such as Google Play, Olleh Market, T Store, U + Store, Samsung Apps, and the like, by accessing the Android Market or Apple App Store.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity for displaying a push notification to launch an application already installed in the viewing terminal 120. [ When a push notification is selected (S513), an application already installed in the audience terminal 120 is connected to the third party server 220 and executed (S514).

When the viewing terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 by selecting the object displayed on the panel (S514), broadcasting information or viewer information can be transmitted to the third party server 220. [ The broadcaster information or the viewer information is information that can be displayed on the broadcast, and hereinafter, the broadcast information or the viewer information is referred to as " broadcast display information ".

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewing terminal, and text information directly inputted by a viewer.

According to one embodiment, when the viewing terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 by the entity displayed on the panel (S514), the Internet broadcasting server 210 or the viewing terminal 120 transmits the broadcasting information, The third party server 220 can transmit information such as an ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcast title, and the like of the broadcaster.

According to one embodiment, the entity displayed on the panel may include broadcaster information. For example, if the entity is a URL link, the identity of the broadcaster or unique identification character may be included at the end of the URL. In this case, the third party server 220 can know broadcasting information even if the Internet broadcasting server 210 does not separately transmit broadcasting information to the third party server 220. For example, if the broadcaster ID is 'honeylatte', the URL link may be configured as 'http: // (URL linked site) / honeylatte'. When the viewer clicks the URL link, the viewing terminal 120 accesses the URL linked site, the URL linked site forwards the 'honeylatte', and the viewing terminal 120 clicks the URL link during viewing of the 'honeylatte' You can see that you are connected to the site.

According to one embodiment, when the viewing terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 by the entity displayed on the panel (S514), the viewer's ID, screen name, real name, age, sex, Broadcast display information such as a broadcast display condition (described later with regard to broadcast display conditions) and text information directly input by a viewer can be transmitted to the third party server 220 or the overlay server 230. [

The broadcast display information may include text information directly inputted by the viewer. A process of inputting text information by a viewer will be described as follows. For example, when an entity displayed on the panel is selected, the viewing terminal 120 accesses the overlay server 230 to display a text input window provided by the overlay server 230 on the viewing terminal 120, A message may be sent to the overlay server 230. As another example, when the audience terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 by selecting the entity displayed on the panel (S514), an input window is displayed on the audience terminal 120, And may be transmitted to the party server 220. At this time, the input window may be displayed in a pop-up form on the viewing terminal 120, or may be displayed on an application that is activated when an object included in the panel is selected. When the input window is displayed on the application, the input window may be an ID creation window or a message input window. If the input window is the ID creation window, the generated ID information can be transmitted to the third party server 220. If the input window is the message input window, the input message can be transmitted to the third party server 220. [

The third party server 220 determines whether the viewing terminal 120 satisfies the broadcast display condition (S521).

According to one embodiment, the broadcasting display condition may be a condition for registering user information, such as a user's telephone number, e-mail address, etc., in the third party server 220.

According to one embodiment, the broadcasting display condition is a condition for registering user information for registering user information, such as a user's telephone number, an e-mail address, etc., in advance for reservation of installation of a specific application in the third party server 220 . The application to be reserved in advance may be a game application.

According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition for registering specific user information, such as a user's telephone number, e-mail address, etc., in the third party server 220.

According to one embodiment, the broadcasting display condition may be a condition in which an application is installed in the viewing terminal 120 by an installation link included in the panel.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the broadcasting display condition may include a condition for first connecting to the third party server 220 through an application installed in the viewing terminal 120 after an application is installed in the broadcasting terminal 120 by an installation link included in the panel Lt; / RTI >

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a broadcast display condition is established when an application is installed in a viewing terminal 120 by an installation link included in a panel, and then the viewing terminal 120 is connected to a third party server 220 ) To download the update file and complete the update.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the broadcasting display condition may be a condition in which an installed application is executed in the viewing terminal 120 for a preset time or more after an application is installed in the viewing terminal 120 by an installation link included in the panel. Specifically, the third party server 220 stores the time of first accessing the third party server 220 through the application installed with the audience terminal 120, and then, after a predetermined time has elapsed based on the first access time, Party server 220, it can be determined that the application installed in the viewer terminal 120 has been executed for a predetermined time or longer.

According to one embodiment, the broadcasting display condition may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application after an application is installed in the viewing terminal 120 by an installation link included in the panel. Here, an in-app payment is a method in which a viewer purchases digital contents in an application, and a viewer can view downloaded content (e.g., a media file or a photograph), virtual contents (e.g., : Game level or magic potion), premium services, special features, and more.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the broadcasting display condition may be a condition that the viewing terminal 120 enters a specific page after an application is installed in the viewing terminal 120 by an installation link included in the panel. Here, the specific page may be a page to which the application notifies the third party server 220 of the entry of the page upon entry. Alternatively, a particular page may be a page that is displayed when the third party server 220 is accessed through an application. For example, announcements are updated from time to time and are displayed after receiving the latest announcements from the third party server 220. Therefore, the announcement page can be a specific page. As another example, the ID creation success page is displayed after confirming that the ID input by the viewer does not overlap with the ID registered in the third party server 220 previously. Therefore, the ID generation success page can be a specific page.

According to one embodiment, the broadcasting display condition may be a condition in which an application is executed in the viewing terminal 120 by a push notification. At this time, the push notification may be displayed on the viewing terminal 120 by selection of an object included in the panel.

If the viewing terminal 120 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, the third party server 220 transmits the broadcasting displaying information to the overlay server 230 (S522).

According to one embodiment, when the viewing terminal 120 determines that the broadcast display condition is satisfied, the third party server 220 may transmit the broadcasting information received from the Internet broadcasting server 210 to the overlay server 230 .

According to an exemplary embodiment, when the viewing terminal 120 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, the third party server 220 may transmit the ID of the broadcasting party listed at the end of the URL to the overlay server 230.

The third party server 220 may transmit the broadcast display information received from the Internet broadcast server 210 to the overlay server 230. [ .

The overlay server 230 stores broadcast display information received from the third party server 220. [

According to one embodiment, the overlay server 230 may search the overlay server 230 for the broadcaster using the broadcaster information if the broadcaster is registered as a user of the overlay server 230.

The overlay server 230 generates overlay content including broadcast display information (S523). The overlay content may include broadcast display information.

The overlay server 230 transmits the overlay content to the broadcasting terminal 110 at the request of the broadcasting terminal 110 (S524).

According to one embodiment, the broadcast terminal 110 receives the overlay content stored in the overlay server 230 using the overlay URL specified in the overlay layer of the broadcast-only program (S524) and displays it on the overlay layer The content is overlaid on the online broadcast content (S331).

According to one embodiment, the overlay URL when the broadcast terminal 110 requests the overlay content from the overlay server 230 may be input to the broadcast-only software.

According to one embodiment, the overlay URL when the broadcast terminal 110 requests the overlay content from the overlay server 230 may be the one that the broadcast terminal 110 received from the overlay server 230.

When the broadcast terminal 110 receives the overlay content from the overlay server 230, the broadcast terminal 110 displays the overlay content on the overlay layer (S531).

Hereinafter, the overlay contents will be described by way of example.

If the broadcast name of the viewer is 'Hong Kil-dong' and the broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewer terminal 120 is the A application installation, the overlay content may be an image including the text "Hong Gil-dong installed an application A ".

If the broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewer terminal's 'Hong Kil-dong' and the viewing terminal 120 is the first connection to the third party server 220 through the A application, the overlay content will be displayed as " . "≪ / RTI >

If the viewer's chatting name is "Hong Kil-dong" and the broadcast display conditions satisfied by the viewing terminal 120 are A-application installation and update completion, the overlay content includes the text "Hong Gil- Lt; / RTI >

If the broadcast name of the viewer is 'Hong Kil-dong' and the broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewer terminal 120 is to use the A application for B minutes or more, the overlay content is displayed in the text " As shown in FIG.

If the viewer's screen name is 'Hong Gil Dong' and the broadcasting display condition satisfied by the viewing terminal 120 is an in-app payment in the A application, the overlay content is displayed in the text "Hong Gil- As shown in FIG.

When the broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewer terminal's "Hong Kil-dong" and the viewing terminal 120 enters into the D page of the A application, the overlay content is displayed in the text "Hong dong confirmed the D page in the A application" As shown in FIG.

The overlay content may include text information directly input by the viewer. For example, if the viewer inputs the message "withdraw from large library ", the overlay content may be an image containing the text" withdraw from large library!

According to one embodiment, the overlay content may be content in which video and text are combined.

According to one embodiment, the overlay content may be a combination of sound and text.

According to one embodiment, the overlay content may be text-to-text (TTS) -transformed sound and text combined content.

The broadcast terminal 110 transmits the overlayed online broadcast content to the Internet broadcast server 210 (S532).

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 transmits the online broadcasting contents overlaid with the overlay contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to the plurality of the viewing terminals 120 in a streaming manner (S533).

The overlay server 230 receives the broadcast display information from the overlay server 230 by selecting the object to be displayed together with the online broadcast contents so that the audience terminal 120 And connecting to a third party server as a trigger. That is, when the viewer selects an entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast content using the input interface of the audience terminal 120, when the audience terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 as a trigger, the overlay server 230 Can receive broadcast display information. Here, a trigger means an operation defined to be automatically executed in response to a specific condition, a specific event, or a specific operation.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on the viewing terminal 120 by streaming the online broadcasting contents in which the overlay layer is inserted through the process of FIG. 5 through the Internet broadcasting server server 210. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the broadcast screen may include a first screen, a second screen, a third screen, a fourth screen, a chat window, and a panel.

6, the broadcasting screen includes the first screen, the second screen, the third screen, and the fourth screen. However, the broadcast screen may include additional screens other than the first screen, the second screen, the third screen, A second screen, a third screen, or a fourth screen, or when only a sound is transmitted without moving picture, image, text, or the like, the first screen, the second screen, It may not include both the third screen and the fourth screen.

In addition, although the broadcasting screen is illustrated as including a chat window and a panel in FIG. 6, the broadcast screen may include only one of the chat window and the panel, or may be configured without the chat window and the panel. For example, a chat window may be displayed in live streaming, and a chat window may not be displayed in VOD streaming.

Hereinafter, the broadcast screen exemplified in Fig. 6 will be described taking the game broadcast as an example.

According to one embodiment, the first screen may be a game screen on which the broadcast player is playing.

According to one embodiment, the second screen may be a cam screen showing the face of the broadcaster. Broadcasters broadcast the expressions and expressions of their moods along with the game screen, thereby inducing empathy and active participation of viewers. The broadcasting terminal 110 transmits the game screen and the cam screen simultaneously to the internet broadcasting server 210 using the broadcasting dedicated software, and the internet broadcasting server 210 transmits the online broadcasting contents including the game screen and the cam screen to the viewing terminal (120).

According to an exemplary embodiment, the third screen may be an overlay layer that displays an integrated chat window in which the chat contents are displayed when the chat contents are normally displayed while being transparently displayed and transmitted from the overlay server 230. Since the third screen is included in the online broadcast content and is transmitted as part of the online broadcast content, the viewer can not input the chat in the third screen even if the third screen is the overlay layer for displaying the integrated chat window.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the fourth screen may be an overlay layer in which the overlay content is displayed in accordance with the broadcast display conditions satisfied if the fourth screen is normally displayed transparently and the viewing terminal 120 satisfies the broadcast display condition.

According to one embodiment, when the broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewer terminal 120 is "Hong Kil-dong" and the broadcast display condition is the A application installation, the text "Hong Gil-dong installed the A application" Can be displayed.

According to one embodiment, if the broadcast name of the viewer is 'Hong Gil Dong' and the broadcast display condition satisfied by the view terminal 120 is the A application installation, the text "Hong Gil-dong has installed the A application" An included image may be displayed.

According to one embodiment, when the viewer inputs the message "withdraw from large library ", and the broadcasting display condition satisfied by the viewing terminal 120 is the A application installation, An image containing the text " from withdrawing from library "may be displayed.

According to one embodiment, when the viewer's screen name is 'Hong Kil-dong' and the broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewer terminal 120 is the A application installation, the viewer or the video specified by the viewer is reproduced on the fourth screen, A Application Installed "may be displayed.

According to one embodiment, when the broadcast display condition satisfied by the viewer terminal 120 is "Hong Kil-dong" and the broadcast display condition is the A application installation, the text "Hong Gil-dong installed the A application" And a TTS (Text To Speech) conversion sound of "Hong Gil-dong has installed an application" can be played at the same time.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a chat window for using a chat service provided by an Internet broadcasting company may be displayed outside the area where the online broadcasting contents are displayed. The viewer can input text into a chat window displayed on a partial area of the viewer terminal 120 using an input interface such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, etc., and interact with the viewer and other viewers to actively enjoy the broadcast . In addition, the paid chat support icon may be included in the chat window, and the sponsored message or the chat contents immediately after the paid support may be displayed in a chat window with a shape or color different from the normal chat contents, or a colorful image added thereto.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a panel for providing various functions or links related to broadcasting may be displayed outside the area where the online broadcasting contents are displayed. The panel may be a panel that can not be arbitrarily changed by an internet broadcaster according to the policy of the Internet broadcaster. Alternatively, the panel may be a panel that the broadcast person can directly customize.

A panel set by an Internet broadcaster may include objects that perform functions such as paid sponsorship, viewing later, favorites, recommendation, sharing, and the like. Panels that can be directly customized by the broadcasters include a paid sponsorship link, a link to other Internet broadcasting companies simultaneously broadcasting the online broadcasting contents, a link to the personal homepage of the broadcasting person, a fan community link of the broadcasting person, Lt; / RTI >

7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server 210, a viewing terminal 120, an access terminal 130, an overlay server 230 and a third party server 220, 130 is connected to the third party server 220. In this case,

7, connection relationships between the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server 210, the viewing terminal 120, the access terminal 130, the overlay server 230, and the third party server 220 are indicated by arrows This does not mean that the objects connected by arrows communicate directly with each other in a P2P or one-to-one manner, but rather express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating a case where the access terminal 130 is added to the broadcasting system unlike in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the access terminal 130 other than the audience terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 . The description of each subject and the repetitive description will be omitted.

The viewer may have a separate terminal in addition to the viewing terminal 120 for displaying the online broadcasting contents received from the internet broadcasting company server 210 on the screen. When a viewer selects an application installation link included in a panel while watching a broadcast using the broadcast terminal 120, the application may be installed in another terminal owned by the viewer rather than the broadcast terminal 120. [

When a viewer clicks an application installation link while viewing a broadcast on a PC and the application is installed on the smart phone held by the viewer, the PC may be the viewing terminal 120 and the smart phone may be the access terminal 130. [ Alternatively, when a viewer touches an application installation link displayed on the touch screen while watching a broadcast on a smartphone, and the application is installed on the PC held by the viewer, the smart phone is the viewing terminal 120 and the PC is connected to the access terminal 130. [ .

As another example, the viewing terminal 120 may be a smartphone, the access terminal 130 may be another smartphone, the viewing terminal 120 may be a PC, and the access terminal 130 may be another PC. The viewing terminal 120 and the access terminal 130 are not determined depending on the type of the terminal but may be a terminal for watching broadcasts among the terminals owned by the viewer or a terminal for installing an application installed by the entity selected on the broadcasting screen The concept is divided into.

The third party server 220 refers to a server operated by a third party other than a company operating an Internet broadcaster or an overlay server 230 and a server connected to the overlay server 230 or the access terminal 130 via a wired or wireless network . For example, the third party server 220 may be a server for executing or operating a specific application, and a server connected to the access terminal 130 installed with a specific application through a wired or wireless network.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the overlay server 230 transmits overlay content to the broadcasting terminal 110 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. The description of the operations described above and the repeated portions is omitted.

The viewer accesses the web page of the internet broadcasting company using the broadcasting terminal 120 and watches the online broadcasting contents streamed from the internet broadcasting server 210. [ A panel for providing various functions or links related to broadcasting may be displayed outside the area where the online broadcasting contents are displayed on the internet broadcasting company web page displayed on the viewing terminal 120. In the panel, (Step S813).

The entity included in the panel may be an entity including a function of allowing the access terminal 130 to access the third party server 220 when the viewer selects the user using the input interface of the audience terminal 120 in step S813. According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an application installation link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 (S813) A specific application is installed in the access terminal 130 (S814), and the access terminal 130 is accessed by the installed application via the Internet to access the application installation server for installing the application via the Internet Party server 220 (S815). According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity for displaying a push notification for executing an application already installed in the access terminal 130. If the push notification is selected (S813) An application already installed in the server 130 is connected to the third party server 220 and executed (S814).

When the access terminal 130 accesses the third party server 220 by selecting the entity displayed on the panel, broadcast display information may be transmitted to the third party server 220 (S815).

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcast display condition satisfied by the access terminal, and text information input from the access terminal.

The third party server 220 determines whether the access terminal 130 satisfies the broadcast display condition (S821). According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition in which an application is installed in the access terminal 130 by an install link included in the panel. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may first access the third party server 220 through an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may access the third party server 220 via the installed application, download the update file, and complete the update. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the installed application is executed at the connection terminal 130 for a predetermined time or longer. Alternatively, it may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may be a condition for entering a specific page of the installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition for executing an application on the access terminal 130 by selecting a push notification indicated by an installation link included in the panel.

If the access terminal 130 determines that the broadcast display condition is satisfied, the third party server 220 transmits the broadcast display information to the overlay server 230 (S822).

The overlay server 230 generates the overlay content using the broadcast display information received from the third party server 220 (S823).

The overlay server 230 transmits the overlay content to the broadcasting terminal 110 at the request of the broadcasting terminal 110 (S824). The broadcast terminal 110 requests the overlay server 230 to store the overlay content stored in the overlay server 230 using the overlay URL and the overlay server 230 requests the overlay server 230 to transmit the overlay content to the broadcast terminal 110. [ Can be transmitted.

When the broadcast terminal 110 receives the overlay content from the overlay server 230, the broadcast terminal 110 displays the overlay content on the overlay layer to overlay the overlay content on the online broadcast content (S831).

The overlay server 230 receives the broadcast indication information from the overlay server 230 by selecting the entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast contents so that the access terminal 130 And connecting to a third party server as a trigger. That is, when the viewer selects an entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast content using the input interface of the audience terminal 120, when the access terminal 130 accesses the third party server 220 as a trigger, the overlay server 230 Can receive broadcast display information.

9 is a block diagram of a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server 210, a viewing terminal 120, an overlay server 230 and a third party server 220, 230 in the case of the first embodiment of the present invention.

9, the connection relationship between the broadcast terminal 110, the Internet broadcast server 210, the audience terminal 120, the overlay server 230, and the third party server 220 is indicated by an arrow, Is not intended to directly communicate in a P2P or one-to-one manner, but rather to express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

9 and 10 illustrate a case in which the audience terminal 120 directly communicates with the overlay server 230, unlike FIG. 4 and FIG. The description of each subject and the repetitive description will be omitted.

The overlay server 230 is a server in which contents displayed on an overlay layer overlaid on online broadcasting contents by broadcasting dedicated software installed in the broadcasting terminal 110 are stored.

According to one embodiment, the overlay server 230 may receive and store data related to the Internet broadcast from the Internet broadcaster server 210.

According to one embodiment, the overlay server 230 may communicate with the viewing terminal 120 to receive and store data from the viewing terminal 120. [ That is, according to one embodiment, the overlay server 230 can communicate with other terminals other than the broadcasting terminal 110 to receive and store information generated by the terminal other than the broadcasting terminal 110.

According to one embodiment, the overlay server 230 may transmit the overlay content to the broadcast terminal 110. The overlay content may include broadcast display information. The broadcast terminal 110 can broadcast using the data received from the overlay server 230. [

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the overlay server 230 transmits overlay content to the broadcasting terminal 110 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. The description of the operations described above and the repeated portions is omitted.

The entity included in the panel includes a function of allowing the viewing terminal 120 to access the third party server 220 when the viewer selects an entity displayed together with the online broadcasting contents using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 Lt; / RTI >

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity that includes a URL link that allows the third party server 220 to register user information. For example, the object included in the panel may include a URL link for registering user information for pre-reservation for installation of a specific application. When the corresponding object is clicked (S1021), the user accesses the third party server 220, A pop-up window for inputting information such as a telephone number of a user, an e-mail address, and the like can be opened. When the user inputs the user information into the opened pop-up window, the corresponding user information can be registered in the third party server 220.

According to one embodiment, an entity included in the panel may be an application installation link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 (S1021) The specific application is installed in the audience terminal 120 and the audience terminal 120 can access the third party server 220 by the installed application.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity for displaying a push notification to launch an application already installed in the viewing terminal 120. [ When a push notification is selected (S1021), an application already installed in the audience terminal 120 is connected to the third party server 220 and executed.

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcasting display condition satisfied by the viewing terminal, and text information input from the viewing terminal.

The viewing terminal 120 determines whether the viewing terminal 120 satisfies the broadcasting display condition (S1022). According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition for registering the user information in the third party server 220. Alternatively, it may be a condition that installation of the application is completed in the audience terminal 120 by the install link included in the panel. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the viewing terminal 120 first accesses the third party server 220 through an installed application. Alternatively, the viewing terminal 120 may access the third party server 220 through the installed application, download the update file, and complete the update. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the installed application is executed in the viewing terminal 120 for a predetermined time or more. Alternatively, it may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the viewer terminal 120 enters a specific page of the installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition for executing an application on the viewing terminal 120 by selecting a push notification indicated by an installation link included in the panel.

If the viewing terminal 120 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, it can transmit the broadcasting displaying information to the third party server 220 (S1023). However, the step S1023 may be omitted.

When the viewing terminal 120 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, the broadcasting terminal transmits the broadcasting displaying information to the overlay server 230 (S1024).

The overlay server 230 generates the overlay content using the broadcast display information received from the audience terminal 120 (S1025).

The overlay server 230 transmits the overlay content to the broadcast terminal 110 in response to the request of the broadcast terminal 110 in operation S1026 and the broadcast terminal 110 transmits the overlay content received from the overlay server 230 to the overlay layer Thereby overlaying the overlay content on the online broadcast content (S1031).

The overlay server 230 receives the broadcast display information from the overlay server 230 by selecting the object to be displayed together with the online broadcast contents so that the audience terminal 120 And connecting to a third party server as a trigger. That is, when the viewer selects an entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast content using the input interface of the audience terminal 120, when the audience terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 as a trigger, the overlay server 230 Can receive broadcast display information.

11 is a diagram illustrating a broadcast system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server 210, a viewing terminal 120, an access terminal 130, an overlay server 230 and a third party server 220, 130 are directly communicating with the overlay server 230.

11, the connections between the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server 210, the viewing terminal 120, the access terminal 130, the overlay server 230, and the third party server 220 are indicated by arrows This does not mean that the objects connected by arrows communicate directly with each other in a P2P or one-to-one manner, but rather express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

11 and 12 are diagrams illustrating an example in which the access terminal 130 is connected to the third party server 220 and the access terminal 130 is directly communicated with the overlay server 230 As shown in FIG. The description of each subject and the repetitive description will be omitted.

The overlay server 230 may transmit the content stored in the overlay server 230 to the broadcasting terminal 110.

The overlay server 230 may receive and store data related to Internet broadcasting from the Internet broadcasting server 210. [ Alternatively, the overlay server 230 may communicate with the access terminal 130 to receive and store data from the access terminal 130.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the overlay server 230 transmits overlay content to the broadcasting terminal 110 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. The description of the operations described above and the repeated portions is omitted.

The entity included in the panel may be an entity including a function of allowing the access terminal 130 to access the third party server 220 when the viewer selects the user using the input interface of the audience terminal 120 in step S1213. According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an application installation link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 (S1213) (S1214), the specific application is installed in the access terminal 130, and the access terminal 130 is accessed by the installed application by the installed application 130, Party server 220 as shown in FIG. According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity for displaying a push notification that executes an application already installed in the access terminal 130. If the push notification is selected (S1213) An application already installed in the server 130 is connected to the third party server 220 and executed.

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcast display condition satisfied by the access terminal, and text information input from the access terminal.

The access terminal 130 determines whether the access terminal 130 satisfies the broadcast display condition (S1221). According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition in which the installation of the application on the access terminal 130 is completed by the install link included in the panel. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may first access the third party server 220 through an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may access the third party server 220 via the installed application, download the update file, and complete the update. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the installed application is executed at the connection terminal 130 for a predetermined time or longer. Alternatively, it may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may be a condition for entering a specific page of the installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition for executing an application on the access terminal 130 by selecting a push notification indicated by an installation link included in the panel.

If the access terminal 130 determines that the broadcast display condition is satisfied, the access terminal 130 may transmit broadcast indication information to the third party server 220 (S1222). However, the step S1222 may be omitted.

If the access terminal 130 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, the access terminal 130 transmits the broadcasting indication information to the overlay server 230 (S1223).

The overlay server 230 generates the overlay content using the broadcast display information received from the view terminal 120 (S1224).

The overlay server 230 transmits the overlay content to the broadcast terminal 110 in response to the request of the broadcast terminal 110 in operation S1225 and the broadcast terminal 110 transmits the overlay content received from the overlay server 230 to the overlay layer Thereby overlaying the overlay content on the online broadcast content (S1231).

The overlay server 230 receives the broadcast indication information from the overlay server 230 by selecting the entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast contents so that the access terminal 130 And connecting to a third party server as a trigger. That is, when the viewer selects an entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast content using the input interface of the audience terminal 120, when the access terminal 130 accesses the third party server 220 as a trigger, the overlay server 230 Can receive broadcast display information.

13 is a hardware configuration diagram of an exemplary computing device capable of implementing an overlay server according to embodiments of the present invention.

13, the overlay server 110 includes one or more processors 1310, a bus 1330, a network interface 1350, a memory 1320 that loads a computer program executed by the processor 1310, And storage 1340 for storing the overlay server software. In Fig. 13, only the components related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that other general-purpose components may be included in addition to the components shown in FIG.

The processor 1310 controls the overall operation of each configuration of the overlay server 110. The processor 1310 may comprise a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor unit (MPU), a microcontroller unit (MCU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or any type of processor well known in the art . In addition, processor 1310 may perform operations on at least one software to perform the method according to embodiments of the present invention. The overlay server 110 may comprise one or more processors.

The memory 1320 stores various data, commands or information. Memory 1320 may load one or more programs from storage 1340 to perform the overlay content transfer method in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. RAM is shown as an example of memory 1320 in Fig. 5 (delete).

The bus 1330 provides communication functions between the components of the overlay server 110. The bus 1330 may be implemented as various types of buses such as an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus.

The network interface 1350 supports wired / wireless Internet communication of the overlay server 110. In addition, the network interface 1350 may support various communication methods other than Internet communication. To this end, the network interface 1350 may comprise a communication module well known in the art.

The storage 1340 may store the one or more programs non-provisionally. In Fig. 5 (delete), the overlay server software is shown as an example of the one or more programs.

The storage 1340 may be a nonvolatile memory such as ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), flash memory, etc., hard disk, removable disk, And any form of computer-readable recording medium known in the art.

The overlay server software may be loaded into the memory 1320 to cause the processor 1310 to execute the overlay content transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, the overlay server software may include an instruction to cause the overlay content transmission method of any of Figs. 1-12 to be executed.

For example, the overlay server software may cause the processor 1310 to provide instructions for receiving broadcast indication information of a target terminal meeting the broadcast indication condition, instructions for generating overlay content including broadcast indication information, And execute an instruction to transmit the overlay content to a broadcasting terminal that has accessed the server. In this case, the instruction to receive the broadcast display information may be triggered by the target terminal connecting to the server operated by the third party by selecting the entity displayed together with the online broadcast content.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server 210, a viewing terminal 120, and a third party server 220.

14, arrows indicate the connection relationship between the broadcast terminal 110, the Internet broadcast server 210, the audience terminal 120, and the third party server 220. However, But is intended to express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

14 and 15 illustrate a case where the overlay content is streamed from the Internet broadcasting server 210 to the viewing terminal 120 without a separate overlay server 230, unlike FIG. 4 and FIG. The description of each subject and the repetitive description will be omitted.

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 is a server for transmitting the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to a plurality of the viewing terminals 120 via the Internet.

According to one embodiment, the Internet broadcasting server 210 may overlay any overlay content on the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 and stream the overlay contents to the viewing terminal 120.

More specifically, the Internet broadcasting company server 210 directly communicates with the third party server 220 and transmits the overlay created by using the data received from the third party server 220 to the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 The content can be overlaid and streamed to the viewing terminal 120.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the Internet broadcasting server 210 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 14 overlayes overlay contents on online broadcasting contents and streams the broadcasting contents to the viewing terminal 120. The description of the operations described above and the repeated portions is omitted.

The viewer accesses the web page of the internet broadcasting company using the broadcasting terminal 120 and watches the online broadcasting contents streamed from the internet broadcasting server 210. [ The viewing terminal 120 may display a panel in addition to the online broadcasting contents, and the panel may include an entity having a function of accessing the third party server 220.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity that includes a URL link that allows the third party server 220 to register user information. For example, the object included in the panel may include a URL link for registering user information for advance reservation for installation of a specific application, and when the corresponding object is clicked (S1513), the connection is made to the third party server 220 S1514) A pop-up window for inputting user information, such as a user's telephone number, e-mail address, etc., can be opened. When the user inputs the user information into the opened pop-up window, the corresponding user information can be registered in the third party server 220.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an application installation link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 (S1513) The specific application is installed in the audience terminal 120 and the audience terminal 120 can access the third party server 220 by the installed application in step S1514.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity for displaying a push notification to launch an application already installed in the viewing terminal 120. [ When a push notification is selected (S1513), an application already installed in the audience terminal 120 is connected to the third party server 220 and executed (S1514).

When the viewing terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 by selecting an object displayed on the panel, broadcasting display information can be transmitted to the third party server 220 (S1514).

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcasting display condition satisfied by the viewing terminal, and text information input from the viewing terminal.

The third party server 220 determines whether the viewing terminal 120 satisfies the broadcast display condition (S1521). According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition for registering the user information in the third party server 220. Alternatively, it may be a condition in which an application is installed in the audience terminal 120 by an install link included in the panel. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the viewing terminal 120 first accesses the third party server 220 through an installed application. Alternatively, the viewing terminal 120 may access the third party server 220 through the installed application, download the update file, and complete the update. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the installed application is executed in the viewing terminal 120 for a predetermined time or more. Alternatively, it may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the viewer terminal 120 enters a specific page of the installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition for executing an application on the viewing terminal 120 by selecting a push notification indicated by an installation link included in the panel.

If the viewing terminal 120 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, the third party server 220 transmits the broadcasting displaying information to the Internet broadcasting server 210 (S1522).

The Internet broadcasting server server 210 generates the overlay contents using the broadcasting display information received from the third party server 220 (S1531). Since the overlay content generated by the Internet broadcast server server 210 is similar to the overlay content generated by the broadcast terminal 110 using the broadcast display information received from the overlay server 230 in FIGS. 4 and 7, detailed description thereof will be omitted .

When the overlay contents are generated, the Internet broadcasting server 210 overlays the overlay contents on the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 and streams the overlay contents to the viewing terminal 120 (S1532).

In summary, from the viewpoint of the Internet broadcasting server 210, the broadcasting display information of the Internet broadcasting server 210 is received by the viewing terminal 120 by selecting an object displayed together with the online broadcasting contents, ) Is connected to the third party server as a trigger. That is, when the viewer selects an entity displayed together with the online broadcast content using the input interface of the audience terminal 120, the fact that the audience terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 triggers the Internet broadcast server server 210 may receive broadcast display information.

16 is a block diagram illustrating a broadcasting system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server server 210, a viewing terminal 120, an access terminal 130, and a third party server 220.

16, the connection relationship between the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server 210, the viewing terminal 120, the access terminal 130, and the third party server 220 is indicated by an arrow, Is not intended to directly communicate in a P2P or one-to-one manner, but rather to express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

16 and 17 illustrate a case where an access terminal 130 is added to a broadcasting system unlike in FIGS. 14 and 15 and a case where an access terminal 130 other than the audience terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 . The description of each subject and the repetitive description will be omitted.

The viewing terminal 120 is a terminal for displaying online broadcasting contents received from the Internet broadcasting server 210 on the screen. Therefore, the viewing terminal 120 should be able to communicate with the Internet broadcasting server 210.

However, the access terminal 130 may be the access terminal 130 if the terminal communicates with the third party server 220 irrespective of whether the access terminal 130 is in communication with the Internet broadcaster server 210 or not. The access terminal 130 communicates with the third party server 220 and the third party server 220 transmits the result of communication with the access terminal 130 to the Internet broadcaster server 210.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the Internet broadcasting server 210 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 16 overlayes overlay content on online broadcast content and streams the broadcast content to the viewing terminal 120. FIG. The description of the operations described above and the repeated portions is omitted.

The viewer accesses the web page of the internet broadcasting company using the broadcasting terminal 120 and watches the online broadcasting contents streamed from the internet broadcasting server 210. [

The viewing terminal 120 may display a panel in addition to the online broadcasting contents, and the panel may include an entity having a function of accessing the third party server 220. According to one embodiment, an entity included in the panel may be an application installation link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 (S1713) The specific application is installed in the access terminal 130 (S1714), and the access terminal 130 is accessed by the installed application by the installed application via the Internet to access the application installation server for installing the application Party server 220 (S1715). According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity for displaying a push notification for executing an application already installed in the access terminal 130. If the push notification is selected (S1713) An application already installed in the server 130 is connected to the third party server 220 and executed (S1715).

When the access terminal 130 accesses the third party server 220 by selection of the entity displayed on the panel, broadcast display information can be transmitted to the third party server 220. [

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcast display condition satisfied by the access terminal, and text information input from the access terminal.

The third party server 220 determines whether the access terminal 130 satisfies the broadcast display condition (S1721). According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition in which an application is installed in the access terminal 130 by an install link included in the panel. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may first access the third party server 220 through an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may access the third party server 220 via the installed application, download the update file, and complete the update. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the installed application is executed at the connection terminal 130 for a predetermined time or longer. Alternatively, it may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may be a condition for entering a specific page of the installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition for executing an application on the access terminal 130 by selecting a push notification indicated by an installation link included in the panel.

If the access terminal 130 determines that the broadcast display condition is satisfied, the third party server 220 transmits the broadcast display information to the internet broadcasting server 210 (S1722).

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 generates the overlay contents using the broadcasting display information received from the third party server 220 (S1731).

When the overlay contents are generated, the Internet broadcasting server 210 overlays the overlay contents with the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 and streams the overlay contents to the viewing terminal 120 (S1732).

In order to summarize the above process from the point of view of the Internet broadcaster server 210, the broadcast display information of the internet broadcasting server 210 is received by the viewing terminal 120 by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcasting contents, ) Is connected to the third party server as a trigger. That is, when the viewer selects the entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast content using the input interface of the audience terminal 120, the access terminal 130 accesses the third party server 220 as a trigger, 210 may receive broadcast display information.

18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server 210, the broadcasting terminal 120 and the third party server 220 communicate with the broadcasting terminal server 210 Fig.

18, the connection relationship between the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server server 210, the viewing terminal 120, and the third party server 220 is indicated by an arrow, But is intended to express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

18 and 19 illustrate a case where the audience terminal 120 directly communicates with the Internet broadcasting server server 210, unlike in FIGS. 14 and 15. FIG. The description of each subject and the repetitive description will be omitted.

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 is a server for transmitting the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to a plurality of the viewing terminals 120 via the Internet. However, the Internet broadcasting server 210 may be any server that an Internet broadcasting company uses for Internet broadcasting, for example, a server used by an Internet broadcasting company for broadcasting and managing a viewer, a server for storing Internet chatting contents, And a server for managing payment history by an Internet broadcaster is as described above.

According to one embodiment, the Internet broadcasting server 210 may receive data related to Internet broadcasting from the viewing terminal 120. [ The Internet broadcasting server server 210 generates overlay contents using data received from the viewing terminal 120, for example, broadcasting display information, and then overlays the overlay contents with the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110, (120). ≪ / RTI >

The data received by the Internet broadcasting server server 210 from the viewing terminal 120 may be data transmitted to the Internet broadcasting server 210 when the viewing terminal 120 satisfies a specific broadcasting display condition.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the Internet broadcasting server 210 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 18 overlayes overlay content on online broadcast content and streams the broadcast content to the viewing terminal 120. The description of the operations described above and the repeated portions is omitted.

The entity included in the panel may be an entity including a function for allowing the viewing terminal 120 to access the third party server 220 when the viewer selects the input terminal of the viewing terminal 120 by using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 in step S1921.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an entity that includes a URL link that allows the third party server 220 to register user information. For example, the object included in the panel may include a URL link for registering user information for pre-reservation for installation of a specific application. When the corresponding object is clicked (S1921), the user connects to the third party server 220 A pop-up window for inputting information such as a telephone number of a user, an e-mail address, and the like can be opened. When the user inputs the user information into the opened pop-up window, the corresponding user information can be registered in the third party server 220.

According to one embodiment, the entity included in the panel may be an application installation link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 (S1921) The specific application is installed in the audience terminal 120 and the audience terminal 120 can access the third party server 220 by the installed application.

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcasting display condition satisfied by the viewing terminal, and text information input from the viewing terminal.

The viewing terminal 120 determines whether the viewing terminal 120 satisfies the broadcasting display condition (S1922). According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition for registering the user information in the third party server 220. Alternatively, it may be a condition that installation of the application is completed in the audience terminal 120 by the install link included in the panel. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the viewing terminal 120 first accesses the third party server 220 through an installed application. Alternatively, the viewing terminal 120 may access the third party server 220 through the installed application, download the update file, and complete the update. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the installed application is executed in the viewing terminal 120 for a predetermined time or more. Alternatively, it may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the viewer terminal 120 enters a specific page of the installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition for executing an application on the viewing terminal 120 by selecting a push notification indicated by an installation link included in the panel.

When the viewing terminal 120 accesses the third party server 220 by selecting an object displayed on the panel, broadcasting display information can be transmitted to the third party server 220 (S1923).

If the viewing terminal 120 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, the broadcasting terminal transmits the broadcasting displaying information to the Internet broadcasting server 210 (S1924).

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 generates the overlay contents using the broadcasting display information received from the broadcasting terminal 120 (S1931).

When the overlay contents are generated, the Internet broadcasting server 210 overlays the overlay contents on the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 and streams the overlay contents to the viewing terminal 120 (S1932).

In summary, from the viewpoint of the Internet broadcasting server 210, the broadcasting display information of the Internet broadcasting server 210 is received by the viewing terminal 120 by selecting an object displayed together with the online broadcasting contents, ) Is connected to the third party server as a trigger. That is, when the viewer selects the broadcast terminal using the input interface of the broadcast terminal 120, the Internet broadcast server 210 receives the broadcast display information as a trigger that the broadcast terminal 120 has accessed the third party server 220 .

20 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a broadcast system including a broadcasting terminal 110, an Internet broadcasting server 210, a viewing terminal 120, an access terminal 130 and a third party server 220, And directly communicates with the mobile station 210 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

20, the connection relationship between the broadcasting terminal 110, the Internet broadcasting server 210, the viewing terminal 120, the access terminal 130, and the third party server 220 is indicated by an arrow. However, Is not intended to directly communicate in a P2P or one-to-one manner, but rather to express the transmission / reception relationship when communicating through a network.

20 and 21 illustrate a case where the access terminal 130 is connected to the third party server 220 and the access terminal 130 is connected to the Internet broadcast server 210 directly Communication is exemplified. The description of each subject and the repetitive description will be omitted.

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 is a server for transmitting the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 to a plurality of the viewing terminals 120 via the Internet.

According to one embodiment, the Internet broadcaster server 210 may receive data associated with the Internet broadcast from the access terminal 130. After the overlay content is created using the data received from the access terminal 130, for example, broadcast display information, the Internet broadcasting server server 210 overlays the overlay contents with the online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110, (120). ≪ / RTI >

Here, the data received from the Internet terminal server 210 by the Internet terminal server 210 may be data transmitted to the Internet terminal server 210 when the terminal 130 meets a specific broadcast display condition.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the Internet broadcasting server 210 in the broadcasting system illustrated in FIG. 20 overlayes overlay contents on online broadcasting contents and streams the broadcasting contents to the viewing terminal 120. The description of the operations described above and the repeated portions is omitted.

The entity included in the panel may be an entity including a function of allowing the viewing terminal 120 to access the third party server 220 when the viewer selects the input terminal of the viewing terminal 120 using the input interface. According to one embodiment, an entity included in the panel may be an application installation link. In this case, when the viewer clicks the installation link included in the panel using the input interface of the viewing terminal 120 (S2113) (S2114), the connection terminal 130 is instructed to connect to the application installation server for installing the application via the Internet to the connection terminal 130 (S2114) Party server 220 as shown in FIG.

The broadcast display information may include at least one of a viewer ID, a screen name, a real name, an age, a gender, a broadcast display condition satisfied by the access terminal, and text information input from the access terminal.

The access terminal 130 determines whether the access terminal 130 satisfies the broadcast display condition (S2121). According to one embodiment, the broadcast display condition may be a condition in which the installation of the application on the access terminal 130 is completed by the install link included in the panel. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may first access the third party server 220 through an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may access the third party server 220 via the installed application, download the update file, and complete the update. Alternatively, it may be a condition that the installed application is executed at the connection terminal 130 for a predetermined time or longer. Alternatively, it may be a condition for making an in-app payment in an installed application. Alternatively, the access terminal 130 may be a condition for entering a specific page of the installed application. Alternatively, it may be a condition for executing an application on the access terminal 130 by selecting a push notification indicated by an installation link included in the panel.

When the access terminal 130 accesses the third party server 220 by selecting the entity displayed on the panel, the broadcast display information may be transmitted to the third party server 220 (S2122).

If the access terminal 130 determines that the broadcasting display condition is satisfied, the access terminal 130 transmits the broadcasting indication information to the Internet broadcasting server 210 (S2123).

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 generates the overlay contents using the broadcasting display information received from the access terminal 130 (S2131).

When the overlay content is generated, the Internet broadcasting server server 210 overlays the overlay content on the online broadcasting content received from the broadcasting terminal 110 and streams the overlay content to the viewing terminal 120 (S2132).

In order to summarize the above process from the point of view of the Internet broadcaster server 210, the broadcast display information of the internet broadcasting server 210 is received by the viewing terminal 120 by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcasting contents, ) Is connected to the third party server as a trigger. That is, when the Internet terminal server 120 receives the broadcast display information by using the connection of the access terminal 130 to the third party server 220 as a trigger when the viewer selects the input terminal of the viewing terminal 120 .

22 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting an overlay content to a broadcast terminal 110 by an overlay server 230, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to the method illustrated in FIG. 22, even if the broadcast ends before the overlay content generation, the overlay content is generated at the start of the next broadcast, so that the overlay content including the broadcast display information on the viewer, The content can be transmitted.

22 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting overlay content to an overlay server 230 illustrated in FIGS. 4 through 14, according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 22, When the broadcast ends before the generation of the overlay content for the content, the overlay content is generated at the next broadcast time and transmitted to the broadcast terminal 110 to forget that the broadcast terminal 110 fulfills the broadcast display condition of the viewer It is possible to broadcast the program without the need. As a result, broadcasting can be activated by providing the viewer with a feeling of satisfaction that he has not forgotten himself.

Each of the execution steps will be described. The overlay server 230 checks the streaming state of the Internet broadcasting server 210. If it is determined that the streaming is ended as a result of the streaming status analysis, the overlay server 230 may store broadcast display information (S2222) and may suspend the overlay content generation (NO in S2223).

The overlay server 230 may generate the overlay content including the broadcast display information for the viewer who has satisfied the past broadcast display condition at the start of the next broadcast by the broadcast terminal 110 (YES in S2223) (S2224) . The broadcast terminal 110 receives the overlay content for the viewer that satisfies the past broadcast display condition using the overlay URL specified in the overlay layer of the broadcast-only program (S2225) and broadcasts the overlay over the current online broadcast content ( S2231).

23 is a flowchart illustrating a method of streaming a broadcast stream of an overlay content to an audience terminal 120 by overlaying an overlay content on an online broadcast content.

According to the method illustrated in FIG. 23, even if the broadcast ends before the overlay content creation, the overlay content is generated at the start of the next broadcast and is overlaid on the current online broadcast content to stream the broadcast display information It is possible to stream the overlay content including the content.

Specifically, FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating a method of overlaying an overlay content on an online broadcast content and streaming the overlay content to a view terminal 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Even if the broadcast ends before the generation of the overlay content using the broadcast display information, the overlay content is generated and overlaid on the current online broadcast content at the next broadcast time so that the Internet broadcast server server 210 can display the broadcast display of the viewer You can stream without forgetting the fact that the condition is met. As a result, broadcasting can be activated by providing the viewer with a feeling of satisfaction that he has not forgotten himself.

Describing each execution step, the Internet broadcasting server server 210 grasps the streaming status before generating the overlay content. If it is determined that the streaming status has been ended as a result of the determination of the streaming status, the Internet broadcasting company server 210 may suspend the generation of the overlay content (No in S2321 and S2323).

The Internet broadcasting company server 210 can generate the overlay content using the broadcasting display information for the viewer who has satisfied the past broadcasting display condition at the start of the next broadcasting (Yes in S2323) by the broadcasting terminal 110 (S2324) . The Internet broadcasting company server 210 overlays and streams the overlay contents generated using the broadcasting display information when the past broadcasting display condition is satisfied, together with the current online broadcasting contents received from the broadcasting terminal 110 (S2235).

In the meantime, although each flowchart of the present specification describes that each step is sequentially executed, it is only an exemplary description of the technical idea of the present invention, and the execution of each step of each flowchart of this specification is performed in a time series order But is not limited thereto.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the sequence of steps or steps of one or more steps in the sequence of steps of the present specification without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention, Various steps of each flowchart of this specification can be variously modified and modified, for example, by executing steps in parallel.

Although the operations are shown in the specific order in the figures, it should be understood that the operations need not necessarily be performed in the particular order shown or in a sequential order, or that all of the illustrated operations must be performed to achieve the desired result. In certain situations, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Furthermore, the separation of the various configurations in the embodiments described above should not be understood as such a separation being necessary, and the described program components and systems may generally be integrated together as a single software product or packaged into multiple software products .

Meanwhile, the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention described so far can be performed by the execution of a computer program embodied in computer readable code. The computer program may be transmitted from a first computing device to a second computing device via a network, such as the Internet, and installed in the second computing device, thereby enabling it to be used in the second computing device. The first computing device and the second computing device all include a fixed computing device such as a server device, a physical server belonging to a server pool for cloud services, a desktop personal computer, a desktop computer, a notebook computer.

The computer program may be stored in a storage medium such as a magnetic storage medium (e.g., a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical reading medium (e.g. CD-ROM or DVD), a flash memory Or may be stored in the same non-transitory medium.

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, on the contrary, I can understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

100: broadcasting terminal 210: internet broadcasting company server
220: Third party server 230: Overlay server
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Claims (24)

In a method for an overlay server to transmit overlay content,
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content including the broadcast display information;
And transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
Receiving the broadcast display information by selecting an entity displayed together with the on-line broadcast content, and after an application of a third party other than an internet broadcasting company that streams the on-line broadcast content to the target terminal and a service provider of the overlay server are installed, Wherein the application is executed in the target terminal and triggered when the target terminal is connected to the third party server,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when the target terminal enters a predetermined page in the application after the application is executed in the target terminal.
How to transfer overlay content. In a method for an overlay server to transmit overlay content,
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content including the broadcast display information;
And transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
Receiving the broadcast display information by selecting an entity displayed together with the on-line broadcast content, and after an application of a third party other than an internet broadcasting company that streams the on-line broadcast content to the target terminal and a service provider of the overlay server are installed, Wherein the application is executed in the target terminal and triggered when the target terminal is connected to the third party server,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when the application is used in the target terminal for a predetermined time or more after the application is executed in the target terminal,
How to transfer overlay content. In a method for an overlay server to transmit overlay content,
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content including the broadcast display information;
And transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
Receiving the broadcast display information by selecting an entity displayed together with the on-line broadcast content, and after an application of a third party other than an internet broadcasting company that streams the on-line broadcast content to the target terminal and a service provider of the overlay server are installed, Wherein the application is executed in the target terminal and triggered when the target terminal is connected to the third party server,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when an in-app settlement is made in the target terminal after the application is executed in the target terminal.
How to transfer overlay content. In a method for an overlay server to transmit overlay content,
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content including the broadcast display information;
And transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
The broadcast display information is received by selecting an entity to be displayed together with the online broadcast content so that the target terminal transmits the online broadcast content to a third party server operated by a third party other than a service provider of the overlay server, To be triggered,
Wherein generating the overlay content comprises:
Generating the overlay content only when broadcasting of the online broadcast content is in progress; And
And generating overlay content including broadcast display information received when the next broadcast by the broadcast terminal is started,
How to transfer overlay content. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein generating the overlay content comprises:
Generating overlay content including broadcast display information received when the next broadcasting by the broadcasting terminal is started and a broadcasting command for a non-broadcasting overlay content is received from the broadcasting terminal;
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the step of receiving the broadcast display information comprises:
Receiving the broadcast indication information from a third party server;
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the step of receiving the broadcast display information comprises:
And receiving the broadcast indication information from the target terminal.
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the target terminal is a viewing terminal that receives the online broadcasting contents streamed from a server of the Internet broadcasting company,
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the target terminal is an access terminal connected to the third party server by a terminal streaming the online broadcast content from a server of the Internet broadcasting company,
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the step of receiving the broadcast display information comprises:
And receiving the broadcast display information by triggering registration of user information in a third party server by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcast content.
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The third party server is a server to which the target terminal accesses to use the service provided by the application,
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the application displays a text input window for inputting text when the broadcast display condition is satisfied on the target terminal,
Wherein the broadcast display information includes information on text input to the text input window,
How to transfer overlay content. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when an ID used in the application is generated in the third party server after the application is executed in the target terminal,
Wherein the broadcast display information includes information on the ID,
How to transfer overlay content. A memory in which a program containing one or more instructions is stored; And
And a processor for executing the program,
The program includes:
An instruction for receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Instructions for generating overlay content including the broadcast display information; And
Comprising instructions for transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
Wherein the instruction for receiving the broadcast display information includes an Internet broadcasting service for streaming the online broadcast content to the target terminal by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcast content and a third party application other than a service provider operating the overlay server Wherein the application is executed in the target terminal and triggered when the target terminal is connected to the third party server,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when the target terminal enters a predetermined page in the application after the application is executed in the target terminal.
Overlay server. A memory in which a program containing one or more instructions is stored; And
And a processor for executing the program,
The program includes:
An instruction for receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Instructions for generating overlay content including the broadcast display information; And
Comprising instructions for transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
Wherein the instruction for receiving the broadcast display information includes an Internet broadcasting service for streaming the online broadcast content to the target terminal by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcast content and a third party application other than a service provider operating the overlay server Wherein the application is executed in the target terminal and triggered when the target terminal is connected to the third party server,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when the application is used in the target terminal for a predetermined time or more after the application is executed in the target terminal,
Overlay server. A memory in which a program containing one or more instructions is stored; And
And a processor for executing the program,
The program includes:
An instruction for receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Instructions for generating overlay content including the broadcast display information; And
Comprising instructions for transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
Wherein the instruction for receiving the broadcast display information includes an Internet broadcasting service for streaming the online broadcast content to the target terminal by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcast content and a third party application other than a service provider operating the overlay server Wherein the application is executed in the target terminal and triggered when the target terminal is connected to the third party server,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when an in-app settlement is made in the target terminal after the application is executed in the target terminal.
Overlay server. A memory in which a program containing one or more instructions is stored; And
And a processor for executing the program,
The program includes:
An instruction for receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Instructions for generating overlay content including the broadcast display information; And
Comprising instructions for transmitting the overlay content to a broadcast terminal,
The instruction for receiving the broadcast display information may include an instruction to select an entity displayed together with the on-line broadcast content so that the target terminal may transmit the on-line broadcast content to a third party operated by a third party other than a service provider of the overlay server, And connecting to the party server as a trigger,
The instructions for generating the overlay content include:
An instruction for generating the overlay content only when broadcasting of the online broadcast content is in progress; And
And generating an overlay content including broadcast display information received when the next broadcast by the broadcast terminal is started.
Overlay server. 18. The method of claim 17,
The instructions for generating the overlay content include:
And generating an overlay content including broadcast display information received when a next broadcast by the broadcast terminal is started and a broadcast command for a non-broadcast overlay content is received from the broadcast terminal.
Overlay server. A method for streaming an Internet broadcaster server operated by an Internet broadcaster,
Receiving online broadcast content from a broadcast terminal;
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content using the broadcast display information; And
Overlaying the overlay content to the online broadcast content and streaming the overlay content to a viewing terminal,
The receiving of the broadcast display information is performed by selecting an entity displayed together with the on-line broadcast content to install an application of a third party other than the Internet broadcaster to the target terminal and then executing the application on the target terminal, And a connection to the party server is triggered,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when the target terminal enters a predetermined page in the application after the application is executed in the target terminal.
Streaming method. A method for streaming an Internet broadcaster server operated by an Internet broadcaster,
Receiving online broadcast content from a broadcast terminal;
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content using the broadcast display information; And
Overlaying the overlay content to the online broadcast content and streaming the overlay content to a viewing terminal,
The receiving of the broadcast display information is performed by selecting an entity displayed together with the on-line broadcast content to install an application of a third party other than the Internet broadcaster to the target terminal and then executing the application on the target terminal, And a connection to the party server is triggered,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when the application is used in the target terminal for a predetermined time or more after the application is executed in the target terminal,
Streaming method. A method for streaming an Internet broadcaster server operated by an Internet broadcaster,
Receiving online broadcast content from a broadcast terminal;
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content using the broadcast display information; And
Overlaying the overlay content to the online broadcast content and streaming the overlay content to a viewing terminal,
The receiving of the broadcast display information is performed by selecting an entity displayed together with the on-line broadcast content to install an application of a third party other than the Internet broadcaster to the target terminal and then executing the application on the target terminal, And a connection to the party server is triggered,
Wherein the broadcast display condition is satisfied when an in-app settlement is made in the target terminal after the application is executed in the target terminal.
Streaming method. A method for streaming an Internet broadcaster server operated by an Internet broadcaster,
Receiving online broadcast content from a broadcast terminal;
Receiving broadcast display information of a target terminal meeting a broadcast display condition;
Generating overlay content using the broadcast display information; And
Overlaying the overlay content to the online broadcast content and streaming the overlay content to a viewing terminal,
The receiving of the broadcast display information is triggered by the connection of the target terminal to a third party server operated by a third party other than the internet broadcasting station by selecting an entity displayed together with the online broadcasting contents,
Wherein generating the overlay content comprises:
Generating the overlay content only when broadcasting of the online broadcast content is in progress; And
And generating overlay content including broadcast display information received when the next broadcast by the broadcast terminal is started,
Streaming method. 23. The method of claim 22,
Wherein generating the overlay content comprises:
Generating overlay content including broadcast display information received when the next broadcasting by the broadcasting terminal is started and a broadcasting command for a non-broadcasting overlay content is received from the broadcasting terminal;
Streaming method. A computer program stored in a computer-readable medium for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 and 19 to 23.

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