KR101979425B1 - Server and method for providing service between defferent kind of devices based on virtual machine, and the device - Google Patents

Abstract

A service providing server for providing a service to a terminal, the service providing server comprising: a request signal receiving unit for receiving a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from a first terminal; a template searching unit for searching for a resource allocation template corresponding to the service, A virtual machine generation unit for generating at least one or more virtual machines for providing services to the second terminal based on the retrieved template, and a generated virtual machine.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a service providing server and method for providing services between different types of terminals using a virtual machine,

The present invention relates to a service providing server and method for providing services between different types of terminals, and more particularly, to a service providing server and method for providing services between different terminals around a user terminal by creating a virtual machine for a predetermined service requested from the user terminal And a service providing server.

N Screen (Screen) service is a service that enables independent use of various services such as TV, PC, Tablet PC, or smart phone, and to utilize services based on users or contents. In this N screen service, there are provided a technique of simultaneously reproducing the same content from a plurality of devices of various kinds, and a technique of seamlessly reproducing (reproducing) content reproduced by any one of a plurality of devices from other devices among a plurality of devices And so on. In this regard, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2010-0108090, which is a prior art, discloses a configuration in which media contents among different types of terminals are multiplexed and provided.

Meanwhile, cloud computing technology is developing with the development of broadband infrastructure including fiber to the home (FTTH) and virtualization technology. By using cloud computing technology, various kinds of work can be performed while connected to a network even in a terminal without computing resources by utilizing the computing resources existing in the network. In order to overcome the limitation of the resolution of the mobile terminal, a method of reproducing the content using a video display device supporting high resolution around the mobile terminal is required.

In order to overcome the limited screen size of the mobile terminal, a high-resolution image display device having no computing resources around the mobile terminal is desired to provide the service through the mobile terminal. Also, a service provided to a video display device is controlled through a user's mobile terminal. The virtual machine is created considering the characteristics of each terminal, and the service is provided using the created virtual machine. It is to be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including a request signal receiver for receiving a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from a first terminal, A template search unit for searching for an allocation template, a virtual machine creation unit for creating at least one or more virtual machines for providing a service to a second terminal based on the searched template, and a service providing server including the created virtual machine have.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for transmitting a service request, the method including receiving a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from a first terminal, searching for a resource allocation template corresponding to the service based on the received request signal, Generating at least one virtual machine that provides a service to the second terminal, and providing the service to the second terminal through the virtual machine.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a service providing server, comprising: a signal transmitting unit for transmitting a request signal requesting a service providing server to provide a predetermined service to a video display device; An information transferring unit for transferring device information of an adjacent image display device to a virtual machine based on a search result of a device search unit for receiving a request for device information of the device and searching for an adjacent image display device based on the received request, And a control signal transmitter for transmitting a control signal requesting control of the virtual machine to the virtual machine.

According to any one of the above objects of the present invention, a service providing server and method for providing a service through a video display device supporting a high resolution adjacent to the terminal when a service is requested through the terminal can be provided. Also, since the service is provided through the video display device, the inconvenience due to the limited resolution of the terminal can be solved, and the service provided to the video display device can be controlled using the user terminal. A virtual machine can be created in consideration of characteristics of each terminal, and a service can be provided using the created virtual machine.

1 is a configuration diagram of a service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a configuration diagram of the service providing server shown in FIG.
3 is a configuration diagram of the virtual machine shown in FIG.
4 is a configuration diagram of any one of the terminals shown in FIG.
5 is an operation diagram illustrating a service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an operation diagram showing a step of providing the service shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

When a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part throughout the specification, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" with another part in between. Also, when an element is referred to as " comprising ", it means that it can include other elements, not excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a configuration diagram of a service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a service providing system includes a first terminal 31 and a second terminal 32 connected to a service providing server 10 and a service providing server 10 via a network 20.

The network 20 means a connection structure in which information can be exchanged between respective nodes such as a plurality of terminals and servers. The network 20 is composed of the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a Wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network) But are not limited to, networks such as Wide Area Network (WAN), Personal Area Network (PAN), and Mobile Radio Communication Network.

The first terminal 31 may be implemented as a portable terminal capable of accessing a remote server through a network. Here, the portable terminal is a mobile communication device with guaranteed portability and mobility. For example, the portable terminal may be a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communication (GSM), a personal digital cellular (PDC) PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-CDMA (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) ), And the like, for example.

The second terminal 32 may include an image display device supporting high resolution that can be connected via a network. For example, a video projector such as a beam projector, a TV, an IPTV, or a smart TV. However, the first terminal 31 and the second terminal 32 of the present application are not limited to those shown in FIG.

The service providing server 10 may receive a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from the first terminal 31. [ The predetermined service may be, for example, a game, a movie viewing, a document creation, a real time broadcast stream, a VOD (Video On Demand), etc., and receives a request signal for requesting various services from a user's smartphone or smart pad can do.

Also, the service providing server 10 can search for a resource allocation template corresponding to the service based on the received request signal. For example, a template corresponding to a game service or a VOD service request received from a user's smartphone can be searched.

Then, the service providing server 10 can create a virtual machine based on the retrieved template, and provide the service to the second terminal 32 through the generated virtual machine. The second terminal 32 may be a video display device without a computing resource such as a beam project or a TV and the service providing server 10 may transmit the VOD service requested from the user's smartphone through the generated virtual machine It can be provided to the user's beam projector.

The operation of the service providing server 10 will be described in detail below.

2 is a configuration diagram of the service providing server 10 shown in FIG. 2, the service providing server 10 includes a request signal receiving unit 11, a template searching unit 12, a virtual machine generating unit 13, and a generated virtual machine 14. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made based on the constituent elements shown in FIG. 2, which are well known to those skilled in the art.

The request signal receiving unit 11 may receive a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from the first terminal 31. The first terminal 31 may be a user's mobile terminal, and the predetermined service may be any one of a game, a document operation, a broadcast stream service, a VOD service, and a picture viewing service. For example, the request signal receiving unit 11 may receive a request signal for requesting a VOD service from a user's smartphone or smart pad. The request signal may include at least one of resolution information of the first terminal 31 and user requirement information of the first terminal 31 user. For example, when requesting a VOD service of a foreign movie from a user, the requirement of the user may require that the VOD service be provided without subtitles translated into Korean.

In addition, the request signal receiving unit 11 may receive a request signal from the first terminal 31 to request the generation of the virtual machine 14. For example, the creation request of the virtual machine 14 receives a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from the user's smartphone, and thereafter transmits the request signal from the user's smart phone to the virtual machine ( Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 14 < / RTI >

The template searching unit 12 can search for a resource allocation template corresponding to the service based on the received request signal. The template search unit 12 can search for a resource allocation template optimized for the VOD service among various preset templates based on the received VOD service request signal, for example, and allocate resources. At this time, the resource allocation template is a format or framework used for creating the virtual machine 14 for providing various different services, and is a computer resource such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) A GUI (Graphical User Interface) information corresponding to a setting value or a service preset to correspond to the service.

The virtual machine generation unit 13 may generate at least one or more virtual machines 14 that provide services to the second terminal 32 based on the retrieved template. Here, the second terminal 32 may be an image display device. For example, the virtual machine generation unit 13 may generate a virtual machine 14 for providing a VOD service to a user's beam projector based on a template optimized for the VOD service searched for.

The generated virtual machine 14 may provide the requested service from the first terminal 31 to the second terminal 32. [ The operation of the virtual machine 14 will be described in detail below.

3 is a configuration diagram of the virtual machine shown in FIG. 3, the virtual machine 14 includes a content searching unit 141, a device information receiving unit 142, a content converting unit 143, a content providing unit 144, and a content controlling unit 145.

The content retrieval unit 141 can retrieve content necessary for providing a service based on the request signal received from the first terminal 31. [ For example, it is possible to search foreign movie contents among the contents related to the VOD service requested by the user.

The device information collecting unit 142 may receive the device information of the at least one second terminal 32 adjacent to the first terminal 31 from the first terminal 31. [ The device information may include at least one of a network address used by the second terminal 32 and resolution information of the second terminal 32. [ For the retrieval of the second terminal 32, short-range communication such as WiFi may be used. For example, a smartphone of a user may be used to search for a video display device such as a beam projector or a TV adjacent to the user, and the device information collecting unit 142 may acquire resolution and network information of the video display device And can receive the device information including the information.

The content conversion unit 143 may convert the retrieved content corresponding to the device information based on the received device information. In other words, the content conversion unit 143 may convert the content corresponding to the device information of the second terminal 32 received by the device information collection unit 142 from the content retrieved from the content retrieval unit 141. In addition, the content conversion unit 143 may change the resolution by transcoding the retrieved content, and may insert the additional information according to the user requirement information included in the request signal of the first terminal 31. For example, one of the searched foreign movie contents can be transcoded by transcoding to correspond to the resolution of the beam projector or TV, and the user requirement information The contents can be converted by subtracting the subtitles translated into Korean.

Also, the content conversion unit 143 may generate preview content corresponding to the resolution of the first terminal 31 from the searched content. The preview content may be, for example, converted content corresponding to the resolution of the smartphone of the user.

The content providing unit 144 may provide the converted content to the second terminal 32. [ And provide the generated preview content to the first terminal 31. [ For example, the content providing unit may provide the converted content corresponding to the resolution of the previously converted beam projector to the beam projector of the user through the network address included in the device information, and transmit the preview content corresponding to the resolution of the smart phone to the user Of smartphones.

The content control unit 145 may control the content provided to the second terminal 32 based on a control signal for controlling the content provided to the second terminal 32 received from the first terminal 31. [ The control signal received from the first terminal 31 is a control signal based on the preview content provided to the first terminal 31. The content control unit 145 receives the control signal and transmits the content being provided to the second terminal 32 Can be controlled. For example, the content control unit 145 can receive a control signal for controlling contents such as playback, pause, fast forward, rewind, and the like of the corresponding contents through the preview contents provided to the smartphone from the smartphone of the user, And control the content being provided to the beam projector based on the control signal.

4 is a configuration diagram of any one of the terminals shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 4, the terminal includes a signal transmission unit 311, a device search unit 312, an information transmission unit 313, and a control signal transmission unit 314.

The signal transmitting unit 311 may transmit a request signal to the service providing server 10 requesting to provide a predetermined service to the video display device. For example, the signal transmitting unit 311 may transmit a request signal for requesting a VOD service to an adjacent video display device to the service providing server 10.

The device search unit 312 receives a request for device information of a video display device adjacent to the terminal from the virtual machine 14 generated in the service providing server 10 and searches for an adjacent video display device based on the received request have. The video display device can be searched by using one of communication means such as Wi-fi, Bluetooth (Blue Tooth) or ZigBee communication. For example, the device search unit 312 can search for a beam projector adjacent to the terminal using Wi-Fi communication.

The information transmitting unit 313 can transmit the device information of the adjacent video display device to the virtual machine 14 based on the search result. The device information may be the resolution of the retrieved video display device or the network address being used.

The control signal transmitter 314 may transmit a control signal requesting control of the video display device to the virtual machine 14. The control signal may be based on the preview content transmitted from the virtual machine 14 and the control signal transmitter 14 may transmit the control signal to the virtual machine 14. [ For example, the user can request the video control such as playback, pause, rewind, and fast forward of the content provided to the video display device using the preview content.

In this manner, any one of the terminals shown in FIG. 4 requests the service providing server 10 shown in FIG. 1 for a service and requests control of the content provided to the video display device. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the service providing server 10 shown in FIG. 1 are applied to the operation of the terminal shown in FIG. In other words, what is not explained in connection with the terminal of FIG. 4 is that the service providing server 10 receives the service request from the terminal through the FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 and describes the operation of providing the service to the video display device And will be omitted herein since they can be easily deduced by those skilled in the art from the same or described contents.

5 is an operation diagram illustrating a service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The service providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the service providing server 10 shown in FIG. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the service providing server 10 shown in FIG. 2 are also applied to the service providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5, a method of providing a service from a service providing server 10 to a terminal includes receiving a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from the first terminal 31 (S501) (S502), and generates at least one or more virtual machines 14 that provide services to the second terminal 32 based on the searched templates (S503), and generates the generated virtual machines 14 14 to the second terminal 32 (S504). Here, the first terminal 31 may be a mobile terminal of a user, and the second terminal 32 may be an image display device.

The step of providing service to the second terminal 32 through the generated virtual machine is described in more detail below.

FIG. 6 is an operation diagram showing a step of providing a service through the virtual machine 14 shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 6, a content required for service provision is searched (S601) based on a service request signal received from the first terminal 31, and the first terminal 31 transmits, to the first terminal 31, (S602) of the second terminal (32) of the second terminal (32) adjacent to the first terminal (31) and analyzing the received device information to match the device information of the second terminal The content is converted (S603). At this time, the preview content corresponding to the resolution of the first terminal 31 can be generated based on the resolution information of the first terminal 31 included in the request signal received in step S601. Thereafter, the converted content is provided to the second terminal 32 (S604), and the generated preview content is provided to the first terminal 31. [ The first terminal 31 receives a control signal for controlling the content provided to the second terminal 32, and controls the content provided to the second terminal 32 (S605). The first terminal may request control of the content being provided to the second terminal 32 using the provided preview content.

However, the method of providing the service to the second terminal using the virtual machine shown in FIG. 6 is not interpreted as an embodiment of the present invention.

The service providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 5 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention .

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Claims (17)

A service providing server for providing a service to a terminal,
A request signal receiver for receiving a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from the first terminal;
A template search unit searching a resource allocation template corresponding to the service based on the received request signal;
A virtual machine generation unit for generating at least one or more virtual machines for providing the service to a second terminal based on the searched template; And
The generated virtual machine including:
The virtual machine includes:
A device information receiver for receiving device information including at least one of a network address used by at least one of the second terminals adjacent to the first terminal and resolution information of the second terminal from the first terminal;
And a content conversion unit for converting content necessary for providing the predetermined service based on the received device information.
The method according to claim 1,
The virtual machine includes:
A contents retrieval unit for retrieving contents necessary for providing a service based on a request signal received from the first terminal;
A content providing unit for providing the converted content to a second terminal; And
And a content control unit for controlling the content provided to the second terminal based on a control signal for controlling the content provided to the second terminal received from the first terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the service is any one of a game, a document operation, a broadcast stream service, a video on demand (VOD) service, and a photo view service.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first terminal is a mobile terminal of a user,
Wherein the second terminal is a video display device,
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the request signal receiving unit receives a request signal for requesting generation of the virtual machine from the first terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the request signal includes at least one of resolution information of the first terminal and user requirement information of the first terminal user,
delete 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the content conversion unit generates preview content corresponding to the resolution of the first terminal from the searched content.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the content conversion unit changes the resolution by transcoding the content and inserts additional information according to user requirement information included in the request signal of the first terminal.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the content providing unit provides the generated preview content to the first terminal.
A method for providing a service from a service providing server to a terminal,
Receiving a request signal for requesting a predetermined service from a first terminal;
Searching for a resource allocation template corresponding to the service based on the received request signal;
Creating at least one virtual machine that provides the service to a second terminal based on the retrieved template; And
Providing the service to the second terminal through the virtual machine,
Wherein providing the service to the second terminal in the virtual machine comprises:
Receiving device information including at least one of a network address used by at least one second terminal adjacent to the first terminal and resolution information of the second terminal from the first terminal; And
And converting the content required for providing the predetermined service based on the received device information.
12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein providing the service to the second terminal in the virtual machine comprises:
Retrieving contents necessary for providing the service based on a service request signal received from the first terminal;
Providing the converted content to a second terminal; And
Receiving a control signal for controlling the content provided to the second terminal from the first terminal and controlling the content provided to the second terminal.
13. The method of claim 12,
And generating preview content corresponding to the resolution of the first terminal from the retrieved contents in the step of converting the contents.
14. The method of claim 13,
And providing the generated preview content to the first terminal.
A terminal for requesting a service from a service providing server,
A signal transmission unit for transmitting a request signal requesting the service providing server to provide a predetermined service to the video display device;
A device search unit for receiving a request for device information of a video display device adjacent to the terminal from a virtual machine generated in the service providing server and searching for the adjacent video display device based on the received request;
An information transmitter for transmitting device information including at least one of a network address used in the adjacent video display device and resolution information of the adjacent video display device to the virtual machine based on the search result; And
And a control signal transmitter for transmitting a control signal requesting control of the image display device to the virtual machine,
Wherein the content necessary for providing the predetermined service is converted based on the received device information.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the device searching unit searches the image display device using any one of a Wi-Fi, a Bluetooth (Blue Tooth), and a ZigBee communication.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the control signal transmitting unit transmits a control signal to the virtual machine based on the preview content transmitted from the virtual machine.

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