KR102143765B1 - Apparatus and method for displaying dramatic moments of contents - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for displaying main scenes of content. The control method of a content playback terminal according to the present invention includes the steps of transmitting a request signal for a main scene list corresponding to the specific content to a content management server when a user's request for a main scene list is detected while playing a specific content; Controlling the received main scene list to be displayed when a main scene list corresponding to the specific content is received from the content management server according to the main scene list request signal; Transmitting a first major scene request signal corresponding to a major scene item selected by a user from among at least one major scene item included in the major scene list to the content management server; And controlling the first main scene content received according to the first main scene request signal from the content management server to be displayed.

Description

Apparatus and method for displaying main scenes of content {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DRAMATIC MOMENTS OF CONTENTS}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for displaying main scenes of content, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for allowing a viewer to view the main scenes included in the corresponding content back in time while viewing the content. .

When watching live sports broadcasts, viewers often want to see major game scenes from past game scenes again.

To this end, conventionally, the broadcasting station transmits and shows the main scenes of the game that passed in the middle of the game. In this case, since the broadcasting station selects the main scenes, it is insufficient to reflect the needs of various viewers.

For example, a person who has watched a baseball broadcast from the beginning may want to watch the current game progress rather than seeing the previous major scenes, and those who have watched it from the end of the 5th will see the main situation of the game that occurred from the 1st to the 5th. You may want to watch it.

In particular, as described above, viewers who watched from the middle of a sporting event or viewers who watched the beginning of a game and skipped the middle part due to other things to watch may want to be able to collectively see the past major events that they did not see. However, in the past, there has not been a service that reflects the various needs of each viewer and considers user convenience.

Registered Patent No. 10-1094553

The present invention was conceived to solve the above-described problems and disadvantages of the prior art, and its object is to provide an apparatus and method for allowing a user to directly select and check main scenes of content while watching a predetermined content, particularly real-time broadcasting content. Is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, the content reproducing terminal according to the present invention provides a list request for transmitting a main scene list request signal corresponding to the specific content to a content management server when a user's request for a main scene list is detected while playing a specific content. Wealth; A list display unit for controlling the received main scene list to be displayed when a main scene list corresponding to the specific content is received from the content management server according to a main scene list request signal of the list request unit; A main scene request unit for transmitting a first main scene request signal corresponding to a main scene item selected by a user from among at least one main scene item included in the main scene list to the content management server; And a content display unit for controlling the display of the first major scene content received from the content management server according to the first major scene request signal.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the content management server according to the present invention, when a request signal for a main scene list corresponding to the specific content is received from a content playback terminal that is playing a specific content, the main scene corresponding to the specific content A list providing unit for transmitting a main scene list including the plurality of main scene items in a preset order to the content playback terminal when there are a plurality of items; When a first major scene request signal corresponding to a major scene item selected by a user among at least one major scene item included in the major scene list is received from the content playback terminal, a first major scene request signal is received from the first major scene request signal. The scene item identification information is extracted, the first main scene content corresponding to the extracted first main scene item identification information is transmitted to the content playback terminal, and the main scene item corresponding to the next order of the main scene item selected by the user. And a content transmission unit that automatically selects a scene item and transmits a second main scene content corresponding to the main scene item of the next automatically selected sequence after transmission of the first main scene content.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the control method of the content playback terminal according to the present invention, when a user's request for a main scene list is detected while playing a specific content, a request signal for a main scene list corresponding to the specific content Transmitting; Controlling the received main scene list to be displayed when a main scene list corresponding to the specific content is received from the content management server according to the main scene list request signal; Transmitting a first major scene request signal corresponding to a major scene item selected by a user from among at least one major scene item included in the major scene list to the content management server; And controlling the first main scene content received from the content management server to be displayed according to the first main scene request signal.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, a control method of a content management server according to the present invention includes the steps of: receiving a main scene list request signal corresponding to the specific content from a content playback terminal that is playing a specific content; When there are a plurality of main scene items corresponding to the specific content, transmitting a main scene list including the plurality of main scene items in a preset order to the content playback terminal; Receiving a first major scene request signal corresponding to a major scene item selected by a user from among at least one major scene item included in the major scene list from the content playback terminal; Extracting first main scene item identification information from the first main scene request signal, transmitting first main scene content corresponding to the extracted first main scene item identification information to the content playback terminal, and by the user Automatically selecting a main scene item corresponding to the next order of the selected main scene item, and transmitting the second main scene content corresponding to the main scene item of the next automatically selected order after the transmission of the first main scene content It is made including steps.

As described above, according to the present invention, a viewer who has watched a live sports broadcast can view a main scene of a past game together with the live sports broadcast according to his or her choice.

In particular, if the viewer simply selects a specific main scene, the main scenes after that are automatically played back, so there is no need to directly select the main scene each time.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an entire communication system including a content playback terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a functional block diagram of the content playback terminal of FIG. 1;
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed in each step on a display unit of the content playback terminal of FIG. 1;
4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the'progress bar' shown in FIG. 3(c),
5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating a communication and control flow between a content playback terminal and a content management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing a functional block of a content management server according to another embodiment of the present invention,
8 is a diagram illustrating a control flow of a content management server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, each embodiment according to the present invention is merely an example for aiding understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. In particular, the present invention may be configured with a combination of at least one or more of individual configurations, individual functions, or individual steps included in each embodiment.

In particular, for convenience, some claims in the claims include alphabets such as'(a)' for convenience, but such alphabets do not prescribe the order of each step.

In addition, each signal mentioned in each embodiment according to the present invention may mean one signal transmitted by one connection or the like, but may also mean a series of signal groups transmitted for the purpose of performing a specific function to be described later. . That is, in each embodiment, a plurality of signals transmitted at a predetermined time interval or transmitted after receiving a response signal from a counterpart device may be expressed as one signal name for convenience.

A schematic configuration of an entire communication system including a content management server 200 and a content playback terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 1.

First, the content management server 200 performs a function of managing a main scene list corresponding to a specific content played in the content playback terminal 100.

Here, the main scene list includes at least one main scene item, and the main scene item includes information that enables identification of each main scene of a specific content being played on the content playback terminal 100, for example, a main scene. The time information or the main scene frame number may be included.

In addition, the content management server 200 may also perform a function of managing main scene contents corresponding to each main scene of a specific content.

Here, managing the main scene content corresponding to the specific content includes not only the case of managing the main scene content corresponding to the specific content as individual files, but also the case of managing the temporal location corresponding to the main scene among specific contents.

For example, when a specific content is a real-time live broadcast, the content management server 200 may record the real-time live broadcast and manage main scenes of the recorded broadcast content based on time information. In this case, the main scene content is not managed as a separate file, but is managed as a part of the recorded broadcast content (ie, a frame included in the broadcast content).

When the content management server 200 receives a request signal for a main scene list corresponding to a specific content from the content playback terminal 100, the main scene list corresponding to the specific content is extracted or dynamically generated, and the extracted or dynamically generated It performs a function of transmitting the main scene list to the content playback terminal 100.

For example, the above-described main scene list or main scene item can be managed by matching the identification information of each content. If content identification information is included in the main scene list request signal received from the content playback terminal 100 The management server 200 may extract or generate a main scene list matched with the corresponding content identification information and transmit it to the content playback terminal 100.

In addition, as will be described later, a user of the content playback terminal 100 selects one of the major scene items included in the major scene list, and requests a first major scene corresponding to the selected major scene item from the content playback terminal 100. When a signal is received, the content management server 200 also performs a function of extracting the first major scene content corresponding to the first major scene request signal and transmitting it to the content playback terminal 100.

The first main scene request signal received from the content playback terminal 100 may include an identifier corresponding to the main scene item selected by the user. As mentioned above, when each main scene content is managed as a separate file, the content The first main scene request signal received from the playback terminal 100 may include a file name of the main scene content selected by the user as an identifier.

As another example, when each main scene content is managed as a part of the recorded content, the first main scene request signal received from the content playback terminal 100 may include a start time for the main scene selected by the user.

For example, if the recorded content is for 1 hour and the main scene selected by the user is from 25 minutes to 30 minutes, the first main scene request signal received from the content playback terminal 100 includes the start of the corresponding main scene. The time of '25 minutes' may be included.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the first main scene request signal may further include an end time ('30 minutes' in the above example) for the main scene selected by the user.

In addition, the first main scene request signal may include identification information on the content currently being viewed by the user of the content playback terminal 100.

As described above, when the first major scene request signal includes time information on the major scene selected by the user, the content management server 200 starts from a frame at a location corresponding to the time information from the previously stored recorded content corresponding to the specific content. It can be extracted (ie, corresponding to the first main scene content) and transmitted to the content playback terminal 100 in a streaming method.

In addition, after transmitting the first main scene content as described above, the content management server 200 receives the second main scene request signal from the content playback terminal 100, as in the case of the first main scene content. 2 The main scene content may be extracted and transmitted to the content playback terminal 100.

On the other hand, the content playback terminal 100 performs a function of playing a specific content and displays a list of main scenes from the content management server 200 as described above, and also performs a function of receiving and playing the main scene content. , For example, it may be a portable wireless communication terminal such as a smartphone, or may correspond to a set-top box connected to a separate display device and a cable.

However, in this embodiment, for convenience, it is assumed that the content playback terminal 100 is a smart phone having the display unit 150.

Detailed functional blocks of the content playback terminal 100 are as shown in FIG. 2.

As shown in the figure, the content playback terminal 100 includes a main scene list request unit 110, a main scene list display unit 120, a main scene request unit 130, a content display unit 140, and a display unit 150. , It may be configured to include the input unit 160.

First, the input unit 160 receives various request inputs or control inputs from a user, and may include, for example, at least one button or a touch pad that senses a touch input.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that various manipulations of the user's content playback terminal 100 are input through the input unit 160 unless otherwise noted.

The display unit 150 displays various menus and information according to the manipulation of the content playback terminal 100, and in particular, performs a function of displaying various contents played by the content playback terminal 100.

The display unit 150 may include, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) that consumes less power, and may be configured as a touch screen integrated with a touch pad that is an example of the input unit 160 above.

The main scene list request unit 110 transmits a main scene list request signal corresponding to the specific content to the content management server 200 when a user's main scene list request through the input unit 160 is detected during playback of a specific content. Performs the function of

Here, the specific content being played in the content playback terminal 100 at the present time may be VOD (Video On Demand) content received from a predetermined external server (not shown), but in this embodiment, real-time broadcast (live broadcast) ) For example, it is content.

For example, when broadcasting a baseball game live from a broadcasting station, the content playback terminal 100 can receive and play the baseball game broadcast through a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) module. For reference, an example in which a live baseball game broadcast is displayed as a full area 151 on the content playback terminal 100 is illustrated in FIG. 3(a).

As such, when a request for a main scene list by a user's touch input or the like is detected while a specific content is being played, the main scene list request unit 110 sends a main scene list request signal including information on the specific content currently being played. It can be transmitted to the content management server 200.

Here, the content information included in the main scene list request signal may be, for example, a content unique identification number, or may be channel information of the content currently being played.

When the main scene list display unit 120 receives the main scene list corresponding to the specific content from the content management server 200 according to the main scene list request signal of the main scene list request unit 110, the received main scene list is displayed. It performs the function of controlling to be possible.

The main scene list includes at least one main scene item, and the main scene item may include information for identifying each main scene. For example, the main scene item may include a main scene name or a file name of the main scene content, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in which the main scene content is stored, or time information corresponding to the main scene.

When a plurality of main scene items are included in the main scene list, the main scene items may be arranged according to a preset order.

In the present embodiment, for example, each main scene item is arranged in the main scene list in chronological order.

The main scene list display unit 120 may display a main scene list in one of an area in which a playback screen of a specific content is displayed at the present time and an area that is distinct from an area in which a playback screen of a specific content is displayed. , An example in which the content playback screen 151 and the main scene list 152 are overlapped and displayed is shown in FIG. 3(b).

On the other hand, when the user's event selection input is detected, the main scene list display unit 120 displays only the main scene items corresponding to the user's event selection among the main scene items included in the main scene list received from the content management server 200. Can be marked selectively.

For example, when an event feeling related to a'hit' of a baseball game is set according to a user's request, the main scene list display unit 120 includes a'hit' among the main scene items included in the main scene list received from the content management server 200. Only the main scene items related to 'can be selectively displayed.

To this end, the main scene items included in the main scene list received from the content management server 200 must include information on the event type such as'hit'.

Of course, the above-described process may be requested in advance before the main scene list is received from the content management server 200.

That is, when event information according to the user's selection is included in the main scene list request signal transmitted by the aforementioned main scene list request unit 110 to the content management server 200, the content management server 200 The main scene list including only the main scene items corresponding to the information may be extracted and included, and transmitted to the content playback terminal 100.

The main scene request unit 130 performs a function of transmitting a first main scene request signal corresponding to the main scene item selected by the user among at least one main scene item included in the main scene list to the content management server 200 do.

For example, when the user selects a main scene item located in the second of a plurality of main scene items included in the main scene list, the main scene request unit 130 includes the identification information of the second main scene item. 1 The main scene request signal can be transmitted to the content management server 200.

In addition, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the main scene item corresponding to the next sequence number of the main scene item selected by the user is automatically selected, and the second main scene request signal corresponding to the main scene item in the next sequence number is automatically selected. A function of transmitting to the server 200 may also be performed, and a more detailed description thereof will be provided later.

The content display unit 140 performs a function of reproducing various types of content to be displayed on the display unit 150. For example, the content display unit 140 receives and plays broadcast content from a broadcasting station. , It is possible to receive and play the main scene content from the content management server 200.

For example, the content display unit 140 may receive and play a live baseball broadcast, and play and display main scene content corresponding to the live baseball broadcast together with the live baseball broadcast.

Although the above-described specific content and main scene content may be received from the same server, in this embodiment, for convenience, specific content is received and played from a separate broadcasting station server (not shown), and the main scene content is the content management server 200 For example, receiving from

Of course, in this case, the content management server 200 may generate main scene content corresponding to the specific content in connection with the server that transmits the specific content.

Specifically, the content display unit 140 performs a function of controlling to display the first main scene content received according to the aforementioned first main scene request signal from the content management server 200.

As described above, the first main scene content corresponds to the main scene item selected by the user.

In this case, the content display unit 140 may control the playback screen of the specific content and the playback screen of the first main scene content to be simultaneously displayed.

For example, when a first major scene content is received from the content management server 200 while a specific content is displayed on a full screen, the content display unit 140 displays the first major scene content as full. The specific content playback screen displayed on the screen 151 and previously displayed may be superimposed on a portion 153 of the area where the first main scene content is displayed in a reduced form.

This display form is shown in Fig. 3(c).

Referring to Fig. 3(c), the first main scene content corresponding to the first main scene item selected by the user in Fig. 3(b) is displayed as a full area 151, some of which It can be seen that at 153, a specific content playback screen, which was displayed as the full area 151 in FIG. 3(a), is displayed.

Of course, the content display unit 140 does not overlap display as described above, but divides the screen display area so that the playback screen of the first major scene content is displayed in one of the areas, and the other area displays the specific content previously being played. You can also display the playback screen.

Certain content may not be displayed for playback depending on the user's selection.

For example, when the user selects the'end' button (not shown) included in the area 153 in which specific content is displayed, the content display unit 140 displays only the first main scene content in the full area. It can also be displayed at (151).

As another example, when the user selects the'expand' button (not shown) included in the area 153 in which specific content is displayed, the content display unit 140 ends the display of the first main scene content and The content may be displayed in the full area 151.

In addition, the content display unit 140 may control the display of the'progress bar 154' indicating the playback time of the first main scene content. Here, the so-called'progress bar 154' is a playback time point ( 155), the functions and forms of the'progress bar 154' itself displaying the playback time point correspond to known techniques, and thus a more detailed description thereof will be omitted.

However, in the present embodiment, at least one of the time zone marks corresponding to each of the main scene items included in the main scene list as well as the current playback time 155 may be further displayed on the'progress bar 154'. .

For example, 5 main scene items are included in the main scene list, and each time information corresponding to the main scene items is (1)00:03:00~00:04:20, (2)00:12 :14~00:15:10, (3)00:58:18~01:02:20, (4)01:15:44~01:17:10, (5)01:31:31~01: Assuming that it is 33:00, when the user selects the third main scene item among them, the content display unit 140 as well as the time zone mark 156 corresponding to the third main scene item as shown in FIG. 4, Time zone marks 157 and 158 corresponding to major scene items (fourth major scene item, fifth major scene item) after that can be displayed.

Here, the time zone mark 156 corresponding to the third main scene item is a time zone mark of 00:58:18 ~ 01:02:20, referring to the above example, and the time zone mark corresponding to the fourth main scene item (157) represents the time domain from 01:15:44 to 01:17:10, and the time zone marker (158) corresponding to the fifth major scene item is the time domain from 01:31:31 to 01:33:00 Is to represent.

Meanwhile, the main scene items included in the main scene list may include a plurality of sub-items, and the time zone mark corresponding to each of the main scene items in the'progress bar 154' is a sub-item included in each main scene item. Among them, it may correspond to the sub-item with the earliest time.

As shown in Fig. 3(b), the main scene list only includes a baseball game as a main scene item, but if several main scenes occur in each episode, the main scene of each such meeting can be a sub item. have.

For example, in Fig. 3(b), a main scene item called'[End 4] Main Situation' is displayed, but in this'[End 4] Main Situation', a scene where a pitcher explodes, a scene where a runner steals and fails, a batter The sub-item corresponding to each scene of hitting a home run may be included.

These sub-items may not be displayed on the main scene list as shown in FIG. 3(b), or each sub-item may be displayed as a separate selection item on the main scene list.

If the sub-item is not displayed on the main scene list, the user cannot directly select the sub-item, but can only select a main scene item including a plurality of sub-items.

At this time, the above-described'progress bar 154' may display a sub-item with the earliest time among a plurality of sub-items included in the main scene item selected by the user, that is, a mark corresponding to the sub-item that occurs first.

In the above-described embodiment, the'progress bar 154' shown in Fig. 3(c) appears after the user selects a specific main scene item in Fig. 3(b), but without the process of Fig. 3(b) When a request for a list of main scenes from a user is detected in a state as shown in FIG. 3(a), the content playback terminal 100 may be in a state as in FIG. 3(c).

In this case, the user selects any one of the specific time zone marks 156, 157, 158 included in the'progress bar 154' of FIG. 3(c), so that the corresponding main scene content is displayed in the full screen area of the content playback terminal 100 ( 151).

As another example, when a user's request for a list of main scenes is detected in a state as shown in FIG. 3(a), the content playback terminal 100 displays the list of main items 152 shown in FIG. 3(b) and FIG. 3(c). The'progress bar 154' may be displayed at the same time.

At this time, according to the user's selection, the content playback terminal 100 may display only one of the main item list 152 shown in FIG. 3(b) and the'progress bar 154' shown in FIG. 3(c). to be.

As described above, when the content corresponding to the main scene item is played according to the selection of one of the main scene items in the main scene list, as described above, the content playback terminal 100 returns the next main scene. After automatically selecting an item, requesting and receiving the content management server 200, the next main scene content may be displayed.

In this way, the process of automatically selecting the main scene item in the next sequence and playing it back allows a content viewer to view only the past major scenes, and can be referred to as a kind of'playback point jump' function.

This'playback point jump' function may be canceled when the user selects a specific position of the'progress bar 154' while watching.

For example, referring to FIG. 4 again, the user selects a location other than the time zone markers 156, 157, 158 corresponding to the main scene items among the areas of the'progress bar 154' while the'playback point jump' function is being performed. In this case, the content playback terminal 100 stops the'playback point jump' function and sequentially plays the content from the position selected by the user.

As another example, when the user selects the position of the time zone mark 157 corresponding to the second major scene item among the areas of the'progress bar 154' while the'playback point jump' function is being performed, the content playback terminal (100) jumps to the corresponding position and plays, and the'playback point jump' function is maintained at this time, so when the playback of the content corresponding to the second main scene item is completed, the time zone mark corresponding to the third main scene item (158) You can perform playback by jumping to the position.

In addition, when jumping to the main scenes by the above-described'playback point jump' function, the content playback terminal 100 may display information on the corresponding main scene.

For example, when starting to play content corresponding to the first major scene item, information corresponding to the first major scene item (e.g., how many times in a baseball game, elapsed game time, pitcher and batter information, etc.) It can be displayed in the center of the screen for a preset time and then disappeared.

Similarly, when the content corresponding to the first major scene item has been played back and the content corresponding to the second major scene item is played, the information corresponding to the second major scene item is displayed in the center of the screen for a preset time. You can make it disappear.

Hereinafter, a process of displaying main scene content by communicating with the content management server 200 by the content playback terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

First, in this embodiment, the content playback terminal 100 receives a live baseball broadcast and plays it on a full screen (step S5), and the content management server 200 records such a live baseball broadcast in real time (step S1). It is assumed that information on the main scene is registered by means of or the like (step S3). For example, when a major scene occurs during a live broadcast, the administrator may register time information of the occurrence of the major scene. It goes without saying that the time information of such a major scene may be received from an external server (not shown).

In this state, when detecting a request for a main scene list from a user (step S7), the content playback terminal 100 transmits a request signal for a main scene list corresponding to a live baseball broadcast to the content management server 200 (step S9).

Accordingly, the content management server 200 generates a main scene list using information on the past main scenes of a live baseball broadcast (step S11), and transmits the generated main scene list to the content playback terminal 100 ( Step S13).

The content playback terminal 100 displays a list of main scenes received from the content management server 200 as shown in FIG. 3(b) (step S15).

Subsequently, when the user selects a specific main scene item included in the main scene list (step S17), the content playback terminal 100 determines the first main scene start time and end time corresponding to the selected main scene item by the content management server ( 200) (step S19). This may be referred to as transmission of the first major scene request signal described above.

The content management server 200 checks the previously recorded baseball broadcast content according to the request of the content playback terminal 100 (step S21), and then extracts frames corresponding to the first main scene start time and end time ( Step S23) The content is transmitted to the content playback terminal 100 in a streaming method (step S25). This may be referred to as transmission of the first main scene content described above.

Meanwhile, the content playback terminal 100 plays the first main scene content received from the content management server 200 on a full screen (step S27), and the baseball live broadcast previously displayed on the full screen is shown in FIG. 3(c). As shown in FIG. 2, a separate sub screen area is created and displayed (step S29).

In the above-described embodiment, a specific content and main scene content corresponding to the specific content are simultaneously displayed on the content playback terminal 100, but only one of them is displayed and switched according to a user's selection (for example, a touch operation). May be.

Hereinafter, a process in which additional main scene content is continuously reproduced after passing through the process of FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

In describing the present embodiment, it is assumed that the main scene list received from the content management server 200 includes a plurality of main scene items matched with preset order information.

When the first main scene content has been played back (step S31), the content playback terminal 100 includes a second main scene corresponding to the next order based on the first main scene item among a plurality of main scene items included in the main scene list. The start time and end time of the scene item are extracted (step S33), and the extracted start time and end time of the second main scene item are transmitted to the content management server 200 (step S35). This corresponds to the transmission of the second main scene request signal described above.

Accordingly, the content management server 200 extracts frames corresponding to the start time and end time of the second main scene item (step S37), and transmits the extracted frame to the content playback terminal 100 in a streaming method (step S39). ). This corresponds to the transmission of the second main scene content described above.

The content reproduction terminal 100 displays the second main scene content received from the content management server 200 on a full screen as described in FIG. 5 (step S41).

The above-described process can be repeated.

That is, when the playback of the second main scene content is completed, the content playback terminal 100 requests the content management server 200 to transmit the third main scene content corresponding to the next sequence, and then from the content management server 200 The received third main scene content can be reproduced and displayed.

Through the above-described process, the user of the content reproducing terminal 100 can re-view the past part of the live broadcast, as well as automatically skip and watch the part other than the main scene.

After such a repetition process, when playback of the last main scene content is completed, the content playback terminal 100 may automatically perform a screen change process to the screen shown in FIG. 3. In other words, it is possible to display a live baseball broadcast in full screen format.

Accordingly, even if the user selects only the main scene item at a specific point in time, main scenes after that point in time may be automatically selected and displayed on the content playback terminal 100.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the automatic selection of the main scene items after the user's selection is performed by the content playback terminal 100 as an example, but such processing may be performed by the content management server 200.

An example of the functional blocks of the content management server 200 ′ performing this function is illustrated in FIG. 7.

As shown in the figure, the functional blocks of the content management server 200 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention include a storage unit 210 ′, a main scene list providing unit 220 ′, and a content transmission unit 230 ′. It can be configured to include.

Each major scene content is stored in the storage unit 210'. As described above, each major scene content may be divided and stored as separate files, or may be stored in the form of some frames of one entire content file. There may be.

When the main scene list providing unit 220 ′ receives a main scene list request signal corresponding to the specific content from the content playback terminal 100 that was playing a specific content, when there are a plurality of main scene items corresponding to the specific content A function of transmitting a main scene list including the plurality of main scene items in a preset order to the content playback terminal 100 is performed.

The content transmission unit 230 ′ performs a function of providing each main scene content according to the request of the content reproducing terminal 100, which will be described in detail as follows.

When a first major scene request signal corresponding to a major scene item selected by a user among at least one major scene item included in the major scene list previously transmitted to the content playback terminal 100 is received from the content playback terminal 100, The content transmission unit 230 ′ extracts first main scene item identification information from the received first main scene request signal, and sends the first main scene content corresponding to the extracted first main scene item identification information to a content playback terminal ( 100).

In addition, the content transmission unit 230 ′ automatically selects the main scene item corresponding to the next order of the main scene item selected by the user, and the main scene item corresponding to the next order is selected in the main scene list. It can be made based on the included order.

Subsequently, the content transmission unit 230 ′ may transmit the second main scene content corresponding to the automatically selected next main scene item after transmission of the first main scene content.

That is, the user of the content reproducing terminal 100 actually selects only the main scene items at a specific point in time, but the content management server 200 ′ successively displays the main scene contents after the point in time selected by the user to the content reproducing terminal 100. To transmit.

The control process of the content management server 200' is illustrated in FIG. 8.

When receiving a request signal for a main scene list corresponding to a specific content from the content playback terminal 100 (step S51), the content management server 200 ′ selects a plurality of main scene items corresponding to the specific content in a preset order ( For example, a list of main scenes included in chronological order is generated (step S53) and transmitted to the content reproduction terminal 100 (step S55).

Thereafter, when the first main scene request signal is received from the content reproduction terminal 100 (step S57), the content management server 200' extracts first main scene identification information from the first main scene request signal (step S57). S59), the first main scene content corresponding thereto is extracted (step S61) and transmitted to the content reproduction terminal 100 (step S63).

When the transmission of the first main scene content is completed (step S65), the content management server 200' automatically selects the main scene item corresponding to the next order of the first main scene item, that is, the second main scene item. (Step S67).

As described above, the confirmation of the next sequence number may be based on a time sequence corresponding to each major scene item.

Subsequently, the content management server 200' extracts the second main scene content (step S69) and transmits it to the content reproduction terminal 100 (step S71).

Meanwhile, it goes without saying that the process of performing each of the above-described embodiments may be performed by a program or application stored in a predetermined recording medium (eg, computer-readable). Here, the recording medium includes all of an electronic recording medium such as a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk, and an optical recording medium such as a compact disk (CD).

In this case, the program stored in the recording medium may be executed on hardware such as a computer or a smart phone to perform each of the above-described embodiments. In particular, at least one of the functional blocks of the content playback terminal and the content management server according to the present invention may be implemented by such a program or application.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but can be implemented by various modifications and modifications without departing from the gist of the present invention. It will be apparent that such modifications and modifications are included in the present invention if they fall within the appended claims.

100: content playback terminal 200: content management server
110: main scene list request unit 120: main scene list display unit
130: main scene request unit 140: content display unit
150: display unit 160: input unit
210: storage unit 220: main scene list providing unit
230: content transmission unit

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(a) when a request for a main scene list from a user is detected while playing and displaying a specific content in a display pool area, transmitting a request signal for a main scene list corresponding to the specific content to a content management server;
(b) controlling the received main scene list to be displayed when a main scene list corresponding to the specific content is received from the content management server according to the main scene list request signal;
(c) transmitting a first major scene request signal corresponding to a major scene item selected by a user from among at least one major scene item included in the major scene list to the content management server;
(d) When the first main scene content is received from the content management server according to the first main scene request signal, the first main scene content is displayed in the display pool area and the specific content is displayed in the display pool area. Controlling to be superimposed on a part of the display;
(e) The main scene list received from the content management server in step (b) includes a plurality of major scene items in a preset order, and the first received from the content management server in step (d) When playback of the main scene content is finished, the main scene item corresponding to the next order of the main scene item selected by the user in step (c) is automatically selected, 2 transmitting a main scene request signal to the content management server;
(f) controlling the second main scene content received from the content management server according to the second main scene request signal of step (e) to be displayed in the display pool area instead of the first main scene content; and ;
(g) After the process of automatically selecting the main scene item in step (e) and the process of displaying the main scene content in step (f) are repeated, the main scene content corresponding to the last main scene item included in the main scene list is displayed. And performing screen processing to automatically display the specific content displayed on a portion of the display pool area when the playback of the content is completed. delete The method of claim 1,
The step of controlling to display a'progress bar' indicating a playback time of the first main scene content,
And at least one of time zone marks corresponding to each of the main scene items included in the main scene list is further displayed on the'progress bar'. The method of claim 1,
In the step (b), controlling the main scene list to be displayed in one of an area in which the playback screen of the specific content is displayed and an area distinguished from the area in which the playback screen of the specific content is displayed. A method for controlling a content playback terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
(e) The main scene list received from the content management server in step (b) includes a plurality of major scene items in a preset order, and the first received from the content management server in step (d) When playback of the main scene content is finished, the main scene item corresponding to the next order of the main scene item selected by the user in step (c) is automatically selected, 2 transmitting a main scene request signal to the content management server;
(f) controlling to display the second main scene content received from the content management server according to the second main scene request signal in step (e). The method of claim 1,
The control method of a content playback terminal, wherein the specific content is a real-time relay broadcast. The method of claim 1,
The main scene items included in the main scene list include a plurality of sub items,
The time zone mark corresponding to each of the main scene items of the'progress bar' corresponds to a sub-item with the most time preceding among the sub-items included in each main scene item. The method of claim 1,
In step (b), when a user's event selection input is detected, a main scene item corresponding to the user's event selection is displayed among the main scene items included in the main scene list received from the content management server. Control method of a content playback terminal. delete The method of claim 1,
In the step (d), the control method of the content playback terminal, characterized in that the information on the first main scene content is controlled to be displayed for a preset time. delete A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1, 3 to 8, and 10. An application program stored in a computer-readable medium to execute the method of any one of claims 1, 3 to 8, and 10 in combination with hardware. A main scene list request unit for transmitting a main scene list request signal corresponding to the specific content to a content management server when a user's request for a main scene list is detected while playing and displaying a specific content in the display pool area;
A main scene list display unit for controlling the received main scene list to be displayed when a main scene list corresponding to the specific content is received from the content management server according to a main scene list request signal of the main scene list request unit;
A main scene request unit for transmitting a first main scene request signal corresponding to a main scene item selected by a user from among at least one main scene item included in the main scene list to the content management server;
When the first major scene content is received from the content management server according to the first major scene request signal, the first major scene content is displayed in a display pool area and the specific content is displayed in a part of the display pool area. Includes a content display unit that controls to be displayed overlaid,
The main scene request unit includes a plurality of main scene items in a preset order in the main scene list received from the content management server, and playback of the first main scene content received from the content management server is finished. In this case, a main scene item corresponding to the next sequence number of the main scene item selected by the user is automatically selected, and a second main scene request signal corresponding to the main scene item of the next automatically selected sequence is transmitted to the content management server,
The content display unit controls the second main scene content received from the content management server according to the second main scene request signal to be displayed in the display pool area instead of the first main scene content, and in the main scene list When the playback of the main scene content corresponding to the included last main scene item is completed, the screen processing is performed so that the specific content being displayed in a part of the display pool area is automatically displayed in the display pool area. Content playback terminal. delete The method of claim 14,
The main scene list display unit controls the main scene list to be displayed in one of an area in which the playback screen of the specific content is displayed and an area distinguished from an area in which the playback screen of the specific content is displayed. Content playback terminal. The method of claim 14,
The content display unit controls to display a'progress bar' indicating a playback time of the first main scene content,
And at least one of time zone marks corresponding to each of the main scene items included in the main scene list is further displayed on the'progress bar'. The method of claim 14,
The content playback terminal, characterized in that the specific content is a real-time relay broadcast.


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