KR102252928B1 - Album sharing service provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an album sharing service, more specifically, to a system and method for providing an album sharing service that can upload captured images to a cloud anytime and anywhere through a user terminal including internet protocol television (IPTV), and share the uploaded images through the user terminal as well as a shared user terminal including IPTVs of other service members such as family members. The system includes an album storage part, a user terminal part, a broadcasting part, and an album service providing part.

Description

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The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an album sharing service, and more particularly, to upload an image taken anytime and anywhere to a cloud through a user terminal including an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and upload the uploaded image. The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an album sharing service that can be shared and viewed through a shared user terminal including not only the own user terminal but also the IPTV of other service member households such as family.

In general, a television broadcasting service transmits an AV (Audio and Video) signal produced by a content producer through a predetermined radio wave transmission medium such as terrestrial broadcasting, cable broadcasting, and satellite broadcasting, and the transmitted AV signal is transmitted to a television receiver. And a receiving device such as a set-top box and the like is being serviced so that a user can watch it.

In addition, as Internet technology develops and digital-based digital television technology is developed and used, in addition to the existing radio wave transmission media, the Internet network of each home is used as a transmission medium, including AV signals broadcasting in real time, and COD (Contents On). Demand), games and news, etc., can be provided to applicants.

In this way, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has been developed and used as a television system that provides various contents through an Internet network.

IPTV service consists of a broadcast server and a receiver device such as a set-top box connected to a digital television, and the broadcast server provides information service, video content, game content, and broadcast signals to the receiver using a high-speed Internet network. to be.

IPTV service is the same as terrestrial broadcast, cable broadcast, and satellite broadcast broadcast through a radio wave transmission medium in that it provides content, but has a great feature in that a broadcast server and a receiver can communicate in both directions.

Since two-way communication can be performed in this way, the IPTV service is a VOD service that allows the viewer to select and watch the desired content at a convenient time, and various apps using various applications installed on the receiving device (applications or "apps"). Provide service.

In addition, as it becomes possible to install apps according to two-way communication and digital data processing, various application services such as games, karaoke, and web surfing have been developed and applied through television.

Meanwhile, as mobile terminals such as smart phones and smart pads having a digital camera function become more common, images including a myriad of still images (photos) and videos (hereinafter, "images" are used as terms including "still images and videos" Do) are being filmed.

However, there is a problem in that the images taken in this way are not viewed or easily discarded because they are stored in a mobile terminal or storage device.

Various methods have been developed and applied to solve these problems and to easily manage and actively utilize captured images.

In conjunction with this, IPTV also provides album services in a variety of ways to view captured images.

In general, the album service of the existing IPTV service performs user authentication after contacting the user's mobile terminal with the set-top box as a receiving device according to a short-range communication method, or inserting a storage device in which the image is stored into the set-top box and then storing it through a specific app. It connects to and plays the image.

However, in the former case, it is inconvenient to connect the set-top box and the mobile terminal according to the short-range communication method and perform user authentication individually. There was a problem in that people could not see the image.

And in the latter case, there is a problem that is cumbersome and inconvenient because the image must be copied to the storage device and the storage device must be plugged in and removed from the set-top box.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0020523 (published on August 08, 2012)

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to upload a captured image to the cloud anytime, anywhere, and to upload the uploaded image to a shared user terminal including Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) of not only one's own household but also other service member households such as family. It is to provide a system and method for providing an album sharing service that can be shared and viewed through the department.

An album sharing service providing system according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes: an album storage unit having a storage area for each terminal identification information capable of storing at least one album that may include a plurality of images; It stores IPTV terminal identification information, receives and displays an image of a selected album among images of an album stored in the storage area of the album storage unit corresponding to the IPTV terminal identification information, and displays an album and a photo to be shared among the images of the album. A user terminal unit configured to set and manage an album sharing setting for, by inviting a shared user terminal unit to share an album according to the album sharing setting as a guest; A broadcasting unit that manages subscription to the album sharing service and sets a preset channel of the IPTV of the IPTV terminal identification information subscribed to the album sharing service as an album image transmission channel; And receiving the IPTV terminal identification information of the user who has subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, creating a storage area of the album storage unit for the user, and receiving an image after generating an album at the request of the user terminal. After saving to an album, it receives album sharing settings for the image, generates and stores album sharing setting information, receives and sets terminal identification information for the shared user terminal invited as a guest, and sets the user terminal and invitation And an album service providing unit that provides an image corresponding to the album sharing setting information according to the corresponding terminal unit through the channel of the broadcasting unit when a guest requests an image of the shared user terminal unit.

Here, the user terminal unit, IPTV including a set-top box for storing the IPTV terminal identification information; A mobile terminal storing the IPTV terminal identification information; And a computer terminal storing the IPTV terminal identification information.

In addition, the IPTV terminal identification information is characterized in that at least one of a subscription contract number and a set-top box terminal identification information.

In addition, the user terminal unit is an IPTV including a set-top box storing the IPTV terminal identification information, and the broadcasting unit, when receiving a broadcast channel signal preset as the channel from the user terminal unit, selects the broadcast channel as an album image. A transmission channel is set and the broadcast channel signal is provided to the album service providing unit, and the album service providing unit transmits an album selection interface means of the storage area set for the user terminal unit to the user terminal unit when the broadcast channel signal is received. And providing the image of the selected album to the user terminal through the broadcast channel set by the broadcaster.

In addition, the album service providing unit may include a service communication unit connected to a wired/wireless data communication network to perform data communication with a broadcasting unit and an album storage unit connected to the wired/wireless data communication network; Includes a subscriber information DB for storing album sharing service subscriber information including IPTV terminal identification information of the album sharing service subscriber and storage area information of the allocated album storage unit, and information on invited guests and album sharing setting information of the album sharing service subscriber A service storage unit including a service information DB for storing service information for each subscriber of the album sharing service; And receiving IPTV terminal identification information of an album sharing service subscriber, who is a user subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, through the service communication unit, generating a storage area of the album storage unit for the user, and setting album sharing of the user terminal unit. And generates album sharing setting information and stores it in the service information DB, receives terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit invited as a guest, and stores and sets it in the service information DB, and the user terminal unit and the guest And a service control unit that provides an image corresponding to the album sharing setting information according to the corresponding terminal unit through the channel of the broadcasting unit when an image of the shared user terminal unit invited to is requested.

In addition, the service control unit receives IPTV terminal identification information of an album sharing service subscriber, who is a user who has subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, through the service communication unit, registers as an album sharing service subscriber, and stores an album storage unit for the user. A service registration unit that creates a storage area; Provides an album creation and management means to the user terminal, stores the album generated through the album creation and management means in an album storage unit, and when an image requesting to be stored in the selected album is received from the user terminal, the album is stored in the corresponding album. An album management unit to store; A guest management unit that receives terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit invited as a guest and sets it as a guest or deletes it from the guest to cancel the setting; And a corresponding user terminal unit that provides an album selection interface means and selects one of the albums and images generated through the album selection interface means, and selects images of the selected album and one or more selected images through the channel set through the broadcasting unit. And it characterized in that it comprises an album providing unit for transmitting to any one or more of the shared user terminal unit 200.

In addition, the album management unit provides an album creation and management means to the user terminal unit, stores the album generated through the album creation and management unit in an album storage unit, and deletes the corresponding album when a request for deletion of the stored album is requested. Album creation unit; An image management unit for storing an image requesting to be stored in the selected album from the user terminal and storing the image in the corresponding album in the corresponding album storage unit and deleting the image when a request for deleting the image in the selected album is requested; And a sharing setting unit configured to set whether or not to share the generated albums and images to guests by one or more of the generated albums and images.

In addition, the guest management unit may include a guest registration unit configured to receive terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit invited as a guest and set it as a guest or delete it from the guest to cancel the setting; And a guest sharing setting unit for setting any one of an album and an image to be shared for each guest.

In addition, the album providing unit provides an album selection interface unit and selects one of the albums and images generated through the album selection interface unit, and selects images of the selected album and the selected one or more images through the broadcasting unit. Including an image providing unit that transmits to the user terminal through the image, and if the image to be transmitted is lower than the screen size of the shared user terminal to receive the image, the image quality is set to a preset resolution for the screen of the user terminal or the shared user terminal. An image quality improvement unit that improves and provides the image to the image providing unit; A moving picture generating unit for generating a moving image by combining at least two consecutive still image images to be transmitted and providing it to the image providing unit; An image size adjusting unit that adjusts the size of the image to be transmitted to a screen size of a user terminal to receive the image or a shared user terminal and provides the image to the image providing unit; And a message inserting unit that receives a message for the image to be transmitted and a location of the image to be inserted from a user terminal of an album sharing service subscriber, combines the message with the location of the image, and provides the message to the image providing unit. It characterized in that it further includes.

The method for providing an album sharing service according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes an album storage unit having a storage area for each terminal identification information capable of storing at least one album that may include a plurality of images, and album sharing. Provides an album sharing service including a broadcasting unit that manages service subscription and sets a preset channel of the IPTV of the IPTV terminal identification information subscribed to the album sharing service as an album image transmission channel, and a user terminal that stores IPTV terminal identification information In the method of providing an album sharing service of the system, the album service provider receives IPTV terminal identification information of an album sharing service subscriber, which is a user who has subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, through the service communication unit, and receives an album storage unit for the corresponding user. A service subscription process for creating a storage area; The album service provider receives a request to create an album from the user terminal and creates an album in the album storage unit, receives an image selected from the user terminal in the generated album, maps it to the album, and stores it, An image registration process of receiving album sharing settings for, generating album sharing setting information, and storing it in the service information DB; And the album service provider receives terminal identification information for the user terminal of the invited viewing guest, stores it in the service information DB, and sets it, and when an image of the user terminal and the shared user terminal invited as a guest is requested, the corresponding terminal And an image sharing process of providing an image corresponding to the album sharing setting information according to the part through the channel of the broadcasting unit.

Here, the user terminal unit is an IPTV including a set-top box storing the IPTV terminal identification information, and in the image sharing process, when the broadcasting unit receives a broadcast channel signal preset as the channel from the user terminal unit, the An image sharing request step for setting a broadcast channel as an album image transmission channel and providing the broadcast channel signal to the album service providing unit; And when the album service provider receives the broadcast channel signal, an album selection interface means of the storage area set for the user terminal is provided to the user terminal, and an image of the selected album is transmitted through the broadcast channel set by the broadcaster. And providing an image to the user terminal unit.

In addition, the method may further include a guest management process of releasing the guest setting by receiving terminal identification information on the shared user terminal unit invited as a guest and setting it as a guest or deleting the set guest.

In addition, in the image registration process, the service control unit of the album service providing unit provides an album generation and management means to the user terminal unit through the album generation unit of the album management unit, and the album generated through the album generation and management unit is stored in the album. An album management step of storing the album in the sub and deleting the corresponding album upon request of deletion of the stored album; When an image requested by the service control unit to be stored in the selected album through the image management unit of the album management unit is received from the user terminal, the image is mapped to the corresponding album and stored in the corresponding album in the album storage unit, and the image is deleted when a request to delete the image of the selected album Image management step; And a sharing setting step in which the service control unit sets whether or not to share the generated albums and images to guests by one or more of the generated albums and images through the sharing setting unit of the album management unit.

In addition, in the guest management process, the service control unit receives terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit invited as a guest through the guest registration unit of the guest management unit and sets it as a guest or deletes it from the guest to cancel the setting. step; And a guest sharing setting step of setting one of an album and an image to be shared for each guest, by the service control unit through a guest sharing setting unit of the guest management unit.

The present invention has an effect of providing convenience to a user because a user can view a number of images previously registered in the cloud simply by accessing a specific channel of an IPTV without logging in.

In addition, according to the present invention, by allowing the television to be used as a digital frame, the usability of the television can be improved, and the usability of the digital dictionary can be improved.

In addition, according to the present invention, not only the user, that is, the master, but also the guest invited by the user can view a number of images registered and allowed in the cloud through the shared user terminal.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of providing an interactive service because it is possible to add a message to an image to be registered or to add a message to a specific guest only, so that emotions for an image can be shared, and a greeting message can be provided. .

In addition, since the present invention automatically optimizes the image according to the size of the display screen of the shared user terminal, there is an effect of optimizing the amount of traffic generated and improving the transmission speed.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an album sharing service providing system according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing the configuration of an album service providing unit of the album sharing service providing system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an album sharing service according to the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an IPTV album sharing service interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing a guest invitation interface screen for sharing an album according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram showing a screen of a guest management interface for sharing an album according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the technical idea or main features thereof. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are merely illustrative in all respects and should not be interpreted as limiting.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms.

The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first element may be referred to as a second element, and similarly, a second element may be referred to as a first element.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in the middle. It should be.

On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in the middle.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In the present application, terms such as "comprise" or "include" and "have" are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification. It is to be understood that the possibility of the presence or addition of other features or numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof beyond that is not preliminarily excluded.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein including technical or scientific terms have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and should not be interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. Does not.

Hereinafter, a configuration and operation of a system for providing a family album sharing service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and a method for providing a family album sharing service in the system will be described.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an album sharing service providing system according to the present invention.

The system for providing an album sharing service according to the present invention includes a user terminal unit 100, a shared user terminal unit 200, an album storage unit 300, a broadcasting unit 400, and an album service providing unit 500.

The user terminal unit 100, the shared user terminal unit 200, the album storage unit 300, the broadcasting unit 400, and the album service providing unit 500 are connected to the wired or wireless data communication network 10 by either wired or wireless. And perform data communication with each other.

The wired/wireless data communication network 10 is a combination of any one or more of an Internet network including a Wi-Fi network, a mobile communication network including a 3G, 4G, 5G, etc., a WiBro network, a dedicated network, etc. It could be a data network.

The user terminal unit 100 is a master terminal unit, and is a terminal device for an album sharing service subscriber according to the present invention.

The user terminal unit 100 may be a set-top box that stores IPTV terminal identification information and is connected to a digital TV, a smart TV, a mobile terminal, a computer terminal, and the like. The IPTV terminal identification information may be any one of set-top box information and IPTV subscription contract number when the user terminal unit 100 is a set-top box and a smart TV, and the set-top box information and It may be an IPTV subscription contract number, or identification information generated or generated through the broadcasting unit 400 or the album service providing unit 500 in relation to the set-top box information and the IPTV subscription contract number.

In the case of a mobile terminal or a computer terminal, the user terminal unit 100 may have an album sharing application installed to receive an album sharing service according to the present invention.

In addition, the user terminal 100 may be a set-top box or a smart TV with a built-in set-top box, the album-sharing TV app installed in a home menu or an app list channel may be installed.

When the album sharing TV app is installed, the user terminal unit 100 creates, adds, deletes, and changes albums by accessing the album storage unit 300 through the album sharing TV app, and registers and deletes images in the created album. It is possible to perform management such as, and to receive and display the images of the album stored in the album storage unit 300. Album creation and image storage through the app may be performed through the broadcasting unit 400 and the album service providing unit 500, or may be performed by directly performing data communication through the album storage unit 300 and the application. .

In addition, when the user terminal unit 100 is a set-top box or a smart TV with a built-in set-top box, the album is transmitted through a preset specific broadcasting channel (eg, Ch777) through the broadcasting unit 400 and the album service providing unit 500. It may be stored in the storage unit 300 and may receive and display an image of an album according to a preset provision order. The selection of albums and images to be provided, the order of providing albums and images, etc., can be set through an album sharing app installed on a mobile terminal (not shown) other than the user terminal 100 of the registered album sharing service subscriber at the time of subscription. You will be able to set it.

The user terminal 100 invites the guest's shared user terminal 200 through the installed album sharing (TV) app, and maps it to the terminal identification information of the shared user terminal 200 of the guest who accepted the invitation. By doing so, you can manage by registering/deleting guests.

In the invitation method, when the shared user terminal unit 200 is a mobile terminal, a short message service (SMS) or a long message service (LMS) using a phone number that is the terminal identification information of the mobile terminal is used. , Mobile communication message service such as Multimedia Message Service (MMS) can be applied, e-mail, etc. can be applied in case of computer terminal, and in case of other generation set-top box or smart TV with built-in set-top box, The set IPTV protocol may be applied.

For the invitation according to the IPTV protocol, the user terminal unit 100 must know the IPTV terminal identification information of the IPTV of the other household, which is the shared user terminal unit 200, and input the IPTV terminal identification information of the IPTV of the other household when setting album sharing. So, you must request guest registration.

Then, the album service providing unit 500 notifies that there is a request from a customer through a specific channel of the other household IPTV, which is the shared user terminal unit 200, and accordingly, the other household IPTV or the specific channel, which is the shared user terminal unit 200, The invitation setting will be completed by receiving acceptance through a mobile terminal connected to the album service provider 500 through access information included in the QR code displayed on the channel.

In addition, the album service providing unit 500 invites the shared user terminal 200 as a guest of the album sharing service using IPTV through the app of the user terminal 200, and the invited guest is the shared user terminal 200 ), the IPTV terminal identification information of the IPTV can be registered through the app installed in), and the guest can be registered as a guest by receiving the acceptance of the guest invitation. In this way, when a guest invitation is registered using IPTV, the album service providing unit 500 will request the broadcasting unit 400 to register an album sharing service through a specific channel Ch777.

Then, the broadcaster 400 registers an album sharing service for a specific channel, and when the corresponding guest selects a specific channel of the IPTV, the broadcaster 400 communicates with the album service provider 500 to provide the album sharing service through the specific channel. will be.

The shared user terminal 200 is a terminal of the invited guest, and may be a mobile terminal 210, a computer terminal 220, and an IPTV 230 such as a TV with a set-top box and a smart TV with a set-top box. I will be able to.

The album storage unit 300 is a cloud server having a large-capacity storage means, and allocates a storage area having a capacity set for each subscriber of the album sharing service according to the present invention. In the storage area according to the present invention, one or more albums of a subscriber of a corresponding album sharing service may be created, images may be stored for each album, and data such as other files may be stored.

The broadcasting unit 400 provides overall IPTV services including registration/deletion of members of IPTV, service subscription/cancellation, payment processing, TV app installation, and IPTV OTT interlocking services according to the present invention.

In particular, the broadcasting unit 400 provides an automatic login service by authentication using IPTV terminal identification information according to the present invention.

In particular, the broadcasting unit 400 provides an album sharing service through a TV app and a specific broadcasting channel according to an embodiment. To this end, the broadcasting unit 400 is an IPTV such as a set-top box and a smart TV, and when the specific broadcasting channel is selected in the IPTV, the broadcasting unit 400 forms the specific broadcasting channel on the IPTV to provide the album service providing unit 500. An album preset from the storage area of the album storage unit 300 allocated to a user of the user terminal unit 100 that transmits a broadcast channel signal and selects the broadcast channel in response to the broadcast channel signal, that is, an album sharing service subscriber And images are received from the album service providing unit 500 according to a preset order and transmitted to the user terminal unit 100, which is an IPTV, through the specific broadcast channel.

The album service provider 500 processes an overall operation for providing an album sharing service according to the present invention.

That is, the album service providing unit 500 receives the IPTV terminal identification information of a user who has subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit 400 and creates a storage area of the album storage unit 300 for the user, and the After generating an album at the request of the user terminal 100, an image is received and stored in the album.

In addition, the album service provider 500 receives the album sharing setting for the image, generates and stores the album sharing setting information, and receives and sets the terminal identification information for the shared user terminal 200 of the invited guest. When requesting an image from the user terminal unit 100 and the shared user terminal unit 200 invited as a guest, an image corresponding to the album sharing setting information according to the terminal unit is provided through the channel of the broadcasting unit 400 do.

The album service provider 500 includes an app album sharing service server 510, a broadcast channel album sharing service server 520, and a web album sharing service server 530.

The app album sharing service server 510 provides an album sharing service according to the present invention through an album sharing (TV) app installed in the user terminal 100.

The broadcast channel album sharing service server 520 provides an album sharing service according to the present invention through the specific broadcast channel.

The web album sharing service server 530 provides an album sharing service according to the present invention through the web.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the album service providing unit of the album sharing service providing system according to the present invention, an app album sharing service server 510 of the album service providing unit 500 of FIG. 1, and a broadcasting channel album sharing service server ( 520) and a web album sharing service server 530 are shown in common configurations.

Referring to FIG. 2, the album service providing unit 500 includes a service storage unit 610, a service communication unit 520, and a service control unit 530.

The service storage unit 610 includes a program area for storing a control program for controlling the overall operation of the album service providing unit 500 according to the present invention, a temporary area for temporarily storing data generated during execution of the control program, and the control It includes a data area for semi-permanently storing data required for program execution and data generated while executing a control program. In the data area, a writer information DB 611 and a service information DB 612 are configured according to the present invention.

The subscriber information DB 611 stores album sharing service subscriber information including IPTV terminal identification information of an album sharing service subscriber and allocated storage area information of the album storage unit 300.

The service information DB 612 stores service information for each album sharing service subscriber, including information on invited guests of the album sharing service subscriber and album sharing setting information.

The service communication unit 620 is connected to the wired/wireless data communication network 10 to perform data communication with devices connected to the wired/wireless data communication network 10.

The service control unit 630 includes a service registration unit 640, an album management unit 650, a guest management unit 660, and an album providing unit 670, and further includes a message providing unit 680 according to an embodiment. Controls the overall operation of the album service providing unit 500 according to the invention.

Specifically, the service registration unit 640 receives IPTV terminal identification information of an album sharing service subscriber, which is a user who has subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, through the service communication unit 620 and registers as an album sharing service subscriber. Then, a storage area for the user is created in the album storage unit 300.

The album management unit 650 includes an album generation unit 651 and an image management unit 652, and further includes a sharing generation unit 650 according to an embodiment, and means for creating and managing an album by the user terminal unit 100 And, the album generated through the album creation and management means is stored in the album storage unit 300, and when an image requesting to be stored in the selected album is received from the user terminal 100, the album is stored in the corresponding album.

That is, the album generation unit 651 provides an album generation and management means to the user terminal unit 100, stores the album generated through the album generation and management means in the album storage unit 300, and stores the stored album. When requested to delete, the album is deleted.

When an image requesting to be stored in the selected album is received from the user terminal unit 100, the image management unit 652 stores the image in the corresponding album in the corresponding album storage unit 300, and deletes the image when a request to delete the image of the selected album is requested. Carry out the management of.

The sharing setting unit 653 sets whether or not to share to the customer by any one or more of the generated albums and images, and generates sharing setting information and stores it in the service storage unit 610.

The guest management unit 660 includes a guest registration unit 661 and a guest sharing setting unit 662, receiving guest information including terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit 200 invited as a guest, and receiving the guest information as a guest. Turn off the setting by setting it or deleting it from the guest. The guest information may further include information such as a guest's name and group.

In particular, when the shared user terminal 200 of the registered guest is an IPTV, the guest management unit 660 performs guest invitation and acceptance authentication with an IPTV of another generation according to the IPTV protocol and registers it.

The guest registration unit 661 receives guest information including terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit 200 invited as a guest and sets it as a guest or deletes it from the guest to cancel the setting.

The guest registration unit 661 may provide a QR code or the like to the shared user terminal unit 200 when inviting a guest, and allow the guest to register as a guest by accessing the guest registration page (invitation link) through the QR code. At this time, the QR code contains a unique password for each guest, and when the guest accepts the registration, the password included in the QR code and the terminal identification information of the shared user terminal 200 that has been accepted are input from the shared user terminal unit 200 It would be desirable to be configured to finally register as a guest only when the password issued for the guest and the input password match.

The guest sharing setting unit 662 sets one of an album and an image to be shared for each guest.

The album providing unit 670 includes an image providing unit 671, but an image quality improving unit 672, a video generating unit 673, an image size adjusting unit 674, a message inserting unit 675, and an information service providing unit The broadcasting unit further includes any one or more of (276), providing an album selection interface means, selecting any one of the albums and images generated through the album selection interface means, and selecting images of the selected album and the selected one or more images. Transmits to one or more of the user terminal unit 100 and the shared user terminal 200 through the channel set through.

The image providing unit 671 provides an album selection interface means, and selects any one of the albums and images generated through the album selection interface means, and transfers the selected album's images and the selected one or more images through the broadcasting unit 400. It transmits to one or more of the user terminal unit 100 and the shared user terminal unit 200 through the set channel. The channel may be a TV app or an app channel connected through an app of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, or may be a broadcast channel such as a preset Ch 777 allocated by the broadcaster 400. That is, the app album sharing service server 510 and the web album sharing service server 530 of the album service provider 500 may form an app channel, and the broadcast channel album sharing service server 520 may form a broadcast channel. will be.

When the image to be transmitted is lower than the screen size of the user terminal 100 or the shared user terminal 200 to receive the image, the image quality improving unit 672 The image quality is improved to a set resolution and provided to the image providing unit 671.

The moving picture generation unit 673 generates a moving picture image by combining at least two consecutive still image images to be transmitted and provides it to the image providing unit 671. According to an embodiment, the video playback unit 673 generates 50 photos stored in the album storage unit 300, which may be a cloud server, etc., in the most recent order as 5-minute images, and then the corresponding user is an IPTV. When a user selects a specific channel (Ch777) through the user terminal unit 100 or the shared user terminal unit 200, which is an IPTV, the generated 5-minute video is automatically transmitted through the channel through the broadcasting unit 400 It could also be configured to do. In addition, the video playback unit 573 automatically transmits the generated 5-minute video through a wired or wireless data communication network even when the user terminal 100 or the shared user terminal 200 is accessed through a mobile terminal or a computer terminal. It could also be configured to play.

The image size adjusting unit 674 adjusts the size of the image to be transmitted to the screen size of the user terminal unit 100 to receive the image or the shared user terminal unit 200 and provides the image to the image providing unit 671.

The message inserting unit 675 receives the message for the image to be transmitted and the position of the image to be inserted from the user terminal 100 of the subscriber of the album sharing service, combines the message with the position of the image, and then the image providing unit ( 671).

The information service provider 676 plays a variety of information as a video for a certain period of time (eg, 10 minutes, 3 minutes, etc.) when setting the information service provision setting in the user's specific channel 777 option or the basic automatic service provision option. Thus, it is provided to one or more of the user terminal unit 100 and the shared user terminal unit 200. For example, the information service option may be a portal news service, a webtoon service, a newspaper news service, and the like, and the information service provider 676 generates images of a certain time in the order of viewing portal news the most today. In the case of a webtoon service, webtoon is generated and provided as an image of a certain time, and only the headlines of each newspaper are collected and generated as an image of a certain time.

The message providing unit 680 determines whether or not an image of the album is being provided to the guest's shared user terminal 200 according to the user's album sharing setting information, and sends it to the user's user terminal 100. When guiding and providing an image to the shared user terminal 200, a message is received from the user terminal 100 and transmitted to the guest's shared user terminal 200 through the channel, and the shared user terminal A message is received from the unit 200 and transmitted to the user terminal unit 100.

3 is a flowchart showing a method for providing an album sharing service according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an IPTV album sharing service interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. A view showing a guest invitation interface screen for sharing an album, and FIG. 6 is a view showing a guest management interface screen sharing an album according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, it will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

First, the broadcaster 400 induces subscription to the album sharing service through a specific broadcast channel (eg, Ch777) provided in advance, and when subscription to the album sharing service occurs accordingly, the broadcaster 400 stores service registration information including IPTV terminal identification information. It transmits to the album service provider 500.

The service control unit 630 of the album service providing unit 500 receives the service registration information including the IPTV terminal identification information of the user who has subscribed to the album sharing service from the broadcasting unit 400, and receives an album storage unit for the corresponding user ( 300) is created (S111).

When a storage area for a subscriber is created in the album storage unit 300, the service control unit 630 transfers the album and image generation and management means as shown in FIG. 4 to the user terminal unit 100 when the user terminal unit 100 is an IPTV. Provides, and after generating an album at the request of the user terminal 100 through the album and image generation and management means, after receiving the image and storing it in the corresponding album, the album sharing setting for the image is received and album sharing is set. Information is generated and stored (S113). As shown in Fig. 4, the arrow and image generation and management means can display the focused album (1), an album creation button (2), a next album list view button (3), and an album list filtering button (4). It may be configured to include a storage area usage capacity information display unit 5 of the album storage unit 300, a theme change button 6, a user guide area 7, and the like.

When the album and image are stored, the service control unit 630 checks whether an album service is requested (S115), an album guest sharing service is requested (S117), and an album other TV provision service is requested (S119).

When an album service is requested, the service control unit 630 provides the above-described album sharing service to the user terminal unit 100 to share the image of the album stored in the storage area of the corresponding subscriber of the album storage unit 300 (S121).

In addition, when a request for the album guest sharing service occurs, the service controller 630 registers a guest by performing a guest registration process through the guest registration means as shown in FIG. 5 or registers a guest by selecting an existing guest (S123).

5 shows a case in which the shared user terminal 200 is a mobile terminal having a phone number. When a phone number is entered in the phone number input field 11, the subscriber's album storage unit 300 can access the corresponding storage area. The mobile communication message including the QR code 13 is transmitted to the mobile terminal of the phone number. The QR code 13 includes a unique password for each guest to be invited.

As shown in FIG. 6, the guest may cancel or register the registered guest by providing a guest management means.

When a guest is registered and selected, the service control unit 630 provides the above-described album sharing service for sharing the image of the album stored in the storage area of the corresponding subscriber of the album storage unit 300 to the shared user terminal unit 100 (S125). ).

In addition, when the album other TV provision service is selected, the service control unit 630 registers the guest through the other TV registration process described above (S127), and provides the album sharing service through the registered guest's other generation IPTV (S129).

Meanwhile, it is common knowledge in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above-described typical preferred embodiments, but can be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention. Anyone who has the power will be able to understand it easily. If the implementation by such improvement, change, substitution or addition falls within the scope of the following appended claims, the technical idea should also be regarded as belonging to the present invention.

100: user terminal 200: shared user terminal
300: album storage unit 400: broadcasting unit
500: album service provider 510: app album sharing service server
520: broadcast channel album sharing service server
530: web album sharing service server 610: service storage unit
611: subscriber information DB 612: service information DB
620: service communication unit 630: service control unit
640: service register 650: album management unit
651: album generation unit 652: image management unit
653: sharing setting unit 660: guest management unit
661: guest register 662: guest sharing setting unit
670: album providing unit 671: image providing unit
672: image quality improvement unit 673: video generation unit
674: image size adjustment unit 675: message insertion unit
680: message provider

Claims (14)

An album storage unit having a storage area for each terminal identification information capable of storing at least one album that may include a plurality of images;
It stores IPTV terminal identification information, receives and displays an image of a selected album among images of an album stored in the storage area of the album storage unit corresponding to the IPTV terminal identification information, and displays an album and a photo to be shared among the images of the album. A user terminal unit configured to set and manage an album sharing setting for, by inviting a shared user terminal unit to share an album according to the album sharing setting as a guest;
A broadcasting unit that manages subscription to the album sharing service and sets a preset channel of the IPTV of the IPTV terminal identification information subscribed to the album sharing service as an album image transmission channel; And
Receiving IPTV terminal identification information of a user who has subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, creates a storage area of the album storage unit for the user, creates an album at the request of the user terminal unit, and receives an image and receives the corresponding album After saving to, the album sharing setting for the image is received, album sharing setting information is generated and stored, and terminal identification information for the shared user terminal invited as a guest is input and set, and the user terminal and the invited An album service providing unit that provides an image corresponding to the album sharing setting information according to the corresponding terminal unit through the channel of the broadcasting unit when a guest requests an image of the shared user terminal unit,
The album service provider,
A service communication unit connected to a wired/wireless data communication network and performing data communication with a broadcasting unit and an album storage unit connected to the wired/wireless data communication network;
Includes a subscriber information DB for storing album sharing service subscriber information including IPTV terminal identification information of the album sharing service subscriber and storage area information of the allocated album storage unit, and information on invited guests and album sharing setting information of the album sharing service subscriber A service storage unit including a service information DB for storing service information for each subscriber of the album sharing service; And
Receiving IPTV terminal identification information of an album sharing service subscriber, who is a user who has subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, through the service communication unit, generates a storage area of the album storage unit for the user, and sets the album sharing setting of the user terminal unit. Receive album sharing setting information is generated and stored in the service information DB, receiving terminal identification information for the shared user terminal invited as a guest, and storing and setting it in the service information DB, and as the user terminal and guest A service control unit that provides an image corresponding to the album sharing setting information according to the corresponding terminal unit through the channel of the broadcasting unit when an image of the invited shared user terminal unit is requested, and
The service control unit,
A service registration unit that receives IPTV terminal identification information of an album sharing service subscriber, a user subscribed to the album sharing service through the broadcasting unit, through the service communication unit, registers as an album sharing service subscriber, and creates a storage area of the album storage unit for the user. ;
Provides an album creation and management means to the user terminal, stores the album generated through the album creation and management means in an album storage unit, and when an image requesting to be stored in the selected album is received from the user terminal, the album is stored in the corresponding album. An album management unit to store;
A guest management unit that receives terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit invited as a guest and sets it as a guest or deletes it from the guest to cancel the setting; And
Provides an album selection interface means, and selects any one of the albums and images generated through the album selection interface means, and selects images of the selected album and the selected one or more images through the channel set through the broadcasting unit, and the user terminal unit Including an album providing unit for transmitting to any one or more of the shared user terminal,
The guest management unit,
A guest registration unit for receiving terminal identification information for the shared user terminal unit invited as a guest and setting it as a guest or deleting it from the guest to cancel the setting; And
Including a guest sharing setting unit for setting any one of albums and images to be shared for each guest,
The guest registration unit provides a QR code to the shared user terminal unit when inviting a guest, and sets the guest as a guest by accessing the guest registration page through the QR code,
Album sharing service providing system, characterized in that the QR code includes a unique password for each guest
The method of claim 1,
The user terminal unit,
An IPTV including a set-top box storing the IPTV terminal identification information;
A mobile terminal storing the IPTV terminal identification information; And
Album sharing service providing system, characterized in that any one of computer terminals storing the IPTV terminal identification information
The method of claim 2,
The IPTV terminal identification information,
Album sharing service providing system, characterized in that at least one of the subscription contract number and the set-top box terminal identification information.
The method of claim 1,
The user terminal unit,
An IPTV including a set-top box storing the IPTV terminal identification information,
The broadcasting unit,
When a broadcast channel signal preset as the channel is received from the user terminal unit, the broadcast channel is set as an album image transmission channel, and the broadcast channel signal is provided to the album service providing unit,
The album service provider,
When receiving the broadcast channel signal, an album selection interface means of the storage area set for the user terminal unit is provided to the user terminal unit, and an image of the selected album is transmitted to the user terminal unit through the broadcast channel set by the broadcasting unit. Album sharing service providing system, characterized in that to provide.
delete delete The method of claim 1,
The album management unit,
An album creation unit that provides an album generation and management means to the user terminal unit, stores an album generated through the album generation and management means in an album storage unit, and deletes the corresponding album when a deletion of the stored album is requested;
An image management unit for storing an image requesting to be stored in the selected album from the user terminal, storing the image in the corresponding album in the corresponding album storage unit, and deleting the image when the selected album is requested to be deleted; And
And a sharing setting unit configured to set whether or not to share the generated albums and images to guests by one or more of the generated albums and images.
delete The method of claim 1,
The album providing unit,
Provides an album selection interface means, selects any one of the albums and images created through the album selection interface means, and transmits the selected album's images and one or more selected images to the corresponding user terminal through the channel set through the broadcasting unit. Including an image providing unit,
An image quality improving unit that improves the image quality to a preset resolution for the screen of the user terminal or the shared user terminal and provides the image to the image providing unit when the image to be transmitted is lower than the screen size of the shared user terminal to receive the image;
A moving picture generating unit for generating a moving image by combining at least two consecutive still image images to be transmitted and providing it to the image providing unit;
An image size adjusting unit that adjusts the size of the image to be transmitted to a screen size of a user terminal to receive the image or a shared user terminal and provides the image to the image providing unit; And
Any one or more of a message inserting unit that receives the message for the image to be transmitted and the position of the image to be inserted is input from the user terminal of the subscriber of the album sharing service, combines the message with the position of the image, and provides the image to the image providing unit. Album sharing service providing system comprising a. delete delete delete delete delete

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