KR20000049752A - A system and method for a real time information service using webcasting in subway - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A subway real time information service system using web casting and a method therefor are provided to give variable information to undergrounder at the time spent meaninglessly when riding the subway by constructing image advertisement display in the subway with wireless or power line communication. CONSTITUTION: A user computer(101) provides with predetermined information related to a display through Internet. A server computer(102) provides the user computer with subscription information through the Internet and webcasts the information to the Internet in real time according to the subscription information of the user computer. A communication unit transmits the information webcasted by the server computer with wireless or a power line. A vehicle of the subway(105) displays the information transmitted by the communication unit in an inner display panel(105-2).

Description

A system and method for a real time information service using webcasting in subway}

The present invention relates to a display apparatus and method, and to a subway real-time information service system and method using webcasting to provide information in real time by configuring a video advertisement display in the subway by wireless or power line communication.

According to the statistics of the subway construction, about 10 million people a day use the subway to solve the traffic, including commute time, and the average boarding time per person is about 30 to 40 minutes. But most passengers, except those who read books or newspapers, spend meaninglessly during the subway hours.

In today's high speed of technology and information, it is a waste of time for modern businessmen to pass the subway time insignificantly.

In addition, since the current advertisement inside the subway is delivered to the general public as a simple still image, it is not easy to understand and it tends to be boring to see the same advertisement every day. Therefore, there is a demand for a method for efficiently spending subway time.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a real-time subway information service system using a webcasting to provide information in real time by configuring a video advertising display on the subway by wireless or power line communication.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a subway real-time information service method using a webcasting to provide information in real time by configuring a video advertising display on the subway by wireless or power line communication.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a subway real-time information service system using a webcasting according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the WDLN in the configuration shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a diagram illustrating a display panel according to a first embodiment of the configuration illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a second embodiment of a display panel among the components illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a third embodiment of a display panel of the configuration shown in FIG. 1.

6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a subway real-time information service method using webcasting according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the WDLN establishment method among the operations shown in FIG. 6.

The subway real-time information service system using webcasting to solve the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention comprises a user computer for providing predetermined information related to the display over the Internet; A server computer for providing subscription information to the user computer via the Internet and storing the input information to webcast the information to the internet in real time according to the subscription information of the user computer; Communication means for transmitting the webcasted information by the server computer to a wireless or power line; And a subway to display the information transmitted by the communication means on an internal display panel.

Metro real-time information service method using a webcasting to solve the other technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is a plurality of user computer, server computer method for transmitting and receiving information between each other via the Internet to display the information on the display panel of the subway A method comprising: (a) constructing, on the server computer, predetermined data storing user subscription information and display information; (b) webcasting the display information corresponding to the subscription information to the subway according to a predetermined communication environment; And (c) transmitting the display information received by the subway to the display panel through short-range wireless communication.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a subway real-time information service system using a webcasting according to the present invention.

The system shown in FIG. 1 uses the Internet 100, an information provider that provides various information over the Internet 100, or an advertiser computer 101 (hereinafter referred to as a user computer) that provides advertisements, and the Internet 100. A server computer 102 that manages and transmits advertisement information to be displayed and managed by the user computer 101, and wirelessly processes advertisement information transmitted from the server 102 computer 102 through the Internet 100. A power line communication gateway 104, a wireless communication gateway 103, or a power line communication gateway 104 that processes advertisement information transmitted from a server 102 computer 102 via a communication gateway 103, an internet 100, into a power line. It consists of a subway 105 to display the advertising information transmitted through.

In the present invention, the server computer 102 is a processor 102-1 for controlling the input and output of information to the user computer 101 and the subway 105 through the Internet, and various information controlled by the processor 102-1 Database 102-2 for managing and storing information, streaming server 102-3 for processing real-time information stored in database 102, information processed in database 102 and streaming server 102-3 It is composed of a web server (102-4) for webcasting to the subway (105) via the Internet (100). Database 102-2 of the server computer 102 of the present invention is a program database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 102-21, in which a homepage-related program to be provided to the user computer 101 is stored, a user Customer management DB 102-22, which stores member information of computer 101, first information DB 102-23, in which information to be displayed, and second information, in which real-time information is stored, of information to be displayed. DB 102-24.

In the present invention, the subway 105 is received by the WDLN (WDLN) 105-1, WDLN (105-1) receiving the advertisement information through the wireless communication gateway 103 or the power line communication gateway 104 It consists of a plurality of display panels 105-2 for displaying advertisement information.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the WDLN in the configuration shown in FIG. 1.

The WDLN 105-1 shown in FIG. 2 controls input / output of information transmitted through the wireless communication gateway 103 or the power line communication gateway 104 and transmission of the information to the display panel 105-2. The DB 105-stores and manages the advertisement information transmitted under the control of the control unit 105-11 and the control unit 105-11 and stores and manages address information transmitted by the display panel 105-2 through short-range wireless communication. 12) (consists of the advertisement DB 105-121, the network DB 105-122), and a counter 105-13 that counts the number of times of receiving address information transmitted by the display panel 105-2.

3 is a diagram illustrating a display panel according to a first embodiment of the configuration illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a second embodiment of a display panel among the components illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a third embodiment of a display panel among the components shown in FIG. 1.

6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a subway real-time information service method using webcasting according to the present invention.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 6 includes the steps of recruiting advertising members 600, inputting membership information 601, selecting payment method 602, approving member registration 603, members Receiving information to be displayed from the device (604), classifying and storing the received information (605), transmitting the stored information via the Internet (606), and the subway to receive the information is a wireless communication environment. Determining (607), wirelessly transmitting information to the WDLN inside the subway (608), transmitting information to the WDLN inside the subway by the power line (609), information received in the WDLN (near field wireless communication method) Transmitting 610 to each display panel, and displaying information on the display panel 611.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the WDLN establishment method among the operations shown in FIG. 6.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 7 includes the steps of starting the subway operation 700, supplying power to the WDLN system 701, periodically receiving each address from each display panel inside the subway 702, received Counting the number of reception by address (703), storing the address received more than a certain number of times (704), transmitting information to the display panel according to the stored address (705), the address of the display panel is periodically received In step 706, the method determines whether the received address is deleted (707), and determines whether an address of the newly received display panel exists (708).

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

The server computer 102 recruits advertising members through the homepage (step 600). The homepage provided by the server computer 102 includes advertisements to be displayed on the display panel 102 of the subway 105 and / or membership information for transmitting information, advertisements and / or information to be displayed on the display panel 102 (advertisers). Product information, weather, securities, etc.) to provide a variety of services. The homepage-related data is stored in the program DB 102-21, initializes the program by the processor 102-1, and transmits the program to the user computer 101 through the Internet 100.

The user computer 101 accesses the server computer 102 through the Internet 100 and inputs membership registration information (step 601). The server computer 102 may be provided with a name (personal, company or organization name), password, e-mail address, advertisement or / and type of information, display time zone, subway line 105, or the like from the user computer 101. Receive data required for display. Customer information received from the user computer 101 is stored in the customer management DB (102-22), the information changed after the membership can be modified by accessing the homepage.

After entering the member registration information, the payment method is selected (step 602). Payment methods include credit card payment, electronic money payment, and bank transfer payment. For credit card payment, enter the member's credit card information, for electronic money payment, enter ID and password, and for bank transfer payment, enter the bank account, and enter the date of payment.

When the member registration information and the payment method are input to the server computer 102 and the storage is completed, the server computer 102 approves the member registration to the user computer 101 (step 603).

After approval of membership registration, server computer 102 receives various advertisements and / or information from the member (step 604). The information provider or advertiser approved as a member sends the display advertisement and / or information to the server computer 102. Advertisements and / or information to be displayed on the subway 105 may be transmitted at the same time as the user computer 101 subscription or at the time desired by the advertiser or information provider. The transmitted advertisement and / or information can be updated at a desired time by the user's choice.

The server computer 102 classifies and stores advertisements and / or information received from the user computer 101 (step 605). The server computer 102 classifies the received advertisement according to the type of material, the type of information, the time condition, and the like. The server computer 102 may be classified into various types of materials such as news, sports, movies, product advertisements, public institution advertisements, information or advertisements for women, and the like. In addition, the server computer 102 may be classified into text, still image, video, animation, and the like in various ways. The server computer 102 classifies the information in real time such as stock information or breaking news according to the time condition so that important information is displayed by channel service (using Push technology), and the news is webcasted by time zone. In this case, the most important classification of the server computer 102 is to classify the advertisements and / or information according to the display time zone set by the member.

The server computer 102 stores the advertisement or / and information to be displayed in real time among the classified information in the second information DB 102-24, and the advertisement or / and information that does not need the real-time display is the first information DB. Store in (102-23).

The advertisement or / and information stored in the DB 102-2 is transmitted to the subway 105 via the Internet 100 (step 606). The advertisement or / and information is transmitted to the subway 105 for each time zone set by the member. Advertisements and / or information stored in the second information DB 102-24 may be transferred from the web server 102-4 through the streaming server 102-3 to the Internet 100 using a channel service (using a push engine). Is sent in real time. The advertisement or / and information stored in the first information DB 102-23 is webcasted through the web server 102-4 and transmitted to the Internet 100.

The data transmitted through the Internet 100 is received by the wireless communication gateway 103 and the power line communication gateway 104 for each subway line 105 entered by the user.

It is determined whether the subway to receive the advertisement or / and information is a wireless communication environment, and wirelessly transmits the advertisement or / and information to the WDLN 105-1 in the subway (steps 607 and 608). When the subway to receive the advertisement or / and information is capable of wireless communication, the wireless communication gateway 103 transmits the data to the WDLN 105-1 by the wireless communication protocol.

It is determined whether the subway to receive the advertisement or / and information is a power line communication environment and transmits the advertisement or / and information to the WDLN (105-1) inside the subway by the power line (step 609). When a subway line to receive advertisements and / or information is capable of power line communication rather than wireless communication, the power line communication gateway 103 transmits the power line communication protocol to the WDLN 105-1. If both a wireless communication environment and a powerline communication environment are supported, the radio communication environment is transmitted with priority.

Each subway 105 display system is composed of one WDLN 105-1 and a plurality of display panels 105-2 and constitutes a local network using wireless communication. Since each subway 105 vehicle can be replaced with another vehicle, the display panel 105-2 mounted on the vehicle can also be replaced together. That is, when the subway 105 vehicle is replaced, the local network is changed, so the network must be reconfigured. Automating network reconfiguration can minimize the resources required for maintenance. The local network in the train is thus composed of intelligent networks that change dynamically and automatically.

2 and 7 show a detailed view and a construction method of the WDLN 105-1.

When the start of the operation of the subway 105 is detected by the controller 105-11, power is supplied to the WDLN 105-1 and the display panel 105-2 (steps 700 and 701). The construction of the network DB 105-122 of the WDLN 105-1 starts with power supply.

When power is supplied to each module, the WDLN 105-1 periodically receives each address from each display panel 105-2 in the subway 105 (step 702). At this time, each display panel 105-2 transmits its address to the WDLN 105-1 by short range wireless communication.

The counter 105-13 counts the address of the received display panel 105-2 (step 703).

If the address of the display panel 105-2 received by the counter 105-13 is more than a predetermined number of times, the controller 105-11 recognizes this as a display panel 105-2 in the same subway 105 and displays the network DB. Store the data to 105-122 (step 704). If the address transmission of the display panel 105-2 is more than a certain number of times, the network configuration requires a certain time, and thus the network configuration of each other can be maintained even when the vehicle is stopped at a station such as the subway on the other side of the operation.

According to the address stored in the network DB 105-122, the control unit 105-11 transmits advertisements and / or information to the display panel 105-2 in short-range wireless communication (steps 705 and 611 and 612 of FIG. 6). The controller 105-11 transmits the advertisement or / and information stored in the advertisement DB 105-121 to the address of the display panel 105-2 stored in the network DB 105-122 through short range wireless communication.

For example, the display panel 105-2 address of the women-only column designated in the morning or evening time intensively transmits advertisements and / or information about women's interests and other information in other fields, or during commute time. May transmit various advertisements and / or information, such as news securities for office workers. That is, various advertisements and / or information may be transmitted to each display panel 105-2 for each time zone and subway line.

The control unit 105-11 transmits the confirmation content currently being broadcast on the display panel 105-2 to the server computer 102 via the wireless communication and power line communication gateways 103 and 104 and the Internet 100, and the server computer ( 102 transmits the current broadcast status to the member by e-mail so that the member can check his / her advertisement or / and information broadcast status.

3 to 5 illustrate various embodiments of the display panel 105-2. 3 shows an embodiment of the display panel 105-2 in the subway 105 equipped with the arrival station notification display device. In the subway 105 including the arrival station notification display device, display panels 105-2 may be provided at both sides of the arrival station notification display device. 4 illustrates an embodiment of the display panel 105-2 in the subway 105 without the arrival station notification display device. In the subway 105 without the arrival station notification display device, the display panel 105-2 may be provided in place of the arrival station notification display device as shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of a display panel 105-2 provided around a door by expanding FIGS. 3 and 4. The display panel 105-2 may be configured on an advertisement display unit (not shown) that is currently displayed as a paper advertisement to display advertisements and / or information.

The controller 105-11 determines whether the address of the display panel 105-2 is periodically received, and deletes an address that is not received from the network DB 105-122 if the address is not received for a predetermined time (706, Step 707).

The controller 105-11 determines whether an address of the newly received display panel 105-2 exists and returns to step 703 when a new address exists.

In the present invention, but limited to the display panel 105-2 inside the subway 105, the technology of the present invention is extended to the corridor or underground shopping mall in the subway station to provide high-quality advertising or / and information to subway users and pedestrians I can deliver it.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be modified by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by constructing a video advertisement display in the subway by wireless or power line communication, subway users can acquire various information at the time of using the subway meaninglessly.

Claims (10)

A user computer providing predetermined display related information via the Internet; A server computer for providing subscription information to the user computer via the Internet and storing the input information to webcast the information to the internet in real time according to the subscription information of the user computer; Communication means for transmitting the webcasted information by the server computer to a wireless or power line; And Subway real-time information service system using a webcasting including the subway to display the information transmitted by the communication means on the display panel inside. The method of claim 1, wherein the server computer A database storing a homepage related program to be provided to the user computer, subscription information of the user computer, and information to be displayed; And a web server for webcasting the information to be displayed on the internet according to the subscription information of the user computer stored in the database. The method of claim 1, wherein the subway Receiving means for receiving the information input through the communication means; And Subway real-time information service system using a webcasting, characterized in that it comprises a display panel for displaying the information transmitted by the receiving means in the near field communication. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving means A database storing and managing an address transmitted from the display panel and information transmitted by the communication means; A counter for counting the number of addresses transmitted from the display panel; and And a control unit for controlling to transmit the information to a short range wireless communication to an address of the display panel stored in the database if the count result of the counter is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of times. . The method of claim 1, wherein the server computer Subway real-time information service system using a webcasting, characterized in that for transmitting the information display status of the subway to the user computer by email. In the method for a plurality of user computers, server computers to send and receive information to each other via the Internet to display the information on the display panel of the subway, (a) constructing, on the server computer, predetermined data storing user subscription information and display information; (b) webcasting the display information corresponding to the subscription information to the subway according to a predetermined communication environment; And (c) transmitting the display information received by the subway to the display panel by short-range wireless communication. The communication environment of claim 6, wherein the communication environment of step (b) is divided into a wireless communication environment and a power line communication environment. When the communication environment is a wireless communication environment, the display information is wirelessly transmitted to the subway. Subway real-time information service method using a webcasting, characterized in that for transmitting the display information to the subway in the power line communication environment. The method of claim 6, wherein step (c) (c-1) counting address information of the display panel transmitted in short-range wireless communication; (c-2) when the address information is counted more than a predetermined number of times, the subway real-time information service method using webcasting, wherein the information received by the subway is transmitted to the address of the display panel by short-range wireless communication. The method of claim 8, and (c-3) deleting the address of the display panel when the address information is counted less than a predetermined number of times. 7. The server of claim 6, wherein the server computer is The subway real-time information service method using the webcasting, characterized in that for transmitting the information display status of the subway to the user computer by email.