KR20010092504A - Method and apparatus for broadcasting in two line internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for bidirectional internet broadcasting are provided to transmit uniform broadcasting program information in a time for which an Internet broadcasting company wishes by a broadcasting program transmission server. CONSTITUTION: An Internet broadcasting station(120) manufactures a uniform broadcasting program and transmits the manufactured uniform broadcasting program to first to nth televiewers(100-1,...,100-n). A database(122) stores various broadcasting program information manufactured in the Internet broadcasting station(120). A stream server(112) of an internet broadcasting server(110) transmits broadcasting contents manufactured in the internet broadcasting station(120) to the first to nth televiewers(100-1,...,100-n). A broadcasting interface transmission server(114) of the Internet broadcasting server(110) provides a uniform program manufactured for televiewer participation in the Internet broadcasting station(120) to the first to nth televiewers(100-1,...,100-n) at real time in a time for which the Internet broadcasting station(120) wishes. A televiewer input information processing server(124) receives responses of the first to nth televiewers(100-1,...,100-n) by a televiewer participation program provided through the broadcasting interface transmission server(114).

Description

Interactive Internet Broadcasting Device and Method {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROADCASTING IN TWO LINE INTERNET}

The present invention relates to an interactive internet broadcast apparatus and method, and more particularly, to an interactive internet broadcast apparatus and method for receiving an opinion or response on an internet broadcast content of an internet viewer watching an internet broadcast and processing the same in real time. will be.

Internet broadcasting is a new broadcasting format that uses the existing broadcasting form as the Internet. Since the viewer can never be isolated in one place, it can be aimed at the whole world and has the advantage of creating as many channels as desired. have.

Such internet broadcasting is web broadcasting and internet broadcasting or inter-cast. Web broadcasting transmits the existing radio broadcasting through the Internet, so that people far away can listen to the radio broadcasting in real time through the Internet. Here, an example of web broadcasting may be MBC (www.mbc.co.kr) or SBS (www.sbs.co.kr).

On the other hand, since the Internet broadcast only broadcasts on the Internet and may have a database for storing broadcast program data, it is possible to listen to a desired broadcast at any time, so that a certain broadcast program may never miss a high listening rate. In addition, a selective broadcast may be made in which an Internet user can select and listen to only a desired broadcast program. Here, examples of Internet broadcasting include SMR (smr.shinbiro.com) and nine4u (www.nine4u.com).

The schematic configuration of the Internet broadcasting having the above-described characteristics includes a predetermined broadcast program, for example, an Internet user accessing an Internet broadcasting site and requesting a predetermined information, a database having multimedia information in the form of audio and video data, and an Internet user. It is composed of a server that provides broadcast program information stored in a database according to the requirements of.

In the Internet broadcasting configured as described above, when an Internet user clicks on desired information after accessing the Internet broadcasting server, the Internet broadcasting server selectively outputs information corresponding to the Internet user's request among the broadcasting program information stored in the database.

Therefore, the conventional Internet broadcasts provide only the information requested by the Internet user at the time of requesting a predetermined broadcast program information. Therefore, since the broadcast program information is passively provided, the Internet user cannot effectively induce participation in the Internet broadcast. have.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and provides a two-way Internet broadcast apparatus and method for transmitting Internet broadcast program information by a broadcast program transmission server at a point in time desired by the Internet broadcaster. Has its purpose.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an interactive Internet broadcast apparatus and method for performing an effective compensation according to the degree of Internet broadcasting participation of the Internet user.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a two-way Internet broadcasting apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart for performing FIG. 1.

3 is a schematic block diagram of an internet quiz apparatus for interactive internet broadcasting according to the present invention;

4 is a diagram showing the structure of a database of an internet quiz device of interactive internet broadcasting according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart for performing an internet quiz of an internet broadcasting station in the interactive internet broadcasting according to the present invention.

6 is a view showing an example of the Internet viewer output screen state according to the Internet quiz performed in accordance with the present invention.

7 is a flowchart for performing an internet quiz of an internet viewer in an interactive internet broadcast according to the present invention.

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100-1,100-2, ..., 100-n: first to nth viewers

110: internet broadcasting server

120: Internet station

122: database

124: viewer input information processing server

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the present invention provides a two-way Internet broadcast method for providing broadcast information through the Internet, transmitting a pre-produced viewer participation program to a plurality of Internet viewers connected to the Internet broadcast site, Inputting a response of an internet viewer according to the transmitted program, storing the input response, outputting a result according to the stored response to the internet viewer, and performing compensation accordingly. Its features are provided.

Another aspect of the present invention is a two-way Internet broadcast apparatus for providing broadcast information through the Internet, an Internet broadcast server for providing broadcast content and broadcast guidance program information prepared in advance for providing to a plurality of Internet viewers through the Internet, broadcast A viewer input information processing server for statistically processing the opinions or responses of the Internet viewers for the contents and the broadcasting guide information, the opinions or response information of the internet viewers processed from the viewer input information processing server, and the pre-produced broadcast contents And a database for storing broadcast induction program information.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, an internet broadcast server may include: a stream server for providing the pre-produced broadcast content information at the time of request of the internet viewer; and an internet broadcast for providing a pre-produced internet viewer participation induction program to the internet viewer by a push method. It is to provide a two-way Internet broadcast device further comprises a transmission server.

Another feature of the present invention is that the Internet viewer comprises a user screen for inputting the Internet viewer participation induction program and a user interface screen for inputting the Internet viewer response to the Internet viewer participation induction program output through the user screen It is to provide a two-way Internet broadcast device.

Hereinafter, a bidirectional internet broadcasting apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited or limited by the following examples.

1 is a schematic structural block diagram of an interactive Internet broadcasting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for performing FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the interactive Internet broadcasting apparatus according to the present invention includes the first to nth viewers 100-1, 100-2,..., 100-n, the Internet broadcasting server 110, and the Internet broadcasting station 120. ), A database 122 and a viewer input information processing server 124.

Here, the Internet broadcast server 110 is composed of a stream server 112 and a broadcast interface delivery server 114.

In other words, the interactive Internet broadcasting apparatus according to the present invention produces a predetermined broadcast program by running on the Internet and then sends it to the first to n-th viewers 100-1,100-2,..., 100-n by Internet access. Internet broadcaster 120 for transmission, a database 122 for storing various broadcast program information produced by the Internet broadcaster 120, and various broadcast program information produced by the Internet broadcaster 120, that is, broadcast content, A program of a schedule produced for viewer participation in the stream server 112 and the internet broadcasting station 120 of the internet broadcasting server 110 for transmitting to the n th viewers 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n. Broadcast interface transmission server 114 of the Internet broadcast server 110 to provide the first to the n-th viewer (100-1,100-2, ..., 100-n) in real time at the time desired by the Internet broadcasting station 120 And through the broadcast interface transmission server 114 Is a viewer input information processing server 124 for receiving a response from the first to n-th viewers 100-1,100-2, ..., 100-n by the viewer participation program and processing the received response in a database 122. It consists of.

The operation of the interactive Internet broadcasting apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

When the first to n-th viewers 100-1, 100-2,..., 100-n access the internet site of the internet broadcasting station 120 (S200) and request a predetermined multimedia information, the internet broadcasting station 120 requests The broadcast content, which is produced in advance and stored in the database 122, is provided to the first to nth viewers 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n by the stream server 112.

Meanwhile, the internet broadcasting station 120 is pre-produced and stored in the database 122 to induce participation of the first to nth viewers 100-1,100-2,..., 100-n by the internet broadcasting station 120. The information is transmitted in real time to the first to n th viewers 100-1, 100-2,..., 100-n by a push technique by the broadcast interface transmitting server 114 (S202).

Subsequently, the first through n-th viewers 100-1, 100-2,. When inputting a user's opinion or response, the viewer input information processing server 124 may database the response information of the first to n th viewers 100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n inputted into a database ( 122) (S204).

When the broadcast content prepared by the internet broadcasting station 120 or the viewer participation induction program ends, the response information of the first to nth viewers 100-1,100-2, ..., 100-n is databased. Output to the first to n-th viewer (100-1, 100-2, ..., 100-n) (S206), and performs a selective compensation according to (S208).

For example, the mileage is given differently according to the degree of participation of the first to n-th viewers 100-1,100-2, ..., 100-n, and the mileage becomes a predetermined value or more accordingly. It can be set to provide a product.

An embodiment of the apparatus and method for interactive internet broadcasting as described above will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of an internet quiz apparatus for interactive internet broadcasting according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a view showing the structure of a database of the internet quiz apparatus for interactive internet broadcasting according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the internet quiz apparatus of the interactive internet broadcasting according to the present invention includes the first to nth viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n, the Internet broadcasting server 310, and a database. And a viewer input information processing server 330.

Here, the Internet broadcast server 310 is composed of a broadcast encoding server 312, a stream transmission video on demand (VOD) server 314 and a broadcast transmission server 316.

In addition, the database 320 is composed of a member information database 322, broadcast transmission information database 324, the viewer response information database 326, the viewer response statistics database 328.

That is, the Internet quiz device of the two-way Internet broadcasting according to the present invention member information for storing the first to n-th viewers (300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n) connected to the Internet broadcasting site through the Internet The first to n-th viewers 300 according to the quiz information of the database 322, the broadcast transmission information database 324 which is provided for providing via the Internet, and the quiz information, and the broadcast transmission information database 324. Viewer response information database 326 storing response information of -1,300-2, ..., 300-n), and responses of first to nth viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n A viewer response statistics database 328 for storing statistical information according to the information; a broadcast encoding server 312 for encoding a program produced for Internet broadcasting in a signal form for transmission over the Internet; To n-th viewers 300-1,300-2, ... Stream transmission VOD server 314 for transmitting to, 300-n, broadcast to transmit the quiz information of the encoded broadcast program information to the first to n-th viewer (300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n) Viewer response information by processing response information of the first to nth viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n according to the quiz information output by the transmission server 316 and the broadcasting transmission server 316. The viewer response information processing server 330 stores the database 326.

Here, each of the above-described databases has a structure as shown in FIG. 4, and as shown in FIG. 4, the member information database 322 includes first to n-th viewers 300-1, 300-2,..., 300-n. ) Name, password, social security number, email address, etc.

In addition, the viewer response information database 326 includes a viewer ID, a quiz number, a question number, an answer, and the like, and the broadcast transmission information database 324 includes a question number, a problem genre, a problem content, a questionnaire, etc. .

In addition, the viewer response statistics database 328 is configured to include the number of quizzes, viewer ID, number of correct answers, ranking, total score, and the like.

A process for performing an internet quiz of an interactive internet broadcast according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.

5 is a flowchart for performing an internet quiz of an internet broadcasting station in a two-way internet broadcasting according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a view illustrating an example of an internet viewer output screen state according to an internet quiz according to the present invention.

First, when the first to n-th viewers 300-1,300-2,..., 300-n connect to an internet station (S500) and request to participate in an internet quiz, the internet station transmits to the broadcasting server 316. By doing so, the quiz information stored in the broadcast transmission information database 324 is output to the first to nth viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n (S502).

In this case, the first to n-th viewers 300-1, 300-2,..., 300-n have an output screen state as shown in FIG. 6, wherein the user screen 600 and the user screen on which the quiz information of the Internet broadcasting station is output. An internet broadcast interface 602 is configured to input responses of the first to n th viewers 300-1, 300-2,..., 300-n based on the quiz information output on the 600.

Subsequently, when the first to n th viewers 300-1, 300-2,..., 300-n input the response information according to the quiz problem output through the internet broadcasting interface 602, the viewer input information processing server ( 330 stores the input response information in the viewer response information database 326 (S504).

At this time, the viewer input information processing server 330 performs scoring according to the determination of the right and wrong determination of the response information of the viewer (S506), and performs the statistical processing according to the stored in the viewer response statistics database 328 after This is transmitted to the first to n-th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n (S508).

When the quiz program ends by repeatedly performing the above-described process (S510), the final result of the quiz program according to the viewer input information processing server 330 is the first to n-th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n) (S512).

7 is a flowchart for performing an internet quiz of an internet viewer in an interactive internet broadcast according to the present invention.

First, when the first to n-th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n access the internet broadcasting site (S700) and do not select to participate in the quiz broadcasting (S702), the stream transmission VOD In FIG. 6, the server 314 does not have an internet broadcast interface 602, but performs internet broadcasting through an output screen composed of only the user screen 600 (S704).

Meanwhile, when the first to n th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n select to participate in the internet quiz broadcast, the first to n th viewers 300-1 and 300-2 who have selected the internet quiz broadcast It is determined whether ... 300-n) has already performed member registration on the Internet broadcast (S706).

If the member registration is not made in the above step (S706), the member is registered and then logged in (S708), and if the member registration has already been made (S710). In this case, the member information of the first to n th viewers 300-1, 300-2,..., 300-n according to the member registration is stored in the member information database 322.

According to the login operation of the first to n th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n, the quiz question is output in real time through the user screen 600 of FIG. 6 (S712), and the quiz is output. The answer to the problem is input through the internet broadcast interface 602 (S714).

For example, 'what is the name of the company that developed JAVA' on the user screen 600 of the first to n th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n? 'One. SUN 2. Microsoft 3. Mac 4. Adobe 5. P & G When the quiz question is output, the first viewer (user 1) 300-1 enters the answer as '1' through the internet broadcasting interface 602. The second viewer (user 2) 300-2 inputs the answer as '2'.

As such, the first and second viewers 300-1 and 300-2 inputted through the internet broadcast interface 602 may be answered by the viewer input information processing server 330 as 'user 1,' 1 ',' user 2, Temporarily stored in the viewer response information database 326 in the form of "2", and the responses of the stored first and second viewers 300-1,300-2 are scored by the viewer input information processing server 330 and ' It is finally stored in the viewer response information database 326 in the form of user 1, "O", "user 2," X ".

Therefore, the viewer response information database 326 is stored in the form of 'user 1: OOOXOOX ...' and 'user 2: OXOXXOO ...'.

Here, the viewer input information processing server 330 statistically processes the information stored in the viewer response information database 326 as described above, and stores information such as the number of correct answers, the rank, the total score, etc. in the viewer response statistics database 328. do.

Through this process, the statistics calculated so far are output to the first to n th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n participating in the quiz program, for example. , With 10 questions, 10 questions: 1200 questions, 9 questions: 13500 questions, 8 questions: 98700 questions, 7 questions: 7 questions: .. The person who is hitting the screen may output the progress state of the user through the user screen 600 of the first to n th viewers 300-1,300-2, ..., 300-n.

After the quiz program ends by repeatedly performing the above-described process (S716), the result is output to the user screen 600. For example, 'The first place in the 17th quiz program is Kim XX with ID lsh2490.' The output looks like this:

Here, it is apparent that in the interactive internet broadcasting apparatus and method according to the present invention, broadcast content produced for internet broadcasting is output through a user screen, and an Internet viewer can input the corresponding opinion through an internet broadcasting interface.

The bidirectional Internet broadcasting apparatus and method according to the present invention forms a broadcast interface window on which an Internet viewer connected to an Internet broadcasting station can be input on an output screen of an internet viewer, and a plurality of programs for inducing Internet viewer participation are desired at a time desired by the internet broadcasting station. It may be transmitted to the Internet viewers in real time, the Internet viewer response to the transmitted viewer participation induction program may be input through the broadcast interface window.

Therefore, according to the present invention, for example, a quiz program for inducing viewer participation in an internet broadcasting station is produced and transmitted to an internet viewer at a point in time desired by the internet broadcasting station, and the response of the viewer is displayed through the broadcast interface window of the internet viewer. Since rewards are given to internet viewers through grading input, it is possible to induce more Internet viewers to participate.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may vary the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

Claims (7)

In the two-way Internet broadcast method for providing broadcast information over the Internet, Transmitting a pre-produced viewer participation program to a plurality of internet viewers connected to the internet broadcasting site; Inputting a response of the Internet viewer according to the transmitted program; Storing the input response; Outputting the result according to the stored response to the internet viewer and performing a reward accordingly; Interactive Internet broadcasting method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The viewer participation program includes a quiz program. In the two-way Internet broadcast apparatus for providing broadcast information through the Internet, An internet broadcast server providing broadcast contents and broadcast guidance program information prepared in advance for providing to a plurality of internet viewers through the Internet; A viewer input information processing server which statistically processes and outputs the opinions or responses of the Internet viewer regarding the broadcast content and the program guide information; Database for storing statistically processed opinion or response information of the Internet viewer, the pre-produced broadcast content, and the broadcast guide program output from the viewer input information processing server. Interactive Internet broadcasting device is configured to include. The method of claim 3, The Internet broadcast server may include a stream server that provides the pre-produced broadcast content information at the request time of the Internet viewer; Internet broadcasting transmission server providing a pre-produced Internet viewer participation induction program to the Internet viewer by a push method Two-way Internet broadcasting device is configured to include more. The method of claim 3, The Internet viewer includes a user screen for outputting the Internet viewer participation inducing program and a user interface screen for inputting a response of the Internet viewer to the Internet viewer participation inducing program output through the user screen. Broadcasting device. In the two-way Internet broadcast method for providing broadcast information over the Internet, Inputting a connection request from the internet viewer to the internet broadcasting site; Outputting, in real time, pre-produced quiz program information to the connected Internet viewer; Inputting a response from the Internet viewer to the output quiz program information; Temporarily storing the input response result of the Internet viewer, and statistically processing the stored response result; Outputting a result according to the stored response of the internet viewer and a response result of statistics processing to the internet viewer; Selectively rewarding the Internet viewer according to the output response result Interactive Internet broadcasting method comprising a. In the two-way Internet broadcast method for providing broadcast information over the Internet, Accessing the internet broadcasting site; Inputting a participation request signal to a quiz broadcast of the internet broadcasting site; Performing member registration and login for participating in the quiz broadcasting; Performing a response according to a quiz program prepared and transmitted after the login; Receiving a selective reward based on the result of performing the response Interactive Internet broadcasting method comprising a.