KR20020025555A - Data share video conference and seminar service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for video conference and seminar is provided to share multimedia data freely while a video conference is progressed smoothly by a video conference master or a leader. CONSTITUTION: A web server(2) controls an input/output signal for a video conference. A database server(4) has a video conference user database and performs a user certification in accordance with a control signal of the web server(2). A video conference managing server(6) manages a video conference operator and participators and controls a video server and a voice server when a data sharing video conference is progressed. A video conference server(8) controls an opening of a video conference and input/outputs signals of the video conference operator and participators while a video conference is executed. A voice server(10) controls a voice exchange while a video conference is executed. Data as text/graphic files are shared between participators of a video conference, and a white board for inputting a character and text is shared in real time. In addition, voices of participators are shared.

Description

DATA SHARE VIDEO CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR SERVICE SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a data sharing video conferencing and video seminar service system, and more particularly, to a data sharing video conferencing and video conferencing, which allows a plurality of users to simultaneously perform various types of data sharing with each other on the Internet. It is about a video seminar system.

Currently, the technology for video conferencing system is proposed to share a moderator's video with multiple users under the control of the main manager, and some services for sharing data or other multimedia data during video conferencing are provided. In order to share data, it was very difficult to share data during video conferencing because it had to go through data transmission and reception step by step.

In addition, in the conventional video conferencing system, the voice transmission method is a walkie-talkie type (voice mixing), and the user needs to click the 'speak' button to speak and the person who is in the speaking state even though the other person wants to speak. There was a problem that can not talk freely in a way that can not speak without this cancellation. In addition, there was a problem that the meeting was difficult to proceed in order because there was no person in charge or a leader in progress, and also it was not able to provide data input and sharing function such as whiteboard function.

An object of the present invention is to devise to improve the conventional problems as described above, a material that can freely share multimedia data during the video conferencing and has a video conferencing facilitator or a leader to smoothly proceed with the videoconference It is to provide a shared video conferencing service system.

Still another object of the present invention is to freely share multimedia materials during the video seminar, and to share documents between the video seminar creator and the attendees, and the attendees can be given questions and answers by the speaker. It is to provide a data sharing video seminar service system that facilitates the progress of seminars.

1 is a schematic diagram of a data sharing video conferencing service system according to the present invention;

2 is a detailed operational flow diagram according to FIG.

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a data sharing image seminar service system according to the present invention;

4 is a detailed flowchart of operation according to FIG. 3.

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2: web server 4: database server

6: video conference management server 8: video conference server

10: voice server 16: video seminar management server

18: video seminar server

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, having a web server for controlling input and output signals for video conferencing, a video conferencing user database and performing user authentication according to the control signal of the web server A database server, a video conference management server that manages a video conference room establisher and an attendee during data sharing video conference, and controls a video server and a voice server to be described later; A video conferencing server for controlling a signal and a voice server for exchanging voices when executing the video conferencing, comprising text, graphic files, and the like, between a predetermined number of participants in the video conferencing room created by the video conferencing room creator. To share the text and text on the whiteboard in real time Share, are provided at the same time, a number of participants to share data videoconferencing service system comprising a share audio and video.

In addition, the data sharing can be shared by other attendees only by the presiding person who has the initiative to lead the video conference, and the other participants can upload the material uploaded under their own initiative only if the other attendees have been given the initiative. It is characterized by being able to share.

In addition, the data sharing image seminar service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention has a web server for controlling input and output signals for the image seminar, image seminar user database and the data for performing user authentication according to the control signal of the web server The base server, the video seminar room creator and attendees during the data sharing video seminar, and the video seminar server and audio server controlling the voice server, the video seminar room creation and video seminar room creator when the video seminar is executed, and It consists of a video seminar server that controls the input and output signals of attendees, a voice server to exchange the voice when the video seminar is executed, a plurality of users participated in the opened video seminar room, the text, graphics files, etc. transmitted from the video seminar creator Data is shared by multiple participants , Shared whiteboard to enter characters and text in real time, and at the same time, characterized in that the number of participants to share audio and video.

In addition, the data sharing can be done only by the image seminar creator, and a number of other seminar attendees are given a voice from the creator, so that they can answer questions and answers.

Hereinafter, a data sharing video conferencing and video seminar service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a data sharing video conferencing service system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a video conferencing creator 20 who wants to open a video conference is a web server 2 operating a specific website. ) Through the Internet. The web server 2 controls input / output signals for video conferencing and controls input signals and output signals from connected users.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a database server, which includes a database 5 in which data (eg, member data) for a user who wants to receive a video conference service is classified and stored, and controlled by the web server 2. Perform user authentication according to the signal.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a videoconferencing management server that manages the entire videoconference, manages the establisher and the attendees during data sharing videoconferencing, and controls the videoconferencing server 8 and the voice server 10.

The video conference server 8 controls the establishment of the video conference room 12 and the input / output signals of the video conference room establisher 20 and the plurality of participants 30 when the video conference is executed.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of data sharing video conferencing according to FIG. 1, and as illustrated therein, the video conferencing creator 20 accesses a web site of an operator providing a video conferencing service ( S2, S4), and log in by entering the user ID and password (S6). Thereafter, the database server 4 performs a process of authenticating through the input user ID and password (S8). The authentication process is possible to use all the services without having to enter twice in the future if you enter the ID and password only once at the beginning.

If authentication is not performed in step S8, it is determined whether to continue (S9), or the login step is performed again. If the user is authenticated, the user is allowed to access a web site that provides a video conferencing service. Then, when the video conferencing creator 20 clicks on the business video conferencing (S10), the corresponding screen is displayed so that the video conferencing or data sharing video conferencing can be selected.

After that, if the authenticated user clicks the data sharing video conferencing menu (S12), a screen for later opening or joining the conference room is displayed. If the user selects the opening conference room menu (S20), the meeting topic and password are displayed. If (S22) is entered, a conference room is opened (S24), and data sharing video conferencing can be executed (S40). In the above, the opening of the conference room sets the "Internet contact number (12 digits)" set by the member at the time of initial registration as the conference room number. In addition, enter the meeting topic above, and enter a password so that only a predetermined person can enter the meeting room, which is an option of the establisher and does not need to be entered.

In addition, if the user authenticated above selects to participate in the meeting room (S30), by entering the room number and subject, password (S32), participate in the meeting room (S34), can perform a data sharing video conference (S40) . In the above, the conference room participants are informed of the conference time and the conference room number in advance to select the conference room participation. In addition, the attendee enters the conference room through the authentication process of entering the conference room number and password established as the "Internet contact number" of the conference organizer who is scheduled to participate.

In addition, a separate meeting window (window window) (video conference room 12) is created so that a meeting can be performed during the data sharing video conference, and any participant can talk in the meeting window (by voice synthesis). You can talk up to 10 people at the same time), you can text chat, you can see the face of the conference host by video transmission.

After the step S40, if the participants of the data sharing video conference 30 select the data sharing during the meeting (S42), various types of menus that can be shared are displayed, among which, if the user In case of sharing selection (S50), it is determined whether the selection of the initiative is selected (S52), and in the case of selecting the initiative, the slide screen is displayed to the participants in the video conference through the step of opening the PowerPoint (S54) and selecting the slide (S55). It is transmitted (S56), to share the transmitted slide (S57). If the initiative is not selected, the slide sharing step is performed. In more detail, in the PowerPoint opening step, when a presiding officer opens a PowerPoint file on his PC, a slide list is displayed in a conference window, and a desired slide is selected from the list of slide lists. The slide selection can be selected by the presenter or the attendee sequentially or arbitrarily, and the selected slide is transmitted to all the meeting participants by screen scanning method so that all the meeting participants can view the same slide screen.

In addition, if the user selects the file sharing (S60), it is determined whether the selection of the initiative (S62), if the selection of the initiative to the video conference attendees through the file open (S64) and page selection (S65) step The page screen is transmitted (S66), and the transmitted page is shared (S67). If the initiative is not selected, the page sharing step proceeds. Files can share all kinds of files with extension doc, txt and xls and the desktop of the computer can be screen scanned.

In addition, if the user selects the whiteboard sharing (S70), it is determined whether the initiative selection (S72), if the selection of the initiative to open the whiteboard (S74), the text (text) or the whiteboard A graphic is input (S75), the input whiteboard is transmitted in real time (S76), and the video conference participants share the transmitted whiteboard (S77). If the initiative is not selected, the whiteboard sharing step is performed. The whiteboard sharing is explained in more detail. When the copyboard is opened in the meeting window, various tools (color, font, size, shape editing, etc.) can be used by the chairperson or the attendee of the meeting to enter text and graphics. You can enter text or draw graphs and figures. The presentation and file sharing are transmitted on a page-by-page basis after changing a slide and page, whereas the whiteboard can be shared in real time while simultaneously inputting Hangul characters or drawing a graph.

In addition, if the user selects the web sharing (S80), it is determined whether the initiative is selected (S82), if the choice of the initiative is to open the web sharing window (S84) and enter the homepage address (URL) (S85), the step of transmitting the URL (S86), the video conference participants to share the web (S87). If the initiative is not selected, the homepage sharing step is performed.

The initiative selection process is because of the nature of video conferencing, because several people must share a single meeting screen, multiple people cannot share multiple data at the same time, and only the person with the initiative can lead the data sharing. However, the initiative is to allow anyone to take authority by their choice.

After that, it is determined whether or not the end of the meeting (S90), to terminate the meeting or continue.

In the video conference room opened as described above, attendees can not only share materials and conduct meetings, but also communicate with each other by voice and video.

The data sharing process is described in further detail. The ability to share voices during a meeting, for example, the meeting should be freely available for anyone to speak, so the videoconference according to the present invention can be attended to up to 10 people and all 10 people can talk at the same time without any event (action) It is possible. In addition, voice mixing is possible so that the voice can be freely heard and delivered during the conference.

The function of sharing video during the conference is directly transmitted to the PC screen of the video conferencing creator and participants (peer to peer method) without going through a separate server, and has the function of reducing the load on the server and the network.

In addition, there is a button called 'Leadership', so you must have the initiative to use the functions displayed on the video conference screen. Therefore, any participant in the meeting can be the leader and the meeting can be conducted in order by the leader.

In addition, the whiteboard is used as a tool that can be freely expressed in pictures or texts when expressing opinions, and is also useful because it is easy to erase.

Data sharing is automatically shared with the participants by selecting the file sharing menu, opening the necessary files through the explorer, and freely moving. This makes it convenient for the presenter to give a presentation.

3 is a schematic diagram of a data sharing image seminar service system according to the present invention, which is similar to FIG. 1, and the overall process of establishing a data sharing and participation in an image seminar room is similar to that of FIG. 1, except that the data sharing is performed by the image seminar creator. There is a characteristic that is made only by. As shown in the drawing, the video seminar creator 120 who wants to open a video seminar connects to a web server 2 that operates a specific website through an internet network. The web server 2 controls an input / output signal for an image seminar, and controls an input signal and an output signal from a connected user.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a database server, which has a database 5 in which data (e.g., member data) for a user who wants to receive a video seminar service is classified and stored, and a control signal of the web server 2. Perform user authentication accordingly.

Reference numeral 16 denotes an image seminar management server that manages the entire image seminar. The reference numeral 16 manages the establisher and the attendees during the data sharing image seminar and controls the image seminar server 18 and the voice server 10.

The image seminar server 18 controls the establishment of the image seminar room 22 and the input / output signals of the image seminar room establisher 120 and the plurality of participants 130 when the image seminar is executed.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a video seminar process similar to that of the data sharing video conferencing in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 4, an operator's website in which the video seminar creator 120 provides an image seminar service is provided. site) (S2, S4), and log in by entering ID and password (S6). Thereafter, the database server 4 performs a process of authenticating through the input user ID and password (S8). If authentication is not performed in step S8, it is determined whether to continue (S9), and the termination or login step is performed again. If the user is authenticated, the user is allowed to access the web site that provides the video seminar service. Thereafter, when the video seminar creator 120 clicks on the business video conference (S10), a corresponding screen is displayed so that the video seminar can be selected later.

After that, if the authenticated user clicks on the video seminar menu (S112), a screen for later opening of the seminar room or joining the seminar room is displayed. If the user selects to open the seminar room (S120), the subject and password are displayed. If input (S122), a seminar room is opened (S124), and a data sharing video seminar can be executed (S140). In addition, the authenticated user can select to participate in the seminar room (S130), enter the seminar room number and subject, password (S132), participate in the seminar room (S134), and execute an image seminar (S140). ).

After the step S140, if the image seminar creator chooses to share the material during the seminar (S142), various types of menus that can be shared are displayed, among them, if the creator chooses to share the presentation ( In step S150, the PowerPoint opening step S152, the slide selection step S154, and the slide screen transmission step S156 allow the image seminar participants to share the transmitted slides (S158).

In addition, if the establisher selects file sharing (S160), the file seminar attendees share the transmitted page through the file opening (S162), the page selection (S164), and the page screen transmission step (S166) (S168). ).

In addition, if the founder chooses to share the whiteboard (S170), the participants in the video seminar are transmitted through the whiteboard opening step (S172), the text and graphic input step (S174), and the whiteboard real-time transmission step (S176). The shared whiteboard is to be shared (S178).

In addition, if the establisher selects the web sharing (S180), through the web sharing window (S182), the homepage address input (URL) input step (S182), the homepage address transmission step (S184), attending the video seminar attendees Allow them to share the web (S188).

Subsequently, it is determined to apply and grant the right to speak (S190), and if there is a grant of the presenter to the applicant to speak, the question and answer are proceeded (S192), after which the seminar is judged to be finished (S194), and the seminar ends. Or continue.

In the video seminar room opened as described above, attendees can not only share materials and conduct seminars, but also communicate with each other by voice and video.

As explained above, data sharing video conferencing and video seminars are basically similar, but the difference is that data sharing video conferencing allows up to 10 people to simultaneously exchange opinions in a meeting room, while data sharing video seminars use one to N ( The seminar will be conducted in a one-way direction in which one presiding person and a large number of students (up to 100 students) are delivered in one direction. For this reason, questions and answers about the right to speak are needed.

In addition, the application and grant of the right to speak may use the Q & A time during the seminar or after the seminar, and the participants of the seminar may apply for the right to speak.

As described above, according to the data sharing video conferencing and video seminar service system according to the present invention, in the case of video conferencing, voice, video, and data can be shared within a certain capacity by opening a conference room and participating in the conference room. Video seminars can also educate a large number of participants.

In addition, during the video conference, the person with the initiative can share the data while conducting the conference, which facilitates the conference. During the video seminar, the speaker can give questions before and after the video seminar. And because you can hear the answer, video seminars are more effective.

In addition, preferred embodiments of the present invention are disclosed for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, additions, etc. within the spirit and scope of the present invention, such modifications and modifications belong to the scope of the claims You will have to look.

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Web server for controlling the input and output signal for video conferencing, A database server having a video conference user database and performing user authentication according to a control signal of the web server; Video conferencing management server that manages video conference establishment and attendees during data sharing video conferencing and controls the video server and voice server to be described later; A video conferencing server for controlling the establishment of a video conference room and the input / output signals of the video conference room establisher and the attendee at the time of executing the video conference; It is composed of a voice server that controls to exchange the voice when the video conference is executed, and share the data, such as text, graphic files, and the like between the predetermined number of participants in the video conference room created by the video conference room establisher A data sharing video conferencing service system, characterized in that the input whiteboard is shared in real time, and at the same time a plurality of participants share the voice. The method of claim 1, wherein the data sharing can be shared by other attendees only by the presiding person who has the initiative to lead the video conference, and the material uploaded by the attendee only if the other attendees have been given the initiative. Data sharing video conferencing service system characterized in that the other participants can share. A web server for controlling input and output signals for image seminars, A database server having an image seminar user database and performing user authentication according to a control signal of the web server; Image seminar management server that manages the video seminar room founder and attendees and controls the video server and voice server which will be described later. An image seminar server for controlling the generation of the image seminar room and the input / output signals of the image seminar room creators and the attendees when the image seminar is executed; It is composed of a voice server for exchanging voices when the video seminar is executed, a plurality of participants share the data, such as text, graphic files, etc. transmitted from the video seminar creator by participating in the opened video seminar room, And sharing a white board in which text is input in real time, and simultaneously sharing a voice of a plurality of participants. The data sharing video seminar service system of claim 3, wherein the data sharing can be done only by the video seminar creator, and a plurality of other seminar attendees can be given questions and answers by the founder.