KR20020063471A - Method and apparatus for news service using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An information providing method using the Internet and a device thereof are provided to install an Internet data receiving unit providing a function of a set top box function on public equipment of a building, and to make information transmitted to user terminals through a distribution unit of the public equipment, so as to receive life information and moving image advertising contents through a television receiver. CONSTITUTION: Contents desired by an end user are collected to establish a database. The established database is transmitted to an Internet information server. Data are delivered to public equipment(80) of a building in which the user is located through a communication server from the Internet information server. A channel that does not transmit a TV broadcasting signal is designated as an Internet TV dedicated channel, to enable the user to receive the data received to the public equipment. And if the user selects the Internet TV dedicated channel, the data are transmitted to a TV of the user through an internal line.

Description

Method for providing information using the Internet and apparatus therefor {Method and apparatus for news service using internet}

The present invention transmits the living information and the video advertisement contents constructed as a database on the web of the Internet in real time, even if the set-top box is not installed in the television receiver in each home and assembly building. The present invention relates to a method for providing information using the Internet and a device thereof.

Conventional typical video media are mainly over the air, wired and cable TV. Recently, while watching a TV program by sending a program to meet the various information acquisition needs of viewers, an appropriate database for advertisement can be broadcast on the divided monitor screen through the Internet transmission network or advertisement storage media. We are planning to see the effect of advertising.

In particular, the Internet TV is equipped with the unique functions of the TV and the Internet connection function with a web browser, so that the Internet can be connected to the Internet while receiving TV broadcasts. -top box). The built-in TV is a method of embedding an Internet module in a general TV, and the set-top box type has a telephone line connected to an existing TV so that the Internet can be searched, and the exterior is shaped like a video tape recorder. If you change the assigned channel after switching, you will be connected to the Internet without any configuration and will be able to display the information on the TV screen. The Internet TV has become a new image medium as a multi-functional media that enables data retrieval, PC communication, and e-mail functions through the Internet connection. However, since Internet TV must have a set-top box separately from the TV in each home, it requires installation costs for each generation, thus hampering public dissemination.

Most apartment complexes, inns, motels, officetels, buildings, etc., are basically equipped with public facilities for watching communications and TV, and modulators for modulating and transmitting received video and audio signals.

The present invention uses a popular Internet communication network such as PSTN, ISDN, ASDL, coaxial cable, optical cable, satellite reception, wireless LAN, etc., and installs an Internet data receiving device in an assembly building such as an apartment complex, an inn, a motel, and an officetel. By transmitting the data output from the Internet data receiving apparatus to the user terminal through the premises provided in the assembly building, by using a blank channel of the user TV to install a dedicated TV channel for providing Internet information by the user In the middle of watching a television receiver, it is to provide a method of providing living information using the Internet, which enables to receive various types of living information including securities information independently using the Internet as needed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for realizing a method for providing living information using the Internet.

1 is a flow chart of the present invention

2 is an overall device diagram of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a modulator of the present invention

Living information providing method of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of collecting the content desired by the information consumer to build a database; Sending the database to an internet information server; Transmitting data from an Internet information server to a public building of a user's location, such as an apartment complex, an inn, a motel, an officetel, a building, and an assembly building using a communication server; Designating a channel which does not transmit a TV broadcast signal as an Internet TV dedicated channel so that a user can receive data received at the public hearing facility; And transmitting data to the user's TV individually through the premises of the public hearing facility as the user selects the Internet TV dedicated channel.

Another aspect of the present invention is to collect the content desired by the information consumer to support the digital video display device of the user terminal to build a database; Sending the database to an internet information server; Transmitting data from an Internet information server to a public building of a user's location, such as an apartment complex, an inn, a motel, an officetel, a building, and an assembly building using a communication server; Converting the digital information sent to the public hearing facility into an analog signal; Designating a channel which does not transmit a TV broadcast signal as an Internet TV dedicated channel so that a user can receive data received at the public hearing facility; And transmitting data to the user's TV individually through the premises of the public hearing facility as the user selects the Internet TV dedicated channel.

PSTN, ISDN, ADSL, coaxial cable, optical cable, satellite receiver, wireless LAN method can be selectively transmitted from internet information server to communication facility through communication server. Modem, LAN card, satellite receiver by TCP / IP method It includes all transportable Internet media, including using.

As described above, the Internet TV of the present invention selects a channel (S101) by turning on the power of the TV (S100). When the user inputs the channel, the comparison between the set channel and the input channel is made (S102). If the channel is set up to receive Internet data, the controller accesses the corresponding Internet broadcast TV channel (S104). Thereafter, if there is a channel change request (S105), a comparison decision (S102) is performed between the set channel and the input channel again.

The contents of the database are, for example, real estate, securities, job listings, brokerage and sale of second-hand goods, electronic commerce, and the like, and include all information related to real life and video information.

An apparatus for implementing such an information providing method includes a data server for processing and storing collected multicast service information into a predetermined data format and transmitting the same to a network; An operator server for updating data stored in the data server and transmitting service information to the Internet network; An Internet data transmission / reception device provided in a public hearing facility of a building to receive service information from the operator server and control reception with a TV or a personal computer; The terminal user is provided with a public hearing facility that receives input and output signals of the interface provided from the Internet data transmitting and receiving device, connects a terminal with a line interface in a building premises, and transmits a video signal and an audio signal. Receive the service function of the device.

Such an apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 shows a configuration of the present invention.

The database is provided with data from a national operator 10 having a nationwide network, a local operator 20, and a regional operator 30, which becomes a distributor form of the local operator 20.

The national operator 10 constructs a remote control and monitoring system, inputs the data 12 into the data server 12, processes it, and delivers it to the operator server 40, and monitors each local server forming a network. And control.

The local operator 20 has a data server 21 composed of an advertisement and content production system and a remote schedule control and monitoring system of a local terminal, and operates an internet e-commerce, information broadcasting, and information magazine business with a local business right. It receives data from the national operator 10 and the regional operator 30 in which the network is established, and transmits the data to the operator server.

The regional operator 30 collects data 31 and transmits the collected data to the local operator 20 including a data server 32 composed of a content production system and a remote control and monitoring system.

The operator server 40 is composed of a data server 41, a stream server 42, and a web server 43 to form a network with the Internet 50.

Data transmitted from the data server 41 and the stream server 42 is transmitted to the Internet data transmitting and receiving device 60 installed in the communication room in the building via the Internet 50 network.

The data server 41 receives and stores data from the data server 11 of the national operator 10 and the data server 21 of the local operator 20.

Data transmitted from the web server 43 can be directly connected to the Internet through a terminal such as a PC 70 via the Internet 50 network.

The Internet data receiving apparatus 60 converts the received digital signal into an analog signal and transmits it to the public hearing facility 80. If the user terminal supports a digital video display, the process of converting the digital signal into an analog signal may be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 3, the Internet data transceiving device 60 includes a modulator 61 including a hard disk 600, a video adapter 700, and a D / A converter 800.

The video adapter 700 is composed of a graphics engine 701, a frame buffer 702, and an MPEG decoder 703.

The Internet data transceiving device 60 is such that the MPEG2 stream data transmitted from the operator server 40 is stored as a data file on the hard disk 600, and the stored data is MPEG decoder according to the time determined by the controller 900. The audio data is reproduced as an MPEG2 video stream at 703 and then converted to NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) -type analog data through the frame buffer 702 and output to the public hearing facility 80.

The public hearing facility 80 enables a function service of the Internet data receiving apparatus 60 through a TV in each home, office, or guest room through the modulator 61.

Internet data transmission and reception device 60 may be applied to any one of the existing Internet communication means such as PSTN, ISDN, coaxial cable, optical cable, satellite communication, modem, LAN card, satellite receiver, etc. by TCP / IP method Receive data by the device selected from.

The functional service of the Internet data receiving apparatus 60 means, for example, the function of the set top box. In other words, in the present invention, unlike a conventional system in which a set-top box is installed in a user's terminal, the set-top box is installed in a public hearing facility of an assembly building and receives internet data, and then transmitted to the user through a distribution means of the public hearing facility.

According to the present invention, without relying on a browser to access the Internet, or installing a separate set-top box, and converting the channel of the existing television set to the channel specified by the Internet TV only by the operation of using the Internet The information service is executed to improve user convenience.

The present invention provides a dedicated TV channel for an unspecified number of people housed in residents of apartment complexes or other assembly buildings using public channels and premises of apartments, including apartments, and advertisements affiliated to advertisers and Internet service companies. A commercial operation that allows the consignor to accumulate a certain amount for each ad out on condition that the ad is broadcast.

According to the present invention as described above, the Internet data receiving apparatus having the function of the set-top box is installed in the public facilities of apartment complexes, inns, motels, officetels, buildings, and aggregates, and transmitted to the user terminal through distribution means of the public facilities. By enabling transmission, it is possible to receive life information and video advertisement contents constructed as a database on the web of the Internet through a television receiver without installing a separate set-top box on the user terminal as in the related art. have.

Claims (14)

Collecting a content desired by an information consumer and constructing a database; Sending the database to an internet information server; Transmitting data from an internet information server to a public hearing facility of a building where a user is located by using a communication server; Designating a channel which does not transmit a TV broadcast signal as an Internet TV dedicated channel so that a user can receive data received at the public hearing facility; And transmitting data to the user's TV through the premises of the public hearing facility as the user selects the Internet-only TV channel. Collecting a content desired by an information consumer and constructing a database; Sending the database to an internet information server; Transmitting data from the Internet information server to the public hearing facility of the assembly building where the user is located through a communication server; Converting digital information received by the public hearing facility into an analog signal; Designating a channel which does not transmit a TV broadcast signal as an Internet TV dedicated channel so that a user can receive data received at the public hearing facility; And transmitting data to the user's TV through the premises of the public hearing facility as the user selects the Internet-only TV channel. A data server for processing and storing the collected multicast service information in a predetermined data format and transmitting the same to a network; An operator server for updating data stored in the data server and transmitting service information to the Internet network; An internet data receiving apparatus installed in a public hearing facility of an assembly building to receive service information from the operator server and to control transmission to a user terminal; And a modulator for storing audio and video signals output from the internet data receiving apparatus and outputting them to a public hearing facility so that a terminal user receives an internet service function. The information providing apparatus using the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the internet data receiving apparatus includes a PSTN. 4. An information providing apparatus using the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the internet data receiving apparatus has an ISDN. The information providing apparatus using the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the Internet data receiving apparatus includes a coaxial cable. The information providing apparatus using the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the internet data receiving apparatus comprises an optical cable. 4. An information providing apparatus using the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the internet data receiving apparatus includes a satellite receiver. 4. The information providing apparatus using the Internet of claim 3, wherein the internet data receiving apparatus includes a wireless LAN. The information providing apparatus using the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the internet data receiving apparatus includes a modem. 4. An information providing apparatus using the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the internet data receiving apparatus includes a LAN card. The information providing apparatus using the Internet according to any one of claims 3 to 11, wherein the Internet data receiving apparatus is output to a modulator including a hard disk and a video adapter interfaced to the Internet. The information providing apparatus using the Internet of claim 12, wherein the data output from the video adapter is output as a digital signal and input to a modulator. The information providing apparatus using the Internet of claim 12, wherein the digital data output from the video adapter is converted into an analog signal by a D / A converter and output to the modulator.