KR20020081615A - System and method for providing voice news - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A voice news service system and method is provided to enable a user to receive real time voice data or to download voice file on contents of a newspaper or a magazine so that the user can listen to voice on the contents of printed media in a narrow space. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a server communication module(320), a voice news selection module(330), a control module(310), a user authentication module(340), and databases(360). The server communication module(320), connected to a user terminal over the internet, offers voice news or advertisement, and receives setting data from the user terminal. The voice news selection module(330) analyzes the setting data to be received from the user terminal, for example, a subject, an occurrence time or a news source. The control module(310) reads the voice news or the advertisement, determined by the voice news selection module(330), from the databases(360), and transmits the read voice news or advertisement to the user terminal via a CGI(Common Gateway Interface). The user authentication module(340) checks a user ID and a password for authenticating an accessing user. The databases(360) include a member management database(364), an advertisement management database(362), a voice news database(366), a reservation management database(368) and a music database(369). The advertisement management database(362) stores data on an advertiser, advertisement and an identification code. The voice news database(366) stores voice news with an identification code and an occurrence date.

Description

System and Method for providing voice news

The present invention relates to a voice news providing system and a method for providing the same, and more particularly, a voice news providing system and a method for receiving or downloading the contents of a media such as a newspaper or a magazine in real time by voice. It is about.

In recent years, with the development of broadcasting and media, the general public has access to a lot of information every day. This flood of information is rather difficult to get the information they need at the right time.

For example, in the case of broadcasting, the fastest news can be heard in the morning broadcast news, which has the disadvantage that the information obtained while hurrying to work in the morning is not memorable in detail. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to obtain accurate and prompt information because other tasks are prioritized after work.

In addition, in the case of newspapers, in order to subscribe to newspapers by using busy morning hours to go to work, most of them use a space such as a subway or a bus, but the narrow space often causes inconvenience to others. This is due to the inevitable nature of newspaper media to contain large amounts of information. Moreover, since the relevant information is published in a comprehensive manner even in areas that are not particularly interested in, finding information related to the field of interest in a narrow space of transportation is a disadvantage.

Of course, with the development of the Internet, it is common to find necessary information through web surfing, but this requires a limited location because it requires the use of related devices.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems caused by the need to obtain information through vision, and the basic concept is to solve the spatial constraints by receiving information such as news through hearing, that is, voice. .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a voice news providing system so as to quickly obtain information required by the user regardless of the place.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a voice news providing system that can be provided quickly by filtering information related to only their interests.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method applied to such a system.

Other objects and features of the present invention will be more clearly described through the preferred embodiments described below.

1 is a block diagram showing an Internet configuration diagram to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram of the operational server of the present invention.

3 is a configuration block diagram of a driving agent embedded in the client-side terminal device of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an embodiment of a terminal device applied to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a providing method according to the present invention.

According to the voice news providing system of the present invention, a client terminal device having a built-in driving agent and wirelessly connected to the Internet, and voice news for converting and storing voice news based on news information provided from affiliates of newspaper companies or magazine manufacturers A DB, an advertisement DB for storing advertisement information requested by the advertisement unit, and a member DB for storing registered member information are constructed, and an operation server for providing voice news to a client terminal device through the Internet.

The driving agent sets the information, such as the field, type, date of occurrence and information source of the voice news to be received from the operation server, and stores it in the member DB of the operation server, and transmits the setting information to the operation server or sets it from the operation server. Client communication module for receiving voice news and advertisement corresponding to the information, and a control module for outputting or storing the received voice news and advertisement through the output module.

In addition, the operation server determines the requested voice news on the basis of the server communication module for transmitting and receiving data with the client communication module, the user information comparison module for comparing and authenticating the client information from the previously stored member DB, and the setting information from the client And a control module for reading the voice news and the advertisement determined by the voice news determination module and the voice news determination module from the advertisement DB and the voice news DB via the CGI and transmitting them to the client through the server communication module.

Preferably, the driving agent further includes a reservation module for allowing the client to access the operation server at a predetermined time, download voice news according to preset information, and store it in the client. The operation server may further include a reservation transmitted from the reservation module of the client. The reservation information confirmation module further checks the reservation information stored in the reservation information DB based on the code.

In addition, the voice news providing method of the present invention includes a client terminal device that is connected to the Internet wirelessly with a built-in driving agent; Voice news DB for converting and storing voice news based on news information provided by affiliates of newspaper companies or magazine production companies, an advertisement DB for storing advertisement information requested by the advertisement department, and a member DB for storing registered member information Is established and applied to a voice news providing system comprising an operation server for providing voice news to a client terminal device through the Internet, and driving an agent to form a communication path with the operation server via the Internet, from the client terminal device. Confirming whether the registered member is registered through user authentication from the member DB of the operation server by transmitting the information, determining whether to transmit the setting information related to the reception of the voice news, and when setting the determination result setting information anew, Step of setting new information related to news, voice news tube Transmitting information on the basis of the received setting information to extract the audio from the audio news that the news DB comprises a step of outputting step and the transmitted voice news to be transmitted to the client.

Preferably, in the extracted voice news, advertisements and pre-musics are extracted from the advertisement DB and pre-music DB, respectively, and advertisements and pre-musics are inserted in predetermined units of the voice news.

In addition, user authentication may be performed based on a unique number of the client terminal device.

In addition, in the case of reservation reception, forming a communication path with the operation server, performing user authentication by transmitting user information together with a reservation code indicating reservation reception, and operating based on the received reservation code when authentication is completed. Extracting reservation information from the reservation information DB of the server, reading the voice news related to the reservation information from the voice news DB, and transmitting the reserved news to the client terminal device; and storing the downloaded voice news in a memory in the client terminal device. .

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

Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown an Internet configuration diagram applied to the present invention.

Operating server 300, affiliate server 400, advertiser server via the Internet (200)

The 500 may be connected, and the client terminal 100 may be connected to the Internet 200 through the wireless repeater 150.

The affiliate company server 400 refers to a server of a newspaper company or a magazine publishing company or a broadcasting station, and the operation server 300 receives text information from them through a contract. The operation server 300 processes and stores the provided text information into voice and provides voice news in response to a request from the client.

In addition, the advertiser server 500 requests the operation server 300 for an advertisement to be provided by voice through an advertisement contract.

The client terminal 100 may receive voice news in real time through the wireless repeater 150 and the Internet 200 or may be connected to a computer system 100a having a built-in communication interface to download voice news.

2 is a block diagram of the operational server of the present invention.

2, the server communication module 320 is connected to the client 100 through the Internet 200 to provide voice news or advertisements or to receive setting information from the client 100.

The voice news determination module 330 analyzes the setting information transmitted from the client 100. The setting information may be a voice news or an advertisement field, type, time of occurrence, information source, and the like, which may be preset in a consistent manner in the client 100, which will be described later.

The control module 310 reads the voice news and the advertisement determined by the voice news determination module 330 from the related DB 360 through the CGI (Common Gateway Interface) 350 and the client through the server communication module 320. 100).

In addition, the user information comparison module 340 checks the ID and password of the connected user and determines whether the member is registered in the member DB 364. It is also possible to check the unique number transmitted from the client to be selectively connected to check whether the registered member without inputting ID or password.

In the operation server 300, various databases 360 are constructed, and a member DB 364 for storing and managing a registered member ID and password or a unique number of a terminal device that is optionally owned, advertiser information and related advertisement information. The advertisement DB 362 stored with the identification code, the voice news DB 366 for storing the voice news corresponding to the newspaper contents together with information such as the identification code or the date and time of occurrence, and the voice news set in advance by the client 100. A reservation information DB 368 for storing related reservation information and an instrument music DB 369 for storing energy with an identification code.

3 is a configuration block diagram of a driving agent embedded in the client-side terminal device of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the setting module 120 sets voice news or advertisement related information to be received from the operation server 100, for example, a field, an occurrence time, a type of music.

In other words, if you are interested in politics and economy, and want to hear the news that occurred on April 13, 2001, set identification codes and dates corresponding to politics and economy respectively.

The client communication module 140 transmits setting information based on the information set from the setting module 120, and receives voice news and advertisements corresponding to the setting information through the server communication module 320 of the operation server 200. .

In addition, the received voice news and advertisement is output as voice through the output module 170. Accordingly, the client listens to the voice news or advertisement output using headphones, earphones, or the like.

When the client downloads the voice news and the advertisement through the computer system 100a, the reservation module 150 performs a function of previously reserving the field of the voice news, the download time, and the like, and transmitting the reserved news to the operation server 300. The reserved information is stored in the reservation information DB 368 of the terminal device 100 and the operation server 100, respectively.

In addition, the storage module 130 stores the downloaded voice news or advertisement in a memory, and the deletion module 160 performs a function of deleting information stored in the storage module 130 by the user.

Figure 4 is an embodiment of a terminal device applied to the present invention.

As shown, the terminal device 100 is made to be compact and easy to carry, the display 112 is formed on the front, the number / letter buttons 114 and the transmission, storage and deletion function buttons (116, 117) , 118). In addition, the memory pack 115 is detachably installed in the terminal device 100 as a storage device.

As described above, the driving agent may be embedded in the terminal apparatus 100 in the form of a program, and the driving agent having the same function may be installed in the client computer system 100a. Therefore, the voice news may be directly received from the operation server 300 to the terminal device 100 through the wireless Internet, or may be received by the computer system 100a through the Internet and then transmitted to the terminal device 100.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a providing method according to the present invention, and a voice news providing method according to the present invention will be described below.

First, the agent may be driven (step S10), the agent built in the terminal apparatus 100 (step S12) or the agent installed in the computer system 100a may be driven (step S14). As described above, the method of connecting to the operation server 300 is a terminal device

Computer 100 via the wireless intermediary 150 and the Internet 200, or

It is possible to connect from 100a via the Internet 200, and can be appropriately selected according to necessity.

After driving the agent, it is determined whether or not the reservation is received (step S20). That is, in the case of reservation reception, since the reservation information is stored, the power is turned on at the reserved time, and thus the agent is driven. Therefore, it is necessary to be distinguished from the routines according to the normal agent operation. Therefore, it is determined whether the reservation is received by determining the stored reservation information.

If the reservation is not received, and forms a communication path with the operation server via the Internet (200) (step S30). That is, a connection path is formed between the communication module 140 of the agent and the server communication module 320 of the operation server 300 to wait for data transmission and reception.

Subsequently, the user information comparison module 340 of the operation server checks whether the connected user is a member registered in the operation server 300 through user authentication (step S40). In this case, as described above, the user ID and password may be directly input to pass through the authentication process, or the unique number of the terminal device may be transmitted simultaneously with the access by the user setting. Considering the loss of the terminal device, it may be safer to enter the user ID and password.

If it is confirmed that the member is a registered member, it is determined whether to transmit setting information related to reception (step S50). That is, when the user wants to listen to the news mainly limited to the field of news that is of interest, or the type of newspaper or intervening newspaper, the user has to set this information every time since it is inconvenient, so it is inconvenient. 120 can be set and transmitted automatically when connected.

Alternatively, the control module 310 of the operation server may be loaded when the user information is transmitted to the operation server 300 and stored in the member DB 364 at the time of initial setting. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the first connection is to transmit the setting information.

In addition, if it is determined that the preset information is not transmitted, the user sets new information for receiving the voice news (step S55). For example, in the case of adding or deleting an interest, in case of listening only to a specific date of occurrence, etc., newly set up information related to this, and transmitting it to the operation server 300, and the set information is a member DB of the terminal device or the operation server. It is updated with new information at 364.

After transmitting the setting information (step S60), the voice news determination module 330 of the operation server determines the requested voice news based on the setting information and transmits it to the control module 310, the control module 310 CGI The relevant voice news is read from the voice news DB 366 via 350.

For example, the voice news is stored in the voice news DB 366 with voice data recorded by voice actors along with additional information such as an identification code corresponding to a field, an occurrence date, or an information source based on text information provided from a newspaper. . Therefore, since the news field, information source, etc. set by the user are set by the code, voice news based on the setting information can be easily extracted from the voice news DB.

The extracted voice news is transmitted to the terminal apparatus 100 or the computer system 100a (step S70).

In the extracted voice news, an advertisement may be inserted or music may be inserted in a predetermined unit. That is, when the voice news requested from the voice news DB 366 is extracted and transmitted to the terminal device, the advertisement or pre-music is extracted from the advertisement DB 362 and the existing music DB 369 on a predetermined basis, respectively. Can be. For example, after completing the transmission of voice news related to politics, it may be allocated at the ratio of several advertisements and one piece of music.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not to save the downloaded voice news (step S80), and when it is stored, it is stored in the memory (step S90). At this time, when downloading to the computer system, as described above, the memory pack can be removed from the terminal device to store the downloaded voice news using a writer (not shown).

On the other hand, in the case of reservation reception in step S20, a communication path is established with the operation server (step S100), and user information is transmitted together with a code indicating reservation reception (step S110). In this case, since the user receives the reservation without interference, when the communication path is formed, the authentication process is performed by transmitting the unique number of the terminal device.

When the authentication is completed, the reservation information confirmation module 370 of the operation server extracts the reservation information from the reservation information DB 368 based on the received code, and receives the voice news related to the reservation information from the voice news DB 366. It reads and transmits it to a terminal device (step S120).

The downloaded voice news is stored in a memory in the terminal device (step S130).

In the case of using the reservation reception, for example, when the morning time is very urgent or when there is no time or space to listen to the voice news in the morning time, the reservation reception is set the day before and the download is made before the weather, This is a case of self-checking after elapsed.

As described above, the present invention has various advantages.

First, since the news is converted into voices of voice actors from a portable terminal, which is easy to carry through the wireless Internet, it can be conveniently used in a narrow space such as a subway.

In addition, since only the news of the field of interest can be listened to by user customization, only necessary information can be quickly obtained in the flood of information overflowing.

In addition, since news is provided in the form of voice, information can be stored more efficiently than visual information.

In addition, it is possible to provide advertisements and pre-music, thereby increasing the advertising effect of advertisers, there is an advantage that can be obtained with peace of mind music in a complex work environment.

Claims (7)

A client terminal device having a built-in driving agent and wirelessly connected to the Internet; Voice news DB for converting and storing voice news based on news information provided by affiliates of newspaper companies or magazine production companies, an advertisement DB for storing advertisement information requested by the advertisement department, and a member DB for storing registered member information Is constructed, and consists of an operation server for providing voice news to the client terminal device through the Internet, The driving agent A setting module for setting information such as field, type, date of occurrence and information source of voice news to be received from the operation server and storing the information in a member DB of the operation server; A client communication module which transmits the setting information to the operation server or receives voice news and advertisements corresponding to the setting information from the operation server; And It includes a control module for outputting or storing the received voice news and advertising through an output module, The operation server A server communication module for transmitting and receiving data with the client communication module; A user information comparison module for comparing and authenticating the client information from a previously stored member DB; A voice news determination module for determining a requested voice news based on setting information from the client; And And a control module for reading the voice news and the advertisement determined by the voice news determination module from the advertisement DB and the voice news DB via the CGI and transmitting the read and the advertisement to the client through the server communication module. According to claim 1, The driving agent further comprises a reservation module for allowing the client to connect to the operation server at a predetermined time to download the voice news according to the information set in advance to store in the client, The operation server further comprises a reservation information confirmation module for confirming the reservation information stored in the reservation information DB based on the reservation code transmitted from the reservation module of the client. The voice news providing system according to claim 1, wherein the voice news is directly transmitted from the operation server to the client terminal device or transmitted from the operation server to the client computer system and recorded in the client terminal device. A client terminal device having a built-in driving agent and wirelessly connected to the Internet; Voice news DB for converting and storing voice news based on news information provided by affiliates of newspaper companies or magazine production companies, an advertisement DB for storing advertisement information requested by the advertisement department, and a member DB for storing registered member information Is constructed and applied to a voice news providing system comprising an operation server for providing voice news to the client terminal device through the Internet, Running the agent; Forming a communication path with the operation server through the Internet; Transmitting user information from the client terminal device to check whether the user is a registered member through user authentication from the member DB of the operation server; Determining whether to transmit setting information related to the reception of the voice news; Setting new information related to the voice news when the setting information is newly set as a result of the determination; Transmitting the set voice news related information; Extracting a corresponding voice news from the voice news DB based on the received setting information and transmitting it to the client; The voice news providing method comprising the step of outputting the transmitted voice news. [5] The method of claim 4, wherein advertisement and pre-music are extracted from the advertisement DB and pre-music DB, respectively, and the advertisement and pre-music are inserted in a predetermined unit of the voice news. . The method of claim 4, wherein the user authentication is based on a unique number of the client terminal device. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein after the agent is run, it is determined whether the reception is a reservation. If it is determined that the reservation is received, establishing a communication path with the operation server, and performing user authentication by transmitting user information together with the reservation code indicating the reservation reception; When the authentication is completed, the reservation information is extracted from the reservation information DB of the operation server based on the received reservation code, and the voice news related to the reservation information is read from the voice news DB and transmitted to the client terminal device. Doing; And storing the downloaded voice news in a memory in the client terminal device.