KR20020081767A - System and method for data broadcasting based on epg, and storage media having program source thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A data broadcasting system based on an EPG(Electronic Program Guide) and a method thereof, and a recording medium with program source thereof are provided to obtain various information on a currently broadcasting program including the information on the players or goods without establishing any additional data base. CONSTITUTION: A data broadcasting system based on an EPG includes a data broadcasting server(110) which searches a broadcasting program and entertainers thereof and information on goods from a previously stored data, and transmits application for providing the searched results to a television, wherein the data base includes information on broadcasting program playing times, channels, contents of broadcasting programs, players and listings of goods.

Description

APP-based data broadcasting system and method and a recording medium storing the program source {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA BROADCASTING BASED ON EPG, AND STORAGE MEDIA HAVING PROGRAM SOURCE THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an EPG-based data broadcasting system and method for servicing entertainer and product information appearing in a currently broadcast program using an electronic program guide (EPG), and a recording medium storing the program source. .

With the development of digital technology, data broadcasting, which carries digital signals on existing broadcasting waves, has received much attention from viewers. There are a variety of data broadcasting services, including EPG providing services, which are related to broadcasting programs.

Viewers sometimes want to know information about entertainers or broadcast props (eg, clothes, beds, accessories, etc.) that appear on the program information.

However, in the conventional method, a broadcaster should provide celebrity or product information appearing in a broadcast program, and in reality, the broadcaster does not have performer information, or there is often a lack of information compared to a professional content holder. In addition, broadcasting stations are often unable to provide certain corporate products due to the public interest.

On the other hand, it is impossible for a content company to provide information of all entertainers without considering a broadcast program because of limitations such as memory limitation or transmission speed of the digital broadcast receiver. Even if the information of the popular entertainer is provided, there is a problem of not supporting a dynamically changing broadcast program.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the present invention is EPG-based data broadcasting system and method for serving celebrities and product information appearing on the currently broadcast program using the EPG and the record storing the program source The purpose is to provide a medium.

In one embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, in a data broadcasting system for providing broadcast program related information, DB (data base; previously stored information about the program and entertainers and products appearing in the broadcast program; Database) and a data broadcasting server transmitting a search result and an application for providing the search result to a TV.

The EPG-based data broadcasting system includes a broadcasting program DB which stores broadcasting program display time, channel, broadcasting program contents, broadcasting performer and product list information as a database, and information about a celebrity's personal information as a database. It is characterized in that it includes a entertainment information DB, and a product information DB that stores information about the product as a database.

The EPG-based data broadcasting system may include a set-top box that outputs broadcast program information corresponding to a channel being viewed to the TV in response to a broadcast program information request of the viewer.

The data broadcasting server may include: a broadcast program search module searching for information on a broadcast program at a corresponding time in a predetermined time unit in the broadcast program DB; An entertainment information search module for searching for information on a celebrity appearing in the searched broadcasting program in the entertainment information DB; A product information search module for searching for product information related to the found broadcast program in the product information DB; And a data broadcasting module configured to output a search result of each search module and the application as a data broadcasting carousel.

The entertainment information search module may classify celebrity information included in a predetermined ranking by entertainment classification and gender and output the classified information to the data broadcasting module.

In another embodiment of the present invention in order to achieve the above object, in the EPG-based data broadcasting method for providing broadcast program-related information, the DB and the information on the entertainers and products appearing in the broadcast program in a pre-stored DB The present invention provides an EPG-based data broadcasting method comprising: searching and transmitting a search result and an application for providing the search result to a TV.

The EPG-based data broadcasting method includes the steps of: (a) retrieving information about a broadcast program of a corresponding time in a predetermined time unit from a previously constructed DB; (b) searching the DB for information on entertainers and products appearing in the searched broadcast program; And (c) constructing and outputting a search result and the application as a data broadcasting carousel.

Step (b) is characterized in that (b1) comprises the step of classifying the entertainer information included in the predetermined ranking by entertainment category and gender.

In still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium in which an EPG-based data broadcasting program providing program related information is encoded and stored so that a computer can access the same. And a data broadcasting process for retrieving information on entertainers and merchandise appearing in the broadcast program in a pre-stored DB, and transmitting a search result and an application for providing the search result to a TV. Provide the medium.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an EPG-based data broadcasting system according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an EPG-based data broadcasting method according to the present invention;

3 is an embodiment of a broadcast program search result according to the present invention;

4 is an embodiment of providing celebrity information according to the present invention;

5 is an embodiment for providing popularity ranking information according to the present invention;

6 is an embodiment for providing popularity ranking information for each entertainment category according to the present invention.

7 is an embodiment for providing broadcast program information of a channel being watched according to the present invention.

8 is an embodiment of outputting a message when there is no information on the performer according to the present invention.

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100: data broadcasting system 110: data broadcasting server

112: broadcast program search module 114: entertainment information search module

116: product information search module 118: data broadcasting module

120: broadcast program DB 130: entertainment information DB

140: Product Information DB 300: Set Top Box

These objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.

Hereinafter, the present invention provides a method for providing an application for retrieving a broadcast program and information about a celebrity and a product appearing in a broadcast program from a pre-stored DB, and providing the search result and the search result to a TV, and a system implemented therefor. Is proposed as a preferred embodiment.

It includes embodiments such as computer systems and computer program products programmed to execute the method. In accordance with an embodiment of a computer system, a set of instructions for executing a method resides in one or more memories, which may be stored as a computer program product until needed by the computer system.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of an EPG-based data broadcasting system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the data broadcasting system 100 searches for information about a broadcast program, a celebrity appearing on a broadcast program, and a product in a pre-stored DB (database), and provides the search result and the search result to a TV. It includes a data broadcast server 110 for transmitting an application.

In the present embodiment, the DB is stored in the database DB 120, which stores the information on the broadcast time, channel, program content, broadcast performer and product list as a database, and information on the identity of the entertainer. The entertainment information DB 130 stored as and the product information DB 140 stored in the database information about the product was implemented.

In addition, the present invention includes a set-top box 300 for outputting the broadcast program information corresponding to the channel being watched to the TV 310 in response to the broadcast program information request of the viewer. In addition, a digital broadcasting module may be embedded in the TV to implement the same function.

The data broadcasting server 110 broadcasts a broadcast program search module 112 for searching the broadcast program DB 120 for information on a broadcast program at a predetermined time unit, and information on a celebrity appearing in the found broadcast program. Entertainment information search module 114 to search in the information DB (130), Product information search module 116 for searching the product information DB 140 associated with the found broadcast program, and each search module (112, 114, 116) And a data broadcasting module 118 configured to output a search result and an application as a data broadcasting carousel.

The entertainment information search module 114 determines the predetermined popularity ranking of the entertainer as the presence or absence of the appearance program, re-determines, classifies the entertainer information included in the predetermined ranking by entertainment classification and gender, and outputs the data to the broadcasting module 118. .

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an EPG-based data broadcasting method according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 2, the present invention (a) step (S400) of retrieving the information on the broadcast program of the time in a predetermined time unit in a pre-established DB (S400), the information of the entertainer and goods appearing with the searched broadcast program (B) step (S410 ~ S420) of the search processing in the DB, and (c) step (S430) of outputting the search results and the application configured as a data broadcasting carousel.

Step (b) includes the step (b1) (S420) of classifying the entertainer information included in the predetermined ranking by entertainment category and gender.

In the present invention configured as described above, a process of providing entertainer and product information appearing in a program currently being broadcast using an EPG will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the broadcast program search module 112 searches for information about a broadcast program at a predetermined time unit in the broadcast program DB 120 at step S400, and then broadcasts the data broadcast module 118. Output in file format.

For example, assuming that broadcast program information having a format as shown in Table 1 is stored in the broadcast program DB 120, the broadcast program search module 112 broadcasts information on a broadcast program at a corresponding time in units of 1 minute. Retrieve from DB 120. If the current time is 1:20 am, the program corresponding to the search result will be 1000,1001,1002. Such a search result is shown in FIG. 3, which is an embodiment of a broadcast program search result according to the present invention.

program Program name channel Start time End time summary Celebrity 1000 I keep seeing you SBS 2001-03-19 AM 1:00:00 2001-03-19 2:00:00 am … 100,101102... 1001 Are we the others KBS1 2001-03-19 AM 1:00:00 2001-03-19am 1:30:00 … 112132 1002 Model Drama Net 2001-03-19 AM 1:00:00 2001-03-19am 2:30:00 … 200201

In Table 1, the information on the product list is omitted for convenience of description, but it is preferable that the broadcasting program display time, the channel, the contents of the broadcasting program, and the information about the broadcasting performer and the product list are stored in the broadcasting program DB 120. .

Next, the entertainment information search module 114 searches the entertainment information DB 130 for information on the entertainers appearing in the broadcast program searched by the broadcast program search module 112 (S410). It is assumed that the entertainment information DB 130 stores celebrity information having a format as shown in Table 2.

Celebrity Celebrity Name profile job Popularity ranking 100 Seo In Seok … Actor 13 101 Jihyun Lee … Actor (Female) 5 102 Youngae Lee … Actor, Model (Female) One … … … … … 200 Namjoo Kim … Actor, Model (Female) 25 201 Jisub So … Actor, Model (male) 8 … … … … …

Then, the entertainers appearing in the program 1000 are 100,101,102,... Because entertainers retrieved from the entertainment information DB 130 will be Seo In Seok, Lee Ji Hyun, Lee Young Ae. The viewer may select a specific entertainer from such entertainment information, and an embodiment of providing entertainer information according to the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 4.

Information such as popularity ranking can also be configured to be updated periodically from Internet sites that provide popularity ranking.

In addition, the entertainment information search module 114 classifies the entertainer information included in the predetermined ranking by entertainment classification (for example, talent, singer, comedian, etc.) and gender (S420) to form a file format in the data broadcasting module 118. Will output FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment for providing male popularity information according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment for providing popularity ranking information for each entertainment category.

When arranging names of celebrities who appear in a broadcast program as shown in FIG. 6, listing names of celebrities who are currently appearing on a broadcast program can quickly obtain desired celebrity appearance information.

Meanwhile, the product information search module 116 retrieves the product information related to the broadcast program searched by the broadcast program search module 112 from the product information DB 140 and outputs the file information to the data broadcast module 118 in the form of a file ( S410).

The data broadcasting module 118 configures the search results and applications of each search module as a carousel for data broadcasting and outputs them to the stream generator 210 (S430). The signal converted into a series of streams in the stream generator 210 is transmitted through the broadcast equipment 220 and the satellite antenna 230.

The signal received through the antenna is processed in the set-top box 300 to be viewed on the TV 310, and in the case of terrestrial broadcasting, the signal received from the antenna may be directly viewed on a digital TV.

When a viewer reads a broadcast program and wants to know the program content, performer, or product information, the viewer switches to a specific data channel (for example, 800) and requests the program information from the set-top box 300.

The set-top box 300 first processes and shows the broadcast program information of the channel being viewed before switching channels in response to the broadcast program information request of the viewer. That is, when a viewer watches channel 6 and then switches to 800 and requests broadcast program information, the set-top box 300 outputs broadcast program information of channel 6 to the TV 310. Such an example is illustrated in FIG. 7, which is an embodiment of providing broadcast program information of a channel being viewed.

If the set-top box 300 does not remember previous channel information or requests broadcast program information from 800, the broadcast program information currently being broadcasted at the present time is output to the TV 310 as shown in FIG. 3.

The viewer can select the desired performer or product information from the broadcast program information, and obtains the entertainer information or the product information as shown in FIG. If there is no information on the entertainer of the channel that the viewer was watching, a message such as "There is no information about the performer" is output on the TV screen.

FIG. 8 illustrates an embodiment of outputting a message when there is no information on a performer when the viewer selects a desired performer from the EBS program information. Similarly, if there is no corresponding information in the product information, a message indicating that there is no information is output on the TV screen.

In the state as shown in FIG. 5, when the viewer selects one of the broadcast programs appearing by a particular entertainer, the set-top box 300 outputs the broadcast program of the corresponding channel to the TV 310, so that the viewer can easily watch.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention can provide viewers with information on entertainers and merchandise appearing in broadcasting programs that are currently being broadcast using EPG.

In addition, it is suitable for data broadcasting because it can reduce the amount of information by providing information about the entertainers appearing in the actual broadcast program without having to provide information about all entertainers.

Viewers receive information by professional content providers, so they can get richer information and easily find broadcast programs featuring entertainers.

The broadcasting station does not need to separately build a database of entertainers and merchandise, and can increase the viewer ratings of broadcast programs featuring celebrities.

Platform providers, such as Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting, provide the content that viewers need, which increases the number of subscribers and the viewer ratings of broadcast programs.

Content providers also benefit from increased advertising opportunities and product sales, as viewers gain access to the information.

Entertainers and product information providers also have the advantage of increasing awareness of individuals and products.

Claims (13)

In the data broadcasting system for providing broadcast program related information, A data broadcasting server that searches for information on a broadcast program and entertainers and products appearing in the broadcast program in a prestored DB, and transmits the searched result and an application for providing the search result to a TV. EPG (electronic program guide) based data broadcasting system comprising a. The EPG-based data broadcasting system according to claim 1, further comprising a broadcasting program DB storing a broadcasting program showing time, a channel, contents of a broadcasting program, information about a broadcasting performer, and a product list as a database. 2. The EPG-based data broadcasting system according to claim 1, further comprising an entertainment information DB which stores information on the image of the entertainer as a database. The EPG-based data broadcasting system of claim 1, further comprising a product information DB storing information about a product as a database. The EPG-based data broadcasting system of claim 1, further comprising a set-top box that outputs broadcasting program information corresponding to a channel being watched to the TV in response to a broadcasting program information request of the viewer. The data broadcasting server according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein A broadcast program search module for searching for information on a broadcast program of a corresponding time in a predetermined time unit in the broadcast program DB; An entertainment information search module for searching for information on a celebrity appearing in the searched broadcasting program in the entertainment information DB; A product information search module for searching for product information related to the found broadcast program in the product information DB; And And a data broadcasting module configured to output a search result of each search module and the application as a data broadcasting carousel. The EPG-based data broadcasting system of claim 6, wherein the entertainment information search module classifies celebrity information included in a predetermined ranking into entertainment classifications and genders and outputs the information to the data broadcasting module. In the EPG-based data broadcasting method for providing broadcast program related information, EPG-based data broadcasting method characterized in that the search for information about a broadcast program and entertainers and products appearing in the broadcast program in a pre-stored DB, and transmits the search results and the application for providing the search results to the TV. The method of claim 8, (a) retrieving information about a broadcast program at a corresponding time in a predetermined time unit from a previously constructed DB; (b) searching the DB for information on entertainers and products appearing in the searched broadcast program; And and (c) configuring and outputting a search result and the application as a data broadcasting carousel. The method of claim 9, wherein step (b) (b1) an EPG-based data broadcasting method comprising classifying celebrity information included in a predetermined ranking by entertainment classification and gender. In a computer-readable recording medium in which an EPG-based data broadcasting program providing program related information is encoded and stored so that a computer can access the same. And a data broadcasting process for retrieving information about a broadcast program and entertainers and products appearing in the broadcast program from a pre-stored DB, and transmitting a search result and an application for providing the search result to a TV. Readable record carrier. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data broadcast process is A broadcast program search process of searching for information on a broadcast program of a corresponding time in a predetermined time unit in the broadcast program DB; An entertainment information search process of searching for information on a celebrity appearing in the searched broadcast program in the entertainment information DB; A product information retrieval process of retrieving product information associated with the retrieved broadcast program from the product information DB; And And a data broadcasting process configured to output a search result of each search process and the application as a data broadcasting carousel. The EPG-based data broadcasting system of claim 12, wherein the entertainment information search process classifies celebrity information included in a predetermined ranking into entertainment classifications and genders and outputs the information to the data broadcasting process.