KR20040081645A - Apparatus and method for electronic book service using data broadcasting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method for an electronic book service using data broadcasting are provided to view the electronic book by broadcasting the text/voice signals of the electronic book and receiving the signals through a data broadcasting receiver such as the TV. CONSTITUTION: A data broadcasting transmitter(100) broadcasts the contents of the electronic books, a contents list, and a view program to view the contents, and provides a download control signal to download the contents of the electronic book through the Internet(120). The data broadcasting receiver(110) receives the contents, the contents list, and the view program, receives the download control signal for the contents selected from the contents list by transmitting a request to the data broadcasting transmitter, extracts/stores the contents by the received download control signal, and views the stored contents through the view program. The data broadcasting transmitter comprises an electronic book service server(101) and a broadcasting transmitter(103).

Description

Apparatus and method for electronic book service using data broadcasting}

The present invention is to read the text of the e-book through the screen of the data broadcasting receiver for infants, elderly and elderly people who are hard to read hard-copy general books, housewives and children who are not familiar with the environment of a general computer In addition, the present invention relates to an e-book service apparatus and method using data broadcasting for listening to a voice signal of a text of an e-book.

With the rapid development of communication technology and computer field, the Internet has become an essential means of information acquisition and exchange for modern people, and its functions and roles are explosively increasing. The Internet is an Internet subscriber that connects a terminal such as a computer to an Internet network to which information providers and specific servers are connected to perform data communication. Access through the terminal and utilize the information or services provided by the site. In addition, the Internet is not limited to data communication between people belonging to a specific service group, but is not classified as a country or region, and thus, the Internet has become the most popular information acquisition and communication network.

Many information providers serve the text of a predetermined electronic book using the Internet, and the user reads the text of the serviced electronic book by downloading it to his terminal and displaying it on the screen.

However, the conventional e-book service method of serving text of an e-book using the Internet simply downloads the text of the e-book so that the user reads it while displaying it on the screen. People with disabilities and homemakers and children who are not familiar with the environment of a general computer have a problem that it is difficult to download and read the text of the e-book provided through the Internet.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for an e-book service using data broadcasting to receive an e-book service using data broadcasting.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a text of a predetermined e-book as well as the audio signal of the text to display the text on the screen, and by outputting the audio signal to the speaker, children who do not know the text, the elderly with weak eyesight and vision disorders However, the present invention provides an apparatus and method for an e-book service using data broadcasting, which enables a housewife and children who are not familiar with the environment of a computer to easily watch an e-book.

E-book service apparatus and method using the data broadcast of the present invention having the above object, the content of the e-book, that is, text and audio signals are broadcasted, received and stored in a PVR (Private Video Recorder), the stored The content can be read and watched or listened to by the user at a desired time.

To this end, the present invention includes a server for e-book service and a broadcast transmitter in a data broadcasting transmitter, and the server for e-book service stores contents of a plurality of e-books to be serviced, that is, text and audio signals of the text. In addition, a list of contents and a viewer program for viewing the contents are stored, and the broadcast transmitter loads the contents of the stored plurality of e-books, the list of contents, and the viewer program in a broadcast stream. In this case, the data transmission protocol to be used uses, for example, an object carousel protocol, a data piping protocol, or a data streaming protocol.

The PVR includes a PVR, receives a broadcast stream broadcast by the data broadcast transmitter, extracts contents of a plurality of e-books, a list of contents, a viewer program, and extracts a list of extracted contents. Display to select the content to be downloaded. When the content is selected, the server receives a download control signal for requesting download of the selected content by accessing the server for the e-book service through the Internet, and according to the download control signal corresponding to the contents of the plurality of e-books. The contents of the e-book are extracted and stored in the PVR, and the predetermined contents stored in the PVR are played and output according to the viewer program so that the user can view them.

1 is a view showing the configuration of an e-book service device of the present invention.

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of a data broadcast transmitter according to the e-book service method of the present invention.

3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation in which a data broadcasting receiver downloads contents of a predetermined e-book and stores them in a PVR according to the e-book service method of the present invention.

4 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of playing and viewing contents of a predetermined e-book stored in a PVR in accordance with the e-book service method of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: data broadcast transmission unit 101: e-book service server

103: broadcast transmitter 110: data broadcast receiving unit

111 receiver 112 protocol processing unit

113: PVR 114: PVR control unit

115: video / audio processing unit 116: application manager

117: interface unit 120: the Internet

Hereinafter, an e-book service apparatus and method using data broadcasting of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the configuration of an e-book service device of the present invention. Here, reference numeral 100 denotes a data broadcast transmitter for data broadcasting a plurality of electronic books, that is, voice signals and texts, and reference numeral 110 receives and stores contents of a predetermined electronic book broadcast by the data broadcast transmitter 100. And a data broadcast receiving unit such as a digital television receiver and a set top box that can be watched, and reference numeral 120 denotes the Internet which is a data communication network based on Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP).

The data broadcast transmitter 100 includes an e-book service server 101 and a broadcast transmitter 103. The e-book service server 101 stores a content of a plurality of e-books to be serviced, that is, text of an e-book and a voice signal of the text, and a list of a plurality of contents and a viewer program for viewing the contents. The Internet 120 stores a plurality of stored contents, a list of contents, a viewer program, and a viewer program in advance to broadcast the data to the broadcast transmitter 103, and downloads the broadcast contents. Provide through. The broadcast transmitter 103 carries a plurality of contents, a content list, and a viewer program provided by the e-book service server 101 on the data portion of a predetermined broadcast stream.

The data broadcast receiving unit 200 receives a broadcast stream transmitted by the broadcast transmitter 103 to separate content, a content list, and a viewer program, and a content list separated by the receiver 111. A protocol processing unit 112 and a protocol processing unit 112 for processing the content to be displayed on the screen and separating content according to the download control signal provided by the server 101 for e-book service from a plurality of contents. The PVR 113 for storing and playing back the separated content, the PVR controller 114 for controlling the storage and playback of predetermined content in the PVR 113, and the content list processed by the protocol processor 112. / Audio processing for displaying the on the screen and generating a selection signal of the content selected from the content list and allowing the user to watch the content played back on the PVR 113. And a download control signal according to the content selection signal generated by the video / audio processing unit 115 to the e-book service server 101 to receive a download control signal and to download the download control signal to the protocol. It transmits to the processing unit 112 and controls the PVR 113 through the PVR control unit 114 to store the content separated by the protocol processing unit 112, and to the viewer program received by the receiver 111. The application manager 116 to play and watch the contents stored in the PVR 113 and to access the e-book service server 101 through the Internet 120. Transmits the request of the download control signal output to the e-book service server 101, and according to the request of the download control signal, the e-book service server 101 receives the request. The download request signal which consists of the application manager interface unit 117 to pass to 116.

The e-book service apparatus of the present invention having such a configuration, first, the e-book service server 101 provided in the data broadcast transmission unit 100 is the content of the plurality of e-books, that is, the text and the audio signal of the text of the e-book And stores a plurality of content lists and a viewer program for viewing the contents to the broadcast transmitter 103, and the broadcast transmitter 103 loads the contents, the content list, and the viewer program on a broadcast stream that is currently being broadcast. .

Here, the broadcast transmitter 103 may broadcast the content, the content list, and the viewer program according to, for example, an object carousel protocol, a data piping protocol, or a data streaming protocol. To send.

As such, the receiver 111 of the data broadcast receiver 110 receives the broadcast stream transmitted by the broadcast transmitter 103 of the data broadcast transmitter 100 to separate content, the content list, and the viewer program. After processing by the protocol processing unit 112, the video / audio processing unit 115 outputs the content list on the screen.

In this state, when the user views a list of contents displayed on the screen by the video / audio processor 115 and selects a predetermined content to be stored, the video / audio processor 115 provides a content selection signal according to the content selected by the user. To the application manager 116.

Then, the application manager 116 accesses the e-book service server 101 through the interface unit 117 and the Internet 120 according to the content selection signal and requests a download control signal for downloading the corresponding content. In response to a request of the download control signal, the e-book service server 101 provides a download control signal for downloading the corresponding content, so that the application manager 116 downloads it through the Internet 120 and the interface unit 117. Will receive.

When the download of the download control signal is completed, the application manager 116 transmits the download control signal to the protocol processing unit 112, and the protocol processing unit 112, from among a plurality of contents input from the receiver 111. The corresponding content according to the download control signal is extracted.

That is, each of the plurality of contents is assigned a specific unique code, and the download control signal informs the unique code of the content selected by the user, and the protocol processor 112 unique code of the download control signal among the plurality of contents. Only contents with unique codes that match with will be extracted.

The predetermined content extracted by the protocol processor 112 is output to the PVR 113, and at the same time, the application manager 116 controls the storage operation of the PVR 113 through the PVR controller 114 to control the protocol processor 112. Predetermined content outputted by) is stored in the PVR 113.

In this way, when the user wants to watch the contents of the stored predetermined e-book while the contents of the predetermined e-book selected by the user are stored in the PVR 113, the application manager 116 operates according to the viewer program. When the user requests to view a predetermined e-book, the application manager 116 plays a list of contents stored in the PVR 113 through the PVR control unit 114, and the played content list is a video / audio processing unit ( 115) is displayed on the screen.

In this state, when the user selects one content to be viewed from the list of contents displayed on the screen, the video / audio processor 115 generates and outputs a selection signal of the selected content, and according to the content selection signal. The application manager 116 controls the PVR 113 through the PVR control unit 114 to play the corresponding content, and the corresponding content to be played is processed and output by the video / audio processing unit 115 so that the user selects the content. That is, the text and the audio signal of the e-book can be viewed.

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of a data broadcast transmitter according to the e-book service method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 200, the e-book service server 101 of the data broadcasting transmitter 100 includes a plurality of e-book contents to be serviced, a content list, and a viewer program for viewing the contents. The broadcast transmitter 103 is provided to the broadcast transmitter 103, and the broadcast transmitter 103, in step 202, the contents (voice signals and text) of the plurality of e-books provided by the server 101 for the e-book service, a content list, The viewer program is loaded on the input broadcast stream and transmitted.

In operation 204, the e-book service server 101 determines whether a download control signal for downloading a predetermined content from the data broadcast receiving unit 110 through the Internet 120 is requested. If the download control signal is not requested as a result of the determination in step 204, the e-book service server 101 returns to step 200 to broadcast the contents of the plurality of e-books, the content list, and the viewer program. The broadcast transmitter 103 repeats the operation of transmitting the contents of the plurality of e-books, the content list, and the viewer program to the broadcast stream.

When the download control signal for downloading the predetermined content is requested as a result of the determination in step 204, the e-book service server 101 provides the download control signal for downloading the corresponding content in step 206. The downloaded control signal is transmitted to the data broadcast receiver 110 through the Internet 120.

3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of a data broadcast receiver according to an e-book service method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 300, the receiver 111 of the data broadcasting receiver 110 receives a broadcast stream, and in step 302, a plurality of contents contained in the received broadcast stream, and the plurality of contents. The list of extracted fields is extracted, and the extracted content list is processed by the protocol processor 112 in step 304 and then output to the video / audio processor 115 for display on the screen.

If the user selects the predetermined content to be downloaded in the next step 306, the video / audio processor 115 generates a content selection signal according to the predetermined content selected by the user in step 308, and in step 310 The application manager 116 accesses the e-book service server 101 of the data broadcast transmitter 100 through the interface unit 117 and the Internet 120 and requests a download control signal according to the selection signal of the content.

In the next step 312, the application manager 116 transmits the download control signal of the corresponding content provided by the server 101 for e-book service according to the request of the download control signal through the Internet 120 and the interface unit 117. The protocol processor 112 extracts the content selected by the user from among a plurality of contents output from the receiver 111 in step 314 according to the received download control signal, In addition to the output from the 316 to the PVR 113, the application manager 116 controls and stores the PVR 113 through the PVR controller 114.

4 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of viewing a content of a predetermined e-book stored in a PVR by a data broadcasting receiver according to the e-book service method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 400, the receiver 111 of the data broadcast receiving unit 110 receives a broadcast stream, extracts a viewer program included in the received broadcast stream in step 402, and extracts a content list. Is stored and executed in the application manager 116 in step 404.

In the next step 406, the application manager 116 determines whether the user requests viewing of the content stored in the PVR 113, and when requesting viewing of the content, the application manager 116, in step 408 The PVR controller 114 reproduces a list of the plurality of contents stored in the PVR 113, and the list of the plurality of contents to be reproduced is processed and displayed on the screen.

In this state, the application manager 116 determines whether the user selects predetermined content to watch in step 410, and the PVR controller 114 in step 412 when the user selects predetermined content to watch. Play the predetermined content stored in the PVR 113, the reproduced content is input to the video / audio processing unit 115, the audio signal is output, the text is displayed on the screen, the user step 414 Watch the selected content.

On the other hand, while the present invention has been shown and described with respect to specific preferred embodiments, various modifications and changes of the present invention without departing from the spirit or field of the invention provided by the claims below It can be easily understood by those skilled in the art.

As described in detail above, the present invention broadcasts text and audio signals of an e-book, and enables the user to receive and view the data through a data broadcasting receiver such as a television receiver. Users who are unfamiliar with computers, such as housewives and children, can easily receive the book reading service through the data broadcasting receiver.Because the text and voice signals of the e-book are simultaneously served, the e-book service for the visually impaired is also possible. Ordinary users can widen the user's choice with various services such as being tired of eyes or turning off the lights and receiving voice signal service of an e-book.

Claims (7)

A data broadcast transmitter for broadcasting contents of a plurality of e-books, a list of contents, a viewer program for viewing the contents, and providing a download control signal for downloading the contents of a predetermined e-book; Receives the contents of the plurality of e-books broadcasted by the data broadcast transmitter, a content list, and a viewer program for viewing the content, and requests the data broadcast transmitter to download a control signal for the content selected from the received content list. A data broadcasting receiver configured to extract and store contents of the corresponding e-book using the provided download control signal and to view the stored contents through the viewer program; And An Internet for transmitting a request for a download control signal of the data broadcast receiver to the data broadcast transmitter and a download control signal provided by the data broadcast transmitter to a data broadcast receiver; The data broadcast transmitter; A server for an e-book service that stores contents of a plurality of e-books to be serviced, a list of a plurality of contents, a viewer program for viewing the contents, and provides a download control signal according to the request of the download control signal; And And a broadcast transmitter configured to broadcast a plurality of contents, a list of contents, and a viewer program stored in the e-book service server in a broadcast stream. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the broadcast transmitter comprises: a broadcast transmitter; Data broadcasting comprising broadcasting the plurality of contents, the list of contents, and the viewer program in a broadcast stream according to an object carousel protocol, a data piping protocol, or a data streaming protocol. Used e-book service device. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data broadcast receiver; A receiver for receiving the broadcast stream and separating content, a content list, and a viewer program; A protocol processing unit which processes the receiver to display the separated content list on a screen and separates content according to the provided download control signal among a plurality of contents; A private video recorder (PVR) for storing and playing back the content separated by the protocol processor; A PVR controller for controlling the storage and playback of predetermined content in the PVR; A video / audio processor configured to display a content list processed by the protocol processor on a screen, generate a signal for selecting a content selected from the content list, and to view content played in the PVR; The e-book service server receives a download control signal according to the content selection signal generated by the video / audio processor, receives a download control signal, transmits the download control signal to the protocol processor, and transmits the PVR through the PVR controller. An application manager to control and store the content separated by the protocol processor, and to play and view the content stored in the PVR while operating according to a viewer program received by the receiver; And The e-book service server accesses the e-book service server through the Internet, and transmits a request of the download control signal output from the application manager to the e-book service server, and the e-book service server provides the download control signal according to the request of the download control signal. E-book service apparatus using a data broadcast, characterized in that the interface unit for transmitting a request signal to the application manager. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises: a; E-book service apparatus using data broadcasting, characterized in that the text of the e-book and the audio signal of the text. The data broadcasting transmitter broadcasts the contents of the plurality of e-books, a list of the contents, a viewer program for viewing the contents in a broadcast stream, and provides a download control signal when a download control signal is requested through the Internet. 10 courses; The data broadcast receiver receives the broadcast stream broadcast in step 10, extracts a plurality of e-book contents and a list of the contents, and downloads a control signal for downloading the selected content from the extracted content list from the data broadcast transmitter. A twentieth step of extracting the corresponding contents from the contents of the plurality of e-books and storing them in a private video recorder (PVR); And An e-book service method using a data broadcast comprising a thirtieth process of reading and viewing predetermined content stored in a PVR in the twentieth process. The method of claim 5, wherein the 20th process; A twenty-first step of the data broadcast receiving unit receiving a broadcast stream, extracting a plurality of contents and a list of the plurality of contents, and displaying the extracted contents list on a screen; A twenty-second step of generating a selection signal of the content selected from the content list displayed in the twenty-first step; A twenty-third step of accessing and requesting a download control signal according to the content selection signal generated in the twenty-second step through the Internet to the data broadcasting transmitter; And And a twenty-fourth step of receiving a download control signal provided by the data broadcast transmitter according to the request of the twenty-third step, extracting the corresponding content from the plurality of contents according to the download control signal, and storing the corresponding content in the PVR. E-book service method using a data broadcast. The method of claim 5, wherein the thirtieth process; A 31 st step of receiving, by the data broadcasting receiver, a broadcast stream to extract a viewer program, storing and executing the extracted viewer program in an application manager, and determining whether viewing of the stored content is requested; A thirty-second step of displaying a list of a plurality of contents stored in the PVR when selecting to view the stored contents in the thirty-first step to select contents to be viewed; And And a thirty-third step of playing the content selected in the thirty-second step on the PVR and outputting and viewing the reproduced content.