KR20050043287A - System and method for receiving broadcasting contents using mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a broadcast content service system and method using a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for the same.

The mobile communication terminal of the present invention transmits broadcast content to a content receiving terminal for storing and reproducing broadcast content to a broadcast server having a broadcast content database storing broadcast content data for broadcasts received by a broadcast receiver through a broadcast network. A requesting mobile communication terminal, comprising: second short range communication means for receiving and reproducing a broadcast of a specific frequency or channel, and for short range wireless communication with a broadcast receiver having a first short range communication means; Service requesting means for requesting a current reception channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver through the second short range communication means; And receiving a current reception channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver through the second short range communication means, transmitting a service request time, the received channel or frequency information, and IP address information of the content receiving terminal to the broadcast server. Content requesting means for requesting broadcast content; Including a technical feature that allows the content receiving terminal to receive, store and play the content from the broadcast server.

Description

Broadcasting content service system and method using mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal for same {System and Method for Receiving Broadcasting Contents Using Mobile Communication Terminal and Mobile Communication Terminal therefor}

The present invention relates to a broadcast content service system and method using a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for the same. More specifically, a desired terminal is used for a desired broadcast content while watching a TV broadcast or a cable broadcast. The present invention relates to a broadcast content service system and a method using a mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal for the same.

Conventional broadcasting services such as TV broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, cable broadcasting, and radio broadcasting have been unidirectional services in which service providers provide content to users unilaterally, but in the future, interactive services are implemented in digital broadcasting in accordance with the trend of convergence of communication and broadcasting. It is expected to be.

Currently, a user is provided with broadcast content by accessing a server of a broadcast service provider through the Internet using a mobile communication terminal or a computer terminal capable of accessing the Internet, but directly using a mobile communication terminal or a computer terminal connected to the server. As a method of receiving and playing back or downloading, it has the disadvantage of having to search for a desired broadcast content directly and a content that cannot be received by a desired terminal.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages and problems of the prior art, which allows receiving a desired broadcast content to a separate terminal using a mobile communication terminal while watching TV broadcast or cable broadcast, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a broadcast content service system and method using a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for the same.

An object of the present invention is to request a broadcast content transmission to a content receiving terminal for storing and reproducing broadcast content to a broadcast server having a broadcast content database storing broadcast content data for broadcasts received by a broadcast receiver through a broadcast network. A near field radio with a broadcast receiver having a first near field communication means for receiving and reproducing a broadcast of a specific frequency or channel and transmitting current channel or frequency information to a mobile communication terminal within a range capable of near field communication. Second near field communication means for communication; Service requesting means for requesting a current reception channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver through the second short range communication means; And receiving a current reception channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver through the second short range communication means, transmitting a service request time, the received channel or frequency information, and IP address information of the content receiving terminal to the broadcast server. Content requesting means for requesting broadcast content, the content receiving terminal being capable of receiving, storing and playing content from the broadcast server.

In addition, the above object of the present invention is to receive content for storing and playing back broadcast content to a broadcast server having a broadcast content database for storing broadcast content data for broadcasts received by a broadcast receiver having a short range communication means through a broadcast network. A broadcast content service method in a mobile communication terminal for requesting transmission of broadcast content to a terminal, wherein when a service is requested from a user, the mobile communication terminal stores current time information and sends a service request signal to the broadcast receiver through a local area network. A first step of transmitting and receiving the frequency or channel information of the broadcast currently received and reproduced from the broadcast receiver through a local area network; A second step of the mobile communication terminal requesting broadcast content by transmitting the stored current time information, frequency or channel information received from the broadcast receiver, and IP information of the content receiving terminal to receive broadcast content to the broadcast server; Including, it is achieved by the broadcast content service method using a mobile communication terminal to enable the content receiving terminal to receive broadcast content transmitted through a corresponding frequency or channel at a corresponding time from the broadcast server.

Details of the above objects and technical configurations of the present invention and the effects thereof will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description based on the drawings showing the preferred embodiments of the present invention.

First, FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a broadcast content service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the broadcast content service system of the present invention includes a broadcast receiver 100, a broadcast server 200, a content receiving terminal 300, and a mobile communication terminal 400.

The broadcast receiver 100 is a broadcast receiver such as a satellite broadcast receiver, a terrestrial broadcast receiver, a cable broadcast receiver, a radio broadcast receiver, and the like. The broadcast receiver 100 receives and reproduces broadcasts of a specific frequency or channel through the broadcast network 101. It refers to, and transmits the current reception channel or frequency information to the mobile communication terminal 400 through the short-range communication means.

The broadcast server 200 includes a broadcast content database 220 that stores broadcast content data for broadcasts received and reproduced by the broadcast receiver 100, and broadcast content to a content receiving terminal 300 having a specific IP address. Send it.

The content receiving terminal 300 is assigned an IP address for receiving broadcast content from the broadcast server 200, and has means for storing and playing the received broadcast content.

The mobile communication terminal 400 includes a base station (BTS, 401), a base station controller (BSC, 402), a switch (MSC, 403), a packet data service node (PDSN, 404), and a data core network (DCN, 405). By requesting the content transmission to the broadcast server 200 by accessing the Internet 406 through the data core network 405 of the mobile communication network to receive the current reception channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver 100 A content transmission request is made to the broadcast server 200 together with time information and IP address information of the content receiving terminal 300 to receive the content.

2 is a block diagram of the broadcast receiver of FIG.

As shown, the broadcast receiver 100 is a broadcast receiver such as a satellite broadcast receiver, a terrestrial broadcast receiver, a cable broadcast receiver, a radio broadcast receiver, and the like, and includes a control unit 110 that controls various operations for receiving and playing broadcasts. Memory 120 for storing current reception channel information or frequency information, broadcast receiving means 130 such as an antenna or a cable for receiving a broadcast through the broadcast network 101, audio of the received broadcast, And broadcast reproducing means 140 for outputting and reproducing video data.

For example, when the broadcast receiver 100 is a satellite broadcast receiver, the broadcast receiving unit 130 is an antenna, and the broadcast reproducing unit 140 receives the satellite broadcast signal and then lowers the frequency to output the tuner to the tuner. (low noise block), a QPSK demodulator that demodulates the output signal of the tuner and outputs it to a Viterbi Decoder, and deinterleaves the output signal of the Viterbi decoder to output to a Reed-Solomon Decoder A deinterleaver, a descrambler that descrambles the output signal of the RS decoder, and outputs it to a transport unit, and an amplifier decoder that outputs voice / image data by decoding the output signal of the tip unit. (MPEG Decoder) and the like.

In addition, the broadcast receiver 100 is configured to further include a first short-range communication means 150 for transmitting predetermined information to the mobile communication terminal 400 located within a range capable of short-range communication, the first short-range communication means The broadcast channel or frequency information for receiving the current broadcast signal is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 400 through 150.

The first short-range communication means 150 may be a RF communication module, a Bluetooth module, an infrared (IR) communication module, a ZIGBEE communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, an ultra wideband (UWB) communication module, or the like. It may be implemented as a short range communication module, and the second short range communication means and the third short range communication means described below are not limited to a specific short range communication module.

3 is a configuration diagram of the broadcast server of FIG.

As shown, the broadcast server 200 includes a control unit 210 for controlling all operations such as data management and transmission, a broadcast content database 220 for storing broadcast content data broadcast through the broadcast receiver 100, and And a broadcast schedule table 221 classified according to broadcast time information and channel or frequency information.

In addition, in order to transmit the broadcast content to the content receiving terminal 300, the broadcast server 200 is the first data communication means 230 and the DB search means 240 for searching the content of the broadcast content database 220 And content transmission means 250 for transmitting the retrieved content to the content receiving terminal 300 through the first data communication means 230, and A / D conversion for converting an analog broadcast signal into digital broadcast data. The unit 260 is included.

The broadcast content database 220 stores digital broadcast content data to be transmitted to the content receiving terminal 300, and the broadcast server 200 transmits time information, channel or frequency information, and content receiving terminal from the mobile communication terminal 400. When receiving the IP address information of 300, and also includes a broadcast schedule table 221 for searching for the corresponding broadcast content based on the time information and the channel or frequency information.

The DB retrieving means 240 includes a second short range communication means 470 to obtain time information, channel or frequency information, and content from the mobile communication terminal 400 that obtains channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver 100. When receiving the IP address information of the receiving terminal 300, using the broadcast schedule table 221 to search for broadcast content broadcasted in the channel or frequency at the corresponding time from the broadcast content database 220.

The content transmitting means 250 transmits the corresponding broadcast content data retrieved by the DB retrieving means 240 to the content receiving terminal 300 having the IP address through the first data communication means 230, and The content receiving terminal 300 may receive, store, and play the content from the broadcast server 200.

The A / D converter 260 converts analog broadcast content into digital broadcast content when the broadcast content requested from the mobile communication terminal 400 is analog broadcast, and the broadcast server 200 performs the broadcast. In the content database 220, the broadcast content transmitted on the corresponding channel or frequency at the corresponding time is converted into digital data through the A / D conversion unit 240 as necessary, and the IP address is transmitted through the first data communication means 230. It transmits to the content receiving terminal 300 having the information.

4 is a configuration diagram of the content receiving terminal of FIG.

As shown, the content receiving terminal 300 is a control unit 310 for controlling the overall operation of receiving, storing and playing the content data, the memory 320 for storing the content data and its IP address information, and And second data communication means 330 for receiving broadcast content from the broadcast server 200 via the Internet 406, and content reproducing means 340 for reproducing the received broadcast content.

When the content receiving terminal 300 receives the broadcast content from the broadcast server 200, the content receiving terminal 300 stores the content in the memory 320 or reproduces the content through the content reproducing means 340, and includes a content reproducing means 340 by itself. Instead, the content stored in the memory 320 may be played through a separate playback means.

In addition, the content receiving terminal 300 is provided with a third short-range communication means 350, can transmit its own IP address to the mobile communication terminal 400 within a range capable of short-range communication, the mobile communication terminal 400 The content receiving terminal 300 may receive the broadcast content.

5 is a configuration diagram of the mobile communication terminal of FIG.

As shown, the mobile communication terminal 400 includes a control unit 410 for controlling call processing and overall operations, an input unit 420, a display unit 430, a speaker 440, and a memory 450. And a wireless transceiver 460 for accessing the Internet 406 through a mobile communication network, and a second short range communication means 470 for short range wireless communication with the broadcast receiver 100.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 400 is a service request means 480 for requesting the current reception channel or frequency information to the broadcast receiver 100 through the second short-range communication means 470, and the broadcast receiver ( When receiving the current reception channel or frequency information from 100, the service request time and the received channel or frequency information and IP address information of the content receiving terminal 300 is transmitted to the broadcast server 200 to request broadcast content. The apparatus further includes a content requesting means 490 to allow the content receiving terminal 300 to receive, store, and play the content from the broadcast server 200.

When the service is requested from the user through the input unit 420, the mobile communication terminal 400 configured as described above temporarily stores the current time information in the memory 450 and is within a range capable of short-range communication. When the current channel information is requested through the second local area communication means 470, and the current channel information is received from the broadcast receiver 100, the wireless communication unit 460 accesses the broadcast server 200 and stores the received channel information. Content information is requested by transmitting time information and channel information.

In this case, the content requesting means 490 of the mobile communication terminal 400 must transmit the IP address information of the specific content receiving terminal 300 to the broadcast server 200 together, and is input in advance from a user and is stored in the memory 450. The IP address information stored in the terminal may be used, or an automatic search function may be added to receive and use IP information from the content receiving terminal 300 including the third short range communication means 350.

The broadcast content service process of the broadcast content service system of the present invention including the broadcast receiver 100, the broadcast server 200, the content receiving terminal 300, and the mobile communication terminal 400 will be described with reference to FIG. Is as follows.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast content service process according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, while the broadcast receiver 100 receives the broadcast data provided from the broadcast server 200 through the broadcast network 101 (S101) and reproduces the data (S102), when the reproduced broadcast content is requested from the user, The mobile communication terminal 400 transmits a service request signal for requesting current channel or frequency information to the broadcast receiver 100 through local area communication means (S103), and stores current time information (S104).

The broadcast receiver 100 transmits the current reception channel or frequency information to the mobile communication terminal 400 requesting the service through a short range communication means (S105), and receives the channel or frequency information from the mobile communication terminal 400. Accesses the broadcast server 200 that provides broadcast content through the Internet 406, transmits the received channel information, stored time information, and IP address information of the content receiving terminal 300 to receive the content, and transmits the content. Request (S106).

In this case, if the IP address information is not previously stored in the memory, the mobile communication terminal 400 may be input by the user, or may obtain the IP address information directly from the content receiving terminal 300 within a short range communication range.

Next, the broadcast server 200 searches for the broadcast content with reference to the received time information and channel information in the broadcast content database 220 (S107), and receives the broadcast content content receiving terminal to which the IP address is assigned. In step S108, the content receiving terminal 300 may store and play the received broadcast content in operation S109.

In this case, the broadcast server 200 transmits the digital broadcast content to the content receiving terminal 300, and determines whether the corresponding broadcast content is an analog signal, if the analog content should further include the step of converting it to a digital signal. .

As those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. Should be. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

Accordingly, the broadcast content service system and method using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, and the mobile communication terminal for receiving the desired broadcast content to a separate content receiving terminal using the mobile communication terminal while watching TV broadcast or cable broadcast, etc. The effect is that you can.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a broadcast content service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of the broadcast receiver of FIG. 1;

3 is a configuration diagram of a broadcast server of FIG. 1;

4 is a block diagram of a content receiving terminal of FIG. 1;

5 is a configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal of FIG. 1;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast content service process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: broadcast receiver 101: broadcasting network

200: broadcast server 220: broadcast content database (DB)

300: content receiving terminal 400: mobile communication terminal

Claims (14)

A mobile communication terminal for requesting transmission of broadcast content to a content receiving terminal for storing and reproducing broadcast content to a broadcast server having a broadcast content database for storing broadcast content data for broadcasts received by a broadcast receiver through a broadcast network. A second short range for short range wireless communication with a broadcast receiver that receives and reproduces a broadcast of a specific frequency or channel and has a first short range communication means for transmitting current channel or frequency information to a mobile communication terminal within a short range communication range; Communication means; Service requesting means for requesting a current reception channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver through the second short range communication means; And When the current reception channel or frequency information is received from the broadcast receiver through the second short-range communication means, the service request time, the received channel or frequency information, and the IP address information of the content receiving terminal are transmitted to the broadcast server. Content requesting means for requesting broadcast content; And the content receiving terminal to receive, store, and play the content from the broadcasting server. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal has a memory for storing IP address information of a content receiving terminal input from a user; And the content requesting means transmits IP information of the content receiving terminal stored in the memory to the broadcast server. The method of claim 1, The content receiving terminal comprises third short range communication means for transmitting IP information to the mobile communication terminal, And the content requesting means obtains IP information of the content receiving terminal through a second short range communication means. The method of claim 1, The short range communication means, A mobile communication terminal comprising any one of an RF communication module, a Bluetooth module, an infrared communication (IR) communication module, a ZIGBEE communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, and an ultra wideband (UWB) communication module. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal, And a content receiving terminal having an IP address and storing and playing the broadcast content received from the broadcasting server. The method of claim 1, The broadcast receiver, And a satellite broadcast receiver, a terrestrial broadcast receiver, a cable broadcast receiver, and a radio broadcast receiver. Receives and reproduces a broadcast of a specific frequency or channel through a broadcast network, and broadcasts a broadcast received by a broadcast receiver having a first short range communication means for transmitting current channel or frequency information to a mobile communication terminal within a short range communication range. A broadcast content service system for providing broadcast content, including a broadcast server transmitting content data to a content receiving terminal capable of storing and reproducing broadcast content. The broadcast server, A broadcast content database for storing broadcast content data about broadcasts received by a broadcast receiver through a broadcast network; A broadcast schedule table classified according to broadcast time information and channel or frequency information; First data communication means for transmitting broadcast content data to the content receiving terminal; Receiving the time information, the channel or frequency information, and the IP address information of the content receiving terminal from the mobile communication terminal having a second short-range communication means and obtaining channel or frequency information from the broadcast receiver, by using the broadcast schedule table. DB retrieving means for retrieving broadcast content broadcasted in a corresponding channel or frequency at a corresponding time from the broadcast content database; Content transmitting means for transmitting the corresponding broadcast content data retrieved by the DB retrieving means to the content receiving terminal having the IP address through the first data communication means; Broadcast content service system using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the content receiving terminal to receive, store and play the content from the broadcast server. The method of claim 7, wherein The broadcast server, And an A / D converter for converting analog broadcast content into digital broadcast content when the broadcast content requested from the mobile communication terminal is analog broadcast. The method of claim 7, wherein The broadcast receiver, Broadcast content service system using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that any one of a satellite broadcast receiver, terrestrial broadcast receiver, cable broadcast receiver, radio broadcast receiver. A broadcast receiver having a short range communication means requests a broadcast content transmission to a content receiving terminal for storing and reproducing broadcast content to a broadcast server having a broadcast content database storing broadcast content data for broadcasts received through a broadcast network. A broadcast content service method in a mobile communication terminal, When a service is requested from a user, the mobile communication terminal stores current time information, transmits a service request signal to the broadcast receiver through a local area network, and then uses the local area network based on frequency or channel information of a broadcast currently received and reproduced from the broadcast receiver. A first step of receiving through; A second step of the mobile communication terminal requesting broadcast content by transmitting the stored current time information, frequency or channel information received from the broadcast receiver, and IP information of the content receiving terminal to receive broadcast content to the broadcast server; ; The broadcast content service method using a mobile communication terminal, comprising: allowing the content receiving terminal to receive broadcast content transmitted through a corresponding frequency or channel at a corresponding time from the broadcast server. The method of claim 10, The mobile communication terminal has a memory for storing IP information of the content receiving terminal input from the user, In the second step, The mobile communication terminal is a broadcast content service method using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for transmitting the IP information stored in the memory to the broadcast server. The method of claim 10, The content receiving terminal has a short range communication means for transmitting its own IP information, Before the second step, The mobile communication terminal requesting the IP information to the content receiving terminal, and obtaining the IP information of the content receiving terminal through the short-range communication means further comprising the broadcast content service method using a mobile communication terminal . A broadcast content database having local area communication means and storing broadcast content data for broadcasts received by a broadcast receiver through a broadcast network, and storing and reproducing broadcast schedule tables and broadcast content classified according to broadcast time information and channel or frequency information. A broadcast content service method in a broadcast content service system, comprising a broadcast server having data communication means for providing broadcast content to a capable content receiving terminal. When the broadcast server receives time information, channel or frequency information, and IP address information of a content receiving terminal from a mobile communication terminal, a broadcast broadcasted at a corresponding channel or frequency at a corresponding time from the broadcast content database using the broadcast schedule table. A first step of searching for content; Transmitting the retrieved corresponding broadcast content to a content receiving terminal having an IP address received from the mobile communication terminal through the data communication means; Broadcast content service method using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the content receiving terminal to receive, store and play the content from the broadcast server. The method of claim 13, The broadcast server includes an A / D converter for converting analog broadcast content into digital broadcast content, The first step, Searching, by the broadcast server, a broadcast content database based on the time, frequency, or channel information; Determining whether broadcast content transmitted through a corresponding frequency or channel at a corresponding time is analog content; Converting analog content into digital broadcast content using the A / D converter; Transmitting the converted digital broadcast content to a corresponding content receiving terminal having the IP information; Broadcast content service method using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that comprises a.