KR20060026287A - Method and system for providing customized content - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing customized content.

The present invention provides a system for retrieving desired content that matches content of interest from among registered contents when the user registers interest information about desired content to be provided, and notifies the content user of the classification of desired content, name of desired content, A mobile communication terminal receiving desired content that matches the interest information including at least one of a desired content provider name, desired content size, and desired content data type; A mobile communication network for transmitting and receiving data to and from the mobile communication terminal wirelessly; A content providing server providing desired content to a mobile communication terminal; Indexing content information including at least one of words included in registered content registered in a content providing server, meta information of registered content, type of registered content, data type of registered content, and an address of a registered content providing server. A content index server that stores the database-indexed content index; An interest information registration server for databaseing the interest information and the personal information received from the mobile communication terminal; And matching the interest information of the interest information registration server with the content index of the content index server to find desired content that matches the interest information, and transmitting the interest information search result, which is information about the desired content, to the mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication network. It provides a customized content providing system comprising an interest information search server.

According to the present invention, a content user searches for a content to be provided by matching a content index that indexes a content provided by a content providing server with a database of interest information that is to be provided by the content user, and provides information about the content to the content user. By providing to the news or content is registered when the user can be periodically matched to obtain the information quickly, the content user has the effect of reducing the time and communication costs required to find the content to be provided by the user.

Personalized content, interests, content indexes, personal information, mobile networks

Description

Method and system for providing customized content {Method and System for Providing Customized Content}

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a content providing system using a conventional mobile communication network,

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a system for providing customized content according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view showing a process of a mobile communication terminal of a customized content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view showing a process of checking an SMS sent to a mobile communication terminal when a content of interest is found in a customized providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing customized content using a wireless communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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110, 210: mobile communication terminal 120, 220: mobile communication network

122, 223: base station transmitter 124, 224: base station controller

126, 225: mobile communication switching center 170, 260: content providing server

210 ': user terminal 222: wireless base station

227: SMS Center 230: IWF

240: WAP Gateway 250: Internet

270: Content Index Server 280: Interest Information Registration Server

290: Interest Information Search Server

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing customized content. In more detail, a method for providing a customized content that provides a content to a content user by databaseting the content to be provided by the content user as interest information, searching for content corresponding to the database of interest information among the contents of the content providing server, and It's about the system.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a content providing system using a conventional mobile communication network.

The conventional mobile communication content providing system includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a mobile communication network 120, a content providing server 170, and the like.

The mobile communication terminal 110 not only conducts a telephone call through a wireless communication with the other party via the mobile communication network 120, but also accesses the content providing server 170 using the provided content search function to search for and provide desired content. The receiving terminal.

The mobile communication network 120 includes a base station transmitter 122, a base station controller 124, a mobile communication switching center 126, and the like.

The base station transmitter 122 wirelessly transmits and receives data with the mobile communication terminal 110. Here, the base station transmitter 122 transmits the content request signal from the mobile communication terminal 110 to the base station controller 120.

The base station controller 124 controls and manages the base station transmitter 122 and forwards the content request signal to the mobile communication switching center 126.

The mobile communication switching center 126 functions to control the base station transmitter 122 and the base station controller 124 to operate efficiently. Here, the mobile communication switching center 126 transmits the content request signal received from the base station controller 124 to the content providing server 170.

The content providing server 170 is connected to the mobile communication switching center 126, receives a content request signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 110 of the user via the mobile communication network 120, and moves the content corresponding to the request. Provided to the mobile communication terminal 110 via the communication network 120.

In the conventional system, in order for a user to be provided with content to the mobile communication terminal 110, the user first accesses the content providing server 170 using the mobile communication terminal 110, and then provides the content provided by the content providing server 170. Check the list and if the user has the desired content, the content is selected and downloaded from the content providing server 170 to the mobile communication terminal 110 to receive the content.

However, in the case of using the conventional system, if the user does not have the desired content after connecting to the content providing server 170 using the mobile communication terminal 110, the user makes a connection with the content providing server 170. There is a problem in that the inconvenience of having to check whether the content desired by the user is registered in the content providing server 170 by stopping and reconnecting to the content providing server 170 from time to time.

In addition, there is a problem in that a lot of time and money is generated in the process of checking whether the content user to be provided to the content providing server is registered.

In order to solve the above problem, the present invention provides a content to the content user by database the content to be provided by the content user as the interest information, search for the content corresponding to the database of the interest information from the content providing server content; To provide a method and system for providing customized content.

Accordingly, according to a first object of the present invention, when a content user registers interest information on desired content to be provided, the desired content is searched for in the system and informs the content user of desired content that matches the interest information. A mobile communication terminal receiving desired content that matches the interest information including at least one of a classification, a desired content name, a desired content provider name, a desired content size, and a desired content data type; A mobile communication network which exchanges data with a mobile communication terminal wirelessly; A content providing server providing desired content to a mobile communication terminal; Indexing content information including at least one of words included in registered content registered in a content providing server, meta information of registered content, type of registered content, data type of registered content, and an address of a registered content providing server. A content index server that stores the database-indexed content index; An interest information registration server for databaseing the interest information and the personal information received from the mobile communication terminal; And matching the interest information of the interest information registration server with the content index of the content index server to find desired content that matches the interest information, and transmitting the interest information search result, which is information about the desired content, to the mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication network. It provides a customized content providing system comprising an interest information search server.

According to a first object of the present invention, an interest information search server is customized by a system in a system including a mobile communication terminal, a mobile communication network, a content providing server, a content index server, an interest information registration server, and an interest information search server. A method for retrieving desired content that a content user wants to receive from a registered content stored in a content providing server using a content providing system and providing the desired content to a content user, the method comprising: (a) classification of desired content registered in an interest information registration server and desired content; Matching the content index of the content index server with the interest information including at least one of a name, a desired content provider name, a desired content size, and a desired content data type; (b) checking whether there is desired content in the desired content index that matches the interest information of the interest information registration server; (c) comparing the interest information with the interest information by comparing the content information with the interest information including at least one of the words included in the registered content, the meta information of the registered content, the type of the registered content, the data type of the registered content, and the address of the registered content providing server. Generating an interest information search result listing information about matching registered contents; And (d) transmitting the interest information search result to the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, a mobile communication network or a wireless communication network is described as a CDMA mobile communication network, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The GSM mobile communication network, the TDMA mobile communication network, the IMT-2000 mobile communication network, the W-CDMA mobile communication network, and the high speed (HPi) are not limited thereto. ) A broad concept that includes any mobile communication network that mediates wireless data between terminals such as mobile communication networks.

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a customized content providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The customized content providing system of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 2 includes a mobile communication terminal 210, a mobile communication network 220, an IWF 230, a WAP gateway 240, an internet 250, a content providing server 260, and a content. An index server 270, an interest information registration server 280, an interest information search server 290, and the like.

The mobile communication terminal 210 not only provides a voice call function for performing a typical voice call between different mobile communication terminals via a mobile communication network, but also connects to the Internet 250 through a web browser provided therein. It is a terminal that can use an Internet service, for example, financial services, language learning, games, broadcast services, and the like.

Here, the mobile communication terminal 210 accesses the interest information registration server 280 via the mobile communication network and registers the interest information about the content user's content and the personal information of the content user that the mobile communication terminal 210 intends to receive. Is the terminal used to. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 210 may access the content providing server 260 to search for and receive content to be provided to the mobile communication terminal 210.

Here, the interest information refers to information necessary for searching for content such as content classification, content name, content data type, content provider name, content size, and content data type that the content user wants to receive.

In addition, the personal information refers to information for identifying and contacting a content user such as a mobile communication terminal number of the content user, a contact of the content user, and a name of the content user.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a mobile communication terminal of a customized content providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 210 is connected to the interest information registration server 280 through the mobile communication network 220. First, as in 3A, the content user selects 'register interest content', which is a service menu providing interest information. Then, the content item to be provided is selected as shown in 3B. In this case, it is assumed that the content related to No. 1 is selected. Subsequently, when a menu for inputting a content search word of interest appears as shown in 3C, a word or sentence that is known about content to be provided by the user is input and registered in the interest information registration center.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of checking an SMS sent to a mobile communication terminal when a content of interest is found in a customized providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the content user checks the SMS provided from the interest information search server. Subsequently, the content user selects whether or not to check the content as shown in 4A. If the user presses the 'confirmation key' to confirm the content, a menu such as 4B appears. Subsequently, the content user checks the content of the item of each content displayed in the menu, selects the content he / she wants to be provided, and downloads the content.

The mobile communication terminal 210 used in the present invention can be connected to the interest information registration server 280 and the content providing server 260 through the mobile communication network 220, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a PCS ( Personal Communication Service (GSM) phones, Global System for Mobile (GSM) phones, Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) phones, CDMA-2000 phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phones, and the like. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 210 includes a wireless application protocol (WAP), which is a wireless Internet access protocol, a Microsoft Internet Explorer (MIE: Microsoft Internet Explorer) based on HTML using an HTTP protocol, and a handheld device transport. Information registration server 280 or content providing server 260 via a mobile communication network using a browser for Internet access such as a protocol (HDTP: Handheld Device Transport Protocol), NTT DOKOMO's i-Mode or SK Telecom's 'NATE' Can be connected. Among the Internet access protocols used in the mobile communication terminal 210, the MIE uses the m-HTML abbreviated by slightly modifying HTML, and in the case of i-Mode, a language called compact HTML (c-HTML), which is a subset of HTML, is used. use.

Although a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described mainly for a mobile communication terminal using a mobile communication network, a user terminal 210 'that can access the interest information registration server 280 using the Internet is also possible. In this case, the user terminal 210 ′ may register the interest information and the personal information by accessing the interest information registration server 280 through the Internet 250.

The mobile communication network 220 includes a base station transmission system (BTS) 223, a base station controller (BSC) 224, and a wireless base station 222 including a repeater (Cell Enhancer) (not shown). Mobile communication switching center 225, SMS center 227, and the like.

Here, the base station transmitter 223 is arranged in units of cells and transmits a call request generated from the mobile communication terminal 210 to the mobile communication switching center 225 or exists in a cell area under its control. Location registration to determine the location of the terminal 210 is performed. The base station transmitter 223 transmits the position information of the base station transmitter 223 from the global positioning system (GPS) to the mobile communication terminal 210 through a system parameter message of the forward link call channel. The mobile communication terminal 210 may register new location information by calculating the moving distance of the mobile communication terminal 210 using the location information of the base station transmitter 223 of the cell to which the mobile communication terminal 210 belongs. Here, the location information registration is a processing procedure for notifying the mobile communication switching center 225 of the location, status, identifier, slot period, and other characteristics of the mobile communication terminal 210 through the corresponding base station transmitter 223. This is a procedure for effectively calling the mobile communication terminal 210 when attempting to set up an incoming call to the mobile communication switching center 225 through 223. The location registration of the mobile communication terminal 210 is performed when the mobile communication terminal 210 is powered on or off, when the mobile communication terminal 210 moves between the mobile communication switching centers 225, and the mobile communication terminal 210. It is implemented when the system parameter of is changed.

The base station controller 224 controls and manages a plurality of base stations, and performs various functions required for radio call processing such as handoff. The base station controller 224 also forwards the subscriber information of the location registered mobile communication terminal 210 to the mobile communication switching center 225.

The mobile telecommunication switching center 225 has a control function for allowing the wireless base stations 222 to operate efficiently and an interworking function with an exchange of a public telephone network. When the mobile communication switching center 225 performs location registration of the mobile communication terminal 210 through the wireless base station 222, a visitor location register (VLR) in the mobile communication switching station 225 is referred to as 'VLR'. After temporarily storing the subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal 210 (not shown), it requests a location registration of a home location register (HLR: hereinafter referred to as 'HLR') (not shown).

Here, the HLR is a database that stores a service profile about subscriber information of a user of the mobile communication terminal 210. The HLR is a unique number (ESN: Electronic Serial Number, hereinafter 'ESN') of the mobile communication terminal 210 including the subscriber's telephone number. ESN '), a mobile identification number (MIN: Mobile Identification Number), which is a terminal number of the mobile communication terminal 210, and information about a service type.

The HLR performs a function of storing subscriber information including information of the wireless base station 222 where the mobile communication terminal 210 is located and the mobile communication switching center 225. The mobile communication switching center 225 includes a control unit, a call path unit, and a peripheral device, and also has a charging data collection function for the mobile communication terminal 210.

When the mobile communication terminal 210 performs location registration, the VLR temporarily stores subscriber information and notifies the HLR to the VLR. The VLR copies a terminal identification number, a terminal unique number, and service information of the mobile communication terminal 210 from the HLR. It takes over and manages the function to utilize the location control, call processing, external operation processing of the mobile communication terminal 210.

The SMS center 227 is connected to the mobile switching center 225 and has a function of sending a text message to mobile subscribers. Here, the SMS center 227 may search for the interest information from the interest information search server 290 when the interest information search server 290 finds content that matches the interest information of the content user registered in the interest information registration server 280. Receives the received to generate a search result SMS transmits the search result SMS to the mobile communication terminal (210).

Herein, the search result SMS compares the interest information registered by the content user with the interest information registration server 280 and the content index provided by the content index server 260, and compares the content with the interest information by the interest information search server 290. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the content providing server 260 is provided. In addition, the search result SMS may include information about content such as the name of the content provider providing the content providing server 260, a fee for using the content, and a contact number of the content provider.

Inter-working function (IWF: interworking function, hereinafter referred to as 'IWF') 230 provides an interface for data exchange between a wireless communication system and a wired communication system, and provides protocols, signals, and data in a form suitable for each network. Converts to. In general, the IWF 138 is directly connected to the mobile switching center 225 to connect a wired communication network and a wireless communication network.

The WAP gateway 240 performs a function such as communication code conversion or protocol conversion between the mobile communication network and the Internet in order to quickly retrieve and display information on the wired Internet, thereby interconnecting the mobile communication network and the Internet. That is, the WAP gateway 240 converts the WAP protocol and the Internet TCP / IP (Transmisson Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) protocol. Therefore, a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) protocol is used between the content providing server 260 connected to the Internet 250 and the WAP gateway 240, and a WAP protocol is provided between the mobile communication terminal 210 and the WAP gateway 240. The transmission and reception of data is performed. The WAP gateway 240 converts a website address (URL) request from the mobile communication network into an HTTP request according to the WAP protocol, and then requests the website address from the content providing server 160 according to the HTTP protocol through the Internet 250. do.

The Internet 250 is a communication network that provides a connection path for the mobile communication terminal 210 to access the content providing server 260 via the mobile communication switching center 225 to transmit and receive data. In addition, the Internet 250 is a communication network that provides an access path for the mobile communication terminal 210 to access the interest information registration server 280 to register interest information and personal information of the content user.

The content providing server 260 is connected to the Internet 250 and is a server that provides content at the request of the mobile communication terminal 210. Here, the content providing server 260 provides information about the content to the content index server 270.

The content index server 270 is a server that stores a content index that indexes content information of contents stored in at least one or more content providing servers 260. Here, the content information is information about content such as words included in the content, meta information of the content, the type of the content, the data type of the content, and the address of the content providing server. Here, the content index is a database arranged together with the content information for each content provided by the content providing server.

Here, the content index server 270 preferably accesses the content providing server 260 at regular intervals and updates the content information at any time.

The interest information registration server 280 is connected to the Internet 250 and is a server in which the interest information of the content to be provided registered by the content user using the mobile communication terminal 210 and the personal information of the content user are stored in a database. .

The interest information search server 290 frequently matches the content index of the content index server 270 with the interest information of the interest information registration server 280 at regular intervals, so that the content information matches the interest information registered by the content user. A server that searches for and finds in the index and transmits the search result of interest information to the mobile communication terminal 210. Here, the search result of interest information is preferably transmitted in the form of SMS using the SMS center 227. The interest information search result may include one or more of the number of contents that match the interest information, the name of the contents, the classification of the contents, the type of the contents data, the usage fee for each contents, and the size of the contents.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing customized content using a wireless communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The content index server 270 stores the content index indexing the contents provided by the at least one content providing server 260 (S510).

Subsequently, after the content user accesses the interest information registration server 280 using the mobile communication terminal 210, the content user registers the interest information of the content to be provided and the personal information of the content provider (S530).

Subsequently, the interest information search server 290 searches for content that matches the interest information by matching the interest index of the content user registered in the interest information registration server 280 with the content index stored in the content index server 270 (S550). ).

Subsequently, the interest information search server 290 checks whether the content index server 270 has content corresponding to the interest information (S560).

If the interest information search server 290 finds the content that matches the interest information in the content index server 270 in step 460, the interest information search server 290 retrieves the corresponding content from the content index server 270. In operation S570, a search result including information about the content such as a URL in which the address of the provided content providing server 260 is stored and the name of the content is generated.

Subsequently, the interest information search server 290 transmits the search result SMS including the generated search result to the SMS center according to the number of the mobile communication terminal 210 included in the personal information of the content user registered in the interest information registration server 280. In operation S580, the mobile terminal 210 transmits the information to the mobile communication terminal 210 using the reference numeral 227.

Subsequently, the content user checks the content information included in the search result SMS transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 210 and downloads the content from the content providing server 260 providing the corresponding content (S590).

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the content user searches for the content to be provided by matching the content index that indexes the content provided by the content providing server with the content of interest provided in the database. By providing information about the contents to the user, the news or content is registered regularly so that the user can quickly obtain the information, and saves time and communication costs for the content user to find the content they want to receive. Giving effect.

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In the system for registering the interest information on the desired content to be provided by the content user to search for the desired content that matches the interest information from the registered content to inform the content user, A mobile communication terminal provided with the desired content that matches the interest information including one or more of the classification of the desired content, the name of the desired content, the desired content provider name, the desired content size, and the desired content data type; A mobile communication network which exchanges data with the mobile communication terminal wirelessly; A content providing server providing the desired content to the mobile communication terminal; Content including at least one of the words contained in the registered content registered in the content providing server, the meta information of the registered content, the type of the registered content, the data type of the registered content and the address of the registered content providing server. A content index server for storing information indexed by indexing information and storing the database; An interest information registration server configured to database the interest information and personal information received from the mobile communication terminal; And Matching the interest information of the interest information registration server and the content index of the content index server to find the desired content that matches the interest information, and to retrieve the interest information search result that is information about the desired content from the mobile communication network. Interest information search server transmitted to the mobile communication terminal through Personalized content providing system comprising a. The system of claim 1, wherein the customized content providing system is Receiving the interest information search result of the interest information search server to generate a search result SMS (Short Message Service), and further including an SMS center for transmitting the search result SMS to the mobile communication terminal Content provision system. The system of claim 1 wherein the system is And a user terminal for accessing the interest information registration server through the Internet to register the interest information and the personal information. The method of claim 1, wherein the content index server The content providing system, characterized in that for updating the content information about the registered content from time to time by accessing the content providing server at regular intervals. The method of claim 1, wherein the interest information search server And matching the interest information with the content index at regular intervals to search for the desired content that matches the interest information. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information is And at least one of the mobile communication terminal number of the content user, a contact of the content user, and a name of the content user. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result of interest information is One or more of the number of the desired content that matches the interest information, the name of the desired content, the classification of the desired content, the type of the desired content data, the usage fee for the desired content, and the size of the desired content. Characterized content providing system characterized by. In a system including a mobile communication terminal, a mobile communication network, a content providing server, a content index server, an interest information registration server, and an interest information search server, the interest information search server provides the content using a customized content providing system provided by the system. A method of searching for and providing a desired content to a content user from among registered contents stored in a server, (a) Interest information and one or more contents including one or more of the classification of the desired content registered in the interest information registration server, the name of the desired content, the desired content provider name, the desired content size, and the desired content data type. Matching the content index of an index server; (b) checking whether there is the desired content in the desired content index that matches the interest information of the interest information registration server; (c) content information and the interest information including at least one of a word included in the registered content, meta information of the registered content, a type of the registered content, a data type of the registered content, and an address of the registered content providing server. Generating an interest information search result that lists information about the registered contents that match the interest information by comparing the information with the interest information; And (d) transmitting the search result of interest information to a mobile communication terminal; Customized content providing method comprising a. The method of claim 10, wherein step (a) (a1) the content index server accessing the content providing server; (a2) storing, by the content index server, a content index obtained by indexing the content information of the content providing server; (a3) accessing the interest information registration server by the content user using the mobile communication terminal; (a4) registering the interest information and the personal information of the content user by using the mobile communication terminal; (a5) storing, by the interest information registration server, the database of the interest information and the personal information registered from the mobile communication terminal; (a6) receiving the interest information from the content index server and the interest information registration server from the content index server; And (a7) matching the content index and the interest information Customized content providing method comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein in step (d) The interest information search result is a personalized content providing method characterized in that transmitted using the SMS center in the form of SMS. The system of claim 8, wherein the system is And a user terminal for accessing the interest information registration server through the internet to register the interest information and the personal information. The method of claim 8, wherein the content index server And updating the content information about the registered content at any time by accessing the content providing server at regular intervals. The method of claim 8, wherein the interest information search server And matching the interest information with the content index at regular intervals to search for the desired content that matches the interest information. The method of claim 8, wherein the personal information is And at least one of the mobile communication terminal number of the content user, a contact of the content user, and a name of the content user. The method of claim 8, wherein the search result of interest information is One or more of the number of the desired content that matches the interest information, the name of the desired content, the classification of the desired content, the type of the desired content data, the usage fee for the desired content, and the size of the desired content. Characterized content providing method characterized by.

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