KR20060070298A - The customized realtime internet broadcating system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A customized real time internet broadcasting system and method thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, a customized real-time Internet broadcasting system including a web server providing a web service to a subscriber terminal periodically acquires and manages a list of broadcast programs organized by each broadcasting station, and the subscriber broadcasts a subscriber program through the subscriber terminal. Broadcast program management unit that provides a list of broadcast programs to the subscriber terminal through the web server, a subscriber information storage unit storing subscriber information, and controls the programming of the subscriber's broadcast programs through the subscriber terminal to generate a program schedule for each subscriber And receiving analog real-time broadcast programs from external broadcasting stations by referring to the broadcast program organization storing the generated subscriber program schedule in the subscriber information storage unit and the broadcast program organization table stored in the subscriber information storage unit.And a broadcast control unit for providing the converted digital broadcast signal to the subscriber terminal in real time, and by selecting a broadcast program that the subscriber wants to watch in real time for each time zone, the subscriber switches channels for each broadcaster for each time zone. You can watch in real time continuously without

Description

Customized Realtime Internet Broadcating System and Method

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a network system including a customized real-time Internet broadcasting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a customized real-time internet broadcasting system 10 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program organization method of a subscriber performed by the broadcast program organization unit 110 shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time internet broadcasting method performed by the customized real-time internet broadcasting system 10 shown in FIG. 2.

The present invention relates to a real-time Internet broadcasting system, and more particularly, to a customized real-time Internet broadcasting system and method for organizing a broadcast program according to individual subscriber selection and transmitting the organized program to a subscriber in real time.

In the customized broadcasting performed in the conventional Internet broadcasting system, the file organization apparatus detects the user's characteristic information from the user database of the broadcasting station system according to the user identifier provided from the client, and according to the detected characteristic information, The present invention provides a method of detecting broadcast files suitable for a characteristic and transmitting a list of broadcast schedules sequentially arranged according to a broadcasting priority determined according to a user's characteristic. When the client requests a broadcast to the corresponding broadcasting station system according to the broadcasting schedule list transmitted from the file organizer, the client accesses the broadcasting program by streaming the broadcast file to the client.

In another method, the digital TV broadcast is digitized and stored as a file, and then a web page about the analog TV is configured in the multimedia server. Then, when the service timer is set to the service timer setting time, the web content is automatically uploaded to the web server through the control of the multimedia server, there is a method for starting the digitized and stored TV broadcast via the web server.

However, both of the above-described methods are a method of selectively broadcasting a digitized broadcast file instead of broadcasting satellite and cable broadcast in real time through the Internet. In addition, a client requests a program from a geographically dispersed broadcasting station system or watches a broadcast through a web service.

Therefore, it is impossible to watch an analog broadcast program broadcast in real time through a medium called the Internet.

The first technical problem to be achieved by the present invention relates to a customized real-time Internet broadcasting system and a method for digitizing the broadcast program currently being broadcast according to the programming program subscribers subscribed to the subscriber to transmit to the subscriber in real time over the Internet.

The second technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a subscriber-specific broadcast program programming method for a customized real-time Internet broadcasting service.

A third technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a recording medium recorded with program code that can execute the customized real-time Internet broadcasting method on a computer.

A fourth technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a recording medium recorded with program code that can execute the program for a subscriber program.

In order to achieve the first technical problem, the customized real-time Internet broadcasting system according to the present invention comprising a web server for providing a web service to the subscriber terminal, periodically obtains and manages the list of broadcast programs organized by each broadcasting station, When a program is organized by subscriber through a subscriber terminal, a broadcast program manager providing a list of broadcast programs to a subscriber terminal through the web server, a subscriber information storage unit storing subscriber information, and a subscriber's broadcast program organization through a subscriber terminal Control stations by generating a program schedule for each subscriber and refer to the program scheduler for storing the generated subscriber program schedule in the subscriber information storage and the subscriber program schedule stored in the subscriber information storage. Analog thread Receiving and converting the digital-to-broadcast programs, and preferably comprises a real-time broadcast service to control the converted digital broadcast signals to the subscriber terminal.

In order to achieve the first technical problem, the real-time Internet broadcasting method performed in the customized real-time Internet broadcasting system that stores the subscriber-specific broadcast program schedule generated based on the real-time broadcasting programs requested by the subscriber, when the subscriber terminal is connected, (A) checking the program schedule for each program, checking whether the program is broadcast time, and continuously checking the broadcast time if it is not the broadcast time. It is preferred that the step of receiving from the broadcasting station of the real-time providing to the subscriber terminal (b).

In order to achieve the second technical problem, according to the present invention, a broadcasting program programming method for subscribers according to the present invention for a customized real-time internet broadcasting service is performed. (A) controlling the subscribers to select programs to be provided in real time by providing a list to the subscriber terminal; and generating and storing a subscriber-specific program schedule for real time broadcasting using broadcast programs selected by the subscriber. It is preferred to include the step.

Hereinafter, a customized real-time internet broadcasting system and a method thereof according to the present invention will be described as follows.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a network system including a customized real-time Internet broadcasting system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the satellite broadcaster 50, the airwave broadcaster 60, and the cable broadcaster 70 provide satellite broadcast, airwave broadcast, and cable broadcast through the wired / wireless broadcast network 40, respectively.

The customized real-time internet broadcasting system receives a broadcasting program list listing the broadcasting programs to be viewed in real time according to time from each of the subscriber stations 30_1 to 30_n. The customized real-time internet broadcasting system selects a broadcasting program to be provided to the subscriber among the satellite broadcasting, the air broadcasting and the cable broadcasting programs provided in real time with reference to the broadcasting program organization list, and provides the selected broadcasting program to the corresponding subscriber station 30_1 to 30_n. ) In real time via the Internet (30). Meanwhile, the subscriber may include a program already broadcasted in the broadcast program list. At this time, the customized real-time Internet broadcasting system 10 stores satellite broadcasting, air broadcasting, and cable broadcasting programs, and the programs to be provided to the subscriber stations 30_1 to 30_n are referred to in real time by referring to the broadcasting program list. If the broadcast program transmitted from the satellite broadcasting station 50, the airwave broadcasting station 60 and the cable broadcasting station 70, the corresponding program is transmitted to the subscriber stations (30_1 ~ 30_n) in real time, and stored if the program is already broadcasted The program is extracted from the broadcast program and provided to the subscriber stations 30_1 to 30_n.

Subscriber terminals 30_1 to 30_n are devices, such as a PC or an IP STB (Internet Protocol Set Top Box), which display a broadcast provided through the Internet 30 to a subscriber.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a customized real-time Internet broadcasting system 10 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1, which includes a web server 100, a broadcast program organizer 110, a broadcast program manager 120, and a broadcast. The controller 125 and the subscriber information storage unit 170 are included. In addition, the broadcast controller 125 includes a broadcast signal receiver 130, an analog / digital signal converter 140, a broadcast program controller 150, a broadcast file storage unit 160, and a broadcast streaming server 180. do.

Referring to FIG. 2, the web server 100 may be linked with the broadcast program manager 120 and the broadcast program organizer 110 to provide a web service for allowing a subscriber to organize their own broadcast program.

The broadcast program manager 120 periodically acquires and stores a list of broadcast programs organized by each broadcasting station, and provides the same through the web server 100 when a subscriber wants to organize a broadcast program.

The broadcast program organization unit 110 provides a subscriber's personal broadcast program organization function through the web server 100, and the subscriber information storage unit 170 provides a program program table organized by the subscriber by the provided broadcast program organization function. Store in In addition, the broadcast program organizer 110 generates a program recording list for each subscriber when the recording of the program is requested from the subscriber and stores it in the subscriber information storage unit 170.

The subscriber information storage unit 170 stores a broadcast program schedule for each subscriber, a program recording list for each subscriber, and personal information.

The broadcast signal receiver 130 receives cable broadcast, satellite broadcast, and over-the-air broadcast under the control of the broadcast program controller 150.

The analog / digital signal converter 140 converts the analog broadcast signal received through the broadcast signal receiver 130 into a digital broadcast signal required to be transmitted through the Internet under the control of the broadcast program controller 150.

The broadcast file storage unit 160 stores a broadcast program converted into a digital signal by the analog / digital signal converter 140.

When the subscriber requests the Internet broadcast through the web server 100, the broadcast program controller 150 refers to the broadcast program schedule for each subscriber stored in the subscriber information storage unit 170 and broadcasts to the subscriber terminal 20. If the program is a real-time broadcast program, the broadcast signal receiver 130 and the analog / digital signal converter 140 are activated, and the digital broadcast signal provided from the analog / digital signal converter 140 is provided to the broadcast streaming server 180. do. In addition, the broadcast program controller 150 activates the broadcast signal receiver 130 and the analog / digital signal converter 140 when there is a broadcast program to be recorded with reference to the program recording list and the analog / digital signal converter 140. ) Stores the digital broadcast signal provided by the broadcast file in the broadcast file storage unit 160. When the program to be provided to the subscriber station 20 is not a real-time broadcast program but a recorded broadcast program, the broadcast program control unit 150 refers to the broadcast program schedule for each subscriber, and the corresponding digital stored in the broadcast file storage unit 160. The broadcast signal is extracted and provided to the broadcast streaming server 180.

The broadcast streaming server 180 transmits the digital broadcast signal provided from the broadcast program controller 150 to the subscriber terminal 30 through the Internet.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program organization method of a subscriber performed by the broadcast program organization unit 110 shown in FIG. 2.

2 and 3, when the subscriber terminal 30 is connected through the web server 100 (operation 400), the broadcast program organizer 110 controls the web server 100 to control the broadcast program manager ( In operation 500, the subscriber may select a broadcast program to be viewed in real time by providing a program list for each broadcaster collected in step 120 to the subscriber terminal 30 by date. The subscriber may select at least one broadcast program that the user wants to watch in real time by checking a program list of each broadcaster provided.

The broadcast program organizer 110 generates a broadcast program schedule using the broadcast program selected by the subscriber and stores the broadcast program schedule (step 600). In detail, when a subscriber selects broadcast programs for real-time broadcasting by referring to a list of broadcast programs for each broadcaster (step 605), the broadcast program organizer 110 determines whether the programs selected by the subscriber overlap each time zone. In operation 610, the process may determine the result. If there is no overlapping program in step 610, the broadcast program organization 110 checks whether there is a time zone in which the program is not organized (step 625). Meanwhile, in operation 610, when there are overlapping programs, the broadcast program organizer 110 selects a program to be broadcast in real time and selects whether or not to record a non-selected program (operation 615). In step 615, if the subscriber selects recording of the program, the subscriber registers the corresponding program in the program recording list (step 620). The broadcast program organizer 110 stores the program recording list together in the subscriber information storage unit 170, and stores the program recording list in the broadcast file storage unit 160 with reference to the program. Subsequently, if the subscriber does not select the recording of the overlapping program after the step 620 or the step 615, the broadcast program organizer 110 checks whether there is a time zone in which the program is not organized. In step 625, if there is no time zone in which the program is not organized, the subscriber is asked whether to end the program formation (step 640). On the other hand, if there is a time zone in which the program is not organized in step 625, the subscriber selects whether or not to organize the program registered in the program recording list in the corresponding time slot (step 630). In step 630, if the subscriber requests program programming with a program registered in the program recording list, the broadcast program organizer 110 broadcasts a program selected by the subscriber in a corresponding time zone to organize a broadcast program for each subscriber. If the subscriber does not request the programming of the program registered in the program recording list after the operation 635 or the operation 630, the process proceeds to operation 640, in which the subscriber is asked whether to finish the programming. In step 640, if the subscriber requests to continue programming, the process proceeds to step 605 and repeats the program formation described above. On the other hand, in step 640, when the subscriber requests to finish the programming, the broadcast program organizer 110 generates a broadcasting program schedule for each subscriber by using the real-time broadcasting program and the recorded broadcasting program selected by the subscriber, and the subscriber The information is stored and managed in the storage unit 170 (step 645).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time internet broadcasting method performed by the customized real-time internet broadcasting system 10 shown in FIG. 2. When the subscriber station 20 is connected, the broadcast program controller 150 controls the real-time broadcast by referring to the broadcast program schedule for each subscriber stored in the subscriber information storage unit 170.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 2 and 5, when the subscriber terminal 20 is connected, the broadcast program controller 150 checks the broadcast program schedule for each subscriber (step 800), and broadcasts the current time to broadcast the program. Check time (step 850).

In operation 850, the broadcast time is continuously checked if the broadcast time is not the same, and when the broadcast time arrives, the broadcast program controller 150 receives a program to be broadcasted by referring to the broadcast program schedule and provides it to the subscriber station 20. (Step 900). In more detail, when the broadcast time arrives, the broadcast program controller 150 determines whether the program to be broadcasted is a real-time broadcast program (step 910). In operation 910, if the current program is a real-time broadcast, the broadcast program controller 150 activates the broadcast signal receiver 130 to select a corresponding broadcast channel (step 915) and receives the corresponding broadcast signal (operation 920). step). After operation 920, the broadcast program controller 150 activates the analog / digital signal converter 140 to convert the analog broadcast signal received by the broadcast signal receiver 130 into a digital broadcast signal (S925). The converted digital broadcast signal is provided to the broadcast streaming server 180. The broadcast streaming server 180 streams the digital broadcast signal provided through the broadcast program controller 150 (step 950) and provides it to the subscriber station 20 (step 960). Through this process, the subscriber can watch the broadcast program currently being broadcast by the external broadcasting stations 50, 60, and 70 through their subscriber station 20 in real time. In operation 910, if the current broadcast program is a recorded broadcast program instead of a real-time broadcast program, the broadcast program controller 150 extracts a digital broadcast signal for the corresponding program by referring to the broadcast file storage 160. By providing the extracted digital broadcast signal to the broadcast streaming server 180, the recorded program is provided to the subscriber station (20).

After the operation 900, when the broadcasting of the program currently provided to the subscriber terminal 20 is terminated, the broadcast program controller 150 checks whether there is a subsequent broadcasting by referring to the broadcasting program schedule of the subscriber (operation 980). In step 980, if there is a subsequent broadcast, the process proceeds to step 850, and the above-described steps are repeated. If there is no subsequent broadcast, the real-time Internet broadcasting is terminated.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, the broadcast program control unit 150 receives the corresponding program by referring to the subscriber recorded program list stored in the subscriber information storage unit 170 in order to provide the recorded program requested by the subscriber. And controlling the analog / digital conversion and storing the converted digital broadcast signal in the broadcast file storage unit 160.

As described above, the real-time Internet broadcasting system and method according to the present invention, by selecting a broadcast program that the subscriber wants to watch in real time for each time zone in advance, the subscribers in real time continuously without changing the channel for each broadcaster Makes it possible to watch.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and the present invention belongs to the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

 As described above, according to the real-time Internet broadcasting system and method according to the present invention, by selecting a broadcast program that the subscriber wants to watch in real time for each time zone in advance, the subscriber can continuously watch in real time without changing the channel for each broadcaster in real time. Can be.

Claims (11)

In the real-time Internet broadcasting system comprising a web server for providing a web service to the subscriber terminal, A broadcast program manager configured to periodically obtain and manage a list of broadcast programs organized by each broadcasting station, and to provide the broadcast program list to the subscriber terminal through the web server when the subscriber organizes a broadcast program for each subscriber through the subscriber terminal; A subscriber information storage unit storing subscriber information; A broadcast program organizer configured to control a broadcast program schedule of a subscriber through the subscriber terminal to generate a broadcast program schedule for each subscriber, and store the generated subscriber program schedule in the subscriber information storage unit; And And a broadcast control unit for receiving and digitally converting an analog real-time broadcast program from external broadcasting stations and providing the converted digital broadcast signal to the subscriber terminal in real time by referring to the subscriber program program table stored in the subscriber information storage unit. Customized real-time Internet broadcasting system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast control unit A broadcast signal receiving unit activated in response to a first control signal to receive broadcast programs from the external broadcasting stations; An analog / digital signal converter configured to be activated in response to a second control signal, and convert the analog broadcast signal received through the broadcast signal receiver into a digital broadcast signal necessary to transmit the digital broadcast signal through the Internet; When the Internet broadcast is requested from the subscriber terminal, the broadcast signal receiver and the analog / digital signal converter are activated with reference to the program schedule table for each subscriber stored in the subscriber information storage, and the digital signal is converted from the analog / digital signal converter. A broadcast program controller receiving a broadcast signal; And And a broadcast streaming server for streaming the digital broadcast signal provided through the broadcast program controller to the subscriber station. According to claim 1, The broadcast program organization, When a subscriber requests a broadcast program recording by referring to the broadcast program list, a subscriber program recording list is generated and stored in the subscriber information storage unit. The broadcast control unit, The real-time Internet broadcasting system according to claim 1, wherein the program is received and stored when the program is broadcasted from the external broadcasting stations by referring to the program recording list for each subscriber stored in the subscriber information storage unit. In the subscriber-specific broadcast program organization method for a customized real-time Internet broadcasting service, (a) if a subscriber station requesting a real-time Internet broadcast service is connected, providing a list of broadcast programs for each broadcaster periodically collected to the subscriber station and controlling the subscriber to select programs for real-time broadcasting; And (b) generating and storing a subscriber program schedule for real-time broadcasting using broadcast programs selected by the subscriber. The method of claim 4, wherein step (b) (b1) if the subscriber selects broadcast programs for real-time broadcasting by referring to the broadcast program list for each broadcaster, determining whether broadcast times of programs selected by the subscriber overlap each time zone; (b2) if there is no program overlapping the broadcast time in step (b1), generating and storing a broadcast program schedule for each subscriber using broadcast programs selected by the subscriber; And (b3) If the broadcasting time of the programs selected by the subscriber in step (b1) overlaps, allowing the subscriber to select a program to be broadcast in real time, and organizing the selected program into a broadcast program for each subscriber. How to organize broadcast programs. The method of claim 5, And if the subscriber requests recording of a program not selected in step (b3), generating and storing a corresponding program recording list for each subscriber. The method of claim 6, (b3_1) if there is a time zone in which the program is not organized, selecting whether or not to organize the time zone with a recorded program registered in the program recording list; And (b3_2) If in step (b3_1) the subscriber selects to organize the recording program in the corresponding time zone, the subscriber-specific broadcasting program further comprises the step of organizing the corresponding time zone with the recording program selected by the subscriber Organization method. In the real-time Internet broadcasting method performed in a customized real-time Internet broadcasting system that stores a program schedule for each subscriber generated based on the real-time broadcasting programs requested by the subscriber, (a) when the subscriber terminal is connected, confirming whether the program is broadcast time by checking the program schedule for each subscriber; And (b) continuously checking the broadcast time if not the broadcast time, and if the broadcast time arrives, receiving a program to be broadcast in real time from an external broadcasting station in real time and referring the broadcast program schedule to the subscriber station; Customized live internet broadcast method. The method of claim 8, wherein step (b) (b1) when the broadcast time arrives, selecting a channel of an external broadcasting station providing a program to be broadcast in real time and receiving an analog corresponding broadcast signal; (b2) converting the received analog broadcast signal into a digital broadcast signal; And (b3) real-time internet broadcasting method comprising the step of streaming the converted digital broadcast signal to the subscriber terminal in real time. The method of claim 8, (c) storing the program recording list requested by the subscriber, receiving the digital broadcasting signal of the program to be recorded from the external broadcasting station, and digitally converting the received broadcasting signal, and storing the converted digital broadcasting signal. Customized real-time internet broadcast method. The method of claim 10, wherein step (b) (b1_1) if the broadcast time is reached, determining whether a program to be broadcasted is a real time broadcast program or a recorded broadcast program; (b1_2) if the program to be provided to the subscriber station is a real time broadcasting program, selecting a channel of the external broadcasting station providing a program to be broadcast in real time and receiving an analog corresponding broadcast signal; (b1_3) converting the received analog broadcast signal into a digital broadcast signal; (b1_4) streaming the converted digital broadcast signal to the subscriber terminal in real time; (b1_5) extracting a digital broadcast signal corresponding to a program to be broadcast from among stored digital broadcast signals if the program to be provided to the subscriber terminal is a recorded broadcast program; And (b1_6) The customized real-time Internet broadcasting method comprising the step of streaming the extracted digital broadcast signal to the subscriber terminal.

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