KR20070007475A - Network calendar system for schedule management and information - Google Patents

Abstract

A network calendar system for managing a schedule and transferring information is provided to offer the schedule and the information to a user by making a user register the personal schedules to a network calendar web server including a schedule management program and connect a network calendar to the network calendar web server through the Internet. The network calendar web server(140) manages the schedule information received from the user through the Internet(130), and transmits network calendar data including the received schedule information, time information for informing the schedule information, and network calendar screen information for forming a network calendar screen to a network calendar(110). The network calendar forms the network calendar screen by receiving the network calendar data from the network calendar web server connected through the Internet and informs the user of the schedule information according to the set time according to the information included in the network calendar data. The network calendar includes a communicator, a display, an input part, a memory, a speaker, and a controller.

Description

Network Calendar System for Schedule Management and Information

1 is an overall system configuration diagram of a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an internal block diagram of a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating an external configuration of a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a network calendar screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

110: network calendar 140: network calendar web server

210: communication unit 220: memory

230: control unit 250: display

260: input unit 290: sensor unit

The present invention relates to a network calendar system, and more particularly, to a network calendar system capable of managing a schedule and receiving information by accessing a network calendar web server through an internet network.

Conventional electronic calendars use a microprocessor and LED technology to display the date and day of the week, but this is no different from a paper calendar in terms of functionality. If you want to manage the schedule through such an electronic calendar may be inconvenient than a paper calendar with a memo space. There is also the hassle of having to remember dates for anniversaries or other important events, such as family birthdays.

Recently, with the development of the Internet, it is convenient to manage personal schedules using schedule management programs provided by various web service companies. However, in order to use such a service, it is inconvenient to access a web that provides a service by accessing a computer. In addition, keeping the computer on all the time not only wastes a lot of unnecessary power, but also frequently performs other tasks even when using the computer. Therefore, a calendar provided by the service provider may be used to substantially check the usual date and personal schedule. There is a big problem to use as a calendar.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and has a separate network calendar web server having a schedule management program so that a user can register a personal schedule through the web, and the network calendar is connected to the network calendar web server. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a network calendar system for providing schedule information and information by connecting through a network calendar program and receiving personal schedule information.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

The network calendar system of the present invention for achieving the above object, manages the schedule information received through the web, and configures the schedule information received through the web and the information about the time to inform the schedule information and network calendar screen A network calendar web server for transmitting network calendar data including network calendar screen data to a network calendar via an internet network; And a network calendar configured to receive network calendar data from the network calendar web server connected through an Internet network, and to configure a network calendar screen, and to notify schedule information at a set time according to the information included in the network calendar data.

The network calendar may include a communication unit for accessing the network calendar web server through an internet network; A display for displaying a network calendar screen; An input unit for receiving a selection of a menu existing on a network calendar screen displayed on the display; A memory for storing network calendar data transmitted from the network calendar web server; A speaker for outputting an audio signal output from the controller as a voice; And a control unit which receives network calendar screen data through the communication unit and outputs it to the display, and informs the schedule information included in the network calendar data through the display and the speaker at a set time. The network calendar may further include a motion recognition sensor that recognizes a motion before the network calendar. In this case, the controller controls the network calendar screen to be displayed on the display only when the motion recognition sensor detects the motion. .

The network calendar web server may include an authentication server, and the network calendar automatically searches for an access point (AP) when the network calendar is installed in the network calendar, and has the largest RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication). SSID (Service Set IDentifier) is selected, and authentication is performed by transmitting a pre-entered MAC (Media Access Control) address to the authentication server. In this case, the network calendar may obtain area information to which the network calendar belongs by using the retrieved access point (AP) information and request the network web server for information necessary for the area.

Meanwhile, the network calendar web server receives and stores photo image data through the web, and transfers the stored photo image data to the network calendar when the network calendar requests it, and the network calendar is a photo image received from the network calendar web server. Data can be displayed on the display.

In addition, the network calendar system includes a communication module for communicating with an intercom camera and a network calendar to obtain image data of a visitor through the interphone camera and to transmit the acquired image data to the network calendar through the communication module. The network calendar may further include an interphone, and the network calendar may store image data transmitted from the interphone in a memory, generate screen data from the stored image data, and output the screen data to a display.

The above-described contents of the present invention will become more apparent through the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings, and thus, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall system configuration of a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The network calendar 110 is connected to the network calendar web server 140 via the Internet by wire or wirelessly. Although FIG. 1 illustrates a system in which a network calendar accesses the Internet using a wireless LAN, the network calendar may be connected to a web server by wire.

The network calendar 110 displays a calendar stored in a memory on a display, and receives information to be displayed on the calendar from the network calendar web server 140 including schedule information. The network calendar program stored in the memory may be transmitted from the network calendar web server 140 and may be periodically updated. Also, the network calendar may receive and display network calendar data in real time from a network calendar web server. That is, by displaying the network calendar data output from the network calendar web server on the display, the network calendar can perform the same function as the remote monitor.

The network calendar web server 140 includes a schedule management program. The schedule management program receives and stores schedule information 142 from a user through a network calendar or the web.

In addition, the network calendar web server 140 may receive advertisement information 144 of various companies via the web and transmit the advertisement to the network calendar, and receive the photo data 146 from the user through the web to the network calendar. You can also send. That is, the network calendar 110 may perform the electronic picture frame function by receiving the picture data from the network calendar web server 140 and displaying it on a display.

2 is an internal block diagram of a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an external configuration of a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a configuration of a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, the communication unit 210 connects the network calendar 110 to the network calendar web server 140 via wireless or wired Internet. Accordingly, the communication unit 210 includes a wireless LAN communication module and connects a network calendar to the Internet network through a wireless LAN access point. In addition, in case there is no wireless LAN access point, an Ethernet port is added to connect to the Internet by wire.

The sensor unit 290 collects sensor information through sensors such as a motion detection sensor, an interphone camera, and a temperature sensor. Meanwhile, the temperature information received from the temperature sensor may be displayed in a separate space from the display as shown in FIG. 3, or may be displayed on a network calendar screen configured on the display.

The image processor 240 converts image data stored in a memory or image data received from a network web server into screen data for display on a display under the control of the controller. The image processor includes a codec for processing various image data and a scaler for determining the resolution of the image.

In addition, the display 250 receives screen data output from the image processor to configure a screen. The display 250 may use an LCD, and in this case, the display unit may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing image data, and an LCD display device.

Meanwhile, the audio processor 270 reproduces the audio signal output from the controller through the speaker 280. Speaker 280 is installed in the network calendar as shown in Figure 3 to deliver a voice message, such as a schedule information alarm to the user.

The input unit 260 may be implemented as a touch screen on a display, and may also be implemented as a touch pad as shown in FIG. 3. Therefore, the image data displayed on the display 250 is in a hypertext format, so that the user can move to a desired menu.

The memory 220 may include a program memory and a data memory. The program memory stores programs for controlling a general operation of the network calendar and programs for operating the network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention. The data memory stores data such as a network calendar program and a picture transmitted from the network web server 140 by wire or wirelessly. In addition, the sensor unit 290 stores sensor data transmitted from the sensor unit 290.

First, a process of connecting a network calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention to a network calendar web server will be described.

Whereas a conventional access method using a wireless LAN selects an SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of an access point (AP) accessible in an area where an AP is located and authenticates through an authentication program, the network calendar according to the present invention is a network Just install it and it will be configured to connect to the network calendar web server automatically. That is, when the network is installed, the controller of the network calendar automatically selects an access point (AP) having the best RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) value among the APs searched by the WLAN communication unit. The authentication server of the network detects the MAC address of the network calendar in advance and registers the same in the server so that the network calendar is automatically authenticated.

Therefore, the controller of the network calendar according to the present invention recognizes that the network is installed in the network calendar, and automatically searches for an access point (AP), and then the SSID (Service ID) of the access point (AP) having the largest RSI (received sensitivity indicator). Set IDentifier). In addition, a MAC (Media Access Control) address is input to the authentication server to perform authentication.

The network calendar 110 requests the transmission of network calendar data after accessing the network calendar web server. The network calendar web server 140 transmits network calendar data to the network calendar by wire or wirelessly, and the network calendar receives the network calendar data and implements the screen as shown in FIG. 4 on the display 250. The network calendar data includes screen data constituting the network calendar screen as shown in FIG. 4, schedule information, calendar mode, photo mode, weather mode, advertisement mode, bulletin board mode, and program data supporting the visitor confirmation mode. Meanwhile, the controller of the network calendar periodically updates the network calendar data by accessing the network calendar web server through the WLAN.

4 is a diagram illustrating a network calendar screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the network calendar screen according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a calendar mode 401, a photo mode 402, a weather mode 403, an advertisement mode 404, a bulletin board mode 405, and a visitor. Mode 406 is supported. Meanwhile, a user may select one of the modes through a touch pad or a touch screen which is an input unit of a network calendar.

First, the calendar mode 401 will be described. The calendar mode provides a calendar that can display date and daily (or monthly) information, as shown in FIG. 4, and the network calendar displays personal schedule information registered in a network calendar web server at a time set by a user. Announce by voice. Another embodiment of the calendar may include a case in which the year, month, day, date, and schedule are displayed, such as a daily calendar. In addition, a calendar for displaying various schedules may be implemented on the display. The contents of such a calendar may vary depending on a calendar program provided by a network calendar web server. In certain parts of the display, the schedule information is slid 407 so that a simple message can be informed by text. On the other hand, the network calendar operates internally by setting a time in the controller, but accesses the Internet from time to time to check whether the internal time of the network calendar is correct.

The network calendar web server includes a schedule management program for managing schedule information, and receives personal schedule information such as an anniversary such as a mother's birthday from a network calendar user through the web. In addition, a cycle and time for notifying schedule information and a method for notifying schedule information may also be set in a network calendar web server through the web. For example, if you input a family's birthday, and set to notify by voice or text a few days before the birthday.

In the photo mode 402, an electronic album function is performed by displaying image data stored in a memory of a network calendar on a display. The image data may be transmitted by wire or wirelessly from a network calendar web server. The network calendar web server may register image data such as a family picture from a user through the Internet, and the image data is transmitted to the network calendar by wire or wirelessly and stored in the memory 220 of the network calendar. If the memory is insufficient, video data may be received from a network calendar web server in real time and displayed on a display.

In the weather mode 403, the user receives the weather information received from the network calendar web server through a message or voice. Meanwhile, the network calendar web server 140 may receive the weather information from a weather information provider, and the user may set a time and period for notifying the weather through the Internet.

In the advertisement mode 404, various advertisement information transmitted from the network calendar web server may be obtained. The advertisement information is made by a public office, a merchant, a school, etc., which wants to make a local advertisement, by applying a service to a network web server. On the other hand, the network calendar 110 may know the region where the calendar is installed by using AP (Access Point) information installed in the region, the network calendar web server 140 transmits various advertisement information required in the region where the network calendar is installed I can do it.

In the bulletin board mode 405, information is shared between a group member or a family. To this end, the network calendar web server may operate a bulletin board for sharing information with a group member or a family, and may share the bulletin board information through a network calendar of a group member or family. Therefore, the group member or family can check the necessary memo through the network calendar in real time. The network calendar may also notify voice or text of a necessary memo according to the setting of the network calendar web server input from the user.

In addition, the visitor confirmation mode 406 allows the visitor's face to be captured on the doorway interphone through the display of the network calendar. To this end, the network calendar 110 is connected to the intercom of the entrance, the interphone basically requires a communication module that can communicate with the network calendar and a separate control unit that can perform a simple operation. The process of identifying visitors through the network calendar is as follows. First, when the entrance visitor presses the interphone, the interphone automatically acquires the visitor's image through the interphone camera. The obtained image is stored in a cache memory included in the interphone, and is transmitted to a network calendar through a communication module (wireless LAN, UWB, etc.) and stored in the memory of the network calendar. If the memory of the network calendar is insufficient, it is stored in the network calendar web server. When the user selects the visitor confirmation mode through the touch pad or the touch screen, the visitor image obtained through the interphone camera stored in the memory is displayed on the display. Meanwhile, the voice of the visitor may also be recorded in the interphone and stored in the memory of the network calendar in the above process, and then the voice of the visitor may be output to the speaker along with the image obtained through the interphone camera in the visitor confirmation mode.

Meanwhile, the network calendar according to the present invention may further include a temperature sensor capable of measuring an external temperature, and display the temperature obtained by the temperature sensor on the temperature display unit 390 of the network calendar as shown in FIG. 3. Can be. In addition, the acquired temperature may appear on the network calendar screen displayed on the display. To this end, the temperature sensor is installed outside the temperature to be measured, the network calendar is wirelessly connected to the temperature sensor receives the sensor information and displays on the display.

Hereinafter, an operation recognition function of a network calendar that configures a screen on a display only when there is a person in front of the network calendar will be described. For this purpose, the network calendar is equipped with a motion detection sensor.

First, when there is no person in front of the network calendar or motion is not detected for a long time by analyzing sensor information of the motion recognition sensor, the controller of the network calendar controls the network calendar to turn off the display and enter a power saving mode. However, even in such a case, the screen is not displayed on the display, and internally, components including the controller and the memory are connected to the network web server to exchange information and check whether there is a change in the information to be displayed on the screen. In addition, in order to be able to inform the schedule information through the speaker even when the user is not in front of the network calendar, the voice is configured to operate regardless of the sensor information of the motion recognition sensor. That is, when it is time to notify schedule information according to the contents set in the network calendar web server, regardless of sensor information of the motion recognition sensor, the network calendar notifies the schedule information by voice to the user. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a person in front of the network calendar by the sensor information of the motion recognition sensor in the power saving mode, the controller controls the network calendar to configure a screen on the display.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

The present invention as described above, there is an effect of eliminating the inconvenience of having to record each year, such as a family's birthday every year by managing a personal schedule through a schedule management program of the network calendar web server.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of preventing unnecessary waste of power by driving the display only when the action is detected. On the other hand, it is possible to seek convenience by adding an electronic album function to the network calendar, it has the advantage of being able to check the visitor when absent by connecting to the intercom.

Another advantage of the present invention is that the network calendar web server can provide useful information including local advertisements to the user through the network calendar by acquiring and transmitting the information required by the network calendar through the Internet network.

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It manages the schedule information input through the web, the network calendar data including network calendar screen data for configuring the network calendar screen and information about the schedule information received through the web and the time to inform the schedule information on the Internet A network calendar web server for transmitting to a network calendar via a network; And A network calendar is configured to receive network calendar data from the network calendar web server connected through an internet network, and to configure a network calendar screen, and to notify schedule information at a set time according to the information included in the network calendar data. Network calendar system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The network calendar, A communication unit for accessing the network calendar web server through an internet network; A display for displaying a network calendar screen; An input unit for receiving a selection of a menu existing on a network calendar screen displayed on the display; A memory for storing network calendar data transmitted from the network calendar web server; A speaker for outputting an audio signal output from the controller as voice; And a control unit which receives the network calendar screen data through the communication unit and outputs it to the display, and informs the schedule information included in the network calendar data through the display and the speaker at a set time. Network calendar system, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 2, The network calendar further includes a motion recognition sensor for recognizing a movement before the network calendar, The control unit controls to display a network calendar screen on a display only when the motion recognition sensor detects a movement. Network calendar system. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The network calendar web server includes an authentication server, The network calendar, When recognizing that the network is installed in the network calendar, it automatically searches for an access point (AP), selects the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of the AP with the largest Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), and enters a pre-entered MAC ( Authentication by transmitting a Media Access Control) address to the authentication server. Network calendar system. The method of claim 4, wherein The network calendar, Obtaining region information to which a network calendar belongs by using the retrieved access point (AP) information, and requesting information necessary for the region from a network web server Network calendar system characterized by The method according to claim 1 or 2, The network calendar web server, Receives and stores photo image data through the web, and transfers the stored photo image data to the network calendar when requested by the network calendar. The network calendar is Displaying the picture image data received from the network calendar web server on the display Network calendar system. The method of claim 2, The network calendar system, And an interphone configured to communicate with an interphone camera and a network calendar, to obtain image data of a visitor through the interphone camera, and to transmit the acquired image data to a network calendar through the communication module. , The network calendar, Storing image data transmitted from the interphone in a memory, and generating screen data from the stored image data and outputting the image data to a display; Network calendar system, characterized in that.

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