KR20090000054A - Method for providing a service to intermediate moving picture publishing - Google Patents

Abstract

A relay service offer method for posting a video is provided to directly upload and post the video taken through a mobile terminal on the web by using the mobile terminal and perform video photographing and uploading in real time. A relay server receives a video transmitted from a user terminal(10). The relay server converts the first format of the video reproducible in the user terminal into a second format reproducible in a video reproduction program. The relay server transmits the video of the second format to a web server. The web server posts the video on the web. A user connecting to the web server can reproduce the video on the web.

Description

How to provide a video publishing relay service {Method for providing a service to intermediate moving picture publishing}

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a video posting relay service according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a video posting relay service providing process performed by the system of FIG. 1.

The present invention relates to a method for providing a video posting relay service, and more particularly, to a method for providing a service for easily posting a video captured by a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone on a web.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is common to equip a mobile communication terminal such as a cellular phone or a PDA with a camera capable of capturing a video. Since these mobile devices can immediately take a desired picture or video while on the go, they greatly contribute to the creation of so-called User Created Contents (UCC) and the application of UCC on the web. In accordance with this trend, videos taken by the public are posted on the web, and services that are utilized in various ways are being planned and commercialized. A typical example is providing services such as providing a video on the disaster site immediately to the disaster management organization to facilitate the identification of the disaster situation, and providing a service to post videos on the web so that users can enjoy the recorded video about interesting situations. to be.

However, there is a problem that the current method of uploading a video on the web is very cumbersome because the user must go through many processes. That is, in order for a user to post a video captured by a camera of a mobile device such as a mobile phone or a PDA phone on the web, a process of first transmitting the captured video to a computer and storing it in a computer must be preceded. Then, you need to upload the video stored on your computer on the web, and then upload the file before converting the file into a format that can be played on the web.

In other words, the video format of mobile phones generally uses different formats according to the characteristics of each mobile phone manufacturer or mobile carrier.For example, SKT uses sktm or skm format and KTF or LGT uses k3g format. have. As such, the video format generated by the terminal itself can be freely played by the corresponding player in the terminal itself. However, the downloaded video format can not be played without a dedicated playback player for the formats in the state of downloading on a computer or the web. Therefore, the user can convert the format at the time of the image capturing to a format (e.g., avi, swf, wmv, etc.) that can be played in a commonly used media player by using a separate application program provided by the user. The video in the playable format must be separately generated and uploaded on the web.

Therefore, this process makes the uploading process of the user very cumbersome, which is an obstacle to the activation of the UCC content, and when the situation shot video needs to be collected quickly as in the case of the disaster video described above, It is a barrier to reducing the likelihood of rapid incident response.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to upload and post a video taken through the mobile terminal directly on the web using the mobile terminal itself, and furthermore, The present invention intends to provide a video posting relay service providing method that enables uploading in real time.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, (a) receiving a video transmitted from the user terminal relay server; (b) the relay server converting a first format, which is a format that can be played by the user terminal of the video, to a second format that can be played by a video playback program on the web; And (c) the relay server transmits the video of the second format to the web server and publishes the video on the web by the web server, so that a user connected to the web server can play the video on the web. It provides a video posting relay service providing method comprising a ;.

In the step (a), the relay server may receive the video by the MMS transmission method from the user terminal. When transmitting a video by the MMS transmission method, it is preferable that a special number for each MMS is assigned to each of the plurality of web servers that are the target of MMS transmission.

In addition, in the step (a), the user terminal is provided with a VM (Virtual Machine) that provides a function to enable access to the relay server through a WAP, the relay server from the user terminal by the VM The video may be transmitted through the WAP. In this case, the VM preferably provides the user terminal with a selection menu for the target web server of the video.

The VM may provide a function of transmitting the moving image captured by the user terminal to the relay server in real time while the user terminal is connected to the relay server through the WAP.

According to the present invention, it is possible to upload and post a video taken through the mobile terminal directly on the web using the mobile terminal itself, and furthermore, it is possible to take a video and upload in real time.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a video posting relay service according to the present invention.

The system according to the present invention includes a user terminal 10, a mobile communication company's MMS system 20, a relay server 30, and a web server 40.

The user terminal 10 is a terminal capable of data communication in a form portable by a user, and is a device having a camera for capturing a moving image therein.

The mobile communication company's MMS system 20 is a server that is typically employed by the user terminal 10 to send a picture using a multimedia message service (MMS). In the present invention, a video using the MMS system 20 is used. Sending to the relay server 30 is illustrated as the first embodiment.

The relay server 30 is a server functioning as a pivotal function of the video posting relay service according to the present invention. After receiving the video transmitted through the MMS system 20 from the user terminal 10 and converting the format, the web server ( 40) to transmit.

The web server 40 is a server that functions to post a video received from the relay server 30 on the web. The web server 40 may be, for example, a server of a disaster management agency, or may be various kinds of servers for web publishing of broadcasting stations or other UCC video contents. The web server 40 may provide the posted video to various types of Internet terminals connected to the web server.

The following describes the first process of the system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a video posting relay service providing process performed by the system of FIG. 1.

First, the user shoots a video using his terminal 10 (S10). The captured video is a format (sktm, skm, k3g format: hereinafter referred to as 'first format') used exclusively in the mobile terminal as described above. The video in the first format can be played only by a dedicated player for playing on the mobile terminal, and cannot be played by a video player such as a media player or the like that is commonly provided on the web or a general media player.

The user operates the terminal 10 to transmit the captured video to the relay server 30 in the same manner as the MMS transmission (S20). That is, a predetermined special number (for example, # 4000) is assigned to the relay server 30, and the user transmits a video by operating in the same manner as the method of transmitting MMS using the special number as a receiving destination of the MMS transmission. do. In this case, the special number may be set differently for each type of web server 40 that the user wants to post on the web. For example, all the numbers including # 400, such as the special number # 400X, are set to a special number used to send a video to the relay server, but different web servers 40 (eg, X If it is 1, it is a web server of the disaster management agency. If X is 2, it is set as a web server operated by a broadcasting station. Accordingly, the user may specify the web server 40 to which the user posts the video according to the selection of the special number.

The relay server 30 converts the format of the received video (S30). As described above, since the video in the first format cannot be played in a general player, the video is converted into a format that can be played in a general player (for example, the avi, swf, and wmv formats: hereinafter referred to as 'second format'). For this conversion process, the relay server 30 should have a decoder for decoding the first format and a codec for performing an encoder function for encoding the decoded data in the second format.

The relay server 30 transmits the video converted into the second format to the web server 40 (S40). Accordingly, the web server 40 can post the video on the web (S50), the general user can download the streaming video or play the streaming video using the Internet terminal. Since the second format is a format that can be played by a general video player, the user can play a video by using a general media player. On the other hand, when it is possible to select a different web server 40 according to the type of the special number as described above, the relay server 30 is provided to the web server 40 selected by the special number of the plurality of web servers 40 You will be sending a video in two formats.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the video data transmission from the user terminal 10 to the relay server 30 may be performed in another manner in step S20. For example, video transmission may be performed through a WAP.

That is, the user terminal 10 is provided with a VM (Virtual Machine) that provides a function to enable the connection to the relay server 30 through the wireless Internet (WAP), and thus, the relay server ( Video data transmission to 30 is enabled.

This VM provides various transfer menus. For example, when selecting a video transmission through the VM, the VM displays a menu on the user terminal 10 requesting to select a transmission target as its submenu. On this menu, the user can select the web server 40 to which the video is to be posted by the menu method, and can also be set by directly inputting the domain or IP address.

As described above, when the video is transmitted by the VM, there are other advantages over the MMS method.

That is, in the case of the MMS method, since the original MMS is a function of serving a still picture, the capacity to be transmitted is very small. Therefore, only a short moving picture of a small capacity can be transmitted. However, in the case of using a VM, since the video data is transmitted to the relay server 30 through the WAP, a large amount of video data can be transmitted.

In addition, in the case of using the VM, the imaging of the video and the transmission of the video to the relay server 30 can be simultaneously performed in real time by starting the imaging of the camera while the WAP is connected first. Therefore, the user's video web posting operation is very convenient and the video can be transmitted while omitting the process of storing the video separately on the user terminal 10, so that the user can have a long time regardless of the video data storage capacity of the user terminal 10. It has the advantage of enabling video capture and transmission.

According to the present invention, it is possible to upload and post a video taken through the mobile terminal directly on the web using the mobile terminal itself, and furthermore, it is also possible to shoot and upload the video in real time.

In the above, the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the technical spirit of the present invention and the following by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Various modifications and variations will be possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described therein, and such variations will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

(a) a relay server receiving a video transmitted from a user terminal; (b) the relay server converting a first format, which is a format that can be played by the user terminal of the video, to a second format that can be played by a video playback program on the web; And (c) the relay server transmits the video of the second format to a web server and publishes the video on the web by the web server, so that a user connected to the web server can play the video on the web. Doing; Video posting relay service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, In the step (a), the relay server is a video posting relay service providing method, characterized in that for receiving the video by the MMS transmission method from the user terminal. The method of claim 2, When the video transmission by the MMS transmission method, the video posting relay service providing method, characterized in that a different MMS special number is assigned to each of a plurality of Web servers that are the target of MMS transmission. The method of claim 1, In the step (a), the user terminal is provided with a VM (Virtual Machine) that provides a function to enable access to the relay server via a WAP, the relay server is the WAP by the VM from the user terminal Method for providing a video posting relay service, characterized in that receiving the video through the. The method of claim 4, wherein And the VM provides the user terminal with a selection menu for the web server to which the video is posted. The method according to claim 4 or 5, The VM provides a video posting relay service, which provides a function of transmitting the video captured by the user terminal to the relay server in real time while the user terminal is connected to the relay server through the WAP. Way.

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