KR20090114580A - Method for providing data broadcasting service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A data broadcast service providing method for improving flexibility of data broadcast is provided to shorten an application creation period by inputting resource data according to each service in the previously set interface. CONSTITUTION: A manager inputs different channel information channel identification in separate resource data through an interface. A player(106) performs reception and execution of resource data according to the request of the user. The resource data is executed in specific channel. One of resource data for each service is supplied to the broadcast receiving terminal according to the request of a user. The player executes the selected resource data.

Description

Method for providing data broadcasting service {Method for providing data broadcasting service}

The present invention relates to a data broadcasting service providing method, and more particularly, to a method for shortening a production period of an application for a data broadcasting service and providing a data broadcasting service with a small bandwidth.

Recently, as the research on the digital broadcasting standard has been actively conducted, the broadcasting signal including video, audio, and data has been digitally compressed. Digital compression has made it possible to multi-channel TV broadcasting, and various services can be provided due to an increase in transmission amount within each channel.

Reflecting this trend, directly and indirectly with broadcast programs such as remote recording, weather, news, securities, gaming, education, email, Electric Program Guide (EPG), TV shopping, banking, telephone service and internet browsing. There is provided a data broadcasting service capable of providing related data (additional information).

In addition, the advertisement service provided in one direction is also provided with detailed information on the product to be advertised to the user by integrating data broadcasting, inducing the user's participation in the product, and providing a real-time purchase service.

In a data broadcasting service, a broadcasting system transmits an interlocked or standalone application for a data broadcasting service to a set-top box together with an AV signal corresponding to a broadcasting program, and the set-top box executes the application and independently interworks with the broadcasting program. Outputs data.

According to the related art, in producing an application for one service, a GUI and a function are determined by using a professional authoring tool or hand coding according to the requirements of the service provider, and the GUI and the function reflect user requirements. Application development to be executed.

In addition, when the application is produced by programming, the SAT (Site Acceptance Test) is performed in a broadcasting platform environment, and when the verification is completed, the application is transmitted to the set-top box.

Therefore, according to the prior art, there is a problem that it takes a considerable period of time to produce an application because the screen configuration, menu, and its functions must be implemented individually for each service, and also, because each application needs to perform verification work appropriate for the broadcasting platform, There is a problem that manpower is wasted.

Furthermore, in the case of providing a different menu for each month and season in an application that provides the same service, there is a problem in that it is not possible to reflect the user's demand in a timely manner because a new GUI must be produced using a professional authoring tool and hand coding.

In addition, in the related art, since applications for providing individual services must be transmitted through different channels, there is a problem in that channel bandwidth is wasted.

The present invention to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, to propose a data broadcasting service providing method that can shorten the application production period for each service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a data broadcasting service providing method which can increase the flexibility of data broadcasting.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a data broadcasting service providing method capable of preventing waste of transmission bandwidth for a data broadcasting service.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a data broadcast service in a broadcast system connected to a broadcast receiving terminal and a network, (a) resource data input through a predetermined interface Receiving the data, wherein the resource data includes at least one of service attribute information, effect attribute information, main screen attribute information, and depth-specific sub-menu screen attribute information for providing a service; And (b) transmitting the resource data to the broadcast receiving terminal, wherein the player installed in the broadcast receiving terminal analyzes the attribute information included in the resource data to execute the resource data. This is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a data broadcasting service in a broadcast receiving terminal connected via a broadcast system and a network, comprising: (a) screen frame information applied to a screen and key event input / processing method information of a user; Maintaining resource execution mode information on at least one of key event code information, hierarchical information between the pieces of information, and information on registration / cancellation of resource data required for screen switching; (b) receiving resource data input through an interface provided by the broadcasting system, wherein the resource data includes at least one of service property information, effect property information, main screen property information, and depth-specific sub-menu screen property information for providing a service; Contains one; And (c) analyzing and executing the resource data using the execution method information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the above method.

According to the present invention, it is possible to input the resource data according to each service to the preset interface, thereby reducing the application production period.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that it is possible to conveniently provide a variety of data broadcasting services by providing a player that can execute the resource data according to each service in common.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

 Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, the same reference numerals will be used for the same means regardless of the reference numerals in order to facilitate the overall understanding.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a data broadcasting system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the data broadcasting system according to the present invention may include an input management tool 100 and a data server 102, and the data server 102 may be connected to the broadcast receiving terminal 104 through a network. Connected.

The network may include both the Internet and a wired network including a dedicated line and a wireless network including a wireless internet, a mobile communication network, a broadcasting network, and a satellite communication network.

Meanwhile, the broadcast receiving terminal 104 is a terminal for decoding and playing an AV signal corresponding to a broadcast program. The broadcast receiving terminal 104 may be a set-top box, but is not necessarily limited thereto. Any terminal capable of executing may be applied without limitation.

The input management tool 100 according to the present invention may be installed in an administrator terminal connected to the data server 102, and outputs an interface for defining attributes of resource data for providing a data broadcast service.

The resource data is data for providing a specific service in the broadcast receiving terminal, and may include service property information, effect property information, main screen property information, sub-menu screen property information for each depth, and schedule information.

Here, the service attribute information is information regarding a service ID, a channel ID to be executed, schedule information, an execution type (advertisement type, linked type, standalone type, etc.), and the effect attribute information includes the size of an AV output from an broadcast receiving terminal, an audio clip, and the like. Or image slideshow information.

In addition, the main screen property information includes a background image and advertisement link information shown when initially output from the broadcast receiving terminal, and the sub-menu screen property information for each depth is outputted when a user's selection is made in the main screen. It may include a background image, an advertisement link, and various pop-up texts on the screen.

The resource data input through the interface is stored in the data server 102 and transmitted to the broadcast receiving terminal 104 according to a preset schedule.

According to the present invention, the broadcast receiving terminal 104 is provided with a dedicated player 106 for executing resource data.

The player 106 according to the present invention is screen frame information, user's key event input / processing method information, key event code, hierarchical information between the attribute information, and information on registration / cancellation of resource data required for screen switching. It manages the execution method information, such as, and analyzes and executes the resource data received from the data server 102 using the execution method information managed as described above.

The execution method information may be replaced with the term template information in that resource data is interpreted and output on a screen in a predefined manner.

2 is a diagram illustrating a linked data broadcast service providing method of providing another service according to a channel. Referring to FIG. 2, an administrator may input different channel information (channel 1 to 4) channel IDs for individual resource data (Resource Data 1 to 4) through the above-described interface, and the player 106 may At the request of a user, resource data that can be executed in a specific channel can be selectively received and executed.

At this time, since only one of the resource data for the individual service is selectively provided to the broadcast receiving terminal 104 according to the user's request, and the player 106 executes it, there is no need to allocate a separate bandwidth for each service.

Meanwhile, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a stand-alone data broadcasting service providing method of providing another service according to a user's selection. In the standalone data broadcasting service, the player 106 includes a plurality of standalone data broadcasting service lists (service names 1 to 1). 4) can be outputted, and if there is a user's selection, it can receive and execute resource data (Resource 1 to 4) corresponding to the service name.

Meanwhile, FIG. 3 may be equally applicable to a case in which one user selects one of a plurality of services linked to a broadcast program through a portal.

4 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a player according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the player 106 according to the present invention may include a user request processing unit 400, a network communication unit 402, a resource data analysis unit 404, and a storage unit 406.

If a plurality of services exist, the user request processor 400 may output a service list, and receives user selection information on one of the plurality of service lists from a user input means such as a remote controller.

In addition, the user request processor 400 may receive a user's channel switch request.

When a channel switching request or service selection request of a user is input, the user request processing unit 400 supplies resource data for the interlocking data broadcasting service provided in the corresponding channel to the network communication unit 402 or the standalone data broadcasting service selected by the user. To the data server 102.

In this case, the network communication unit 402 and the data server 102 may be connected through a return path, and the network communication unit 402 may provide resources provided through the data server 102 through a return path or a headend for broadcasting program transmission. Send the data.

When resource data is received through the network communication unit 402, the resource data analysis unit 404 analyzes the attribute of the resource data using execution method information previously stored in the storage unit 406.

The execution method information may include screen frame information, user's key event input / processing method information, key event code, hierarchical information between each attribute information, and information on registration / cancellation of resource data required for screen switching. have.

The user request processor 400 outputs a menu screen included in the resource data through the above attribute analysis, and when a user selects a predetermined menu, the user request processor 400 corresponds to a menu selected by the user through analysis of the resource data analyzer 404. Print the menu screen.

According to the present invention, the resource data is input in a preset manner through the input management tool 100, and since the player 104 installed in the broadcast receiving terminal 104 manages information on how to execute the resource data, Can run as an attribute of resource data.

5 to 15, the interface according to the present invention may include an interface for defining an effect attribute, a main screen attribute, and a sub screen attribute.

5 to 15 illustrate a linked service interworking with a broadcast program among services provided by resource data. Although trigger data is included in resource data, the trigger property may be omitted in the case of a standalone service.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a trigger attribute definition interface according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the trigger attribute definition interface according to the present invention includes a trigger display type selection area 500, an image number input area 502, and a trigger image attachment area 504 when the trigger display type is an image display type. And the coordinate input area 506 of the attached trigger image.

In this case, when the administrator selects a plurality of image number input areas 502, an area 508, a coordinate input area 510, and an image change time input area 512 for attaching another trigger image may be activated. .

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a trigger attribute definition interface when the trigger display form is a text scroll type.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the case of the text scroll type, the trigger attribute definition interface includes an image attachment area 600, a coordinate input area 602, a text input area 604 displayed in a scrolling manner on the screen, and text coordinate input. The region 606 and the width input region 608 may be included.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect attribute definition interface according to the present invention.

When the administrator selects the effect setting tab 700 disposed at the top of the interface, an interface as shown in FIG. 7 is output.

Referring to FIG. 7, the effect attribute definition interface includes an AV resizing input area 702, an AV coordinate input area 704, an audio clip attaching area 706, an audio play time input area 708, and a slide show image number selection area. 710, each image attachment area 712, a slide show coordinate input area 714, and an image change time input area 716.

Through the above AV resizing and coordinates, the player 106 may output an AV having various sizes and coordinates on the screen as shown in FIG. 8.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a main screen (primary screen) attribute definition interface according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the main screen property definition interface includes a display type selection area 900, and when the administrator selects the display type as the image type, the background image number selection area 902 and the background image attachment area 904. ), A background image coordinate input area 906, an advertisement link presence / absence selection area 908, and an advertisement registration area 910.

Here, a plurality of background images may be provided, and when a plurality of background images are selected by an administrator, attribute information of another background image (attach second background image) is displayed at the bottom of the attribute information input area for the first background image. , Coordinates of the second background image, presence or absence of an advertisement link, advertisement registration, and image change time) may be activated, and an image change time input region 912 may be activated.

In addition, the administrator may select the focus type through the focus type selection area 914 of the main screen property definition interface.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the focus type is selected as the image type, the focus number selection area 916, the focus image attachment area 918, and the focus coordinate input area 920 may be activated. When selecting, the focus image attachment area and the focus coordinate input area may be further activated.

Resource data may be output on the screen with various focus types as shown in FIG. 10 through input of attribute information on the focus.

Meanwhile, when the focus type is selected as a ring type, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the focus size input area 1100, the color input area 1102, the focus number selection area 1104, and the focus coordinate input area 1106 are shown. Is activated.

Even when the focus type is a ring type, when a plurality of focus numbers are selected, the focus image attachment area and the focus coordinate input area may be additionally activated.

12 is a diagram illustrating an interface when the display form of the main screen is iframe type.

Herein, an iframe (inline frame) means an inner frame disposed in a predetermined frame and showing different contents.

Referring to FIG. 12, when the administrator selects the main screen as an iframe type, the main screen attribute definition interface may include a background iframe attachment region 1200, an advertisement link presence selection region 1202, an advertisement registration region 1204, and a focus attribute. And an input area 1206, a focus type and number selection area, a focus image attachment area, and a focus image coordinate input area.

In addition, the main screen property definition interface may include an AV resizing use selection region 1208, an audio clip use selection selection region 1210, and a slice show use selection selection region 1212. If you choose to use either an audio clip or a slide show, the area below it contains the AV resizing input area 700, AV coordinate input area 702, audio clip attachment area 704, and audio playback of the Effect Properties Definition Interface. Areas such as the time input area 706, the slide show image number selection area 708, each image attachment area 710, the slide show coordinate input area 712, and the image change time input area 714 may be activated. .

13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a submenu attribute definition interface according to the present invention.

The interface according to the present invention includes a sub-menu screen for selecting depths (menus 1 to 3) and a selection tab 1300. When the user selects one tab, as shown in FIG. 13, the sub-menu screen attribute definition is defined. The interface for this is output.

The sub-menu screen property definition interface may include a display type selection area 1302 and a menu type selection area 1304.

According to the present invention, the menu type may include at least one of an information type, an optional type, a numeric input type, a research text type, a research image type, and a MO (Mobile Oriented) type. In addition, video playback and audio playback may be included.

When the administrator selects an information type, the administrator may include a background image number selection area 1306, a background image attachment area 1308, a background image coordinate input area 1310, and an advertisement link presence / absence selection area 1312.

When selecting to use the advertisement link, the advertisement registration area 1314 is activated.

The sub-menu screen attribute definition interface may include a telephone number necessity selection area 1316, a prompt display presence selection area 1318, and a participation completion indication selection area 1320, and each item in the selection area may be selected. When selected to use, pop-up phrase input area 1322 is activated for each.

On the other hand, when the menu type is an optional type such as OX type or 4 multiple choice type, the submenu property definition interface provides an input area for defining properties such as image, image coordinate, advertisement link presence, advertisement registration, focus type, and focus coordinate. It may include.

In addition, when the menu type is a numeric input type, the submenu attribute definition interface may include an area for defining attributes such as an image, image coordinates, presence or absence of an advertisement link, advertisement registration, input field coordinates, and input field width. .

If the menu type is Research Text, the submenu property definition interface allows you to define iframe properties, number of questions, question input, number of views, type of view, view, correct answer, previous focus size / coordinate, next focus size / coordinate. It includes an area.

When the menu type is a research image type, the sub-menu property definition interface includes an area for defining an iframe property (with a background iframe), the number of questions, the iframe property for each question, the number of views, the view type, and the view input.

If the menu type is MO (Mobile Oriented) type, the submenu property definition interface defines the area where image, image coordinate, advertisement registration, list per screen, total list number, list coordinate, list interval coordinate and data folder can be defined. Include.

On the other hand, if the menu type is a video play type and an audio play type, the sub menu property definition interface includes a play file linked DB URL, a property of the video audio to be displayed, a maximum number of video and audio displays, sorting criteria, images, image coordinates, advertisements. It may include an input area for defining properties such as link presence, advertisement registration, focus type, and focus coordinates.

The resource data input interface according to the present invention may further include an area for inputting a service ID, an execution type, an execution channel, a period, a day of the week, and a time (execution schedule). This corresponds to the interface defining the service attribute of the resource data.

As described above, the administrator can input the desired resource data without knowledge of a specialized program such as an authoring tool through the preset interface, and the resource data input through the interface is defined in the player 106. Can be run via

When inputting resource data in the above manner and executing it through the player 106, modification of the menu screen becomes easy.

If a music service having a menu screen as shown in FIG. 14 is initially provided and a user wishes to provide an additional "Christmas carol" menu in accordance with the Christmas season, the administrator may attach a new background image, input coordinates, and enter a menu name through the interface described above. You only need to perform actions such as force

As described above, when resource data is modified for the music service, the modified resource data is transmitted to the broadcast receiving terminal 104, and the player 106 installed in the broadcast receiving terminal 104 uses previously stored execution method information. By executing the resource data according to the modified attribute to output a menu screen as shown in FIG.

According to the present invention, by inputting resource data using an input management tool, a conventional application coding (development) and verification step can be omitted, and a plurality of resource data are transmitted at a predetermined bandwidth and executed by a dedicated player. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the application production period for providing the data broadcasting service and to reduce the transmission bandwidth for the data broadcasting.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a data broadcasting service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a linked data broadcast service providing method of providing another service according to a channel.

3 is a diagram illustrating a stand-alone data broadcasting service providing method of providing another service according to user selection.

4 shows a detailed configuration of a player according to the present invention.

5 illustrates an example of a trigger attribute definition interface according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a trigger attribute definition interface when the trigger display form is text scroll type.

7 illustrates an example of an effect attribute definition interface in accordance with the present invention.

8 illustrates an example of AV resizing.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a main screen (primary screen) attribute definition interface according to the present invention;

10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a focus type output on a screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an area activated when a focus type of a main screen is selected as a ring type; FIG.

12 is a diagram showing an interface when the display form of the main screen is iframe type;

13 illustrates an example of a submenu attribute definition interface according to the present invention.

14 to 15 show examples of menu changes.

Claims (12)

A method of providing a data broadcasting service in a broadcasting system connected to a broadcast receiving terminal and a network, (a) receiving resource data input through a preset interface, wherein the resource data includes at least one of service property information for providing a service, effect property information, main screen property information, and sub-menu screen property information for each depth; box-; And (b) transmitting the resource data to the broadcast receiving terminal, And a player installed in the broadcast receiving terminal analyzing the attribute information included in the resource data to execute the resource data. The method of claim 1, The player includes at least one of screen frame information, user's key event input / processing method information, key event code information, hierarchical information between the respective attribute information, and information on registration / cancellation of resource data required for screen switching. And executing the resource data using resource execution method information. The method of claim 1, The resource data includes channel information, and the player selectively executes resource data having channel information corresponding to a channel selected by a user. The method of claim 1, The player outputs a plurality of service lists that can be provided, and selectively receives and executes resource data corresponding to a service selected by a user. The method of claim 1, The interface may include a trigger property definition interface for defining trigger property information when the resource data provides a linked service. The trigger property definition interface may include a trigger display type selection area and a display type of the trigger may display an image. Type includes at least one input area of an image file, an image number, coordinates, and a change time between the plurality of images, and when the display form of the trigger is text scrolling, an image file, image coordinates, text, text coordinates, and the like. A data broadcasting service providing method comprising at least one input area of a width. The method of claim 1, The interface includes an effect attribute definition interface for defining the effect attribute information, wherein the effect attribute definition interface comprises an AV resizing size, an AV coordinate, an audio clip, a playback time, a slide show image, the slide show image coordinates, and a plurality of A data broadcasting service providing method comprising at least one input area of a change time between images. The method of claim 1, The interface includes a main screen property definition interface for defining a main screen property, wherein the main screen property definition interface includes a display image selection area of the main screen, a background image file when the display type of the main screen is an image display type, At least one input area of the background image coordinates, information on the presence or absence of an advertisement link, an advertisement file, an image change interval, a focus type, and setting information for each focus type, and when the display form of the main screen is an iframe display type, Method for providing a data broadcasting service including at least one input area among background iframe file, advertisement link, advertisement file, focus type, focus type setting information, AV resizing use, audio clip use and slide show use information . The method of claim 1, The interface includes a sub-menu screen property definition interface for defining a sub-menu screen property. The sub-menu screen property definition interface includes a display type, a menu type, whether AV resizing is used, whether an audio clip is used, and whether a slide show is used. Method of providing a data broadcast service comprising at least one input area of information on. The method of claim 8, The menu type includes at least one of an information type, a selection type, a numeric input type, a research text type, a research image type, a MO type, a video reproduction type, and an audio reproduction type. The method of claim 1, And the interface includes a service attribute definition interface including at least one of a service ID, an execution type, an execution channel, a duration, a day, and a time of the resource data. A method for providing a data broadcasting service in a broadcast receiving terminal connected through a network with a broadcasting system, (a) at least one of screen frame information applied to the screen, key event input / processing method information of the user, key event code information, hierarchical information between the pieces of information, and information on registration / cancellation of resource data required for screen switching; Maintaining resource execution manner information for one; (b) receiving resource data input through an interface provided by the broadcasting system, wherein the resource data includes at least one of trigger property information, effect property information, main screen property information, and sub-menu screen property information for each depth; Contains one; And (c) analyzing and executing the resource data using the execution method information. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

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