KR20100104392A - Apparatus and method for monitoring using ip phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A monitoring method and a device using VoIP telephone is provided to analyze data packet transceiving through a PC and a IPTV(Internet Protocol TV) by a VoIP, thereby monitoring information about currently connected site and a channel. CONSTITUTION: A user input unit(210) receives a user request and generates a monitoring-on signal. An Ethernet unit(220) receives a packet transmitted to an internet device which is connected to a shared according to the monitoring-on signal. A packet analyzer(230) analyzes the received packet, and extracts data included in the packet. A storage unit(240) stores the extracted data. A display unit(250) displays information included in the extracted data. The shared duplicates packet transmitted to the other internet device according to the monitoring-on signal, and transmits the packet to a VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol) phone.

Description

Monitoring method and device using internet phone {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING USING IP PHONE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring method and apparatus, and in particular, a site and a channel currently connected by analyzing a data packet transmitted and received through a PC and an IP TV using an IP phone. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus capable of monitoring information about a.

In general, an IP phone is a phone that enables a call using an IP network such as the Internet instead of a general public switched telephone network (PSTN) system using voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology. Internet telephones use control protocols such as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) or Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP). Internet phones include simple software-based Internet phones and hardware-based Internet phones designed for specific purposes.

On the other hand, IP TV stands for Internet Protocol Television, and provides information service, video content, and broadcasting by using a television receiver using high-speed Internet. It is a type of digital convergence in terms of the convergence of the Internet and television. The difference with conventional Internet TV is that it uses a television receiver instead of a computer monitor and a remote control instead of a mouse. To use IP TV, only the television set, the set-top box, and the Internet line need to be connected. In other words, you can add a set-top box or a dedicated modem to your television and turn it on just as you turn it on. Therefore, even a person who is not familiar with a computer can use the remote control to receive various contents and additional services provided by the Internet such as watching movies, home shopping, home banking, online games, and MP3s.

In the case of such TVs, broadcast contents are increasingly selected and violent, and thus many contents are inappropriate for children and the elderly to watch. In addition, in the case of computers, children and adolescents can access harmful sites and acquire various adult-related or undesirable harmful information through the spread of the Internet. have.

Therefore, there is a need for fundamental problem solving to prevent actual television viewing or access to harmful sites.

The present invention can monitor the information on the site (channel) and the channel currently connected by analyzing the data packet (Data Packet) transmitted and received through the PC and IP TV using an Internet phone (IP Phone) Provide a method and apparatus.

The monitoring device of the Internet phone connected to the router of the present invention, the user input unit for receiving a user request to form a monitoring on signal; An Ethernet unit for receiving the same packet transmitted to another Internet device connected to the router according to the monitoring on signal; A packet analyzer configured to analyze the received packet and extract data included in the corresponding packet; A storage unit for storing the extracted data; And a display unit which displays information included in the extracted data.

In addition, the monitoring method of the Internet phone connected to the router of the present invention comprises the steps of: a) receiving a user request and operating in a packet monitoring mode; b) receiving a packet identical to a packet transmitted to another Internet device connected to the router; c) analyzing the received packet to extract data; And d) displaying information included in the extracted data.

According to the present invention, it is possible to monitor the access site of the PC and the current channel of the TV even when the PC is located far away from the place where the PC is located or the TV. And channel viewing can be prevented beforehand.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in the following description, when there is a risk of unnecessarily obscuring the gist of the present invention, a detailed description of a widely known function or configuration will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an Internet telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When using a plurality of Internet devices such as Internet phone 200, PC 400, and IP TV 500 at home, a large number of IPs cannot be allocated, so that a plurality of Internet devices are connected using the sharer 100. A plurality of Internet devices are assigned an IP through the router 100. In this case, the Internet phone 200, the PC 400, and the IP TV 500, for example, are allocated IP of the same band such as 192.168.1.xxx to perform communication.

The internet phone 200 includes a user input unit 210, an Ethernet unit 220, a packet analyzer 230, a memory 240, and a display unit 250.

The user input unit 210 receives a system user request and forms a monitoring on / off signal.

When the router 100 receives the monitoring on signal, the router 100 replicates an HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) packet input to the PC 400 or an Internet protocol (IP) packet input to the IP TV 500, thereby replicating the HTTP packet or IP. The packet is transmitted to the Internet telephone 200. When the monitoring off signal is received, the transmission of the HTTP packet or the IP packet to the Internet telephone 200 is stopped.

The Ethernet unit 220 receives an HTTP packet and an IP packet from the router 100.

The packet analyzer 230 extracts URL (Uniform Resource Locator) data included in the HTTP packet by analyzing the stored HTTP packet, and extracts channel data included in the IP packet by analyzing the IP packet. In addition, the packet analyzer 230 extracts capture information on the channel of the IP TV or the web site screen included in the HTTP packet or the IP packet. The URL data includes information for indicating the location of the plurality of servers in order to obtain the necessary information from the plurality of servers providing the service. For example, the general syntax of URL data consists of "server name / directory name / file name with protocol: // information". The channel data includes information about the channel being displayed on the IP TV 500.

The memory 240 stores URL data and channel data extracted by the data analyzer 230.

The display unit 250 displays information on a specific Web site based on the information indicated by the URL data, and displays channel information of the IP TV 500 included in the channel data.

3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the monitoring method of the present invention with reference to Figure 3, first, the Internet phone 200 receives a user request is set to the packet monitoring mode (S110). In the packet monitoring mode, a monitoring on signal is generated, and the packet is transmitted to the Ethernet unit 220 of the Internet telephone 200 through the router 100 according to the monitoring on signal (S120). In this case, the transmitted packet includes an IP packet transmitted to the IP TV 500 or an HTTP packet transmitted to the PC 400. The packet analyzer 230 of the Internet phone 200 extracts data included in a packet for displaying monitoring information by analyzing a packet transmitted from the router 100 (S130). The data includes URL data included in the HTTP packet or channel data included in the IP packet. The memory 240 of the Internet phone 200 stores the data extracted by the packet analyzer 230 (S140), and the display 250 displays information included in the data (S150). The information displayed includes information about the web site indicated by the URL data, information about the channel being watched by the channel data, capture information about the website screen included in the HTTP packet, and IP TV including the IP packet. Extract capture information about the channel screen.

While the above methods have been described through specific embodiments, the methods may also be implemented as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include all kinds of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of carrier waves (for example, transmission over the Internet). Include. 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. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the above embodiments can be easily deduced by programmers of the present invention.

In addition, while the present invention has been described in connection with some embodiments, it is to be understood that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as will be understood by those skilled in the art. You will need to know It is also contemplated that such variations and modifications are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an Internet telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (8)

As a monitoring device for Internet phones connected to the router, A user input unit configured to receive a user request and form a monitoring on signal; An Ethernet unit for receiving the same packet transmitted to another Internet device connected to the router according to the monitoring on signal; A packet analyzer configured to analyze the received packet and extract data included in the corresponding packet; A storage unit for storing the extracted data; And A display unit for displaying the information contained in the extracted data Monitoring device comprising a. The method of claim 1, The router, And copying the packet transmitted to the other internet device to the internet phone according to the monitoring on signal. The method of claim 2, The packet, A monitoring device, which is one of a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) packet and an Internet protocol (IP) packet. The method of claim 3, The data extracted by the packet analyzer, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) data included in the HTTP packet, channel data included in the IP packet, capture information about a web site screen included in the HTTP packet, and a channel screen of an IP TV included in the IP packet. A monitoring device, which is any one of capture information. As a monitoring method for Internet phones connected to the router, a) receiving a user request and operating in a packet monitoring mode; b) receiving a packet identical to a packet transmitted to another Internet device connected to the router; c) analyzing the received packet to extract data; And d) displaying information included in the extracted data Monitoring method comprising a. The method of claim 5, The router, And copying the packet transmitted to the other internet device to the internet phone according to the monitoring on signal from the internet phone. The method of claim 6, The packet, A monitoring method, which is one of a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) packet and an Internet protocol (IP) packet. The method of claim 7, wherein The data extracted in step c) is Uniform Resource Locator (URL) data included in the HTTP packet, channel data included in the IP packet, capture information about a web site screen included in the HTTP packet, and a channel screen of an IP TV included in the IP packet. A monitoring method, which is any one of capture information.

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