KR20110059423A - Method for purchasing contents and display apparatus thereof - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method for purchasing content and a display device using the same.
As digital-based digital TV technology has been developed and commercialized in existing analog broadcasting, various types of products such as real-time broadcasting, contents on demand (GOD), games, and news can be obtained by using the internet network connected to each home in addition to the existing radio media. It is now possible to provide content services to users.
An example of providing a content service using the Internet network may be an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). The IPTV refers to transmitting a variety of information services, moving picture content and broadcasting to a user's television using a high-speed Internet network.
Recently, the concept of broadband TV, web TV, etc. has been proposed as a form of network TV which has been further developed in such IPTV. Unlike a conventional IPTV, a broadband TV or a web TV has a plurality of content providers, and a user can individually access a plurality of content providers to receive various VODs, games, and video call services provided by the content providers. have.
An object of the present invention is to provide a content purchase method and a display device using the same, which enables effective management and purchase of contents provided from various content providers.
Content purchase method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of purchasing the content on a display device accessible to the network, and displaying a plurality of content available for purchase from the content provider; Receiving at least one of the plurality of displayed contents; And storing information about the selected content in an interest content list, wherein the interest content list includes two or more contents provided from different content providers.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content management method, including: displaying a plurality of icons including icons representing a plurality of content providers and an icon representing a list of contents of interest; Receiving an icon representing a list of contents of interest among the plurality of icons; Displaying a content list of interest including first content that can be purchased from a first content provider and second content that can be purchased from a second content provider among the plurality of content providers; Receiving at least one of the first and second contents; And receiving the selected content by accessing a server of a content provider corresponding to the selected content.
On the other hand, the content purchase method may be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for execution on a computer.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, by managing a plurality of contents provided from content providers in a single content list of interest in a display device accessible to a network, convenience of management and purchase of various contents may be improved. .
Hereinafter, a content purchasing method and a display apparatus using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 illustrates a configuration of a display system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a configuration of a network TV system for receiving content from a content provider using a network.
Referring to FIG. 1, a display system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a
The
For example, the
The
For example, content provided by the
The network TV 30 may be equipped with dedicated firmware for reproducing, searching, displaying a list, and the like of each
The firmware of the network TV 30 may be referred to as a program for playing or executing content provided by the
The network TV 30 may receive content from the
More specifically, the
The TV station refers to a conventional terrestrial or cable broadcasting station. The broadcasting station may create and store a program that users can watch and convert it digitally.
The radio station provides audio content and may provide only audio content with or without video content.
VOD operators and AOD operators have different characteristics from TV stations and radio stations. In other words, in the case of VOD or AOD, it saves the broadcasting program, movie, and music that I want and then plays it for viewing. For example, if there is a broadcast program that is not properly viewed because there is no time for viewing the current broadcast program, the site that provides the broadcast service can be accessed by downloading the file or immediately playing the file.
The AOD provider may provide a streaming service of audio content.
Music On Demand (MOD) service providers can download and listen to the music I want.
The video telephony provider may provide a relay service for making a video call with a user of another network TV through the network. Weather providers can provide weather information for different regions, and photo service providers can provide tools for editing and storing photos.
In addition, the
The PF server is serviced by a company that manages all broadcasting information and location information provided by the content provider. The service may mainly include broadcasting time of the corresponding broadcasting station or location information necessary for broadcasting, and information that a user can access.
The EPG service may provide EPG information so that a user can search a broadcast program for each time zone and grasp each channel.
The ECG service can provide the user with the information of the contents provided by the content provider, the location and access authority of the access server, for example, the function for easily accessing the servers with the contents and the information of the contents. The note can be an electronic program guide.
The portal server is a web service provided by each broadcasting station. When the portal server receives a request from the user terminal, the portal server may connect to a web server of a company that serves a broadcasting station or content. The role of the portal server is to search for a list of programs provided by each broadcasting station or a content provider providing a content service.
The network TV 30 basically has a network interface capable of accessing the network, receives an IP address, receives and processes a data packet through the network, and stores or plays the data packet when the data packet is multimedia data such as video or audio. have.
The network TV 30 may operate to transmit the user's requirements in both directions while processing the multimedia data. In addition, the user input unit such as a remote controller or an operation button for controlling the
Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the above-described
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the configuration of the display apparatus according to the present invention, and shows the configuration of the
The
As shown in FIG. 2, the
Among the above components, the
In the case of digital broadcasting, the digital broadcasting signal may be transmitted in the form of a packetized transport stream by time division multiplexing the video signal, the audio signal and the additional data.
The
In addition, the broadcast signal received through the
The video data separated by the
The
The
The audio signal is processed by a voice signal processor (not shown) and output to the speaker. The voice signal processor may include an AC-3 decoder.
Meanwhile, the additional data included in the additional data separated by the
The
The
The
The
That is, the
The external
The
According to an embodiment, the broadcast reception device 40 according to the present invention may output a 3D image. The menu screen of the broadcast reception device 40 may be provided in 3D, and the content provided by the
3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the configuration of the display apparatus according to the present invention, and shows a configuration of the
As shown in FIG. 3, the
The configuration shown in FIG. 3 is only one embodiment, and various known techniques may be used for 3D image processing.
4 and 5 illustrate an embodiment of a remote control apparatus for controlling the operation of the display apparatus, and show an example of a remote controller for controlling the
The remote controller may transmit a control signal to the
In the present embodiment, the operation recognition
The user may move or rotate the motion recognition
As shown in FIG. 4, when the user moves the motion recognition
Accelerometers, gyro sensors, or geomagnetic sensors may be used as sensors that can determine movement.
4 and 5 illustrate an example in which the
In this embodiment, the pointer displayed on the
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a motion recognition remote controller, and illustrates a configuration of an operation recognition
Referring to FIG. 6, the
On the other hand, the operation recognition
The
In the present embodiment, the motion recognition
The
The
For example, the
The power supply unit 160 supplies power to the operation recognition
The
The
The
As described above, the
The wireless communication unit 111 may transmit and receive a signal wirelessly with the operation recognition
The coordinate
In addition, the operation recognition
The 'menu screen' of the
The menu screen may include a plurality of
FIG. 7 illustrates a first embodiment of the menu screen configuration of the display apparatus, and shows a menu screen of the
Referring to FIG. 7, a city-themed image may be used as the
The background image of the menu screen may have a specific theme. In addition to the city illustrated in FIG. 7, the background image of the menu screen may have various themes such as a jungle, a department store, a beach, a universe, and a fairy tale scene. The background image may include graphic objects capable of selectively inserting and displaying an image different from the base image according to the subject.
The
For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the
If the
In FIG. 7, as an example of content providers, icons of content providers, such as natural geographic 202,
Natural geographic 202 is a content provider that provides content related to natural sciences,
Meanwhile, in addition to the above icons, the menu screen may additionally display various types and numbers of icons.
According to an exemplary embodiment, an image display area capable of displaying another image on a part of the
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the image display area may be disposed at any position of the
The image display area may be configured in various forms according to the subject of the
As described above, by displaying an image in the
When the user selects one of the
When the icon of the icon is selected and the ENTER button of the motion recognition remote controller or a button corresponding to the icon is pressed, the server accesses the server of the content provider corresponding to the selected icon and displays an initial screen of the content provider server.
Meanwhile, the number, size, position, and arrangement method of icons displayed on one screen may vary according to embodiments.
The
In addition, the
FIG. 8 illustrates an embodiment of a method of implementing a menu screen including a
Referring to FIG. 8, the menu screen may include a
In some embodiments, the two layers may have different effects. For example, only the
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a content purchase method according to the present invention. The illustrated content purchase method will be described with reference to the display system shown in FIG. 1.
Referring to FIG. 9, the
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the
Referring to FIG. 10, the
The user may select any one of the plurality of
For example, when the user selects the 'PECASA'
In this case, as shown in FIG. 11, contents that can be purchased from a 'PECASA' content provider may be displayed on the
Meanwhile, when the user selects the 'WISH LIST'
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the interest content list may include two or more contents provided from different content providers.
That is, the user may store a plurality of contents that are available for purchase from two or more content providers among the plurality of accessible content providers in the interest content list, and thus, the plurality of contents may be stored as one interest content list regardless of the content providers. Can be managed and purchased.
A content management method performed when the user selects the user content service will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 13 to 17.
The
For example, the user may select a content provider icon related to a content to purchase from among a plurality of content provider icons displayed on a menu screen.
Referring to FIG. 10, a user may select a 'PECASA'
In this case, the
Referring to FIG. 11, a user may select a plurality of contents displayed on the
For example, after the user selects 'photo 1', the user may store the 'photo 1' in the list of contents of interest by pressing the save
More specifically, the name, content provider, summary and location information of the selected content may be stored in the content list of interest as the content information. The location information may be a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for receiving the selected content.
On the other hand, the user selects the 'photo 1' and then immediately press the
In addition, the user may select a 'NETFLY'
In this case, the
Referring to FIG. 12, a user may select at least one of a plurality of contents displayed on the
For example, after the user selects 'movie 3', the user may press the save
As the interest content storage as described above with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12 is performed, a plurality of contents each purchaseable from different content providers may be stored in one interest content list.
For example, 'picture 1' that can be purchased from a 'PECASA' content provider and 'movie 3' that can be purchased from a 'NETFLY' content provider may be stored in the content list of interest.
Meanwhile, the
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of a content purchasing method according to the present invention, and descriptions of the same as those described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 12 will be omitted.
Referring to FIG. 13, the
Referring to FIG. 13, the
Referring to FIG. 14, a user may select an icon representing the interest content list, that is, a 'WISH LIST'
In this case, the
When the 'WISH LIST'
As shown in FIG. 15, the list of contents of interest displayed on the
That is, the list of contents of interest according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to any one of the plurality of content providers, and may enable integrated management and purchase of various contents provided from the plurality of content providers.
Referring to FIG. 15, when the user selects the 'WISH LIST'
That is, as described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12, when the user stores 'Photo 1' provided from the 'PECASA' content provider and 'Movie 3' provided from the 'NETFLY' content provider as content of interest, FIG. 15. As shown in FIG. 2, the list of contents of interest displayed on the
Meanwhile, the information on each of the contents displayed in the content list of interest may include information about a name, a content provider, and a price of the corresponding content.
The user may select at least one of the
For example, the user may select 'movie 3' provided from the 'NETFLY' content provider and confirm the purchase of the 'movie 3' by pressing the
Meanwhile, the user may select 'view summary' 262 to check specific contents such as a plot of content included in the content list of interest before purchase.
For example, summary information about each of the
In addition, when the user selects 'delete content of interest' 262 after selecting specific content, the corresponding content may be deleted from the content list of interest.
Since the method for displaying a content list of interest shown in FIG. 15 is only an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited thereto and the content display list may be displayed by various methods other than the method shown in FIG. 15.
Referring to FIG. 16, the list of contents of interest displayed on the
That is, the list of contents of interest includes 'photo 1' provided from 'PECASA', 'movie 1' and 'photo 3' provided from 'NETFLY', 'video 1' and 'music 3' provided from 'YOTUBE'. It may include.
On the other hand, as described above, the name, content provider, price, etc. of each of the contents may be displayed on the content list of interest.
Referring to FIG. 17, the interest content list may include
Meanwhile, the
For example, when the user selects the
In addition, the contents included in the
That is, the
The user may select any one of the displayed
In addition, the above-described content purchase method according to the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium that is produced as a program for execution on a computer, and examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD. ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, as well as those implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet).
The computer readable recording medium can 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 broadcast reception method may be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
1 illustrates a network configuration of a display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a configuration of a display apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a configuration of a display apparatus according to the present invention.
4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a remote control apparatus for controlling an operation of a display apparatus.
6 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a configuration of a motion recognition remote controller.
7 is a diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a menu screen configuration of a display device.
8 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a menu screen configuration of a display device.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a content management method according to the present invention.
10 is a diagram illustrating a third embodiment of a menu screen configuration of a display device.
11 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of displaying contents received from a content provider server.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of a content management method according to the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a fourth exemplary embodiment of a menu screen configuration of a display device.
14 and 15 are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing a user content service.
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