KR20110076310A - System for recommending broadcast program and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for recommending a broadcast program and a method thereof are provided to offer a broadcast recommend service by grasping the watching pattern of a user. CONSTITUTION: A content list providing unit offers information about broadcast programs which are selected by user preference information. A specific broadcast program is selected. A text providing unit(102) offers text information about the selected broadcast program. An image providing unit(106) offers image information about the broadcast program. A video providing unit(108) offers video data about the broadcast program.

Description

Broadcast Program Recommendation System and Method {SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING BROADCAST PROGRAM AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a program recommendation system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method for efficiently recommending a broadcast program having high user satisfaction and user preference suitability.

In general, a television receives an external input signal such as a radio frequency (RF) or a cable television (CATV) transmitted from a broadcasting station to display an image. That is, when a user selects a broadcast channel by operating a remote controller or a key panel, the television tunes a broadcast signal corresponding to the selected channel to reproduce video and audio corresponding to the broadcast signal.

As digital broadcasting has become more popular and the spread of digital TV has become more common, the number of channels and programs that users can select has increased significantly compared to the existing TV environment. Now you can watch the programs you've done.

However, while many times more channels and programs can watch a more diverse and rich program, there is a problem that requires more effort and time, such as searching the broadcast schedule to find a program of interest.

Of course, a broadcasting station or an institution providing various broadcasting services provides viewer rating information indicating a rating rating of broadcasting programs to help viewers select a broadcasting program. However, since the viewer ratings for the broadcast program are counted after the broadcast program is finished, viewers cannot receive the viewer rating information in real time.

Also, since the viewer rating information is simply counted with the number of television receivers watching the broadcast program, the viewer rating information may not exactly match the viewer's preference for each broadcast program.

Accordingly, as the problem of program selection emerges, DTV (Digital TV) program recommendation techniques that recommend programs suitable for the user's taste and interest through the pEPG (persoalized Electronic Program Guide) have been actively studied.

However, most of the DTV program recommendation techniques currently studied are considering only the preferences of program attributes such as channel, genre, sub-genre, and person. Therefore, only programs having attributes that users prefer in the long term are recommended. There is a problem that the recommendation for a program that you have is not made.

In other words, most DTV program recommendation techniques currently have a limitation that if the user's viewing pattern is changed, the program recommendation considering the current viewing pattern of the user is not made. In order to solve this problem, the reflection of the program viewing pattern of the user is essential. to be.

The problem to be solved by the present invention proposes a personalized recommendation TV service scheme to enable a broadcast service using two-way communication when servicing a personalized broadcast program according to the needs and preferences of the user.

An object of the present invention is to propose a method for a user to easily access a desired broadcast program in a flood of broadcast program information through a personalized broadcast service based on user preference.

The broadcast program recommendation apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object is a content list providing unit for providing information on the broadcast program selected according to the user preference information of the input broadcast program, the specific provided by the content list providing unit When a broadcast program is selected, a text providing unit providing text information on the selected broadcast program, an image providing unit providing image information about the broadcast program provided by the text providing unit, and a broadcast program provided by the text providing unit. It includes a video providing unit for providing a video data for.

The broadcast program recommendation method of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: receiving a broadcast program recommendation request message including user registration information and user preference information from a user terminal, the user registration information and user preference information and the previously stored user Selecting a broadcast program to be recommended using information on the terminal, and transmitting a message including information on the selected broadcast program to the user terminal.

The broadcast program storage medium of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a means for instructing the content list display unit to display information on the broadcast program selected according to the user preference information of the input broadcast program; Means for instructing a text display unit to display text information on the selected broadcast program when a specific broadcast program displayed on the content list display unit is selected; Means for instructing an image display unit to display image information on the broadcast program displayed on the text display unit; And means for instructing to reproduce the moving picture data for the broadcast program displayed on the text display unit.

The present invention provides a personalized recommendation TV service capable of a broadcast service using two-way communication when servicing a personalized broadcast program according to a user's request and preference.

The present invention provides a method for a user to easily access a desired broadcast program in a flood of broadcast program information through a personalized broadcast service based on user preferences. That is, the present invention can enhance the competitiveness in providing an electronic program guide by securing abundant data that can accurately grasp the user's viewing pattern and the like.

In addition, the present invention by providing the recommended content in the form of video, image and text, the user can easily and quickly access the desired content.

The foregoing and further aspects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter will be described in detail to enable those skilled in the art to easily understand and reproduce through this embodiment of the present invention.

The personalized recommendation TV service services a personalized broadcast program according to a user's needs and preferences, and provides a user interface to enable two-way broadcasting service. The user registers a user to receive a personalized TV program for each user in the personalized recommendation TV service, selects a content from a content list of TV programs collected by user authentication, and selects content from the video, image, and text. To be provided.

That is, the personalized recommendation TV service registers user personal information and information of a TV program that a user prefers, and provides the EPG with a TV program list stored differently according to user preference. The TV program data and metadata information about the TV program are displayed on the screen in various forms of moving pictures, images, and text by user interaction.

The personalized recommendation TV service includes a user information register for user registration, a user preference register, an authentication unit for user authentication, a metadata extractor for TV program metadata extraction, a video player for TV program playback, an image display unit and text. And a display unit, a graphical user interface (GUI) for processing user events, and the like.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for providing a TV program recommendation service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a configuration of an apparatus for providing a TV program recommendation service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

As described above, the TV service recommendation apparatus includes a user registration unit 112, a user authentication unit 110, a metadata extraction unit 104, a video playback unit 108, an image display unit 106 and a text display unit 102, And a GUI 100, and the user register 112 includes a user information register and a user preference register.

The user register 112 registers a user identifier (ID) and a password to provide a personalized TV program service for each user, and a TV program that a user prefers to provide a differentiated TV program according to a TV program preference. And a user preference register for registering the information.

The user identifier of the user information registration unit may use the front digit of the social security number for the TV program service according to the age of the user, or register the user set identifier. The password uses the password set by the user.

The user preference register registers staff, broadcast stations, genres, weights, and the like. Table 1 shows the contents registered in the user preference register.

staff Choose at least one of your favorite actors and directors Broadcast stations Choose your preferred program maker or station genre Choose your favorite program genre weight Select your preferred item and set the weight for that item

For example, the user may set the weight of the staff high and set the weight of the broadcasting station low. Alternatively, the user may set the weight of the staff and the genre high, and set the weight of the broadcasting station low.

2 illustrates a user registration screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the user registration screen includes a portion for selecting a user identifier, a password, a staff, a broadcasting station, a genre, and the like, and additionally includes a portion for setting a weight for each portion.

The user authentication unit 110 compares the user identifier and password which are previously stored user personal information and the user identifier and password which is user login information. As a result of the comparison, if the user identifier and password, which are login information, are the same as the previously stored user identifier and password, the user is authenticated as a registered user.

3 illustrates a user authentication screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the user authentication screen includes an item for inputting a user identifier and a password.

The registered user has a program metadata for moving picture, image data, and additional information classified as a favorite program in the personal TV program storage unit from the server. In particular, the image data extracted according to the characteristics of the key frame, the anchor, the text, and the scene change in the image that can be represented in the section in which the scene of the program changes is stored in the image storage unit for each program. As described above, in the initial user authentication process, the first user registers the user information and the user preference through the user registration process before performing the login.

The display of the TV program in the personalized recommendation TV service is performed by the moving picture reproducing unit 108, the image display unit 106, and the text display unit 102, and includes a graphic user interface (GUI) 100 for processing user events.

The user program storage unit (not shown) stores information regarding text, images, and videos, which are metadata information about programs recommended by each user. Information about text, images, and video is displayed in a corresponding area when an event occurs using the GUI 100 of the user.

The text display unit 102 is a channel (CH), a program producer (CP), a program run time, a program run time, a program production time, and a program of the currently stored TV program analyzed by the metadata analysis unit of the terminal. Information such as a program title is displayed.

Each row of the content (program) list represents metadata information of each program, and each column represents an item of each program metadata information. Each program line processes a user event to display a video and additional information of the program in each window. It also displays the plot information of the parsed program on the text display.

The image display unit 106 extracts image data describing metadata information of the moving picture TV program and an image that can be represented in a section in which the scene of the original moving picture TV program changes according to characteristics of key frames, anchors, text, and scene transitions. Display images by TV program. The program image may be stored in a user-specific program storage unit or a separate storage unit. The stored image data is decoded and displayed on the image display unit. Commonly supported image types are psd, jpeg, jpg, png, and bmp.

The video player 108 is implemented by a JMF player supported by the JAVA platform, and the supported video types are mpg, mpeg, avi, WMV, and WMA. The video player supports the Play, Pause, Stop, Exit and Enlarge functions of TV programs with a user interface.

4 illustrates a screen of an apparatus for performing a TV program recommendation service according to an exemplary embodiment. According to FIG. 4, the TV screen includes a content list display unit ① displaying recommended TV content for each user, a text display unit ② displaying text information, an image display unit ③ displaying image information, and a video playback unit ④ playing video. Include. The content list displayed on the content list display unit is provided by the content list providing unit, and the text information displayed on the text display unit is provided by the text providing unit. Image information displayed on the image display unit is provided by the image providing unit, and moving image information reproduced by the moving image reproducing unit is provided by the moving image providing unit.

When the user selects specific content among TV contents recommended by each user, the text display unit 102, the image display unit 106, and the video playback unit 108 display information corresponding to the selected content.

As described above, the text display unit 102 may provide information such as a channel CH, a program producer CP, a program run time, a program production time, a program title, and the like of a TV program. Display. The image display unit 106 displays an image of an actor or an important part of the corresponding content. As described above, the video reproducing unit reproduces a video or an original video of the plot of the corresponding content.

When a specific actor is selected from the actors displayed on the image display unit 106, information about the actor may be displayed on the text display unit 102. In addition, when the video being played on the video player 108 is selected, the video may be played on the full screen.

The present invention can be applied to wireless terminal devices such as smart phones, mobile phones, PDAs, and the like.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a wireless terminal device recommends a broadcast program from a database according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a process of recommending a broadcast program in a wireless terminal device will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

In step S500, the wireless terminal device transmits a broadcast program recommendation request message requesting a broadcast program recommendation to a database. The wireless terminal device transmits the stored user registration information and user preference information in the broadcast program recommendation request message. Of course, the database may store user registration information and user preference information in advance. Alternatively, when the user inputs user registration information and user preference information into the wireless terminal device, the user may be transmitted to the database in real time.

In step S502, the database extracts a content list to be provided to the user using the received user registration information and user preference information. The database extracts metadata about the extracted content list. Extraction of the metadata is performed by the metadata extraction unit.

As described above, the metadata includes at least one of text data, image data, and video data. In the context of the present invention, the metadata preferably includes both text data, image data, and video data.

In step S504, the database includes the extracted content list and the metadata for the corresponding content in the content providing message and transmits it to the wireless terminal.

In step S506, the wireless terminal device displays the content list transmitted by the database and metadata about the corresponding content on the display unit according to the user's setting. The information displayed on the wireless terminal device is the same as the information shown in FIG. Of course, in order to reduce the amount of data transmitted, the wireless terminal device may request to receive only a content list and text information of the corresponding content.

In this case, when the user selects a specific content displayed in the content list, image information and video information of the corresponding content may be received from the database. By doing this, the user has the advantage of being able to receive only necessary image information and video information from the database.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for providing a TV program recommendation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 illustrates a user registration screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a user authentication screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates a screen of a device for performing a TV program recommendation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a wireless terminal device recommends a broadcast program from a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (7)

A content list providing unit providing information on broadcast programs selected according to user preference information of an input broadcast program; A text providing unit providing text information on the selected broadcasting program when selecting a specific broadcasting program provided by the contents list providing unit; An image providing unit providing image information on the broadcast program provided by the text providing unit; And a moving picture providing unit for providing moving picture data about the broadcasting program provided by the text providing unit. The method of claim 1, wherein the user preference information, And at least one of a staff, a genre, a production company, and a broadcasting station, and assigning a weight to each preference information. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the text providing unit is configured to display the broadcasting program in a set unit of time if the broadcasting program provided by the content list providing unit is at least two or more. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the size of the selected video is enlarged and output when the video provided by the video providing unit is selected. Receiving a broadcast program recommendation request message including user registration information and user preference information from a user terminal; Selecting a broadcast program to be recommended using the user registration information, user preference information, and previously stored information of the user terminal; And transmitting a message including information on the selected broadcast program to the user terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the user preference information, And at least one of a staff, a genre, a production company, and a broadcasting station, and assigning a weight to each preference information. Means for instructing a content list display unit to display information on broadcast programs selected according to user preference information of an input broadcast program; Means for instructing a text display unit to display text information on the selected broadcast program when a specific broadcast program displayed on the content list display unit is selected; Means for instructing an image display unit to display image information on the broadcast program displayed on the text display unit; And a means for instructing to reproduce moving picture data for the broadcast program displayed on the text display unit.

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