KR20110103189A - Method and apparatus for receiving a broadcasting signal, and broadcasting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a broadcast system that provides a broadcast service or content in a limited area such as a hotel, and can charge billed content.
According to the present invention, a method and a charging method for authenticating a user when using paid content are provided, and charging data can be conveniently generated by generating billing data summed with other fees such as a hotel usage fee based on the paid content viewing history.

Description

Method and apparatus for broadcasting reception, broadcasting system using same {Method and apparatus for receiving a broadcasting signal, and broadcasting system}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal, and more particularly, to a broadcast system capable of providing a broadcast service or content in a limited area, such as a hotel, and performing charging for paid content.

According to the present invention, a method and a charging method for authenticating a user when using paid content are provided, and charging data can be conveniently generated by generating billing data summed with other fees such as a hotel usage fee based on the paid content viewing history.

In general, the broadcast reception device receives a data stream including a broadcast signal, extracts a video and audio data stream corresponding to a channel desired by a user using service information included in the received data stream, and outputs the stream to the display device.

Recently, data broadcasting has been provided for providing various information to users by adding additional data to digital broadcasting. For example, through data broadcasting, program information, subtitle information, weather information, news information, shopping information, and the like of a broadcasting channel may be provided to a user.

Receives broadcast signals from outside with a head end within a confined area, such as a hotel, and retransmits them to multiple receiving devices, such as a TV placed in a hotel room, or receives a plurality of content stored in a database within or associated with the head end. Can be resent to the device. At this time, in the case of paid content, authentication and billing should be performed, and an authentication and billing method for using pay content in the above broadcasting system is required.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for authenticating and billing for paid content in a broadcast system that receives and retransmits a broadcast signal from the outside in a limited area such as a hotel or transmits content stored in a server.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing paid content is provided. The method includes generating a pin code using identification information of the broadcast reception device and content; Receiving a request for viewing the content; Receiving a pincode input from a user; Comparing the generated pin code with the received pin code; Outputting the requested content; And transmitting viewing information of the content to a charging server.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a broadcast receiving device is provided. The broadcast receiving device includes a communication module for receiving content from a server and transmitting content viewing information to a server; A broadcast signal processor configured to process the content received from the server to be outputable; A user input unit for receiving a pin code from a user; A controller configured to generate a pin code using identification information of the broadcast receiving device and the content, and compare the generated pin code with the received pin code; A memory for storing instructions for the operation of the controller; And a display unit for outputting the received content.

According to the present invention, a method and a charging method for authenticating a user when using paid content are provided, and charging data can be conveniently generated by generating billing data summed with other fees such as a hotel usage fee based on the paid content viewing history.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 illustrates an embodiment of the configuration of the head end device 100 managed by the hotel.
3 shows a configuration of a broadcast receiving device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the broadcast signal processor 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 and 6 illustrate a method of generating a pin code by using unique information of the broadcast receiving device 200 and the paid content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a paid content method performed by the broadcast receiving device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a head end device 100, a broadcast receiving device 200, and a display unit 300.

Referring to FIG. 1, the head end device 100 receives a broadcast signal from an external source and transmits it to the broadcast receiving device 200, and the broadcast receiving device 200 corresponds to a channel selected by a user from among the received broadcast signals. The video signal (which generally includes an audio signal) may be extracted and processed, and then output to the display unit 300.

More specifically, the head end device 100 may include a broadcast transmission device 110, a data server 120, and a charging server 130. The broadcast transmitting device 110 provides a broadcast signal received from the outside through a satellite or a cable to the broadcast receiving device 200, and the data server 120 provides application data for a data broadcast service to the broadcast receiving device 200. The billing server 130 collects a broadcast reception history and other data of the broadcast reception device 200 and calculates a fee and other fees for broadcast reception. For example, the head end device 100 may be installed in a hotel, and the broadcast receiving device 200 may be disposed in each room of the hotel. The head end device 100 may transmit pay content according to a request from the broadcast reception device 200. The billing server 130 may generate billing data for the customer of each room by summing rates based on viewing history data of the paid content and other fee data such as room usage fee. The viewing history data may include an identification code of paid content viewed by a user, channel information of the content, a viewing time, a viewing date, and the like.

The broadcast transmission device 110 includes a plurality of broadcast signal receivers to receive various contents from a plurality of broadcasters using a wired / wireless communication network through a terrestrial or satellite antenna, a cable, and the like, and receives the plurality of received contents It may be allocated to broadcast channels and retransmitted to the broadcast reception device 200.

Meanwhile, the broadcast reception device 200 may receive an image signal of a broadcast channel selected by a user among broadcast signals transmitted from the broadcast transmission device 110, and receive application data for data broadcast transmitted from the data server 120. Can be.

In addition, the broadcast receiving device 200 may convert the image signal of the received broadcast channel and the application data for data broadcasting into a form that can be output from the display device 300 and then output the image signal to the display device 300.

In addition, the broadcast reception device 200 may receive paid content from the broadcast transmission device 110 or store pay content in itself. In addition, the paid content may be provided according to a user's request.

In order to provide paid content, the broadcast reception device 200 may generate a unique pin code associated with a specific channel and the broadcast reception device 200 itself. The user receives the pin code from the user, and compares the generated pin code with the generated pin code to perform authentication. Only when the authentication is successful by authenticating, the paid content may be requested to the broadcast transmission device 110 or the data server 120. The received pay content is output to the display unit 300. At this time, the charging server 130 of the head end device 100 may detect the paid content request of the broadcast receiving device 200 and generate viewing history data thereof. The generated viewing history data may be converted into an amount and added to another fee, for example, a room fee.

The display unit 300 may display an image of the broadcast channel by using an image signal input from the broadcast reception device 200 and may provide a data broadcast service at the request of a user.

The broadcast reception device 200 may be a set-top box that receives a broadcast signal through a wired or wireless network, converts the received broadcast signal into a form that can be output from a display device, and then outputs the broadcast signal to the display unit 300. Alternatively, the broadcast reception device 200 may be integrated into one display device such as a TV.

However, the broadcast receiving device 200 according to the present invention is not limited to the set-top box (STB), and any type of device capable of receiving broadcast signals transmitted from the outside and outputting them to the display unit 300 connected by wire or wireless connection. It may include.

The display unit 300 displays an image using a signal input from the broadcast receiving device 200. For example, the display unit 300 displays a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), an electro luminescent display (ELD), and a VFD ( Images can be displayed using various display methods such as Vacuum Fluorescent Display.

Meanwhile, the broadcast reception device 200 may be connected to the display unit 300 through a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a digital visual interface (DVI), or a D-Sub cable. However, the connection between the broadcast receiving device 200 and the display unit 300 is not limited to the above-described method, and may be connected using cables of various communication methods. In addition, the broadcast receiving device 200 and the display 300 are not limited to being connected by wire, and may be connected through a wireless network using short-range wireless communication such as Zigbee, Bluetooth, and WiFi. .

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the image of the broadcasting channel selected by the user and the image of the data broadcasting service are simultaneously displayed on one screen on the display unit 300. For this purpose, the broadcast receiving apparatus 200 is a broadcast transmitting apparatus 110. The video signal received from the broadcast channel and the application data received from the data server 120 is synthesized and processed to be displayed on one screen, and then output to the display unit 300.

Meanwhile, in order for the broadcast receiving device 200 to receive application data for the data broadcasting service from the data server 120 without switching the broadcasting channel currently being watched, the application data includes a data dedicated channel independent of the broadcasting channel. It is preferable to transmit to the broadcast receiving device 200 through.

That is, the broadcast transmitting device 110 allocates a broadcast signal received from the outside to a plurality of preset broadcast channels and transmits the same to the broadcast receiving device 200, and the data server 120 is independent of the broadcast channels. By transmitting the application data to the broadcast receiving device 200 through a data dedicated channel configured as an in-channel, the broadcast receiving device 200 simultaneously transmits an image signal of a broadcasting channel that the user is currently watching and application data for the data broadcasting. Can be received.

Accordingly, the user requests a data broadcasting service while watching the selected broadcasting channel, and the data broadcasting provided by the data server 120 of the head end device 100 while continuously watching the broadcasting channel without switching the broadcasting channel. The service is available.

Meanwhile, although FIG. 1 illustrates that the broadcast receiving device 200 is provided as a separate device outside the display device 300, in another embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast receiving device 200 is the display unit 300. It may be included in the) and implemented as a set.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the broadcasting system as shown in FIG. 1 may be used to provide a data broadcasting service in a limited space such as a hotel or a hospital, for example, in a specific building.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described by taking a hotel broadcasting system that provides a data broadcasting service in a hotel together with a general broadcasting service using a broadcast signal received from the outside.

That is, the broadcast receiving device 200 and the display unit 300 are disposed in a hotel room, and the head end device 100 receives a broadcast signal from the outside by using a satellite or a cable and the like and the application data for data broadcasting in the hotel. And a plurality of broadcast receiving devices 200 arranged in a room.

For example, the data broadcasting service in the hotel includes a pay per view (PPV) service, a room service, a hotel related information service, a reservation service, and a checkout information service. It may be a room interactive service including various services that may be provided in a hotel such as information, entertainment information, game, or the like.

2 illustrates an embodiment of a configuration of a head end device 100 managed by a hotel. The head end device 100 of the hotel includes a broadcast transmission device 110, a data server 120, and a billing server ( 130). The broadcast transmission device 110 may include a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 111 and 112, and the data server 120 may include a data generator.

Referring to FIG. 2, the first and second broadcast transmission apparatuses 111 and 112 may receive different types of content from the outside, and more specifically, may receive broadcast signals from different broadcast providers, or mutually. The broadcast signal may be received using another communication network.

For example, the first broadcast transmission device 111 may receive a broadcast signal including content provided for free to a user in a hotel from the outside and transmit the received broadcast signal to the broadcast reception device 200 and process the received broadcast signal. It may include a transcoder (transcoder) and a converter (converter) for the purpose.

In addition, the first broadcast transmission device 111 may include an encryption unit, a modulator, and the like to process a broadcast signal provided from a specific broadcaster (generally, a provider of pay content). Can be.

Meanwhile, the second broadcast transmission device 112 may receive a broadcast signal including content provided to a user from outside from the outside and transmit the received broadcast signal to the broadcast reception device 200 to process a user's request for viewing paid content. And a video on demand (VOD) processing unit and a modulator and converter for processing the received broadcast signal.

The VOD processing unit may include a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, a VOD mux, a contents server, and the like to process the VOD service.

When a user requests a VOD service for paying content through the broadcast receiving device 200, the viewing history data is also transmitted to the billing server 130, and the billing server 130 sums up the pay content viewing history and other billing information. To generate billing data.

In FIG. 2, the in-hotel data server 120 may include a data generator (not shown) for generating application data for providing in-hotel data broadcasting service according to a predetermined data broadcasting standard.

For example, the data generator (not shown) may generate application data for the data broadcasting service in the hotel according to the Advanced Common Application Platform (ACAP) standard.

The data broadcasting information according to the ACAP standard includes an application information table (AIT) and digital storage media command and control (DSM-CC) data, and the AIT and DSM-CC are transmitted in the form of a transport stream. Can be.

The AIT includes the presence or absence of data broadcasting, update information, and the like, and the DSM-CC includes control data such as actual data for serving the data broadcasting, for example, a font of an image or text.

The data generator of the data server 120 configures a DSM-CC according to the ACAP standard by using image, text data, EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data, etc. representing hotel-related information stored in the data server 120, and the like. You can print

Referring to FIG. 2, an external broadcast signal received by the broadcast transmitting device 110, application data for an in-hotel data broadcasting service provided from the data server 120, and viewing history data to the billing server 130 are one. It may be transmitted together using the communication network 140.

That is, a broadcast signal received by the first broadcast transmission device 111, a broadcast signal received by the second broadcast transmission device 112, stored content, application data generated by the data server 120, and / or a billing server 130. Each of the viewing history data to) may be allocated to different channels and transmitted together as a broadcast signal to the broadcast receiving device 200 through the communication network 140 installed in the hotel.

In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment, the communication network 140 may be an internet cable connecting the head end device 100 and the broadcast receiving device 200, in which case the Internet data and the content data are connected together through the communication network 140. Or may be transmitted and received separately.

In one embodiment according to the present invention, the broadcast signal received by the broadcast transmission device 110, the application data provided from the data server 120 and / or viewing history data to the billing server 130 is RF (Radio Frequency) in the hotel ) May be transmitted together to the broadcast receiving device 200 through a cable.

As described above, by transmitting the application data for the data broadcasting service in the hotel through the RF (Radio Frequency) cable installed to transmit the broadcast signal to the broadcast receiving device 200 disposed in each room in the hotel, It is possible to provide data broadcasting service and transmit billing data in the hotel by using existing facilities without establishing communication network in the hotel.

Meanwhile, when the user requests a data broadcasting service in the hotel as described above, in order to simultaneously display the image of the broadcasting channel currently being viewed on the screen of the display unit 300 and the image of the data broadcasting service, the broadcast receiving apparatus ( 200 must be able to simultaneously receive the video signal of the broadcast channel and the application data for the data broadcast.

For that purpose, the application data for the in-hotel data broadcasting service is preferably transmitted together with the broadcast signal through the in-hotel communication network 140 using a dedicated data channel independent of the broadcast channels through which the broadcast signals are transmitted. Do.

That is, the application data for the data broadcasting service in the hotel may be transmitted to the broadcast receiving device 200 through a dedicated data dedicated channel separate from the broadcast channels through which the broadcast signal received by the broadcast transmitting device 110 is transmitted. . More specifically, the broadcast channels may not include any application data for the data broadcasting service in the hotel, and the data dedicated channel may include only the application data.

Accordingly, the data broadcasting service in the hotel may be provided together with the image of the broadcasting channel using application data received through the data dedicated channel, if desired by the user, regardless of the broadcasting channel currently being watched by the user. .

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the viewing history data transmitted to the billing server 130 is also a broadcast reception device through a dedicated channel separate from broadcast channels through which the broadcast signal received by the broadcast transmission device 110 is transmitted. 200 and / or from the broadcast receiving device 200.

3 shows a configuration of a broadcast receiving device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the broadcast reception device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives content from a server providing content, for example, the head end device 100 of FIG. 1, that is, the server. A communication module 210 for transmitting content viewing information to a server, a broadcast signal processor 230 for processing output of the content received from the server, a user input unit 220 for receiving a pin code from a user, and a broadcast receiving device ( A command for operation of the controller 250 and the controller 250 for generating a pin code using the identification information of the content and determining whether the pin code input by the user is identical to the generated pin code. It may include a memory 260 for storing a, the display unit 240 for outputting the received content. The display 240 may be a device separate from the broadcast receiving device 200 as shown in FIG. 1.

The communication module 210 transmits and receives data with the head end device 100 through the communication network 140 of FIG. 2. In detail, the communication module 210 may receive a free broadcast signal from the first broadcast transmission device 111 of the head end device 100, and receive paid content from the second broadcast transmission device 112. The received broadcast signal or paid content is transmitted to the broadcast signal processor 230, subjected to decoding, and the like, and then output by the display 240.

In addition, the communication module 210 may transmit a data request signal to the data server 120 and receive application data. In addition, the communication module 210 may transmit viewing history data of the paid content to the charging server 130.

The broadcast signal processor 230 tunes, demodulates, and decodes a broadcast signal received from the head end device 100 and converts the broadcast signal into a form that can be output.

The user input unit 220 may include a remote controller receiver, buttons, a touch screen, a joystick, and the like, for receiving an input from a user.

The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the broadcast receiving device 200 and may include a computing device such as an arbitrary controller, a processor, a microprocessor, and the like. The controller 250 may be an ASIC or FPGA or an integrated circuit implemented in any manner. The controller 250 may operate according to software stored in the memory 260.

The memory 260 stores software composed of command codes for operating the controller 250 as described above. The memory 250 may be any storage medium such as an HDD, a flash memory, an EEPROM, or the like.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the broadcast signal processor 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the broadcast signal processor 230 may include a plurality of tuners 231 and 232, demodulators 233 and 234, decoders 235 and 236, and an image processor 237. have.

Referring to FIG. 4, the first tuner 231 receives a video signal corresponding to a broadcast channel selected by a user among broadcast signals transmitted from the head end device 100 (generally, audio signals of the broadcast channel are also included. Can be received).

The second tuner 232 extracts a signal corresponding to a data-only channel among broadcast signals transmitted from the head end device 100 and receives application data for the data broadcasting service in the hotel.

That is, the second tuner 232 may be a data broadcast dedicated tuner for receiving only application data provided from the data server 120 in the hotel, which is fixed to the data dedicated channel.

As described above, when the second tuner 232 receives the signal of the data dedicated channel independent of the broadcast channel received by the first tuner 231, the broadcast receiving device 200 may be connected to the image signal of the broadcast channel selected by the user. Application data for a data broadcasting service in a hotel may be simultaneously received.

In addition, the broadcast reception device 200 receives application data for the data broadcasting service in the hotel together with the image signal of the broadcast channel even if the user does not change the broadcast channel that the user is currently watching to the channel through which the application data is transmitted. can do.

The first demodulator 233 may correct an error of an image signal of a broadcast channel received by the first tuner 231 and convert the error in a transport stream (TS) form, and the AV decoder 235 may perform the above operation. The received video signal and the audio signal may be decoded and processed to be output from the display 300.

 The second demodulator 234 performs the demodulation operation as described above on the application data received from the second tuner 232, and the data decoder 236 decodes the application data to provide in-hotel data broadcasting service. You can configure the image for.

For example, the data decoder 236 may decode the application data according to the ACAP standard to configure an image for a data broadcasting service in a hotel.

More specifically, the data decoder 236 parses an AIT session among the application data, reads an identifier corresponding to the DSM-CC data, and filters the DSM-CC data at a location corresponding to the identifier. Substantial information for providing an image of my data broadcasting service may be extracted.

The image processor 237 is configured to display the image of the broadcast channel output from the AV decoder 235 so that the image of the broadcasting channel selected by the user and the image of the data broadcasting service in the hotel are simultaneously displayed on one screen on the display 300. Video data of a data broadcast service output from the data decoder 236 may be synthesized.

As mentioned above, the system according to the invention can be implemented in a limited area, for example a hotel. In FIG. 1, the head end device 100 may be disposed in a management room used by a manager of a hotel, and the broadcast receiving device 200 and the display unit 300 may be disposed in each room. The manager of the hotel may receive a broadcast signal from the outside, include the additional information in the signal, and transmit the broadcast signal to the broadcast reception device 200 disposed in each room.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the manager of the hotel may provide the paid content at the request of the user of the broadcast receiving device 200, that is, the hotel guest. To this end, when the pay content is requested from the user, the broadcast receiving device 200 requests a user to input a specific pin code, and receives and provides the pay content from the head end device 100 only when the pin code is authenticated. Can be. Hereinafter, a pin code generation method and an authentication method in the broadcast reception device 200 will be described.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is necessary to use a unique pin code for each broadcast reception device 200 disposed at different places. That is, it is necessary to use a unique pin code for each broadcast reception device 200 arranged in each room of the hotel. This is to prevent receiving paid content in another place, for example, another hotel room even if the pin code of one place is known. In addition, it is necessary to perform authentication using a unique pin code for each paid content. Through this, authentication and billing for each content can be performed in one place such as a hotel room.

To this end, the broadcast receiving device 200 provides the unique information of the broadcast receiving device 200 used by the user, that is, the hotel guest, such as the arranged hotel room number or serial number, and the unique information of the paid content, such as the paid content. A unique pin code may be generated that includes the channel information, serial number, and / or title. A unique pin code may be generated by applying the algorithm described below to the unique information of the broadcast reception device and the pay content as described above. If the head end device 100 side or the manager of the hotel also generates a pin code using the same algorithm and provides the pin code to hotel guests online or offline, the user is authenticated and paid using the pin code. You can watch the content.

FIG. 5 illustrates a method of generating a pin code by using unique information of the broadcast reception device 200 and paid content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In Fig. 5, code 51 represents a description of each code. s [] is a string representing a string used for pin code generation, n is a length of a string, and hc is a 4-byte integer value representing a hash code. k1-k4 are one-byte integer values that are intermediate values generated from hash codes and are decimal numbers.

In step 1 (52), a hash code is generated from identification information of the broadcast reception device 200 and identification information of paid content. As identification information of the broadcast receiving device 200, for example, any unique information such as serial number and MAC address of the broadcast receiving device 200 may be used, and as identification information of paid content, any unique information such as a channel number and a program ID may be used. Information is available. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the serial number of the broadcast reception device 200 is used as identification information of the broadcast reception device 200 and the channel number is used as identification information of paid content.

In step 1 (52), a hash code hc is generated from the serial number and the channel number of the broadcast receiving device 200. The hash code generation algorithm may use a known hash code generation algorithm.

In step 2 (53), both ends of the hash code are extracted and summed to generate a decimal number of k1 to k4. In step 3 (54), the generated k1 to k4 are combined into one to generate an 8-digit decimal pin code.

Referring to Figure 6, it will be described in more detail the pin code generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is assumed that the serial number of the broadcast reception device 200 is "LG1", and the channel number of paid content is "1".

The hash code generated through step 1 (61) is "0x00239CDB".

In step 2 (62), the values of the first digit and the last digit of the generated hash code are 0 and B, respectively. The sum of these hexadecimal values adds up to 0 + B, or 11 in decimal. This value is Key 1. The second and second ending values are 0 and D, respectively. The sum of these hexadecimal values adds up to 0 + D, or 13 in decimal. This value becomes Key2. The third and third ending values are 2 and C, respectively. The sum of these hexadecimal values adds 2 + C, or 14 in decimal. This value is Key3. The fourth and fourth digits are 3 and 9, respectively. The sum of these hexadecimal values adds up to 3 + 9, or 12. This value becomes Key4.

In Step 3 (63), the obtained Keys 1, 2, 3, and 4 are assigned to each of two digits in order to obtain an 8-digit decimal number "11131412", which is the pin code.

The above algorithm is just an example, and any algorithm for generating a pin code reflecting the unique information of the broadcast receiving device 200 and the paid content may be used.

Through the above process, the pin code may be generated using the unique information of the broadcast receiving device 200 and the unique information of the paid content. When the user makes a request for viewing specific paid content, the broadcast receiving device 200 requests the user to input a pin code, and when the user inputs a correct pin code, the broadcast receiving device 200 receives and outputs the paid content from the head end device 100.

The manager of the head end device 100 generates a pin code using the same algorithm as that of the broadcast receiving device 200. The user may be provided with a pin code through an online or offline route from an administrator of the head end device 100. When the user views the paid content, the viewing history is transmitted to the billing server 130, and the billing server 130 generates billing data including billing information of the pay content.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a paid content method performed by the broadcast receiving device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S11, a pin code unique to the broadcast receiving device and the paid content is generated. The algorithm described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 may be used.

In step S12, a paid content request is received from a user. In step S13, the user is asked to input a pin code to receive the pin code. In step S14, it is determined whether the pin code input by the user matches the generated pin code, and if it matches, the content is received and displayed in step S15. Then, in step S16, the viewing history information of the paid content is transmitted to the charging server on the head end side. If the pin code input by the user does not match the generated pin code, a parental control message, for example, "Incorrect pin code" is displayed in step S17, and the process ends.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to various embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications can be made to the above embodiments, which are included in the scope of the present invention.

100: head end 110: broadcast transmission device
120: data server 130: billing server
200: broadcast receiving device
111: first broadcast transmission device 112: second broadcast transmission device
140: communication network 210: communication module
220: user input unit 230: broadcast signal processing unit
240 display unit 250 control unit
260: memory

Claims (12)

In the paid content providing method,
Generating a pin code using identification information of the broadcast reception device and content;
Receiving a request for viewing the content;
Receiving a pincode input from a user;
Comparing the generated pin code with the received pin code;
Outputting the requested content; And
Paid content providing method comprising the step of transmitting the viewing information of the content to the charging server. The method of claim 1,
The broadcast receiving device is disposed in a room of a hotel, and the identification information of the broadcast receiving device includes the pay room information is arranged room information providing method. The method of claim 1,
The identification information of the content includes at least one of the identification code of the content, the channel information of the content, the current time, the current date. The method of claim 2,
The pin code is a paid content providing method generated using a hash code formed based on the broadcast receiving device and the identification information of the content. The method of claim 4, wherein
The pin code is a paid content providing method is a decimal number code generated using a hash code. The method of claim 1,
And the broadcast receiving device is arranged in a guest room of a hotel, and the billing server receives the viewing information and adds the content viewing fee to the use fee of the hotel. A communication module for receiving content from a server and transmitting content viewing information to the server;
A broadcast signal processor configured to process the content received from the server to be outputable;
A user input unit for receiving a pin code from a user;
A controller configured to generate a pin code using identification information of the broadcast receiving device and the content, and compare the generated pin code with the received pin code;
A memory for storing instructions for the operation of the controller; And
And a display unit for outputting the received content. The method of claim 7, wherein
And the broadcast reception device is arranged in a guest room of a hotel, and the identification information of the broadcast reception device includes room information in which the broadcast reception device is disposed. The method of claim 7, wherein
And the identification information of the content includes at least one of an identification code of the program, channel information of the content, a current time, and a current date. 10. The method of claim 9,
The pin code is generated using a hash code formed based on the broadcast receiving device and the identification information of the content. The method of claim 10,
And the pin code is a decimal numeric code generated using a hash code. The method of claim 7, wherein
The broadcast receiving device is arranged in a room of a hotel, and the server receives the viewing information and adds the content viewing fee to the use fee of the hotel.

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