KR20120001561A - System and method for providing content based on sensing action, kiosk device and mobile device used in the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A content supplying system, method thereof, kiosk apparatus, and mobile device which uses an operation sensing signal of a mobile device are provided to receive desired content by generating a predetermined operation to the mobile device. CONSTITUTION: A first communication device(100) reproduces content. A second communication device(300) requests content transmission if the predetermined operation is generated. A content providing server(200) receives the content transmission request from the second communication device and determines content which transmits to the second communication device based on the request. The content transmission request does not include content information capable of specifying the content.

Description

System and method for providing content based on motion detection signal and kiosk device and mobile device used in the same

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a content based on a motion detection signal, and a kiosk device and a mobile device used therein. More particularly, the present invention relates to a motion detection signal based motion detection signal based on a motion detection signal. A content providing system and method, and a kiosk device and mobile device used therein.

As digital devices providing various contents and services become popular, and the use of contents and services through mobile communication terminals is rapidly increasing, it is possible to transmit and receive contents between digital devices including mobile communication terminals, away from the unique method of providing contents from a server. The desire to do is increasing.

Conventionally, a method of transmitting and receiving content through wireless communication requires a series of procedures such as driving a wireless communication module, searching for a device capable of wireless communication, selecting a device for wireless communication, selecting a content to transmit and receive, and transmitting selected content. Therefore, the user must operate each procedure individually.

This method is most often required for the user to have a basic knowledge of wireless communication, and for beginners who do not have a basic knowledge, these operations may have considerable difficulty.

The present invention omits a series of operations for receiving content and generates a predetermined operation on a mobile device possessed by a user, thereby enabling a content providing system based on a motion detection signal that can use desired content through the mobile device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a kiosk device and a mobile device used therefor.

According to one embodiment of the invention, at least one first communication device for playing at least one content; A second communication device for requesting content transmission when a predetermined operation occurs; And a content providing server configured to receive the content transmission request from the second communication device, determine content to be transmitted to the second communication device based on the request, and transmit the determined content to the second communication device. A content providing system may be provided.

The predetermined operation may be a shaking operation or a collision operation of the second communication device.

The predetermined operation may be an operation in which the second communication device directly contacts content being played in the first communication device.

The content transmission request may not include content information for specifying content.

The content providing server receives the identification information of the AP signal from the second transmission device, determines a first communication device having the identification information of the AP signal among the at least one first communication device, and the determined first communication The content to be played by the device may be determined as content to be transmitted to the second transmission device.

The content providing server receives the identification information of the AP signal from the second transmission device, determines a first communication device having the identification information of the AP signal among the at least one first communication device, and the determined first communication Requesting content information from a device, and determining content to be transmitted to the second transmission device based on content information received from the first communication device.

The content transmission request includes location information of the second communication device, and the content providing server determines, among the at least one first communication device, a first communication device closest to the location of the second communication device. And determining the content to be played by the determined first communication device as the content to be transmitted to the second transmission device.

The content transmission request includes location information of the second communication device, and the content providing server determines a first communication device closest to the location of the second communication device among the at least one first communication device, Requesting content information from the determined first communication device, and determining content to be transmitted to the second transmission device based on the content information received from the first communication device.

The first communication device receives a content selection command from a user, compares a reception time of a content information request from the content providing server with an input time of the content selection command, and the time difference is within a predetermined range. Only to transmit the content information to the content providing server.

When the first communication device receives a content selection command from a user, keeps the content selection command received from the user valid for a predetermined time, and receives a content information request from the content providing server. Only when there is a content selection command that remains valid, content information may be transmitted to the content providing server.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, in a content providing system for providing content to a second communication device from a plurality of first communication devices for playing at least one content, when a predetermined operation occurs, the content providing server A second communication device for requesting content transmission to a mobile station; And a content providing server that determines, from among the plurality of first communication devices, a first communication device to request information for specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device by using information included in the content transmission request. There may be provided a content providing system comprising a.

The content providing server requests the information for specifying the content to the determined first communication device, and the first communication device receiving the request transmits the information about the content currently being played to the content providing server. Can be.

The content providing server requests the information for specifying the content to the determined first communication device, and the requesting first communication device transmits the information about the content selected by the user to the content providing server. It may be.

The first communication device may include at least one of i) content selected from a user, ii) content having an organic relationship with the selected content, iii) i) content identification information, iv) identification information of the ii) content; It may be to transmit one to the content providing server.

The first communication device may include at least one of: i) content currently being played, ii) content having an organic relationship with the content being played, iii) content identification information i), iv) content identification information ii) content The content may be transmitted to the content providing server.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display unit for displaying at least one content; When receiving the content information request from the content providing server, kiosk agent unit for transmitting the content information on the content displayed by the display unit to the content providing server; Kiosk apparatus may include a; .

The kiosk agent may transmit at least one of the at least one content being reproduced and the content having an organic relationship with the content being played to the content providing server.

The kiosk apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes an input unit for receiving a content selection command from a user, wherein the kiosk agent unit selects the content selected through the input unit from the at least one content being played. It may be transmitted to the content providing server.

The kiosk agent unit may transmit content information to the content providing server only when the reception time of the content information request is within a predetermined time from the input time of the content selection command.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display unit for displaying at least one content; An input unit configured to receive a content selection command from a user among at least one content displayed by the display unit; When receiving the content information request from the content providing server, a kiosk agent for transmitting the information on the content selected by the user selection command to the content providing server; may be provided with a kiosk apparatus comprising a.

The kiosk agent unit may maintain the selection command for the content input through the input unit only for a predetermined time, and release the selection for the content after the predetermined time elapses.

The kiosk agent unit is to compare the input time of the selection command for the content input through the input unit with the reception time of the content information request and transmit the content information to the content providing server only within a predetermined time difference. Can be.

The kiosk agent unit may include at least one of i) content selected by the user, ii) content having an organic relationship with the selected content, iii) i) content identification information, iv) ii) identification information of the content. It may be to transmit to the content providing server.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the motion detection unit for detecting the occurrence of the motion; And

A mobile agent unit for making a content transmission request to a content providing server when the occurrence of a predetermined operation is detected by the motion detecting unit; A mobile device comprising a may be provided.

The predetermined operation may be a shaking operation or a collision operation of the mobile device.

The predetermined operation may be an operation in which the mobile device directly contacts content being played in a kiosk device.

Content received from the content providing server may be the same as the content of the direct contact.

Content may be received from the content providing server only within a predetermined time from when the predetermined operation occurs.

The mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a network interface unit configured to receive content from the content providing server, wherein the content received by the network interface unit is specified based on a time point of occurrence of the predetermined operation. Can be.

The content received by the network interface unit may be the same as that of a communication device located closest to the location of the mobile device.

The content transmission request may not include content information for specifying content.

The mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes an AP signal collector for collecting AP signals, wherein the mobile agent unit includes the content of the signal strength and identification information of the AP signals collected by the AP signal collector. It may be included in the information request.

The mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes an AP signal collector for collecting AP signals, wherein the mobile agent unit includes an AP signal having the largest signal strength among the AP signals collected by the AP signal collector. May be included in the content information request.

The mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a location information acquisition unit for obtaining location information of the mobile device, wherein the mobile agent unit transmits the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit to the content information request. It may be included.

The content received by the network interface unit may be the same as that of a communication device having identification information of an AP signal having the largest signal strength.

The content transmission request may not include content information for specifying content.

The mobile agent unit may analyze the content received from the content providing server and perform an operation according to the type of the content.

The mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a communication unit, wherein the mobile agent unit may perform an operation of calling the phone number by controlling the communication unit when the content includes a phone number. have.

The mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a web browser; wherein the mobile agent unit controls the web browser to access a web site having the web address when the web address is included in the content. Can be.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a content providing server connected to at least one communication device and at least one mobile device via a network, the content providing server comprising: a server communication unit receiving a content transmission request from the mobile device; A reading unit that determines content identification information or a communication device to request content based on the information included in the content transmission request; And a controller configured to transmit the content specified by the content or content identification information received from the communication device to the mobile device through the server communication unit.

The content transmission request may not include content information for specifying content.

The identification information may be AP identification information, and the reading unit may determine content identification information or a communication device for requesting content by using the AP identification information.

The content transmission request may include location information of the mobile device.

The content providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include a storage unit which stores mapping information in which a location and a communication device are mapped to each other, wherein the reading unit is configured to use the location information and the mapping information of the mobile device. It may be to determine the communication device to request the content identification information or content.

Contents providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit for storing the playback schedules for the communication device further comprises, the reading unit content using the information contained in the playback schedule and the content transmission request It may be to determine a communication device to request the identification information or content.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a content providing server connected to at least one communication device and at least one mobile device via a network, the content transmission request is received from the mobile device, and content identification information is received from the communication device. Server communication unit for receiving; And a controller configured to transmit content to be transmitted to the mobile device based on the content transmission request and the content identification information. A content providing server including a may be provided.

The controller may determine whether to transmit content to the mobile device by comparing the reception time of the content transmission request with the reception time of the content identification information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing content from a plurality of first communication devices that reproduce at least one content to at least one second communication device, wherein a predetermined operation is performed on the second communication device. Generating a content transmission request from the second communication device to a content providing server when the second communication device occurs; And determining, from among the plurality of first communication devices, a communication device to request content information for specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device by using information included in the content transmission request. Content providing method comprising a may be provided.

The content transmission request includes identification information on an AP signal, and the determining of the communication device may include: generating a first communication device having identification information on the AP signal among the plurality of first communication devices; 2 may be determined as a communication device to request the content information that can specify the content to be transmitted to the communication device.

The content transmission request includes strength and identification information of AP signals, and the determining of the communication device may include: determining identification information of an AP signal having the greatest strength of the AP signals; And determining, among the plurality of first communication devices, a first communication device having an AP signal having a large signal strength as a communication device to request content information for specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device. It may be to include.

The content transmission request includes location information of the second communication device, and the determining of the communication device may include: a first communication device closest to the location of the second communication device among the plurality of first communication devices; May be determined as a communication device to request content information for specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device.

Content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of requesting the content information to the first communication device determined in the step of determining the communication device; And specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device based on content information received from the first communication device.

Contents providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, further comprising the step of receiving a content selection command from the user in the first communication device; the content information received from the content providing server in the first communication device In response to the request, information about the content selected by the content selection command received from the user may be provided to the content providing server.

The method of providing content according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include maintaining a content selection command selected by the user only for a predetermined time.

The method may include determining whether to provide content information to the content information providing server by comparing an input time of a content selection command selected by the user with a reception time of the content information.

In response to a request for content information received from the content providing server, the first communication device may provide information about content being played in the first communication device to the content providing server.

The predetermined operation may be a shaking operation or a collision operation of the second communication device.

The predetermined operation may be an operation in which the second communication device directly contacts the content being played in the first communication device.

The content providing server may store content reproduction schedules for the first communication devices, and may specify content to be transmitted to a second communication device using the reproduction schedule and the information included in the content transmission request.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a content providing server connected to a mobile device through a network, at least one of wireless identification information and location information is mapped to a communication device, and stores mapping information and a content reproduction schedule of the communication device. Storage unit; And

And a reading unit that determines at least one of wireless identification information and location information of the mobile device received from the mobile device to determine the content to be transmitted to the mobile device using the mapping information and the content playback schedule. The content determined by the unit may be provided with a content providing server, characterized in that transmitted to the mobile device.

A system and method for providing content by an operation according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a kiosk device and a mobile device used therein, may generate a desired content by generating a predetermined operation on the mobile device without performing a series of processes for receiving the content. There is an effect that can be provided.

In addition, the content providing system and method by the operation according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the kiosk device and mobile device used therein, it is not necessary to input personal information to the kiosk device installed in a public place in order to receive the content Accordingly, there is an effect that can prevent the leakage of personal information.

In addition, the content providing system and method by the operation according to an embodiment of the present invention and the kiosk device and mobile device used therein, by supporting an easy and fast interface, can induce direct participation of users, There is a possible effect.

1 is a network diagram of a content providing system based on a motion detection signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of a content providing system based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a view for explaining an application example of a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a view for explaining an application example of a method for providing a content based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention; and
8 is a view for explaining an application example of a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Objects, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood through the following preferred embodiments associated with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein and may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments disclosed herein are provided so that the disclosure can be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In this specification, when an element is referred to as being on another element, it may be directly formed on another element, or a third element may be interposed therebetween.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. As used herein, the words 'comprises' and / or 'comprising' do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the specific embodiments below, various specific details are set forth in order to explain the invention more specifically and to help understand. However, one of ordinary skill in the art can understand that the present invention can be used without these various specific details. In some cases, it is mentioned in advance that parts of the invention which are commonly known in the description of the invention and which are not highly related to the invention are not described in order to prevent confusion in explaining the invention without cause.

Definition of Terms

Terms used in the present specification will be defined.

'Content information' is information on content, for example, the content itself and / or content identification information.

'Content identification information' is information for identifying content, and may be, for example, a content ID.

The 'content information request' is a request transmitted from the content providing server to the first communication device, and is a request for requesting information about content.

The content playback schedule refers to information about what content is played at what time. For example, time and content ID are mapped to each other, and knowing the time, it is possible to know the content ID played at that time.

The 'content selection command' is a command for selecting content and is a command that the first communication device receives from a user.

The 'content selection screen display command' is a command for displaying a screen from which content can be selected, and is a command that the first communication device receives from a user.

'Content selection information' is information on content selected through a content selection command, and includes content identification information and a time for receiving a content selection command.

'Content selection time' means a time when a content selection command is input.

'AP identification information' is information provided for identifying an AP device included in a network. For example, it may be the SSID of the wireless router.

The 'content delivery request' is a request transmitted by the second communication device to the content providing server and means a request to transmit content.

'AP_Kiosk Mapping Information' is information obtained by mapping AP identification information and kiosk devices to each other. The kiosk device may be determined by using 'AP ID information' and 'AP_Kiosk mapping information'.

The content ID_content mapping information is information obtained by mapping the content ID and the content to each other, and the content may be determined by using the content ID and the content ID_content mapping information.

'Location_Kiosk Mapping Information' is information in which the location of the kiosk device and the kiosk are mapped to each other. If the location is known, the kiosk device may be determined using the 'location_kiosk mapping information'.

The content ID_content mapping information is information in which the content ID and the content are mapped to each other. When the content ID is known, the content may be determined using the content ID_content mapping information.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of a content providing system based on a motion detection signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a content providing system based on a motion detection signal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a first communication device, a second communication device, and a content providing server. In the present exemplary embodiment, one first communication device and one second communication device are illustrated. However, the first communication device and the second communication device are merely for convenience of description, and a plurality of first communication devices and second communication devices capable of communicating with the content providing server 200 are provided. May exist on the network. Here, the network may be a wired and / or wireless network.

The first communication device may be installed in a specific place to provide at least one content. According to the embodiment of FIG. 1, the first communication device may be a kiosk device 100.

Kiosk apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a display unit 110, kiosk content playback unit 120, input unit 130, kiosk communication unit 140, kiosk agent unit 150, wireless AP unit ( 160, and a storage unit 170.

The display 110 may display the content played by the kiosk content playback unit 120. The display 110 may have a function of displaying content only or may be configured in the form of a touch panel capable of receiving a command from a user as well as a display.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the display 110 may also display a selection screen for selecting contents provided by the kiosk apparatus 100.

The kiosk content playback unit 120 may play the content. Kiosk content playback unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention can play the content according to the "content playback schedule."

The content may be various, for example, a movie trailer, various advertisements, bus route guidance, subway route guidance, and / or various event guidance. The content player 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be an image player such as a video player or a picture, and may play a video and / or an image.

The content played by the kiosk content playback unit 120 may be stored in the storage unit 170 to be described later, but is not limited to the content stored in the storage unit 170 and is transmitted from an external server, for example, in the form of streaming. Content can also be played in real time. Here, the "external server" may be "content providing server 200" or "any other server providing content".

The storage unit 170 may store 'content playback schedule', 'content', and / or 'wireless identification information' (hereinafter referred to as 'AP identification information') for identifying the kiosk device 100. The content playback schedule and the content stored by the storage unit 170 may be received from an external server periodically or aperiodically. Meanwhile, the 'content playback schedule' and the 'content' do not necessarily have to be stored in the storage unit 170. For example, when the content is provided in the form of streaming from an external server, the content may not necessarily be stored in the storage unit 170. Also, in the case of the 'content playback schedule', when the content is transmitted from the external server to the kiosk apparatus 100 by the push method, the 'content playback schedule' will be managed by the external server, so it is necessarily stored in the storage unit 170. It doesn't have to be. Meanwhile, the 'wireless identification information' may not be stored in the storage unit 170, but may be stored in, for example, a memory built in hardware such as a wireless LAN card.

In addition, the storage unit 170 may further store a list of contents that the kiosk apparatus 100 can provide. Using the list, the kiosk agent unit 150 may display a selection screen for selecting content through the display 110.

In the present specification, the storage unit 170 will be used as a generic term for any storage means capable of storing data included in the kiosk apparatus 100. For example, the kiosk device 100 may include a plurality of means for temporarily or permanently storing data, such as flash memory, RAM, hard disks, registers, and the like. 170). This is not the case, however, when it is particularly necessary to distinguish such storage means. In addition, the storage unit 350, the content storage unit 240, and the mapping information storage unit 250 to be described later will be used as the same meaning as the storage unit 170.

An image of the content reproduced by the kiosk content reproducing unit 120 may be displayed through the display unit 110 and sound may be output through a speaker (not shown).

The input unit 130 may receive a command from a user. For example, the command that may be input from the user may be a 'content selection command' or a 'content selection screen display command'. Here, the 'content selection command' refers to selecting specific content, and the 'content selection screen display command' refers to displaying a screen for selecting content.

For example, the input unit 130 may be implemented in the form of a touch panel on the display 110. Alternatively, the input unit 130 may be implemented by means (operation buttons, etc.) configured separately from the display unit 110.

The kiosk communication unit 140 may support communication with an external device connected through a network (including both wired, wireless, or wired and wireless communication networks). For example, the kiosk communication unit 140 may support communication with the server communication unit 200.

For example, the kiosk communication unit 140 may transmit information on the content (hereinafter, referred to as 'content information') to the content providing server 200 under the control of the kiosk agent unit 150 to be described later. Here, the "content information" may be "content" itself or information (for example, content ID) for identifying content.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the 'content' transmitted by the kiosk agent unit 150 to the content providing server may include at least one of content currently being played by the kiosk device 100 and organically connected to content currently being played. It may include.

The storage unit 170 according to an embodiment of the present invention may store information indicating an organic relationship between contents. When the kiosk agent unit 150 transmits a content information request from the content providing server 200 by using information stored in the storage unit 170, i) identification information for identifying organically connected contents (or these contents) ) May be transmitted to the content providing server 100, or ii) any one content (or content identification information) among the contents which are organically connected to each other may be transmitted to the content providing server 100.

For example, it is assumed that the kiosk device 300 is playing an advertisement, and the content organically connected to the advertisement is a discount coupon. In this example, when a content information request is received from the content providing server 200, the kiosk device 300 sends the discount information or identification information (for example, a coupon number) to identify the discount coupon to the content providing server 200. Can transmit

For another example, it is assumed that the kiosk device 300 is currently playing an advertisement, and the content organically connected to the advertisement is an internet address (URL) and a phone number for guiding the advertisement. In this example, when a content information request is received from the content providing server 200, the kiosk device 300 may transmit an internet address and a phone number to the content providing server 200. Alternatively, in this case, the kiosk device 300 may transmit not only an Internet address and a phone number but also advertisement content (or advertisement content identification information) to the content providing server 200.

As described above, in order to transmit the organically connected content, the agent unit 150 of the kiosk device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention, when providing the content information to the content providing server 200, organically It may be determined whether there is content connected to the network. To this end, the storage unit 170 may store information indicating an organic relationship between contents. Information indicating an organic relationship between contents may include a list of contents that are organically connected to each other, whether to transmit all contents having organic relations with each other, or selectively transmitting only a part of contents having organic relations. It may contain information about.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, 'content information' may be transmitted to the content providing server 200 by a push method or a pulling method.

According to the push method, the kiosk apparatus 100 may transmit the 'content information' of the content selected by the user to the content providing server 200 even when there is no request from the content providing server 200.

According to the pooling method, the kiosk apparatus 100 may transmit 'content information' when there is a request ('content information request') from the content providing server 200. Here, the "content information" may be i) identification information or content itself about the content selected by the user, or ii) identification information or content itself about the content currently being displayed.

In the embodiment of i), the kiosk agent unit 150 may determine what content is requested by the content providing server 200 on the basis of the time when the 'content information request' is received from the content providing server 200. have. For example, the kiosk agent unit 150 may transmit the identification information about the content selected by the user or the content itself to the content providing server 200 immediately before or immediately after receiving the "content information request".

In the embodiment of ii), the kiosk apparatus 100 may transmit the identification information on the content currently displayed or the content itself to the content providing server 200 on the basis of the time when the 'content information request' is received.

The wireless AP unit 160 supports wireless communication and may broadcast an AP signal (hereinafter referred to as an "AP"). The AP signal may include AP identification information that uniquely identifies the kiosk device 100 on the network.

The kiosk agent unit 150 may control the overall operation of the kiosk apparatus 100. For example, the kiosk agent unit 150 may include the display unit 110, the kiosk content playback unit 120, the input unit 130, the kiosk communication unit 140, the wireless AP unit 160, and the storage unit 170. You can control the actions.

The kiosk agent unit 150 may transmit a response to the 'content information request' received through the kiosk communication unit 140 to the content providing server 200. As described above, the kiosk agent unit 150, in response to the 'content information request', provides information for specifying the content selected by the user immediately before or after receiving the 'content information request' from the content providing server 200. ) Can be sent.

Alternatively, the kiosk apparatus 100, in response to the 'content information request', provides a content providing server that can specify the content currently displayed on the basis of the time when the 'content information request' is received. And transmit to 200.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the kiosk agent unit 150 may transmit the content information to the content providing server 200 even when there is no request from the content providing server 200.

For example, when the user selects a specific content through the input unit 130, the kiosk agent unit 150 may transmit information for specifying the selected content to the content providing server 200.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the content information is transmitted to the server 200 according to the pooling method, the kiosk agent unit 150 may provide information on content selected through the input unit 130 (hereinafter, referred to as 'content selection information'). 'May be stored in the storage unit 170 or a storage unit (not shown) provided separately. Here, the 'content selection information' may indicate which content is selected at what time. For example, the 'content selection information' may include a selection time (hereinafter, referred to as 'content selection time') in which the user selects content and content identification information (eg, content ID).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the 'content selection information' may be stored and kept valid only with the information most recently selected in time, and the 'content selection information' previously stored may be deleted.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the 'content selection information' may be effectively stored and maintained only for a predetermined time from a time point input from the user. The kiosk agent unit 150 may not transmit the content information to the content providing server 200 when there is no 'content selection information' that is effectively stored and maintained.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the kiosk agent unit 150 may generate a response to the content information request with reference to 'content selection information'. For example, the kiosk agent unit 150 compares the time of receiving the 'content information request' from the content providing server 200 with the content selection time included in the 'content selection information' so that the time of both is substantially reduced. When it is determined to be included in the same time band (hereinafter, referred to as 'same time band'), the content identification information included in the content selection information may be transmitted to the content providing server 200.

Here, it is determined that the same time band is included in the same time band when the time difference between them is smaller than a predetermined reference. For example, if the difference between the 'content selection time' and the 'content information request' receiving time is 5 seconds or less, it may be determined that the 'content selection time' and the 'content information request' receiving time are included in the same time band. . Here, 5 seconds is exemplary and can be set larger or smaller than this.

In some embodiments, the 'content selection information' may be stored only for a predetermined time and deleted after a predetermined time. In this case, the kiosk agent unit 150 may transmit the content information to the server 200 only when there is 'content selection information'. That is, as in the above embodiment, when the 'content selection information' is stored without considering the 'content selection time' and the 'content information request' receiving time, the server stores the content information using the stored content selection information server. And transmit to 200.

The kiosk agent unit 150 displays the list of contents that can be played by the kiosk device 100 through the display unit 110 with respect to the 'content selection screen display command' input through the input unit 130. Can be provided as The user can view such a list and select the desired content.

As described above, the kiosk device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select content to be played by the kiosk device 100 or provides a list of contents and view the list. Allows you to select content.

The wireless AP unit 160 may be configured with hardware and / or software for enabling a wireless network, and may broadcast an AP signal. According to the present embodiment, the wireless AP unit 160 may be an AP device such as a wireless router.

The AP signal includes information (for example, a service set identifier (SSID)) for identifying the wireless AP unit 160.

The content providing server 200 may include a server communication unit 210, a reading unit 220, a control unit 230, a content storage unit 240, and a mapping information storage unit 250. Here, the content providing server 200 may receive a content transmission request from the second communication device, determine content to be transmitted to the second communication device based on the request, and transmit the determined content to the second communication device.

Here, the server communication unit 210 may support communication with the kiosk device 100 and the mobile device 300, the reading unit 220 may determine the kiosk device to which the content information is requested, and the control unit 230. ) May control the overall operation of the content providing server 200 and the mutual operation between the server communication unit 210, the reader 220, and the content storage 240. In addition, the content storage unit 240 may store content, and the mapping information storage unit 250 may store AP_kiosk mapping information and / or content ID_content mapping information. Meanwhile, information stored in the content storage unit 240 and the mapping information storage unit 250 may be updated.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server communication unit 210 may receive a predetermined request from the mobile device 300 and transmit a response thereto. Here, the 'predetermined request' may be a request for transmitting content (hereinafter, referred to as a 'content transfer request'). According to an embodiment of the present invention, the 'content delivery request' transmitted by the mobile device 300 to the content providing server 200 does not include information on content to be transmitted, and a request to transmit the content; AP identification information may be included.

With respect to the 'content transfer request' from the mobile device 300, the content providing server 200 needs to specify what content to transmit. This is because the mobile device 300 does not inform the content providing server 200 of what content should be transmitted.

Therefore, according to embodiments of the present invention, the content providing server 200 may specify content to be transmitted to the mobile device 300 by any one of the following methods.

The first method is a method of requesting predetermined information from the kiosk apparatus 100 and specifying content using the response thereto.

The second method is a method of receiving predetermined information from the kiosk apparatus 100 and specifying the content by using the pushed information, and

The third method is a method of specifying content using a content reproduction schedule for the kiosk device.

A first method, a method of requesting predetermined information from the kiosk device 100 and specifying content using the response thereof will be described.

When the 'content transmission request' is received from the mobile device 300 through the server communication unit 210, the reading unit 220 uses the AP identification information included in the 'content transmission request' to request the kiosk device. You can decide. To this end, the mapping information storage unit 250 may store AP_kiosk mapping information. Here, the AP_kiosk mapping information is information in which the AP identification information and the kiosk device are mapped one-to-one. The reader 220 may determine the kiosk device using the AP_kiosk mapping information stored in the storage 250.

The controller 230 transmits a content information request to the kiosk device 100 determined by the reader 220 through the server communication unit 200, and when the content information is received from the kiosk device 100, the content information is used. The content may be transmitted to the mobile device 300.

If the 'content information' received from the kiosk device 100 is the content ID, the controller 230 may specify the content using the content ID_content mapping information. To this end, the mapping information storage unit 250 may store the content ID_content mapping information, and the content ID_content mapping information is information in which the content ID and the content are mapped one-to-one. If the 'content information' received from the kiosk device 100 is the content itself, the controller 230 may transmit the received content to the mobile device 300.

As described above, the 'content information' transmitted from the kiosk apparatus 100 may be information about content selected by the user or information about content currently being displayed in the kiosk.

The second method is a method in which predetermined information is pushed from the kiosk apparatus 100 and content is specified using the pushed information. According to this embodiment, by determining whether the reception time of the 'content transmission request' received from the mobile device 300 and the reception time of the information pushed from the kiosk apparatus 100 belong to substantially the same time band, Content to be transmitted to the mobile device 300 may be specified. In this case, the AP identification information does not necessarily need to be included in the 'content transfer request'.

For example, the content providing server 200 receives the content information from the kiosk device 100 at about 12:10 o'clock on August 25, 2010, and transmits a 'content transfer request' from the mobile device 300 to 2010. Suppose you receive it around 12:11 on August 25, 2011. In this case, the controller 230 may determine that both belong to substantially the same time band, and the content specified by the content information received from the kiosk apparatus 100 at about 12:10 pm in 2010 may be determined. The mobile device 300 may transmit the 'content transmission request' received at about 11 seconds on August 25 to the mobile device 300.

In the above embodiment, if the difference between the time of receiving the content information and the time of receiving the content transmission request is not 1 second, but 60 seconds, they may determine that they do not belong to the same time band. On the other hand, the time difference may be appropriately set in consideration of the time taken for communication by the implementer of the present invention.

That is, in the second method, the content providing server 200 does not request information for specifying content from the kiosk device 100, but receives information pushed from the kiosk device 100 and the time for receiving the push information. In addition, the content to be transmitted to the mobile device 300 may be specified in consideration of the time for receiving the 'content transmission request' from the mobile device 300. In the second method, 'content information' pushed from the kiosk apparatus 100 may be information about content selected by a user or information about content currently being displayed in a kiosk.

 The third method is a method of specifying content using a content reproduction schedule for the kiosk device.

According to the present method, the content providing server 200 stores a content reproduction schedule of the kiosk device 100. The content playback schedule may be stored in the content storage unit 240 or the mapping information storage unit 250. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the content playback schedule is synchronized with the content playback schedule of the kiosk apparatus 100. In order to synchronize the content playback schedule, the kiosk apparatus 100 and the content providing server 200 communicate periodically or aperiodically or have a separate management server (not shown) separately managing the content playback schedule. The kiosk apparatus 100 and the content providing server 200 may receive the latest content reproduction schedule through a server (not shown).

The content reproduction schedule includes all the content information reproduced for each kiosk device and for each time zone. In other words, knowing the kiosk and time can specify the content.

For example, the controller 230 may refer to the 'content transmission request' received from the mobile device 300, the 'content transmission request' reception time, and the content reproduction schedule, referring to the content to be transmitted to the mobile device 300. It can be specified. That is, since the content playback schedule includes the content played for each kiosk device and time zone, the content can be specified by knowing the information and time of the kiosk device. The controller 230 may determine a content to be transmitted to the mobile device 300 by using the kiosk device determined using the AP identification information received from the mobile device 300 and the time when the content transmission request is received. .

The second communication device may be a mobile device 300 capable of detecting its own operation (action) and receiving and playing content.

The mobile device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may transmit a 'content delivery request' to the content providing server 200, and the 'content delivery request' may include a 'request to transmit content'. Can be.

In addition, the 'content transfer request' may further include AP identification information for identifying the kiosk device 100. However, information on what content is the object of transmission is not included in the 'content delivery request'.

Alternatively, the AP identification information may be transmitted to the content providing server 200 separately from the 'content transmission request' when the mobile agent 330 is first executed. That is, when the mobile agent unit 330 is first executed, the mobile agent unit 330 first transmits the AP identification information collected by the AP signal collection unit 360 to the content providing server 200, and then predetermined mobile The motion of the device 200 is detected by the motion detector 310 and may transmit a 'content transfer request' to the content providing server 200. In this case, the 'content transmission request' may not include AP identification information, and may include AP identification information.

The mobile device 300 may receive and display the content from the content delivery server 200 in response to the 'content delivery request'.

The mobile device 300 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a motion detector 310, a network interface 320, a mobile agent 330, a mobile content playback 340, a storage 350, and It may include an AP signal collector 360.

The motion detection unit 310 detects the motion of the mobile device 300, the network interface 320 supports communication with the content providing server 200, and the mobile content playback unit 340 may display an image and / or a video. And the like, the storage unit 350 may store information, and the mobile agent unit 330 controls the overall operation of the mobile device 300, the motion detector 310, and the network interface unit ( 320, the interaction between the mobile content player 340 and the storage 350 may be controlled. In addition, the AP signal collector 360 may collect the strength of the AP signal and the AP identification information by scanning the AP signal around the mobile device 300.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile agent 330 may operate only when there is a user's execution command or may be a component that always operates in the background. An operating system (not shown) of the mobile device 300 may provide a user with a screen for inputting an execution command of the mobile agent unit 330, and the user may execute the mobile agent unit 330 through such a screen. Can be. Alternatively, the operating system (not shown) of the mobile device 300 may always execute the mobile agent unit 330 when the mobile device 300 operates.

The mobile agent unit 330 may maintain a communication path with the server communication unit 210. For example, the mobile agent 330 may maintain a session for communication with the server communication unit 210. Through this session, the 'content transfer request' may be transmitted to or received from the server communication unit 210.

The motion detector 310 may detect a motion occurring in the mobile device 300. The motion detector 310 may be implemented by, for example, a gravity sensor. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the motion detector 310 may be configured to operate only when the mobile agent 330 is executed. Alternatively, the motion detector 310 may operate regardless of whether the mobile agent 330 is executed and store the detection result in the storage 350.

The motion detected by the motion detector 310 may be, for example, a shaking motion or a collision motion of the mobile device 300. The shaking motion or the collision motion is exemplary, and other motions may also be sensed. Preferably, the motion detector 310 may distinguish and detect at least one or more various operations of the mobile device 300.

The AP signal collector 360 scans AP signals around the mobile device 300 and collects the strength of the AP signal and the AP identification information. The AP signal collection unit 360 may operate only when the mobile agent unit 330 is executed or may operate regardless of whether the mobile agent unit 330 is executed.

When the motion detection unit 310 detects the shaking motion, the mobile agent 330 may transmit a 'content transmission request' to the content providing server 200. Meanwhile, the mobile agent 330 may include all AP identification information collected by the AP signal collector 360 in the 'content transmission request'. In this case, the reader 220 of the content providing server 200 selects AP identification information for the AP signal having the strongest signal strength among AP identification information received from the mobile device 300, and thus selects the AP identification. The information can be used to determine the kiosk.

In addition, the mobile agent 330 may include AP identification information on the AP signal having the strongest signal strength among the AP signals collected by the AP signal collector 360 in the 'content transmission request'.

The mobile agent unit 330, when the motion detection unit 310 detects the shaking motion, provides AP identification information on the AP signal having the strongest signal strength among the AP signals collected by the AP signal collection unit 360. It may be included in the 'content delivery request' and transmitted to the content providing server 200.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the user of the mobile device 300 may select content to be played by the kiosk device 100 and shake the mobile device 300 at the same time or immediately after.

The mobile agent 330 may store the content received from the content providing server 200 in the storage 350 and may receive a user interface screen for receiving a command from the user. Here, the command that can be input from the user may be a command such as playing content, stopping playing, or stopping playing.

The mobile content player 340 may play content. Although not shown, the content played by the mobile content player 340 may be output through a speaker or a display unit (not shown).

The storage unit 350 stores various information necessary for the operation of the mobile device 300. For example, the storage 350 may store user information to be transmitted to the content providing server 200, content received from the content providing server 200, and information collected from the kiosk device 100.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile device 300 may analyze the type of content received from the content providing server 200 and perform other operations according to the type of the content. In the above-described embodiments, the mobile device 300 is mainly played back to the content received from the content providing server 200, it can be performed different operations.

For example, the mobile agent 330 may determine the type of the content by parsing the content. For example, if the content includes a 'phone number', the phone number can be automatically dialed. To this end, the mobile device 300 may further include a communication unit (not shown) for a telephone, and the mobile agent unit 330 may control the communication unit (not shown) to make a call. On the other hand, the mobile agent 300 may display a screen for guiding the user whether to call the phone number to the user, and then make a call after receiving confirmation from the user.

For another example, if the content includes a 'URL', the mobile agent 330 may access a web site having the URL. To this end, the mobile device 300 may further include a web browser (not shown), and the mobile agent unit 330 may access a web site having the URL by executing a web browser (not shown). This embodiment may also access the web site after receiving a confirmation by inquiring whether the user accesses the web site.

As described above, the mobile device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may automatically or manually perform a predefined operation according to the type of the content received from the content providing server 200.

2 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of a content providing system based on a motion detection signal according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Compared to the embodiment of FIG. 1, the embodiment of FIG. 2 does not use AP identification information of the kiosk device 100. The embodiment of FIG. 2 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 in that it further includes a location information acquisition unit for obtaining location information of the mobile device 300 instead of the AP identification information.

The kiosk device 400 according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 includes a display unit 410, a kiosk content playback unit 420, an input unit 430, a kiosk communication unit 440, a kiosk agent unit 450, and a storage unit 470. Each of these components includes a display unit 110, a kiosk content playback unit 120, an input unit 130, a kiosk communication unit 140, and a kiosk agent unit of the kiosk device 100 of the embodiment of FIG. 150 and the storage unit 170, respectively. In the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1, except for broadcasting the AP signal, the kiosk apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 and the kiosk apparatus 400 of FIG. 2 perform the same operation. That is, the kiosk device 400 of FIG. 2 does not broadcast the AP signal.

In addition, the mobile device 600 according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 includes a motion detection unit 610, a network interface unit 620, a mobile agent unit 630, a mobile content playback unit 640, a storage unit 650, And a location information acquisition unit 670, each of which is a motion detection unit 310, a network interface unit 320, a mobile agent unit 330, a mobile device of the mobile device 300 of the embodiment of FIG. 1. Corresponds to the content playback unit 340, the storage unit 350, and the AP signal collector 370. In addition, the content providing server 500 according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 includes a server communication unit 510, a reading unit 520, a control unit 530, a content storage unit 540, and a mapping information storage unit 550. Each of these components may include a server communication unit 210, a reader 220, a controller 230, a content storage unit 240, and a mapping information storage unit of the content providing server 200 according to the embodiment of FIG. 1. Corresponds to 250.

Hereinafter, the embodiment of FIG. 2 will be described based on differences from the embodiment of FIG. 1.

According to the embodiment of FIG. 2, the location information acquisition unit 670 of the mobile device 600 may acquire location information of the mobile device 600, such as a GPS receiver. When the motion detection unit 610 detects the shaking motion, the mobile agent 630 may transmit a 'content transmission request' to the content providing server 500. Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile agent 630 may include the location information of the mobile device 600 acquired by the location information acquisition unit 670 in the 'content transmission request'.

Meanwhile, the location information of the mobile device 600 may be included in the content transmission request and transmitted or may be separately transmitted. For example, when the mobile agent 630 is executed, regardless of whether there is a movement of the mobile device 600, location information of the mobile device 600 may be directly transmitted to the content providing server 500.

The mobile agent 630 includes the location information of the mobile device 600 acquired by the location information acquisition unit 670 in the 'content transmission request' at the moment the motion detection unit 610 detects the shaking motion. It may transmit to the providing server 500.

The operation of the content providing server 500 will be described.

The server communicator 510 may support communication with the kiosk device 400 and the mobile device 600, and the reader 520 may determine a kiosk device to which content information is requested. In addition, the content storage unit 540 may store content, and the mapping information storage unit 250 may store location_kiosk mapping information and content ID_content mapping information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server communication unit 510 may receive a content transmission request from the mobile device 600 and transmit a response thereto. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the 'content transmission request' transmitted by the mobile device 600 to the content providing server 500 does not include identification information about the content, and the request to transmit the content and the mobile Location information of the device 600 is included.

For example, according to embodiments of the present invention, the content providing server 500 may specify the content desired by the mobile device 600 by any one of the following methods.

The first method is a method of requesting predetermined information from the kiosk device 400 and specifying content using a response thereto, and the second method is to receive predetermined information from the kiosk device 400 and to push such information. The third method is a method of specifying content using the received information, and the third method is a method of specifying content using a content reproduction schedule for the kiosk device without the help of the kiosk device 400.

On the other hand, since the three methods have already been described in detail with reference to the embodiment of FIG. 1, only differences will be described.

In the first method, when the reader 520 of the content providing server 500 determines the kiosk, the reader 520 may determine the kiosk using the location_kiosk mapping information. That is, the content transmission request received from the mobile device 600 includes location information, and the reader 520 may determine a content kiosk located closest to the location of the mobile device 600 as a request for content information. . Since the location_kiosk mapping information includes information on location-specific kiosks, the reader 520 may use such mapping information. The control unit 530 transmits the content information request to the kiosk device determined by the reading unit 520 through the server communication unit 520, and the subsequent operation is the same as described in the embodiment of FIG.

 Since the embodiment of FIG. 1 and the embodiment of FIG. 2 are the same in the second method, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the third method, the present embodiment assumes that the content providing server 500 stores a content playing schedule for the kiosk device 400, and the content playing schedule is stored in the content storing unit 540 or mapping information. It may be stored in the unit 550, location_kiosk mapping information may be stored in the mapping information storage unit 550.

The content reproduction schedule includes all the content information reproduced for each kiosk device and for each time zone. In other words, knowing the kiosk and time can specify the content. For example, the controller 530 may refer to the 'content transfer request' received from the mobile device 600, the 'content transfer request' reception time, the content playback schedule, and the location_kiosk mapping information. Content to be transmitted to 600 may be specified. That is, since the content playback schedule includes the content played for each kiosk device and time zone, the content can be specified by knowing the information and time of the kiosk device. The controller 530 is a kiosk device determined by the location information of the mobile device 600 included in the 'content transmission request' received from the mobile device 500 and the location_kiosk mapping information, and the 'content transmission request'. Using the received time, the content to be transmitted to the mobile device 600 may be determined.

As described above, the embodiment of FIG. 2 has been described mainly for differences from the embodiment of FIG. 1, and other parts of the embodiment have the same or similar functions as the embodiment of FIG. 1, and thus, the description of the embodiment of FIG. .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method for providing content based on a motion detection signal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

The kiosk apparatus 100 continuously plays the content according to its content playing schedule (S401). In this case, the content to be played and the content playback schedule of the content may be determined differently according to the location where the kiosk apparatus 100 is installed.

If the user wants to receive at least some of the content being played while watching the content being played in the kiosk apparatus 100, the user operates the mobile device 300 to drive the mobile agent 330 (S403).

After the mobile agent 330 is driven (executed), if a predetermined operation occurs in the mobile device 300, the motion detection unit 310 detects an operation generated and determines whether the content is requested. Here, if it is determined that the content request operation has occurred (S405), the mobile agent 330 requests the content to the content providing server 200 through the network interface 320 (S407).

The reading unit 220 of the content providing server 200, which has been requested to transmit content from the mobile device 300, reads which kiosk device 100 reproduces the content requested by the mobile device 300 (S409). In this case, the reader 220 of the content providing server 200 may determine the kiosk device 100 that plays the content requested by the mobile device 300 using the current location information of the mobile device 300 that requested the content. have.

Thereafter, the content providing server 200 requests content information currently being played from the kiosk device 100 determined to play the content requested by the mobile device 300 (S411). Alternatively, the user may request information on the content selected by the kiosk device 100.

The kiosk apparatus 100 that has received content information from the content providing server 200 may provide content information on content currently being played by the kiosk content playback unit 120, for example, an ID of the corresponding content to be provided to the content providing server 200. It transmits to (S413). Alternatively, the user may transmit information about the content selected by the user through the kiosk device 100 or may transmit information about content organically connected to the content selected by the user.

When content information is received from the kiosk apparatus 100, the controller 230 extracts content corresponding to the content information from the content storage unit 240 using the received content information (S415).

The controller 230 of the content providing server 200 controls the server communication unit 210 to transmit the extracted content to the mobile device 300. As a result, the mobile device 300 receives the requested content from the content providing server 200 (S417).

After receiving the content from the content providing server 200, the mobile content playback unit 340 of the mobile device 300 plays the content (S419). In this case, when there are a plurality of contents received from the content providing server 200, the mobile content playing unit 340 may output an image of the contents in a thumbnail form for the convenience of the user.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method for providing content based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4.

The kiosk apparatus 100 continuously plays the content according to its content playing schedule (S501). In this case, the content to be played and the content playback schedule of the content may be determined differently according to the location where the kiosk apparatus 100 is installed.

The user manipulates the mobile device 300 to drive the mobile agent unit 330 (S503), and the content request operation while the mobile agent unit 330 is driven in the mobile device 300. When the shaking operation of 300 occurs (S505), the AP signal collector 360 collects the AP signal from the kiosk devices within the communication range (S509).

The AP signal collector 360 stores the AP signals transmitted from the kiosk apparatus 100 (S511). Here, when there are a plurality of kiosk devices 100 within a communication range, a plurality of AP signals may be received, and a plurality of AP signals may be stored in the storage 350. On the other hand, the AP signal collector 360 may store only the identification information of the AP for the signal having the strongest signal strength among the collected AP signals.

The mobile device 300 requests the content by transmitting the AP identification code and its user information transmitted from the kiosk device 100 within the communication range to the content providing server 200 (S513).

When the content providing server 200 receives a content request through the server communication unit 210, the content providing server 200 compares the AP identification code received from the mobile device 300 with the AP identification code previously stored in the mapping information storage unit 250. The kiosk apparatus 100 for playing the content is read out (S515).

The content providing server 200 requests the content information being played back to the read kiosk device 100 through the server communication unit 210 (S517), and the kiosk device 100 receiving the content information request receives the kiosk content playback unit. In operation 120, content information about the content currently being played is transmitted to the content providing server 200. If the content reproduction schedule of each kiosk device 100 is stored in the mapping information storage unit 250 of the content providing server 200, steps S517 and S519 may be omitted.

The content providing server 200 extracts the corresponding content from the content storage unit 240 (S521), and transmits the extracted content through the server communication unit 210 to the mobile device 300 (S523).

The mobile device 300, which has received the content from the content providing server 200, may store the corresponding content in the storage 350 and may reproduce the content by the mobile content playback unit 340 (S525).

In the S509 of the above embodiment, when the shaking motion of the mobile device 300 occurs (S505), the AP signal collector 360 collects the AP signal, but the AP signal is independent of the shaking motion of the mobile device 300. It is also possible to configure the collection unit 360 to collect the AP signal from time to time. In this case, when the shaking motion of the mobile device 300 is detected, the mobile agent selects the AP signal having the strongest strength among the AP signals collected by the AP signal collector 360 at that moment, and identifies the selected AP signal. The information may be included in the content transmission request and transmitted to the server 200.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the present embodiment has been described assuming that the first communication device is not mounted at a fixed position but is moved, and will be described sequentially below.

① ~ ② When the agent is driven in the first communication device, the content is played and displayed. In addition, when the agent (that is, the mobile agent unit) is driven in the second communication device, it prepares to make the content transmission request to the content providing server (for example, whether a predetermined operation is detected in the second communication device).

(3) A shaking operation or a collision operation of the second communication device is generated, and the user may receive a selection of the content displayed on the first communication device immediately after or just before such an operation.

④ The first communication device transmits the selected content (identification information) and / or content (or identification information) having an organic relationship with the selected content to the content providing server. In this case, the transmitted information may be implemented in any manner by a first communication device provided in a push method or provided by a content providing server when a request is made.

⑤ If a predetermined motion is detected, the second communication device transmits a content transmission request to the content providing server. Here, the content transmission request may include AP identification information or location information. If the AP identification information has already been transmitted to the content providing server, the AP does not need to be included in the content transmission request. However, the AP may be included in the content providing server. Meanwhile, the content transmission request may include an operation occurrence time, but is not essential. This is because the content providing server may estimate the operation occurrence time from the time when the content delivery request is received.

⑥ to ⑧ When the content providing server receives the content from the first communication device, the content providing server may transmit the received content to the second communication device. If the content identification information is received from the first communication device, the content may be determined using the received content identification information, and the determined content may be transmitted to the second communication device. On the other hand, when the content providing server receives the content information from the first communication device in a pooling manner, the content providing server uses the AP identification information or the location information transmitted from the second communication device to transmit the content to any first communication device. It may determine whether to request, and request the content information from the determined first communication device. Thereafter, the content information may be received from the first communication device, and the content may be transmitted to the second communication device using the information.

⑨ Then, the second communication device can play the content received from the content providing server. Alternatively, the second communication device may analyze the type of content and perform an operation according to the type of content. As described above, operations such as making a phone call or accessing a web site can be performed.

That is, although the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2 play content according to their own playback schedule without having to play content separately, the embodiment of FIG. 5 assumes that the content is played by receiving a content playback command from a user. Shall be. Except for that portion, the remaining portions may perform the same operations as the above-described embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2.

6 is a view for explaining an application example of a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a specific embodiment in which content is provided to the mobile device 300 when the kiosk device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed for the purpose of guiding a bus route at a bus stop will be described. .

Referring to (a), at least one bus line via the bus stop in which the kiosk device 100 is installed is displayed on the display unit 110 of the kiosk device 100 installed at the bus stop. In this embodiment, as shown in the figure, it can be seen that the lines of the bus "401", the bus "3217", and the bus "860" are displayed on the display 110. If there are more buses passing through the bus stop where the kiosk device 100 is installed, more bus routes may be displayed, and if not displayed on one screen, other bus routes may be further displayed through scrolling.

When a specific user who wants to use the bus at the bus stop visually checks the bus route displayed on the kiosk device 100 and wants to load the desired bus route onto the mobile device 300 owned by the user, the desired bus You can request a transfer by selecting a route.

(b) when a user at the bus stop selects the bus route "3217" among the routes of bus "401", bus "3217", and bus "860" displayed on the display 110; It is an example.

As described above, when the shaking operation is generated on the mobile device 300 while at least one content is selected, as shown in (c) by the procedure described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the mobile device 300 returns to the " 3217 " "Bus line is sent. Here, the bus route "3217" corresponds to the content requested by the mobile device 300.

In the present embodiment, it has been described that the user who is the owner of the mobile device 300 can select the content on the screen of (b) and shake the mobile device 300 to receive the desired content.

However, even if the user does not select the content on the screen of (b), the user who selects the content on the screen of (b) may receive the selected content to his mobile device 300. More specifically, when another user selects the same content that he or she wants to receive on the screen of (b), the user executes a dedicated application (for example, a mobile agent unit) on his mobile device 300 and executes the mobile device ( Shake 300 to receive the corresponding content.

7 is a view for explaining an application example of a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a specific embodiment in which content is provided to the mobile device 300 when the kiosk device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed for the purpose of guiding a bus route at a bus stop. do. However, the case where the content request operation is different from FIG. 6 is illustrated.

Referring to (a), when at least one bus line is displayed on the kiosk apparatus 100 installed at the bus stop, and the user wants to receive the "3217" bus line among the bus lines to the mobile device 300, the user is mobile. The device 300 is directly in contact with the "3217" bus line.

In this operation, the contacted content is selected, and a content selection and request signal for requesting the selected content are transmitted to the content providing server 200. Thereby, by using the procedure described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the "3217" bus line is transmitted to the mobile device 300 as in (b). This embodiment has the advantage that the content can be provided by a simpler operation compared to the content request operation described in FIG.

In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the operation of the motion detection unit 310 is an operation when the mobile device 300 collides with the kiosk device 100 rather than shaking. That is, the motion detection unit 310 detects an operation when the mobile device 300 collides with an arbitrary device, and the mobile agent unit 330 transmits content when there is such a collision operation (or shaking operation). The request may be sent to the server 200.

8 is a view for explaining an application example of a content providing method based on a motion detection signal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to (a), it was illustrated that a plurality of kiosk devices 100a, 100b, 100c may be installed. The plurality of kiosk devices 100a, 100b, and 100c are for advertisement purposes, and are intended for the public, so that the kiosk devices 100a, 100b, and 100c may be installed regardless of the place.

In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the three kiosk devices 100a, 100b, 100c shown are within the communication range of the mobile device 300. In this case, if the shaking operation occurs after the mobile device 300 executes the dedicated application, the contents being played by the three kiosk devices 100a, 100b, and 100c may be transmitted to the mobile device 300, respectively.

This is shown in (b). As shown in the drawing, contents played by the three kiosk apparatuses 100a, 100b, and 100c, respectively, are displayed on the screen of the mobile device 300 in the form of thumbnails.

The above-described content providing method can be applied to a promotion event application system. The kiosk device 100 plays the content that requires the promotion event, and the mobile device 300 receives the content being played by the kiosk device 100 from the content providing server 200 by the same method as before. However, after receiving the content to the mobile device 300, the user may further include a process of inputting and uploading the application information for the event entry to the content providing server 200.

Although the present invention as described above has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from this description. This is possible. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

100: kiosk device 110: display unit
120: kiosk content playback unit 130: input unit
140: kiosk communication unit 150: kiosk agent unit
160: wireless AP unit 200: content providing server
210: server communication unit 220: reader unit
230: control unit 240: content storage unit
300: mobile device 310: motion detection unit
320: network interface unit 330: mobile agent unit
340: mobile content playback unit 350: storage unit

Claims (57)

At least one first communication device for playing at least one content;
A second communication device for requesting content transmission when a predetermined operation occurs; And
And a content providing server receiving the content transmission request from the second communication device, determining content to be transmitted to the second communication device based on the request, and transmitting the determined content to the second communication device. Content providing system characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
The predetermined operation is a content providing system, characterized in that the shaking operation or the collision operation of the second communication device. The method of claim 1,
And the content transmission request does not include content information for specifying content. The method of claim 1,
The content providing server receives the identification information of the AP signal from the second transmission device, determines a first communication device having the identification information of the AP signal among the at least one first communication device, and the determined first communication And determining the content to be played by the device as the content to be transmitted to the second transmission device. The method of claim 1,
The content providing server receives the identification information of the AP signal from the second transmission device, determines a first communication device having the identification information of the AP signal among the at least one first communication device, and the determined first communication Requesting content information from a device, and determining content to be transmitted to the second transmission device based on content information received from the first communication device. The method of claim 1,
The content providing server receives the location information of the second communication device, and determines, among the at least one first communication device, a first communication device closest to the location of the second communication device, and determines the determined first communication. And determining the content to be played by the device as the content to be transmitted to the second transmission device. The method of claim 1,
The content providing server receives the location information of the second communication device, determines a first communication device closest to the location of the second communication device among the at least one first communication device, and the determined first communication device Requesting content information from the first communication device, and determining the content to be transmitted to the second transmission device based on the content information received from the first communication device. The method of claim 1,
The first communication device receives a content selection command from a user, compares a reception time of a content information request from the content providing server with an input time of the content selection command, and the time difference is within a predetermined range. The content providing system, characterized in that for transmitting only the content information to the content providing server. The method of claim 1,
The first communication device receives a content selection command from a user and keeps the content selection command received from the user valid for a predetermined time only.
And upon receiving a request for content information from the content providing server, transmits content information to the content providing server only when there is a content selection command that is valid. A content providing system for providing content to a second communication device from a plurality of first communication devices for playing back at least one content,
A second communication device for making a content transmission request to the content providing server when a predetermined operation occurs; And
A content providing server that determines, from among the plurality of first communication devices, a first communication device to request information for specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device using the content transmission request information; Content providing system comprising a. The method of claim 10,
The content providing server requests the information for specifying the content from the determined first communication device.
The first communication device receiving the request transmits the information on the content currently being played to the content providing server. The method of claim 10,
The content providing server requests the information for specifying the content from the determined first communication device.
The first communication device receiving the request transmits the information on the content selected by the user to the content providing server. The method of claim 10,
The first communication device is
i) Content selected by the user
ii) content having an organic relationship with the selected content
iii) the content identification information i)
iv) the identification information of the content ii)
The content providing system, characterized in that for transmitting at least one of the content providing server. The method of claim 10,
The first communication device is
i) Content currently playing
ii) content having an organic relationship with the content being played;
iii) the content identification information i)
iv) the identification information of the content ii)
The content providing system, characterized in that for transmitting at least one of the content to the content providing server. A display unit displaying at least one content;
And a kiosk agent unit which transmits the content information on the content displayed by the display unit to the content providing server when the content information request is received from the content providing server. The method of claim 15,
The kiosk agent unit next
i) Content currently playing
ii) content having an organic relationship with the content being played;
iii) the content identification information i)
iv) the identification information of the content ii)
Kiosk device characterized in that for transmitting at least one of the contents to the content providing server. 17. The method of claim 16,
The kiosk agent unit transmits the content information to the content providing server only when the reception time of the content information request is within a predetermined time from the input time of the content selection command. A display unit displaying at least one content;
An input unit configured to receive a content selection command from a user among at least one content displayed by the display unit;
And a kiosk agent unit for transmitting the information about the content selected by the user selection command to the content providing server, when the content information request is received from the content providing server. The method of claim 18,
The kiosk agent unit, the kiosk device, characterized in that to maintain the selection command for the content input through the input only for a predetermined time, and to release the selection for the content after the predetermined time. The method of claim 18,
The kiosk agent unit compares the input time of the selection command for the content input through the input unit with the reception time of the content information request, and transmits the content information to the content providing server only within a predetermined time difference. Kiosk device characterized in that. The method of claim 18,
The kiosk agent unit next
i) Content selected by the user
ii) content having an organic relationship with the selected content
iii) the content identification information i)
iv) the identification information of the content ii)
Kiosk apparatus characterized in that for transmitting at least one of the content providing server. A motion detector for detecting the occurrence of motion; And
A mobile agent unit for making a content transmission request to a content providing server when the occurrence of a predetermined operation is detected by the motion detecting unit; Mobile device comprising a. The method of claim 22,
The predetermined operation is a mobile device, characterized in that the shaking operation or the collision operation of the mobile device. The method of claim 22,
And the predetermined operation is an operation of directly contacting the content being played in the kiosk device. The method of claim 21,
And a content can be received from the content providing server only within a predetermined time from when the predetermined operation occurs. The method of claim 21,
And a network interface unit configured to receive content from the content providing server, wherein the content received by the network interface unit is specified based on a time point of occurrence of the predetermined operation. The method of claim 26,
And the content received by the network interface unit is the same as that of the communication device located closest to the location of the mobile device. The method of claim 21,
The content transmission request does not include content information for specifying the content. The method of claim 21,
Further comprising: an AP signal collector for collecting the AP signals,
The mobile agent unit, characterized in that for including the signal strength and identification information of the AP signals collected by the AP signal collector in the content information request. The method of claim 21,
Further comprising: an AP signal collector for collecting the AP signals,
The mobile agent unit, characterized in that for including the identification information of the AP signal having the largest signal strength among the AP signals collected by the AP signal collector in the content information request. The method of claim 21,
Further comprising: a location information acquisition unit for obtaining location information of the mobile device,
And the mobile agent unit includes the location information obtained by the location information acquisition unit in the content information request. The method of claim 31, wherein
And the content received by the network interface unit is the same as that of a communication device having identification information of an AP signal having the largest signal strength. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 32,
The content transmission request does not include content information for specifying the content. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 32,
The mobile agent unit, the mobile device, characterized in that for performing the operation according to the type of content by analyzing the content received from the content providing server. 35. The method of claim 34,
It further comprises a communication unit;
And the mobile agent unit controls the communication unit to make a call to the phone number when the content includes a phone number. 35. The method of claim 34,
A web browser;
And the mobile agent unit controls the web browser to access a web site having the web address when the web address is included in the content. A content providing server connected to at least one communication device and at least one mobile device through a network,
A server communication unit receiving a content transmission request from the mobile device;
A reading unit determining a communication device to request content identification information or content based on the content transmission request; And
And a controller for transmitting the content specified by the communication device or the content specified by the content identification information to the mobile device through the server communication unit. 39. The method of claim 37,
And the content transmission request does not include content information for specifying content. 39. The method of claim 37,
And the content transmission request includes identification information for identifying a communication device. The method of claim 39,
The identification information is AP identification information, and the reading unit determines the content identification information or the communication device to request the content using the AP identification information. 39. The method of claim 37,
The content providing server, the content providing server, characterized in that the location information of the mobile device. 42. The method of claim 41 wherein
Further comprising: a storage unit for storing the mapping information mapped to each other and the location and the communication device,
The reading unit determines the communication device to request the content identification information or the content by using the location information and the mapping information of the mobile device. 43. The method of claim 42,
Further comprising: a storage unit for storing a playback schedule for the communication devices,
And the reading unit determines a communication device for requesting content identification information or content by using the reproduction schedule and the information included in the content transmission request. A content providing server connected to at least one communication device and at least one mobile device through a network,
A server communication unit for receiving a content transmission request from the mobile device and receiving content identification information from the communication device; And
A controller configured to transmit content to be transmitted to the mobile device based on the content transmission request and the content identification information; Content providing server comprising a. 45. The method of claim 44,
The controller determines whether to transmit the content to the mobile device by comparing the reception time of the content transmission request with the reception time of the content identification information. A method of providing content from a plurality of first communication devices that reproduce at least one content to at least one second communication device, the method comprising:
If a predetermined operation occurs in the second communication device, making a content transmission request from the second communication device to a content providing server; And
Determining, from among the plurality of first communication devices, a communication device to request content information for specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device by using information included in the content transmission request; Content providing method comprising a. The method of claim 46,
And receiving, by the content providing server, identification information on an AP signal from a second communication device.
The determining of the communication device may include: requesting content information for specifying content to transmit a first communication device having identification information on the AP signal to the second communication device among the plurality of first communication devices; The content providing method, characterized in that determined as a device. The method of claim 46,
And receiving, by the content providing server, strength and identification information of AP signals from a second communication device.
Determining the communication device,
Determining identification information of an AP signal having the largest signal strength among the AP signals; And
Determining, among the plurality of first communication devices, a first communication device having an AP signal having a high signal strength as a communication device requesting content information for specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device; Content providing method, characterized in that. The method of claim 46,
The content transmission request includes location information of the second communication device.
The determining of the communication device may include requesting content information for specifying content to transmit the first communication device, which is closest to the location of the second communication device, to the second communication device among the plurality of first communication devices. Determining as a communication device. The method of claim 46,
Requesting content information from the first communication device determined in the step of determining the communication device; And
Specifying content to be transmitted to the second communication device based on the content information received from the first communication device. 51. The method of claim 50 wherein
Receiving a content selection command from a user in the first communication device;
In response to a request for content information received from the content providing server, the first communication device provides the content providing server with information on the content selected by the content selection command received from the user. . The method of claim 51 wherein
And maintaining the content selection command selected by the user only for a predetermined time. The method of claim 51 wherein
And comparing the input time of the content selection command selected by the user with the reception time of the content information to determine whether to provide content information to the content information providing server. 51. The method of claim 50 wherein
And providing information on content being played in the first communication device to the content providing server in response to a request for content information received from the content providing server in the first communication device. 47. The method of claim 46.
The predetermined operation is a content providing method, characterized in that the shaking operation or the collision operation of the second communication device. 47. The method of claim 46.
The content providing server stores a content playing schedule for the first communication devices, and specifies a content to be transmitted to a second communication device by using the play schedule and the information included in the content transmission request. How to Provide. In the content providing server connected to the mobile device through a network,
A storage unit storing mapping information in which at least one of wireless identification information and location information is mapped to a communication device and a content reproduction schedule of the communication device; And
And a reading unit that determines at least one of wireless identification information received from the mobile device and location information of the mobile device to be transmitted to the mobile device using the mapping information and the content reproduction schedule.
And the content determined by the reading unit is transmitted to the mobile device.

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