KR20120091989A - Electronic device and method for inviting to view channel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic device and a channel inviting method are provided to check an acquaintance, who watches the same content as a user, using a human channel map and supply a channel screen to the user. CONSTITUTION: An external signal input unit receives a channel switching request signal(S1010). A control unit displays content of a requested channel on a screen(S1020). The control unit detects a channel invitation request(S1030). The control unit transmits a channel watching request signal(S1040). The control unit receives a response signal to the transmitted watching request signal(S1050).

Description

Electronic device and method for inviting to view channel}

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a channel invitation method, and more particularly, to an electronic device and a channel invitation method capable of providing a broadcast service and a social network service.

The broadcast receiver is, for example, a device having a function of receiving and processing a broadcast image that a user can watch. For example, the broadcast receiver displays a broadcast selected by a user on a display among broadcast signals transmitted from a broadcasting station. Currently, broadcasting is shifting from analog broadcasting to digital broadcasting worldwide.

Digital broadcasting refers to broadcasting for transmitting digital video and audio signals. Digital broadcasting is more resistant to external noise than analog broadcasting, so it has less data loss, is advantageous for error correction, has a higher resolution, and provides a clearer picture. In addition, unlike analog broadcasting, digital broadcasting is capable of bidirectional services.

The broadcast receiver may provide a social network service in addition to the function of providing digital broadcasting. Social Networking Service (SNS) is a service that allows you to connect with unspecified people online and covers information sharing with single media such as Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Cyworld, and Me2day in the US. It is a concept. Many people use SNS on a daily basis to communicate with others, share information or search. Users can build new networks or strengthen their relationships with existing networks through SNS.

The present invention has been made in an effort to provide an electronic device, a method for providing a human channel service, a method for configuring a human channel map, and a method for relaying a human channel, which enable a user to use a social network service more conveniently and easily.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device, a method for providing a human channel service, a method for configuring a human channel map, and a method for relaying a human channel, which enable a user to use social network services anytime and anywhere.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an electronic device capable of providing a social network service between the electronic device and the electronic device even when the electronic device has a floating Internet Protocol (IP) address, a method for providing a human channel service, and a human channel map. To provide a configuration method and a human channel relay method.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is an electronic device capable of providing a social network service between the electronic device and the electronic device even when the electronic device has a private IP address, a method of providing a human channel service, a method of configuring a human channel map, and a human It is to provide a channel relay method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a method of inviting a channel that allow a user to invite a friend connected to a social network to watch a broadcast currently being viewed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device that allows a user to chat with an acquaintance who views the same content and watch a broadcast, and a method for simultaneously viewing the content remotely.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a channel map service providing method for providing various types of channel maps and allowing a user to easily select various types of channel maps.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a channel map service providing method for providing various types of channels and allowing a user to easily select various types of channels.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to easily perform a channel scan for various kinds of services, and to provide a menu similar to a conventional broadcast channel scan with a menu for performing channel scans for various kinds of services. The present invention provides a method for providing an electronic device and an interface for scanning a channel.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a service information providing method for providing information on acquaintances on a social network.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a human channel service, the method including detecting a user action specifying a channel number, and in response to the detection of the user action, a human channel map corresponding to the designated channel number. Detecting an associated human address, obtaining an address of an electronic device to be connected based on the detected human address, receiving content from the electronic device using the obtained address, and displaying the received content It may include the step of controlling. Here, the human address may include at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). In addition, the address of the electronic device may include at least one of a MAC address, an IP address, a port number, a DNS (Domain Name System) name, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Acquiring the address of the electronic device may include detecting an address of the electronic device based on the human address in a storage unit.

Acquiring an address of the electronic device may include transmitting a connection request signal including the human address to a server, and receiving an address of the electronic device from the server.

The human channel map may include a channel number, a human address, and information for associating a channel number with a human address.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for constructing a human channel map, including: displaying a first GUI for receiving a human address; detecting a first user action for specifying a human address; In response to detecting a first user action, displaying a second GUI for receiving a channel number, detecting a second user action specifying a channel number, and in response to detecting the second user action, the human And storing the address, the channel number, and information associated with the human address and the channel number in a human channel map. Here, the displayed first GUI may list at least one selectable human address. In addition, the displayed second GUI may list a plurality of selectable channel numbers.

The method for constructing a human channel map may further include receiving the at least one human address from a server.

The method for constructing a human channel map may include: displaying a web page of a social networking server (SNS) server, wherein the displayed web page lists at least one human address; selecting one of the at least one human address; Sensing a third user action, and in response to detecting the third user action, displaying the first GUI.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for relaying a human channel, the method comprising: receiving a first registration request signal including an address of the first electronic device and a first human address from a first electronic device; In response to receiving the first registration request signal, storing an address of the first electronic device and the first human address, including an address of the second electronic device and a second human address from a second electronic device. Receiving a second registration request signal, storing an address of the second electronic device and the second human address in response to receiving the second registration request signal, from the first electronic device Receiving a connection request signal including an address and transmitting a response signal including the address of the second electronic device to the first electronic device in response to receiving the connection request signal. , And to the second electronic device may include the step of transmitting a response signal containing the address of the first electronic device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic device according to the present invention detects a user action specifying a channel number and, in response to the detection of the user action, a human associated with the designated channel number in a human channel map. The control unit may detect an address, and control the acquisition of an address of an electronic device to be connected based on the detected human address, and a network interface unit to receive content from the electronic device using the obtained address.

The electronic device may further include a display displaying the received content.

The controller may control a connection request signal including the human address to be transmitted to a server, and control reception of an address of the electronic device from the server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic device according to the present invention detects an interface unit for receiving a user action, a first user action specifying a human address, and in response to the detection of the first user action, Control a second GUI to be assigned a channel number, detect a second user action specifying a channel number, and in response to detecting the second user action, replace the channel number with the human address, the channel number, And a controller configured to control information associated with the human address and the channel number to be stored in a human channel map, and a storage unit configured to store the human channel map.

The interface unit may include at least one of a photographing apparatus, a touch screen, a touch pad, or a remote controller receiver.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for constructing a human channel map, the method comprising: displaying a GUI for setting a channel, wherein the displayed GUI includes a human channel region including at least one human address; And detecting a first user action of selecting one of the at least one human address, and detecting a second user action of dragging the selected human address, the channel region including at least one channel number. Detecting a third user action to select one of the at least one channel number, and in response to detecting the third user action, the selected human address, the selected channel number, and the human address and the channel number And storing the information associating with the human channel map. Here, the displayed GUI may further include a broadcast channel region including at least one broadcast channel and an app channel region including at least one app channel.

The method for constructing a human channel map may include, in response to detecting the third user action, checking whether there is a human address associated with the selected channel number, and, if there is an associated human address, in the human channel map. And deleting information associated with the associated human address, the selected channel number, and the associated human address and the selected channel number.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of inviting a channel, the method including: detecting a first user action of selecting a displayed broadcast program, among at least one channel number included in the displayed human channel map; Detecting a second user action of selecting one, and transmitting a channel viewing request signal for requesting viewing of the selected broadcast program to an electronic device or a server associated with the selected channel number in response to the second user action detection; The channel viewing request signal may include: user detailed information, detailed information on a physical channel transmitting the broadcast program, a service name of the broadcast program, a service ID of the broadcast program, and a channel of the broadcast program. Number, event name of the broadcast program, the broadcast program A transport stream ID of the broadcast program, a network ID of the broadcast program, information on a service provider providing the broadcast program, information on a transmission medium for transmitting the broadcast program, and information on a country or region where the service provider is located. It may include at least one of. Here, the displayed human channel map may further include at least one of a channel name, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of the broadcast program displayed by the electronic device associated with the channel number.

The channel inviting method may include: an electronic device or a server according to an access method associated with a channel guide signal including at least one of a channel name, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of a broadcast program, associated with a channel number included in the human channel map. The method may further include transmitting to.

The channel inviting method may further include receiving a channel view request signal from an electronic device and confirming whether a broadcast service can be provided from a service provider indicated by the information included in the received channel view request signal. It may include.

In the channel inviting method, when the broadcast service cannot be provided from the service provider, the broadcast program indicated by the information included in the channel viewing request signal is broadcast based on the information included in the received channel viewing request signal. The method may further include retrieving a channel from the stored EPG data.

The channel invitation method may include receiving a channel viewing request signal from a server, receiving a broadcast program of a channel indicated by information included in the received channel viewing request signal, and displaying the received broadcast program. It may further include. Herein, the information included in the channel view request signal changes information included in the channel view request signal received from the electronic device according to a difference between at least one of a service provider providing a broadcast service, a transmission medium, and a region. It may be one piece of information.

The channel inviting method may further include: detecting a human address associated with the channel number from a stored human channel map; obtaining an address of the electronic device based on the detected human address; And transmitting the channel view request signal by using the obtained address. The human address may include at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The address of the electronic device may include at least one of a Mac address, an IP address, a port number, a DNS name, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

In order to achieve the above technical problem, an electronic device according to the present invention controls a display of a human channel map including an interface unit for receiving a user action, a broadcast program, and at least one channel number, and controls the broadcast program. A channel viewing request for detecting a first user action to select, detecting a second user action to select one of the at least one channel number, and requesting viewing of the selected broadcast program in response to detecting the second user action A control unit for controlling the transmission of the signal to the electronic device or the server associated with the selected channel number, and a network interface unit for outputting the channel viewing request signal, wherein the transmitted channel viewing request signal includes user detail information and the broadcast program. Detailed information on a physical channel for transmitting the broadcast The service name of the program, the service ID of the broadcast program, the channel number of the broadcast program, the event name of the broadcast program, the transport stream ID of the broadcast program, the network ID of the broadcast program, the service program that provides the broadcast program. It may include at least one of information on a provider, information on a transmission medium for transmitting the broadcast program, and information on a country or region where the service provider is located. The human channel map may further include at least one of a channel name, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of the broadcast program displayed by the electronic device associated with the channel number.

The control unit may transmit a channel guide signal including at least one of a channel name of the broadcast program, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of the broadcast program to an electronic device or a server according to an access method associated with a channel number included in the human channel map. Can be controlled.

The network interface unit may receive a channel view request signal from an electronic device, and the controller may determine whether a broadcast service can be provided from a service provider indicated by the information included in the received channel view request signal. .

If the broadcast service cannot be provided from the service provider, the controller may broadcast a broadcast program indicated by the information included in the channel view request signal based on the information included in the received channel view request signal. Can be retrieved from the stored EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data.

The network interface unit may receive a channel view request signal from a server, and the controller may control reception of a broadcast program of a channel indicated by information included in the received channel view request signal. Here, the information included in the channel viewing request signal changes the information included in the channel viewing request signal received from the electronic device according to a difference between at least one of a service provider, a transmission medium, or a region in which the server provides a broadcast service. It may be one piece of information.

The controller detects a human address associated with the channel number from a stored human channel map, obtains an address of the electronic device based on the detected human address, and uses the obtained address to generate a channel view request signal. Transmission may be controlled. The human address may include at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The address of the electronic device may include at least one of a Mac address, an IP address, a port number, a DNS name, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for remotely viewing content in accordance with the present invention, including displaying content, detecting a user action requesting a simultaneous viewing mode, and detecting the user action. In response, the method may include identifying an owner viewing the displayed content among the owners of the human channel included in the human channel map, and displaying the confirmed owner's silhouette. Here, the displayed silhouette may be changed and displayed according to the emotion of the owner. In addition, the displayed silhouette may be changed and displayed according to the movement of the owner. In addition, the silhouette may be displayed as a three-dimensional image. The owner's chat phrase may be displayed at a point associated with the silhouette.

The method for simultaneously viewing the content remotely may further include reflecting the screen effect requested by the owner to the displayed content.

The checking of the owner may include transmitting an image frame request signal for requesting an image frame of a specific view, obtaining an image frame of the specific view from among image frames of the displayed content, and image of the specific view. The method may include receiving an image frame transmission signal including a frame and comparing the obtained image frame with an image frame included in the received image frame transmission signal to identify the owner.

The identifying of the owner may include transmitting an owner list request signal including information about the content to a server, receiving an owner list from the server, and checking the owner included in the owner list. And confirming that the owner is watching the video. The information on the content may include user detailed information, detailed information on a physical channel transmitting the content, a service name of the content, a service ID of the content, a channel number of the content, an event name of the content, and the content. At least one of a transport stream ID of the content, a network ID of the content, information on a service provider providing the content, information on a transmission medium for transmitting the content, and information on a country or region where the service provider is located; It may include.

The human channel map may include a channel number, a human address, and information for associating a channel number with a human address, wherein the human address may be an identification indication given to the owner.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic device according to the present invention includes an interface unit for receiving a user action requesting a simultaneous viewing mode, and when the user action is detected while content is being displayed, In response to detecting a user action, the controller may include a controller configured to identify an owner who views the displayed content among the owners of the human channel included in the human channel map, and to control to display the confirmed owner's silhouette.

The controller may control the displayed silhouette to be changed and displayed according to the emotion of the owner.

The controller may control the displayed silhouette to be changed and displayed according to the movement of the owner.

The controller may control the chat phrase of the owner to be displayed at a point associated with the silhouette.

The controller may control the screen effect requested by the owner to be reflected in the displayed content.

The controller may control the silhouette to be displayed as a 3D image.

The controller may be configured to transmit an image frame request signal for requesting an image frame of a specific view, obtain an image frame of the specific view from among image frames of the displayed content, and include the image frame of the specific view. When the image frame transmission signal is received, the owner may be identified by comparing the acquired image frame with the image frame included in the received image frame transmission signal.

The control unit controls to transmit an owner list request signal including information about the content to a server, and when the owner list is received from the server, the owner included in the owner list to watch the displayed content. Can be verified as the owner.

The information about the content, user detailed information, detailed information on the physical channel for transmitting the content, the service name of the content, the service ID of the content, the channel number of the content, the event name of the content, the content of the At least one of a transport stream ID, a network ID of the content, information on a service provider providing the content, information on a transmission medium for transmitting the content, and information on a country or region where the service provider is located; It may include.

The human channel map may include a channel number, a human address, and information for associating a channel number with a human address, wherein the human address may be an identification indication given to the owner.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a channel map service, including displaying a first channel map on a screen on which content is displayed, detecting a first user action requesting a channel map change, and the first And in response to detecting a user action, converting the displayed first channel map into a second channel map. Here, one of the first channel map and the second channel map may be a human channel map including at least one human channel. In addition, the first user action may be an action of the user pressing one of the direction keys of the remote control.

The switching to the human channel map may include displaying content of one of the human channels included in the human channel map.

The method for providing a channel map service may include: detecting a third user action requesting channel switching while the human channel map is displayed; and in response to detecting the third user action, a human channel selected from the human channel map; Switching to another human channel and displaying content of the switched human channel.

The displaying may include detecting a human address associated with a channel number of the human channel, obtaining an address of an electronic device to be connected based on the detected human address, and using the obtained address from the electronic device. Receiving the content, and displaying the received content.

The method for providing a channel map service may include detecting a second user action requesting a channel map change, and converting the displayed second channel map to a third channel map in response to detecting the second user action. It may further include.

The method for providing a channel map service may include detecting a third user action requesting a full channel map, and displaying a full channel map including the at least one human channel in response to detecting the third user action. It may further include.

The displayed full channel map may further include at least one broadcast channel and at least one app channel.

The displayed full channel map may display the at least one human channel on one sheet, and the sheet may be selected by a sheet tab.

The full channel map may further display at least one broadcast channel and at least one app channel on one sheet.

The method for providing a channel map service may include: detecting a third user action requesting a recent viewing channel map, and in response to detecting the third user action, a broadcast channel, a human channel, and an app displayed within a preset period of time; The method may further include displaying a recent viewing channel map including the channel.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a channel map service, the method comprising: detecting a first user action requesting a channel map, and in response to detecting the user action, the at least one human And displaying the channel map including the channel. The channel map may include a connection state indication indicating an online state of an owner of the at least one human channel. The channel map may further include at least one broadcast channel and at least one app channel.

The connection status indication may include a first connection status indication indicating a first online status indicating whether the owner is online through an electronic device, and a second online status indicating whether the owner is logged in to a server. It may include a second connection status display to display. The information about the first online state may be received from the electronic device or the server.

The channel map service providing method may further include transmitting information indicating that the owner of the human channel is online through the electronic device to at least one of the electronic devices associated with each of the at least one human channel or a server. .

The transmitting to the electronic device may include detecting a human address associated with a channel number in a stored human channel map, obtaining an address of the electronic device based on the detected human address, and using the obtained address. And transmitting information indicating that the online status is established. Here, the human address may include at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The address of the electronic device may include at least one of a Mac address, an IP address, a port number, a DNS name, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

In order to achieve the above technical problem, an electronic device according to the present invention is configured to control a display of a first channel map on a screen on which an interface unit for detecting a user action and content is displayed, and request to switch the channel map. And a controller configured to detect a first user action and convert the displayed first channel map into a second channel map in response to the first user action detection. One may be a human channel map including at least one human channel.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an interface for scanning a channel, including displaying a plurality of menu items for selecting a service type, and selecting one of the displayed plurality of menu items. Detecting a user action, scanning information for configuring a channel of a service type indicated by the selected menu item in response to the user action detection, and displaying the scan result; One of the types may be a human channel. The service type may further include at least one of a broadcast channel and an app channel.

The scanning may include transmitting a signal for requesting acquaintance information to a server and receiving acquaintance information from the server. Here, the acquaintance information may include one or more SNS account.

The displaying of the scan result may include displaying at least one of the one or more SNS accounts.

The method of providing an interface for scanning a channel may further include assigning a first channel number to one SNS account of the one or more SNS accounts.

 The method of providing an interface for scanning the channel may further include allocating the first channel number to at least one SNS account of another SNS account of an acquaintance associated with the SNS account to which the first channel number is assigned.

The first channel number may be the same as the channel number assigned to another SNS account of an acquaintance associated with the one SNS account. The first channel number may be a channel number allocated to a broadcast channel or an app channel.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure controls a display of a plurality of menu items for selecting a service type, and performs a user action of selecting one of the displayed plurality of menu items. And a control unit configured to control scanning of information for configuring a channel of a service type indicated by the selected menu item, and a display configured to display the scan result in response to the user action detection. One may be a human channel.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing service information, the method comprising: receiving event information including information on at least one event, at least one channel number and the at least one channel number Mapping one or more of the at least one event and one of the at least one channel number using a channel map including at least one SNS account assigned to the SNS account and the SNS account included in the received event information. And displaying at least one of at least one channel number of the at least one channel number and information on an event mapped to the at least one channel number. Here, the event may be uploaded to an SNS site to which the SNS account belongs, and the event may include at least one of a schedule, an event, an anniversary, and content. The event information includes an SNS account associated with the event, and may further include at least one of information on the SNS site to which the event is uploaded, information about the type of the event, a title of the event, a date of the event, and details of the event. have. The channel map may be a human channel map, and at least part of the displayed information may be a title of an event. In addition, at least one of an icon indicating an SNS site to which the mapped event is uploaded and an icon of the mapped event may be further displayed.

A broadcast channel may be further allocated to one or more channel numbers of the at least one channel number. A plurality of SNS accounts may be assigned to one or more channel numbers of the at least one channel number.

One or more of the at least one event may be mapped to the channel number to which the SNS account associated with it is assigned.

The displayed one or more channel numbers and at least some of the displayed information may be displayed in a calendar format. The calendar format may include a format in which the displayed one or more channel numbers are listed vertically, dates are arranged horizontally, and at least a portion of the displayed information is displayed in an area corresponding to each vertical channel number and horizontal date. Can be. In addition, at least some of the information on the plurality of events may be displayed in the area. In addition, an indication for a reminder may be further displayed in the area.

The service information providing method may include: detecting a first user action of selecting the area or an area on which the date is displayed; detecting a second user action of dragging the selected area; dropping the dragged area Detecting a third user action, and displaying at least part of information about an elapsed date and an event of the date in response to detecting the third user action.

The service information providing method may further include detecting a user action of selecting an area located in a row in which a region in which a channel number of a user is displayed is located among the areas in which one or more channel numbers are displayed, and detecting the user action. In response, the method may further include displaying a graphical user interface for generating the event.

The service information providing method may include detecting a user action of selecting an area in which at least a portion of the information on the mapped event is displayed, and displaying detailed information of the event in response to detecting the user action. It may further include.

The service information providing method may include detecting a user action of selecting an area in which the one or more channel numbers are displayed, and displaying the content of a human channel indicated by the channel number in response to detecting the user action. It may further comprise a step.

The service information providing method may include detecting a user action of selecting an area in which at least a portion of the information on the mapped event is displayed, and in response to detecting the user action, a list of at least one content associated with the event. It may further comprise the step of displaying.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic device includes a network interface unit for receiving event information including information on at least one event, at least one channel number, and the at least one channel number. The storage unit stores at least one SNS account assigned to the at least one channel using one or more of the at least one event using the stored SNS account and the SNS account included in the received event information. And a controller configured to map with one of the numbers, and configure a guide screen for displaying one or more channel numbers of the at least one channel number and at least a part of information about an event mapped to the one or more channel numbers. can do.

According to the present invention, since the channel number is used to provide a function of making a connection between specific individuals, the user can connect to a specific person by selecting a channel number, so that the user can easily and easily use the social network service. In addition, the present invention retrieves the address of the electronic device by using a human address independent of the IP address, so that even when the electronic device providing the social network service has a floating IP address or a private IP address, the user may select the social network from the electronic device. The service can be provided, and can connect to the network anytime and anywhere to provide and receive social network services. Since the present invention provides a connection through a human channel with an acquaintance connected to a social network, a user can easily watch a channel such as an acquaintance connected with a social network through a human channel. The present invention uses a human channel map to identify acquaintances watching the same content as the user and provides a chat screen with the confirmed acquaintances, the user can watch the broadcast while chatting with acquaintances viewing the same content.

In addition, the present invention provides various types of channel maps, and provides a user interface to assist in switching between channel maps, so that the user can easily select various types of channel maps. In addition, since the present invention provides various types of channels and allows a channel to be selected through a channel map that lists various types of channels, the user can easily select various types of channels.

In addition, the present invention provides a menu for scanning an app service and an SNS service in a manner similar to a broadcast channel scan menu, so that a user can easily operate the scan menu, and also facilitate the app channel and the human channel through the scan result. Can be set.

In addition, since the present invention provides event information for acquaintances in the form of existing EPGs, the user can easily obtain and manage information on acquaintances, and easily create his own event and share the generated event with acquaintances. It can be shared easily.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of a broadcast system according to the present invention;
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of a server according to the present invention;
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a web page of a social networking server (SNS) is displayed;
5 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed;
6 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a channel number is displayed;
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displaying a result of assigning a human address to a channel number;
8 illustrates an embodiment of a screen on which a menu is displayed;
9 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed;
FIG. 10 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed; FIG.
11 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed;
12 illustrates a preferred embodiment of a human channel map;
13 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the method for constructing a human channel map according to the present invention;
14 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method for constructing a human channel map according to the present invention;
15 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed;
FIG. 16 illustrates another embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed;
FIG. 17 illustrates another embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed;
FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for providing a human channel service according to the present invention; FIG.
19 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for receiving content of a human channel;
20 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for receiving content of a human channel;
FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating still another preferred embodiment of a method for receiving content of a human channel; FIG.
22 is a diagram illustrating a method for establishing a connection between an electronic device and an electronic device;
23 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of another preferred embodiment of a broadcasting system according to the present invention;
24 illustrates an embodiment of a network address translation (NAT) table.
25 is a view showing an embodiment of an address matching table recorded in a server, and
FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for establishing a connection between an electronic device and an electronic device; FIG.
27 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for setting a human channel is displayed;
FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a screen to which a human address is dragged while the GUI of FIG. 27 is displayed;
29 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for setting a human channel is displayed;
30 is a diagram illustrating a screen to which a human address is dragged while the GUI of FIG. 29 is displayed;
31 illustrates a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for setting a channel is displayed;
32 is a diagram illustrating a screen to which a human address is dragged while the GUI of FIG. 31 is displayed;
33 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a broadcast channel, a human address, and an app channel are dropped in a channel setting area while the GUI of FIG. 31 is displayed;
34A and 34B are flowcharts illustrating a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method for constructing a channel map according to the present invention;
35 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map is displayed on a broadcast screen;
36 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen for inviting a channel;
37 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of another preferred embodiment of a broadcasting system according to the present invention;
38 shows a structure of a preferred embodiment of a channel invite packet;
39 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displayed when a channel invitation is received;
40 is a view showing an embodiment of a guide message for a channel invitation;
41 is a view showing another embodiment of a guide message for channel invitation,
42 is a view showing another embodiment of a guide message for channel invitation,
43 is a view showing an embodiment of a screen displayed when the channel invitation is accepted;
44 illustrates an embodiment of a channel matching table;
45 is a view showing a preferred embodiment of the channel invitation method according to the present invention;
46 is a view showing a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the channel invitation method according to the present invention;
47 is a flowchart showing a preferred embodiment of a method for processing a channel invitation according to the present invention;
48 illustrates an embodiment of a screen on which content is displayed;
FIG. 49 illustrates an embodiment of a screen on which content is displayed in a simultaneous viewing mode; FIG.
50 illustrates another embodiment of a screen on which content is displayed in a simultaneous viewing mode;
51 is a view showing another embodiment of a screen on which content is displayed in a simultaneous viewing mode;
52 is a diagram illustrating a diagram for explaining one embodiment of a method for confirming viewing of the same content;
53 is a view to explain a method of detecting a user's emotion;
54 is a view showing a shape mapped to the user's emotion,
55 is a view showing an embodiment in which a silhouette changed according to a user's emotion is displayed on a screen;
56 is a view to explain a process of registering a face image;
57 is a view to explain a process of training a face image;
58 is a view for explaining a method for detecting a user's movement;
59 is a view for explaining how a screen effect is reflected in content;
60 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for simultaneously viewing content remotely;
FIG. 61 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for simultaneously viewing content remotely;
FIG. 62 is a flowchart illustrating still another preferred embodiment of the method for simultaneously viewing content remotely;
FIG. 63 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for simultaneously viewing content remotely;
64 is a view illustrating a process of performing an embodiment of a method of checking the viewing of the same content;
65 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of the method for checking the viewing of the same content;
FIG. 66 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for providing a viewing list; FIG.
67 is a view showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the silhouette display method;
FIG. 68 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a silhouette display method; FIG.
69 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method for displaying a silhouette in a stereoscopic image;
70 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for sharing screen effects;
71 illustrates a screen on which an embodiment of a channel map is displayed on a broadcast screen;
72 is a view showing a screen on which a different embodiment of a channel map is displayed on a broadcast screen;
73 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which another embodiment of a channel map is displayed on a broadcast screen;
74 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a full channel map is displayed;
75 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which another embodiment of a full channel map is displayed;
76 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a full channel map is displayed;
FIG. 77 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which a human channel sheet is displayed in the full channel map of FIG. 76;
FIG. 78 illustrates a screen on which an app channel sheet is displayed in the full channel map of FIG. 76;
79 illustrates a screen on which an embodiment of a recent viewing channel map is displayed;
80 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a full channel map is displayed;
81 is a view to explain a connection state of an owner of a human channel;
82 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for providing a channel map service according to the present invention;
83 is a view showing a process of performing an embodiment of a user registration method according to the present invention;
84 is a view showing an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving user registration information;
85 is a view showing an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting an SNS site;
86 is a view showing an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving authentication information for an SNS site;
87 is a view showing an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for checking channel scan execution;
88 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for providing an interface for channel scan according to the present invention;
89 is a view showing an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting a scanning method;
90 is a view showing an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting a service type;
91 is a view showing an embodiment of a screen displaying a progress state of a human channel scan;
FIG. 92 illustrates an embodiment of a screen displaying a result of a human channel scan; FIG.
93 is a view showing another embodiment of a screen displaying a result of a human channel scan;
94 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for scanning a human channel according to the present invention;
95 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method for constructing a channel map according to the present invention;
FIG. 96 illustrates an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying another human address of an acquaintance having a human address associated with a channel number; FIG.
97 is a view showing another preferred embodiment of a human channel map;
98 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for providing a human channel service according to the present invention;
99 is a view showing an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address;
100 is a view showing another embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed;
FIG. 101 is a view showing an embodiment of a screen displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) for a human channel according to the present invention; FIG.
102 is a view showing an embodiment of a screen displaying detailed information of an event on an electronic program guide according to the present invention;
103 is a view showing an embodiment of a screen in which a channel number is selected on an electronic program guide according to the present invention;
FIG. 104 is a view showing an embodiment of a screen on which content of a human channel is displayed;
105 to 107 are views illustrating an embodiment in which the electronic program guide is dragged according to the present invention;
108 is a view showing an embodiment of a screen displaying a list of contents on an electronic program guide according to the present invention;
FIG. 109 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displaying a preview of selected content from the list of contents of FIG. 108;
110 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a graphic user interface for generating an event is displayed;
111 is a view illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which an event is input to the graphical user interface of FIG. 110;
112 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an electronic program guide according to the present invention reflects the event input in FIG. 111;
113 is a view showing a process of performing an embodiment of a method for providing service information according to the present invention;
114 is a view showing a process of performing an embodiment of a method for constructing service information according to the present invention;
115 is a view showing a process of performing an embodiment of a method for displaying service information according to the present invention; and
116 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the event generating method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

The suffix "module" and " part "for components used in the following description are given merely for ease of description, and the" module "and" part "

On the other hand, the electronic device described herein is, for example, an intelligent electronic device that adds a computer support function to the broadcast reception function. The electronic device is faithful to the broadcast reception function and has an Internet function added thereto. It can have more convenient interface than pad or space remote controller. In addition, it is connected to the Internet and a computer with the support of a wired or wireless Internet function, and can perform functions such as e-mail, web browsing, banking or gaming. A standardized general-purpose OS can be used for these various functions.

Therefore, in the electronic device described in the present invention, various applications can be freely added or deleted, for example, on a general-purpose OS kernel, so that various user-friendly functions can be performed. More specifically, the electronic device may be, for example, a network TV, an HBBTV, a smart TV, an open hybrid TV (OHTV), or the like, and may be applied to a smartphone, a PC, and a home appliance in some cases.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

As used herein, terms used in the present invention are selected from general terms that are widely used in the present invention while taking into account the functions of the present invention, but these may vary depending on the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art or the emergence of new technologies. In addition, in certain cases, there may be a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, it is intended that the terminology used herein should be interpreted based on the meaning of the term rather than on the name of the term, and on the entire contents of the specification.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of a broadcast system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the broadcasting system 1 according to the present invention includes a first server 10, a second server 20, a first digital TV 100, a second digital TV 110, and a personal computer system ( 120, a notebook 130, and a mobile terminal 140. Also, the first server 10, the second server 20, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 are networked. (2) can be connected.

The network 2 may be composed of a backbone network and a subscriber network. The backbone network may consist of one or more integrated networks of an X.25 network, a Frame Relay network, an ATM network, a Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, and a Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) network. Subscriber networks include Fiber To The Home (FTTH), Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), cable network, Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11n), WIBro (Wireless Broadband), Wimax, and It may be High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). In some embodiments, network 2 may be an Internet network or may be a mobile communication network.

The first server 10 may provide a service for connection between the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140. . The first server 10 may provide a user datagram protocol (UDP) hole punching service. The first server 10 may also have a fixed IP address, and the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 The first server 10 may be accessed using the fixed IP address.

The second server 20 may provide a human channel service to the first broadcast receiver 100, the second broadcast receiver 110, the personal computer 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile communication terminal 140. Here, the human channel may mean a communication path for transmitting content provided by an individual, and may mean an identification mark for identifying the communication path from a user perspective, and a channel indicated by a channel number mapped to a human address from a device perspective. Means a communication path accessible using the human address. In addition, the human address means an identification string for identifying a person, and may include at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The human address is an address given to a person and is different from the address of the electronic device, which is an address set in the electronic device. In addition, the human channel service is a service for providing at least one individual human channel. The second server 20 may be an existing social networking service (SNS) server.

The first digital TV 100 and the second digital TV 110 are network TVs, smart TVs, HBBTVs, 3DTVs, and OHTVs.

The personal computer system 120 may be a personal computer system such as a desktop, laptop, tablet or handheld computer.

The mobile terminal 140 may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, or the like.

The first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 may provide a human channel service, and the second server 20 or The human channel service may be received from the other first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140.

The first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 may have a fixed IP address, may have a floating IP address, and have a private IP address. It can have an address.

The first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 have a device that provides a human channel with a floating IP address or a private IP address. In this case, the floating IP address or the private IP address may be received from the first server 10.

Alternatively, in the case of having a fixed IP address, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 obtain the fixed IP address from the user. Can be input.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of a server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the server 200 may perform a function of the first server 10, may perform a function of the second server 20, and the first server 10 and the second server ( All of the functions in 20) can be performed. The server 200 may include a communication unit 210, a control unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

The communication unit 210 receives the packets transmitted through the network 2, receives the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, The packet may be transmitted to the notebook 130 and the mobile terminal 140. The packet may be transmitted in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and Transport Control Protocol (TCP). Here, the packet may include a registration request signal, a response signal, a connection request signal, a connection setting signal, a video streaming, a web page, and a file.

The control unit 220 includes a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), and Multi Media Streaming (MMS). The packet transmission of the communication unit 210 may be controlled based on at least one protocol.

In response to receiving the registration request signal, the controller 220 may control the storage unit 230 to store the address of the electronic device that transmitted the registration request signal and the human address included in the registration request signal. Here, the address of the electronic device and the human address may be stored in association with each other. The controller 220 may extract the address of the electronic device from the registration request signal and may extract the packet from the packet including the registration request signal. The address of the electronic device may include at least one of a MAC (Media Access Control) address, an Internet Protocol address (IP) address, a port number, a Domain Name System (DNS) name, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The IP address may include a static IP address, a dynamic IP address, and a private IP address.

In response to receiving the connection request signal, the controller 220 detects an address of the electronic device associated with the human address included in the connection request signal in the storage 230. The controller 220 controls the detected address of the electronic device to be transmitted to the electronic device that has transmitted the connection request signal. In addition, the controller 220 may control the address of the electronic device that has transmitted the connection request signal to be transmitted to the address of the detected electronic device.

The storage unit 230 may store an address and a human address of the electronic device. The address of the electronic device and the human address may be stored in association with each other.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the electronic device 300 may perform at least one function of the first broadcast receiver 100, the second broadcast receiver 110, the personal computer 120, the notebook 130, or the mobile communication terminal 140. Can be performed.

The electronic device 300 includes a tuner 305, a demodulator 310, a demultiplexer 315, a network interface 320, an external signal input 325, a video decoder 330, and an audio decoder 335. The controller 340 may include a storage unit 345, a scaler 350, a mixer 360, a formatter 370, a communication unit 380, and a voice detector 390. The electronic device 300 may further include a photographing device 301, a display 302, glasses 303, and a remote controller 304.

The tuner 305 selects an RF broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user from among RF (Radio Frequency) broadcast signals received through an antenna, and converts the selected RF broadcast signal into an intermediate frequency signal or a baseband video or audio signal. To convert.

The demodulator 310 receives the digital IF signal DIF converted by the tuner 305 and performs a demodulation operation.

In addition, the demodulator 310 may perform channel decoding. To this end, the demodulator 310 includes a trellis decoder, a de-interleaver, a reed solomon decoder, and the like. Soloman decryption can be performed.

The demodulator 310 may output a stream signal TS after performing demodulation and channel decoding. In this case, the stream signal may be a signal multiplexed with a video signal, an audio signal, or a data signal.

The demultiplexer 315 may receive a stream signal from the demodulator 310, the network interface 320, and the external signal input unit 325. The demultiplexer 315 may demultiplex the received stream signal into a video signal, an audio signal, and a data signal and output the demultiplexer 330, the audio decoder 335, and the controller 340, respectively.

The video decoder 330 receives an image signal from the demultiplexer 315, restores the received image signal, and outputs the received image signal to the scaler 350. The image signal may include a stereoscopic image signal.

The audio decoder 335 receives a speech signal from the demultiplexer 315, restores the received speech signal, and outputs the recovered speech to the display 302 or the scaler 350.

The network interface unit 320 receives the packets received from the network 2 and transmits the packets to the network 2. The network interface unit 320 may transmit a registration request signal and a connection request signal to the server 10, and receive a response signal to the transmitted registration request signal and the connection request signal from the server 10. The registration request signal may include a human address, an address of the electronic device 300, an ID, and a password. In addition, the connection request signal may include a human address.

The network interface 320 is connected to the second server 20, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal through the network 2. Content may be received from 140. The content may include an application, a video stream, a video file, a music file, and a picture file. In addition, the content may be provided through a specific human channel.

The network interface unit 320 may receive an IP packet for transmitting broadcast data from the service providing server through the network 2. The broadcast data may be real time broadcast service data and internet service data.

When the IP packet includes the stream signal, the network interface 320 may extract the stream signal from the IP packet and output the stream signal to the demultiplexer 315. The stream signal may be received from the second server 20, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140. . The stream signal may also be provided over a particular human channel.

The network interface unit 320 may output a signal and the received content to the controller 340.

The external signal input unit 325 may provide an interface and a user interface for connecting the external device and the electronic device 300. Here, the external device refers to various kinds of video or audio output devices such as a digital versatile disk (DVD), a Blu-ray, a game device, a camcorder, a computer (laptop), and the like. The electronic device 300 may control the video signal and the audio signal received from the external signal input unit 325 to be displayed, and may store or use the data signal.

Also, the external device may be the photographing device 301. The photographing apparatus 301 may include a plurality of cameras. The imaging device 301 can image a person. The photographing apparatus 301 may recognize a hand region of a person, focus on the hand region, and zoom in to capture an image. In this case, the captured hand may be recognized as a spatial gesture. That is, the controller 340 may recognize the captured hand as a spatial gesture and execute commands for performing operations associated with the recognized spatial gesture. Here, the spatial gesture may be defined as a gesture recognized from an image frame or an image received from the photographing apparatus 301, which is mapped to one or more specific computing operations.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 300 may include a photographing device 301.

The external signal input unit 325 may be a touch pad and a touch screen. The touch screen may be integrated with the display 302 or may be a separate component. When the touch screen is integrated with the display 302, it may be referred to as a touch screen display. As the touch screen is disposed in front of the display 302, the user may directly manipulate a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the screen. For example, the user may only place his finger on the object to be controlled.

In the touchpad, the touchpad is generally in a different plane away from the display 302. For example, the display 302 is generally located in a vertical plane and the touchpad is generally located in a horizontal plane. This makes its use less intuitive and therefore more difficult when compared to a touch screen.

Also, the touch pad and the touch screen may be multi-point input devices.

The controller 340 may recognize a touch gesture applied to the external signal input unit 325 and control the electronic device 300 based on the touch gesture. Here, the touch gesture may be defined as a stylized interaction with the external signal input 325, which maps to one or more specific computing operations. Touch gestures can be made through various hands, more specifically through finger movements. As another alternative or in addition, the touch gesture can be made with the stylus. Here, an object causing a touch gesture such as a finger or a stylus is called an object.

The external signal input unit 325 receives a touch gesture, and the controller 340 executes commands for performing operations associated with the touch gesture. In addition, storage 345 may include a gesture actuation program that may be part of an operating system or a separate application. A gesture actuation program generally includes a series of instructions that recognizes the occurrence of a gesture (touch gesture or spatial gesture) and tells one or more software agents what action (s) should be taken in response to the gesture and / or gesture. .

 When the user performs one or more gestures, the external signal input unit 325 transfers the gesture information to the controller 340. Using commands from the storage 345, more specifically the gesture actuation program, the controller 340 interprets the touch gesture and displays the display 302, demultiplexer 315, network interface 320, external Different components of the electronic device 300, such as the signal input unit 325, the storage unit 345, the scaler 350, the mixer 360, the formatter 370, and the voice detector 390, are controlled. The gesture performs an operation in an application stored in the storage unit 345, modifies a GUI object displayed on the display 302, modifies data stored in the storage unit 345, a demultiplexer 315, and a network. It may be identified as a command for performing operations in the interface unit 320, the scaler 350, the mixer 360, and the formatter 370. By way of example, these commands may be associated with zooming, panning, scrolling, page turning, rotation, resizing, video channel change, content reception, Internet connection, and the like.

As a further example, the command may also specify a channel number, specify a human address, select a displayed object, drag a displayed object, drop a displayed object, or switch channels. Displaying the channel map, switching the displayed channel map, transmitting a channel viewing request signal, launching a specific program, requesting a specific GUI, opening a file or document, menu Viewing, making choices, executing commands, logging on to an Internet site system, allowing authorized individuals access to restricted areas of the computer system, user profiles associated with a user's preferred array of desktops May be associated with loading, and / or the like. The displayed object may include an image, a channel listed in a channel map, a selection area on a GUI, a menu item, and displayed content.

 A wide variety of different touch gestures can be used. By way of example, the touch gesture may be a single point or multipoint gesture, a static or dynamic gesture, a continuous or segmented gesture, and / or the like. A single point gesture is a gesture performed with a single point of contact, for example, this gesture is performed with a single touch, for example from one finger, palm or stylus. Multipoint gestures are gestures that may be performed with multiple points, for example, the gestures may be from, for example, multiple fingers, fingers and palms, fingers and stylus, multiple stylus and / or any combination thereof. As is performed with multiple touches. Static gestures are gestures that do not include movement, and dynamic gestures are gestures that do include movement. Continuous gestures are gestures performed in a single stroke, and distinct gestures are gestures performed in a sequence of separate steps or strokes.

Contact of the object with the touch screen typically has several different patterns. For example, a single point gesture on a touch screen includes a down event followed by an up event at or about the same location as the down event. Dynamic gestures on the touch screen include a down event followed by at least one dragging event, followed by an event.

In some embodiments, parameters are used to describe the process by which a finger approaches a touch screen display, contacts a touch screen display, and moves away from the touch screen display. This parameter may be at least one of the distance between the finger and the touch screen display, the pressure at which the finger presses the touch screen display, the contact area between the finger and the touch screen, the voltage between the finger and the touch screen, the capacitance between the finger and the touch screen display, or at least one of the physical parameters. It may be a function of.

In some embodiments, depending on the magnitude of a parameter (eg, capacitance) between the finger and the touch screen display, when this parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, a down event occurs and the parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold and While the finger's corresponding cursor position moves from position A to position B, a dragging event occurs, and an up event occurs when this parameter falls below the threshold level.

The controller 340 executes a command and performs an operation associated with the electronic device 300. For example, the controller 340 may control input and output, reception and processing of data between components of the electronic device 300 by using a command retrieved from the storage 345. The controller 340 may be implemented on a single chip, a plurality of chips, or a plurality of electrical components. For example, various architectures may be used for the controller 340, including dedicated or embedded processors, single purpose processors, controllers, ASICs, and the like. In addition, the controller 340 may include at least one process.

The controller 340 may detect a user action and control the electronic device 300 based on the detected user action. The user actions include selecting a physical button on a display device or a remote control, performing a predetermined touch gesture on a touch screen display surface, or selecting a soft button, and performing a predetermined spatial gesture recognized from an image captured by the imaging device, and a voice sensing unit. 390 may include implementation of a predetermined utterance recognized by speech recognition for the received voice. The controller 340 may interpret the user action as at least one command executable. In response to the at least one interpreted command, the controller 340 may control a component of the electronic device 300. That is, the controller 340 may control input and output, reception and processing of data between components of the electronic device 300 by using the at least one command.

The controller 340 detects a user action requesting a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address, and controls to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address in response to detecting the user action. Can be. In addition, the controller 340 may detect a user action for designating a human address, and in response to the user action detection, may control a GUI for receiving a channel number to be displayed. In addition, the controller 340 may detect a user action for designating a channel number, and in response to the user action detection, may store a specified channel number, a designated human address, and information for associating them in a human channel map.

The controller 340 detects a user action specifying a channel number, detects a human address associated with the designated channel number in a human channel map in response to the detection of the user action, and accesses the electronic device to be connected based on the detected human address. The acquisition of the address of the device can be controlled. In some embodiments, the controller 340 may detect the address of the electronic device based on the human address in the storage 345. In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control the connection request signal including the detected human address to be transmitted to the server 10 and obtain an address of an electronic device to be accessed from the server 10.

The controller 340 may control the registration request signal to be transmitted to the server 10 at the time of booting or detecting a user action requesting server registration. The registration request signal may include an address, a human address, an ID, and a password of the electronic device.

The controller 340 may control the connection setting signal to be transmitted to another electronic device. The connection establishment signal may include a human address. In addition, in response to receiving the connection establishment signal, the controller 340 may initialize the connection with the electronic device that has transmitted the connection establishment signal and transmit a response signal to the electronic device. During the initialization process, the controller 340 may open a specific port according to the information included in the connection setup signal, and transmit a response signal including the port number of the port.

When the response signal for the connection setting signal is received from the electronic device that has transmitted the connection setting signal, the controller 340 may determine whether the response signal includes a specific port number. When the response signal includes a specific port number, the controller 340 may transmit / receive data with the electronic device through a port indicated by the specific port number. For example, a specific port number may be a port providing a human channel, and in such a case, the electronic device 300 may receive a human channel through the port.

The controller 340 may route the packet using at least one of an IP address and a port number included in the packet received by the network interface 320. That is, the controller 340 may control the packet having a specific port to be output to the demultiplexer 315 and may be controlled to be stored in the storage 345.

The controller 340 may extract data included in the packet and route the extracted data using at least one of an IP address and a port number included in the packet. That is, the controller 340 may control the data included in the packet having a specific port to be output to the demultiplexer 315, and may be controlled to be stored in the storage 345. In addition, the controller 340 may directly process the data included in the packet, and may control the processing result to be displayed on the screen.

The controller 340 executes computer code together with an operating system to generate and use data. The operating system is generally known and will not be described in more detail. By way of example, the operating system may be a Window based OS, Unix, Linux, Palm OS, DOS, Android, Macintosh, and the like. The operating system, other computer code, and data may reside in a storage 345 that operates in conjunction with the controller 340.

The storage unit 345 generally provides a place for storing program code and data used by the electronic device 300. For example, the storage unit 345 may be implemented as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive, or the like. The program code and data may reside in a removable storage medium and may be loaded or installed onto the electronic device 300 as needed. Removable storage media herein include CD-ROMs, PC-CARDs, memory cards, floppy disks, magnetic tape, and network components.

The storage unit 345 may store a human channel map. In addition, the storage unit 345 may cache the address and port number of the electronic device connected to the electronic device 300. The address and port number of the electronic device may be stored in association with the human address. When redisplaying a human channel associated with a specific human address, the electronic device 340 detects and uses the address and port number of the electronic device associated with the specific human address among the cached electronic device addresses and port numbers. A human channel can be received.

The scaler 350 scales the signals processed by the video decoder 330 and the audio decoder 335 to a signal of an appropriate size for output through the display 302 or a speaker (not shown).

In addition, the scaler 350 adjusts and outputs a graphical user interface (GUI), an aspect ratio of an image, a stereoscopic image, and a combination of at least two of them according to the type of the displayed content or user setting. The aspect ratio value may be 21: 9, 16: 9, 4: 3, or 3: 2, and the like. The scaler 350 adjusts the ratio of the screen length in the horizontal direction and the screen length in the vertical direction to a specific ratio. It may be.

The mixer 360 mixes and outputs the outputs of the scaler 350 and the controller 340.

The formatter 370 converts the video and audio signals output from the mixer 360 according to the output format of the display 302. Here, when displaying the 2D image, the formatter 370 passes the input signal without performing the conversion function. In the case of displaying a stereoscopic image, the formatter 370 may operate as a 3D formatter that processes the stereoscopic image in a 3D format according to the format of the stereoscopic image and the output frequency of the display 302 under the control of the controller 340.

In addition, the formatter 370 may output the converted image signal to the display 302 to generate a stereoscopic image, and generate a sync signal related to the stereoscopic image signal to be output to the communication unit 380. have. Here, the synchronization signal is a signal for synchronizing the display time of the left eye view image or the right eye view image according to the stereoscopic image signal with the opening / closing time of the left eye lens or the right eye lens of the shutter glasses 303.

The communication unit 380 is a communication module that provides bidirectional omnidirectional (or nondirectional) communication means, and performs wireless communication with other communication devices in a communication method according to a predetermined communication standard. The communication standard may be Zigbee, Bluetooth, Ultra Wideband (UWB), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and Wireless LAN, and the communication device may include an electronic device 300 and glasses ( 303) and the remote controller 304.

The communication unit 380 may include an infrared receiver which may receive infrared rays from the remote controller 304.

The voice detector 390 may receive a voice and output the received voice to the controller 340. The controller 340 may recognize the voice output by the voice detector 390 and control the electronic device 300 based on the recognized voice.

4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displaying a web page of a social networking server (SNS).

Referring to FIG. 4, the display 302 may display a webpage 400 of the server 200. The network interface unit 320 receives the web page 400 from the server 200, and the controller 340 generates image image data of the web page such that the received web page 400 is displayed and the scaler 350. ) May adjust the resolution of the generated video image data. In addition, the display 302 may display the video image data 400 in which the scaler 350 adjusts the resolution.

The webpage 400 may list at least one human address 411, 412, 413. Here, the human address 411 is Sa11y Brown, the human address 412 is Andy Fox, and the human address 413 is Charlie Brown. The listed human addresses 411, 412, 413 are also selectable by the indicator 401.

In some embodiments, the user may press a specific button (eg, an 'OK' button) on the remote control when the indicator 401 is located at one of the human addresses 411, 412, 413 or a spatial gesture indicating a selection. The user action of specifying a human address can be performed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the electronic device 300 detects a user action specifying a human address, the electronic device 300 may display the GUI 510 in response to the user action detection.

The GUI 510 may include a menu item 511 for registering as a channel, a menu item 513 for changing a channel, and a menu item 515 for editing a channel. The menu items 511, 513, 515 are selectable by the indicator 520.

If the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the menu item 511, the electronic device 300 may display a GUI for receiving a channel number in response to the user action detection.

If the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the menu item 513, the electronic device 300 may display a GUI for changing the channel number in response to the user action detection.

If the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the menu item 515, the electronic device 300 may display a GUI for editing the channel number in response to the detection of the user action.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a channel number is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 6, when the electronic device 300 detects a user action specifying a human address, the electronic device 300 may display the GUI 610 in response to the user action detection. In addition, when the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the menu item 511, the electronic device 300 may display the GUI 610 in response to the user action detection.

GUI 610 lists channel numbers 41-61. Channel numbers 41 to 61 are selectable by supporters 620. The GUI 610 may display the channel number to which the human address is assigned and the free channel number to be distinguished from each other. Channel numbers 41, 43 to 45, 48 to 55, 58, 59, and 61 are channel numbers to which human addresses are assigned, and channel numbers 42, 46, 47, 56, 57, and 60 are free channel numbers. The controller 340 may check whether the human address is assigned to the channel number and the channel number using the human channel map stored in the storage unit 345, and generate the GUI 610 based on the check result. .

The channel number listed by the GUI 610 may be a channel number to which a human address is assigned or a channel number to which a channel is not assigned.

In some embodiments, the channel number to which the channel is not assigned may be a channel number that is not assigned to any of the over-the-air broadcasting channel, cable channel, IPTV channel, and satellite channel. Accordingly, the electronic device 300 may simultaneously browse the human channel and one of an airwave broadcasting channel, a cable channel, an IPTV channel, and a satellite channel.

In some embodiments, the channel number to which the channel is not assigned may be a channel number assigned to another channel such as a broadcast channel and an app channel but not assigned to a human channel.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displaying a result of assigning a human address to a channel number.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the indicator 620 is located in one of the channel numbers 41 to 61 of the GUI 610, when the user performs a user action instructing selection, the electronic device 300 displays the channel number. A user action to designate may be sensed and a message 710 may be displayed in response to the detection of the user action. Message 710 may indicate that the designated channel number has been assigned to the specified human address. In one example, message 710 indicates that channel number 60 has been assigned to Sally Brown.

In addition, in response to the detection of the user action, the electronic device 300 may store information related to Sally Brown, channel number 60, and Sally Brown in channel number 60 in the human channel map.

8 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a menu is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 8, the electronic device 300 may display a menu 800 including a menu item 810 for requesting display of a GUI specifying a human address.

When the user performs a user action of selecting the menu item 810, the electronic device 300 may detect a user action of selecting the menu item 810 and display a message 820 in response to the detection of the user action. have.

FIG. 9 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 9, when a user performs a user action of selecting the button 821, the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the button 821, and responds to the user action detection. Can be displayed. In another embodiment, when the user performs a user action of selecting the menu item 810, the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the menu item 810, and responds to the user action detection to detect the GUI 910. ) Can be displayed.

The user may enter an IP address in the GUI 910. When the user completes a user action of inputting an IP address, the electronic device 300 may detect the user action and display the GUI 610 in response to the user action detection.

With the indicator 620 positioned on one of the channel numbers 41 to 61 of the GUI 610, when the user performs a user action indicating a selection, the electronic device 300 detects a user action specifying the channel number. And in response to detecting the user action, a message may be displayed. The message may indicate that the specified channel number has been assigned to the entered IP address.

In addition, in response to the detection of the user action, the electronic device 300 may store the input IP address, the channel number 60, and information for associating the input IP address with the channel number 60 in the human channel map.

In some embodiments, the user may further enter the human address Sally Brown via the GUI 910. When the user completes the user action of inputting the human address Sally Brown and the IP address, the electronic device 300 may detect the user action and display the GUI 610 in response to the user action detection. In addition, when detecting a user action designating a channel number 60 among the channel numbers displayed on the GUI 610, the electronic device 300 may display a message 710 in response to the detection of the user action. In addition, the electronic device 300 associates a human address Sally Brown, an IP address, a channel number 60, a human address Sally Brown, and an IP address in response to the detection of the user action, and associates the channel number 60 with the human address Sally Brown. Can be stored in the human channel map.

FIG. 10 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 10, when the user performs a user action of selecting the menu item 810, the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the menu item 810 and responds to the user action detection. 1010 may be displayed.

The user may enter a human address into the GUI 1010. Here, the human address may include at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). When the user completes a user action of inputting a human address, the electronic device 300 may detect the user action and display the GUI 610 in response to the user action detection.

With the indicator 620 positioned on one of the channel numbers 41 to 61 of the GUI 610, when the user performs a user action indicating a selection, the electronic device 300 detects a user action specifying the channel number. And in response to detecting the user action, a message may be displayed. The message may indicate that the designated channel number has been assigned to the entered human address. In this case, the message may be the message 710 illustrated in FIG. 7.

In addition, in response to the detection of the user action, the electronic device 300 may store the input human address, the channel number 60, and information for associating the input human address with the channel number 60 in the human channel map.

FIG. 11 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving a human address is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 11, when the user performs a user action of selecting the menu item 810, the electronic device 300 detects a user action of selecting the menu item 810 and responds to the user action detection. 1110 may be displayed.

The user may enter a human address in the GUI 1110. Here, the human address may include at least one of an account name, an e-mail address, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). When the user completes a user action of inputting a human address, the electronic device 300 may detect the user action and display the GUI 610 in response to the user action detection.

In some embodiments, the user may take a user action to select one human address from the human addresses listed in GUI 1110. When the user completes a user action of inputting a human address, the electronic device 300 may detect the user action and display the GUI 610 in response to the user action detection.

With the indicator 620 positioned on one of the channel numbers 41 to 61 of the GUI 610, when the user performs a user action indicating a selection, the electronic device 300 detects a user action specifying the channel number. And in response to detecting the user action, a message may be displayed. The message may indicate that the designated channel number has been assigned to the entered human address. In this case, the message may be the message 710 illustrated in FIG. 7.

In addition, in response to the detection of the user action, the electronic device 300 may store the input human address, the channel number 60, and information for associating the input human address with the channel number 60 in the human channel map.

12 illustrates a preferred embodiment of a human channel map.

Referring to FIG. 12, the human channel map 1210 may include a channel number, a human address, and a pointer. The human channel map may arrange a channel number, a human address to which the channel number is assigned, and a pointer associated with the human address in one row. That is, the information representing the row may be information that associates channel protection with a human address. For example, since the channel number 71 and the human address Zoe are located in the second line, the electronic device 300 may confirm that the channel number 71 is assigned to the human address Zoe.

The access information maps 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, and 1270 store information necessary for accessing the human channel. The type of information stored in the access information maps 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, and 1270 may vary according to a connection method. The first access information map 1230 may store type information, an IP address, a port number, and authentication information indicating a connection method. The second access information map 1240 may store type information, SIP-URL, and authentication information indicating a connection method. The third access information map 1250 may store type information indicating an access method, an IP address, a port number, an account, and authentication information. The fourth access information map 1260 may store type information indicating an access method, an IP address, a port number, e-mail, and authentication information. The fifth access information map 1270 may store shortcuts and authentication information indicating a connection method. The information stored in the access information maps 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, and 1270 may be input from a user and may be received from the server 10 and the server 20. Also, the information may be stored in the access information map before and after the process of associating the channel number and the human address with the human channel map 1210.

The access method includes a first access method using an IP address and a port, a second access method using a SIP-URL, a third access method to access a server to receive a service associated with a specific account, and a specific email address to access an SNS server. It may be one of a fourth access method for receiving an associated service and a fifth access method for accessing using a shortcut. Here, the first connection method, the second connection method, the third connection method, the fourth connection method, and the fifth connection method may be indicated as types 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively.

The pointer may indicate where the information associated with the human address is stored. Pointer 1221 indicates the location where information associated with Me is stored. That is, the pointer 1221 indicates the first row of the first connection information map 1230. The IP address associated with Me is 127.0.0.1 and the port number associated with Me is 88. The channels of Me may be connected in a connection manner indicated by Type 1. The pointer 1222 also indicates a location where information associated with Zoe is stored. That is, the pointer 1222 indicates the second row of the first connection information map 1230. The IP address associated with Zoe is 210.1.7.29 and the port number associated with Zoe is 545. Zoe's channels may be connected in a connection manner indicated by Type 1. The pointer 1223 also indicates the location where the information associated with Susan is stored. That is, the pointer 1223 indicates the third row of the first connection information map 1230. The IP address associated with Susan is 198.10.8.102 and the port number associated with Susan is 546. Susan's channel can be connected in the type of connection indicated by Type 1.

Pointer 1225 indicates the location where information associated with Chuck is stored. That is, the pointer 1225 indicates the first row of the second connection information map 1240. The SIP-URL associated with Chuck is chuck@TV.com. Chuck's channels can be connected in the connection scheme indicated by Type 2. The pointer 1226 also indicates the location where the information associated with Dad is stored. That is, the pointer 1226 indicates the second row of the second connection information map 1240. The SIP-URL associated with Dad is Dad@TV.com. Dad's channels may be connected in a connection scheme indicated by Type 2.

Pointer 1224 indicates the location where information associated with Sophie is stored. That is, the pointer 1224 indicates the first row of the third connection information map 1250. The IP address associated with Sophie is 202.131.29.70, the port number associated with Sophie is 80, and the account is Sophie. Sophie's channels can be connected in the type of connection indicated by Type 3. Pointer 1227 indicates the location where information associated with George is stored. That is, the pointer 1227 indicates the second row of the third connection information map 1250. The IP address associated with George is 209.62.105.103 and the port number associated with George is 80. George's channel can be connected in the type of connection indicated by Type 3.

Pointer 1228 indicates the location where information associated with Carrie is stored. That is, the pointer 1228 indicates the first row of the fourth connection information map 1260. The IP address associated with Carrie is 69.171.224.12, the port number associated with Carrie is 80, and the email address associated with Carrie is Carrie@SNS.com.

Pointer 1229 indicates the location where information associated with Paul is stored. That is, the pointer 1229 indicates the first row of the fifth connection information map 1270. The shortcut associated with Paul is ftp://Paul.sns.com:21.

The authentication information of the access information maps 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, and 1270 may be an ID and a password, and may be stored strings. In addition, the authentication information may be stored encrypted.

13 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the method for constructing a human channel map according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 13, the display 302 displays a first GUI for designating a human address (S100). The displayed first GUI may list at least one selectable human address. In addition, the listed human address may be received from one of the first server 10 and the second server 20. The network interface 320 may receive the human address from one of the first server 10 and the second server 20, and the controller 340 may control the first GUI to provide the human address to be displayed. have. In addition, the first GUI may be one of a web page of FIG. 4, a GUI 910 of FIG. 9, a GUI 1010 of FIG. 10, and a GUI 1110 of FIG. 11.

The controller 340 detects a first user action of designating a human address (S110).

In response to the detection of the first user action, the display 302 displays a second GUI for receiving a channel number (S120). The second GUI displayed here may list a plurality of selectable channel numbers. The second GUI may be the GUI 610 of FIG. 6.

The controller 340 detects a second user action of designating a channel number (S130).

In response to the second user action detection, the controller 340 stores the human address, the channel number, and information relating the human address to the channel number in the human channel map (S140). Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

14 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method for constructing a human channel map according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 14, the display 302 displays a first GUI for receiving a channel number (S200). The first GUI displayed here may list a plurality of selectable channel numbers. The first GUI may be the GUI 610 of FIG. 6.

The controller 340 detects a first user action of designating a channel number (S210).

In response to the first user action detection, the display 302 displays a second GUI for receiving a human address (S220). The second GUI displayed here may list at least one selectable human address. In addition, the listed human address may be received from one of the first server 10 and the second server 20. The network interface 320 receives the human address from one of the first server 10 and the second server 20, and the controller 340 controls the second GUI to provide the received human address to be displayed. can do. Also, the second GUI may be one of a web page of FIG. 4, a GUI 910 of FIG. 9, a GUI 1010 of FIG. 10, and a GUI 1110 of FIG. 11.

The controller 340 detects a second user action for specifying a human address (S230).

In response to the second user action detection, the controller 340 stores the human address, the channel number, and information relating the human address to the channel number in the human channel map (S240). Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed.

Referring to FIG. 15, the controller 340 may control the screen 1500 to be displayed. The screen 1500 may include a channel map area 1510, a channel display area 1520, a content list area 1530, and a human display area 1540.

The channel map area 1510 provides a human address and a channel number mapped to the human address. For example, the channel map area 1510 provides a channel number 00 1512 mapped to the human addresses Me 1511 and Me 1511. The controller 340 may generate an image displayed in the channel map area 1510 by using the information of the human channel map. The human address and the channel number of the channel map area 1510 may be selected by the indicator 1501. Current indicator 1501 is located at human address Sophie 1513 and channel number 72 (1514). The indicator 1501 may also be located at a specified human address and channel number.

The channel display area 1520 may display a human channel of a designated channel number. In FIG. 15, since the indicator 1501 is located at the channel number 72, the designated channel number is 72 and thus the channel display area 1520 displays the human channel of the channel number 72. Here, the human channel of channel number 72 is a human channel of a human address mapped to channel number 72. That is, the channel display area 1520 displays Sophie's channel.

The content list area 1530 provides a content list provided by the human channel of the designated channel number. The content list area 1530 may provide a thumbnail of the content. When a user action of selecting specific content among the contents provided in the content list area 1530 is detected, in response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 may control the selected content to be displayed on the channel display area 1520. . In addition, the content list area 1530 may display the content displayed on the channel display area 1520 to be distinguished from other content. As a display method for distinguishing the content, the content displayed on the channel display area 1520 may be highlighted.

Human display area 1540 displays a human having a human address associated with the selected channel number. The human display area 1540 may display a picture of the owner of the human channel indicated by the indicator 1501.

FIG. 16 illustrates another embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed.

Referring to FIG. 16, the controller 340 may detect a user action for requesting to switch a channel to a channel of channel number 73. In this case, the user action for requesting channel switching may be, for example, a spatial gesture requesting channel increase, or a press of a button of the remote controller for requesting channel increase.

In response to the detection of the user action, the controller 340 may control the screen 1600 to be displayed. In the channel map area 1610, the indicator 1601 is located at the channel number 73 designated by the user action. The channel display area 1620 displays the human channel of channel number 73, that is, the human channel of Chuck. The content list area 1630 displays a content list provided by the human channel of channel number 73.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed.

Referring to FIG. 17, the controller 340 may detect a user action for requesting to switch a channel to a channel of channel number 75. In response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 controls the screen 1700 to be displayed. In the channel map area 1710, the indicator 1701 is located at channel number 75 designated by the user action. The channel display area 1720 displays a human channel of channel number 75, that is, Susan's human channel. The content list area 1730 displays a content list provided by the channel of channel number 75.

18 is a diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for providing a human channel service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 18, the controller 340 detects a user action of designating a channel number (S300). Herein, step S300 may be performed while the display 302 is displaying at least one channel of a human channel, a broadcast channel, and an app channel. For example, while the display 302 is displaying the screen 1500 of FIG. 15, the screen 1600 of FIG. 16, and the screen 1700 of FIG. 17, the controller 340 detects a user action specifying a channel number. can do. The broadcast channel may include at least one of an airwave channel, a cable channel, a satellite channel, or an IPTV channel.

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 receives the contents of the human channel indicated by the designated channel number (S310). Herein, the content may be initial content that introduces a first content or a channel located among contents provided by the human channel.

The controller 340 controls to display the received content (S320). The display 302 may display the screen 1500 of FIG. 15, the screen 1600 of FIG. 16, and the screen 1700 of FIG. 17.

19 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for receiving content of a human channel.

Referring to FIG. 19, the controller 340 detects a human address associated with a channel number designated in a human channel map (S400). Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

The controller 340 detects an address of an electronic device to be connected based on the detected human address (S410). The electronic device to be connected may be one of the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140. In addition, the address of the electronic device to be connected may be stored in the access information map 1230 illustrated in FIG. 12. The address of the electronic device to be connected may be an IP address and a port number.

The network interface 320 receives content from the electronic device using the detected address of the electronic device (S420). Herein, the electronic device 300 may establish a communication connection with the electronic device using the address of the electronic device detected in operation S410, and receive a human channel from the electronic device. In addition, the content may be transmitted based on one of the following protocols: SMTP, HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and MMS.

The method of receiving the content of the human channel illustrated in FIG. 19 may be an example of the first access scheme described above with reference to FIG. 12.

20 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for receiving content of a human channel.

Referring to FIG. 20, the controller 340 detects a human address associated with a channel number designated in a human channel map (S500). Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

The controller 340 detects an address of a server to be connected based on the detected human address (S510). The server may be a server 10 and a server 20. In addition, the address of the server may be stored in the access information map 1250, the access information map 1260, and the access information map 1270. The server address may include an IP address, a port number, an account name, an IP address, a port number, an e-mail address, and may include a shortcut.

The network interface 320 receives the content from the server using the detected server address (S520). Here, the electronic device 300 may access the server by using the address of the server detected in operation S510 and receive a human channel from the server. In addition, the content may be transmitted based on one of the following protocols: SMTP, HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and MMS.

The method of receiving the content of the human channel illustrated in FIG. 19 may be an example of one of the third access method, the fourth access method, and the fifth access method described above with reference to FIG. 12 according to the address of the server detected in operation S510. .

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for receiving content of a human channel.

Referring to FIG. 21, the controller 340 detects a human address associated with a channel number designated in a human channel map (S600). Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included. In addition, the detected human address may be a SIP-URL.

The network interface unit 320 transmits a connection request signal including the detected human address to the server (S610). The connection request signal may include a SIP-URL. The server may also be a server 10.

The network interface unit 320 receives a signal including an address of the electronic device from the server (S620). The signal may be a response signal to the connection request signal. In addition, the address of the electronic device may include an IP address and a port number. The electronic device may be one of the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140.

The controller 340 controls the content to be received using the address of the received electronic device (S630). Herein, the electronic device 300 may establish a communication connection with the electronic device by using the address of the electronic device received in operation S620 and receive a human channel from the electronic device. In addition, the content may be transmitted based on one of a protocol of SIP, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and MMS.

22 is a diagram illustrating a method for establishing a connection between an electronic device and an electronic device.

Referring to FIG. 22, the electronic device 2210 may establish a first connection 2211 with the server 2230. When establishing the first connection 2211, the server 2230 obtains and stores an IP address and a port number of the electronic device 2210. The first connection 2211 may be set when the electronic device 2210 is booted, or may be set when the user requests to connect to the server 2230. The electronic device 2210 may be one of the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140, and the server 2230. May be the server 10.

The electronic device 2220 may establish a second connection 2231 with the server 2230. When setting the second connection 2231, the server 2230 obtains and stores an IP address and a port number of the electronic device 2220. The second connection 2231 may be set when the electronic device 2220 boots, and may be set when the user requests to connect to the server 2230.

In addition, after the server 2230 establishes the first connection 2211 to the electronic device 2210, the server 2230 may set the second connection 2231. When the server 2230 requests the second connection 2231, an IP address and a port number of the previously stored electronic device 2220 may be used. The electronic device 2220 may be one of the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140.

The electronic device 2210 may establish a third connection 2221 with the electronic device 2220. In this case, the electronic device 2210 receives an IP address and a port number of the electronic device 2220 obtained in the second connection 2231 from the server 2230, and transmits a signal using the received IP address and port number. Can be. The signal transmitted here may be a connection setup signal or a human channel request signal.

The electronic device 2220 may receive an IP address and a port number of the electronic device 2210 obtained at the first connection 2211 from the server 2230, and use the received IP address and port number to provide the electronic device. The response signal may be transmitted to 2210. In some embodiments, the electronic device 2220 may extract the IP address and the port number of the electronic device 2210 from the connection establishment signal transmitted by the electronic device 2210, and may use the extracted IP address and port number to extract the electronic address. The response signal may be sent to the device 2210.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of another preferred embodiment of a broadcasting system according to the present invention. FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a network address translation (NAT) table. FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of a recorded address matching table. FIG.

23 to 25, the broadcast system 2300 may include a first electronic device 2310, a second electronic device 2320, a network device 2330, a network device 2340, and a server 2350. Can be.

The first electronic device 2310 and the second electronic device 2320 each have a private IP address. That is, the electronic device 2310 has a private IP address private_ip1, and the electronic device 2320 has a private IP address private_ip2. The electronic device 2310 and the electronic device 2320 may be one of the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140, respectively. Can be.

As set in the NAT table, the network device 2330 converts the private IP address private_ip1 of the first electronic device 2310 into public_ip1, which is a public IP address. That is, the network device 2330 converts the source IP address of the packet transmitted by the first electronic device 2310 to the server 2350 from private_ip1 to public_ip1. The network device 2330 may be one of a router, a router, and a gateway.

As configured in the NAT table, the network device 2340 converts the private IP address private_ip2 of the second electronic device 2320 into public_ip2, which is a public IP address (Public IP address). That is, the network device 2340 converts the source IP address of the packet transmitted by the second electronic device 2320 to the server 2350 from private_ip2 to public_ip2. The network device 2340 may be one of a router, a router, and a gateway.

The server 2350 may be the server 10 shown in FIG. 1. The server 2350 may maintain an address matching table 2500. The address matching table 2500 may be stored in the storage permanently or temporarily. The address matching table 2500 may store a human address, an IP address, and information for associating the human address with the IP address. The information associating the IP address with the human address may be information representing a row of a table.

In the address matching table 2500, human address 1 is associated with public_ip1 and human address 2 is associated with public_ip2. Here, the human address 1 is user1@TV.com, which is a human address transmitted by the first electronic device 2310, and the human address 2 is user2@TV.com, which is a human address transmitted by the second electronic device 2320.

When the server 2350 receives the connection request signal including the human address 2 (user2@TV.com) from the first electronic device 2310, the server 2350 matches the human address 2 in the address matching table 2500. The IP address public_ip2 is detected and a response signal including the detected public_ip2 is transmitted to the first electronic device 2310. In addition, the server 2350 detects public_ip1, which is an IP address of the first electronic device 2310, in the address match table 2500 and transmits the detected public_ip1 to the second electronic device 2320. As a result, the first electronic device 2310 may exchange data with the second electronic device 2320 having the private IP address using the received public_ip2.

FIG. 26 illustrates a process of performing an embodiment of a method for establishing a connection between an electronic device and an electronic device.

Referring to FIG. 26, the first electronic device 2610 transmits a registration request signal to the server 2630 (S700). Here, the server 2630 may receive the registration request signal. The first electronic device 2610 may be one of the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140. In addition, the registration request signal may include a human address user1@TV.com, and may include information for logging in to the server 2630. The information for logging in may be authentication information stored in a human channel map.

In response to receiving the registration request signal, the server 2630 transmits a response signal to the first electronic device 2610 in response to the registration request signal (S705). Here, the server 2630 may store the addresses of user1@TV.com and the first electronic device 2610 included in the registration request signal in an address matching table. In addition, the server 2630 may perform a login process using the information included in the registration request signal. The address matching table may be the address matching table 2500 illustrated in FIG. 26. In addition, the server 2630 may be the server 10 shown in FIG. 1.

The second electronic device 2620 transmits a registration request signal to the server 2630 (S710). Here, the server 2630 may receive the registration request signal. The second electronic device 2620 may be one of the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140. In addition, the registration request signal may include a human address user2@TV.com, and may include information for logging in to the server 2630.

In response to receiving the registration request signal, the server 2630 transmits a response signal to the second electronic device 2620 in response to the registration request signal (S715). Here, the server 2630 may store the addresses of user2@TV.com and the second electronic device 2620 included in the registration request signal in the address matching table. In addition, the server 2630 may perform a login process using the information included in the registration request signal.

The first electronic device 2610 transmits a connection request signal including user2@TV.com to the server 2630 (S720). Here, the server 2630 receives the connection request signal.

In response to receiving the connection request signal, the server 2630 transmits a connection response signal including public_ip2 to the first electronic device 2610 (S725). Here, public_ip2 is a public IP address of the second electronic device 2620. The first electronic device 2610 receives the connection response signal and obtains an address of the second electronic device 2620 through the connection response signal.

The server 2630 transmits a connection response signal including public_ip1 to the second electronic device 2620 (S730). public_ip1 is a public IP address of the first electronic device 2620. The second electronic device 2620 receives the connection response signal and obtains an address of the first electronic device 2610 through the connection response signal.

The first electronic device 2610 transmits a connection establishment signal to the second electronic device 2620 using public_ip2 (S735). Here, the second electronic device 2620 receives the connection establishment signal.

In response to receiving the connection establishment signal, the second electronic device 2620 transmits a connection response signal for the connection establishment signal to the first electronic device 2610 using public_ip1 (S740). Here, the first electronic device 2610 receives the connection response signal. The communication connection between the first electronic device 2610 and the second electronic device 2620 is initialized through steps S735 and S740. In addition, the connection response signal may include a specific port number, and the second electronic device 2620 may open a port of the specific port number.

In response to receiving the connection response signal, the first electronic device 2610 transmits a human channel request signal to the second electronic device 2620 (S745). Here, the second electronic device 2620 receives the human channel request signal. In addition, the human channel request signal may be transmitted to a port indicated by the port number included in the connection response signal.

In response to receiving the human channel request signal, the second electronic device 2620 transmits a response signal to the human channel request signal to the first electronic device 2610 (S750). Here, a signal including a content of a human channel or a content list of a human channel may be transmitted as the response signal. The first electronic device 2610 receives the response signal. Also, when content is transmitted using the response signal, the first electronic device 2610 may display the transmitted content. When the content list is transmitted using the response signal, the first electronic device 2610 may display the transmitted content list on the screen. Can be displayed.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for setting a human channel is displayed. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 27, the display 302 may display the GUI 2700. The controller 340 may control the GUI 2700 to be displayed in response to the detection of the user action when the user action for setting the human channel is detected while the webpage 400 is displayed. In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control the GUI 2700 to be displayed when the webpage 400 is received.

The GUI 2700 includes a channel number area 2710 including at least one channel number and a human channel area 2720 including at least one human address. Here, the web page 400 illustrated in FIG. 4 may be displayed in the human channel region 2720, and the GUI 610 illustrated in FIG. 6 may be displayed in the channel number region 2710.

The user may drag the human address 411, 412, 413 to the channel number area 2710 on the GUI 2700, and drop the dragged human address to the point where the channel number listed in the channel number area 2710 is located. . Then, the controller 340 may store the channel number located at the point where the human address is dropped, the dropped human address, the channel number, and information relating the human address to the human channel map. Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a screen to which a human address is dragged while the GUI of FIG. 27 is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 28, an image 2810 shows a state where a human address 411 is being dragged. If image 2810 is dropped from channel number 60, the human address 411, channel number 60, and information associating human address 411 and channel number 60 may be stored in the human channel map. have.

FIG. 29 illustrates a screen on which another embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for setting a human channel is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 29, the display 302 may display the GUI 2900. If the controller 340 detects a user action for setting a human channel, the controller 340 may control the GUI 2900 to be displayed in response to the user action detection. The user action may be, for example, a user action of selecting a menu item 810 illustrated in FIG. 8, or a user action of selecting a separate channel setting menu item.

The GUI 2900 includes a channel number area 2910 including at least one channel number and a human channel area 2920 including at least one human address. Here, the GUI 1110 illustrated in FIG. 11 may be displayed in the human channel region 2920, and the GUI 610 illustrated in FIG. 6 may be displayed in the channel number region 2910.

The user drags a human address (user99@TV.com, user91@TV.com, user23@TV.com, etc.) to the channel number area 2910 on the GUI 2900, and drags the dragged human address to the channel number area 2910. You can drop it at the point where the channel number listed in) is located. Then, the controller 340 may store the channel number located at the point where the human address is dropped, the dropped human address, the channel number, and information relating the human address to the human channel map. Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a screen to which a human address is dragged while the GUI of FIG. 29 is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 30, an image 3010 shows a state in which a human address user91@TV.com is being dragged. If image 3010 is dropped from channel number 60, information associating human address (user91@TV.com), channel number 60, and human address (user91@TV.com) and channel number 60; May be stored in the human channel map.

FIG. 31 illustrates a screen on which an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for setting a channel is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 31, the display 302 may display the GUI 3100. When the controller 340 monitors a user action for setting a channel, the controller 340 may control the GUI 2900 to be displayed in response to the detection of the user action. The user action may be, for example, a user action of selecting a menu item 810 illustrated in FIG. 8, or may be a user action of selecting a menu item 513 or a menu item 515 illustrated in FIG. 5. It may be a user action of selecting a separate channel setting menu item.

The GUI 3100 may include a broadcast channel region 3110 including at least one broadcast channel, a human channel region 3120 including at least one human address, and an app channel region 3130 including at least one app channel. Include. Here, the broadcast channel refers to a channel that provides real-time broadcasting received through satellite, terrestrial wave, cable, and IP network. The app channel may refer to a content provider or a service provider connectable through an IP network, and may refer to a channel providing data transmission / reception with the content provider or service provider, and provided by the content provider or service provider. It may mean a channel capable of receiving an Internet service. Internet services include CoD (Content's on Demand) services, YouTube services, information services such as weather, news, local information and search, entertainment services such as games and karaoke, communication services such as TV mail, TV Short Message Service (SMS), It means a service that can be provided through the Internet, such as an application providing service.

The broadcast channel area 3110 lists broadcast channels such as NBC, FOX, CNN, SBS, KBS, and OCN. Human channel region 3120 lists human addresses such as Marek Foss, Ellisabeth Daveine, Anne, and the like. The app channel area 3130 lists app channels such as Farmville, Chess, Angry bird, and Unblock Me.

The GUI 3100 includes a channel number area 3140, a Next button 3150, and a Cancel button 3160. The channel number area 3140 is a button for indicating a specific channel number and for changing a channel number indicated by the channel number area 3140 of the Next button 3150 to another channel number. In addition, the cancel button 3160 is a button for canceling a user action performed by the user on the GUI 3100.

The user may drag a human address (Marek Foss, Ellisabeth Daveine, Anne, etc.) to the channel number area 3140 on the GUI 3100, and drop the dragged human address to a point where the channel number area 3140 is located. Then, the controller 340 may store the channel number indicated by the channel number area 3140, the dropped human address, the channel number, and information relating the human address to the human channel map. Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

In addition, the user drags a broadcast channel (NBC, FOX, CNN, SBS, KBS, OCN, etc.) to the channel number area 3140 on the GUI 3100, and drags the dragged broadcast channel to a point where the channel number area 3140 is located. You can drop it. Then, the controller 340 may store the channel number indicated by the channel number area 3140, the dropped broadcast channel, the channel number, and information relating to the broadcast channel in the broadcast channel map. In this case, the broadcast channel map is a channel map stored by associating a broadcast channel with a channel number.

In addition, the user may drag an app channel (Farmville, Chess, Angry bird, Unblock Me, etc.) to the channel number area 3140 on the GUI 3100, and drop the dragged app channel to the point where the channel number area 3140 is located. Can be. Then, the controller 340 may store the channel number indicated by the channel number area 3140, the dropped app channel, the channel number, and information relating to the app channel in the app channel map. Here, the app channel map is a channel map that stores the app channel and the channel number in association.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating a screen to which a human address is dragged while the GUI of FIG. 31 is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 32, the screen 3200 displays an image 3125 on the GUI 3100. The image 3125 shows a state in which a human address Marek Foss is being dragged. When the image 3125 is dropped from the channel number area 3140, the human address (Marek Foss), the channel number 100 indicated by the channel number area 3140, the human address (Marek Foss), the human address (Marek Foss) And information relating to the channel number 100 may be stored in the human channel map.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a broadcast channel, a human address, and an app channel are dropped in a channel setting region while the GUI of FIG. 31 is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 33, the screen 3300 displays an image 3115, an image 3125, and an image 3135 dropped in the channel number region 3140. In this case, the image 3115 and the image 3135 represent a state in which the broadcast channel NBC and the app channel Ches are dropped, respectively. In this case, the broadcast channel, human address, and app channel have the same channel number. That is, the broadcast channel, human address, and app channel may have the same channel number.

34A and 34B are flowcharts illustrating a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method for constructing a channel map according to the present invention.

34A and 34B, the display 302 displays a GUI for setting a channel (S800). The GUI displayed here may be one of the GUI 2700 shown in FIG. 27, the GUI 2900 shown in FIG. 29, or the GUI 3100 shown in FIG. 31.

The controller 340 detects a first user action of selecting a human address (S801). Here, the first user action may be a user action causing a down event generated in an area where the human address is located.

The controller 340 detects a second user action for requesting dragging (S802). Here, the second user action may be a user action continuously generated after the first user action. The second user action may also be a user action that continuously generates a dragging event. The controller 340 controls to drag the human address selected as the first user action according to the second user action.

The controller 340 detects a third user action of selecting a channel number (S803). Here, the third user action may be a user action of generating a drop event in an area where the channel number is located. The controller 340 controls the dragged human address to drop to the point where the channel number selected by the third user action is located in response to the third user action detection.

In response to detecting the third user action, the controller 340 checks whether the human address associated with the selected channel number is in the human channel map (S804). Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included.

If there is the associated human address, the controller 340 deletes the associated human address, the selected channel number, and the information associated with the associated human address and the selected channel number from the human channel map (S805).

The controller 340 stores the selected human address, the selected channel number, and information relating the human address to the channel number in a human channel map (S806).

The controller 340 detects a fourth user action of selecting a broadcast channel (S807). In this case, the fourth user action may be a user action causing a down event generated in an area in which the broadcast channel is located.

The controller 340 detects a dragging fifth user action in operation S808. Here, the fifth user action may be an action continuously generated after the fourth user action. In addition, the fifth user action may be a user action that continuously generates a dragging event. The controller 340 controls to drag the broadcast channel selected as the fourth user action according to the fifth user action.

The controller 340 detects a sixth user action of selecting a channel number (S809). Herein, the sixth user action may be a user action of generating a drop event in an area where the channel number is located. The controller 340 controls the dragged broadcast channel to drop to the point where the channel number selected by the sixth user action is located in response to the sixth user action detection.

In response to the sixth user action detection, the controller 340 checks whether a broadcast channel associated with the selected channel number is in the broadcast channel map (S810).

If there is the associated broadcast channel, the controller 340 deletes the associated broadcast channel, the selected channel number, and the information for associating the associated broadcast channel and the selected channel number from the broadcast channel map (S811).

The controller 340 stores the selected broadcast channel, the selected channel number, and information for associating the broadcast channel with the channel number in a broadcast channel map (S812).

The controller 340 detects a seventh user action of selecting an app channel (S813). Here, the seventh user action may be a user action causing a down event generated in an area where the app channel is located.

The controller 340 detects an eighth user action of dragging (S814). The eighth user action may be an action continuously generated after the seventh user action. The eighth user action may also be a user action that continuously generates a dragging event. The controller 340 controls to drag the app channel selected as the seventh user action according to the eighth user action.

The controller 340 detects a ninth user action of selecting a channel number (S815). Here, the ninth user action may be a user action of generating a drop event in an area where the channel number is located. The controller 340 controls the dragged app channel to drop to the point where the channel number selected by the ninth user action is located in response to the ninth user action detection.

In response to the detection of the ninth user action, the controller 340 checks whether the app channel associated with the selected channel number is in the app channel map (S816).

If there is the associated app channel, the controller 340 deletes the associated app channel, the selected channel number, and the information for associating the associated app channel and the selected channel number from the app channel map (S817).

The controller 340 stores the selected app channel, the selected channel number, and information for associating the app channel with the channel number in an app channel map (S818).

35 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map is displayed on a broadcast screen.

Referring to FIG. 35, the display 302 may display the screen 3500. The screen 3500 displays a broadcast program 3510 and a human channel map of the broadcast channel. If the controller 340 detects a user action requesting the display of the human channel map while the broadcast program 3510 is displayed on the screen 3500, the human channel map 3520 is displayed in response to the detection of the user action. Can be controlled.

The human channel map 3520 displays the human address 3531 stored in the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12 and the channel number 3533 associated with the human address. In addition, the human channel map 3520 displays the broadcast channel 3535, the broadcast program 3535, and the display time information 3539 of the broadcast program that the person indicated by the human address 3531 is watching. Here, the channel guide signal including at least one of the broadcast channel 3535, the broadcast program 3537, and the display time information 3539 may be received by the method of step S310 of FIG. 18. That is, in step S310, a channel guide signal is received instead of the content.

In some embodiments, the channel guidance signal may be received from the server 10 shown in FIG. 1.

The controller 340 may transmit a channel guide signal including at least one of a displayed broadcast program 3510, a broadcast channel for broadcasting the broadcast program 3510, and display time information of the broadcast program 3510 to an electronic device or a server. have. The channel guide signal may be transmitted when a matching period is also changed when the displayed broadcast program is changed. In addition, the controller 340 may transmit the channel guide signal to the electronic device or the server according to an access method associated with the channel number included in the human channel map. The server receiving the channel guide signal may be the server 10 shown in FIG. 1. The human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information map of FIG. 12. 1250, a fourth access information map 1260, and a fifth access information map 1270.

36 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen for inviting a channel.

Referring to FIG. 36, the display 302 may display the GUI 3600. If the controller 340 detects a user action requesting the display of the human channel map while the broadcast program 3610 is displayed on the screen 3600, the controller 340 may display the human channel map 3620 in response to the user action detection. Can be controlled.

The human channel map 3620 displays the human address Me stored in the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12 and the channel number 00 associated with the human address.

In addition, the user may start dragging in the area 3610 where the broadcast program is displayed and drag it to the human channel 3620, and drop the dragged broadcast program 3630 to the point where the human channel 3622 is located. Here, the controller 340 may control to display an image 3630 representing the dragged broadcast program on the screen according to the dragging user action. In addition, the controller 340 controls the channel viewing request signal for requesting the viewing of the broadcast program 3630 to be transmitted to the electronic device associated with the human channel 3622. The channel viewing request signal may be transmitted to the electronic device or the server according to an access method associated with the channel number included in the human channel map. The human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information map of FIG. 12. 1250, a fourth access information map 1260, and a fifth access information map 1270.

In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control a signal for requesting viewing of the broadcast program 3630 to be transmitted to the server. The server may be the server 10 shown in FIG. 1.

In some embodiments, when the image 3630 is located on the human channel, the controller 340 may control to display a message (User B) indicating a human address associated with the human channel.

In some embodiments, the control unit 340 detects a user action of selecting the broadcast program 3630 and, when detecting a user action of selecting a channel number, in response to detecting a user action of selecting the channel number, the broadcast program The channel viewing request signal for requesting viewing of the 3630 is transmitted to the electronic device associated with the human channel indicated by the selected channel number. The user action of selecting the broadcast program 3630 may be, for example, a touch of an area where the broadcast program 3630 is displayed, or a predetermined button (for example, selection when the indicator is located in the area where the broadcast program 3630 is displayed). Button) and a predetermined button (for example, a selection button) when the area where the broadcast program 3630 is displayed is focused. In addition, the user action of selecting the channel number is, for example, pressing a numeric key on the remote control, touching a human channel listed in the human channel map 3622, and a predetermined state in which the indicator is located on the human channel listed in the human channel map 3622. It may be a pressing of a button (for example, a selection button) and a pressing of a predetermined button (for example, a selection button) while the human channel listed in the human channel map 3622 is focused.

37 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of another preferred embodiment of a broadcast system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 37, the broadcasting system 3700 according to the present invention includes a first server 10, a second server 20, a first digital TV 100, a second digital TV 110, and a personal computer system ( 120, a notebook 130, a mobile terminal 140, a third digital TV 150, and a fourth digital TV 160. The first server 10, the second server 20, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 are respectively illustrated. The first server 10, the second server 20, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 described above. ) And a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the third digital TV 150 and the fourth digital TV 160 are also devices corresponding to the first digital TV 100, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

 The first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, the mobile terminal 140, the third digital TV 150 and the fourth digital TV 160 Broadcast channels may be received through different transmission media, respectively. The first digital TV 100 receives the broadcast channel via the satellite 3, the second digital TV 110 receives the broadcast channel via the terrestrial wave 4, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130 Receives a broadcast channel via the IP network (5). In addition, the mobile terminal 140 receives a broadcasting channel through DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) 6, and the third digital TV 150 and the fourth digital TV 160 receive a broadcasting channel through the cable 7. .

 Further, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, the mobile terminal 140, the third digital TV 150, and the fourth digital TV 160. ) May receive broadcast channels from different service providers.

Further, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, the mobile terminal 140, the third digital TV 150, and the fourth digital TV 160. ) May receive broadcast channels from the same service provider, and the broadcast channel types and ranges received from the service providers may be the same or different.

The first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, the mobile terminal 140, the third digital TV 150 and the fourth digital TV 160 Even if a different type of broadcast service is received from different transmission media or service providers, the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, the personal computer system 120, the notebook 130, and the mobile terminal 140 The third digital TV 150 and the fourth digital TV 160 broadcast the broadcast program in which the received channel viewing request signal requests viewing using the EPG data and the information included in the received channel viewing request signal. A channel that broadcasts a program may be searched for and the broadcast program may be received through the searched channel.

38 is a diagram showing the structure of a preferred embodiment of a channel invite packet.

Referring to FIG. 39, the transmitted channel view request signal may have a format 3800. The packet 3800 may include Details_of_user field, Physical_channel_details field, Service_Name field, Service_ID field, Channel_number field, Event_Name field, Event_ID field, Transport_Stream_ID field, Network_ID field, ServiceProvider field, Originating_medium field, and Originating_Country field.

The Details_of_user field contains user details. That is, the Details_of_user field includes detailed information about a user who sends a channel viewing request signal.

The Physical_channel_details field includes detailed information about a physical channel that transmits a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Service_Name field includes a service name of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Service_ID field includes a service ID of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Channel_number field includes a channel number of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Event_Name field includes an event name of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Event_ID field includes an event ID of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Transport_Stream_ID field includes a transport stream ID of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Network_ID field includes a network ID of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The ServiceProvider field includes information about a service provider that provides a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Originating_medium field includes information on a transmission medium that transmits a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

The Originating_Country field includes information on the country or region of a broadcast program for which channel viewing is requested.

39 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displayed when a channel invitation is received.

Referring to FIG. 39, the display 302 may display a screen 3900. The screen 3900 displays the broadcast program 3910 and the menu map 3920, and instructs a message 3930 for a broadcast channel indicated by the broadcast viewing request signal and information about a user who has sent a broadcast viewing request signal. Message 3940 is displayed. Herein, the guidance message 3930 may be displayed in a form indicating that the message is associated with the TV menu item 3922.

When the broadcast viewing request signal is received, the controller 340 controls to display the guide message 3930 and the message 3940.

40 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a guide message for channel invitation.

Referring to FIG. 40, the display 302 may display a guide message 4010. When a broadcast viewing request signal is received, the controller 340 may generate a guide message 4010 and control the displayed guide message 4010 to be displayed. In some embodiments, when a user action of selecting the guide message 3930 illustrated in FIG. 39 is detected, the controller 340 may control to display the guide message 4010 in response to detecting the user action. .

The guidance message 4010 informs the user A who sent the broadcast viewing request signal and asks whether to watch the broadcast viewing request broadcast program (ESPN dance show). The guidance message 4010 also includes a yes button 4012 for accepting viewing and a no button 4014 for rejecting viewing.

When detecting a user action to accept the channel invitation, the controller 340 controls the display to display a broadcast program requested to view a broadcast in response to the detection of the user action. The user action may be a user action of pressing the button 4012.

When the user's action of rejecting the channel invitation is detected, the controller 340 controls the broadcast program 3910 to be continuously displayed on the screen 4000. The user action may be a user action of pressing the button 4014.

41 is a view showing another embodiment of a guide message for channel invitation.

Referring to FIG. 41, the display 302 may display a message 4110. The controller 340 may control the message 4110 to be displayed when a broadcast viewing request signal is received. In some embodiments, when a user action of selecting the guide message 3930 illustrated in FIG. 39 is detected, the controller 340 may control to display the guide message 4110 in response to detecting the user action. .

The guide message 4110 informs the user A who sent the broadcast viewing request signal and asks whether to watch a similar channel although the same channel as the broadcast viewing requested broadcast program was searched. Guidance message 4110 also includes a yes button 4112 to accept viewing and a no button 4114 to reject viewing.

When detecting a user action to accept the channel invitation, the controller 340 controls to display a similar broadcast program in response to the user action detection. The user action may be a user action of pressing the button 4112.

If a user action for rejecting the channel invitation is detected, the controller 340 controls the broadcast program 3910 to be continuously displayed on the screen 4100. The user action may be a user action of pressing the button 4114.

42 is a view showing another embodiment of a guide message for channel invitation.

Referring to FIG. 42, the display 302 may display a guide message 4210. The controller 340 may control to display the guide message 4210 when a broadcast viewing request signal is received. In some embodiments, when a user action of selecting the guide message 3930 illustrated in FIG. 39 is detected, the controller 340 may control to display the guide message 4210 in response to detecting the user action. .

The guide message 4210 informs that the user (User A) that has sent the broadcast viewing request signal and the channel that is the same as or similar to the broadcast viewing requested broadcast program have failed to search. The guide message 4210 also includes a confirmation button 4212 for confirmation.

In response to detecting a user action confirming that the invited channel cannot be watched, the controller 340 removes the guide message 4210 from the screen 4200 in response to detecting the user action, and the broadcast program 3910 The control is continued to be displayed on the screen 4200. The user action may be a user action of pressing the button 4212.

43 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displayed when the channel invitation is accepted.

Referring to FIG. 43, when Patrick accepts Susan's viewing request, Susan's electronic device may display a screen 4310, and Patrick's electronic device may display a screen 4320. Here, Patrick can accept Susan's viewing request by pressing the button 4012 of the guide message 4010 shown in FIG. 40 or by pressing the button 4112 of the guide message 4110 shown in FIG.

When Patrick accepts the viewing request, Patrick's electronic device stops displaying the currently displayed broadcast program 3910 and displays the broadcast program 3610 indicated by the broadcast viewing request signal. Accordingly, the electronic devices of Susan and Patrick display the same broadcast program 3610.

The screen 4310 displays a picture 4315, a chat text input window 4318, and a chat window 4319 of Patrick watching the same broadcast. Susan can chat with Patrick using the chat phrase input window 4318 and the chat window 4319.

The screen 4320 also displays Susan's picture 4325, a chat text input window 4328, and a chat window 4327. Patrick can chat with Susan using the chat phrase input window 4328 and the chat window 4327.

44 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a channel matching table.

Referring to FIG. 44, the server 10 may store a channel matching table 4400. The server 10 may match channels between electronic devices using the channel matching table 4400. The server 10 uses the channel matching table 4400 to match a channel indicated by the broadcast viewing request signal to a channel that can be received by the electronic device to receive the broadcast viewing request signal.

The first electronic device receives a broadcast channel from a service provider1, and the second electronic device receives a broadcast channel from a service provider2. In this case, when the first electronic device transmits a channel viewing request signal for inviting a channel to the user of the second electronic device, the server 10 receives the channel viewing request signal and indicates that the channel viewing request signal is indicated. Channel 901 of service provider 2 that matches channel 101 is detected in channel matching table 4400. The server 10 modifies the channel viewing request signal to indicate the channel 901 and transmits the modified channel viewing request signal to the second electronic device.

When the channel viewing request signal has the format 3800 illustrated in FIG. 38, the server 10 may identify the service provider of the first electronic device based on the information included in the ServiceProvider field. In addition, the server 10 may provide detailed information 11100MHZ and channel number 901 of the physical channel of the channel 901 that matches the information stored in the Physical_channel_detail field and the Channel_number field with the channel 101 indicated by the channel viewing request signal, respectively. The channel view request signal may be transmitted to the second electronic device.

The channel matching table 4400 associates and stores the same channel for each service provider. When channel 101 and channel 202 of service provider 1 are respectively associated with channel 901 and channel 345 of service provider 2, respectively, channel matching table 4400 is associated with channel 101, channel ( 910, and information associating channels 101 and 910, and storing information associating channels 202, 345, and channels 202 and 345.

In addition, the channel matching table 4400 may store channel frequencies of each channel. For example, the channel matching table 4400 stores the channel frequency 10800MHZ of the channel 101 and stores the channel frequency 11100MHZ of the channel 901.

45 is a view showing a preferred embodiment of the channel invitation method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 45, steps S900 to S940 correspond to steps S700 to S740, and the descriptions of steps S900 to S940 use steps S700 to S740, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In response to receiving the connection response signal transmitted in operation S940, the first electronic device 4510 transmits a broadcast viewing request signal to the second electronic device 4520 in operation S945. Here, the second electronic device 4520 receives the broadcast viewing request signal. In addition, the broadcast viewing request signal may be transmitted to a port indicated by the port number included in the connection response signal. Here, the broadcast request request signal may have a format 3800 illustrated in FIG. 38.

In response to receiving the broadcast viewing request signal, the second electronic device 4520 transmits a response signal to the broadcast viewing request signal to the first electronic device 4510 (S950). Here, the first residual device 4510 receives the response signal. In addition, the response signal may be one of a view accept signal, a view disable signal, or a view reject signal.

In some cases, the electronic device 4510 and the electronic device 4520 may receive a broadcast service from the same service provider, or may not. In addition, even when a broadcast service is received from the same service provider, a type and a broadcast channel of the broadcast service received by the electronic device 4510 and the electronic device 4520 may be different. The electronic device 4520 may determine whether to receive the same service provider as the electronic device 4510 by using information on the service provider included in the broadcast viewing request signal and the EPG data, and may include the physical information included in the broadcast viewing request signal. At least one of detailed information about a channel, a service name, a service ID, a channel number, an event name, a transport stream ID, a network ID, and an EPG data may be used to determine whether a channel requested for viewing can be received.

If the electronic device 4520 receives a broadcast service from the same service provider as the electronic device 4510, but it is determined that the channel requested by the service provider cannot be received, the electronic device 4520 may broadcast. At least one of physical information, service name, service ID, channel number, event name, transport stream ID, network ID, and EPG data included in the view request signal, and similar channel searched The channel can be displayed.

When the electronic device 4520 receives a broadcast service from a service provider different from the electronic device 4510, the electronic device 4520 may provide detailed information, service name, and service ID of the physical channel included in the channel view request signal. At least one of a channel number, an event name, a transport stream ID, a network ID, a country information and a region information, and a channel provided by another service provider based on the EPG data. Search for. The electronic device 4520 may display the searched channel. In this case, the electronic device 4520 may display one of the guide message 4010, the guide message 4110, and the guide message 4210 according to the search result.

In addition, the electronic device 4510 and the electronic device 4520 may receive a broadcast service from different transmission media. The electronic device 4520 may check the above case by using information about the transmission medium included in the broadcast viewing request signal. When it is determined that the electronic device 4510 and the electronic device 4520 receive a broadcast service from different transmission media, the electronic device 4520 may provide detailed information about the physical channel included in the channel view request signal, a service name. At least one of a service ID, a channel number, an event name, a transport stream ID, a network ID, country information, and region information, and a channel provided by another transmission medium based on EPG data. Search for the presence of The electronic device 4520 may display the searched channel. In this case, the electronic device 4520 may display one of the guide message 4010, the guide message 4110, and the guide message 4210 according to the search result.

When the view accept signal is transmitted as the response signal, the first electronic device 4510 may display a screen displaying a chat window and a chat text input window, and the second electronic device 4520 may display a chat window and a chat text. A screen displaying an input window can be displayed. Here, the screen displayed by the first residual device 4510 may be a screen 4310, and the screen displayed by the second residual device 4520 may be a screen 4320.

When the non-viewable signal is transmitted as the response signal, the first electronic device 4510 may transmit a broadcast program that is a channel invitation target to the second electronic device 4520.

46 is a view showing the implementation of another preferred embodiment of the channel invitation method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 46, the display 302 displays a human channel map (S1000). Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 3520 illustrated in FIG. 35 and the human channel map 3620 illustrated in FIG. 36.

The external signal input unit 325 receives a signal for requesting channel switching (S1010). Here, the controller 340 detects the reception of the channel switch request signal. The signal for requesting channel switching may occur when a user presses a specific key on the remote controller, and may be an image signal of an image for performing a spatial gesture requesting channel switching.

The controller 340 displays the content of the requested channel on the screen in response to the detection of the channel switch request signal (S1020). Here, the channel may be a broadcast channel, a human channel, and an app channel. In addition, the screen may be the screen 1600 illustrated in FIG. 16 and the screen 3500 illustrated in FIG. 35.

The controller 340 detects a user action for requesting a channel invitation (S1030). The user action may be, for example, an action of dragging a screen on which content is displayed and dropping it onto a human channel listed in a human channel map. That is, the controller 340 may detect a user action for requesting a channel invitation when the image 3630 illustrated in FIG. 36 is dragged to the human channel 43 and dropped on the human channel 43. In addition, the user action may be a combination of a user action of selecting a broadcast program and a user action of selecting a human channel (or channel number) as another example.

The controller 340 transmits a channel viewing request signal in response to the user action detection (S1040). In this case, the channel view request signal may have the format 3800 illustrated in FIG. 38.

In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control the channel viewing request signal to be transmitted to the electronic device providing the human channel indicated by the channel number designated by the user action in step S1030. Here, the address of the electronic device may be obtained by the method described above with reference to FIGS. 19 to 21.

In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control the channel viewing request signal to be transmitted to the server. The server may be the server 10 shown in FIG. 1.

The control unit 340 receives a response signal to the transmitted channel viewing request signal (S1050). Here, the response signal may be one of a view accept signal, a view disable signal, or a view reject signal.

When the viewing acceptance signal is transmitted as the response signal, the controller 340 may display a screen displaying a chat window and a chat text input window. The screen may be the screen 4310 illustrated in FIG. 43.

When the non-viewing signal is transmitted as the response signal, the control unit 340 transmits the viewing request signal to the electronic device providing a human channel indicated by the channel number designated by the user action in step S1030. Can be transmitted.

47 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method for processing a channel invitation according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 47, the display 302 displays a broadcast program in operation S1100.

The network interface unit 320 receives a channel view request signal (S1110). Here, the controller 340 generates a guide message for the channel invitation using the information included in the received channel viewing request signal. The generated guide message may be a message 3930 and a message 3940 illustrated in FIG. 39, a guide message 4010 illustrated in FIG. 40, and a guide message 4110 illustrated in FIG. 41. And a guide message 4210 shown in FIG. 42.

The controller 340 may determine whether the channel for which the channel viewing is requested is received by using the information included in the channel watching request signal. The controller 340 may determine whether a channel for which channel viewing is requested from the service provider is received using information on the service provider included in the channel view request signal and stored EPG data. The controller 340 generates a guide message 4010 when it is possible to receive a channel for which channel viewing is requested from the service provider.

Even when the electronic device 300 receives a broadcast service from a service provider indicated by the channel viewing request signal, when the electronic device 300 cannot receive a channel for which channel viewing is requested from the service provider according to a contract with the service provider. There is. In this case, the controller 340 may include at least one of detailed information about the physical channel included in the channel view request signal, a service name, a service ID, a channel number, an event name, a transport stream ID, a network ID, and EPG data can be used to search for similar channels. If the similar channel search is successful, the controller 340 may generate the guide message 4110, and if not, the controller 340 may generate the guide message 4210.

If the controller 340 cannot receive a channel for which channel viewing is requested from the service provider, the controller 340 checks whether the channel for which channel viewing is requested from another service provider can be received. Herein, the controller 340 may include at least one of detailed information, service name, service ID, channel number, event name, transport stream ID, network ID, country information, and region information about the physical channel included in the channel viewing request signal and the EPG. On the basis of the data, it is searched whether there are the same channels as the channels for which viewing is requested among the channels provided by other service providers. If the search is successful, the controller 340 may generate a guide message 4010. If the same channel search fails but searches for a similar channel, the controller 340 may generate a guide message 4110. If all of the same or similar channel search fails, the controller 340 may generate a guide message 4210. The other service provider may be a service provider in which the electronic device 300 receives a broadcast service.

In addition, the controller 340 may determine whether the channel for which the channel viewing is requested is received by using the information on the transmission medium included in the channel watching request signal. When receiving a broadcast service from a transmission medium different from the transmission medium indicated by the channel viewing request signal, the controller 340 may include detailed information about the physical channel included in the channel viewing request signal, a service name, a service ID, a channel number, Based on at least one of an event name, a transport stream ID, a network ID, country information, and region information, and EPG data, it is searched whether there is a same channel as a channel for which viewing is requested among channels provided by other transmission media. If the search is successful, the controller 340 may generate a guide message 4010. If the same channel search fails but searches for a similar channel, the controller 340 may generate a guide message 4110. If all of the same or similar channel search fails, the controller 340 may generate a guide message 4210.

The display 302 displays the guide message generated in step S1110 on the screen (S1120). The screen may be the screen 3900, the screen 4000, the screen 4100, and the screen 4200 illustrated in FIGS. 39 to 42. In addition, the display 302 may display one of the screen 4000, the screen 4100, and the screen 4200 under the control of the controller 340 after displaying the screen 3900. The controller 340 may control to display one of the screen 4000, the screen 4100, and the screen 4200 when detecting a user action of selecting the message 3930 while the screen 3900 is displayed. Can be.

The controller 340 checks whether a user action for accepting the channel invitation is detected (S1130). Herein, the controller 340 may detect a user action to reject the channel invitation, and the controller 340 may detect a user action to confirm that the invited channel cannot be viewed. The user actions may also be done in the manner described above in FIGS. 40-42.

The controller 340 controls to display the contents of the channel indicated by the channel viewing signal in response to the detection of a user action to accept the channel invitation (S1140). When the guide message 4110 is displayed in step S1120, the controller 340 controls to display content of a channel similar to the channel indicated by the channel viewing signal.

The controller 340 controls the response signal to the channel viewing request signal to be transmitted to the electronic device that has transmitted the channel viewing request signal (S1150). Here, the response signal may include a view accept signal, a view disable signal, or a view reject signal. When the controller 340 detects a user action to accept the channel invitation, the controller 340 transmits a viewing acceptance signal, and when detecting a user action to reject the channel invitation, the control unit 340 transmits a viewing rejection signal to watch the channel. If it detects a user action to confirm that it is absent, it sends a no-view signal.

When the non-viewable signal is transmitted, the network interface unit 320 may receive a channel application request broadcast program directly from the electronic device that has transmitted the channel request request signal. The controller 340 may control the received broadcast program to be displayed.

48 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which content is displayed, FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which content is displayed in a simultaneous viewing mode, and FIG. 50 is a view of content displayed in a simultaneous viewing mode. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of a displayed screen. FIG.

48 to 50, the display 302 may display the screen 4800. Screen 4800 displays content.

When the controller 340 detects a user action for requesting content display, the controller 340 may control the screen 4800 to be displayed in response to the user action detection. In addition, when detecting a user action requesting the simultaneous viewing mode while the screen 4800 is displayed, the controller 340 may control the screen 4900 or the screen 5000 to be displayed. Herein, the controller 340 may switch from the screen 4900 to the screen 5000 and may switch from the screen 5000 to the screen 4900 according to a user action requesting mode switching.

The screen 4900 includes a content display area 4910 and a chat area 4920. The content display area 4910 displays content displayed on the screen 4800, and the chat area 4920 includes a chat window 4930 and a chat phrase input window 4940. The chat window 4930 displays a chat counterpart 4913 and a chat phrase 4913 input by the chat counterpart. The user may input the chat phrase in the chat phrase input window 4940.

The screen 5000 may include a content display area 5010, a chat phrase input window 5020, silhouette selection marks 5021 to 5028, and silhouettes 5031, 5033, 5035, and 5037. Silhouettes 5031, 5033, 5035, and 5037 represent chat counterparts, respectively. Silhouette 5031 represents' Arry 'as a chat counterpart, silhouette 5033 represents' David' as a chat counterpart, silhouette 5035 represents the current user as a chat party, and silhouette 5037 represents' Indicates Susan '. The chat phrase may be displayed at a point associated with the user who entered the chat phrase. For example, the chat phrase 5043 is displayed at the point associated with 'David' 5033 in which the chat phrase 5043 has been entered.

In response to detecting a user action of selecting one of the silhouette selection marks 5021 to 5028, in response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 displays the silhouette 5035 of the user as a silhouette image associated with the selected silhouette selection mark. Control as possible. In addition, the controller 340 may transmit a signal for requesting switching to the silhouette image to the server 10 or 20 or another electronic device.

The chat counterpart may be determined to be an owner of a human channel watching the same content. That is, the owner of the human channel viewing the same content as the content displayed on the screen 4800 may be automatically determined as the chat counterpart. In some embodiments, the controller 340 may identify the owner based on the information included in the channel guide signal described above with reference to FIG. 35. In some embodiments, the controller 340 may receive an owner list from the server 10 including an owner of a human channel watching the same content and identify the owner through the received owner list.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of a screen on which content is displayed in a simultaneous viewing mode. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 51, silhouettes 5110, 5120, 5130, 5140, and 5150 may be displayed as three-dimensional images having a specific depth value 5160. That is, the silhouettes 5031, 5033, 5035, and 5037 of FIG. 50 may be displayed as 3D images 5110, 5120, 5130, and 5140, respectively.

52 is a diagram illustrating a diagram for explaining one embodiment of a method for checking viewing of the same content.

Referring to FIG. 52, the controller of the electronic device 5210 may control the image frame request signal 5211 to be transmitted to the electronic device 5250. The electronic device 5250 may be an electronic device associated with a human channel included in a human channel map stored in the electronic device 5210. In addition, the image frame request signal 5211 may be transmitted to the electronic device or the server according to an access method associated with the channel number included in the human channel map.

The image frame request signal 5211 may be a signal for requesting a displayed image frame for a specific period M from a specific time point T. FIG. The electronic device 5250 receives the image frame request signal 5211, and acquires an image frame 5253 displayed for a specific period M from a specific time point T according to the received image frame request signal 5211. . The controller of the electronic device 5210 controls to acquire an image frame 5213 displayed for a specific period M from a specific time point T. FIG.

The electronic device 5250 transmits an image frame transmission signal 5255 to the electronic device 5210. The image frame transmission signal 5255 includes an image frame 5253.

The electronic device 5210 receives the transmitted image frame transmission signal 5255, and compares whether the image frame 5253 and the image frame 5213 included in the received image frame transmission signal 5255 are the same. 5215) to confirm. In the case of the same image frame, the electronic device 5210 determines that the owner of the human channel associated with the electronic device 5210 is watching the same content. If the same image frame is not confirmed, the electronic device 5210 may determine that the owner is not watching the same content. The comparison algorithm 5215 may check whether the image frames are identical in order from a specific time point T. FIG. In this case, when the resolutions are different, the resolutions of the image frame 5213 and the image frame 5305 may be the same to determine whether they are the same.

According to the same content viewing confirmation method of FIG. 52, even when the service provider and the transmission medium are different, the electronic device may check whether the content displayed by the electronic device is the same as the content displayed by the other electronic device.

53 is a view for explaining a method of detecting a user's emotion.

Referring to FIG. 53, while the viewer 5301 is watching the content 5300, the photographing apparatus 301 may capture the viewer 5301.

The controller 340 detects a face region in an image frame in which the viewer 5301 output by the photographing apparatus 301 is picked up. The controller 340 checks the emotion of the viewer 5301 based on the detected face region. The controller 340 may generate emotion data indicating the confirmed emotion and control the generated emotion data to be transmitted to the electronic device of the chat counterpart.

The photographing apparatus 301 may photograph the viewer 5301 at a preset cycle, and the controller 340 may check the emotion of the viewer 5301 at the preset cycle, and generate emotion data when the emotion is changed. The control may be transmitted to the chat counterpart's electronic device.

54 is a diagram illustrating a shape mapped to an emotion of a user.

Referring to FIG. 54, the storage unit 345 may store a shape of a silhouette associated with a specific emotion. For example, the storage unit 345 may store the shape 5410 of the silhouette associated with the sad feeling, the shape 5520 of the silhouette associated with the angry emotion, and store the happiness ( The shape 5430 of the silhouette associated with the emotion of happy or smile can be stored.

55 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a silhouette changed according to a user's emotion is displayed on a screen.

Referring to FIG. 55, the controller 340 may acquire a shape of a silhouette associated with the identified emotion from the storage unit 345, and control to display the silhouette of the owner of the electronic device 300 in the form of the acquired silhouette. have. In addition, the controller 340 may acquire a shape of a silhouette associated with the emotion indicated by the emotion data received from the chat partner's electronic device from the storage unit 345, and control the display to display the silhouette of the chat partner in the form of the acquired silhouette. Can be.

For example, when the emotion of the owner of the electronic device 300 is confirmed as an angry emotion, the controller 340 controls the silhouette 5520 to be displayed. In addition, when the controller 340 receives the emotion data indicating sad emotion from the electronic device of the first chat counterpart, the controller 340 controls the silhouette of the first chat counterpart to be displayed as the silhouette 5510. When the controller 340 receives the emotion data indicating the happy emotion from the electronic device of the second chat counterpart, the controller 340 controls the silhouette of the second chat counterpart to be displayed in the silhouette 5530.

FIG. 56 is a diagram for describing a process of registering a face image, and FIG. 57 is a diagram for describing a process of training a face image.

56 and 57, the electronic device 300 may register a face image 5620 of the user for each emotion from the user 5610. For example, the electronic device 300 may register an angry emotion face image 5710, a sad emotion face image 5720, and a happy emotion face image 5730 from the user 5610. 345 may store the registered emotion-specific face image 5710, face image 5720, and face image 5730.

The controller 340 compares the facial image 5740 detected in the image frame of the captured viewer when the content is being corrected with the facial image for each emotion stored in the storage 345, and compares the facial image 5940 with the facial image 5940 among the facial images. Similar face images can be seen. The controller 340 may check the emotion of the identified face image as the emotion of the viewer. In addition, the controller 340 may store the face image 5740 in the storage 345 as a face image having the identified emotion. For example, when it is determined that the face image 5940 is the most similar to the face image 5710, the controller 340 converts the face image 5940 as a face image of an angry emotion to the storage unit 345. 5710). By adding the face image, the electronic device 300 may more accurately identify the emotion of the viewer.

58 is a view for explaining a method of detecting a user's movement.

Referring to FIG. 58, while the viewer 5801 is watching the content 5800, the photographing apparatus 301 may capture the viewer 5801.

The controller 340 detects a motion 5810 of the user from an image frame captured by the viewer 5801 output by the photographing apparatus 301. The controller 340 may generate motion data indicating the confirmed gesture 5810 and control the generated motion data to be transmitted to the electronic device of the chat counterpart.

The photographing apparatus 301 may photograph the viewer 5801 at a preset cycle, and the controller 340 may check the gesture of the viewer 5801 at the preset cycle, and generate motion data when the gesture is changed. The control may be transmitted to the chat counterpart's electronic device.

The silhouette of the owner of the electronic device 300 may be controlled to be displayed in the confirmed gesture 5810. In addition, the controller 340 may control the chat counterpart's silhouette to be displayed in the shape of a silhouette indicating a gesture indicated by the motion data received from the chat counterpart's electronic device.

59 is a diagram for describing a method in which a screen effect is reflected in content.

Referring to FIG. 59, a screen effect window 5910 may be displayed on the screen 5900. The screen effect window 5910 may include at least one screen effect selection area 5911, 5912, and 5913. The user may perform a user action of selecting one of the screen effect selection areas 5911, 5912, and 5913, and the controller 340 may detect the user action as a user action requesting a screen effect. The controller 340 detects a user action requesting a screen effect, generates screen effect data indicating a screen effect in response to the user action detection, and controls the generated effect data to be transmitted to the electronic device of the chat counterpart. Can be. For example, when the user performs a user action 5920 to select the screen effect selection area 5911, the controller 340 generates screen effect data indicating the screen effect of the screen effect selection area 5911, and generates the generated effect. The screen effect data may be controlled to be transmitted to the electronic device of the chat counterpart.

In addition, when the user performs a user action 5920 to select the screen effect selection area 5911, the controller 340 controls the display 5930 to indicate that the screen effect selection area 5911 is selected, and selects the screen effect. The screen effect 5940 of the area 5911 is controlled to be reflected in the displayed content 5900. Here, the position of the screen effect 5940 may be selected by the user by clicking the corresponding area.

When the screen effect data is received from the chat counterpart's electronic device, the controller 340 may control the effect indicated by the received screen effect data to be reflected in the displayed content 5900.

The controller 340 may control the video decoder 330 to change the pixel data of the image frame according to the screen effect. In addition, the controller 340 may generate an on screen display (OSD) according to a screen effect and control the content to be displayed on the display area.

FIG. 60 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for simultaneously viewing content remotely.

Referring to FIG. 60, a user action for requesting content display is detected (S1200).

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 checks whether the user is in the simultaneous viewing mode (S1210). The simultaneous viewing mode may be set to an initial value and may be set by a user.

In the simultaneous viewing mode, the controller 340 checks the owner of the human channel watching the requested content (S1220). Here, step S1220 may include a process of confirming the same content viewing confirmation method, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 64 or 65.

The controller 340 controls the content to be displayed in the simultaneous viewing mode (S1230). The display 302 may display one of the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100. Also, the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100 may represent the owner identified in operation S1220 as a chat counterpart. The owner identified in step S1220 becomes the chat counterpart.

When not in the simultaneous viewing mode, the controller 340 controls to display the requested content (S1240). Herein, the display 302 may display the screen 4800.

The method for simultaneously viewing content remotely in FIG. 60 may further include performing a method shown in FIGS. 67 to 70.

FIG. 61 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for simultaneously viewing content remotely.

Referring to FIG. 61, the display 302 displays content (S1300). Herein, the display 302 may display the screen 4800.

The controller 340 detects a user action for requesting the simultaneous viewing mode (S1310).

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 checks the owner of the human channel for viewing the displayed content (S1320). Here, step S1320 may include a process of checking the same content viewing method to be described later with reference to FIG. 64 or 65.

The controller 340 controls the content to be displayed in the simultaneous viewing mode (S1330). The display 302 may display one of the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100. In addition, the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100 may represent the owner identified in operation S1320 as a chat counterpart. The owner identified in step S1320 becomes the chat counterpart.

The method for simultaneously viewing content remotely in FIG. 61 may further include performing a method shown in FIGS. 67 to 70.

FIG. 62 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for simultaneously viewing content remotely.

Referring to FIG. 62, the display 302 displays content (S1400). Herein, the display 302 may display the screen 4800.

The control unit 340 checks the owner of the human channel for viewing the displayed content (S1410). Here, step S1410 may include a process of confirming the same content viewing method to be described later with reference to FIG. 64 or 65.

The controller 340 detects a user action for requesting the simultaneous viewing mode (S1420).

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 controls the content to be displayed in the simultaneous viewing mode (S1430). The display 302 may display one of the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100. Also, the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100 may represent the owner identified in operation S1410 as a chat counterpart. The owner identified in step S1410 becomes the chat counterpart.

The method for simultaneously viewing content remotely in FIG. 62 may further include performing a method shown in FIGS. 67 to 70.

FIG. 63 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for simultaneously viewing content remotely.

Referring to FIG. 63, the display 302 displays content (S1500). Herein, the display 302 may display the screen 1600, the screen 3500, and the screen 4800.

The controller 340 detects a user action for requesting a channel invitation (S1510). The user action may be, for example, an action of dragging a screen on which content is displayed and dropping it onto a human channel listed in a human channel map. That is, the controller 340 may detect a user action for requesting a channel invitation when the image 3630 illustrated in FIG. 36 is dragged to the human channel 43 and dropped on the human channel 43. In addition, the user action may be a combination of a user action of selecting a broadcast program and a user action of selecting a human channel (or channel number) as another example.

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 controls the channel viewing request signal to be transmitted (S1520). In this case, the channel view request signal may have the format 3800 illustrated in FIG. 38.

In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control the channel viewing request signal to be transmitted to the electronic device providing the human channel indicated by the channel number designated by the user action in step S1510. Here, the address of the electronic device may be obtained by the method described above with reference to FIGS. 19 to 21.

In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control the channel viewing request signal to be transmitted to the server. The server may be the server 10 shown in FIG. 1.

The network interface unit 320 receives a response signal in response to the channel view request signal (S1530). Here, the response signal may be one of a view accept signal, a view disable signal, or a view reject signal.

When the viewing acceptance signal is transmitted as the response signal, the controller 340 controls the content to be displayed in the simultaneous viewing mode (S1540). The display 302 may display one of the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100. In addition, the screen 4900, the screen 5000, and the screen 5100 may represent an owner of a human channel associated with the electronic device that has transmitted the viewing acceptance signal as a chat counterpart. The owner becomes the chat counterpart.

The method for simultaneously viewing content remotely in FIG. 63 may further include performing a method shown in FIGS. 67 to 70.

64 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method for checking the viewing of the same content.

Referring to FIG. 64, the controller 340 obtains an address of an electronic device based on a human channel map in operation S1600. Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map 1210 of FIG. 12, and the human channel map 1210, the first connection information map 1230, the second connection information map 1240, and the third connection information of FIG. 12. The map 1250, the fourth access information map 1260, and the fifth access information map 1270 may be included. In addition, the address of the electronic device may be obtained by the method described above with reference to FIGS. 19 to 21. The electronic device may be limited to an online device.

The controller 340 controls the transmission of the viewing information request signal using the obtained address of the electronic device (S1610). The viewing information request signal may be the image frame request signal described above with reference to FIG. 52.

The network interface unit 320 receives a viewing information signal (S1620). In some embodiments, the viewing information signal may have the format 3800 shown in FIG. 38. In some embodiments, the viewing information signal may be the image frame transmission signal described above with reference to FIG. 52.

The control unit 340 checks the owner of the human channel for viewing the displayed content on the basis of the received viewing information signal (S1630). In some embodiments, the controller 340 may identify the owner by comparing the information described above in FIG. In some embodiments, the controller 340 may identify the owner based on the comparison algorithm 5215 described above in FIG. 52.

65 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of the method for confirming viewing of the same content.

Referring to FIG. 65, the controller 340 transmits an owner list request signal to the server (S1700). The transmitted owner list request signal may be a signal for requesting a list of owners who watch the displayed content. The server may be a server 10.

The network interface unit 320 receives an owner list from the server (S1710). The owner list includes owners who watch the displayed content. In some embodiments, the owner list may further include at least one of the included owner's emotion data and motion data.

The controller 340 checks the owner included in the received owner list as the owner who watches the displayed content (S1720).

66 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method for providing a viewing list.

Referring to FIG. 66, the server 10 receives a channel viewing signal including content viewing information from the electronic device in operation S1800. The received content viewing information may include the information described above with reference to FIG. 38. In some embodiments, the content viewing information may further include at least one of emotion data and motion data of the owner of the human channel associated with the electronic device.

The server 10 constructs a viewing map using the received content viewing information (S1810). The configured viewing map may include at least one of identification information, emotion data, motion data, and group information about content to be viewed for each owner of the human channel. Here, the group information indicates a group grouping owners who watch the same content.

The server 10 receives an owner list request signal from the electronic device in operation S1820. The owner list request signal here corresponds to the owner list request signal described above in FIG.

The server 10 constructs an owner list by using the configured viewing map (S1830). The owner list here corresponds to the owner list described above in FIG. The server 10 may include an owner having the same group information in the owner list.

The server 10 transmits the configured owner list to the electronic device that transmitted the owner list request signal (S1840).

67 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the silhouette display method.

Referring to FIG. 67, the controller 340 detects the owner's face region from the image of the owner (S1900). The owner is the owner of the human channel and may be a viewer watching the current content. As an example, the owner may be the viewer 5301 of FIG. 53. The photographing apparatus 301 may photograph the owner at a predetermined period, and the controller 340 may detect the owner's face from the image captured at the preset period.

The controller 340 checks the owner's emotion on the basis of the detected face region (S1910). Here, the controller 340 may check the emotion of the owner by the method described above with reference to FIGS. 56 and 57. In addition, the controller 340 may generate emotion data indicating the confirmed emotion. In some embodiments, the controller 340 may generate emotion data when the emotion is changed.

The controller 340 controls to transmit the emotion data indicating the confirmed emotion (S1920). In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control to transmit the emotion data when the emotion is changed.

The controller 340 controls to change the shape of the silhouette according to the confirmed emotion (S1930). Herein, the controller 340 may change the shape of the silhouette by the method described above with reference to FIG. 55.

The network interface 320 receives the emotion data (S1940). In some embodiments, the emotion data may be transmitted from an electronic device used by the chat counterpart. In some embodiments, the emotion data may be transmitted from the server 10.

The controller 340 controls to change the shape of the silhouette of the owner who sent the emotion data according to the received emotion data in operation S1950. Herein, the controller 340 may change the shape of the silhouette by the method described above with reference to FIG. 55.

FIG. 68 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a silhouette display method. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 68, the controller 340 detects a gesture of the owner (S2000). The owner is the owner of the human channel and may be a viewer watching the current content. For example, the owner may be the viewer 5801 of FIG. 58, and the controller 340 may sense the owner's gesture in the manner described above in FIG. 58.

In some embodiments, the photographing apparatus 301 may capture an image of the owner, and the controller 340 may detect a gesture of the owner from an image frame included in the captured image of the owner.

The controller 340 generates motion data indicating the detected gesture (S2010). In some embodiments, the controller 340 may generate motion data when the gesture is changed.

The controller 340 controls the generated motion data to be transmitted (S2020). In some embodiments, the controller 340 may control to transmit motion data when the gesture is changed.

The control unit 340 controls to change the shape of the silhouette according to the detected gesture (S2030). Herein, the controller 340 may change the shape of the silhouette by the method described above with reference to FIG. 58.

The network interface unit 320 receives the motion data (S2040). In some embodiments, the motion data may be transmitted from an electronic device used by the chat counterpart. In some embodiments, the motion data may be transmitted from the server 10.

The controller 340 controls to change the shape of the silhouette of the owner who transmitted the motion data according to the received motion data (S2050). Herein, the controller 340 may change the shape of the silhouette by the method described above with reference to FIG. 58.

69 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method for displaying a silhouette in a stereoscopic image.

Referring to FIG. 69, the controller 340 selects a silhouette image (S2100). The silhouette image may be selected by the method described above with reference to FIG. 67 or 68. That is, the silhouette image may be selected according to the detected emotion or the emotion indicated by the received emotion data, and the silhouette image may be selected according to the detected gesture or the gesture indicated by the detected gesture data.

The controller 340 generates a left eye view image and a right eye view image using the selected silhouette image (S2110). For example, the generated left eye view image and the generated right eye view image may be for displaying the silhouette 5110 of FIG. 51.

The controller 340 controls the generated left eye view image and right eye view image to be mixed with the image frame of the displayed content (S2120). Here, the mixer 360 may mix the left eye view image and the right eye view image with image frames of contents, respectively. In this case, the mixer 360 may generate a left eye view image frame by mixing the left eye view image and the image frame, and generate a right eye view image frame by mixing the right eye view image and the image frame. For example, the image frame may be an image frame displayed on the screen of FIG. 51.

The formatter 370 may sample the left eye view image frame and the right eye view image frame output by the mixer 360 in a 3D output format that the display 302 may output as a 3D image.

The display 302 displays the mixed image frame (S2130). The mixed image frame may be an image frame in which the left eye view image frame and the right eye view image frame generated by the mixer 360 are sampled in a 3D output format in operation S2120. For example, in operation S2130, the display 302 may display the screen 5100.

70 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the screen effect sharing method.

Referring to FIG. 70, the controller 340 detects a user action for requesting a screen effect (S2200). Here, the user action may be a user action of selecting one of the screen effect selection areas 5911, 5912, and 5913 of FIG. 59.

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 generates screen effect data indicating the requested screen effect (S2210).

The controller 340 transmits the generated screen effect data to the electronic device or the server 10 of the chat counterpart (S2220).

The controller 340 controls to reflect the requested screen effect to the displayed content (S2230). Herein, the display 302 may display the screen 5900 of FIG. 59D.

The network interface unit 320 receives the screen effect data from the chat counterpart's electronic device or the server 10 (S2240).

 The controller 340 controls the screen effect indicated by the received screen effect data to be reflected in the displayed content (S2250). Herein, the display 302 may display the screen 5900 of FIG. 59D.

71 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a channel map is displayed on a broadcast screen.

Referring to FIG. 71, the display 302 may display the screen 7100. If the controller 340 detects a user action requesting a channel map while the broadcast program 7110 is displayed on the screen 7100, the controller 340 displays the broadcast channel map 7120 in response to the user action detection. Display on. In some embodiments, the user action requesting a channel map may be an action where the user presses a hotkey for the channel map or a menu item for the channel map.

In addition, if the controller 340 detects a user action for requesting a channel map change while the human channel map 7220 illustrated in FIG. 72 or the app channel map 7320 illustrated in FIG. 7120 is controlled to be displayed.

The broadcast channel map 7120 lists a broadcast channel (CNN, etc.), contents currently broadcast through the broadcast channel (CNN New, etc.), and a channel number (39, etc.) associated with the broadcast channel. In addition, the row including the broadcast channel NBC, the broadcast program Home, and the channel number 37 of the displayed broadcast program 7110 is indicated by the indicator. When the user performs a user action of selecting one of the broadcast channels listed in the broadcast channel map 7120, the controller 340 controls the broadcast program of the selected broadcast channel to be displayed.

FIG. 72 is a diagram illustrating a screen displaying another embodiment of a channel map on a broadcast screen.

Referring to FIG. 72, the display 302 may display the screen 7200. When the broadcast channel map 7120 illustrated in FIG. 71 or the app channel map 7320 illustrated in FIG. 73 is displayed, the controller 340 detects a user action for requesting a channel map change. ) To be displayed. In some embodiments, the user action may be an action in which the user presses one of a left direction key and a right direction key of the remote controller.

When the human channel map 7220 is displayed, the controller 340 may control to display the content of one of the human channels listed in the human channel map 7220. The content may be received according to step S310 of FIG. 18. The human channel map 7220 may be the human channel map 1510 illustrated in FIG. 15.

73 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which another embodiment of a channel map is displayed on a broadcast screen.

Referring to FIG. 73, the display 302 may display a screen 7300. When the broadcast channel map 7120 illustrated in FIG. 71 or the app channel map 7120 illustrated in FIG. 72 is displayed, the controller 340 detects a user action for requesting a channel map change, and the app channel map 7320. ) To be displayed. In some embodiments, the user action may be an action in which the user presses one of a left direction key and a right direction key of the remote controller.

App channel map 7320 lists app channels (Neflix, etc.), app content, channel numbers (55, etc.) associated with app channels. In addition, the controller 340 may display the app channel (Google), the app content (Google Earth), and the channel number 56 of the app content 7310 displayed on the screen 7300 in the form indicated by the indicator. The map 7320 may be controlled to be displayed. In addition, when the app channel map 7320 is displayed, the controller 340 may control to display an app content of one of the app channels listed in the app channel map 7320. In addition, when the user performs a user action of selecting one of the app channels listed in the app channel map 7320, the controller 340 controls the app content of the selected app channel to be displayed.

74 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a full channel map is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 74, the display 302 may display the screen 7400. When the controller 340 detects a user action requesting the full channel map, the controller 340 may control the full channel map to be displayed on the screen 7400 in response to the user action detection. In some embodiments, the user action may be a user action of pressing a hotkey for a full channel map or a menu item for a full channel map.

The full channel map 7400 lists at least one broadcast channel in one row 7410, at least one human channel in another row 7420, and lists at least one app channel in another one. Listed in line 7430. Rows 7410, 7420, and 7430 each display an indication in the first cell indicating which channel each row lists a broadcast channel, a human channel, and an app channel.

In some embodiments, the full channel map may list at least one broadcast channel in one column, at least one human channel in another column, and list at least one app channel in another column.

Movement between channels in the same row of the full channel map 7400 may be in accordance with input of a left or right arrow key, and movement between other rows may be in response to an input of an up arrow key or a down arrow key. When the user performs an action of designating one channel among the channels listed in the full channel map 7400, the controller 340 may control the content of the designated channel to be displayed. Here, the content of the human channel may be received according to step S310 illustrated in FIG. 18.

75 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which another embodiment of a full channel map is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 75, the display 302 may display a screen 7500. When the controller 340 detects a user action requesting the full channel map, the controller 340 may control the full channel map to be displayed on the screen 7500 in response to the detection of the user action. In some embodiments, the user action may be a user action of pressing a hotkey for a full channel map or a menu item for a full channel map.

The full channel map 7500 lists broadcast channels 7510, human channels 7520 and 7530, and app channels 7540 together. In addition, the full channel map 7500 may list broadcast channels, human channels, and app channels in channel number order. For example, in the full channel map 7500, a broadcasting channel Star Plus, which is channel number 20, is positioned at the top, and a radio channel MTV Radio, which is channel number 21, is positioned below the broadcasting channel, Star Channel. 22 human channel (Brandon) is located below the radio channel (MTV Radio). In addition, the app channel (Picasa) with channel number 26 is located at the bottom.

The user may input a specific number so that the channel number associated with the number is listed in the full channel map 7500. The area 7505 of the full channel map 7500 displays a number input by the user. In the figure, area 7505 indicates "2-", so that a channel having a channel number in the range of 20 to 29, which is a channel number associated with "2-", is displayed on the full channel map 7500.

When the user performs an action of designating one channel among the channels listed in the full channel map 7500, the controller 340 may control the content of the designated channel to be displayed. Here, the content of the human channel may be received according to step S310 illustrated in FIG. 18.

76 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which another embodiment of a full channel map is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 76, the display 302 may display the full channel map 7600. If the controller 340 detects a user action requesting the full channel map, the controller 340 may control the full channel map 7600 to be displayed on the screen in response to the detection of the user action. In some embodiments, the user action may be a user action of pressing a hotkey for a full channel map or a menu item for a full channel map.

The full channel map 7600 includes a broadcast channel sheet, a human channel sheet, and an app channel sheet. The broadcast channel sheet, the human channel sheet, and the app channel sheet may be selected through the sheet tab 7601, the sheet tab 7602, and the sheet tab 7603, respectively. That is, when the user performs an action of pressing one of the sheet tabs 7601, 7602, 7603, the controller 340 controls the display of the sheet associated with the pressed sheet tab.

When the full channel map 7600 is displayed on the screen, the controller 340 may control one of the broadcast channel sheet, the human channel sheet, and the app channel sheet to be displayed. In FIG. 76, a broadcast channel sheet 7610 is displayed. The broadcast channel sheet 7610 may include an indication 7612 that the broadcast channel is a TV channel and an indication 7714 that the radio channel. In addition, the broadcast channel sheet 7610 displays a broadcast channel (Colors) and the channel number (T01) associated with the broadcast channel (Colors) in one cell unit. When the user performs an action of pressing one of the cells on the broadcast channel sheet 7610, the controller 340 may control to display a broadcast program broadcasted in the broadcast channel of the pressed cell.

FIG. 77 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which a human channel sheet is displayed in the full channel map of FIG. 76.

Referring to FIG. 77, when a user performs a user action of selecting a seat tab 7602, the controller 340 detects the user action and responds to the user action detection, and the human channel sheet is displayed on the full channel map 7710. 7770 is controlled to be displayed.

The human channel sheet 7710 displays the human channel Brandon and the channel number 22 associated with the human channel Brandon in one cell unit. When the user performs an action of pressing one of the cells on the human channel sheet 7710, the controller 340 may control the content of the human channel of the pressed cell to be displayed. In this case, the content may be received according to step S310 illustrated in FIG. 18.

FIG. 78 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an app channel sheet is displayed in the full channel map of FIG. 76.

Referring to FIG. 78, when a user performs a user action of selecting a seat tab 7603, the controller 340 detects the user action and responds to the detection of the user action, and the app channel sheet on the full channel map 7800. Control 7810 to be displayed.

The app channel sheet 7810 displays the app channel NFS9 and the channel number 01 associated with the app channel NFS9 in one cell unit. When the user performs an action of pressing one of the cells on the app channel sheet 7810, the controller 340 may control the content of the app channel of the pressed cell to be displayed.

79 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an embodiment of a recent viewing channel map is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 79, the display 302 may display a recent viewing channel map 7910. When the controller 340 detects a user action requesting a recent viewing channel map, the controller 340 may control to display the recent viewing channel map 7910 on the screen in response to the detection of the user action. In some embodiments, the user action may be a user action of pressing a hotkey for a recent viewing channel map or a menu item for a recent viewing channel map.

The recent viewing channel map 7910 lists broadcast channels, human channels, and app channels displayed within a preset period. Here, the preset period may be 1 day, 7 days, 10 days, 15 days, 30 days, etc., may be set as an initial value, and may be set by a user.

The recent viewing channel map 7910 displays the channels in one row. The first cell of a row indicates whether the channel is a broadcast channel, a human channel, or an app channel. For example, 'TV' displayed in the first cell indicates a broadcast channel, 'Radio' indicates a radio channel, 'SNS' indicates a human channel, and 'APP' indicates an app channel.

In addition, the recently viewed channel map 7910 may list the channels in the reverse order of the displayed time. For example, in a recent viewing channel map 7910, a broadcast channel (Set Max) whose display point of time is earlier than the broadcast channel (Star Plus) is located behind the broadcast channel (Star Plus).

When the user takes an action of pressing one of the rows listed in the recently viewed channel map 7910, the controller 340 may control the content of the channel indicated by the pressed row to be displayed. Here, the content of the human channel may be received according to step S310 illustrated in FIG. 18.

80 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which another embodiment of a full channel map is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 80, the display 302 may display the full channel map 8000. When the controller 340 detects a user action requesting the full channel map, the controller 340 may control the full channel map 8000 to be displayed on the screen in response to the detection of the user action. The user action may be a user action of pressing a hot key for a full channel map or a menu item for a full channel map.

The full channel map 8000 has the same form as the full channel map 7400 and further includes connection status indications 8050 and 8055 indicating the online status of the owner of the human channel. The first connection status indication 8050 displays a first online status indicating whether the owner of the human channel is online through an electronic device, and the second connection status indication 8055 indicates whether the owner is logged in to the server. Indicate a second on-line state. The server may be the server 10 or the server 20 illustrated in FIG. 1, and the electronic device may include the first digital TV 100, the second digital TV 110, and the personal computer system 120 illustrated in FIG. 1. ), The notebook 130 and the mobile terminal 140. Here, the state where the owner is online through the electronic device means that another electronic device can connect with the electronic device through the human channel, and the state where the owner is logged in to the server means that the other owner is the owner through the network 1. It means the state that can communicate with.

Information about the owner's online status may be received from the electronic device and may be received from the server. Here, the electronic device may periodically receive information on the first online state or information on the second online state from the server.

The electronic device may transmit the information about the first online state to the electronic device or the server associated with the human channel stored in the human channel map. In some embodiments, the electronic device may transmit information about the first online state to all of the electronic devices associated with the human channel. In some embodiments, the electronic device may transmit information on the first online state to an electronic device in an online state among the electronic devices associated with the human channel.

81 is a diagram to describe an online state of an owner of a human channel.

The online state of the owner of the human channel may be one of FIGS. 81 (a) through 81 (b). In addition, the human channel map 8000 may display a connection state display having one of the states of FIGS. 81 (a) to 81 (b) on the listed human channels.

Connection status indication 8111 of FIG. 81 (a) indicates a first online status indicating that the owner of the human channel is not online via an electronic device, and connection status indication 8215 is the owner logging into the server. A second on-line state is displayed indicating that it is not in a closed state.

81 (b) shows a first online state indicating that the owner of the human channel is logged in via the electronic device, and connection state 8251 indicates that the owner is not logged in to the server. Display a second on-line status.

The connection status indication 8131 of FIG. 81 (c) indicates a first online state indicating that the owner of the human channel is not online through the electronic device, and the connection status indication 8235 is a state where the owner is logged in to the server. Display a second on-line status.

The connection status indication 8141 of FIG. 81 (d) indicates a first online state indicating that the owner of the human channel is online through the electronic device, and the connection status indication 8145 is a state where the owner is logged in to the server. Display a second on-line status.

82 is a view showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the method for providing a channel map service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 82, the display 302 displays a broadcast channel map including at least one broadcast channel on a screen on which content is displayed (S2300). The broadcast channel map may be the broadcast channel map 7120 illustrated in FIG. 71.

The controller 340 detects a first user action for requesting to switch the channel map (S2305). In some embodiments, the first user action may be an action in which the user presses one of the up direction key, the down direction key, the right direction key, or the left direction key of the remote controller.

In response to the first user action detection, the controller 340 converts the displayed broadcast channel map into a human channel map including at least one human channel (S2310). Herein, the controller 340 may control the content of one of the human channels included in the human channel map to be displayed on the screen. The one may have a first channel number, an intermediate channel number or a last channel number, and may be a human channel that is displayed more recently than the other human channels. In addition, the human channel map may be the human channel map 7220 illustrated in FIG. 72.

The controller 340 detects a second user action for requesting channel switching (S2315). In some embodiments, the second user action may be an action in which the user presses one of the up direction key, the down direction key, the right direction key, or the left direction key of the remote controller. In some embodiments, when the first user action requesting channel map switching is an action in which the user presses one of the left and right arrow keys of the remote control, the second user action requesting channel switching may be performed using the up and down arrow keys of the remote control. It may be an action of pressing one of the direction keys.

In response to the second user action detection, the controller 340 switches the human channel selected from the human channel map to another human channel (S2320).

The controller 340 displays the contents of the switched human channel (S2325). In this case, the content may be received according to step S310 of FIG. 18.

The controller 340 detects a third user action for requesting to switch the channel map (S2330).

In response to the third user action detection, the controller 340 converts the human channel map into an app channel map including at least one app channel (S2335). The app channel map may be the app channel map 7320 illustrated in FIG. 73.

The controller 340 detects a fourth user action for requesting a full channel map (S2340). In some embodiments, the fourth user action may be a user action of pressing a hotkey for full channel map or a user action of pressing a menu item for full channel map.

In response to the fourth user action detection, the controller 340 controls to display a full channel map including the at least one broadcast channel, the at least one human channel, and the at least one app channel (S2345). Here, the full channel map includes the full channel map 7400 shown in FIG. 74, the full channel map 7500 shown in FIG. 75, the full channel map 7600 shown in FIG. 76, and the full channel map shown in FIG. 8000).

The controller 340 detects a fifth user action for requesting a recent viewing channel map (S2350). In some embodiments, the fifth user action may be a user action of pressing a hotkey for a recent viewing channel map or a user action of pressing a menu item for a recent viewing channel map.

In response to the fifth user action detection, the controller 340 controls to display a recent viewing channel map including a broadcast channel, a human channel, and an app channel displayed within a preset period (S2355). The recent viewing channel map may be the recent viewing channel map 7810 illustrated in FIG. 79. The preset period may be 1 day, 7 days, 10 days, 15 days, 30 days, etc., may be set as an initial value, and may be set by a user.

83 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the user registration method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 83, the controller 340 controls to display a GUI for receiving user registration information in operation S2400. The GUI may be displayed when the electronic device 300 is first executed (at boot time) or upon user request. The user registration information may include at least one of a device serial number, name, user ID, password, access information, gender information, date of birth, country information, and region information. The access information may include at least one of an e-mail address, a SIP address, an IP address, a port number, a Mac address, an SNS account, and a URL.

FIG. 84 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving user registration information.

Referring to FIG. 84, the display 302 may display the GUI 8400 in step S2400. The GUI 8400 is for receiving user registration information. The GUI 8400 may include an input box for inputting a user name, a password, and a first name and a last name, or a check box for selecting gender information and a date of birth. It contains a list box for selecting. The button Next is for displaying the next screen, and the button Exit is for terminating the progress of the user registration method. The controller 340 may control the display of the next step in response to the detection of the user action of pressing the button Next, and the progress of the user registration method is terminated in response to the detection of the user action of pressing the button Exit. Can be controlled.

The controller 340 controls to display a GUI for selecting an SNS site (S2410). When detecting a user action of pressing a button Next, the controller 340 may control the GUI to be displayed in response to the detection of the user action. The list of SNS sites may be stored in advance, and the controller 340 may display the previously stored list on the GUI.

FIG. 85 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting an SNS site.

Referring to FIG. 85, the display 302 may display the GUI 8500 in step S2410. GUI 8500 includes check boxes 8251 to 8520 to select each of SNS sites 8511 to 8519 and SNS sites 8511 to 8519, and checks to select all of SNS sites 8911 to 8519. Box 8530. Here, the list of SNS sites 8511 to 8519 may be stored in the storage unit 345 in advance. Also, the list of SNS sites 8511-8519 can be updated.

The controller 340 controls to display a GUI for receiving authentication information for an SNS site (S2420). When detecting a user action of pressing a button Next, the controller 340 may control the GUI to be displayed in response to the detection of the user action. The authentication information may include a user ID and a password. In addition, the user ID may be an e-mail address registered in the SNS site.

The GUI may be displayed as many as the number of SNS sites selected in step S2410. That is, a GUI for receiving authentication information of each selected SNS site may be displayed.

86 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving authentication information for an SNS site.

Referring to FIG. 86, the display 302 may display the GUI 8600 in step S2420. The GUI 8800 includes an icon 8610 and an input box for inputting a user ID (Email ID) and a password (Password) for the SNS site indicated by the icon 8610.

The controller 340 controls to display a GUI for checking channel scan execution (S2430). When detecting a user action of pressing a button Next, the controller 340 may control the GUI to be displayed in response to the detection of the user action.

FIG. 87 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for checking channel scan execution.

Referring to FIG. 87, the display 302 may display the GUI 8700 in step S2430. The GUI 8700 may include a guide word 8710 asking whether to perform a channel scan, a button (Yes) for selecting a channel scan, and a button (Exit) for selecting a channel scan not performed. The controller 340 may control the method of providing an interface for scanning the channel of FIG. 88 in response to detecting a user action of selecting the button (Yes).

The user registration information and the authentication information for the SNS site input during the user registration method of FIG. 83 may be transmitted to the server 10 at the input step, and may be transmitted to the server 10 after step S2430.

88 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method for providing an interface for channel scan according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 88, the controller 340 controls to display a GUI for selecting a scan method (S2500). The GUI may be displayed automatically or as a user request after the progress of the server registration method, may be displayed as a user request at any point in time, and may be displayed when an update occurs. The scan method may include at least one of an auto scan and a manual scan. The GUI may also include a scan method option for selecting at least one scan method.

FIG. 89 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting a scan method.

Referring to FIG. 89, the display 302 may display the GUI 8900 in step S2500. GUI 8900 includes scan method options 8910 for selecting automatic scan and scan method options 8920 for selecting manual scan.

The controller 340 checks whether a scan method option is selected (S2510).

When a scan method option for instructing automatic scanning is selected, the controller 340 controls to display a GUI for selecting a service type (S2520). The GUI may include a service type option for selecting at least one service type. Here, the service type indicates one of a broadcast channel, an app channel, and a human channel.

FIG. 90 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting a service type.

Referring to FIG. 90, the display 302 may display the GUI 9000 in step S2520. The GUI 9000 includes a service type option 9010 for selecting a channel scan of a broadcast channel, a service type option 9020 for selecting a channel scan of an app channel, and a service type option for selecting a channel scan of a human channel. 9030).

The controller 340 checks whether a specific service type option is selected among the service type options provided by the GUI for selecting a service type (S2530).

If a specific service type option is selected, the controller 340 controls the channel scan for the channel associated with the selected service type option to proceed (S2540). For example, when the service type option 9010 is selected, the controller 340 controls the channel scan to be performed on the broadcast channel, and when the service type option 9030 is selected, the controller 340 is connected to the human channel. The channel scan may be controlled to proceed.

FIG. 91 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displaying a progress state of a human channel scan. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 91, the display 302 may display the screen 9100 in operation S2540. The screen 9100 displays a status bar 9110 indicating the progress of the human channel scan. In addition, the screen 9100 displays a list 9120 of the SNS sites to be subjected to the human channel scan. The SNS site included in the SNS site list 9120 may be an SNS site selected during the user registration method of FIG. 83. In addition, the screen 9100 may display an area 9130 for displaying a scan result to date. In the screen 9100, the button Skip is for selecting to stop the channel scan and display the scan result so far, and the button Exit is for selecting the end of the channel scan. The controller 340 may stop scanning the channel and proceed to step S2550 in response to the detection of the user action of selecting the button Skip. In addition, the controller 340 controls the channel scan to end in response to the detection of a user action of selecting the button Exit.

The controller 340 controls the channel scan result to be displayed (S2550). The controller 340 may control to display the channel scan result when the channel scan is completed.

In addition, when a user action of selecting a button Skip of the screen 9100 is detected, the controller 340 may control the channel scan result to be displayed in response to the detection of the user action. In this case, the displayed channel scan result is a channel scan result up to the time when the channel scan is stopped.

FIG. 92 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displaying a result of a human channel scan. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 92, the display 302 may display the screen 9200 in step S2550. Screen 9200 displays the human channel scan results.

The screen 920 includes an SNS account selection area 9210, an update statistics information area 9220, a channel input box 9230, an SNS site selection area 9250, an icon 9201 for displaying the selected SNS site, and a button (Add ), Button (Back) and button (Home). The SNS account selection area 9210 includes a picture 9211 of the currently selected SNS account, a button 9213 for selecting a previous SNS account, a button 9315 for selecting a next SNS account, and a SNS account scanned at the selected SNS site. And display 9217 indicating the total number of and the sequence number of the currently selected SNS account.

The update statistics information area 9220 displays update statistics information of the selected SNS account 9211. The update statistics information may include at least one of the number of updated videos, the number of pictures, and the number of messages.

Channel input box 9230 indicates the channel number assigned to the selected SNS account 9211. If a channel number is not assigned to the selected SNS account 9211, the channel input box 9230 may be displayed as a blank. The user may input a channel number to be assigned to the selected SNS account 9211 into the channel input box 9230.

The SNS site selection area 9250 displays an icon of the SNS site. When the user selects an icon displayed in the SNS site selection area 9150, the controller 340 controls the SNS account scanned at the SNS site indicated by the selected icon to be selected in the SNS account selection area 9210.

Icon 9201 indicates the currently selected SNS site. The user may select the SNS account scanned at the SNS site indicated by the icon 9201 in the SNS account selection area 9210.

The button Add is for requesting the channel map configuration, the button Back is for requesting the display of the previous screen, and the button Home is for requesting the display of the homepage of the selected SNS account 9211.

FIG. 93 is a diagram showing another embodiment of a screen displaying a result of a human channel scan. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 93, the display 302 may display the screen 9300 in step S2550. The screen 9300 is a screen for displaying the result of the human channel scan. The screen 9300 may include an acquaintance list area 9310, a mutual acquaintance list area 9320, a scan result statistical information area 9330, and an SNS site selection area 9350.

The SNS site selection area 9350 is an area corresponding to the SNS site selection area 9350 of FIG. 92. The acquaintance list area 9310 displays a list of acquaintances registered in the SNS site selected in the SNS site selection area 9350. The user may select a specific acquaintance from the acquaintance list area 9310. The acquaintance list area 9310 may display the SNS account of the acquaintance.

The mutual acquaintance list area 9320 displays a list of mutual acquaintances of the acquaintances selected in the acquaintance list area 9310. The mutual acquaintance list area 9320 may display SNS accounts of the mutual acquaintances. The connection status display 9311 and the connection status display 9315 indicate the connection status of the acquaintance, and the connection status display 9311 is an online state indicated by the connection status display 8111. 8121, 8131, and 8141 of FIG. 81. The connection state display 9315 may indicate one of the online states indicated by the connection state displays 8215. 8125, 8135, and 8145 of FIG. 81.

The information area 9330 indicates whether or not the selected acquaintance is human channel 931 in the acquaintance list area 9310, the human channel number 9333 assigned to the selected acquaintance, and the number 935 of the mutual acquaintances of the selected acquaintance. do.

The user may select a specific SNS account among the SNS accounts displayed in the acquaintance list area 9310 and the mutual acquaintance list area 9320, and assign a channel number to the selected specific SNS account.

The controller 340 configures a channel map (S2560). The controller 340 may proceed to step S2560 when a user action for requesting a channel allocation for a specific SNS account is detected on the screen on which the channel scan result is displayed. Here, the user action may be a user action of selecting the button Add of FIG. 92.

When the controller 340 detects a user action of selecting the button Add of FIG. 92, the controller 340 assigns a channel number input to the channel input box 9230 to the selected SNS account 9211 in response to the user action detection. do. In addition, the control unit 340 is a human to the information associated with the selected SNS account 9211, the channel number input to the channel input box 9230, and the channel number input to the selected SNS account 9211 and the channel input box 9230 Can save to channel map. Here, the human channel map may be the human channel map shown in FIG. 12 or the dormant channel map shown in FIG. 97.

Step S2560 may include performing a process of constructing a human channel map of FIG. 13 or a process of constructing a human channel map of FIG. 34. The screen 9200 of FIG. 92 and the screen 9300 of FIG. 93 may be a first GUI for receiving a human address in step S100, and include an SNS account selection area 9210, an acquaintance list area 9320, and a mutual acquaintance list. The SNS account displayed in area 9330 may be a selectable human address listed in the first GUI.

94 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method for scanning a human channel according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 94, the electronic device 9410 transmits an acquaintance information request signal for requesting acquaintance information to the relay server 9220 (S2600). The transmitted acquaintance information request signal may be transmitted in step S2540 of FIG. 88. Step S2540 may include performing the human channel scan method of FIG. 94. In addition, the acquaintance information request signal may include a user ID. Here, the user ID may be an account of the relay server 9420, and may be information registered with the server 10 during the process of performing the user registration method of FIG. 83. In some embodiments, the acquaintance information request signal may further include one or more SNS accounts, and may include a password for the included SNS account and an SNS site name to which the SNS account belongs.

The relay server 9420 transmits an acquaintance information request signal for requesting acquaintance information to the first SNS server 9430 (S2610). The server 9420 may be a server 10, and the transmitted acquaintance information request signal may include an account of the first SNS server 9430, and may further include a password of the account. In addition, an account and password of the first SNS server 9430 may be stored in the relay server 9420, may be transmitted to the server 10 during the execution of the user registration method of FIG. 83, and step S2600. It may be included in the acquaintance information request signal transmitted from.

The relay server 9420 may associate and store one or more SNS accounts and user IDs. When the acknowledgment information request signal is received from the electronic device 9410, the relay server 9420 may search for an SNS account associated with the user ID and transmit an acknowledgment information request signal to the SNS server to which the found SNS account belongs.

The relay server 9420 transmits an acquaintance information request signal for requesting acquaintance information to the second SNS server 9440 (S2620). The transmitted acquaintance information request signal may include an account of the second SNS server 9440, and may further include a password of the account.

The first SNS server 9430 transmits an acquaintance information signal including acquaintance information to the relay server 9220 (S2630). The acquaintance information may include SNS accounts for acquaintances of the SNS account included in the acquaintance information request signal transmitted in step S2610. The acquaintance information may further include at least one of a name of the acquaintance, an SNS site IP address, a port number, an SNS site name, and update information of an SNS account. The first SNS server 9430 may be the server 20, and may be one of the SNS servers selected during the execution of the user registration method of FIG. 83. In addition, the first SNS server 9630 may have the SNS site name included in the acquaintance information request signal transmitted in step S2600.

The second SNS server 9440 transmits an acquaintance information signal including acquaintance information to the relay server 9420 (S2640). The acquaintance information may include SNS accounts for acquaintances of the SNS account included in the acquaintance information request signal transmitted in step S2620. The acquaintance information may further include at least one of a name of the acquaintance, an SNS site IP address, a port number, an SNS site name, and update information of an SNS account. The first SNS server 9440 may be the server 20, and may be one of the SNS servers selected during the execution of the user registration method of FIG. 83. In addition, the first SNS server 9630 may have the SNS site name included in the acquaintance information request signal transmitted in step S2600.

The relay server 9420 integrates the received acquaintance information (S2650). The relay server 9220 may integrate acquaintance information transmitted from the first SNS server 9430 and acquaintance information transmitted from the first SNS server 9440. In addition, the relay server 9420 may integrate the stored information with acquaintance information transmitted from the first SNS server 9430 or acquaintance information transmitted from the first SNS server 9440. The stored information may be user registration information transmitted by the electronic device 300 and authentication information for an SNS site in the user registration method of FIG. 83. The relay server 9420 may integrate the stored information and the received acquaintance information based on the name or the SNS account.

The relay server 9420 transmits an acquaintance information signal including acquaintance information to the electronic device 9410 (S2660). The acquaintance information may be information passed in step S2650 or information selected from the passed information. In some embodiments, the acquaintance information may include at least one of a name of an acquaintance, an SNS site name, an SNS account, and a user ID. In some embodiments, the acquaintance information may include a name of the acquaintance, access information, and a user ID. In some embodiments, the acquaintance information may include a name of the acquaintance, access information, an SNS site name, an SNS account, and a user ID.

The electronic device 9410 stores the received acquaintance information (S2670). The electronic device 9410 may temporarily store the received acquaintance information and may permanently store the received acquaintance information. The stored information may be displayed as a channel scan result in step S2550 of FIG. 88.

The electronic device 9410 may configure a human channel map using the received acquaintance information. Information included in the access information maps 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, and 1270 of FIG. 12 or 97 may be obtained from the received acquaintance information.

In some embodiments, the relay server 9420 may perform steps S2650 and S2660 whenever acquaintance information is received. That is, the relay server 9420 may perform steps S2640 and S2660 using the acquaintance information received in step S2630, and perform steps S2640 and S2660 using the acquaintance information received in step S2640.

95 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method of configuring a channel map according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 95, the display 302 displays a GUI for designating a human address (S2700). The GUI is a web page of FIG. 4, a GUI 910 of FIG. 9, a GUI 1010 of FIG. 10, a GUI 1110 of FIG. 11, a GUI 2700 of FIG. 27, a GUI 2900 of FIG. 29, and FIG. 31 may be one of the GUI 3100, the screen 9200 of FIG. 92, and the screen 9300 of FIG. 93.

The controller 340 detects a first user action of designating a human address (S2710).

In response to the detection of the first user action, the controller 340 checks whether a channel number allocated to an acquaintance associated with the designated human address exists (S2720).

If the channel number exists, the controller 340 displays the channel number (S2730). For example, the channel number may be displayed in the input box 9230 of FIG. 92, may be displayed in the input box 9333 of FIG. 93, and may be displayed on a separately displayed message. In addition, among the channel numbers listed in the channel number area 2710 of the GUI 2700 of FIG. 27 and the channel number area 2910 of the GUI 2900 of FIG. 29, the channel number may be highlighted and displayed. The channel number may be displayed in the channel number area 3140 of 3100.

The controller 340 detects a second user action of designating a channel number (S2740). In the embodiment of the screen 9200 of FIG. 92, the second user action may be a user action of pressing a button Add. In the embodiment of the screen 9300 of FIG. 93, the second operator action is an input. It may be a user action of pressing a button (for example, a zoom button on the remote controller) to complete the input of the channel number in the box 9333. In an embodiment of the GUI 2700 of FIG. 27, the GUI 2900 of FIG. 29, and the GUI 3100 of FIG. 31, the second user action is a second user action of step S802 of FIG. 34 and a third user of S803. It can be a user action that includes an action. Here, the channel number may be a channel number that will be the same as the channel number found in step S2720.

In response to the second user action detection, the controller 340 stores the human address, the channel number, and information relating the human address to the channel number in the human channel map (S2750). When the channel number is the channel number to be the same as the channel number found in step S2720, a plurality of human addresses of the same person are assigned to one channel number.

The controller 340 checks whether another human address of an acquaintance associated with the designated human address exists (S2760).

If there is another human address, the controller 340 controls the other human address to be displayed (S2770).

FIG. 96 illustrates an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying another human address of an acquaintance having a human address associated with a channel number.

Referring to FIG. 96, the display 302 may display a message 9600 at step S2770. Message 9600 lists the SNS account that is the other human address. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the human address specified in step S2710 is the human address of Lisa. Message 9600 lists Lisa's other human addresses, SNS accounts 9601, 9603, 9605, 9607, and may include button 9610 and button 9620. In addition, the check boxes 9331, 9633, 9635 and 9637 may not be displayed in step S2770.

The controller 340 displays a GUI for designating a human address (S2780). In the case where an action of pressing the button 9610 of FIG. 96 is detected, the GUI may be displayed. Here, the display 302 may display a message 9600 including an SNS account 9601, 9603, 9605, 9607, a check box 9631, 9633, 9635, 9637, a button 9610, and a button 9620. have.

In some embodiments, steps S2770 and S2780 may be implemented as one step of providing the other human address and displaying a GUI for designating a human address among the other human addresses. The GUI may be a message 9600 including SNS accounts 9601, 9603, 9605, 9607, check boxes 9331, 9633, 9635, 9637, buttons 9610, and buttons 9620.

The controller 340 detects a third user action of designating a human address (S2790). In this case, the third user action may be a user action of pressing the button 9610 of the message 9600 displayed in step S2780.

In response to detecting the third user action, the controller 340 stores the human address, the channel number, and information relating the human address to the channel number in the human channel map (S2795). In this case, the human address is a human address checked in check boxes 9631, 9633, 9635, and 9637, and the channel number is a channel number stored in step S2750.

97 is a diagram showing another preferred embodiment of the human channel map.

The human channel map 1210 of FIG. 97 further includes a channel number 80 associated with the plurality of human addresses. Channel number 80 is associated with Lisa, and Lisa has a plurality of human addresses (Lisa@TV.com, Lisa@SNS.com and Lisa@facebook.com). That is, channel number 80 is assigned to Lisa@TV.com, Lisa@SNS.com, and Lisa@facebook.com, respectively.

When the pointer indicates a specific table, the controller 340 may confirm that the channel number is associated with a plurality of human addresses. For example, since the pointer 9701 of the channel number 80 indicates the table 9700, the controller 340 confirms that the channel number 80 is associated with the plurality of human addresses.

Table 9700 includes human addresses Lisa@TV.com, Lisa@SNS.com, and Lisa@facebook.com associated with channel number 80, and Lisa@TV.com, Lisa@SNS.com, and Lisa@facebook.com Each pointer is included. The pointer may indicate a location where information associated with a human address is stored.

Pointer 9711 indicates the location where information associated with Lisa@TV.com is stored. That is, the pointer 9711 indicates the third row of the third connection information map 1250. The IP address associated with Lisa@TV.com is 207.63.107.105, the port number associated with Lisa@TV.com is 80, and the account is Lisa. The channels of Lisa@TV.com may be connected in a connection manner indicated by Type 3.

Pointer 9712 indicates the location where information associated with Lisa@facebook.com is stored. That is, the pointer 9712 indicates the fourth row of the third connection information map 1250. The IP address associated with Lisa@facebook.com is 204.62.101.95, the port number associated with Lisa@facebook.com is 80, and the account is Lisa. The channels of Lisa@facebook.com may be connected in the connection manner indicated by Type 3.

Pointer 9713 points to a location where information associated with Lisa@SNS.com is stored. That is, the pointer 9713 points to the fifth row of the third access information map 1250. The IP address associated with Lisa@SNS.com is 205.52.108.96, the port number associated with Lisa@SNS.com is 80, and the account is Lisa. The channels of Lisa@SNS.com may be connected in a connection manner indicated by Type 3.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment in which the pointers 9711, 9712, and 9713 indicate the rows of the third connection information map 1250, and the pointers 9711, 9712, and 9713 each use different rows of the connection information maps. Can be directed.

98 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for providing a human channel service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 98, the controller 340 detects a user action for requesting the switch to the human channel mode (S2800). In some embodiments, the user action may be a user action in which the user presses one of the up, down, right, and left keys of the remote control, and the user presses a mode switch key (eg, a colored button) on the remote control. It may be an action.

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 controls the human channel map to be displayed (S2810). The display 302 may display the human channel map 7220 illustrated in FIG. 72 as the human channel map.

The controller 340 detects a user action of designating a channel number (S2820).

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 checks whether there are a plurality of human addresses associated with the channel number (S2830). Herein, the controller 340 may determine whether a plurality of human addresses associated with the channel number are provided by using the human channel map. For example, if the channel number 77 is designated in step S2820, it can be confirmed through the human channel map of FIG. 97 that the channel number 77 is associated with one human address. In addition, when the channel number 80 is designated in step S2820, the channel number 80 is associated with a plurality of human addresses (Lisa@TV.com, Lisa@SNS.com and Lisa@facebook.com) through the human channel map of FIG. You can see that.

When there are a plurality of human addresses, the controller 340 controls to display a GUI for designating a human address (S2840).

FIG. 99 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for designating a human address.

Referring to FIG. 99, when a user action of designating a channel number 80 is detected in operation S2820, the display 302 may display the GUI 9900 as a GUI for receiving the human address. GUI 9900 lists the human addresses Lisa@TV.com, Lisa@SNS.com and Lisa@facebook.com associated with channel number 80.

The controller 340 detects a user action for designating a human address (S2850). For example, the user action may be a user action of pressing a specific key (eg, a confirmation key) on the remote controller while the indicator 9901 of FIG. 99 is located at a specific human address. The user action specifies the human address where indicator 9901 is located.

The controller 340 connects to the human address (S2860). If there are not more than one human address associated with the channel number designated in step S2820, the controller 340 connects to the human address associated with the channel number designated in step S2820. In addition, when there are a plurality of human addresses associated with the channel number designated in step S2820, the controller 340 connects to the human address designated in step S2850.

As a result of the connection, the controller 340 displays at least one of a web page associated with the SNS account of the SNS server, a screen currently captured by the electronic device, a broadcast channel that the user of the electronic device is watching, content stored in the electronic device, or a content list. can do. Here, the web page associated with the SNS account of the SNS server may be a homepage.

Step S2860 may include at least one step included in a process of receiving the content of the human channel of FIGS. 19 to 21, and included in the process of establishing a connection between the electronic device and the electronic device of FIG. 26. At least one step may be included.

FIG. 100 illustrates another embodiment of a screen on which a human channel map and contents of a selected human channel are displayed.

Referring to FIG. 100, the controller 340 may control the screen 1000 to be displayed as a result of the connection of step S2860. The screen 10000 is a screen on which a web page received from the SNS server is displayed.

The screen 10000 includes a list area 10010, a user information area 10020, a statistical information area 10030, an acquaintance list area 10040, a video link 10051, a picture link 10053, and a message link 10054. It may include. The list area 10010 displays a user's question and the answers of acquaintances to the question, the user information area 10020 displays brief introduction information about the user, and the statistical information area 10030 displays statistical information. . The acquaintance list area 10040 also displays followers and followers, and the video link 10051 is a link to a web page where the uploaded video file can be viewed, and the photo link 10053 is displayed. The link to the web page to view the uploaded picture, the message link (10054) is a link to a web page to view the message sent and received between the user and acquaintances.

FIG. 101 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) for a human channel according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 101, the controller 340 may control the electronic program guide 10100 for the human channel to be displayed. The electronic program guide 10100 may be displayed when a user action for requesting an EPG is detected while the human channel is displayed. If a user action for requesting an EPG is detected while the broadcast channel is displayed, the controller 340 may control the EPG for the broadcast channel to be displayed.

 The remote controller 304 may include a button for requesting the electronic program guide 10100 for the human channel. When detecting a user action of pressing the button, in response to the user action detection, the controller 340 may control the electronic program guide 10100 to be displayed.

The electronic program guide 10100 includes a human indicating cell 10111 in one row and one column, a human channel indicating cell 10112 in one row and a second column, and date cells 10113 to 10118 in the remaining columns of one row. Can be. The human indicator cell 10111 displays information indicating that human cells are listed in column 1, and the human channel indicator cell 10112 displays information indicating that channel cells are listed in column 2, and date cells 10113 through. 10118) represents the date.

In some embodiments, when there is no event associated with a specific date, the date cell displaying the specific date may not be displayed. Also, date cells may be displayed in order from date cell 10113 indicating a current date to date cell 10114 indicating a later date.

The electronic program guide 10100 includes human cells 10121, 10131, and 10141 in the remaining rows of column 1, channel cells 10122, 10132, and 10142 in the remaining rows of column 2, and event cells in the remaining rows of the remaining columns. (10123, 10134). Human cells 10121, 10131, and 10141 display information associated with the owner of the human channel, respectively. Here, the human cell may display a picture of the owner of the human channel. In addition, the channel cells 10122, 10132, and 10142 display the numbers of the human channels, respectively. In addition, the channel cells 10122, 10132, and 10142 may further display the human address of the owner of the human channel. In some embodiments, the human cells 10121, 10131, and 10141 may not be displayed.

The event cell is associated with a specific human cell, a specific channel cell, and a specific date cell according to a location. That is, the event cell is associated with the human cell and the channel cell in the same row, and the date cell in the same column. The event cell is also associated with an event associated with the date indicated by the date cell of the same row among the events associated with the human channel having the channel number indicated by the channel cell of the same row.

The event cell may display at least part of the event information that is information about an event associated with the event cell. Here, the event information may include an SNS account associated with the event, and may include information about an SNS site to which the event is uploaded, information about an event type, a title of the event, a date of the event, and detailed information of the event. The event may include at least one of a schedule, an event, an anniversary, and content.

The event cell may display at least one of event titles 10151, 10152, and 10153, event icons 10161 and 10162, and event source indications 10171, 10172, and 10173. In addition, the event cell may further display a reminder display 10191, which is an indication for the reminder. Here, the reminder display 10191 may be displayed when a reminder for an event is set, and when a reminder is set, an alarm for the event may be displayed as a message and transmitted to the mobile device. Reminder settings can be set according to user requests.

When the event cell is associated with a plurality of events, event information about the plurality of events may be displayed respectively. For example, the event cell 10134 displays a plurality of events 10172 and 10173.

102 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which detailed information of an event is displayed on an electronic program guide according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 102, the controller 340 may detect a user action of selecting a date cell of the electronic program guide 10200. In response to detecting the user action, it may be controlled to display detailed information 10210 of the event associated with the date cell. For example, in response to detecting the user action of selecting the date cell 10243, in response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 determines detailed information 10210 of the event "Match" associated with the date cell 10243. ) To be displayed.

FIG. 103 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen in which a channel number is selected on an electronic program guide according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 103, the controller 340 may detect a user action of selecting a human cell of the electronic program guide 10300. In response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 may control the content of the human channel of the person indicated by the human cell to be displayed. For example, when a user action of selecting the human cell 10341 is detected, in response to the detection of the user action, the controller 340 displays the content of Sweety's human channel which is the person indicated by the human cell 10341. Control as possible.

FIG. 104 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which content of a human channel is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 104, in response to detecting a user action of selecting the human cell 10341, in response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 may determine the content of Sweety's human channel indicated by the human cell 10341. The content 10400 may be displayed. In addition, the screen 10400 may further display a photo 10410 of the owner Sweet, Sweety 10420 which is the human address of the owner Sweet, and a channel number 10430 of the human channel of Sweet.

In addition, when the content 10400 is a video file, the controller 340 may further display a time guide graph 10450 indicating a time displayed in the total playing time of the video file. In the time guiding graph 10450, area 10451 means the displayed amount, area 10452 means the amount to be displayed, and delimiter 10455 indicates the location of the currently displayed image.

105 to 107 are diagrams illustrating an embodiment in which the electronic program guide is dragged according to the present invention.

105 to 107, when the point 10501 is located in the third column of the electronic program guide 10500, when a down event is detected and subsequently at least one dragging event is detected, the down event and dragging are detected. In response to detecting the event, the controller 340 moves the pointer 10501 to the location 10601, and the portion of the date cell 10610 indicating the date that has elapsed between the moved prices and the event of the elapsed date. At least a portion 10620 of the event cell associated with the control is displayed. Here, the down event may be a user action of selecting the channel cell 10513 or a user action of selecting one of the event cells 10523, 10533, and 10543.

When the up event is detected after the at least one dragging event is detected, the controller 340 displays the electronic program guide 10700 including the added column 10710. The added column 10710 includes a date cell 10713 indicating an elapsed date and event cells 10107, 10733, 10743 associated with the event of the elapsed date. The event cell 10723 displays the content uploaded on the date (10751, 10752).

108 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a list of contents is displayed on an electronic program guide according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 108, the controller 340 may detect a user action of selecting the event cell 10823 of the electronic program guide 10800. In response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 may control to display the content list 10850 associated with the event cell 10823. Herein, the content list 10850 may be a list of events associated with the event cell 10823, or a list of contents uploaded to the server on a date associated with the event cell 10823. The server may be a server 10 and a server 20, and the content may be uploaded to a server to which an account associated with a human channel of channel number 101 belongs. The account may be an SNS account.

FIG. 109 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen displaying a preview of selected content from the list of contents of FIG. 108.

Referring to FIG. 109, the controller 340 may detect a user action of selecting a specific item from items 10111, 10913, and 10915 included in the content list 10910 displayed in the electronic program guide 10900. In response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 may control the preview 10950 of the content indicated by the selected specific item to be displayed. The preview may be produced separately from the content, may be a partial section of the content, or may be an entire section of the content.

For example, when detecting a user action of selecting item 10914, in response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 may display a preview of the content indicated by the item 10914 in the area 10950. To control. In addition, when a user action of selecting the area 10950 where the preview is displayed is detected, the controller 340 may control the content indicated by the item 10914 to be displayed on the full screen. In this case, the content may overlap on the electronic program guide 10900, or the electronic program guide 10900 may temporarily disappear from the screen while the content is displayed.

FIG. 110 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which a graphic user interface for generating an event is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 110, the controller 340 may detect a user action of selecting a cell included in a row associated with a human channel of a user on the electronic program guide 11000. In response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 may control to display the graphic user interface 11010 for generating an event. For example, the event cell 11024 is located in the same row as the channel cell 11022 indicating the channel number 0, and the human channel having the channel number 0 refers to the human channel of the owner of the electronic device 300. Since cell 11022 further indicates the human address Mike, the owner of electronic device 300 is Mike. When the controller 340 detects a user action of selecting the event cell 11024, in response to detecting the user action, the controller 340 controls the graphic user interface 11010 to be displayed.

The graphical user interface 11010 may include a first area 11011 for inputting a title (or subject) of an event, a second area 11013 for inputting a date of an event, and a third area for inputting detailed information of an event. (11015).

FIG. 111 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a screen on which an event is input to the graphical user interface of FIG. 110.

Referring to FIG. 111, "Match" is input to the first region 11111 of the graphical user interface 1110 as the title of the event, and "12 Mar '11" is input to the second region 1113 as the date of the event. In the third area 11115, as the detailed information of the event, "I am going to watch the India -Aus Match from 3:00 PM.You guys have invited to my place.I have ...."

FIG. 112 is a diagram illustrating a screen displaying an electronic program guide according to the present invention reflecting the event input in FIG. 111.

Referring to FIG. 112, when the input of the event illustrated in FIG. 111 is completed, the controller 340 inputs the event cell 1122 in FIG. 111 associated with the date “12 Mar '11” of the electronic program guide 11200. At least a part of the event information is controlled to be displayed. Here, the event cell 1224 is located in a row indicating the human channel of Mike, the owner of the electronic device 300.

In addition, when the input of the event illustrated in FIG. 111 is completed, the controller 340 may control the event information input in FIG. 111 to be transmitted to the server 10, the server 20, and another electronic device. Here, the controller 340 may detect an SNS account associated with Mike in the human channel map, and control the event information to be uploaded to the detected SNS account. In addition, the controller 340 may acquire an address of the electronic device transmitted for each human channel included in the human channel map from the human channel map, and control the event information to be transmitted to the obtained address.

The electronic program guide 1121 is displayed on Sally's electronic device. The event information input in FIG. 111 is displayed in the event cell 11234 associated with a row and date "12 Mar '11" indicating Mike's human channel. Sally's electronic device may directly receive the event information from Mike's electronic device and may receive it through the server 10 or the server 20.

113 is a view showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the method for providing service information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 113, the controller 340 controls to display the contents of the human channel (S2900). The display 302 may display the screen 1500 of FIG. 15, the screen 1600 of FIG. 16, the screen 1700 of FIG. 17, the screen 10000 of FIG. 100, and the screen 10400 of FIG. 104. .

The controller 340 detects a user action for requesting service information (S2910).

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 configures service information in operation S2920. The service information configured here may be event information and event information and information associated with a human channel. The configured service information may be stored in the storage unit 345.

In some embodiments, step S2920 may include performing a process of configuring the service information of FIG. 114.

The controller 340 controls to display the configured service information (S2930). Herein, the display 302 may display the electronic program guide 10100 of FIG. 101. The configured service information may be displayed in the form of an electronic program guide 10100.

In some embodiments, step S2930 may include performing the service information displaying method of FIG. 115.

The controller 340 generates an event and controls the generated event to be transmitted (S2940).

In some embodiments, step S2940 may include performing an event generating method of FIG. 116.

In some embodiments, step S2920 may be performed before step S2910, the service information configured in step S2920 may be stored in the storage unit 345, and step S2930 may be performed after step S2910. In this case, the stored service information may be displayed in step S2930.

In addition, step S2920 may be performed initially, may be performed when an event is additionally generated or received, and may be executed at regular intervals. The service information stored in the storage unit 345 may be updated when the step S2920 is executed.

114 is a view showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the method for configuring service information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 114, the controller 340 controls to transmit an event information request signal for requesting event information (S3000). Here, the controller 340 may request event information for each human channel, request event information for each SNS account, and request event information for a human channel included in a human channel map with one signal. In addition, the controller 340 may transmit an event information request signal to at least one of the server 10, the server 20, and the electronic device.

In response to the event information request signal, the network interface unit 320 receives an event signal including event information (S3010). The event signal may be received from the server 10, the server 20, and the electronic device. Here, the event information may include information on at least one event. For example, the event information may include an event 10123 that is an event of Mike 10122, an event 10152, and an event 10153 that is an event of Miranda 10132 in FIG. 101.

In addition, the event information includes an SNS account associated with the event, and may include at least one of information on the SNS site to which the event is uploaded, information about the type of the event, the title of the event, the date of the event, and the details of the event. . The event may be uploaded to a site to which the SNS account belongs.

The controller 340 maps the event and the channel number (S3020). The control unit 340 uses the channel map including at least one channel number and at least one SNS account assigned to the at least one channel number and the SNS account included in the received event information. One or more of one or more of the at least one channel number may be mapped. A channel map including at least one channel number and at least one SNS account assigned to the at least one channel number may be a human channel map and the human channel map may be a human channel map shown in FIG. 12. It may be the illustrated dormant channel map.

The controller 340 maps the event to a channel number when the SNS account of the event is the same as the SNS account assigned to the channel number. For example, in FIG. 101, an event 10123 and an event 10152, which are events of Mike 10122, may be mapped to channel number 101, and an event 10153, which is an event of Miranda 10132, is mapped to channel number 110. Can be.

The controller 340 configures a guide screen for displaying a channel number and an event mapped to the channel number (S3030). Herein, the controller 340 may sort the event mapped to the channel number by the date of the event, and may sort the event by the channel number mapped to the event. In addition, the controller 340 may select and process event information to be displayed in the event cell. The event information to be displayed in the event cell may be a title of the event, and may include at least one of an icon indicating an SNS site to which the event is uploaded and an icon of the event.

115 is a view showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the method for displaying service information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 115, the controller 340 controls the electronic program guide to be displayed (S3100). Herein, the display 302 may display the electronic program guide 10100 of FIG. 101.

The controller 340 detects a user action of selecting an event cell (S3105).

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 displays detailed information of an event associated with the selected event cell (S3110). Herein, the display 302 may display the detailed information 10210 of FIG. 102.

The controller 340 detects a user action of selecting a human cell or a channel cell (S3115).

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 controls the content of the human channel indicated by the channel number associated with the selected human cell or the selected channel cell to be displayed (S3120). Herein, the display 302 may display the content 10400 of FIG. 104.

The controller 340 detects a user action of selecting a date cell or an event cell (S3125). The user action of selecting a date cell or an event cell may be a down event.

The controller 340 detects a user action of dragging the cell selected in step S3125 (S3130). The display 302 may display the electronic program guide 10600 of FIG. 106.

The controller 340 detects a user action of dropping the dragged date cell in operation S3135. The user action of dropping the dragged date cell may be an up event.

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 displays the date cell and the event cell associated with the elapsed date in the electronic program guide (S3140). Herein, the display 302 may display the electronic program guide 10700 of FIG. 107.

The controller 340 detects a user action of selecting an event cell associated with an elapsed date (S3145).

In response to detecting the user action. The controller 340 displays a list of contents associated with the selected event cell (S3150). Herein, the display 302 may display the content list 10850 of FIG. 108.

The controller 340 detects a user action of selecting one of the items included in the list of contents (S3155).

The controller 340 controls to display the content associated with the selected item in operation S3160. Herein, the controller 340 may display a preview of the content. In addition, the content may be displayed in full screen and may be displayed in a predetermined area on the electronic program guide. As an example, the content may be displayed in area 10950 of FIG. 109.

116 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the event generating method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 116, the controller 340 detects a user action of selecting an event cell associated with a channel number indicating a human channel of the user (S3200). For example, the event cell associated with the channel number indicating the human channel of the user may be the event cell 11024 of FIG. 110.

In response to the user action detection, the controller 340 controls to display a graphic user interface for generating an event (S3210). The display 302 can display the graphical user interface 11010 of FIG. 110.

The controller 340 maps an event indicated by the event information input through the graphic user interface to a channel number indicating a human channel of the user (S3220).

The controller 340 transmits the input event information and the SNS account assigned to the user's human channel to the server (S3230). Here, the server may be a server to which the SNS account belongs, or may be the server 10. When transmitted to the server 10, the server 10 transmits the received event information and the SNS account assigned to the user's human channel to the SNS site to which the SNS account belongs.

The controller 340 displays at least a part of the input event information in the event cell associated with the mapped channel number and the date included in the input event information (S3230). Herein, the display 302 may display the electronic program guide 11200 of FIG. 112.

The electronic device and its operation method according to the present invention can not be limitedly applied to the configuration and method of the embodiments described as described above, the embodiments are all or part of each embodiment so that various modifications can be made It may alternatively be configured in combination.

Meanwhile, the method of operating the electronic device of the present invention can be implemented as a code that can be read by a processor on a recording medium readable by the processor included in the electronic device. The processor-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices that store data that can be read by the processor. Examples of the recording medium that can be read by the processor include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave such as transmission over the Internet . The processor-readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the processor-readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

In addition, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

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Detecting a first user action to select the displayed broadcast program;
Detecting a second user action of selecting one of at least one channel number included in the displayed human channel map; And
Transmitting a channel viewing request signal for requesting viewing of the selected broadcast program to an electronic device or a server associated with the selected channel number in response to detecting the second user action;
The transmitted channel viewing request signal is,
User detailed information, detailed information on a physical channel for transmitting the broadcast program, a service name of the broadcast program, a service ID of the broadcast program, a channel number of the broadcast program, an event name of the broadcast program, a transformer of the broadcast program At least one of a port stream ID, a network ID of the broadcast program, information on a service provider providing the broadcast program, information on a transmission medium for transmitting the broadcast program, and information on a country or region where the service provider is located. Channel invitation method, characterized in that it comprises one. The method of claim 1,
The displayed human channel map further includes at least one of a channel name, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of the broadcast program displayed by the electronic device associated with the channel number. The method of claim 1,
Transmitting a channel guide signal including at least one of a channel name of the broadcast program, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of the broadcast program to an electronic device or a server according to an access method associated with a channel number included in the human channel map. Channel invitation method comprising a. The method of claim 1,
Receiving a channel view request signal from the electronic device; And
And confirming whether a broadcast service can be provided from a service provider indicated by the information included in the received channel view request signal. The method of claim 4, wherein
If the broadcast service cannot be provided from the service provider, the EPG may store a channel for broadcasting a broadcast program indicated by the information included in the channel view request signal based on the information included in the received channel view request signal. Electronic Program Guide) channel search method further comprising the step of searching in the data. The method of claim 1,
Receiving a channel view request signal from a server;
Receiving a broadcast program of a channel indicated by information included in the received channel viewing request signal; And
And displaying the received broadcast program. The method according to claim 6,
The information included in the channel view request signal is
And the server changes the information included in the channel view request signal received from the electronic device according to a difference between at least one of a service provider providing a broadcast service, a transmission medium, and a region. The method of claim 1,
The step of transmitting to the electronic device,
Detecting a human address associated with the channel number in a stored human channel map;
Obtaining an address of the electronic device based on the detected human address; And
And transmitting the channel view request signal by using the obtained address. The method of claim 8,
The human address is,
And at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URL). The method of claim 8,
The address of the electronic device is
And at least one of a Mac address, an IP address, a port number, a DNS name, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). An interface unit for receiving a user action;
Control display of a human channel map including a broadcast program and at least one channel number, detect a first user action to select the broadcast program, and perform a second user action to select one of the at least one channel number. A control unit for detecting and transmitting a channel viewing request signal for requesting viewing of the selected broadcast program to an electronic device or a server associated with the selected channel number in response to detecting the second user action; And
A network interface unit for outputting the channel viewing request signal,
The transmitted channel viewing request signal is,
User detailed information, detailed information on a physical channel for transmitting the broadcast program, a service name of the broadcast program, a service ID of the broadcast program, a channel number of the broadcast program, an event name of the broadcast program, a transformer of the broadcast program At least one of a port stream ID, a network ID of the broadcast program, information on a service provider providing the broadcast program, information on a transmission medium for transmitting the broadcast program, and information on a country or region where the service provider is located. An electronic device comprising one. 12. The method of claim 11,
The human channel map may further include at least one of a channel name, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of the broadcast program displayed by the electronic device associated with the channel number. 12. The method of claim 11,
The control unit,
Controlling transmission of a channel guide signal including at least one of a channel name of the broadcast program, an event name, and a remaining broadcast time of the broadcast program to an electronic device or a server according to an access method associated with a channel number included in the human channel map. Characterized by an electronic device. 12. The method of claim 11,
The network interface unit,
Receiving a channel viewing request signal from the electronic device,
The control unit,
And determining whether a broadcast service can be provided from a service provider indicated by the information included in the received channel view request signal. The method of claim 14,
The control unit,
If the broadcast service cannot be provided from the service provider, the EPG may store a channel for broadcasting a broadcast program indicated by the information included in the channel view request signal based on the information included in the received channel view request signal. Electronic Program Guide) An electronic device characterized by searching in data. 12. The method of claim 11,
The network interface unit,
Receive a channel watch request signal from the server,
The control unit,
And controlling reception of a broadcast program of a channel indicated by information included in the received channel viewing request signal. 17. The method of claim 16,
The information included in the channel view request signal is
Wherein the server changes information included in a channel view request signal received from the electronic device according to a difference between at least one of a service provider providing a broadcast service, a transmission medium, or a region. 12. The method of claim 11,
The control unit,
Detecting a human address associated with the channel number from a stored human channel map, obtaining an address of the electronic device based on the detected human address, and controlling transmission of the channel viewing request signal using the obtained address; An electronic device, characterized in that. 19. The method of claim 18,
The human address is,
And at least one of an email address, an account name, a full name, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Uniform Resource Locators (URL). 19. The method of claim 18,
The address of the electronic device is
At least one of a Mac address, an IP address, a port number, a DNS name, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

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