KR20130042763A - Server and method for managing contents sharing, and device for sharing contents - Google Patents

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KR20130042763A
KR20130042763A KR1020110106829A KR20110106829A KR20130042763A KR 20130042763 A KR20130042763 A KR 20130042763A KR 1020110106829 A KR1020110106829 A KR 1020110106829A KR 20110106829 A KR20110106829 A KR 20110106829A KR 20130042763 A KR20130042763 A KR 20130042763A
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PURPOSE: A content sharing management server, a method thereof, and a content sharing terminal thereof are provided to share content and a content list by using different networks with a plurality of terminals. CONSTITUTION: A content sharing management system includes a content sharing management server(10), a plurality of terminals(21-25), and a storage server(30). A content sharing management server is connected to the plurality of terminals through a network. The content sharing management server transmits a sharing list to the plurality of terminals. The content sharing management server shares a selection list, which is received from one of terminals, with other terminal. The selection list is transmitted by using a push message among the terminals. Selection content included in the selection list is transmitted to the terminals by control of the content sharing management server. [Reference numerals] (10) Content sharing management server; (30) Storage server; (AA) Network;

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SERVER AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTENTS SHARING, AND DEVICE FOR SHARING CONTENTS}

The present invention relates to a content sharing management server and method, and a terminal for sharing content, and more particularly, to a server and method for sharing a content list and content to a plurality of terminals, and a terminal.

The digital broadcasting service, which is one of the representative contents provided in the home, is provided to the user in the form of an IPTV service by combining with a two-way communication service. Such an IPTV service can provide various services such as channel broadcasting, video on demand (VoD), information retrieval, commerce, and the like through a high-speed internet network (IP network) with guaranteed quality.

On the other hand, in the general broadcasting system, because the channel number or content for each broadcasting company is allocated, only the broadcasting company can select and configure each channel. However, due to the development of the IPTV service, the viewers are separated from simply watching the broadcasting. The technology for reflecting personal preference information of the desired broadcast content in the IPTV service is developing. In this regard, Korean Patent No. 872,284, which is a prior art, designates a personal channel number corresponding to a specific content, and when a user selects a predetermined personal channel number later, a technology for providing content corresponding to the selected personal channel number is provided. Is disclosed.

The N Screen service is a service that allows a user to use a service that was independently used in various devices such as a TV, a PC, a tablet PC, or a smartphone, centering on a user or content. In the provision of the N screen service, a technology of simultaneously playing the same content on a plurality of devices of various types and seamless playback of content played on any one terminal of the plurality of devices on another device of the plurality of devices Technology is required. Therefore, the conventional technique of reflecting personal preference information in the content used in the IPTV service has a limitation in being used in the N screen service.

A content sharing management server and method for individually managing a list of contents shared by a plurality of terminals, a list of contents selected by each terminal, and a terminal may be provided. In addition, a content sharing management server and method for sharing a list of contents between terminals using a push message, and a terminal may be provided. In addition, a content sharing management server and method for providing a content sharing service to a user who uses both a terminal for selecting content and a terminal consuming a content, and a terminal may be provided. In addition, a content sharing management server and method for providing a content sharing scheme between terminals using different network networks, and a terminal may be provided. A content sharing management server and method for playing content at a terminal that is shared at a time designated by a terminal that is desired to be shared, and a terminal may be provided. However, the technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problems as described above, and other technical problems may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention, a share list transmission unit for transmitting a share list list including at least one or more content to the plurality of terminals connected via a network, the plurality of terminals A selection list management unit which receives a selection list list including at least one selected content selected from contents of the sharing list list, from a first terminal among the plurality of terminals, and the selection list to a second terminal matching the first terminal among the plurality of terminals; It can provide a content sharing management server including a selection list transmission unit for transmitting a push message including a list and a content transmission unit for transmitting at least one or more selected content included in the selection list list to the second terminal. have.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the selection list manager receives identification information of the second terminal matched to the first terminal and time information of a time for transmitting the selection content to the second terminal from the first terminal. can do. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of terminals are a plurality of smart terminals, and the sharing list transmitting unit includes a first sharing list list including titles of at least one or more contents shared by the first content consumption terminal; Transmitting to the smart terminal, the selection list manager receives the selection list list from the first smart terminal, the selection list transmitter transmits the push message to the second smart terminal matched to the first smart terminal, The content transmitter may transmit the selected content to a second content consumption terminal registered in the second smart terminal.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a step of transmitting a share list list including at least one or more content allowed to share to a plurality of terminals connected via a network, in the content is allowed to share from a first terminal of the plurality of terminals Receiving a selection list list including at least one selected content, transmitting a push message including the selection list list to a second terminal matched to the first terminal among the plurality of terminals; The method may include providing a content sharing management method comprising transmitting at least one selected content included in the selection list list to the second terminal.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a share list obtaining unit for obtaining a share list list including at least one or more content allowed to share to the content consumption terminal matched with the terminal, at least from the content included in the share list list A selection list generation unit for selecting one or more selection contents and generating a selection list list including the selected tanning content, and a selection list transmission unit for transmitting a push message including the selection list list to the other terminal; The selected content included in the selection list may be provided to the terminal to be transmitted to the content consumption terminal matched with the other terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the selection list transmitting unit transmits the push message to the other terminal through the mobile communication network to which the terminal belongs, and the content consumption terminal matched with the terminal and the content sharing management server It may request to transmit the selected content to the other terminal through the network to which it belongs.

According to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention described above, it is possible to individually operate a shared list list shared by a plurality of terminals and a selection list list reflecting preference information of each terminal. In addition, by transmitting a push message including a selection list received from the first terminal to the second terminal, it is possible to share the preference information of the first terminal to the second terminal. In addition, by transmitting the selection list list of the first smart terminal to the second smart terminal, and transmitting the selected content of the selection list list of the first smart terminal to the second content consumption terminal, the terminal to select the content and the content is consumed. A content sharing service can be provided to a user who uses both terminals. By transmitting the selected content to the second terminal based on the time information received from the first terminal, the content can be shared to the second terminal at a time designated by the first terminal.

1 is a view showing a content sharing management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of the content sharing management server 10 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selection list list.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sharing content between terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which content is shared between terminals according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a configuration diagram of a terminal 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a content sharing management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a view showing a content sharing management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the content sharing management system includes a content sharing management server 10, a plurality of terminals 21 to 25, and a storage server 30. At this time, each component of FIG. 1 included in the content sharing management system is generally connected to each other through a network. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the content sharing management server 10 is connected to a plurality of terminals 21 to 25 through a network. The network refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between nodes such as terminals and servers. An example of such a network is the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a Wireless LAN Local Area Network (WAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Personal Area Network (PAN), and the like. In addition, since the terminal 21 to the terminal 25 in FIG. 1 is merely illustrated for convenience of description, the terminal to be described herein is limited to the shape or type of the terminals 21 to 25 shown in FIG. 1. Not interpreted.

Referring to FIG. 1, the content sharing management server 10 transmits a sharing list list to a plurality of terminals 21 to 25 connected through a network. In this case, the sharing list list includes a title of content that is allowed to be shared to at least one or more terminals of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25. In addition, the content sharing management server 10 shares the selection list list received from any one of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25 to another one of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25. For example, the content sharing management server 10 may share the selection list list received from the terminal 21 to the terminal 24. At this time, the selection list list includes a title of at least one or more selection contents selected by the terminal 21 from the contents included in the sharing list list. As such, the content sharing management server 10 provides a plurality of terminals 21 to 25 with a list of sharing lists, which are lists of contents that can be provided by the content sharing management server 10, and further, a plurality of terminals 21 to 25. By sharing a selection list list, which is a list of contents in which respective preferences are reflected, to the plurality of terminals 21 to 25, content sharing management that efficiently reflects personal preferences can be performed.

The selection list is transmitted using a push message between the plurality of terminals 21 to 25. At this time, such a push message is generated in each of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25 and transmitted to another terminal via the content sharing management server 10 or directly to another terminal without passing through the content sharing management server 10. May be transmitted or received via a network other than the network shown in FIG. 1. For example, the terminal 21 generates a push message including a selection list list and transmits it to the content sharing management server 10, and the content sharing management server 10 transmits the transmitted push message to the terminal 24. Can be. For another example, the terminal 21 may generate a push message including a selection list list and transmit it directly to the terminal 24. In this case, the terminal 21 may transmit a push message to the terminal 24 via the network shown in FIG. 1, and may be a network (for example, a Bluetooth network or a network configured between the terminal 21 and the terminal 24). Push message may be transmitted through a network sharing the same AP). As another example, the terminal 21 generates a push message including a list of selection lists, transmits a push message to the mobile communication management server in the mobile communication network to which the terminal 21 and the terminal 24 belong, and the mobile communication. The management server may transmit the transmitted push message to the terminal 24.

The selected content included in the selection list is transmitted to the plurality of terminals 21 to 25 under the control of the content sharing management server 10. For example, the selected content included in the selection list generated by the terminal 21 may be provided to the terminal 24 under the control of the content sharing management server 10. In this case, the content sharing management server 10 controls the storage server 30 to cause the storage server 30 to generate stream data from the selected content to be provided to the terminal 24 based on the terminal information of the terminal 24. can do. In general, the transmission of such selected content is distinct from the transmission of push messages. Accordingly, the content sharing management server 10 may share the selection list list among the terminals quickly and simply, and separately convert the selection content included in the selection list list to match the characteristics unique to each terminal.

The content sharing management server 10 is another one of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25 at a time designated by one terminal to select content of the selection list list received from any one of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25. Can be transmitted to the terminal. For example, the content sharing management server 10 receives time information of the selection list list and the selection content of the selection list list from the terminal 21, and selects the contents included in the selection list list based on the received time information. It may transmit to the terminal 24. Through this, the terminal 24 can display the content intended by the user of the terminal 21 at the time intended by the user of the terminal 21.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, some of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25 may be terminals in the same group 200 selected by a single user. For example, the terminals 21 to 23 may be terminals having different models in the group 200 selected by the first user. In this case, the content sharing management server 10 transmits a selection list list received from an external terminal that is distinguished from terminals in the same group 200 to any one of the terminals in the same group, and transmits the selection list list to the selection list list. The storage server 30 may be controlled to transmit the included selected content to another terminal in the same group 200. For example, the content sharing management server 10 receives a selection list list from the terminal 24, transmits a push message including the received selection list list to the terminal 21, and includes the received selection list list in the received selection list list. The selected content can be transmitted to the terminal 22. In this case, the terminal 22 that receives the selected content may mean a terminal that consumes the content, and the terminal 21 that receives or transmits the selection list list may mean a smart terminal. However, it is not limited to these names or forms.

Hereinafter, the operation of each component of the content sharing management system disclosed in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram of the content sharing management server 10 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, the content sharing management server 10 includes a communication unit 11, a share list transmission unit 12, a selection list management unit 13, a selection list transmission unit 14, a content transmission unit 15, and storage. Part 16 is included. However, the content sharing management server 10 shown in FIG. 2 is just one implementation example of the present application, and various modifications are possible based on the elements shown in FIG. 2. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand. For example, the content sharing management server 10 may further include an administrator interface for receiving a certain command or information from the administrator. The manager interface may generally be an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, but may also be a graphical user interface (GUI) expressed on the image display device.

The communication unit 11 transmits and receives data with a plurality of terminals and storage servers through a network. In this case, one example of data includes all of the various information moving between nodes via a network such as a signal, information, message, and content stream. For example, the communication unit 11 may transmit a message including a sharing list list to any one terminal of a plurality of terminals, and receive a push message including a selection list list from any one terminal. For another example, the communication unit 11 may transmit a message instructing the storage server 30 to transmit stream data of the selected content to any one of the plurality of terminals.

The communication unit 11 transmits data input from the outside to another configuration inside the content sharing management server 10 and transmits data transmitted from another configuration inside the content sharing management server 10 to the outside. For example, the communication unit 11 transmits the selection list list input from the first terminal of the plurality of terminals to the selection list management unit 13, and transmits the push message transmitted from the selection list management unit 13 to the second terminal. Can be. As such, the communication unit 11 transfers data received from the plurality of terminals or the storage server 30 to other components included in the content sharing management server 10, and is included in the content sharing management server 10. Data transmitted from other components may be transmitted to the plurality of terminals or the storage server 30. Therefore, it can be easily inferred by those skilled in the art that data input and output to the content sharing management server 10 can pass through the communication unit 11 without further description below.

The communication unit 11 may store data received from the outside in the storage unit 16 and transmit data extracted from the storage unit 16 to the outside. To this end, the storage unit 16 may store at least one or more of the data input and output to the communication unit 11. In addition, the storage unit 16 may store data input and output between the components included in the content sharing management server 10. In this case, the data stored in the storage unit 16 may be input and output to the respective components in response to a control signal received from each component included in the content sharing management server 10. An example of such a storage unit 16 includes a hard disk drive, a hard disk drive, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, and a memory card that exist inside or outside the content sharing management server 10. Etc. are included.

The share list transmitter 12 transmits a share list list including at least one or more contents to a plurality of terminals connected through a network. In this case, the sharing list list may refer to a list of titles of contents to which access is allowed by a plurality of terminals. In addition, the sharing list list may mean a list of contents that can be provided by the content sharing management server 10. The sharing list list may be transmitted from the content sharing management server 10 to each of the plurality of terminals at the request of each of the plurality of terminals, or periodically from the content sharing management server 10 to the plurality of terminals. In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the content sharing management server 10 identifies each of the plurality of terminals as either the content consumption terminal or the smart terminal, and the list of sharing list only with the identified smart terminal or the identified smart terminal. You can also send.

The content included in the shared list list includes at least one of on-demand content and real-time content. At this time, the real-time content refers to the content (for example, broadcast content provided by the broadcast system) provided in real time for a predetermined time, the on-demand content is provided at the time desired by the user (or viewer) without time constraints. It may mean content. In general, one example of such real-time content may include a broadcast data stream provided to a broadcasting system, and one example of on-demand content may include movie data that can be purchased and educational video that can be purchased. In addition, the selected content to be described below also includes at least one or more of the on-demand content and the time content.

In general, the plurality of terminals includes terminals of various models. For example, each of the plurality of terminals may be a TV device, a computer, or a portable terminal capable of connecting to a remote server via a network. Here, the TV device includes, for example, a smart TV, an IPTV set-top box, and the computer includes, for example, a laptop, a desktop, a laptop, etc., equipped with a web browser. For example, a portable terminal may be a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility, and includes a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), a personal digital cellular (PDC), a personal handyphone system (PHS), and a PDA. (Personal Digital Assistant), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (WBRO) terminals, smartphones , Handheld-based wireless communication devices such as tablet PCs. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of terminals may provide N screen services to each other. In this case, the N screen service generally refers to a service that allows a user to use a service that was independently used in various devices, such as a TV, a PC, a tablet PC, or a smartphone, based on a user or a content.

The selection list manager 13 receives a selection list list from a first terminal of the plurality of terminals. In this case, the selection list list includes identification information of at least one or more selection contents selected by the first terminal from contents included in the sharing list list. In addition, the selection list manager 13 may receive identification information of the second terminal matched with the first terminal from the first terminal. In this case, the second terminal may be terminal information of the second terminal or user information of a user who uses the second terminal. The identification information of the second terminal may be stored in the storage unit 16 and used by the selection list transmitter 14 or the content transmitter 15. In addition, the selection list manager 13 may receive time information from the first terminal. In this case, the time information indicates a time for transmitting the selected content selected by the first terminal to the second terminal. This time information is stored in the storage 16 and may be used by the selection list transmitter 14 or the content transmitter 15.

The selection list transmission unit 14 transmits a push message including the selection list list to the second terminal among the plurality of terminals with reference to the selection list list received from the first terminal. In particular, the selection list transmitter 14 may determine whether the second terminal is matched with the first terminal, and transmit a push message to the second terminal according to the determination result. To this end, the selection list transmitter 14 determines that the second terminal is matched with the first terminal by using the identification information of the second terminal transmitted from the first terminal to the selection list manager 13, and determines the 2, the selection list list may be transmitted to the terminal. However, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the selection list transmitter 14 may determine that the second terminal is matched with the first terminal using index information stored in advance in the storage 16. As mentioned above, the identification information of the second terminal may be either terminal information of the second terminal or user information of a user who uses the second terminal.

The selection list transmitting unit 14 may reconstruct the selection list list received from the first terminal based on the setting information of each of the plurality of terminals, and transmit the reconstructed selection list list to each of the plurality of terminals. For example, the selection list transmitter 14 may reconstruct the selection list list received from the first terminal based on the setting information of the second terminal, and transmit the reconstructed selection list list to the second terminal. In this case, the setting information of the second terminal includes preference information previously input from the second terminal, type information of the content that can be provided by the second terminal, or additional content information that can be provided to the second terminal, and includes a selection list transmission unit ( 14) reconstructs the selection list list by excluding some selection contents not preferred by the second terminal from the selection list list based on such setting information, or excludes some selection contents that the second terminal does not provide from the selection list list. The selection list list may be reconfigured, or the selection list list may be reconfigured by inserting an additional content advertisement into the selection list list. In other words, the selection list transmitter 14 may reconstruct the selection list list by inserting at least one of additional content and advertisements before, after, or between at least one selection content of the selection list list.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the push message may be transmitted to the second terminal without passing through the selection list transmitter 14. For example, the push message may be directly transmitted from the first terminal to the second terminal through a network between the first terminal and the second terminal (eg, a Bluetooth network or a network sharing the same AP), and manages mobile communication. It may be transmitted by the server from the first terminal to the second terminal. In this case, the selection list transmitter 14 may receive only the notification of the push message transmission result from the first terminal, the second terminal, or the mobile communication management server. At this time, the push message transmission result indicates that the push message is transmitted from the first terminal to the second terminal.

The content transmission unit 15 transmits at least one or more selection contents included in the selection list list to the second terminal. In this case, the selected content means content selected by the first terminal from the content of the sharing list list.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the content transmitter 15 may directly transmit the selected content stored in the storage 16 to the second terminal. However, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the content transmitter 15 transmits a signal instructing the storage server 30 to transmit the selected content to the second terminal, thereby causing the storage server 30 to transmit the selected content. The storage server 30 may be controlled to transmit to the second terminal.

The content transmitter 15 determines that the second terminal is matched with the first terminal by using identification information of the second terminal transmitted from the first terminal to the selection list manager 13, and selects the determined second terminal. You can send content. However, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the content transmitter 15 may determine that the second terminal is matched with the first terminal by using index information stored in advance in the storage 16. The identification information of the second terminal may be either terminal information of the second terminal or user information of a user who uses the second terminal.

In general, the content transmitter 15 transmits the selected content to the second terminal in response to receiving the response message to the push message from the second terminal receiving the push message. In this case, an example of the response message may be an acknowledgment message indicating that the second terminal has confirmed the push message. In this way, when the push message is confirmed by the second terminal, the content transmitter 15 may immediately transmit the selected content to the second terminal.

Another example of a response message may include a modified selection list list indicating a change request for some of at least one or more selection contents of the selection list list included in the push message. For example, the change request includes a modified selection list list in which at least one of additional content and advertisements is inserted before, after or between at least one or more selection contents of the selection list list. In this case, the content transmitter 15 may reconfigure the selection content to be transmitted to the second terminal based on the response message, and transmit the reconstructed selection content to the second terminal. For example, the content transmitter 15 may transmit at least one or more of inserted additional content and advertisements to the second terminal based on the changed selection list. This is specifically illustrated below with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selection list list. Referring to FIG. 3, the content transmission unit 15 may receive the selection list list 32 changed by the second terminal and transmit the selection content included in the changed selection list list 32 to the second terminal. have. At this time, the second terminal generates the changed selection list list 32 by deleting VoD 2 among the selection contents included in the selection list list 31 received from the selection list transmission unit 14, and changes the selection list list. 32 can be transmitted to the content delivery unit 15. In general, the Video on Demand (VOD) of FIG. 3 is an example of on-demand content, and the channel is an example of real-time content.

Referring to FIG. 3, the content transmission unit 15 may receive the selection list list changed by the second terminal, add some content to the changed selection list list, and transmit the content to the second terminal. At this time, the second terminal generates the changed selection list list by deleting channel 2 of the selection contents of the selection list list 33 received from the selection list transmission unit 14, and transmits the changed selection list list to the content transmission unit ( 15), the content transmission unit 15 reconstructs the changed selection list list by inserting an advertisement into the changed selection list list, and transmits the selection content to the second terminal based on the reconstructed selection list list 34. Can be.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the content transmitter 15 may transmit at least one selected content to the second terminal in association with a push message. In this case, the content transmission unit 15 receives a notification from the selection list transmission unit 14 that the preparation list list is ready to be transmitted to the second terminal, and the selection content is simultaneously or sequentially with the selection list list. The storage server 30 may be controlled to be transmitted to.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the content transmission unit 15 generates a data stream of the selected content and receives the response message before receiving the response message from the second terminal based on the terminal information of the second terminal. In this case, the data stream may be transmitted to the second terminal. For example, the content transmission unit 15 grasps the codec provided by the second terminal in advance based on the terminal information of the second terminal, and selects the selected content selected by the first terminal into the data stream using the identified codec. When converting and receiving a response message from the second terminal, the previously converted data stream may be transmitted to the second terminal. In this way, the second terminal can be promptly provided with the selected content selected by the first terminal. At this time, the content transmitter 15 may instruct the storage server 30 to generate the data stream and transmit the data stream to the second terminal.

The content transmitter 15 may provide the selected content to the second terminal based on the time information received from the first terminal. For example, when the first terminal generates time information requesting that contents included in the selection list list be played from 2:00 pm in the second terminal, and transmits the generated time information to the selection list management unit 13. The content transmitter 15 may transmit the selected content to the second terminal based on the time information transmitted from the selection list manager 13. At this time, the content transmitter 15 may transmit the selected content to the second terminal before 2:00 pm, and may transmit a signal to the second terminal to command the selected content to be sequentially played from 2:00 pm. .

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sharing content between terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is only an embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to and interpreted through FIG. 4. Referring to FIG. 4, the content sharing management server 20 transmits a sharing list list to the first terminal (S401), and transmits a sharing list list to the second terminal (S402). The content sharing management server 20 receives a selection list list from the first terminal (S403), and transmits a push message including the received selection list list to the second terminal (S404). In addition, the content sharing management server 20 transmits a selection content transmission command instructing the storage server 30 to transmit the selected content included in the selection list list to the second terminal (S405), and the storage server 30 The optional content selected by the first terminal is transmitted to the second terminal (S406).

As described above with reference to FIG. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal is the first smart terminal or the first content consumption terminal, and the second terminal is the second smart terminal or the second content consumption terminal. Can be. In this case, an example of the first smart terminal or the second smart terminal includes a mobile terminal equipped with a mobile communication function such as a smart phone and a tablet, and an example of the first content consuming terminal or the second content consuming terminal is smart. Terminals that consume content such as TVs, IPTVs, set-top boxes, etc. may be included. However, the present invention is not limited to the above example, and according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the first content consumption terminal may also be a mobile terminal, and the first smart terminal may also consume content. However, hereinafter, a terminal for transmitting and receiving a share list list and a selection list list will be described as a smart terminal, and a terminal for transmitting and receiving content and selected content as a content consumption terminal.

The share list transmission unit 12 according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a share list list using at least one title of at least one content shared by each of the plurality of content consumption terminals, and converts the generated share list list into a first smart list. Send to the terminal. In this case, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the first content consumption terminal may be included in the plurality of content consumption terminals.

The selection list manager 13 receives a selection list list from the first smart terminal. The selection list transmission unit 14 transmits a push message including the first selection list list to a second smart terminal matched with the first smart terminal, and the content transmission unit 15 registers a second registered in the second smart terminal. The selected content included in the selection list is transmitted to the content consumption terminal. However, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the selection list transmitter 14 may also transmit the push message to the second content consumption terminal registered in the second smart terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which content is shared between terminals according to another embodiment of the present invention. The process of FIG. 5 is only an embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to and interpreted through FIG. 5. Referring to FIG. 5, the content sharing management server 20 transmits a sharing list list to the first smart terminal (S501) and transmits a sharing list list to the second smart terminal (S502). The content sharing management server 20 receives a selection list list from the first smart terminal (S503).

The first smart terminal generates a push message including a selection list list, transmits the generated push message to the mobile communication management server (S504), and the mobile communication management server transmits the transmitted push message to the second smart terminal. (S505). Meanwhile, the content sharing management server 20 transmits the selected content included in the selection list list to the storage server 30 to the second content consumption terminal based on the selection list list received from the first smart terminal. The transfer command is transmitted (S506). At this time, the content sharing management server 20 receives a notification indicating that a push message has been transmitted from the first smart terminal, the second smart terminal, or the mobile communication management server to the second terminal, and then the storage server 30 receives the notification. It is also possible to send a selection content transfer command. The storage server 30 transmits the selected content selected by the first smart terminal to the second content consumption terminal registered in the second smart terminal (S507).

6 is a configuration diagram of a terminal 60 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 60 of FIG. 6 refers to any one of the plurality of terminals 21 to 25 illustrated in FIG. 1. Accordingly, the terminal 60 of FIG. 6 may transmit and receive the shared list list, the selection list list, the content, and the selected content. However, hereinafter, it is assumed that the terminal 60 performs an operation as a smart terminal for convenience of description. However, the terminal 60 is not limited to the smart terminal. For example, the terminal 60 may be a tablet PC capable of transmitting and receiving a push message and a shared list list including a selection list list to another terminal and receiving content or selected content from a content sharing management server.

Referring to FIG. 6, the terminal 60 includes a sharing list obtaining unit 61, a selection list generating unit 62, and a selection list transmitting unit 63. However, the terminal 60 illustrated in FIG. 6 is only one implementation example of the present disclosure, and the terminal 60 may be modified in various forms based on the components illustrated in FIG. 6. Anyone with knowledge of can understand. For example, the terminal 60 may further include a user interface for receiving a certain command or information from the user. The user interface may generally be an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, or may be a graphical user interface (GUI) expressed on an image display device. In addition, although not shown in FIG. 6, the terminal 60 may further include components included in a general terminal. For example, the terminal 60 may further include an image and sound processor. In addition, the terminal 60 may further include a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the outside and a storage device for storing data. As described above, each description of the communication unit and the storage device is easily inferred by those skilled in the art from each of the communication unit 11 and the storage unit 16 described with reference to FIG.

The sharing list obtaining unit 61 receives a sharing list list including at least one or more contents which are allowed to be shared to the content consuming terminal associated with the terminal 60. In this case, the terminal 60 and the content consumption terminal associated with the terminal 60 may be terminals in the same group set by the same user. In this case, the same group may mean a home network group. For example, the terminal 60 and the content consuming terminal associated with the terminal 60 may be terminals paired through a home network. In addition, the same group may mean an N screen service group. For example, the terminal 60 and the content consuming terminal associated with the terminal 60 may be terminals included in user A's N screen service group. In this case, the N screen service group may be set by the terminal 60, the content consumption terminal 60, or an external predetermined server.

The sharing list obtaining unit 61 obtains the sharing list list from the content consuming terminal or the content sharing management server 10. In this case, the content consumption terminal may be a content consumption terminal associated with the terminal 60, and the content sharing management server 10 may be a server connected through a network with a plurality of terminals including the terminal 60.

The selection list generation unit 62 selects at least one or more selection contents from the contents included in the shared list list, and generates a selection list list including the selected selection contents. At this time, the selection list generator 62 may transmit a list of contents to the video display device based on the received sharing list list, and receive selection information on the selection contents from the user interface.

The selection list transmitter 63 transmits the push message included in the generated selection list list to another terminal. In this case, the other terminal refers to a terminal distinguished from the terminal 60 among a plurality of terminals connected to the content sharing management server 10. In addition, the selection list transmitter 63 may transmit the push message to another terminal directly through a network (for example, a Bluetooth network or a network sharing the same AP) with another terminal, or may be transmitted through another mobile communication network. It may be transmitted to the terminal or may be transmitted to another terminal using the content sharing management server 10. However, when the selection list transmitter 63 wants to transmit to another terminal via the mobile communication network, the selection list transmitter 63 transmits a push message to the mobile communication management server, and the mobile communication management server is another terminal. You can also send push messages.

The selection list transmitter 63 may transmit a message requesting to transmit the selected content to another terminal to the content sharing management server 10 connected to the terminal 60 via a network. At this time, the embodiment in which the content sharing management server 10 controls the storage server 30 to transmit the selected content to another terminal is as described above.

As such, the terminal 60 performs the operations described with respect to the first terminal, the second terminal, the first smart terminal, and the second smart terminal described above with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. Therefore, matters that are not described with respect to the terminal 60 through FIG. 6 apply the contents described above with respect to the first terminal, the second terminal, the first smart terminal, and the second smart terminal through FIGS. 2 to 5. . In other words, a more detailed description of the terminal 60 of FIG. 6 will be omitted below since it can be easily inferred by those skilled in the art from the same or described contents as described above with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a content sharing management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The content sharing management method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 includes steps processed in time series by the content sharing management server 10 shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, even if omitted below, the contents described above with respect to the content sharing management server 10 shown in FIG. 2 also apply to the content sharing management method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7.

In step S71, the share list transmitter 12 transmits a share list list including at least one or more contents to a plurality of terminals connected through a network. In step S72, the selection list management unit 13 receives a selection list list including at least one selected content selected from among the plurality of terminals, the contents which are allowed to be shared. In step S73, the selection list transmitter 14 transmits a push message including the selection list list to the second terminal matched with the first terminal among the plurality of terminals. In step S74, the content transmission unit 15 transmits at least one or more selected contents included in the selection list list to the second terminal.

The content sharing management method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 7 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

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In the content sharing management server for managing content sharing between a plurality of terminals,
A share list transmitter for transmitting a share list list including at least one content to the plurality of terminals connected through a network;
A selection list manager configured to receive a selection list list including at least one selected content selected from contents of the sharing list list from a first terminal of the plurality of terminals;
A selection list transmission unit which transmits a push message including the selection list list to a second terminal matched with the first terminal among the plurality of terminals; And
Content transmission unit for transmitting at least one or more selected content included in the selection list list to the second terminal
Content sharing management server comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The selection list management unit,
And identification information of a second terminal matched to a first terminal, and time information of a time for transmitting the selected content to the second terminal, from the first terminal. The method of claim 1,
The first terminal is a first content consumption terminal or a first smart terminal, the second terminal is a second content consumption terminal or a second smart terminal, content sharing management server.
The method of claim 1,
The plurality of terminals are a plurality of smart terminals,
The sharing list transmitting unit transmits a sharing list list including titles of at least one or more contents shared to the first content consuming terminal to the first smart terminal,
The selection list manager receives the selection list list from the first smart terminal,
The selection list transmission unit transmits the push message to the second smart terminal matched to the first smart terminal,
And the content transmitter transmits the selected content to a second content consumption terminal registered in the second smart terminal.
3. The method of claim 2,
The selection list transmitter transmits the push message to the second terminal based on the identification information of the second terminal,
And the content transmission unit transmits the selected content to the second terminal based on the time information.
The method of claim 1,
The content transmission unit,
And transmitting at least one or more selected contents to the second terminal in response to receiving a response message to the transmitted push message from the second terminal.
The method according to claim 6,
And the response message includes a change request for any one of the at least one or more selected contents.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The change request includes a modified selection list list in which at least one of additional content and advertisements is inserted before, after or between at least one or more selection contents of the selection list list,
And the content transmission unit transmits at least one or more of the inserted additional content and advertisements to the second terminal based on the changed selection list list.
The method according to claim 6,
The response message indicates that the second terminal has confirmed the push message,
And the content transmission unit transmits the selected content to the second terminal.
The method according to claim 6,
The content transmission unit,
Generating a data stream of the selected content before receiving the response message based on the terminal information of the second terminal, and transmitting the data stream to the second terminal upon receiving the response message; Shared management server.
The method of claim 1,
The content transmission unit,
And transmitting the at least one selected content to the second terminal in association with the push message.
The method of claim 1,
The selection list transmission unit
Reconstructing the received selection list list based on the setting information of the second terminal, and transmitting a push message including the reconstructed selection list list to the second terminal.
13. The method of claim 12,
The selection list transmission unit,
Reconstructing the selection list list by inserting at least one or more of additional content and advertisements before, after, or between at least one or more selections of the selection list.
The method of claim 1,
The content includes at least one of on-demand content and real-time content, content sharing management server.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The selection list transmission unit transmits a push message including the selection list list to a second content consumption terminal registered in the second terminal.
In the content sharing management method performed by the content sharing management server,
Transmitting a sharing list list including at least one or more contents allowed to be shared to a plurality of terminals connected through a network;
Receiving a selection list list including at least one selected content selected from among contents of the plurality of terminals, the content being permitted to be shared;
Transmitting a push message including the selection list list to a second terminal matched to the first terminal among the plurality of terminals; And
Transmitting at least one selection content included in the selection list to the second terminal;
Content sharing management method comprising a.
A terminal for sharing a selection list list including selected content with another terminal,
A sharing list obtaining unit obtaining a sharing list list including at least one or more contents allowed to be shared with the content consuming terminal associated with the terminal;
A selection list generator for selecting at least one selected content from the contents included in the shared list list and generating a selection list list including the selected tanning content; And
And a selection list transmitter for transmitting a push message including the selection list list to the other terminal.
And the selected content included in the selection list is transmitted to a content consuming terminal associated with the other terminal.
The method of claim 17,
The shared list obtaining unit,
And obtaining the sharing list list from the content consuming terminal or a content sharing management server connected via a network with the terminal.
The method of claim 17,
The selection list transmission unit,
Requesting to transmit the selected content to the other terminal to a content sharing management server connected through the network with the terminal.
The method of claim 19,
The selection list transmitting unit transmits the push message to the other terminal through the mobile communication network to which the terminal belongs.
The method of claim 17,
The terminal is paired with the content consumption terminal via a home network, the terminal.
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