KR20130046550A - Set-top box and set-top box system - Google Patents

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KR20130046550A
KR20130046550A KR1020110111017A KR20110111017A KR20130046550A KR 20130046550 A KR20130046550 A KR 20130046550A KR 1020110111017 A KR1020110111017 A KR 1020110111017A KR 20110111017 A KR20110111017 A KR 20110111017A KR 20130046550 A KR20130046550 A KR 20130046550A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
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    • H04N21/42684—Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/436—Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
    • H04N21/4363—Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
    • H04N21/43637—Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11]
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/4424—Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a set-top box and a three-top box system, the set-top box of the present invention includes a communication unit for receiving data including an image; An output unit for outputting data including the image received by the communication unit to an external video device; A terminal communication unit for connecting an external communication terminal to a network; And a control unit controlling the communication unit, the output unit, and the terminal communication unit, wherein the communication unit receives a signal for controlling the output unit and the terminal communication unit from the outside. Since these set-top boxes and set-top box systems can monitor and manage multiple set-top boxes remotely from a central control unit, it is possible to identify problems that may occur in the set-top box in advance, thereby providing high quality service. have.

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Set-Top Box and Set-Top Box System

The present invention relates to a set-top box and a three-top box system, and more particularly, to a set-top box and a system for managing the set-top box is arranged in a hotel.

In hotels and condominiums, various amenities are arranged to make it easier for guests to stay. Among them, the convenience facilities installed in each room are used by customers the most, so a large number of devices are provided for convenience. The set-top box is installed next to the TV to enable two-way multimedia communication through the TV such as digital broadcasting, video on demand (VOD), and network games.

The set-top box converts the received image data and outputs it to the TV side. Recently, a technology for receiving image data from the Internet network and outputting the image data to the TV is connected to a LAN to enable communication with the Internet network.

In addition, each room, such as a hotel or a condo, provides a LAN cable that allows a personal PC or laptop to access the Internet, or an AP (access point) for accessing the wireless LAN. To make it work.

As described above, the equipment installed in each room is not easy to manage because the administrator has to manage the equipment by moving around each room. Thus, in the event of a problem with a device installed in a room, most of the follow-up actions, such as taking action when requested by customers.

Nevertheless, it is important to take preliminary measures through management before problems arise, since there is a possibility that the image of the hotel may be impaired in luxury hotels. However, as described above, it is not easy to manage in advance.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the present invention is to provide a technology that can easily manage the equipment, such as set-top box installed in each room, such as a hotel or condo.

In order to achieve this object, the set-top box of the present invention includes a communication unit for receiving data including an image; An output unit for outputting data including the image received by the communication unit to an external video device; A terminal communication unit for connecting an external communication terminal to a network; And a control unit controlling the communication unit, the output unit, and the terminal communication unit, wherein the communication unit receives a signal for controlling the output unit and the terminal communication unit from the outside.

At this time, the data including the image received by the communication unit is characterized in that for receiving over the Internet.

And the communication with the external communication terminal in the terminal communication unit is a wireless communication, the wireless communication is characterized in that the Wi-Fi (wifi) communication or Bluetooth communication.

Meanwhile, in order to achieve the above object, the set-top box system of the present invention receives one or more set-top boxes for receiving data including an image and outputting the data to an external video device and connecting the external communication terminal to a network through communication with the external communication terminal. ; And a central controller for communicating with the at least one set top box and controlling the at least one set top box remotely.

In this case, the data including the image received from the at least one set-top box is characterized in that it is received through the Internet network.

The one or more set top boxes are wirelessly communicated with an external communication terminal, and the wireless communication is Wi-Fi communication or Bluetooth communication.

In addition, the central control unit monitors the state of the at least one set-top box, and the state of the at least one set-top box monitored by the central control unit is characterized in that any one or more of CPU, memory and network usage. .

The central control apparatus stores logs and statistics about operations performed in the one or more set top boxes, and the control of the one or more set top boxes performed by the central controller is performed by the set top box with an external communication terminal. At least one of a frequency channel, a signal strength, and an identifier (SSID) for communication.

In addition, the central control unit is characterized in that the information on any one or more of the brewery, IP address and the unique number for the one or more set-top box to communicate, and stored in the one or more set-top box in the central controller It may be possible to update the installed system program.

In this case, the set top box, the communication unit for receiving the data including the image; An output unit for outputting data including the image received by the communication unit to an external video device; And a terminal communication unit for connecting an external communication terminal to the network, wherein the communication unit controls the output unit and the terminal communication unit through communication with a server.

According to the set-top box and the set-top box system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above, since the central control unit can monitor and manage multiple set-top boxes remotely, problems that may occur in the set-top box can be identified in advance. It is effective to provide high quality service.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a set top box system of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a set top box of the present invention.
3 to 5 are exemplary views illustrating a screen for controlling and managing a set-top box in the central controller of the present invention.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the technical parts already known will be omitted or compressed for simplicity of explanation.

Set-top box system 100 of the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, comprises a central control unit 110 and one or more set-top box 120, with respect to the drawings shown in Figures 1 to 5 It demonstrates with reference.

The central control unit 110 is in communication with one or more set-top boxes 120, the communication may be via the Internet network, or may be communicated through the intranet in a single network.

In the central control unit 110, each set-top box 120 can be controlled remotely. Control at this time may be connected to each set-top box 120 from the central control unit 110 to control the set-top box 120. In addition, the central control unit 110 may be controlled by changing a setting in the set-top box 120 itself according to the transmitted signal by transmitting a control signal to each set-top box 120.

In addition, the central controller 110 may be transmitted from each set-top box 120 and stored in the state of each set-top box 120 or the operation performed in the set-top box 120. Thus, the central control unit 110 may be a device such as a PC, a laptop, a smartphone.

The set-top box 120 is a device that receives data including an image from the outside through the Internet network and outputs it to an image device 300 such as a TV, as shown in Figure 2, the communication unit 122, the output unit 124, the terminal communication unit 126 and the control unit 128 is configured.

The communication unit 122 receives data including an image. In addition, information may be transmitted to the Internet through the communication unit 122, and communication with the central control unit 110 may be possible. In the present invention, it is preferable that the communication unit 122 is LAN communication, but communication may be performed through other communication methods.

In addition, the communication unit 122 transmits information on the state of the set top box 120 and the like to the central control unit 110 through communication with the central control unit 110, and the set top box 120 from the central control unit 110. A control signal for changing the set value is received. When the signal for changing the set value of the set-top box 120 is received by the central control unit 110, the communication unit 122 transmits the received signal to the control unit 128.

The output unit 124 outputs the image data received through the communication unit 122 to the external video device 300. If necessary, the output unit 124 may convert and output the image. Depending on whether the image input through the communication unit 122 is an analog image or a digital image, or the conversion method may be differently applied according to the external image device 300 connected to the output unit 124.

In addition, the interface type of the output unit 124 may also vary depending on the external video device 300 to be connected, and may be variously applied to HDMI, RGV USB, and the like.

The terminal communication unit 126 allows the external communication terminal 200 to be connected to the network. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal communication unit 126 is a wireless access point (AP). In the case of the wireless AP, communication is performed according to the 802.1x protocol, and a smartphone or a notebook can be connected to a network such as the Internet through communication with the terminal communication unit 126 via wifi.

In addition, as described above, the terminal communication unit 126 may be Bluetooth communication in addition to the wifi communication.

The control unit 128 controls the communication unit 122, the output unit 124, and the terminal communication unit 126, and sets the set-top box 120 as a setting value is received from the communication unit 122. And it transmits the information on the operation state and the like through the communication unit 122 to the central control unit 110 side.

Control and management of the set-top box 120 in the central control unit 110 in the set-top box system 100 having the above configuration will be described with reference to the drawings shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 3, the central control unit 110 may manage three set-top boxes 120 (STB-1, STB-2, and STB-3) connected thereto. In addition, each of the operations that can be performed in the set-top box 120 may be set, and the detailed control values may be changed. In addition, an IP address, a MAC address, and a unique serial number of the connected set-top box 120 may be checked and may be manually or automatically registered in the central control unit 110.

In addition, the central control unit 110 may remotely update the firmware, which is a system program of each set-top box 120, a frequency channel required for wirelessly communicating with the communication terminal 200 in each set-top box 120, The wireless signal strength or service set identifier (SSID) may be directly set or managed.

And, as shown in Figure 4, it is possible to specify a group to manage for each group, to control the set-top box 120 belonging to each group individually, to check the status of the set-top box 120 Can be. In FIG. 4, an error has occurred in the set-top box 120 of the STB-3 belonging to the machine shop group. As such, the status of the set-top box 120 may be remotely checked. So the administrator can solve the problem remotely through the central control unit (110).

In addition, since the CPU, memory use status or network usage status of each set-top box 120 may be monitored, it may be possible to check the set-top box 120 using excessive network traffic.

As described above, it is also possible to monitor the state of each set-top box 120 or to control each set-top box 120 remotely, and as shown in FIG. 5, the usage of the plurality of set-top boxes 120 is statistically counted. It may be displayed in a graph or the like.

That is, as described above, since the central control unit 110 can manage and check each set-top box 120 remotely in a state where a plurality of set-top boxes 120, such as a hotel or condo is disposed, each set-top box Problems that may occur at 120 may be taken in advance.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. And the scope of the present invention should be understood as the following claims and their equivalents.

100: set-top box system
110: central control unit 120: set-top box
122: communication unit 124: output unit
126: terminal communication unit 128: control unit
200: communication terminal 300: video equipment

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Communication unit for receiving the data including the image;
An output unit for outputting data including the image received by the communication unit to an external video device;
A terminal communication unit for connecting an external communication terminal to a network; And
A control unit for controlling the communication unit, an output unit, and a terminal communication unit,
The communication unit receives a signal for controlling the output unit and the terminal communication unit from the outside set-top box. The method according to claim 1,
Set-top box, characterized in that for receiving the data including the image received by the communication unit via the Internet network. The method according to claim 1,
Set terminal box, characterized in that the communication with the external communication terminal in the terminal communication unit is a wireless communication. The method according to claim 3,
The wireless communication is a set-top box, characterized in that the Wi-Fi (wifi) communication or Bluetooth communication. At least one set-top box that receives data including an image and outputs the data to an external video device and connects the external communication terminal to a network through communication with the external communication terminal; And
The set-top box system, characterized in that the communication with the one or more set-top box, comprising a central control unit for controlling the one or more set-top box remotely. The method according to claim 5,
Set-top box system, characterized in that for receiving the data including the image received from the at least one set-top box via the Internet network. The method according to claim 5,
The at least one set top box is a set top box system, characterized in that the wireless communication with the external communication terminal. The method of claim 7,
The wireless communication is a set-top box system, characterized in that the Wi-Fi (wifi) communication or Bluetooth communication. The method according to claim 5,
The central controller is set-top box system, characterized in that for monitoring the status of the at least one set-top box. The method according to claim 9,
The state of the at least one set-top box monitored by the central control unit is a set-top box system, characterized in that any one or more of CPU, memory and network usage. The method according to claim 5,
The central control unit is a set-top box system, characterized in that the log (log) and statistics about the operation performed in the at least one set-top box. The method according to claim 5,
The control of the one or more set-top boxes performed by the central control unit is a set-top box, characterized in that any one or more of the frequency channel, signal strength and service set identifier (SSID) for the set-top box to communicate with an external communication terminal system. The method according to claim 5,
The central control unit is a set-top box system, characterized in that for storing information on any one or more of the brewery, IP address and unique number for the one or more set-top box to communicate. The method according to claim 5,
Set top box system, characterized in that for updating the system program installed in the at least one set top box in the central control unit. The method according to claim 5,
The set top box,
Communication unit for receiving the data including the image;
An output unit for outputting data including the image received by the communication unit to an external video device; And
A terminal communication unit for connecting an external communication terminal to the network,
The communication unit controls the output unit and the terminal communication unit through a communication with the server.
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