KR20130082914A - Method and device for providing location based content - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A position based content providing method and a device are provided to reproduce the same content in an adjacent terminal based on the position information of a terminal. CONSTITUTION: A server (110) receives a content request signal from a first terminal (120). The server searches a second terminal (130) which is adjacent to the first terminal and transmits a content providing request signal to the second terminal. The second terminal transmits a set of stored or reproduced content information to the server. The server transmits the content information in the second terminal to the first terminal. The first terminal displays the content information in the second terminal on a screen. [Reference numerals] (110) Server; (120) First terminal; (130) Second terminal

Description

Location-based content providing method and device {METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED CONTENT}

The present invention relates to a location-based content providing method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a location-based content providing method and apparatus for providing the same content to the adjacent terminal based on the location information of the terminal.

In general, contents including sound, voice, images, and images are used in various contents and forms such as music, photos, pictures, and videos. Such contents are provided through various media, and users use the contents regardless of time and place.

Today, various types of gatherings are taking place, and users who attend the same gathering generally have similar tendencies. In other words, the probability of similar content consumption among adjacent users increases. However, there is no way of knowing what content is being consumed by adjacent users, and even if the same content is consumed, it is difficult to form the same mutual consensus because it is difficult to consume the same portion.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a location-based content providing method and apparatus that can provide the same content to the adjacent terminal based on the location information of the terminal.

The present invention to achieve the above object, the server, the step of receiving location information of the first terminal; Searching, by the server, a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal based on the location information; Acquiring, by the server, information about content in the second terminal; And transmitting, by the server, the information about the content to the first terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a receiver for receiving location information of a first terminal; A search unit searching for a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal based on the location information; An acquisition unit for obtaining information about content in the second terminal; And a transmission unit which transmits the information about the content to the first terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method comprising: transmitting, at a first terminal, location information of the first terminal to a server; And receiving, at the first terminal, information about content being played at a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal.

The present invention to achieve the above object is a transmission unit for transmitting the location information of the first terminal to the server; And a receiver configured to receive information about content being played in a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user may experience the same as using content together in one place by using content information of an adjacent terminal.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the users of the terminal can simultaneously play the same part of the same content to sympathize with and enjoy together.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, users can register for friends to find social networking and business opportunities related to music.

1 is a block diagram of a location-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a server of a location-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a first terminal of a location-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a friend registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of content information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a reproducing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in this specification will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meanings of the terms and the contents throughout the present invention, rather than the names of the simple terms.

When an element is referred to as "including" an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In addition, the terms "... unit", "module", etc. described in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. 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.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a location-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the location-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server 110, a first terminal 120, and a second terminal 130.

The server 110 communicates with a plurality of terminals including the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 to transmit and receive data. In an embodiment, the first terminal 120 or the second terminal 130 may perform a function of the server 110.

The first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 are a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), a personal digital cellular (PDC), a personal handyphone system (PHS), and a personal digital assistant (PDA). , International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (Wibro) terminal, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Smartphone ( portable terminals such as smartphones, hand-held PCs, computers such as laptops, laptops, desktops, portable terminals such as MP3 players, MD players, etc. It may include a kind of handheld based wireless communication device.

Hereinafter, the functions of the server 110, the first terminal 120, and the second terminal 130 will be described in chronological order.

The server 110 may obtain and manage location information of a plurality of terminals including location information of the first terminal 120 and location information of the second terminal 130. The location information of the terminal may be stored together with the identification information of the terminal and the user information.

The server 110 receives a content request signal from the first terminal 120. The content request signal is a signal for requesting content information of the second terminal 130 adjacent to the first terminal 120 by the first terminal 120 and may include location information and search range information of the first terminal 120. have.

In the present specification, the content information is information about content stored or reproduced in the terminal and may include identification information of the content, information on whether to play the content, and the like. In addition, the information on whether the content is played may include information on whether the content is being played, and information on a play section, which is information indicating which part of the content is being played at a specific time point (for example, the present time) when the content is played. have. The playback section information represents a part of the content being played back at a specific time and can be changed in real time. Detailed description thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. 5.

The server 110 receiving the content request signal searches for a second terminal 130 adjacent to the first terminal 120. The server 110 searches for an adjacent second terminal 130 based on the location information of the first terminal 120, and transmits a content providing request signal to the second terminal 130. In this case, the content providing request signal may be transmitted to a plurality of terminals adjacent to the first terminal 120, including the second terminal 130. The content providing request signal is a signal for the server 110 to request information about contents stored in or reproduced in the terminal from another terminal adjacent to the first terminal 120.

Upon receiving the content providing request signal, the second terminal 130 transmits content information, which is information about content stored in or reproduced in the second terminal 130, to the server 110. In this case, the server 110 may obtain content information from a plurality of terminals including the second terminal 130.

The server 110 transmits content information in the second terminal 130 to the first terminal 120. The server 110 may transmit content information in a plurality of terminals including the second terminal 130. In this case, the server 110 may further transmit location information of the second terminal 130.

The first terminal 120 receiving the content information in the second terminal 130 may display the content information in the second terminal 130 on the screen. When the user of the first terminal 120 selects one of the content information, the selected content is played. If the selected content does not exist in the first terminal 120, the first terminal 120 may receive and play the selected content.

2 is a block diagram of the server 110 of the location-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiver 210, a searcher 220, an acquirer 230, and a transmitter 240.

In steps S201 and 202, the receiver 210 receives location information of the first terminal 120 and location information of the second terminal 130. The receiver 210 may receive location information of a plurality of terminals including location information of the first terminal 120 and location information of the second terminal 130. The receiver 210 may maintain a standby state to receive the location information of the terminal, receive the location information of the terminal every predetermined time, and update the location information of the terminal.

In operation S203, the receiver 210 receives a content request signal from the first terminal 120. The content request signal may include location information about the first terminal 120, and the receiver 210 may update location information of the first terminal 120 based on the content request signal.

In operation S204, the receiver 210 transmits a content request signal received from the first terminal 120 to the searcher 220.

Thereafter, the search unit 220 receiving the content request signal searches for the second terminal 130 adjacent to the position of the first terminal 120 based on the location information of the first terminal 120. The search unit 220 may search for a plurality of terminals adjacent to the first terminal 120, including the second terminal 130.

When the searcher 220 searches for an adjacent terminal, a searchable range may be set. For example, the search unit 220 may search a range set as a default or change the search range according to the search range information included in the content request signal.

In operation S205, the search unit 220 transmits a content providing request signal to the transmission unit 240.

In operation S206, the transmitter 240 transmits a content providing request signal to the second terminal 130. The transmitter 240 may transmit the content providing request signal to the plurality of terminals adjacent to the first terminal 120, including the second terminal 130.

In operation S207, the acquirer 230 acquires content information of the second terminal 130. The acquirer 230 may obtain content information from a plurality of terminals including the second terminal 130.

In operation S208, the acquirer 230 transmits the acquired content information in the second terminal 130 to the transmitter 240. The acquirer 230 may transmit the content information in the plurality of terminals including the second terminal 130 to the transmitter 240.

In operation S209, the transmitter 240 transmits the content information in the second terminal 130 to the first terminal 120. The transmitter 240 may transmit content information in a plurality of terminals including the second terminal 130. In this case, the transmitter 240 may further transmit location information of the second terminal 130 to the first terminal 120.

3 is a block diagram of the first terminal 120 of the location-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the first terminal 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transmitter 310 and a receiver 320.

In operation S301, the transmitter 310 transmits the location information and the content request signal of the first terminal 120 to the server 110. The transmitter 310 may transmit the location information of the first terminal 120 to the server 110 every predetermined time. Meanwhile, when the user of the first terminal 120 selects the content request, the transmitter 310 may transmit the location information and the content request signal of the first terminal 120 to the server 110.

In operation S302, the receiver 320 may receive information about contents stored in or reproduced in one or more adjacent terminals. In this case, the receiver 320 may further receive location information of the terminal.

Thereafter, the first terminal 120 outputs the content information received by the receiver 320. The first terminal 120 outputs a content list based on the content identification information included in the content information. In this case, the first terminal 120 may output user information included in the location information of the terminal. In the content list, information (for example, identification information) about a user of a terminal registered as a friend with the first terminal 120 is output, but information about a user of a terminal not registered as a friend with the first terminal 120. May not be output. A detailed description of friend registration will be described later with reference to FIG. 4.

When the user selects one content in the content list, the first terminal 120 may play the selected content. The first terminal 120 sets and plays the playback point of the content based on the playback section information included in the content information. In this case, the first terminal 120 may play the content stored in the terminal or receive and play the content in a streaming manner from the outside. Detailed description thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. 6.

As described above, according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, not only the contents played by the adjacent terminals can be viewed together, but also the portions played by the adjacent terminals can be viewed together, thereby easily forming a consensus.

The user of the first terminal 120 may select content displayed in the content list, select content stored in the first terminal, or search for content in another terminal by sending a content request signal to the server 110 again. . In this case, the content request signal may include search range information that is set to be wider.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a friend registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step S401, the first terminal 120 receives an input for selecting a friend request from a user. The user of the first terminal 120 may select a friend registration with the second terminal 130.

In operation S402, the first terminal 120 transmits a friend request signal via the server 110 or directly to the second terminal 130. The friend request signal is a signal for requesting friend registration with another terminal, and may include location information of the first terminal 120 and content information of the first terminal 120.

In step S403, the second terminal 130 receives an input for selecting a friend acceptance from the user. The user of the second terminal 130 may select to accept the friend based on the friend request signal received from the first terminal 120. In this case, the second terminal 130 may compare the content information of the first terminal 120 and the content information of the second terminal 130 and output information indicating a degree of matching by a number within a predetermined range. The user may accept the friend request based on the number indicating the degree of matching or automatically accept the friend request when the number indicating the degree of matching is greater than or equal to the threshold.

In operation S404, the second terminal 130 transmits a friend acceptance signal to the first terminal 120. The friend acceptance signal is a signal for accepting a friend request of the first terminal 120 and may include detailed information about a user of the second terminal 130.

In operation S405, the first terminal 120 receives an input for confirming friend acceptance from the user.

In step S406, the first terminal 120 transmits a friend acceptance confirmation signal to the server 110. The friend acceptance confirmation signal is a signal for requesting friend registration between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130.

In operation S407, the server 110 transmits a friend registration message to the first terminal 120. The server 110 registers and manages the first terminal 120 as a friend of the second terminal 130. For example, the server 110 adds a friend to the second terminal 130 in the friend list information of the first terminal 120, and adds a friend to the friend list information of the second terminal 130 in the first terminal 120. do.

In step S408, the server 110 transmits a friend registration message to the second terminal 130.

Here, the friend registration message may include friend list information.

The first terminal 120 receiving the friend registration message may output friend list information, and the first terminal 120 may output detailed information about a user of the second terminal 130 registered as a friend. .

After the friend registration, the first terminal 120 may receive content information of the second terminal 130 even if the friend is not located in an adjacent position from the second terminal 130 registered as a friend. That is, when the first terminal 120 transmits the information about the second terminal 130 to the server 110 together with the content request information, the server 110 does not need to search for another terminal adjacent to the second terminal 130. ) Obtains the content information and transmits it to the first terminal (120).

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of content information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the content information may include content name 510 information, play information 520 information, play section 530 information, and the like.

The content name 510 information is information indicating a list of identification information of content stored or reproduced in the terminal. The content name 510 information may be sorted according to the type, name and genre of the content.

The play information 520 is information indicating whether the terminal is playing. For example, when the terminal does not play the content, the playability information 520 is all represented by zero. On the other hand, when the terminal plays the specific content, whether the specific content is played or not is indicated by 1 to show that the terminal is playing the content.

The playback section 530 information is information indicating a point where the content is being played when the terminal is playing the content. For example, if the terminal is playing a point where 5 minutes of the 10-minute music content has elapsed, the information on whether to play the music content 520 is changed to 1 and the information on the playing section 530 is changed to 5. .

The adjacent terminal that has received the information about the playing section 530 can play the corresponding music content from 5 minutes and can simultaneously enjoy the same part as the user of the other terminal.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a reproducing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, in step S610, the terminal checks whether content is stored in the terminal. Here, the terminal can check whether the content is stored in the terminal through the identification information of the content.

In step S620, when the content in the terminal is stored, the terminal receives the content from the storage area inside the terminal.

In step S630, when the content in the terminal is not stored, the terminal receives the content in a streaming manner outside the terminal.

In step S640, the terminal plays the received content. The terminal may play the content based on the play section information of the content.

The above embodiments are merely examples of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The image display method as described above can also be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording media in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the disk management method can be easily deduced by the programmers of the present invention.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

110: Server
120: first terminal
130: second terminal
210:
220: search unit
230: acquisition unit
240: transmission unit
310: transmission unit
320: Receiver
510: content name
520: Whether to play
530: play section

Claims (16)

Receiving, by the server, location information of the first terminal;
Searching, by the server, a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal based on the location information;
Acquiring, by the server, information about content in the second terminal; And
And transmitting, by the server, the information about the content to the first terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the content in the second terminal,
Location-based content providing method comprising the information on the content being played in the second terminal. The method of claim 2, wherein the information about the content being played back in the second terminal,
Location-based content providing method comprising information indicating a playback section of the content played back in the second terminal at a specific time point. The method of claim 3, wherein the location-based content providing method comprises:
And transmitting at least a portion of the content to the first terminal in a streaming manner based on the playing section information. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting to the first terminal comprises:
And transmitting information about the second terminal to the first terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based content providing method comprises:
Receiving a friend request signal with the second terminal from the first terminal and transmitting the friend request signal to the second terminal; And
And receiving an acceptance signal corresponding to the friend request signal from the second terminal and transmitting the acceptance signal to the first terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving of the friend request signal and transmitting the received friend signal to the second terminal comprises:
And transmitting information about the content in the first terminal to the second terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving of the accept signal and transmitting the received signal to the first terminal comprises:
And transmitting detailed information about the second terminal to the first terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the location-based content providing method comprises:
If the acceptance signal is received, registering the second terminal as a friend of the first terminal further comprising the location-based content providing method. A receiver for receiving location information of the first terminal;
A search unit searching for a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal based on the location information;
An acquisition unit for obtaining information about content in the second terminal; And
And a transmitter for transmitting the information about the content to the first terminal. Transmitting, at a first terminal, location information of the first terminal; And
And receiving, at the first terminal, information about content being played at a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal. The method of claim 11, wherein the information about the content being played on the second terminal comprises:
Location-based content providing method comprising information indicating a playback section of the content played back in the second terminal at a specific time point. The method of claim 12, wherein the location-based content providing method comprises:
And reproducing at least a part of the content on the basis of the reproduction section information in the first terminal. The method of claim 13, wherein the location-based content providing method comprises:
Playing the content stored in the first terminal when the content is stored in the first terminal, and receiving and playing the content in a streaming manner when the content is not stored in the first terminal. Location based content delivery method. The method of claim 11, wherein the location-based content providing method comprises:
Transmitting, by the first terminal, a friend request signal with the second terminal; And
And receiving an accept signal corresponding to the friend request signal from the second terminal. A transmitter for transmitting location information of the first terminal; And
And a receiver configured to receive information about content being played in a second terminal adjacent to the first terminal.

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