KR20130110969A - Sever for providing digital contents for aged-person - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A main server of digital contents is provided to offer various digital contents through the connection with an external server and to help a protector in grasping a demand or state of the old and the infirm. CONSTITUTION: A communication module (140) performs communications with a user terminal. A data storing unit (110) stores and manages user information and contents use history of a user by a group which is classified according to the inclination of the user. A data processing unit (160) searches the data storing unit and external server in response to a request of the user terminal and provides contents to the user terminal. The data processing unit transfers contents information which is provided to the user terminal to a protector of the user. [Reference numerals] (110) Data storing unit; (12) Display unit; (120) Setting unit; (130) Server interworking unit; (14) Input unit; (140) First communication module; (16) Sensor unit; (160) Data processing unit; (18) Second communication module

Description

Sever for Providing Digital Contents for Aged-Person}

The present invention relates to a main server for providing digital content, and in particular, the elderly can easily use, and by notifying the content usage history to the guardian can easily inform the caregiver of the needs and care of the elderly.

It is common for the elderly to be in a state of mental and physical deterioration, and they are likely to become mentally weak as they are less able to adapt to the rapidly changing culture and social activities.

With the development of information and communication and electronic devices, much information of society is shared through web sites, and entertainment culture tends to be replaced by personal terminals. However, the recent portable communication devices are complicated to use for the elderly, and even the interface of the web site that provides the contents to the terminal is not easy to access for the elderly because of the complexity of the graphic and the small font size. .

With the increase of the elderly population, services for the elderly are being used by using information and communication devices, but they are also complicated for the elderly to use. Even if the elderly are familiar with how to use web services, they are simply limited to specific contents or there are no monitoring means for the service usage process.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a main server for providing digital contents that can be easily used by the elderly.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a main server for providing various digital contents through connection with an external server.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a main server for providing digital content that can help the guardian to grasp the needs and status of the elderly by sharing information about the content used by the elderly.

In order to solve the above problems, the server according to the present invention is a server for providing content to a user terminal according to a command received from the user terminal, the communication module for performing communication with the user terminal; A data storage unit for storing and managing user information and a content usage history of the user for each group classified according to a user's disposition; And a data processor for searching the data storage unit and the external server in response to a request of the user terminal, providing the content to the user terminal, and transmitting the content information provided to the user terminal to the guardian of the user.

In addition, the content usage history transmitted to the guardian by the data processor may be health analysis data about biometric information by the user using the external server.

The data storage unit may further store voice data for voice description corresponding to the description of use of the content, and the data processor may transmit voice data corresponding to the page of the user terminal to the robot.

The data storage unit may further store the instruction content regarding the use of the web page of the external server, and when the user accesses the external server using the user terminal, the data processor may provide the instruction content to the user terminal.

In addition, the data storage unit stores user information corresponding to the robot identification code assigned to each of the robots and the login image displayed on the robots, and the data processing unit transmits the character image when the user selects the character image for login. The robot and the character image are retrieved from the data storage to log in to the user.

The main server for providing digital contents according to the present invention can be easily used by the elderly by simplifying login and user interface.

And the main server for providing digital content according to the present invention can provide a variety of content by interworking with an external server. In this process, the main server according to the present invention supports the use of the external server in text and voice to help the elderly to easily use.

In addition, the main server for providing digital content according to the present invention allows the caregiver to monitor the use of content by the elderly. Therefore, the guardian monitors information such as health check-ups and medications so that the guardian can respond quickly to the situation where the elderly need to be cared for.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The figure which shows the service outline | summary by this invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main server and the robot according to the present invention.
3-4 illustrate examples of interfaces provided to a user by the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention in which the above object can be specifically realized will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the embodiments, the same names and symbols are used for the same components, and further description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a view showing an outline of a digital content providing service for the elderly according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main server 100 and the robot 10 shown in FIG.

1 and 2, the digital content providing service according to the present invention provides contents for the user 11, which is an elderly person, such as a healthcare server 20 / weather server 30 / SNS server 40, etc. It includes a robot 10 for displaying the content provided by the main server 100 and the main server 100 linked to the external server and transmits the information input by the user 11 to the main server 100.

The main server 100 stores and manages the contents to be provided to the user, and transmits the contents of the external servers 20, 30, 40 to the user 11 in association with the general external servers 20, 30, 40. To this end, the main server 100 includes a data storage unit 110, a setting unit 120, a server linking unit 130, and a first communication module 140.

The data storage unit 110 stores and manages user information and content to be provided to the user.

The user information refers to member information of the users of the robot 10. In this case, the member information may be managed based on a simple ID, excluding information related to personal identity and privacy. This is because the present invention simplifies the method of accessing the main server 100 through the robot 10, so that personal information is easily exposed.

The service of the present invention is mainly aimed at the elderly and provides digital content for the user 11 whose physical and mental functions are weak or degraded. Such digital content may include user-specific content and general content.

The user-specific content is provided in correspondence with user information of a user connected through login, and means content that can be managed and modified by the user 11. For example, the user-specific content may include a diary including an individual schedule and a phone book. In addition, the user-specific content may include multimedia content such as video music and health care content transmitted from the healthcare server 20.

In addition, user-specific content may include user disposition. The user disposition may be information estimated by a user directly or through a questionnaire as information on personality and hobbies. As such, the main server 100 classifies the user's propensity into several types, and grasps the characteristics of the content used by the group corresponding to each classification.

In addition, the general content may be provided even in a connected state without logging in, and may include brain training content and voice description data.

Brain training content may include games for maintaining and improving cognitive and memory abilities.

The voice description data refers to data for supporting a description of a web page provided by the main server 100 by voice.

The setting unit 120 manages user information stored in the data storage 110. That is, the setting unit 120 stores and modifies user information input through the robot 10 and manages digital content corresponding to the user information.

The server interlocking unit 130 is for interlocking with external servers 20, 30, and 40 that provide a service through a web site.

The data processor 160 provides the contents of the data storage unit 110 according to a command input by the user through the robot 10, and the contents of the external servers 20, 30, and 40 through the server linking unit 130. Search and provide.

The robot 10 is a user terminal that displays contents provided by the main server 100 to the user and transmits information or content input by the user to the main server 100. In addition, the robot 10 may include additional equipment such as the sensor unit 16 required for the user 11 to use the external servers 20, 30, and 40 or to use contents.

To this end, the robot 10 may include a display unit 12, an input unit 14, a sensor unit 16, and a second communication module 18.

The display unit 12 displays the content provided by the main server 100 and the web pages of the external servers 20, 30, and 40. In addition, the display unit 12 may provide a user interface so that a user may input information.

The input unit 14 is for inputting necessary information in the process of using the content including login. The input unit 14 may use a panel of the display unit 12 when the display unit 12 is implemented as a touch panel.

The sensor unit 16 measures the biometric information of the user 11 for health management and may include a blood pressure / blood sugar / body fat / temperature / electrocardiogram.

The second communication module 18 transmits the biometric information measured by the sensor unit 16 to the main server 100.

An embodiment of the digital content providing service according to the present invention is as follows.

* User login

The main server 100 is connected via the robot 10. That is, the user 11 may log in to the main server 100 using the robot 10, and may check the content provided by the main server 100 using the display unit 12 of the robot 10. have.

To this end, the data storage unit 110 of the main server 100 stores the identification code of the robot 10 used by the user. That is, each of the robots 10 has a unique identification code, and when the user 11 accesses the main server 100 using the robot 10, the robot 10 sends a unique identification code to the main server. Send to 100. The main server 100 transmits data to the second communication module 18 so that the robot 10 can display a login screen on the display unit 12.

In this case, the login screen displayed on the display unit 12 of the robot 10 may include a user icon. The user icon may be an image representing the characteristics of the user, and a picture of the user may be replaced. And login is performed by selecting the corresponding user icon.

Looking at this with reference to [Table 1] for an example of the identification code and the user character image information of the robot 10 stored in the data storage unit as follows.

Robot identification code Image code User information Robot # 1 image # 1 Hong Gil Dong image # 2 Kim nothing Robot # 2 ... ... ...

As shown in Table 1, the data storage unit 110 stores and manages user information corresponding to the identification code and the image code for each robot.

The data processor 160 searches for user information corresponding to the transmitted robot identification code and image code. For example, when the robot identification code transmitted to the main server 100 in the login process is Robot # 1 and the image code is image # 1, the data processor 160 determines that a user named "Hong Gil Dong" has accessed.

In this way, the login is performed by selecting an icon represented by an image rather than a connection using a user's ID and password. This facilitates access for older people who have poor eyesight or are not easy to adapt to cognitive or complex interfaces.

* Support voice comment in user interface

The main server 100 supports a voice explanation for the control icon of the user interface. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an interface in which an initial menu is displayed after connecting through a login.

Referring to FIG. 3, the initial menu displayed on the robot 10 may include an authentication status display icon 310, an interface description unit 320, a control icon display unit 330, a page moving unit 340, and the like. .

The authentication status display icon 310 indicates whether the user 11 is connected through login or connected without performing login. In the connected state without logging in, the robot icon may be displayed as shown in the drawing, and when the user logs in, the user image icon selected at the time of login may be displayed.

In addition, the authentication status display icon 310 serves as an input unit for voice description. That is, when the display unit 12 is implemented as a touch panel, an area where the authentication status display icon 310 is displayed on the display unit 12 may be used as an icon for reproducing the voice explanation. In the present invention, the voice description of the web page is based on automatically playing the corresponding page, but the authentication status display icon 310 may serve as an input unit for instructing a command to replay the voice description.

The interface description unit 320 displays the description of the page displayed on the display unit 12 in text. The description of the page may include a description of how the user 11 selects content or inputs information along with a menu description of the page.

In addition, the description displayed on the interface description unit 320 is also supported by voice. The voice description is reproduced in correspondence with the page. Accordingly, when the user 11 moves the page, the voice explanation corresponding to the newly displayed page is reproduced while the voice explanation being reproduced is stopped.

The page moving unit 340 displays an icon for moving a web page in the corresponding content or a control command for ending the display of the corresponding content.

* Intuitive interface based content

The present invention relates to a service that targets the elderly and the elderly, and provides a user interface that can be easily used by people with low vision or cognitive ability.

FIG. 5 is an example of such an interface, and illustrates an embodiment in which the main server 100 displays on the display unit 12 of the robot 10 in order to use an Internet telephone. As shown in the figure, the interface for Internet telephony displayed on the display unit 12 only displays a minimized icon. In addition, the interface description unit 320 may display a description for the Internet phone.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display unit 12 displaying weather information provided by the main server 100.

The weather information may be displayed on the display unit 12 by receiving weather information from a weather server 30 such as a meteorological office.

The weather server 30 that provides the weather information is connected to the main server 100 by the server interlocking unit 130 of the main server 100 to provide the weather information in response to the request from the main server 100. .

In addition, the main server 100 reconfigures the weather information provided from the weather server 30 into a simple and intuitive interface, and displays it on the display unit 12 of the robot 10.

To this end, the main server 100 may pre-establish an interface represented as shown in FIG. 5 and display information input such as a date, time, and place in correspondence with a weather notification interface.

In addition, the weather information provided by the weather server 30 may preset a description of the weather information and a weather emoticon within a predicted range, and display the weather description and the weather emoticon corresponding to the received weather information on the display unit 12. Can be.

In particular, the description of the weather information may be displayed together with the weather emoticons, wherein the weather emoticon may be configured intuitively and simply. The weather emoticon may be selected and displayed corresponding to weather information provided from a plurality of preset emoticons as shown in FIG. 6.

* Change the description and interface of external server service

The main server 100 according to the present invention may provide a service provided by the SNS server 40 in conjunction with the SNS server 40 in addition to providing contents in the main server 100. In this case, the main server 100 may provide a description of the service of the SNS server 40.

Social-network services (SNS) provided by general websites are often targeted to people who are familiar with the Internet environment. Therefore, in general SNS, the user interface of login and content browsing pages tends to be difficult for the elderly.

The main server 100 according to the present invention may provide a description of contents provided by the SNS server 40 to be linked. That is, when the user 11 accesses the SNS server 40 through the robot 10, the main server 100 receives the service manual of the corresponding SNS server 40 stored in the data storage unit 110. ).

In addition, the main server 100 may provide a user interface in which the web page of the SNS server 40 is edited.

As an example, FIG. 7 illustrates an example in which an interface of a facebook is edited to be easily checked by the elderly. Facebook's intuitive interface for user convenience displays an input for moving 720 the description along with the description 710 for the photo. Then, the picture 730 registered on Facebook is set larger for the user 11 with poor vision. In addition to providing a description of the web page before using the service, it may also support a voice description of each page.

The usage description and voice support of the SNS server 40 described in this embodiment, or the interface change of the SNS server 40 may be applied to other external servers.

* Connection of the main server 100 and the guardian terminal 50

The main server 100 selectively monitors the user 11 connecting through the robot 10 using the contents or the user 11 connecting with the external servers 20, 30, and 40. Provide information to help. Accordingly, the guardian can check the desires and health conditions of the user 11 who are the elderly and help them to respond appropriately.

For example, the main server 100 may inform the guardian that the user 11 accesses the healthcare server 20 to transmit / receive data.

In order to check the health state based on the biometric information, the user 11 first logs in using the robot 10 and accesses the healthcare server 20.

After accessing the healthcare server 20, the user 11 transmits biometric information such as blood pressure, blood sugar, body fat, body temperature, and electrocardiogram to the healthcare server 20. Such biometric information may be obtained through the sensor unit 16 of the robot 10.

The healthcare server 20 performs a checkup of a health state on the basis of the biometric information transmitted through the robot 10, and transmits it to the main server 100.

The main server 100 transmits the medical examination data diagnosed by the healthcare server 20 to the robot 10 of the user 11 and the terminal 50 of the guardian 41.

In addition, as another embodiment, the main server 100 may inform the user 11 and the guardian 41 of the time for taking the medicine when the user 11 takes the medicine. In addition, the user 11 may receive information on whether the medicine is taken, and additionally notify the guardian 41.

It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in many other forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, Accordingly, the above-described embodiments are to be considered illustrative and not restrictive, and all embodiments within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (5)

In the server for providing content to the user terminal according to a command received from the user terminal,
A communication module for communicating with the user terminal;
A data storage unit for storing and managing user information and a content usage history of the user for each group classified according to a user's disposition; And
And a data processor for searching the data storage unit and the external server in response to a request of the user terminal, providing content to the user terminal, and transmitting content information provided to the user terminal to a guardian of the user. Main server for providing digital content for.
The method of claim 1,
Content usage history transmitted to the guardian by the data processing unit is the main server for providing digital content for the elderly, characterized in that the health analysis data for the biological information by the user using the external server.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The data storage unit further stores voice data for voice explanation corresponding to the usage description of the content,
The data processor is a main server for providing digital content for the elderly, characterized in that for transmitting the voice data corresponding to the page of the user terminal to the robot.
The method of claim 1,
The data storage unit further stores the instruction content on the web page use of the external server,
When the user accesses the external server using the user terminal, the data processing unit provides the main content for the digital content for the elderly, characterized in that for providing the manual content to the user terminal.
The method of claim 1,
The data storage unit stores user information corresponding to a robot identification code assigned to each of the robots and a login image displayed on the robots.
When the user selects a character image to log in, the data processor performs a login for the user by searching the data storage for information about the robot and character image that transmits the character image. Digital content providing server for the.

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