KR20130138469A - System and method for providing contents service - Google Patents

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KR20130138469A
KR20130138469A KR1020120062073A KR20120062073A KR20130138469A KR 20130138469 A KR20130138469 A KR 20130138469A KR 1020120062073 A KR1020120062073 A KR 1020120062073A KR 20120062073 A KR20120062073 A KR 20120062073A KR 20130138469 A KR20130138469 A KR 20130138469A
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Abstract

A content service providing system and method are disclosed. When the content service providing system requests the content for IPTV from the user terminal subscribed to the Internet phone, the terminal content management server transmits the contract ID mapped to the Internet phone number of the Internet phone to the user terminal, and receives the contract ID from the user terminal. When receiving the request content ID and the IPTV authentication information from the user terminal, the IPTV authentication server transmitting the IPTV authentication information to the user terminal performs authentication with the IPTV authentication server using the IPTV authentication information. IPTV content providing server for reading the content to the user terminal in response to the content request from the user terminal through the content connection address for transmitting the content connection address for the content corresponding to the ID to the user terminal.

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System and Method for providing contents service

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a content service using an IPTV platform.

IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television, which stands for Internet Protocol Television, which provides information services, video content, and broadcasting to television receivers. It is a type of digital convergence in that it is a convergence of the Internet and television, and the difference from the existing Internet TV is that it uses a television receiver instead of a computer monitor and a remote controller instead of a mouse.

IPTV requires only a television set, a set-top box and an internet connection. Soon, you can add a set-top box or dedicated modem to your television and turn it on just like you turn on the television. Therefore, even those who are not familiar with computers can use the remote control to simply search the Internet and receive various contents and additional services provided by the Internet, such as watching movies, home shopping, home banking, online games, and MP3s.

However, in order to receive content services of IPTV, an IPTV-only system is required.

As a background art of the invention, there is a patent document on a method of teaching essay writing using an image through IPTV, and discloses a system dedicated to IPTV.

KR 2008-0082070 A 2008. 09. 11 Drawing 3

The present invention is to use the existing IPTV system without the establishment of a separate authentication system and platform, to receive the content service of the IPTV in the user terminal capable of Internet connection.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a content service providing system is disclosed.

In the content service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, when content for IPTV is requested from a user terminal subscribed to an Internet telephone, the terminal content management server transmitting a contract ID mapped to the Internet telephone number of the Internet telephone to the user terminal. An IPTV authentication server for transmitting IPTV authentication information to the user terminal when receiving the contract ID from the user terminal, and using the IPTV authentication information when receiving the request content ID and the IPTV authentication information from the user terminal. Perform an authentication with an IPTV authentication server and, if the authentication is successful, from an IPTV content management server for transmitting a content connection address for the content corresponding to the requested content ID to the user terminal and the user terminal through the content connection address; Dock content based on a content request from The IPTV includes a content providing server that provides to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a content service providing method in a content service providing system is disclosed.

In the content service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a terminal content management server requests an IPTV content from a user terminal subscribed to an Internet telephone, the contract ID mapped to the Internet telephone number of the Internet telephone is transmitted to the user terminal. And, when the IPTV authentication server receives the contract ID from the user terminal, transmitting IPTV authentication information to the user terminal. When the IPTV content management server receives the request content ID and the IPTV authentication information from the user terminal. Performing authentication with the IPTV authentication server using the IPTV authentication information. If the authentication is successful, the IPTV content management server transmits a content connection address for the content corresponding to the requested content ID to the user terminal. step; And reading, by the IPTV content providing server, the content according to a content request from the user terminal through the content connection address, and providing the content to the user terminal.

The present invention can be provided with the content service of the IPTV in the user terminal capable of Internet connection by using the existing IPTV system without the establishment of a separate authentication system and platform.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a content service providing system.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a content service providing method in a content service providing system.

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, numerals used in the description of the present invention are merely an identifier for distinguishing one component from another.

Also, in this specification, when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" with another element, the element may be directly connected or directly connected to the other element, It should be understood that, unless an opposite description is present, it may be connected or connected via another element in the middle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, the same reference numerals will be used for the same means regardless of the reference numerals in order to facilitate the overall understanding.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a content service providing system.

Referring to FIG. 1, a content service providing system includes a user terminal 10, a terminal content management server 20, an IPTV authentication server 40, an IPTV content management server 50, and an IPTV content providing server 60. .

The user terminal 10 uses the Internet communication function to each device of the content service providing system (terminal content management server 20, IPTV authentication server 40, IPTV content management server 50 and IPTV content providing server 60). And the like) and perform the authentication, and receive and execute the content. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the user terminal 10 may be a robot terminal having a head shape including a display device. Here, the display device may be configured as a touch screen including a touch sensor. In addition, the user terminal 10 may access the Internet using a short-range communication function such as Wi-Fi, and may include an Internet telephone function using a 070 number.

The terminal content management server 20 manages the user terminal 20 subscribed to the terminal content service. When content is requested from the user terminal 10, the terminal content management server 20 provides a contract ID to the user terminal 10 to perform authentication for the user terminal 10 to receive the content. Here, the contract ID is an ID mapped to the Internet phone number of the Internet phone to which the user terminal 10 is subscribed. Thus, the contract ID is provided from the subscriber information management server (not shown) of the user terminal 10 subscribed to the terminal content service, and the subscriber information management system may be generated according to the subscription and opening information of the user terminal 10. . In addition, the contract ID may be provided not only to the terminal content management server 20 but also to the terminal authentication server 30 and the IPTV authentication server 40.

The IPTV authentication server 40 performs authentication for providing IPTV content. When the user terminal 10 receives the contract ID from the user terminal 10 to request the authentication information, the IPTV authentication server 40 provides the authentication information to the user terminal 10. For example, the IPTV authentication server 40 may be a home digital service (HDS) server for IPTV that performs non-session based subscriber authentication, and the authentication information may be an HDS authentication cookie for IPTV.

When the IPTV content management server 50 receives the authentication information and the content ID of the requested content from the user terminal 10, the IPTV content management server 50 performs authentication with the IPTV authentication server 40 using the authentication information. Thereafter, when authentication is completed, the IPTV content management server 50 transmits the content connection address of the IPTV content providing server 60 to the user terminal 10. For example, the content connection address may be a streaming address of the IPTV content providing server 60 for the corresponding content. Accordingly, the user terminal 10 makes a content request to the IPTV content providing server 60 through the content connection address.

The IPTV content providing server 60 reads the content corresponding to the content ID and provides it to the user terminal 10 according to a content request from the user terminal 10 through the content connection address. Accordingly, the user terminal 10 displays the received content. For example, the content requested and displayed by the user terminal 10 may be video on demand (VOD) content, and may be received in a streaming manner.

Referring back to FIG. 1, a brief description will be given of a content service providing method in a content service providing system.

In operation S110, the user terminal 10 requests a content to the terminal content management server 20. For example, when the user terminal 10 receives an input of a VOD play button, the user terminal 10 may request the corresponding VOD content to the terminal content management server 20.

In step S120, the terminal content management server 20 transmits a contract ID to the user terminal 10 in accordance with the reception of the content request. For example, when the terminal content management server 20 receives the VOD content request, the subscriber information management server of the user terminal 10 inquires of the contract ID mapped to the Internet telephone number of the user terminal 10 to check the user terminal ( 10) can be provided.

In operation S130, the user terminal 10 transmits a contract ID obtained from the terminal content management server 20 to the IPTV authentication server 40 to request authentication information.

In step S140, the IPTV authentication server 40 transmits authentication information to the user terminal 10.

In operation S150, the user terminal 10 transmits the authentication information obtained from the IPTV authentication server 40 and the content ID of the requested content to the IPTV content management server 50.

In operation S160, the IPTV content management server 50 performs authentication with the IPTV authentication server 50 using the authentication information as the authentication information and the content ID are received from the user terminal 10.

In step S170, the IPTV content management server 50 transmits the content connection address of the IPTV content providing server 60 to the user terminal 10 when the authentication with the IPTV authentication server 50 is completed. For example, the content connection address may be a streaming address of the IPTV content providing server 60 for the corresponding content.

In operation S180, the user terminal 10 requests a content to the IPTV content providing server 60 through the content connection address according to the content connection address received from the IPTV content management server 50.

In operation S190, the IPTV content providing server 60 provides the corresponding content to the user terminal 10 according to a content request from the user terminal 10.

So far, we have briefly looked at the content service providing method in the content service providing system. Next, the content service providing method in the content service providing system will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a content service providing method in a content service providing system.

In operation S211, the user terminal 10 requests terminal authentication by transmitting terminal information to the terminal authentication server 30. For example, the user terminal 10 may request authentication by transmitting the ID and password of the Internet phone number to the terminal authentication server 30. Here, the terminal authentication server 30 may be a terminal home digital service (HDS) server that performs terminal authentication.

In step S212, the terminal authentication server 30 transmits the terminal authentication information to the user terminal 10 in accordance with the terminal information received from the user terminal 10. For example, the terminal authentication information may be the HDS authentication cookie for the terminal.

In operation S213, the user terminal 10 requests a content to the terminal content management server 20 according to a content reproduction input. In this case, the user terminal 10 may request content by transmitting terminal authentication information to the terminal content management server 20.

In step S214, the terminal content management server 20 transmits the terminal authentication information received from the user terminal 10 to the terminal authentication server 30 to request terminal verification for terminal validation and receive the result.

In step S215, the terminal content management server 20 transmits the contract ID to the user terminal 10 when the validity of the terminal is verified. For example, the terminal content management server 20 may inquire the contract ID mapped to the Internet phone number of the user terminal 10 from the subscriber information management server of the user terminal 10 and provide it to the user terminal 10. .

In operation S216, the user terminal 10 requests the IPTV authentication information by transmitting the contract ID to the IPTV authentication server 40 according to the acquisition of the contract ID from the terminal content management server 20. At this time, the IPTV authentication server 40 trusts the terminal verification result through the terminal authentication server 30 of the terminal content management server 20.

In step S217, the IPTV authentication server 40 transmits IPTV authentication information to the user terminal 10 according to the contract ID received from the user terminal 10.

In operation S218, the user terminal 10 transmits the IPTV authentication information and the content ID to the IPTV content management server 50.

In step S219, the IPTV content management server 50 performs authentication with the IPTV authentication server 40 using the IPTV authentication information according to the reception of the IPTV authentication information and the content ID from the user terminal 10.

In step S220, if the authentication with the IPTV authentication server 40 succeeds, the IPTV content management server 50 transmits the content connection address of the IPTV content providing server 60 to the user terminal 10.

In operation S221, the user terminal 10 requests a content to the IPTV content providing server 60 through the content connection address according to the reception of the content connection address.

In operation S222, the IPTV content providing server 60 reads the corresponding content and transmits the corresponding content to the user terminal 10 according to the content request from the user terminal 10.

In step S223, the user terminal 10 outputs the content received from the IPTV content providing server 60.

On the other hand, the content service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various electronic means for processing information can be recorded in the storage medium. The storage medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination.

Program instructions to be recorded on the storage medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of software. Examples of storage media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks. hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. In addition, the above-described medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as devices for processing information electronically using an interpreter or the like, for example, a high-level language code that can be executed by a computer.

The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.

10: User terminal
20: terminal content management server
30: terminal authentication server
40: IPTV authentication server
50: IPTV Content Management Server
60: IPTV content providing server

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A terminal content management server that transmits a contract ID mapped to an Internet telephone number of the Internet telephone to the user terminal when content for IPTV is requested from a user terminal subscribed to an Internet telephone;
An IPTV authentication server that transmits IPTV authentication information to the user terminal when receiving the contract ID from the user terminal;
Upon receiving the request content ID and the IPTV authentication information from the user terminal, perform authentication with the IPTV authentication server using the IPTV authentication information, and if the authentication is successful, the content for the content corresponding to the request content ID An IPTV content management server for transmitting a connection address to the user terminal; And
And an IPTV content providing server configured to read content and provide the content to the user terminal in response to a content request from the user terminal through the content connection address.
The method of claim 1,
And a terminal authentication server configured to receive terminal information of the user terminal from the user terminal, perform terminal authentication, and transmit terminal authentication information to the user terminal.
3. The method of claim 2,
The terminal content management server receives the terminal authentication information from the user terminal according to the request for content for IPTV from the user terminal, and performs terminal verification of the terminal authentication server and the user terminal using the terminal authentication information. And if the user terminal is verified, transmits the contract ID to the user terminal.
The method of claim 3,
The IPTV authentication server is a content service providing system, characterized in that to trust the terminal verification result through the terminal authentication server of the terminal content management server.
The method of claim 1,
The terminal content management server is a content service providing system, characterized in that the subscriber information management server of the user terminal to obtain a contract ID mapped to the Internet telephone number.
In the content service providing method in a content service providing system,
When the terminal content management server requests content for IPTV from a user terminal subscribed to an internet telephone, transmitting a contract ID mapped to the internet telephone number of the internet telephone to the user terminal;
When the IPTV authentication server receives the contract ID from the user terminal, transmitting IPTV authentication information to the user terminal;
When the IPTV content management server receives the request content ID and the IPTV authentication information from the user terminal, performing authentication with the IPTV authentication server using the IPTV authentication information;
If the authentication is successful, transmitting, by the IPTV content management server, a content connection address for the content corresponding to the requested content ID to the user terminal; And
And providing, by the IPTV content providing server, the content to the user terminal by reading the content according to a content request from the user terminal through the content connection address.
The method according to claim 6,
Before the step of transmitting the contract ID mapped to the Internet phone number of the Internet phone to the user terminal,
A terminal authentication server receiving terminal information of the user terminal from the user terminal and performing terminal authentication; And
The terminal authentication server further comprises the step of transmitting the terminal authentication information to the user terminal.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The step of transmitting the contract ID mapped to the Internet phone number of the Internet phone to the user terminal
Receiving, by the terminal content management server, the terminal authentication information from the user terminal according to a request for content for IPTV from the user terminal;
Performing, by the terminal content management server, terminal verification of the terminal authentication server and the user terminal using the terminal authentication information; And
And transmitting, by the terminal content management server, the contract ID to the user terminal when the user terminal is verified.
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