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KR20130139494A
KR20130139494A KR1020120062982A KR20120062982A KR20130139494A KR 20130139494 A KR20130139494 A KR 20130139494A KR 1020120062982 A KR1020120062982 A KR 1020120062982A KR 20120062982 A KR20120062982 A KR 20120062982A KR 20130139494 A KR20130139494 A KR 20130139494A
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Abstract

Distribute broadcast reservation control information corresponding to a broadcast program to a user's terminal, and the user can easily reserve the broadcast program to a broadcast receiving device such as a set-top box through the broadcast reservation control information. A system and method for enabling the same are disclosed. According to an aspect of the present invention, a predetermined request terminal including first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and acquiring broadcast reservation control information distributed through a network selects the broadcast reservation control information. The interface module for receiving the first identification information for identifying the target broadcast program and the second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving device from the requesting terminal and the information received by the interface module. Thereby, a broadcast program reservation system including a control module for controlling the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program is provided.

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Broadcast program reservation system and method thereof

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing broadcast reservation control information (link and the like) corresponding to a broadcast program to a user terminal and using the same to reserve a broadcast program. More specifically, it distributes broadcast reservation control information corresponding to a broadcast program and can be distributed through a network to a user's terminal, and the user easily sets the broadcast program by selecting the broadcast reservation control information. The present invention relates to a system and a method for making a reservation (recording reservation or viewing reservation) for a broadcast receiving device such as a top box.

Recently, as network technologies and mobile devices are developed, more and more people are watching TV images through mobile devices or broadcasting using DMB devices, but users' demands for enjoying high quality images on a large screen still remain. The demands of broadcasters have recently produced HD programs and broadcasted them, and consumer electronics manufacturers are also launching TVs with larger displays.

Meanwhile, a user who is difficult to watch a broadcast program in real time, or a viewer who wants to watch a program broadcast on two or more channels at the same time, generally records a desired program to watch later. In order to record a broadcast program, It was troublesome to find the broadcasting schedule of the corresponding broadcasting program to be recorded on the broadcasting schedule of the broadcasting company's homepage or guidebook, and to set the recording by inputting the recording schedule into the broadcasting receiving device. In addition, recently, in the case of cable broadcasting or satellite broadcasting, which has been widely spread, there are dozens of channels. Therefore, there is a problem that a user must spend a lot of effort to find a broadcast that he wants to watch.

Meanwhile, a conventional TV or set-top box is reserved (viewed or recorded) on a TV or set-top box using digitalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) information, or receives / views EPG information using a smartphone, and sets a desired broadcast program. It provides a function to set the recording of the box. However, even in the case of the existing EPG method, the user must actively visit the EPG-providing website or actively run the app that provides the EPG, and the difficulty of finding the broadcasting program of interest among the numerous broadcasting programs still remains. exist.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for a technical idea that allows a user to easily access a broadcast program that may be of interest to them and to easily record or download it.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, a system for allowing a user to easily reserve a broadcast program by providing control information for broadcast reservation corresponding to the broadcast program to a user terminal. And a method thereof.

In addition, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to distribute the broadcast reservation control information through a network such as Social Network Service (SNS), so that users can easily access the broadcast program that they may be interested in To provide a system and method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a predetermined request terminal including first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and acquiring broadcast reservation control information distributed through a network selects the broadcast reservation control information. The interface module for receiving the first identification information for identifying the target broadcast program and the second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving device from the requesting terminal and the information received by the interface module. Thereby, a broadcast program reservation system including a control module for controlling the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program is provided.

In one embodiment, when the broadcast reservation control information is selected by the requesting terminal, a predetermined web browser or a predetermined agent program installed in the requesting terminal is executed, and the first identification information and the second identification information are executed. May be transmitted to the broadcast program reservation system by the executed web browser or the agent program.

In one embodiment, the broadcast reservation control information may be in the form of a link, and the agent program may correspond to a protocol identifier included in the broadcast reservation control information.

In one embodiment, the broadcast reservation control information includes address information of the broadcast program reservation system, and when the broadcast reservation control information is selected by the requesting terminal, the first identification information based on the address information. And the second identification information may be output to the broadcast program reservation system.

In one embodiment, the method may further include a generation module for generating the broadcast reservation control information.

In one embodiment, the broadcast reservation information may be generated by the generation module and distributed at least two steps through a network to be obtained by the requesting terminal.

In one embodiment, the broadcast program reservation system transmits the generated broadcast reservation control information to a predetermined account of a predetermined SNS server, or in response to a request of a predetermined user terminal, to the user terminal of the SNS server. The apparatus may further include a distribution module for transmitting to a corresponding account, wherein the broadcast reservation control information transmitted to the SNS server by the distribution module is obtained by the requesting terminal.

In an embodiment, the generation module generates the broadcast reservation control information including broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program, and the control module is configured to generate the broadcast schedule information included in the broadcast reservation control information. On the basis of this, the broadcast reception device may control to reserve the target broadcast program.

In an embodiment, the generation module may select the target broadcast program based on at least one of broadcast viewing history information and broadcast reservation history information of a target user, and generate broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program. The broadcast program reservation system may further include a distribution module for transmitting the broadcast reservation control information to the terminal of the target user.

The broadcast program reservation system may further include an information acquisition module that obtains broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program from a predetermined broadcast program information providing server based on the first identification information, wherein the control module The controller may control the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the acquired schedule information.

In one embodiment, the broadcast program reservation system may further include a distribution module for providing a user terminal with predetermined generating means for generating the broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program.

According to another aspect of the invention, the network device, including the first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and receiving and storing broadcast reservation control information circulated through the network from the outside through the network device Receiving an input signal for selecting a storage device and the control information for broadcast reservation, outputs the first identification information for identifying the target broadcast program and the second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving device, thereby providing a predetermined signal. There is provided a user terminal including a control device for controlling a broadcast program reservation system so that the broadcast program reservation system reserves the target broadcast program by the broadcast reception device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a predetermined request terminal including first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and acquiring control information for broadcast reservation distributed through a network receives the control information for broadcast reservation. In the case of selecting, receiving the first identification information for identifying the target broadcast program and the second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving apparatus from the requesting terminal and the broadcast receiving apparatus based on the received information. There is provided a broadcast program reservation method comprising the step of controlling to reserve the target broadcast program.

In one embodiment, the broadcast program reservation method may further include generating the broadcast reservation control information.

In one embodiment, the broadcast program reservation method, transmitting the generated broadcast reservation control information to a predetermined account of a predetermined SNS server, or in response to a request of a predetermined user terminal to the user terminal of the SNS server The method may further include transmitting to a corresponding account, wherein the broadcast reservation control information transmitted to the SNS server is obtained by the requesting terminal.

In an embodiment, the generating of the broadcast reservation control information includes generating the broadcast reservation control information including broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program, and wherein the broadcast reception device performs the target broadcast. The controlling to reserve the program may include controlling the broadcast receiving apparatus to reserve the target broadcast program based on the broadcast schedule information included in the broadcast reservation control information.

The generating of the broadcast reservation control information may include selecting the target broadcast program based on at least one of broadcast viewing history information and broadcast reservation history information of a target user and corresponding to the target broadcast program. Generating control information for broadcast reservation, wherein the broadcast program reservation method may further include transmitting the broadcast reservation control information to a terminal of the target user.

The broadcast program reservation method may further include acquiring broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program from a predetermined broadcast program information providing server based on the first identification information. The controlling of the device to reserve the target broadcast program may include controlling the broadcast receiving device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the schedule information.

In one embodiment, the broadcast program reservation method may further comprise providing a user terminal with predetermined generating means for generating the broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a user terminal including a network device includes first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and controls broadcast reservation control information distributed through a network through the network device. Receiving and storing from the outside and the first identification information for identifying the target broadcast program and the second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving apparatus upon receiving an input signal for selecting the control information for broadcast reservation. A broadcast program reservation method is provided which includes outputting a predetermined broadcast program reservation system to control the broadcast program reservation system so that the broadcast reception device reserves the target broadcast program.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium in which a program for performing the above-described broadcast program reservation method is recorded.

According to the technical idea of the present invention, the broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the broadcast program is provided to the user, and the user simply selects the broadcast reservation control information such as a click or a touch from his terminal. You can schedule recording or viewing. Therefore, the inconvenience of the conventional recording schedule setting method can be eliminated, and user convenience can be increased.

Meanwhile, according to the spirit of the present invention, the broadcast reservation control information may be easily propagated through SNS. In addition, a user can easily access a broadcast program that is likely to be of interest by subscribing to a person who posts or shares a broadcast link that suits his or her taste through SNS.

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1 is a view for explaining a broadcast program reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a user terminal using a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a distribution path of a broadcast program link used in a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating examples of a UI for displaying a broadcast program link in a user terminal using a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.
5 is a diagram illustrating a storage control UI displayed on a user terminal using a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific 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.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In this specification, terms such as "comprise" or "having" are used to specify that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component, or a combination thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Also, in this specification, when any one element 'transmits' data to another element, the element may transmit the data directly to the other element, or may be transmitted through at least one other element And may transmit the data to the other component. Conversely, when one element 'directly transmits' data to another element, it means that the data is transmitted to the other element without passing through another element in the element.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a view for explaining a broadcast program reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 shows a broadcast program reservation system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, user terminals 20-1 to 20-n connected by a predetermined SNS, and the broadcast program reservation system 10 registered in the SNS. Account 21, a web server 30 that provides a web site for the broadcast program reservation system 10 to post control information for broadcast reservation corresponding to a broadcast program, and the broadcast program reservation system 10. A broadcast receiving device 40 controlled to record a predetermined broadcast program or to view / reserve a broadcast, a broadcast program providing system 50 for supplying a broadcast program to the broadcast receiving device 40, and the broadcast program reservation system 10 Shown is a broadcast program information providing server 60 that provides broadcast schedule information and the like of a broadcast program.

Here, SNS can be used to communicate or share information by forming a connection with a large number of users, for example, facebook, linkedin, myspace, cyworld, etc. It can mean a service that provides an online platform, and therefore, a micro blogging service such as twitter, and a messenger service such as MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Nateon, and Kakao Talk. It may also be included in the SNS of the present specification.

Referring to FIG. 1, the broadcast program reservation system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a generation module 110, a distribution module 120, an information acquisition module 130, an interface module 140, and a control module. 150 may be included. However, according to an embodiment of the present invention, some of the elements shown in FIG. 1 may not necessarily correspond to the elements necessary for the implementation of the present invention, and also according to the embodiment, the broadcast program reservation system It goes without saying that 10 may include more components than this.

The broadcast program providing system 50 may be a broadcast system for transmitting a broadcast program (for example, CBS, NHK, KBS, etc.), but stores a video / audio file corresponding to the broadcast program, and according to a predetermined schedule. It may be a server that provides a service for transmitting the stream to the broadcast receiving device (including streaming).

The broadcast receiving device 40 is a device having a function of receiving a broadcast program from the broadcast program providing system 50 and may include, for example, a TV, an IPTV, a set-top box, a computer, and the like. The broadcast reception device 40 may receive and display a broadcast program from the broadcast program providing system 50 or transmit the broadcast program to a connected display device, and may perform a function of reserving the broadcast program. Here, the reservation of a broadcast program may be used to mean not only a recording reservation of a broadcast program but also a viewing reservation. If a broadcast program is reserved for viewing, the broadcast receiving device 40 may notify the viewer of a predetermined time before a start time or a predetermined time (eg, 5 minutes before starting) of the broadcast program scheduled to be watched. Can be provided.

The broadcast program information providing server 60 may provide various kinds of information about the target broadcast program (for example, identifier information, name, broadcast schedule, location information, preview, snapshot, length, size, encoding method, broadcast program related information) Producer, year of production, etc.), a summary of the broadcast program, etc.), and the user terminal 20, 20-1 to 20-n, the broadcast program reservation system 10, the broadcast receiving device 40, etc. It may be a predetermined server that provides this upon request.

Broadcast program reservation system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a server (not shown) for providing the SNS, at least a portion of the user terminal (20-1 to 20-n) connected by the SNS, the web server 30, the broadcast receiving device 40 and / or the broadcast program information providing server 60 may be connected through wired / wireless communication to exchange data with each other. Accordingly, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may generate broadcast reservation control information corresponding to a specific broadcast program and post it to the web server 30 or to the server providing the SNS, and the broadcast reservation control information. Predetermined generating means having a function of generating a may be distributed to the user terminals 20-1 to 20-n. In addition, the broadcast program information providing server 60 may receive broadcast schedule information and the like of the specific program. When the broadcast program reservation system 10 receives a reservation request for the broadcast program from a user terminal, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may issue a control command to cause the broadcast reception device 40 to reserve the broadcast program.

Meanwhile, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may exchange predetermined data with an agent program (reference numeral 210 of FIG. 2) running in a user terminal and implement the technical idea of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the components of the broadcast program reservation system 10 may be installed in a server separately constructed as shown in FIG. 1, but according to an embodiment, at least a part of the broadcast program reservation system 10 may be installed. The components of the web server 30, the broadcast program information providing server 60 and / or the server (not shown) for providing the SNS is distributed to each other to send and receive requests and responses to each other, Idea can be realized.

The broadcast program reservation system 10 may include hardware resources and / or software necessary to implement the technical idea of the present invention, and may necessarily mean one physical component or one device. It is not. That is, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may mean a logical combination of hardware and / or software provided to implement the technical idea of the present invention. If necessary, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may be installed in devices spaced apart from each other. It may be implemented as a set of logical configurations for implementing the technical idea of the present invention. In addition, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may refer to a set of components separately implemented for each function or role for implementing the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the generation module 110, the distribution module 120, the information acquisition module 130, the interface module 140, and the control module 150 may be located on different physical devices or on the same physical device. You may. In addition, according to the implementation example, the software constituting each module such as the generation module 110, the distribution module 120, the information acquisition module 130, the interface module 140, and the control module 150 and / or Hardware may also be located on different physical devices, and components located on different physical devices may be organically combined with each other to realize a function performed by each module.

In this specification, a module may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for carrying out the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, the module may mean a logical unit of a predetermined code and a hardware resource for executing the predetermined code, and it does not necessarily mean a physically connected code or a kind of hardware. It can easily be deduced to a technician.

2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a terminal of a user using a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, as described above, since the user can use the SNS, in this case, the SNS client 200 may be installed in the terminal 20 of the user. An agent program 210 for transmitting a predetermined request to the broadcast program reservation system 10 may be installed in the terminal 20 of the user. In some embodiments, the agent program may be implemented as an internal module of the SNS client.

In addition, the user terminal 20 communicates with an external device through a network, the network device 220 for receiving or transmitting data, the storage device 230 for storing data received from the outside and the control device 240 It may further include. The network device 220 may be a wired / wireless network communication device including a network interface controller (NIC), an Ethernet adapter, a wireless LAN adapter, and a 3G / 4G cellular communication adapter. The storage device 230 may include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic media such as floppy disks. Hardware devices such as magneto-optical media and RAM, flash memory, and the like may be included.

Meanwhile, various embodiments are described with reference to the user terminal 20, which may be a wired terminal or a wireless terminal. The user terminal 20 may be a subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile, portable terminal, mobile terminal, remote station, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, terminal, communication device, user agent, user device or user equipment (UE). It may be called. The user terminal 20 may be a mobile phone, a satellite phone, a wireless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a PDA, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a hand having a wired / wireless connection function. It may be a held device, a computing device including a desktop or laptop, or a processing device connected to another wired / wireless modem.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the control module 150 may include other components (eg, a generation module 110 and a distribution module) included in the broadcast program reservation system 10 to implement the technical idea of the present invention. 120, the information acquisition module 130 and / or the interface module 140, and the like.

The generation module 110 may generate broadcast reservation control information corresponding to a predetermined target broadcast program. The target broadcast program may be a broadcast program that is broadcast according to a schedule determined by the broadcast providing system.

When the broadcast reservation control information is selected on the user terminal that has obtained the broadcast reservation control information, the web browser or the agent program 210 installed in the user terminal is executed, and the executed web browser or the agent program ( 210 may transmit a reservation request for a broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast reservation control information to the broadcast program reservation system. On the other hand, the reservation request for the broadcast program is the first identification information for identifying the broadcast program and the second broadcast for identifying the predetermined broadcast receiving device 40 controlled to reserve the broadcast program by the broadcast program reservation system. It may include identification information.

In one embodiment, the broadcast reservation control information may be in the form of a hyperlink for accessing the broadcast program reservation system 10, and the hyperlink may include identification information of a target broadcast program. In some cases, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may further include an address (site address). That is, the hyperlink may be, for example, in the form of "http: // site address / broadcast program identification information" (for example, http://clp.com/ID=89123). In this case, when the broadcast reservation control information (i.e., hyperlink) is selected by the user of the user terminal, a web browser installed on the user terminal is performed to access the broadcast program reservation system 10 indicated by the hyperlink. Identification information (ie, the first identification information) of the target broadcast program may be provided to the broadcast program reservation system 10.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast reservation control information may be in the form of a link for calling an agent program 210 driven on the user terminal 20 on which the broadcast reservation control information is displayed. In this case, the link may include identification information of a target broadcast program, and a URL protocol handle method of a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for calling the agent program 210 (http: // dev). It may be in a format (eg, clpp: //clink.com/ID=89123) according to the Custom scheme and content handlers section of .w3.org / html5 / spec. In this case, the link information may include a predetermined protocol identifier (clpp in the above example), and the predetermined protocol identifier and the agent program 210 are registered in advance in the user terminal 20 and the protocol identifier. When the link having the selected (clicked), the user terminal 20 may call the agent program (210). Meanwhile, the agent program 210 may mean an application program that communicates with the broadcast program reservation system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention to realize the technical idea of the present invention, and thus the user terminal 20. The web browser pre-installed in may also be included in the agent program 210.

Meanwhile, as described above, the broadcast reservation control information may include identification information of the target broadcast program. The identification information may be a series of identification symbols uniquely assigned to each broadcast program.

The broadcast reservation control information does not necessarily need to be in the form of a link. For example, the broadcast reservation control information may be in the form of a file having a predetermined extension. In this case, the operating system of the user terminal may be set in advance so that the extension and the agent program 210 are connected to each other. Subsequently, when the broadcast reservation control information is selected on the user terminal, the agent program 210 may be executed to read the broadcast reservation control information and included in the broadcast reservation control information. The identification information and / or the address of the broadcast program reservation system 10 may be recognized and a reservation request thereof may be transmitted to the broadcast program reservation system 10. As such, the broadcast reservation control information may vary. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, it is assumed that the broadcast reservation control information is link information. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the following description may be equally applicable to the case where broadcast control information is in a form other than a link, which may be easily understood by those skilled in the art. It can be understood.

In one embodiment, the identification information of the broadcast program may be generated based on a broadcast schedule of the broadcast program. For example, if the target broadcast program is broadcast on channel 34 from 10 pm to 11 pm on May 6, 2012, the generation module 110 uses ch34_20120506_1000_1100 using a broadcast schedule of the target broadcast program. Identification information such as can be generated. Therefore, in such an embodiment, a specific module (eg, the control module 150 and / or the information acquisition module 130, etc.) that wants to know the broadcast schedule may broadcast the target broadcast program through the identification information. Schedule information may be obtained. In some implementations, the generation module 110 may generate identification information by encoding broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program in a predetermined manner.

In another embodiment, the generation module 110 may generate link information about the target broadcast program by receiving identification information about the target broadcast program from another server such as the broadcast program information providing server 60. .

The broadcast reservation control information may be distributed (or distributed) through a network. To this end, the distribution module 120 may distribute the broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program in various ways so that the user terminals 20, 20-1 to 20-n can obtain them. For example, the distribution module 120 posts the broadcast reservation control information to the web site of the web server 30 or transmits it by mail with reference to a user list managed by the broadcast program reservation system 10. It may also be transmitted to the agent program of the terminal of the user with reference to the user list, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the distribution module 120 may transmit the broadcast reservation control information to the SNS providing server to distribute through the SNS. In this case, an account corresponding to the broadcast program reservation system 10 or an administrator account of the broadcast program reservation system 10 may be registered in the SNS, and the broadcast program reservation system 10 may include the SNS providing server. The broadcast reservation control information may be transmitted to the exhibition space corresponding to the account (for example, a wall in the case of Facebook, a timeline in the case of Twitter), and the broadcast reservation control information may be posted. have. Then, the broadcast reservation control information may be posted on a terminal of a subscriber who subscribes to, subscribes to, or follows an account of the broadcast program reservation system 10, and if the subscriber subscribes to the broadcast When sharing a post in which the control information is posted, the broadcast reservation control information may be distributed to a terminal of another user who subscribes to, subscribes to, or follows an account of the subscriber. If the SNS is a messenger service, the distribution module 120 may transmit the broadcast reservation control information to a terminal of a connected user connected to an account of the broadcast program reservation system 10.

In addition, when the distribution module 140 requests a predetermined user terminal to distribute control information for broadcast reservation corresponding to a specific broadcast program, the user terminal of the SNS providing server in response to a request of the user terminal. The broadcast reservation control information may be transmitted to an account corresponding to.

Meanwhile, the broadcast reservation control information may be distributed (distributed) by a plurality of steps and then delivered to a predetermined request terminal for reserving a broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast reservation control information. In this case, the broadcast reservation control information is distributed in one step, and the distribution module 140 or the user terminal that has obtained the broadcast reservation control information is redistributed through a network, and the redistribution of the broadcast reservation control is performed. The information may be obtained by another user terminal.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a path in which broadcast reservation control information L corresponding to the target broadcast program C is distributed. Referring to FIG. 3, when the broadcast program reservation system 10 registers a post including the broadcast reservation control information L in its account a1 (first stage distribution), the broadcast program reservation system ( The post may be distributed to the accounts a3 and a4 of the subscribing user subscribing to the account a1 of 10) (second stage distribution), and if the subscribing user shares the post, The post may also be distributed to accounts a2 and a5 of users who have subscribed to accounts a3 and a4 (third phase distribution). Then, some of the users who have distributed the post (the owners of the a3 and a5 accounts in the example of FIG. 3) select the broadcast reservation control information L to request a reservation request of the target broadcast program C. The broadcast program reservation system 10 ) Can be sent.

In FIG. 3, the process of distributing (distributing) the broadcast reservation control information L through a specific SNS service has been described, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, a user terminal obtaining the broadcast reservation control information L through a specific SNS may distribute the broadcast reservation control information L to another SNS, and may be distributed by mail or posted on a bulletin board. have.

4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating an example of a UI of an SNS client displaying control information for broadcast reservation in a link form in a user terminal using a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, referring to FIG. 4A, the above-described connection user may distribute link information 201 of a target broadcast program to his acquaintances via a messenger. Referring to FIG. 4B, when the broadcast program reservation system 10 posts a post including the link information or when the subscription user shares the post, the subscriber subscribes to the aforementioned subscription user or the account of the subscription user. The post 202 may be displayed on a timeline (or wall) of an SNS client running on a terminal of a user.

As such, when the broadcast program reservation system 10 according to the technical idea of the present invention posts control information for broadcast reservation corresponding to the target broadcast program to the SNS, it is autonomously spread by the users due to the characteristics of the SNS. . Therefore, through the above-described method, the broadcast program reservation system 10 can easily distribute broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program to users.

On the other hand, the majority of SNS for each post will tell who the original author of each post. Therefore, a user can easily access a broadcast program that he is likely to be interested in by subscribing to an author who publishes a large number of links of a broadcast program that he or she is usually interested in.

On the other hand, the generation module 110 may generate a link information for the recommendation program by selecting a recommendation program according to the user's taste for each user. The generation module 110 may determine a taste of the target user based on at least one of broadcast viewing history information and broadcast reservation history information of the target user. To this end, the generation module 110 may provide information (broadcast viewing history information) and / or information about a broadcast program watched by the target user up to now (that is, a recommendation time point) or for a predetermined period from a broadcast receiving device corresponding to the target user. Information (broadcast reservation history information) about a broadcast program reserved so far or for a predetermined period of time can be received. According to an implementation example, the generation module 110 may receive broadcast reservation history information from the terminal of the target user. In some implementations, the broadcast program reservation system 10 stores information on a broadcast program reserved by the target user through the broadcast program reservation system 10 in a predetermined database. (110) Broadcast reservation history information of the target user may be obtained from the database. Then, the generation module 110 may select a broadcast program to be recommended to the target user by analyzing the broadcast viewing history information and / or broadcast reservation history information of the target user. For example, the generation module 110 selects a recommended program based on information such as genre, viewing time, producer, lead actor, play time, etc. of broadcast programs that the target user has watched or reserved, and selects a recommended program. Corresponding broadcast reservation control information may be generated. Then, the distribution module 120 may transmit broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the recommendation program generated to the user terminal corresponding to the target user.

On the other hand, when the request terminal 20 receives the broadcast reservation control information corresponding to a specific broadcast program through the network device 220, it is stored in the storage device 230 of the request terminal 20, the above-described As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the display device may be displayed on a display device (not shown) of the request terminal 20. Then, when the user receives an input signal for selecting control information for broadcast reservation (for example, the user clicks on the link included in the link 201 shown in FIG. 4A or the post 202 shown in FIG. 4B). In this case, the control device 240 of the request terminal 20 may transmit a reservation request of the target broadcast program corresponding to the link to the broadcast program reservation system 10. If the link is a hyperlink for accessing the broadcast program reservation system 10, the control device 240 is connected to a predetermined web browser (or SNS client) that is pre-installed in the terminal of the request terminal 20. The hyperlink may be transmitted to an embedded web browsing module, and a reservation request of the target broadcast program may be transmitted through the web browser (or the web browsing module). If the link is a link for calling the above-described agent program, the control device 240 calls the agent program 210 to be executed, and the executed agent program 210 is executed by the target broadcast program. The reservation request may be transmitted to the broadcast program reservation system 10. Then, the interface module 140 of the broadcast program reservation system 10 receives a reservation request of the target broadcast program transmitted by the terminal of the user, and the control module 150 determines that a predetermined broadcast receiving device is Control to reserve a broadcast program corresponding to the link.

As described above, the reservation request of the broadcast program may include second identification information for identifying the broadcast reception device. In one embodiment, the second identification information may be identification information (such as an IP address of the broadcast reception device) of the target broadcast reception device, but is not limited thereto. For example, in another embodiment, the second identification information may be identification information of a requesting terminal transmitting a reservation request of the broadcast program or identification information of a user corresponding to the requesting terminal. In the latter case, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may perform a separate procedure for acquiring identification information of a broadcast reception device to be controlled from identification information of a requesting terminal or a user.

In one embodiment, when the user selects the link, the reservation control UI 220 as shown in FIG. 5 may be displayed on the user's terminal. The reservation control UI 220 may be a UI provided by the agent program 210 described above or may be a UI provided by a web site of the web server 30, according to an embodiment. Hereinafter, a description will be given on the assumption that the reservation control UI 220 is provided by the agent program 210. However, the following description can be easily applied even when the reservation control UI 220 is provided by a web site. It will be easily understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

Referring to FIG. 5, the reservation control UI 220 may include a detailed information display UI 221 of a target broadcast program and / or a device display UI 222 displaying a list of broadcast receiving devices to be controlled. have.

The agent program 210 may receive detailed information about the target broadcast program from the broadcast program reservation system 10 or the broadcast program information providing server 60 in order to display detailed information of the target broadcast program. have.

Meanwhile, the agent program 210 displays the list of broadcast reception apparatuses to which the target broadcast program is to be stored in order to display the list of broadcast reception apparatuses to which the target broadcast program is to be stored on the device display UI 222. May make a request to the reservation system 10. To this end, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may include a predetermined storage module (not shown). The storage module may be configured to map mapping information between a specific user's terminal (or a specific user) and a specific broadcast reception device and access information necessary to access the specific broadcast reception device (for example, the address and administrator account information of the specific broadcast reception device). Etc.) can be stored. The mapping information and / or the access information may be input in advance from the terminal of the specific user or may be input in advance from the specific broadcast reception device.

Meanwhile, in a specific embodiment, the request terminal 20 does not display the device display UI 222 as shown in FIG. 5, but stores in advance identification information of a predetermined broadcast reception device set by the user, and then the user. When the broadcast reservation control information is selected by the controller, the previously stored identification information of the broadcast reception device may be transmitted to the broadcast program reservation system 10.

Therefore, according to the technical idea of the present invention, a user can easily reserve a broadcast program corresponding to the link by simply selecting (for example, clicking) a link displayed on his terminal.

In one embodiment, when the agent program 210 transmits identification information of the user terminal or identification information of a user corresponding to the user terminal to the broadcast program reservation system 10, the broadcast program reservation system 10 Reads the mapping information stored in the storage module, and provides a list of broadcast receiving devices to the agent program 210. Then, the agent program 210 displays the list of the broadcast receiving devices on the device display UI 222, and the user designates at least some of them, and together with the reservation request, the broadcast program reservation system 10 Can be sent.

Meanwhile, in another embodiment, the broadcast reception device for setting the reservation of the target broadcast program may be directly designated. To this end, the agent program 210 may display a predetermined device designation UI 223. Then, the user inputs identification information (for example, an IP address) and administrator account information (ID, Password, etc.) of the broadcast receiving device to be designated, and the user terminal transmits it, so that the broadcast program reservation system 10 transmits the broadcast. The receiving device can be controlled.

Referring back to FIG. 1, when the control module 150 receives a reservation request of the target broadcast program from the request terminal 20 that has obtained broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program, the broadcast receiving device 40 may be controlled to reserve the broadcast program. To this end, the control module 150 accesses the broadcast receiving device 40 and access information for controlling the broadcast receiving device 40 (for example, the address and manager account information of the broadcast receiving device 40). Etc.) can be obtained from the above-described storage module.

The control module 150 may obtain broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program through the information acquisition module 130. As described above, in a specific embodiment, link information corresponding to the target broadcast program may include broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program. In this case, the information acquisition module 130 may obtain the broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program by parsing the link information. On the contrary, when the link information includes only the identification information of the target broadcast program, the information acquisition module 130 transmits the identification information of the target broadcast program to the broadcast program information providing server 60, Schedule information of the target broadcast program may be obtained.

Through the above-described method, when the information acquisition module 130 obtains broadcast schedule information of a target broadcast program, the control module 150 issues a predetermined control command including the broadcast schedule information to the broadcast reception device 40. ) Can be sent.

Therefore, according to the technical idea of the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and a system for allowing a user to easily reserve a broadcast program with only a simple action such as a click. Therefore, the inconvenience of the conventional recording schedule setting method can be eliminated, and user convenience can be increased.

In addition, the broadcast reservation control information can be easily propagated via SNS, the user is likely to have an interest by subscribing to a person who publishes or shares the broadcast reservation control information suitable for his or her taste through SNS Easy access to high broadcast programs.

In the present specification, a broadcast program reservation may be used to mean immediate recording of the broadcast program. The control module 150 may determine whether a time to transmit the control command is a time when the target broadcast program is broadcast or a time before the target broadcast program is broadcast, based on the broadcast schedule of the target broadcast program. In the former case, the control module 150 may control the broadcast receiving device 40 to record the target broadcast program immediately. In the latter case, the control module 150 may control the broadcast receiving device 40. Control to record (or watch) the target broadcast program according to the broadcast schedule. Then, the broadcast reception device 40 may record a target broadcast program or perform reservation setting according to the received control command.

Meanwhile, in one embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may provide a user with a predetermined generating means so that the user can directly generate a broadcast program link. To this end, the distribution module 120 may provide the user terminal with the generating means for generating link information corresponding to a specific broadcast program. The generating means may be in the form of a computer program (eg, an app) executable by the computing device. According to an embodiment, the generating means may be the agent program 210 or a module included / combined with the agent program 210. In one embodiment, the generating means may display a plurality of candidate broadcast programs, select one of the broadcast programs from a user, and generate link information corresponding to the selected broadcast program. On the other hand, the distribution module 120 may upload the generating means to a separate application sales server (for example, Apple's App Store, etc.) to provide to the user terminal, the generating means in response to a request of the user terminal It may be transmitted to the user terminal directly or via a separate application relay server. The user provided with the generating means may generate link information corresponding to a specific broadcast program, and then distribute the link information to other users through SNS, and the other user who obtains the link information through the link Reservation of a specific broadcast program may be performed.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

Referring to FIG. 6, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may store mapping information between a specific user terminal and a specific broadcast reception device and access information for accessing the specific broadcast reception device (S100).

Meanwhile, the broadcast program reservation system 10 may generate broadcast reservation control information (eg, link information) corresponding to the target broadcast program (S110). In some embodiments, the link information may include broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program, and the target broadcast program may be selected based on a broadcast viewing / reservation history of a specific user. In another embodiment, link information corresponding to the target broadcast program may be generated through predetermined link generating means distributed to users.

The broadcast program reservation system 10 may distribute the link information by using a method such as posting the link information on a web page or transmitting the information to an SNS server or a terminal of a specific user (S120).

Subsequently, when the predetermined request terminal that has obtained the link information transmits a reservation request of a target broadcast program corresponding to the link information to the broadcast program reservation system 10 (S130), the broadcast program reservation system 10 In operation S140, the controller 110 acquires broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program, and controls the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program according to the broadcast schedule (S160).

On the other hand, the broadcast program reservation method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of computer-readable program instructions may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Program instructions to be recorded on a recording 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 the computer-readable recording medium include magnetic media such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROM and DVD, a floptical disk, And hardware devices that are specially 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. 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.

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.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be.

It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

It is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. .

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When the predetermined requesting terminal including the first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and obtaining the control information for broadcast reservation distributed through a network selects the control information for broadcast reservation, the target broadcast program is selected. An interface module for receiving from the requesting terminal the first identification information for identification and second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving device; And
And a control module for controlling the broadcast receiving device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the information received by the interface module.
The method of claim 1,
When the broadcast reservation control information is selected by the requesting terminal, a predetermined web browser or a predetermined agent program installed in the requesting terminal is executed.
And the first identification information and the second identification information are transmitted to the broadcast program reservation system by the executed web browser or the agent program.
3. The method of claim 2,
The broadcast reservation control information is in the form of a link,
And the agent program corresponds to a protocol identifier included in the broadcast reservation control information.
The method of claim 1,
The broadcast reservation control information includes address information of the broadcast program reservation system.
And if the broadcast reservation control information is selected by the requesting terminal, the first identification information and the second identification information are output to the broadcast program reservation system based on the address information.
The method of claim 1,
And a generation module for generating the broadcast reservation control information.
The method of claim 5, wherein the broadcast reservation information,
And generated by the generating module and distributed by at least two stages through a network to be obtained by the requesting terminal.
The method of claim 5,
And a distribution module for transmitting the generated broadcast reservation control information to a predetermined account of a predetermined SNS server or to a corresponding account of the user terminal of the SNS server in response to a request of a predetermined user terminal. ,
And the broadcast reservation control information transmitted to the SNS server by the distribution module is obtained by the requesting terminal.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the generation module comprises:
Generating the broadcast reservation control information including broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program;
The control module includes:
And the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the broadcast schedule information included in the broadcast reservation control information.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the generation module comprises:
Selecting the target broadcast program based on at least one of broadcast viewing history information and broadcast reservation history information of a target user, and generating broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program,
The broadcast program reservation system,
And a distribution module for transmitting the broadcast reservation control information to a terminal of the target user.
The method of claim 1,
The broadcast program reservation system,
And an information obtaining module for obtaining broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program from a predetermined broadcast program information providing server based on the first identification information.
The control module includes:
And a broadcast program reservation system controlling the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the acquired schedule information.
The method of claim 1,
And a distribution module for providing a user terminal with predetermined generating means for generating the broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program.
Network devices;
A storage device including first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and receiving and storing broadcast reservation control information from outside through the network device; And
Upon receiving an input signal for selecting the control information for broadcast reservation, outputting the first identification information for identifying the target broadcast program and the second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving device to reserve the predetermined broadcast program. And a control device, wherein the system controls the broadcast program reservation system so that the broadcast reception device reserves the target broadcast program.
When the predetermined requesting terminal including the first identification information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and obtaining the control information for broadcast reservation distributed through a network selects the control information for broadcast reservation, the target broadcast program is selected. Receiving the first identification information for identification and second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast reception device from the requesting terminal; And
And controlling the broadcast receiving device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the received information.
The method of claim 13,
Generating the broadcast reservation control information.
15. The method of claim 14,
Transmitting the generated broadcast reservation control information to a predetermined account of a predetermined SNS server or transmitting to the account corresponding to the user terminal of the SNS server in response to a request of a predetermined user terminal;
And the broadcast reservation control information transmitted to the SNS server is obtained by the requesting terminal.
15. The method of claim 14,
The generating of the broadcast reservation control information,
Generating the broadcast reservation control information including broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program;
The controlling of the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program may include:
And controlling the broadcast reception device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the broadcast schedule information included in the broadcast reservation control information.
15. The method of claim 14,
The generating of the broadcast reservation control information,
Selecting the target broadcast program based on at least one of broadcast viewing history information and broadcast reservation history information of a target user; And
Generating control information for broadcast reservation corresponding to the target broadcast program;
The broadcast program reservation method,
And transmitting the control information for broadcast reservation to a terminal of the target user.
The method of claim 13,
Acquiring broadcast schedule information of the target broadcast program from a predetermined broadcast program information providing server based on the first identification information;
The controlling of the acquired broadcast receiving device to reserve the target broadcast program may include:
And controlling the broadcast receiving device to reserve the target broadcast program based on the schedule information.
The method of claim 13,
And providing the user terminal with predetermined generating means for generating the broadcast reservation control information corresponding to the target broadcast program.
Receiving, by a user terminal including a network device, first control information for identifying a predetermined target broadcast program and receiving and storing broadcast reservation control information from the outside through the network device; And
Upon receiving an input signal for selecting the control information for broadcast reservation, outputting the first identification information for identifying the target broadcast program and the second identification information for identifying a predetermined broadcast receiving device to reserve the predetermined broadcast program. And controlling, by the system, the broadcast program reservation system so that the broadcast reception device reserves the target broadcast program.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for performing the method of claim 13.
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