KR20140080609A - Apparatus and method for dispalying program preference on electronic program guide - Google Patents

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KR20140080609A
KR20140080609A KR1020120144644A KR20120144644A KR20140080609A KR 20140080609 A KR20140080609 A KR 20140080609A KR 1020120144644 A KR1020120144644 A KR 1020120144644A KR 20120144644 A KR20120144644 A KR 20120144644A KR 20140080609 A KR20140080609 A KR 20140080609A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/466—Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/4668—Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies for recommending content, e.g. movies
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/482—End-user interface for program selection
    • H04N21/4826—End-user interface for program selection using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for displaying program preference on an electronic program guide (EPG) and a method thereof. The device for displaying program preference of the present invention comprises: a broadcast information receiving unit for receiving broadcast information containing preference information and basic information of each program from a broadcast system; a user input information receiving unit for receiving user input information on reference selection and the displaying manner of EPG from a user input device; an EPG production unit for producing EPG information containing preference information based on the received broadcast information and user input information; and an EPG converting unit for converting the EPG information to be displayed on a display device and transmitting the same to the display device.

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 [0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPARING PROGRAM PREFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a broadcast communication technology, and more particularly, to an electronic program guide display technology.

With the advent of various digital broadcasting platforms such as IPTV and Web TV, there is a growing need for a service that serves as a guide for providing a point of contact between the audience and contents. One such service is the Electronic Program Guide (EPG). Here, the EPG refers to a broadcast program guide service that transmits program broadcast time, contents, performer information, etc. using a free frequency band or an additional channel of a television broadcast.

Conventional EPG display technology displays only broadcast program information for each channel provided by a content provider on a display device. The channel-specific program information provided by the content provider includes only static information such as broadcast time, title, and genre for each broadcast program, and dynamic information such as audience rating and preference information such as the number of times of watching / It does not contain. Since the EPG service according to the related art does not include preference information on a broadcast program, users have difficulty in deciding which program to watch and select from among many broadcast programs. In addition, it is difficult to provide a viewer-friendly EPG service.

The present invention provides a broadcast program preference display apparatus and method for displaying broadcast program preference information on an electronic program guide in order to make user's program selection easier and to provide viewer-friendly EPG service.

According to an aspect, a broadcast program preference display apparatus includes a broadcast information receiver for receiving broadcast information including basic information and preference information for each broadcast program from a broadcast system, An EPG generation unit for generating electronic program guide information including preference information based on the received broadcast information and user input information; And an EPG converting unit for converting the converted data to be displayable by the device and transmitting the converted data to the display device.

The present invention provides an electronic program guide including preference information about a broadcast program, so that the user can easily select a program by grasping the preference of the broadcast program.

In addition, by providing an EPG service including dynamic information such as audience rating and preference information such as the number of times of watching / recording reservation, it is possible to provide a viewer-friendly EPG service.

1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic program guide providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a broadcast program preference display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a configuration diagram of a broadcast program preference display apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram of an electronic program guide including broadcast program preference information according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram of an electronic program guide including broadcast program preference information according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram of an electronic program guide including broadcast program preference information according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program preference displaying method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The foregoing and further aspects of the invention will become apparent through the following examples. The configurations of the selectively described embodiments or selectively described embodiments in this specification are shown as a single integrated configuration in the drawings, but may be freely combined with one another if they are not obviously technically contradictory to the ordinary artisan unless otherwise stated .

1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic program guide providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic program guide providing system 100 includes a broadcast system 110, a broadcast program preference display device 130, a user input device 150, and a display device 170.

First, the broadcasting system 110 transmits basic information and preference information about the encoded video and audio and broadcasting programs of the broadcasting program to the broadcasting program preference display device 130.

According to one embodiment, the basic information means static information about a broadcast program. For example, the basic information may be channel information and time information for a broadcast program. According to another embodiment, the basic information may be EPG information without the preference information provided by the broadcast content provider.

And, the preference information means dynamic information about a broadcast program which shows the interest and preference of the viewer for each broadcast program. For example, the preference information may be audience rating information and viewing / recording reservation count information.

According to an aspect, the broadcasting system 110 receives information on the frequency with which a specific broadcasting program is referred to or cited in a newspaper, a TV news, a social network service, or the like through a network, and generates preference information on the digitized broadcasting program And a program reference / quoting frequency investigation device (not shown).

According to another aspect, the broadcasting system 110 receives broadcast program preference display devices 130 of the audience rating and the number of times of viewing / recording reservation of the user, and generates broadcast program ratings / A reservation number checking device (not shown).

Next, the broadcast program preference display device 130 receives the broadcast information from the broadcast system 110, receives the user input information from the user input device 150, and displays the preference information based on the received broadcast information and the user input information And transmits the EPG information to the display device 170 by converting the EPG information to be displayable on the display device. This will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 2 and 3 below.

Next, the user input device 150 transmits the signal received from the user to the broadcast program preference display device 130. Here, the signal received from the user may include information on the insertion method of the preference information for the broadcasting program selected by the user and information on the insertion criterion. Here, the user input device 150 may be a remote controller, a keyboard, and a mouse, but is not limited thereto. Also, the user input device 150 may be physically connected to the broadcast program preference display device 130 or may be connected through a separate wire / wireless signal transmission path. At this time, the number of the user input device 150 may be equal to or greater than the number of the broadcast program preference display device 130, and if the number of input devices is two or more, there may be various types and types of input devices.

Next, the display device 170 displays the EPG information generated by the broadcast program preference display device 130. According to one embodiment, the display device 170 can display program information of a single channel in a time axis by one axis. According to another embodiment, the display device 170 may display program information of a single channel on different axes and simultaneously display broadcast information of a plurality of channels.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a broadcast program preference display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a broadcast program preference display apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2, the broadcast program preference display apparatus 130 may include a broadcast information receiving unit 131, a user input information receiving unit 133, an EPG generating unit 135, and an EPG converting unit 137. Referring to FIG.

First, the broadcast information receiver 131 receives broadcast information including basic information and preference information about each broadcast program from the broadcast system 110, and transmits the broadcast information to the EPG generator 135. Also, the broadcast information receiving unit 131 can receive the encoded audio and video data from the broadcasting system 110. [

According to one embodiment, the basic information means static information about a broadcast program. For example, the basic information may be channel information and time information for a broadcast program. According to another embodiment, the basic information may be EPG information without the preference information provided by the broadcast content provider.

Here, the preference information means dynamic information about a broadcast program, which indicates the degree of interest and preference of the viewer for each broadcast program. For example, the preference information may be audience rating information and viewing / recording reservation count information.

Next, the user input information receiving unit 133 receives the user input information on the display mode of the EPG and the reference selection from the user input device 150, and transfers the user input information to the EPG generating unit 135.

Next, the EPG generating unit 135 generates EPG information including the preference information based on the received broadcast information and the received user input information, and transmits the generated EPG information to the EPG converting unit 137. [ The EPG generation unit 135 according to one aspect may generate EPG information by combining basic information and preference information of the received broadcast program according to a predetermined standard and method. According to another aspect, the EPG generation unit 135 may generate EPG information by combining basic information and preference information about the received broadcast program according to a criterion and method selected by an individual user. Hereinafter, examples of the EPG including the preference information generated and displayed on the display device 170 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

Next, the EPG converting unit 137 converts the EPG information so that it can be displayed on the display device, and transmits the converted EPG information to the display device 170. In more detail, the EPG converting unit 137 combines the EPG information received from the EPG generating unit 135 with decoded video and audio data, converts the combined EPG information into a displayable form on the display device, and transmits the converted form to the display device 170 .

Referring to FIG. 3, the broadcast program preference display apparatus 130 may further include a decoding unit 139 and a user input information transmitting unit 134.

First, the decoding unit 139 decodes the video and audio data of the encoded broadcasting program received from the broadcasting system 110, and transmits the decoded data to the EPG conversion unit 137. [ At this time, the video and audio data of the encoded broadcast program can be received through the broadcast information receiver 131.

Next, the user input information transmitting unit 134 transmits the status information of the broadcast program preference display apparatus 130 and information on the input signal of the user received by the user input receiving unit 133 to the broadcasting system. At this time, the path through which the broadcast system 110 transmits data to the broadcast program preference display device 130 and the path through which the broadcast program preference display device 130 transmits data to the broadcast system 110 may not be the same.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating an electronic program guide including broadcast program preference information according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an electronic program guide including broadcast program preference information according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an electronic program guide including broadcast program preference information according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, the EPG can indicate the preference of each broadcast program in a manner that changes the contrast, saturation, color, border, and the like of graphics and text. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the program 3 differentiates the contrast, saturation, color, frame, and the like of figures and phrases from those of other programs so that the user can easily recognize that the preference of the program is different from other programs have. In this case, the contrast, saturation, color, and border of the figure and the phrase may mean various broadcast program preferences such as an audience rating and a viewing / recording reservation count. In addition, what criteria and manner of broadcasting program preference is to be expressed may be determined in advance by a content provider, or may be in accordance with a user-defined method.

Referring to FIG. 5, the EPG may indicate the preference of each broadcast program by inserting the preference information into a graphic form representing a broadcast program in a graph form. In FIG. 5, only one graph is inserted to display preference information, but two or more graphs may be inserted. In addition, it is possible for the content provider to follow the predetermined method and the user may arbitrarily decide how to express the type and quantity of the graph and the broadcasting program preference in what manner and manner.

Referring to FIG. 6, the EPG may indicate the preference of each broadcast program in a manner in which the preference information graph is arranged outside the graphic form of the broadcast program. This method can be utilized when the space inside a graphic object, which means a broadcast program, is short due to a short broadcast time of the broadcast program, or when there are various types of preferences to be displayed. It is also possible for the content provider to follow the predetermined method and to follow the user-defined method of specifying the manner and position of the graph, the broadcasting program preference, and the like.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program preference display method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the broadcasting program preference display method may include a broadcasting information receiving step S710, a user input information receiving step S730, an EPG generating step S750, and an EPG converting step S770.

First, in the broadcasting information receiving step, broadcasting information including basic information and preference information for each broadcasting program is received from the broadcasting system 110 (S710). Here, the basic information means static information about a broadcast program included in a conventional EPG. For example, the basic information may be channel information and time information for a broadcast program. In addition, the basic information may be in the form of EPG without the preference information provided by the broadcast content provider. Here, the preference information means dynamic information about a broadcast program, which indicates the degree of interest and preference of the viewer for each broadcast program. For example, the preference information may be audience rating information and viewing / recording reservation count information.

Next, the user input information receiving step receives the user input information on the display mode of the EPG and the reference selection from the user input device 150 (S730). Here, the user input information may include a method of inserting preference information for the broadcast program on the EPG and information on the insertion criterion.

Next, the EPG generating step generates EPG information including the preference information based on the received broadcast information and the received user input information (S750). According to an aspect, the EPG generation step (S750) may generate EPG information by combining basic information and preference information about the received broadcast program according to a predetermined criteria and method. According to another aspect, the EPG generating step S750 may generate EPG information by combining basic information and preference information of the received broadcast program according to a criterion and a method selected by an individual user. Here, examples of the EPG including the preference information generated and displayed on the display device 170 are as described above with reference to FIGS.

Next, the EPG conversion step converts the EPG information to be displayable on the display device and transmits the converted EPG information to the display device 170 (S770). In more detail, the EPG conversion step S770 combines the EPG information received from the EPG generation step S750 with the decoded video and audio data, converts the EPG information into a displayable form on the display device, and transmits the converted EPG information to the display device 170 .

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, substitutions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. will be. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention and the accompanying drawings are intended to illustrate and not to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments and the accompanying drawings . The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

110: broadcasting system
130: Program preference indicator
150: User input device
170: Display device

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A broadcast information receiver for receiving broadcast information including basic information and preference information for each broadcast program from a broadcast system;
A user input information receiving unit for receiving user input information on a display mode of an electronic program guide (EPG) and a reference selection from a user input device;
An EPG generation unit for generating electronic program guide information including preference information based on the received broadcast information and user input information;
And an EPG converting unit converting the electronic program guide information to be displayable by the display device and transmitting the converted electronic program guide information to the display device.








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