KR20140095375A - Control apparatus for playing continuous contents in series in Video-On-Demand service and control method thereof - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for continuously controlling a series of video contents in a video-on-demand service, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for continuously controlling a series of video contents in a video- And to prevent continuous watching over a long period of time.
BACKGROUND ART [0002] With the development of the Internet technology, there has been proposed a video-on-demand (VOD) system in which a viewer can arbitrarily select and view video contents stored in a server in advance in place of a broadcasting system in which video content, : Video On Demand) systems are becoming popular.
In recent years, a set-top box has appeared and the set-top box has been connected to or incorporated in a television, so that the interactive video and audio-visual Communication service is supported and an on-demand video system using television is becoming popular.
In the video-on-demand service, a method of reproducing selected image contents through the set-top box includes a streaming method of continuously receiving and reproducing image data constituting one image content from an image content server, And a download and play method in which when a certain amount of image data is downloaded before all the entire image data is downloaded, the image data is immediately started to be reproduced.
On the other hand, in the case of a series such as a document or a drama, in general, a plurality of image contents are sequentially and continuously reproduced without a user's input.
Accordingly, such a continuous playback method has an advantage in that users are not inconvenienced in sequentially selecting and inputting video contents for one series, but on the other hand, when the user inputs input A plurality of video contents may be continuously reproduced continuously for a long period of time.
Particularly, when a juvenile or a child with low self-control is exposed to image contents of a series, it is necessary to directly apply sanction to parents because of fear of excessive viewing over a long period of time. As the characteristics increase, it causes interest. Therefore, there is a problem that the flow is interrupted and the complaints are further increased because the interest in the image being watched by the adolescent or the child is already high.
Therefore, there is a need for systematic supplementary measures that can lead to a consensus for the adjustment of the viewing time between parents and children.
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a configuration for allowing consensus of the number of image contents that can be viewed in continuous playback of a series between parent and child in continuous playback of image contents according to series And to limit the continuous reproduction according to the number of the image contents to prevent excessive viewing, and to prevent the complaints from being interrupted due to interruption of the flow of viewing.
In addition, the present invention adds a configuration for allowing the viewing time to be agreed upon instead of the number of image contents, thereby restricting the number of image contents that are continuously reproduced so as not to exceed a predetermined time, have.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for supporting an on-demand video service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for controlling playback of a plurality of video contents grouped in series, And a setting unit configured to receive and store setting information for limiting the number of image contents continuously played according to a user input through the user interface unit, A contents processing unit for decoding and reproducing the image contents downloaded through the communication unit, a content storage unit for storing the image contents and related information downloaded through the communication unit, Through the related information downloaded, In the case of a series, one or more image contents corresponding to the next order of the downloaded image contents corresponding to the input information are sequentially downloaded through the communication unit, And a controller for continuously reproducing the content through the content processing unit while limiting the number of image contents that are continuously reproduced according to the setting information of the setting unit.
In this case, if the downloaded image content corresponds to the input information, the control unit automatically loads an interface for receiving the setting information through the user interface unit and receives the setting information.
Further, the setting information may be characterized in that the number of image contents that can be continuously reproduced is set.
In addition, the setting information may be continuously reproducible time information, and the controller may check the total reproduction time of each of the continuously reproduced image contents, The number of image contents to be continuously reproduced is limited so as not to exceed the time information according to the time information.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal for supporting an on-demand video service, comprising: a terminal for communicating with a server providing a plurality of video contents grouped into a series, A first step of providing input information received through a user input by the terminal to the server and downloading image content and related information corresponding to the input information; A second step of determining whether the image content is a series or not, and a second step of determining whether the image content is a series or not, A third step of successively downloading and successively reproducing the content, Time of continuous reproduction of the system in accordance with the setting information predetermined according to a user input and a fourth step of limiting the number of video content to be reproduced continuously.
The third step may further include the step of automatically loading an interface for receiving the setting information and inputting the setting information if it is a series of the determination result of the second step.
Further, the setting information may be characterized in that the number of image contents that can be continuously reproduced is set.
In addition, the setting information may be continuously reproducible time information. In the fourth step, the total reproduction time of each of the continuously reproduced image contents is checked, and the sum of the total reproduction times of the continuously reproduced image contents is set to the setting information The number of image contents to be continuously reproduced is limited so as not to exceed the time information according to the time information.
According to the present invention, a viewer or a child who has a weak self-control ability in consecutive playback of a plurality of video contents included in the series and the degree of watching with preset information are agreed with parents and stored as setting information, It is possible to effectively guide the adolescent or the child to observe the promised degree of viewing, thereby effectively preventing the long-time viewing and preventing the completing of the reproduction in the middle of the viewing, thereby preventing the complaints of the child from being increased.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a configuration environment diagram of a device for continuously playing back series in an on-demand video service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a device for continuously playing back series data in a video-on-demand service according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of setting information of a series of continuous playback control apparatus in a video-on-demand service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates a process for limiting continuous playback of a series of sequential playback regulators in an on-demand video service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of an apparatus and method for continuously controlling a series of contents in a video-on-demand service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration environment diagram of a device for continuously controlling a series of video in a video-on-demand service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the video-on- demand video (VOD) And a plurality of set-top boxes 100 connected to the providing
The order-based
For example, the head end server 11 of the video-on-
The set-top box 100 may access the content server 12 of the video-on-
At this time, the image contents stored in the content server 12 of the video-on-
In this case, when providing a list of a plurality of video contents composed of the series, the head end server 11 transmits a plurality of video contents included in the series as one group information to the set- (100).
At this time, in order to sequentially view a plurality of image contents composed of the series through the set-top box 100, the user must select image contents to be downloaded for each of the plurality of image contents.
In order to solve this problem, the set-top box 100 identifies the video content of the series through the related information provided from the video-on-
In order to support this, the head end server 11 provides meta data as the related information for continuous playback of a plurality of image contents grouped into the series, and determines whether the downloaded image contents is a series And may provide identification information including information on whether the image content is a series or not, and may provide the identification information as related information. Accordingly, the set-top box 100 determines whether the set-top box 100 is a series through the received metadata or the identification information of the image content in association with the selected image content according to the user input, One or more image contents corresponding to the one or more image contents can be sequentially downloaded and continuously played back.
However, in the case of continuous reproduction of such a plurality of image contents, the adolescents or children with weak self-control may view images for a long period of time and have an adverse effect due to excessive viewing. It is necessary to provide a support structure for inducing the child to find a consensus on the degree of viewing of parents and children, and an internal device of the set-top box for limiting the number of continuously reproduced image contents according to the degree of viewing.
FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of an apparatus for continuously controlling a series of contents in a video-on-demand service applied to the set-top box 100 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, in the video-on-demand service, the series continuous playback controller includes a
The
Thereafter, the
Accordingly, the
At this time, the
Accordingly, when the image content corresponding to the series is downloaded, the
At this time, the
In addition, when there are a plurality of different image contents grouped in the same series as the downloaded image contents corresponding to the input information, the
In addition, the
Meanwhile, when continuous reproduction is selected in the above-mentioned procedure, when continuous reproduction is performed for the adolescents and children with low self-control as described above, excessive viewing is feared. To prevent this, the control unit sets the setting for limiting the continuous reproduction And may further receive the setting information through the
That is, the present invention provides a configuration for supporting the parent to limit the viewing time or the number of viewing times by allowing the child to directly input the setting information through agreement between the parent and the child.
3, the
Accordingly, the
Hereinafter, the configuration for restricting the continuous playback according to the setting information input for limiting the continuous playback will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 based on the above-described configuration.
The
4 (a), the related information includes metadata received separately from the image content, or identification information assigned to the image content. Referring to FIG. 4, As shown in (a), the metadata may basically include a unique number of video content for the downloaded video content corresponding to the input information, and ID information for the series corresponding to the video content, And may further include additional information such as time information of the image content, title, and playback time in the water.
Accordingly, the
In addition, the identification information given to the image content may be a file name of the image content including the unique number of the image content and the ID information of the series corresponding to the image content, The user can identify whether the downloaded image content is a series and the series corresponding to the image content in correspondence with the input information in the same manner as the metadata through the file name of the image content, It is possible to determine the number of contents.
If the downloaded image content is a series corresponding to the input information, the
At this time, in order to prevent a long-time viewing of a juvenile or a child with weak self-control, the
For example, the
Accordingly, the
For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), when the number of continuously reproducible image contents (the number of continuously reproducible images) set by the setting information is set to 2, The
Accordingly, the
On the other hand, even when a plurality of video contents grouped into a series is downloaded up to three or more times, the
As another example, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the continuous reproduction time can be set by the setting information.
At this time, the
In other words, if the continuous playback time is set to 2 hours as shown in the figure, the
At this time, the
Accordingly, the
In addition, even if the continuous playback time is set by the setting information, the
According to the above-described configuration, it is possible to store the setting information in the setting information by agreeing with the parents about the degree of viewing with the preset information and the adolescents or children with weak self-control when continuously playing back a plurality of image contents included in the series, By limiting this, it is possible to effectively induce the adolescent or child to observe the promised degree of viewing.
10: On-demand video providing system 100: Set-top box
110: communication unit 120: user interface unit
130: restoration algorithm storage unit 140: output unit
150: Decoder unit 160: Content storage unit
170: Setting unit 180:
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A communication unit for communicating with a server providing the image content and related information;
A user interface unit for receiving input information according to a user input;
A setting unit configured to receive and store setting information for limiting the number of image contents continuously played according to a user input through the user interface unit;
A contents processing unit for decoding and reproducing the image contents downloaded through the communication unit;
A content storage unit for storing the image content and related information downloaded through the communication unit; And
The input information is provided to the server through the communication unit to determine whether the image content corresponding to the related information is a series object through the downloaded related information, One or more image contents corresponding to the following sequence are successively downloaded through the communication unit and stored in the content storage unit and continuously played back through the content processing unit, and the number of image contents continuously played according to the setting information of the setting unit is limited a controller for
Wherein the series of continuous playback controls in the on-demand video service.
Wherein the control unit automatically loads an interface for receiving the setting information through the user interface unit and receives the setting information when the downloaded video content is a series corresponding to the input information. Continuous regeneration regulator.
Wherein the setting information sets the number of continuously reproducible video contents.
The setting information is set with time information in which continuous reproduction is possible,
The controller checks the total reproduction time of each of the continuously reproduced video contents and determines the number of video contents that are continuously reproduced so that the sum of the total reproduction time of the continuously reproduced video contents does not exceed the time information according to the setting information Wherein the series of continuous playback controls in a video-on-demand service.
A first step of providing input information received through a user input by the terminal to the server and downloading image content and related information corresponding to the input information;
A second step of determining whether the video content downloaded through the related information is a series;
A third step of successively downloading one or more image contents corresponding to the next order of the downloaded image contents in response to the input information, when the terminal is a series of the determination result of the second step; And
A fourth step of limiting the number of image contents that are continuously reproduced according to predetermined setting information according to user input during the continuous reproduction according to the third step,
The method comprising the steps of:
Wherein the third step further comprises the step of automatically loading an interface for receiving the setting information and receiving the setting information when the result of the second step is a series, Adjustment method.
Wherein the setting information sets the number of video contents that can be continuously played back.
The setting information is time information that is continuously reproducible,
The fourth step is a step of checking the total reproduction time of each of the continuously reproduced image contents and determining whether the sum of the total reproduction time of the continuously reproduced image contents does not exceed the time information according to the setting information, Wherein the number of video streams is limited.
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