KR20160095465A - Method and system for controlling screen terminal using wifi - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and system for controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, in which a means for accessing a Wi-Fi dongle device is provided to provide contents information such as advertisement to a general screen terminal, and through this means, a screen terminal is operated in accordance with a control signal of a service providing server. The method for controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting information of a Wi-Fi gateway by the Wi-Fi gateway; registering the Wi-Fi gateway according to information of the Wi-Fi gateway by a Wi-Fi dongle that has received the information of the Wi-Fi gateway; and when a service providing server transmits contents information, providing content information to a screen terminal via the Wi-Fi dongle in a Wi-Fi communication scheme by the Wi-Fi gateway.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN TERMINAL USING WIFI [0002]

The present invention relates to a screen terminal control method and system using a WiFi of a general screen terminal, and more particularly to a method and system for controlling a screen terminal using a WiFi dongle device in order to provide contents information such as advertisements to a general screen terminal And operating the screen terminal so as to correspond to the control signal of the service providing server.

In addition, the present invention displays general information such as advertisement and supplementary information on a screen terminal in a digital information display device in accordance with a reproduction schedule, so that general consumers can view it.

In general, advertising can be a series of activities aimed at informing potential consumers about products and services and how to purchase them.

Recently, due to the rapid development of technology, advertisements are emerging from new media such as digital signage as well as existing newspapers and television media as well as various media.

Digital signage is a combination of various IT technologies such as hardware, software, contents, and network. It means Digital Information Display (DID) which can output various types of information such as still image and video and advertisement data can do.

This digital signage is installed in a place where people such as elevator, movie theater, restaurant, shopping mall, and shop stay at a certain place for a large number of large buildings and businesses where the current population is large, such as terminals, government offices, bus stops, department stores, And the demand for digital signage is also steadily increasing.

The initial form of digital signage consists of a signboard or a billboard as digital information displays such as a plasma display panel (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD), and a light emitting diode (LED) A network type digital signage in which an advertisement providing apparatus transmits information and advertisement data via a communication network and a digital signage which receives the information and advertisement data and outputs the received information and advertisement data is attracting attention.

However, in order to accommodate the advantage of the network type, there is a need to replace the digital information display with the digital information display, There is a problem that is required.

In addition, there is a problem that there is no system that can effectively provide and manage advertisement data so as to be exposed through a plurality of digital signage.

In addition, it is possible to transmit high-quality multi-channel audio data and high-resolution video signals with digital signage, and to transmit control information and status information between the digital content generation device and the playback device, There is a problem.

In addition, digital signage has a problem in that all the applications are installed in a state in which they are already installed, the installation of the application through the operation of the user is troublesome, and the installation method thereof is also not easy.

In addition, there are disadvantages that the digital signage can be operated only by the remote controller manufactured by the same manufacturer as the digital signage manufacturer because different applications are installed for each digital signage manufacturer and specifications are different according to the manufacturer.

The quality of the screen including the size of the display, the resolution of the screen, the brightness due to the physical characteristics of the digital signage, and the type of the message transmission (LCD, LED, PDP, Etc.), presence or absence of interactive functions, and the like, so that the same advertisement contents can not be provided.

In addition, existing analog signage is to install a single advertisement material and install it in a designated place if you want to install outdoor advertisement. If you want to place it in several places, it is possible to use different size, There is a problem in that it is necessary to produce a light emitting diode.

In addition, it is difficult to measure or predict the effect of the advertisement in the area where the screen terminal is installed according to the frequency with which the advertisement contents are exposed to the unspecified majority, and the expectation of the advertisement effect is low due to the advertisement avoidance phenomenon of consumers through the screen terminal There is a problem to lose.

The present invention controls the screen terminal connected to the Wi-Fi dongle so as to correspond to the control signal of the screen terminal control system so as to provide the content information of the screen terminal so that the digital content information provided to the screen terminal control system is transmitted to the Wi- So that it is provided in a screen terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, the control signal of the screen terminal control system is converted so that the WiFi dongle connected to the screen terminal is compatible with each of the different platforms for each screen terminal manufacturer, And to control the screen terminal of the display device.

It is another object of the present invention to recognize the difference due to the physical characteristics of the screen terminal and to convert and provide the same contents.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a network and a display for displaying contents information such as various information and advertisements by being installed in existing analog signage.

In addition, the present invention provides a means for providing feedback to an advertiser about the effect of an advertisement according to the frequency of exposure to a user, because the contents such as information and advertisements are provided to an unspecified number of users.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, the method comprising: transmitting information of a Wi-Fi gateway to the Wi-Fi gateway; receiving, from the Wi-Fi gateway, information about the Wi- And providing the content information to the screen terminal via the Wi-Fi dongle in the Wi-Fi gateway in a Wi-Fi communication method when the service providing server transmits the content information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, the method comprising: transmitting content information and a memory slot number in the service providing server; and transmitting, in the Wi- Wherein providing the content information to the screen terminal comprises providing content information stored in a memory slot activated by the service providing server to the Wi-Fi dongle so that the Wi- To the screen terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a screen terminal control method using Wi-Fi may further include a step of connecting to the Wi-Fi gateway in the service providing server, and a step of connecting to the screen terminal in the Wi-Fi dongle.

Wherein the step of connecting to the Wi-Fi gateway comprises the steps of: detecting a Wi-Fi gateway responding to a transmitted start packet in the service providing server; and acquiring and storing information of the detected Wi- And connecting to the WiFi gateway.

The step of connecting to the screen terminal comprises the steps of: detecting a screen terminal responding to a transmitted start packet in the Wi-Fi dongle; and acquiring and storing information of the detected screen terminal in the Wi- . ≪ / RTI >

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, the method comprising: requesting a reset of the Wi-Fi gateway in the service providing server; performing a reset operation in the Wi-Fi gateway; The gateway may further include performing a communication initialization operation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, the method comprising the steps of: requesting resetting of the Wi-Fi dongle at the screen terminal; performing a reset operation in the Wi-Fi dongle; , And performing a communication initialization operation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, the method comprising: performing a connection with a Wi-Fi dongle at a screen terminal; providing content information through information of a Wi-Fi gateway received through the Wi- Receiving the content information provided by the Wi-Fi gateway through the Wi-Fi dongle at the screen terminal, and providing the content information service through the received content information at the screen terminal Step < / RTI >

The Wi-Fi gateway may be connected to a service providing server that manages and broadcasts the content information.

The step of performing the connection with the Wi-Fi dongle may include: detecting a Wi-Fi dongle responding to the transmitted start packet at the screen terminal; and acquiring and storing information of the detected Wi- . ≪ / RTI >

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, the method comprising: providing reset information at the screen terminal; performing a reset operation in accordance with the reset information in the Wi-Fi dongle receiving the reset information; And performing a communication initialization operation in the screen terminal and the reset WiFi dongle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a screen terminal using Wi-Fi, the method comprising the steps of: requesting resetting of the Wi-Fi dongle at the screen terminal; performing a reset operation in the Wi-Fi dongle; , And performing a communication initialization operation.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a screen terminal control system using Wi-Fi, the system including a service providing server for broadcasting a mobile RFID code, a screen terminal for extracting code information included in the mobile RFID code, A Wi-Fi dongle connected to the screen terminal for receiving the content information broadcast on the Wi-Fi network and providing the content information to the screen terminal, and a Wi-Fi gateway for receiving the content information transmitted by the service providing server and providing the content information to the Wi- .

According to the present invention, content information necessary for a content information providing service can be provided to a screen terminal through a Wi-Fi communication method.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to extend the recognition distance of the Wi-Fi dongle according to the characteristics of the Wi-Fi communication method and to enable many-to-many communication. In addition, even in the presence of a plurality of Wi- It is possible to extend the range of applications by providing WiFi dongle connection.

According to the present invention, when using the Wi-Fi communication method, not only information on a specific product but also various additional information (for example, TV advertisement, subway advertisement, bus advertisement, street advertisement, emergency information, Mobile shopping, etc.), so that the application range of the contents information service can be further expanded.

1 is a block diagram showing a screen terminal control system according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the relationship among the components of the screen terminal control system according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a WiFi dongle in a screen terminal control system according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content information in a screen terminal control system according to the present invention.
5 is a diagram for explaining a connection procedure between a screen terminal and a Wi-Fi dongle according to an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.
6 is a diagram for explaining a content information transmission process according to an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a WiFi gateway reset process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram showing a screen terminal control system according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a screen terminal control system for providing digital contents information such as advertisements through a Wi-Fi communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the screen terminal control system 100 may include a service providing server 110, a Wi-Fi gateway 120, a Wi-Fi dongle 130, and a screen terminal 140.

The service providing server 110 may provide contents information to the connected WiFi gateway 120 as means for broadcasting a mobile RFID code.

The Wi-Fi gateway 120 may receive the content information transmitted by the service providing server 110 and provide the received content information to the Wi-Fi network. The WiFi gateway 120 may be implemented as a plurality of wired and / or wireless networks spread over a wide area.

The Wi-Fi dongle 130 is connected to the screen terminal 140 and can receive the content information broadcast on the Wi-Fi network, thereby providing the content information to the screen terminal 140. The Wi-Fi dongle 130 may be implemented as a USB, which is physically connected to the screen terminal 140.

The screen terminal 140 may be means for extracting the code information included in the mobile RFID code and serving the extracted code information to the user. In addition, the screen terminal 140 can display the content information obtained by the Wi-Fi system in the Wi-Fi dongle 130 on the screen.

The screen terminal control system 100 includes a means for connecting the WiFi dongle 130 to a general terminal so as to provide contents information such as advertisements and the like so that the screen terminal 140 can be connected to the service providing server 110 And can be operated to correspond to the control signal.

In addition, the screen terminal control system 100 displays content information such as advertisements and supplementary information on a screen schedule by the screen terminal 140, which is a digital information display device, so that general consumers can view the content information.

2 is a block diagram showing the relationship among the components of the screen terminal control system according to the present invention.

2, a screen terminal control system for providing digital contents information such as advertisements through a Wi-Fi communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

2, the Wi-Fi gateway 220 is connected to the service providing server 210, and each Wi-Fi dongle 230 is connected to one screen terminal 240.

Then, the Wi-Fi gateway 220 receives content information (for example, still image, moving image, text, etc.) from the service providing server 210 and transmits the received content information through the Wi-Fi network.

In this state, the screen terminal 240 is located in one of the Wi-Fi networks.

The WiFi dongle 230 connected to the screen terminal 240 obtains the content information transmitted on the WiFi network on which the WiFi dongle 230 is currently located and provides the information to the screen terminal 240.

As a result, the screen terminal 240 can receive the contents information that can be provided on the Wi-Fi network.

That is, the screen terminal 240 can receive content information that can be provided in an RF specific space or range (i.e., on the corresponding Wi-Fi network).

In addition, the service providing server 210 manages and provides the content information, thereby making it easy to variously set and change information that can be provided through the content information.

That is, with the screen terminal control system according to the present invention, not only information on a specific product but also various additional information (for example, TV advertisement, subway advertisement, bus advertisement, street advertisement, emergency information, Shopping, etc.).

Hereinafter, the function of each component will be described in more detail.

The service providing server 210 selects and transmits necessary content information through the Wi-Fi gateway 220 while storing and managing various contents information.

The Wi-Fi gateway 220 is connected to the service providing server 210, receives the content information transmitted by the service providing server 210, and repeatedly transmits the received content information to the Wi-Fi network managed by itself.

The Wi-Fi dongle 230 performs connection with the screen terminal 240, acquires content information transmitted to the Wi-Fi network on which the Wi-Fi dongle 230 is located, and transmits the information to the screen terminal 240.

When the content information is transmitted through the WiFi dongle 230, the screen terminal 240 identifies and displays a product or an advertisement from the content information.

The screen terminal control system of the present invention can provide various information such as contents information, advertisement manufacturer information, advertisement distributor information, online contents information, privacy protection, contents security key management, billing, And provides various contents information services corresponding to the contents information.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a WiFi dongle in a screen terminal control system according to the present invention.

3, a Wi-Fi dongle providing content information to a screen terminal using a Wi-Fi communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

3, the Wi-Fi dongle 300 may include a Wi-Fi interworking module 310, a dongle control module 320, an HDMI interworking module 330, and a USB interworking module 340.

The Wi-Fi interworking module 310 is connected to the Wi-Fi gateway 220, and the dongle control module 320 converts the contents information transmitted through the Wi-Fi connection into an HDMI format or controls the Wi-Fi dongle 230 .

The HDMI interworking module 330 is connected to the screen terminal 240.

The USB interworking module 340 is connected to provide the power of the Wi-Fi dongle 230.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content information in a screen terminal control system according to the present invention.

4, a content information providing method using a Wi-Fi communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be schematically described.

Referring to FIG. 4, a content information providing method using a Wi-Fi communication method may connect a service providing server 210 and a Wi-Fi gateway 220 (S410).

In addition, the content information providing method can connect between the WiFi dongle 230 and the screen terminal 240 (S420).

The contents information providing method is a method of providing contents information through the WiFi network to the contents providing server 210 through the WiFi gateway 220 and the WiFi dongle 230, To the terminal 240 (S430).

In addition, in the content information providing method, the screen terminal 240 displays content information related to a product or an advertisement from content information to provide a content information service (S440).

5 is a diagram for explaining a connection procedure between a screen terminal and a Wi-Fi dongle according to an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.

The connection method between the screen terminal and the Wi-Fi dongle physically connects the Wi-Fi dongle 230 and the screen terminal 240 and then initializes the operation of each of the Wi-Fi dongle 230 and the screen terminal 240 (S510, S520).

The connection method between the screen terminal and the Wi-Fi dongle may be such that when the operation initialization is completed and a request for content transmission to the screen terminal 240 is input to the service providing server 210, a start packet is generated and the start of the screen is notified to the screen terminal 240 (S530).

The connection method between the screen terminal and the Wi-Fi dongle may include transmitting an ACK from the screen terminal 240 receiving the start packet, receiving the ACK from the Wi-Fi dongle 230 in response to the ACK, (S540).

In addition, the connection method between the screen terminal and the Wi-Fi dongle requests the screen terminal 240 to provide information to the screen terminal 240 in step S550 in order to acquire information on the screen terminal 240 that has been connected by the Wi-Fi dongle 230.

The connection method between the screen terminal and the Wi-Fi dongle may be configured such that if various setting information (i.e., device ID, device name, resolution, etc.) is provided from the screen terminal 240 in response to the information providing request, (S560).

6 is a diagram for explaining a content information transmission process according to an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.

The content information transmission method repeatedly transmits Wi-Fi gateway information (i.e., a device ID and a name) in order to transmit its presence in the Wi-Fi gateway 220 (S601), and receives the Wi-Fi gateway information .

In the content information transmission method, the presence or absence of the currently received information in the Wi-Fi dongle 230 is checked to determine whether the corresponding Wi-Fi gateway 220 is registered (S602), and then the corresponding Wi- If the device is present, the currently received information is stored and the corresponding WiFi gateway 220 is registered (S603). On the other hand, if the corresponding Wi-Fi gateway 220 is a registered device, the Wi-Fi dongle 230 can enter a reception waiting state.

When the WiFi gateway registration process is completed, the content information transmission method may transmit the content information to the WiFi gateway 220 when the service providing server 210 transmits the content information (S604).

In the content information transmission method, the WiFi gateway 220 receiving the content information stores content information in a memory slot corresponding to the memory slot number (S605).

If the service providing server 210 activates a specific memory slot, that is, if the memory slot number corresponding to the memory slot to be activated is transmitted (S606) The slot is activated (S607), and the contents information of the activated memory slot is transmitted (S608).

The contents information transmission method may provide the contents information provided by the Wi-Fi gateway 220 in the Wi-Fi dongle 230 to the screen terminal 240 (S609) and provide the contents information providing service (S610) .

At this time, if there is an active memory slot, the Wi-Fi gateway 220 re-enters step S608 and transmits the content information stored in the activated memory slot (S611).

On the other hand, if the service providing server 210 deactivates the specific memory slot, i.e., transmits the number of the memory slot to be deactivated (S612), the WiFi gateway 220 reflects the disabled memory slot and deactivates the corresponding memory slot (S613 ), And then returns to step S608 to transmit the content information stored in the memory slot except for the inactivated memory slot.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a WiFi gateway reset process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

In step S702, the WiFi gateway 220 transmits an ACK to the WiFi gateway 220 in step S702. In step S702, (Step S703).

The WiFi gateway reset method simultaneously performs a communication initializing operation in the service providing server 210 and the Wi-Fi gateway 220 (S704 and S705), and then, in the same manner as steps S530 to S560 of FIG. 5 described above, And repeats the procedure for acquiring and displaying the setting information of the gateway 220 (S706 to S709).

According to the present invention, content information necessary for a content information providing service can be provided to a screen terminal through a Wi-Fi communication method.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to extend the recognition distance of the Wi-Fi dongle according to the characteristics of the Wi-Fi communication method and to enable many-to-many communication. In addition, even in the presence of a plurality of Wi- It is possible to extend the range of applications by providing WiFi dongle connection.

According to the present invention, when using the Wi-Fi communication method, not only information on a specific product but also various additional information (for example, TV advertisement, subway advertisement, bus advertisement, street advertisement, emergency information, Mobile shopping, etc.), so that the application range of the contents information service can be further expanded.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

100: Screen terminal control system
110: service providing server
120: WiFi gateway
130: WiFi dongle
140: Screen terminal

Claims (1)

Transmitting, at the Wi-Fi gateway, its own information;
Registering the Wi-Fi gateway in accordance with information of the Wi-Fi gateway in a Wi-Fi dongle receiving information of the Wi-Fi gateway; And
When the service providing server transmits the content information, the WiFi gateway provides the content information to the screen terminal via the Wi-Fi dongle in a Wi-Fi communication manner
And controlling the screen terminal using the WiFi.

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