TW200531519A - A television image telephone service system used in an interactive television - Google Patents

Abstract

A television image telephone service system used in an interactive television at least includes a system server end and a user end. The system server end has a remote server for customers to dial in and store transcribed video images, and the user end consists of a television set and a set-top box, wherein the set-top box connects to the television set via a signal connection wire and to the system server end via Internet. The caller connects to system server end via the set-top box and dials by a remote controller of the television set to call out to the receiver and send a call indication message to the receiver via the remote server, and if the receiver answers the call, the caller and the receiver may converse by video communication, and if the receiver does not answer the call, the caller may leave and store a video message in the remote server for the receiver.

Description

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[Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to an M-shirt-like telephone system, and more particularly to a television image telephone system which should be provided directly to a user in front of a television, especially

[Prior art]

It ’s not just a TV with Internet access. It is a major requirement to provide integrated value-added functions, as well as more convenient, personalized and user-friendly services. Interactive TV refers to the development of the original one-way analog video receiving function towards the application of two-way digital multimedia network communication. The set-top box (using ττρρ ^^ ox ′ STj) converts or processes the received signals, and then sends them to a computer or a t 豕 electric product for storage or display. Users can also control or upload data to Service Providers through MB to achieve interactive two-way services. "1 video phone" has been developed for many years, but due to technical obstacles, it has been delayed to promote it. The main reason is that the telephone line bandwidth in the past was mainly used to transmit analog signals, and the sound file is not large. It can still be transmitted in real time through traditional electric lines, but the image file has a large capacity. If you want to transmit over a limited number of telephone lines, the effect is poor and it cannot meet the needs of the people. However, with the advent of the digital age, Convert images to " and 200531519

11 ”digital file format, making it easy to compress the files, plus the gradual popularization of the“ video phone ”for real-time transmission of video σ video frequency network has come to fruition. Brother 'gradually refer to Figure 1, Figure 1 is a traditional video phone 1〇 〇. The video phone 100 includes at least three important departments: the main host, the camp screen 110, and the telephone system 120. The camera captures the negative image of the camera; and then compresses, encodes, etc. The telephone system 120 transmits it; and the receiving end receives the Tanzi image to decode it, so that the image can be displayed on the phone screen, and then it comes to Taiwan through the video phone production port currently launched on the market. With the more expensive camera 13 °, the screen resolution of the video call is wrong. The daytime surface called Youliang Wu usually requires no phone calls. Until now, it still has the following: plus the excellent screen, the video can't go wrong. Provide 5: Type: People now report important needs in their lives, and digital television services are diversified along with such needs. The two-way interactive functionality of the onboard warehouse of the present invention , And the large screen of the screen 'developed a TV image teleconsultation system. Ί Consumer: Convenient to use the remote control phone to answer the electricity while watching TV to enter the video chat on the large screen. TV device = 'Not only has the function of videophone: it does not need to talk about the same videophone with 4 extra. In addition, the traditional videophone is limited to one-talk mode, but the television video phone provided by the present invention can provide multiple parties at the same time. Video chat

V. Description of the invention (3) The video chat is like a conversation, which cannot be mentioned. [Summary of the invention] The present invention enables the television system to work on the television. The service system of the present invention, at least the server provides a storage service. The signal is connected to the server. Therefore, afterwards, operate a call: the caller and answer the call through the remote party, "the recipient did not answer the server to answer the call: the present invention is a 'calling method, which: in front of the TV set With a purpose. First of all, for multiple homes, you can have a current video phone or two supplies on the Internet at the same time in front of the TV. Li Youxun's main purpose is to provide a television video telephone system. Users can easily dial through the remote control and conduct video chat directly on the screen. ϋ Provide a television image telephone service for interactive television, including a system server and a user. The system's remote server is used to provide customers with dial-up and video = the acceptor's end includes a TV and a set-top box, where the on-board & connects to the TV and connects to the department via the network = =, sends The active party can use the set-top box to connect to the system server to directly dial the number. The call is made to the general server to provide a call alert to the callee. If the call is received, the caller and the callee can directly perform a video call. talk. If = j, the caller can leave a video message and store it at the remote end. Qinglu An application of a friend method for a TV image phone service system is a set-top box. Provide multiple people can simultaneously ^, the controller dials, and by using a remote server, the TV as a video chat, the user inserts the IC card purchased from the system service provider in 200531519

In the IC card reader of the set-top box, the remote server will detect and check the radio and identity, where the set-top box is the connection bridge between the user's interactive TV and the remote device. Then the user selects the video call using the remote control: Valid EPG Menu | and enters the telephone number of the called party with the remote control. After receiving the phone number of the called party, the box returns to the remote server through the first signal transmission line, and inquires the corresponding IC card according to the phone number. When the corresponding IC card number exists, the remote server sends a caller ID to the called party through the second signal and the transmission line for two interactive TV clients = videophone conversation. When the phone number corresponding to 1 (: card number does not exist, the remote server is connected to the telecommunications service system for the telephone connection between the interactive TV client and the telecommunications service system; if the callee does not answer the call, the 2 The caller can still record a video message to the callee. The video message is stored in the remote server, and his personal interactive TV can be turned on at the callee. The remote server prompts the callee to receive the call. [Audio and video message] [Embodiment] By the detailed description of the Besch method, it is hoped that the features and spirit of the present invention can be described more clearly, rather than the disclosed embodiment to limit the scope of the present invention. On the contrary, its The purpose is to hope to cover various changes and equal arrangements within the scope of the patents to be applied for in the present invention... The television image telephone service system of the present invention is a television image telephone service system applied to interactive television. Provide multiple people to make video calls on television at the same time. Please refer to Figure 2A, Figure 2A is a structural diagram of the television video telephone service system of the present invention. The service system contains at least one 200531519 V. Description of the invention (5) Remote server, set-top box, TV, and remote control device 600 mountain, as a dial-up platform and provide pre-recorded image storage services The set-top box 2 00 of the service end uses the Internet 3 1 () soil " 6.0 'as the remote feeding device 60. The end-use device; the television 400 and the set-top box m Connected, displaying an image signal, as a shirt of a video telephone of the present invention, as a dialer of a shirt-like telephone. At least ^ :; this 5: f like 200 set-top box included in the call system , Signal input terminal, signal output terminal, microphone capture device, digital encoding module and digital decoding module. 1 in 1 1C, reader 240 is used to check the validity of the inserted IC card, and the body Injury. The input port 2 2 0 is used to receive various media signals from the remote server, including video signals during calls, various incoming call alerts, and various audio and video messages. The signal output terminal 2 60 is connected to the TV. Machine 400, the various multimedia signals received by the set-top box 200 Displayed on the TV 400. The microphone 250 is used as a talking tool during a video call. The image capture device 230 (such as a photosensitive coupling element, CCD) is used to capture the daytime image of the image. Among the above, Image capture device 23 and microphone 2 = can be built into the set-top box 200 or externally connected to the set-top box 200. The digital coding module 280 is used to input the phone number entered by the remote control 500 And the video signal recorded by the image capturing device 230 is encoded into a signal acceptable to the remote server 600. A digital decoding module 2 900 can decode various evening media signals from the remote server To a signal that can be output by the television.

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According to one of the present inventions, it is better: before A is ready to make a video call with B? 2j: in the 1C card reader 240 of the television 200 in his home, go to f and insert a 1C card into the set-top box, and 1C The method of inserting the card reader 24〇 " combined card into the 1C + reader 240, the new IC card θ s identity when ^ °; according to the issue. After that, he can choose to use it later, and I must enter one of the passwords. After receiving the call, use the% to enter the password or do not enter the video in the password (EPG). Use the controller 500 to enter the roaring radio in the electronic guidance menu to select early, and use the remote control to 500. Press the button to enter the phone number of B. At this time, the digits of the set-top box 2000 will compile eight bismuth double-only code branches 2 80, which will encode the entered phone number and send it to the remote server through the Internet. 6 0; The database management system 61 of the remote server 600 will compare whether the telephone number of B broadcasted in the code comparison table is a client of the remote server. If yes, It will find the corresponding code of B in the code comparison table ^ and send a call reminder to B, reminding A of the call. At this time, B can choose whether to answer the call by remote control 5 0. 2 Please refer to Figure 3A, Figure 3 A is a schematic diagram of the code comparison table in one embodiment of the present invention. If B is not a client of the remote server, that is, the code comparison table does not have the information of B, then the phone dialed by A will be passed by a general electrician. Terminal (such as Chunghwa Telecom) and dialed to B's home phone terminal, changing the interactive telephone Call mode with traditional phone. It is worth noting that if both A and B are customers of the remote server, then the two people will not need to go through the general telecommunications industry to make a video call at all, nor will they need to pay for the normal phone call. The call fee is charged according to the charging model adopted by the remote server 600.

200531519 、 Explanation of invention (7) When user B picks up and answers the call, he can use the remote control 5000 to choose to continue watching TV while talking on the phone or to interrupt the TV program and have a video chat with A on the full screen of the TV 400 During the video chat in this system, the day surface of the dialing end and the receiving end appear during the contract on the screen. In a preferred embodiment, the day surface of the party is always larger than the screen itself. σ pair = In the service system of the present invention, if B is not in front of the TV or is not connected to L, A can press the "hang up button" on the remote control to hang up or swing, and use the image manipulation device 230 (such as CCD) and The microphone is performed at 25. Li Liu, see? The content of the speech will be stored in the remote server 600 :: B, the TV branch 400 is watching TV, then the remote server 600 will be on the TV screen of the transmission-message prompt 22: ? Internet / listen or watch / listen at any time. 〇T to choose to watch and set up and edit the above call prompt and message prompt line in real time, it can be a variety of static texts = ^ 喜 进 进 ΐ ί, or a variety of personal audio and video modes are different than the text caller number in i mode. Editing of Group Call Alerts' II. Todo can also use mobile phones in general. It can be used for different groups. The service of the present invention on the market is also signing two different ringtones. In addition, Optional System also takes into account the customer's privacy right. Xuanwai Day is OK, = households can choose whether to appear or make a call. The user dials _ 4 with the remote control 500, and the image is on the screen. At the time, the service system of the present invention will broadcast the phone number of the person; BOO t ^. ^ „When there are 5 groups of phone numbers, just dial a few at / b § Next time, you need to suffix, the electronic selection on the screen 200531519

V. Description of the invention (8) There will be many phone numbers related to the dialed number. For reference, please refer to Figure III and Figure V: B is a menu that appears when the customer broadcasts several numbers. ί if: remote control 5 up and down keys to move the cursor and press 4 phone. Because & ’the remote server is not only used as a dial-up platform for this system, but also used as a multimedia data storage and electrical function. The dedicated one-to-one mode of video phone conversation, the ϊ 1 ::! Live service system of the present invention does not only provide two clients for video conversation. Coincidentally, referring to FIG. 2B, using the Internet 31, each client can be performed simultaneously through the remote server 600. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, A wants to simultaneously work with B \ C. And Ding Si have video chat with each other. In this embodiment, A, B, C, and D, four customers of the remote feeding device 60, that is, 10 of the four cards have been inserted into four people. 1 C card delta buyer 2 4 0. First, A must first use the remote control 500 to select the "video chat room" option in the video call menu, enter the options, and then enter the phone numbers of E and D. The remote server 6 is looking for B After the corresponding codes of the two people are sent, the call reminders will be sent to the TV screens of the two people. If B, C, and D are watching TV, they can receive the call reminders to choose whether to have a video chat. If you choose to enter = call ', you can open an audio and video chat room on the remote server 600 to enter into a multi-party video chat at the same time. If someone B, C, D is absent or not, answer the phone, others can also leave the video message to the remote server 600 as in the above embodiment and send it later. According to the above embodiments, the television video telephone service system of the present invention has

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It has the following advantages: It provides a simple operation mode of the present invention that uses this telecommunication phone as a video book even if the video and audio are used to make the book a little, so that the user can dial or answer the video call from the remote control, and directly Talk on the phone's screen. Mooming provides a convenient and user-friendly service mode, which enables users to easily use the video phone service system to perform multi-viewing at home. 0

Mingzhi's TV image phone service system provides audio and video message service. The terminal is not in front of the TV or does not want to answer the call. It can also use the voice service to watch the content of the message next time the TV is turned on. The above is a detailed description of the present invention using a preferred embodiment, but not a limitation of the scope of the invention, and those skilled in the art will understand that appropriate changes and adjustments can still be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention and without departing from the spirit thereof. With scope.

Page 13 200531519 Schematic illustration of the various features introduced above and other subsidiary advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood with the accompanying diagrams below. Among them, Figure 1 is a tradition Schematic diagram of videophone device. FIG. 2A is a structural diagram of a television video telephone service system of the present invention. Fig. 2B is a television image telephone service of the present invention. Fig. 3A is a coding diagram in an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3B is a schematic diagram of a menu that appears when in an embodiment of the present invention. No. Description Service system architecture diagram. Schematic diagram of the comparison table. Customers broadcast several numbers

1 0 0 Video phone device 110 Screen 1 2 0 Phone system 1 3 0 Camera 2 0 0 Set-top box

2 2 0 signal input terminal 23 0 image capture device 2 4 0 IC card reader 2 50 microphone 2 8 digital coding module 2 9 digital decoding module 31 0 signal transmission line

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Claims (1)

200531519 ^ Application for patent scope L A type of application to interactive television including: TV's video telephony service system, at least video: to supply-remote feeding device 'to provide customers with dial-up and operation, including television and machine Set-top box, in which the set-top box is connected to the system server via, 1 Γ ν, and connected to the system server via the network; β 'a set-top box can use the set-top box to connect to the system server terminal 1 Operate a TV remote control to dial directly, make a call to the recipient, and provide a call reminder to the callee through the transport server. If the caller answers the call, the caller and the callee Can be viewed directly, f talk 'If the called party does not answer, the calling party can leave a video message stored in the remote server to the called party. 2 · The television image telephone service system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, further comprising: an image capture device, built-in or external to the set-top box for image extraction; and a microphone, built-in Or connect it to the set-top box to provide voice calls during video calls. 3. The television image telephone service system according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the above-mentioned image capturing device refers to a photosensitive coupling element (CCD). Page 16 200531519 VI. Scope of patent application 4. If the scope of the patent application is No. 1j, +,, and the above-mentioned remote server can be used as the telephone number and caller number of TV image telephone service system. The text is a phone book, remembering that the user has dialed 5. As described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the call reminder and the audio and video leave ten calls. See you, like the phone service system, ~ Multimedia mode. 6. As described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, Lei Dandan +, where the callee can not only be a television service system for one person's TV shirt, but also can conduct multi-party video chat. 7. If the callee mentioned above is not in the scope of patent application, if the callee is not: Electricity :::: Phone service system, the caller will be served by the general customer, then the caller. Talk to the called party in one tap. 8 · A method used in a Rayvision video service is a set-top box application / tongue-lifting service system call method, which uses a remote control to perform dialing operations, and a person can simultaneously make a remote servo in front of the TV * Use the TV as m: The method of the system service provider includes at least the following steps ... ^ Talk about the purpose of the tool, the > use: insert into the read server purchased from the system service provider, the remote server Detected in the set-top box, the c card, the set-top box is the user's identity, the dual-identity of the IC card, among which the beam; the connection bridge between the moving TV and the remote server, the user uses the remote control Device selection, ancient effective EPG menu; Page 17 200531519 6. Scope of patent application The user uses the remote control to enter the telephone number of the callee; the set-top box receives the phone number of the callee and sends it back to the remote server via the first signal transmission line, and inquires with the phone number according to the phone number. For the ^ card number, when the corresponding ic card number exists, the remote server sends a caller ID to the callee from the second < Lu number transmission line for video phone conversation between the two interactive television clients. ; ”When the 1C card number corresponding to the phone number does not exist, the remote server is connected to the telecommunications service system for interactive TV client-to-telecommunications service. If the callee does not answer the call, the caller can still Record the video and audio to the receiver, and the recorded audio message is stored in the remote server. &Amp; can = When the speaker turns on his personal interactive TV, the remote servo raises the plant, the receiver In order to receive the audio and video message. No M 9 · As described in the television image telephone call method described in item 8 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the above-mentioned user inserts the 1C card into the 1 (: To enter your personal password, you can choose your own operation afterwards = ^ X ^, F 疋 疋 No key 10 · The method of TV image phone call as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, where the above-mentioned set-top box contains a Build an image capture device external to the image capture device, and either a built-in microphone or an external microphone. · 11. The party of the TV image phone call as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application 200531519 Method, in which the above-mentioned remote controller refers to a remote controller for a television, and a remote controller for dialing is provided. °%, and another six, the scope of patent application 12. The television image phone call method described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the remote server mentioned above allows the caller to enter the first '^' party, and then continue to Type in the second and more recipients for multi-party conversations. The multi-party video talker must be the user of the system service provider. 13. According to the television image telephony service system described in item 8 of the scope of the patent application, where the above-mentioned callee is not a customer of the carrier server, the caller's dial-up will talk to the callee through the general telecommunications operator mode . ΛVII 14. The method of television image phone call as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the above signal transmission line includes at least one of a coaxial cable or a broadband network cable. 15. The method of television image phone call as described in item 8 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the above incoming call alert can be set to the capacity mode according to the preference of the callee. I 6. According to the method of television image phone call described in item 15 of the scope of patent application, the callee can edit the caller ID to edit different call alerts for different rulers and groups. ^ I 200531519 VI. Application for Patent Scope 1, 6 · For the method of video-telephone call described in item 8 of the patent scope, the remote server can be used not only as a platform for dial-up, but also as a multimedia signal storage and telephone thin. 17. The method of television image phone call as described in item 16 of the scope of patent application, the multimedia signal refers to one of the groups consisting of image data, call notification, and message notification. 1 8. The method of television image phone call as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the remote server mentioned above can provide the user to save the telephone number that has been dialed each time the user dials, and also provides the interactive use. The phone numbers of all callers in a video call to provide users with "f shortcuts for speed dialing when dialing. ', Next time Page 20