WO2022151749A1 - Server management apparatus and system, and non-volatile storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a server management apparatus and system, and a non-volatile storage medium. The server management apparatus is capable of performing transmission and reception with a plurality of server apparatuses that store information corresponding to the establishment of an identifier of a broadcast receiving apparatus, an authentication code, an identifier of a content providing apparatus and a first token; acquiring, from a terminal apparatus that acquires the authentication code, an authentication request including the authentication code, the identifier of the content providing apparatus and an identifier of a server apparatus; acquiring a collaboration instruction notification from a terminal; after the collaboration instruction notification is acquired, acquiring, from the server apparatus corresponding to the authentication request, the first token corresponding to the authentication code; acquiring, from the content providing apparatus corresponding to the authentication request, a second token corresponding to a user identifier of the terminal; acquiring, from the server apparatus, the identifier of the broadcast receiving apparatus corresponding to the first token; and acquiring, from the content providing apparatus, the user identifier of the terminal apparatus corresponding to the second token.

Description

Server management apparatus, system, and nonvolatile storage medium

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the priority of the Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-003652 filed on January 13, 2021 with the Japan Patent Office and entitled "Server Management Device, System, and Program", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference Applying.

technical field

The present application relates to a server management apparatus, a system, and a non-volatile storage medium.

Background technique

In recent years, there has been a technology in which a receiver cooperates with a terminal to transmit and receive information. For example, the receiver transmits information received from a website to the terminal.

prior art literature

Patent Literature

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 5898431

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to transmit and receive information in cooperation with content providing apparatuses that provide content such as a receiver, a terminal, and a website as described above, it is necessary to coordinate the identifier of the user of the terminal and the identifier of the receiver in advance, and it is desirable to appropriately perform cooperative processing.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a server management device, a system, and a nonvolatile storage medium that can appropriately perform the process of cooperating with the identifier of the receiver and the identifier of the terminal.

The server management apparatus can transmit and receive with a plurality of server apparatuses that store information that associates the identifier of the broadcast receiving apparatus, the authentication code, the identifier of the content providing apparatus, and the first token. The management device includes an authentication request acquisition unit that acquires an authentication request including the authentication code, an identifier of the content providing device, and an identifier of the server device from a terminal device that has acquired the authentication code, and a cooperation instruction acquisition unit that obtains an authentication request from a terminal device that acquires the authentication code. The terminal device acquires a notification of a cooperation instruction between the identifier of the broadcast receiving device and the user identifier of the terminal device; and the first token acquisition unit obtains the notification of the cooperation instruction, and obtains the notification from the authentication The server device corresponding to the request acquires the first token corresponding to the authentication code; the second token acquiring unit acquires, from the content providing device corresponding to the authentication request, the token corresponding to the user identifier of the terminal device a second token; a broadcast receiving apparatus identifier acquisition unit that acquires an identifier of a broadcast receiving apparatus corresponding to the first token from the server apparatus; a user identifier acquisition unit that acquires the content providing apparatus a user identifier of the terminal device corresponding to the second token; and a registration unit configured to associate the identifier of the broadcast receiving device corresponding to the first token with the user identifier of the terminal device corresponding to the second token Create correspondence and register.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an example of the overall configuration of an information cooperation system according to the first embodiment;

2 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the television apparatus according to the first embodiment;

3 is a block diagram showing a partial configuration example of the television apparatus according to the first embodiment;

4 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the push distribution server according to the first embodiment;

5 is a block diagram showing a partial configuration example of the push distribution server according to the first embodiment;

6 is a diagram showing a data structure of data stored in the push distribution server according to the first embodiment;

7 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the information cooperation system according to the first embodiment;

8 is a diagram showing an overview of an example of the overall configuration of an information cooperation system according to a second embodiment;

9 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the shared reception server according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a partial configuration example of the shared acceptance server according to the second embodiment;

11 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the information cooperation system according to the second embodiment;

12 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the information cooperation system according to the third embodiment;

13 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the information cooperation system according to the fourth embodiment.

Description of reference numerals

1...smartphone, 2...TV device, 3...TV cloud, 4...content providing server, 5...TV gateway, 6...metering server, S...information collaboration system.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, embodiments (first and second embodiments) of the server apparatus, broadcast receiving apparatus, server management apparatus, information cooperation system, and nonvolatile storage medium of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1st Embodiment

First, an example of the overall configuration of the information cooperation system S according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an example of the overall configuration of the information cooperation system S according to the first embodiment. The information cooperation system S includes a content providing server 4, which is a content providing device such as a smartphone 1 (terminal), a television device 2 (broadcast receiving device), a TV cloud 3 (server device), and an EC (Electronic Commerce) site server. The TV cloud 3 can communicate with the television device 2 and the content providing server 4 through a public communication line such as the Internet. In addition, the smartphone 1 can wirelessly communicate with the content providing server 4 and the TV cloud 3 via the base station.

The smartphone 1 is an example of an information terminal owned by the user of the television apparatus 2 . The smartphone 1 includes a communication I/F (InterFace), an audio input unit (microphone), a sensor group, a display unit, a graphics controller, a touch panel controller, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, a camera, speakers etc. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the user performs online shopping using the smartphone 1 .

The TV cloud 3 is a server device that can transmit and receive with the TV device 2 via a network, and is a so-called cloud server. The TV cloud 3 may be, for example, a server device operated by the manufacturer of the TV device 2 . The TV cloud 3 provides the television device 2 with various types of programs to watch, recommendation information for reserved programs, and product recommendation information based on the content of the program to be viewed via the network, based on the result of collecting information (visual information) related to viewing from the television device 2 . Serve.

The content providing server 4 is a computer device for operating an EC site (Internet shopping) on the Internet. The content providing server 4 is, for example, a server device of an EC platform. The content providing server 4 is a platform for purchasing goods and services via a network in accordance with an operation of a user's (consumer's) terminal device (smartphone 1 or the like). In addition, the content providing server 4 may be a video platform that provides content such as moving images. The content providing server 4 transmits, for example, an image of a commodity to the smartphone 1 in accordance with an operation in the smartphone 1 . The content providing server 4 registers the redirect_uri in the TV cloud 3 in advance.

Hereinafter, each configuration in the information cooperation system S will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 and subsequent drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the television apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment. The television device 2 executes display control for the video display unit 233 larger than the display unit included in the smartphone 1 (details will be described later).

As shown in FIG. 2 , the television device 2 includes an input terminal 202, tuners 203a to 203g, a signal processing unit 207, a graphics processing unit 208, a sound processing unit 209, an OSD (On Screen Display) signal generating unit 210, and a video processing unit 211.

The terrestrial digital broadcast signal received by the terrestrial broadcast receiving antenna 213 is input to the input terminal 202 . The terrestrial digital broadcast signal is supplied to the tuners 203 a to 203 g via the input terminal 202 .

The tuners 203a to 203g are tuners for digital terrestrial broadcasting, and based on the digital terrestrial broadcasting signal supplied from the input terminal 202, select the broadcasting signal of the channel instructed from the control unit 216 described later.

However, the television device 2 may have an input terminal to which a satellite digital broadcast signal received by a BS/CS digital broadcast receiving antenna is input. The satellite digital broadcasting signal is supplied to the tuner for satellite digital broadcasting via the input terminal.

The signal processing unit 207 demodulates the broadcast signal including the digital video signal and the audio signal based on the broadcast signal supplied from the tuners 203a to 203g. In addition, the signal processing unit 207 selectively performs predetermined digital signal processing on the video signal included in the digital broadcast signal, and outputs it to the graphics processing unit 208 . In addition, the signal processing unit 207 selectively performs desired digital signal processing on the audio signal included in the digital broadcast signal, and outputs it to the audio processing unit 209 .

The signal processing unit 207 is connected to a plurality of external input terminals 214a to 214d. These external input terminals 214a to 214d can input analog video signals and audio signals from a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) recorder, which is an example of an external device. The signal processing unit 207 digitizes the analog video signal and audio signal input from the external input terminals 214a to 214d. In addition, the signal processing unit 207 performs predetermined digital signal processing on the digitized video signal and outputs it to the graphics processing unit 208 . Further, the signal processing unit 207 performs predetermined digital signal processing on the digitized audio signal, and outputs it to the audio processing unit 209 .

The graphics processing unit 208 superimposes the OSD signal generated by the OSD signal generating unit 210 on the digital video signal supplied from the signal processing unit 207 and outputs it to the video processing unit 211 . The graphics processing unit 208 can also output either the digital video signal supplied from the signal processing unit 207 and the OSD signal generated by the OSD signal generating unit 210 to the video processing unit 211 .

The video processing unit 211 converts the digital video signal or OSD signal input from the graphics processing unit 208 into an analog video signal or OSD signal in a format that can be displayed on the display screen of the video display unit 233 , and outputs it to the video display unit 233 . The video display unit 233 is, for example, an LCD, an organic EL display, or the like.

The audio processing unit 209 converts the digital audio signal input from the signal processing unit 207 into an analog audio signal in a format reproducible by the speaker 215 , and outputs it to the speaker 215 .

The television device 2 further includes a control unit 216 , a card holder 217 , various interfaces 218 to 221 , and a brightness sensor 230 . The control unit 216 includes a CPU 216a, a ROM 216b, a RAM 216c, and a nonvolatile memory 216d.

The control unit 216 collectively controls various operations of the television apparatus 2 such as reception operations of broadcast signals such as terrestrial digital broadcast signals and satellite digital broadcast signals. Further, the control unit 216 controls each unit of the television apparatus 2 based on operation information from the operation unit 222 or operation information input from the remote controller 238 via the light receiving unit 223 .

The CPU 216a controls the operation of the entire television apparatus 2 by executing the program stored in the ROM 216b. The ROM 216b mainly stores programs executed by the CPU 216a. The RAM 216c provides a work area when the CPU 216a executes programs. The nonvolatile memory 216d stores various setting information, control information, and the like of the television device 2 .

The control unit 216 is connected to a card holder 217 that is detachable from the memory card 234 via the card I/F 225 . As a result, the control unit 216 can send and receive various kinds of information with the memory card 234 attached to the card holder 217 via the card I/F 225 .

The control unit 216 is connected to the LAN terminal 226 via the communication I/F 218 . As a result, the control unit 216 can transmit and receive various information via the communication I/F 218 with the above-mentioned relay device 400 connected to the LAN terminal 226, and external devices such as a LAN compatible HDD (Hard Disk Drive). However, the communication I/F 218 may be configured to be connectable to an external device such as the relay device 400 by wireless.

The control unit 216 is connected to the HDMI terminal 227 via the HDMI (registered trademark) (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) I/F 221 . As a result, the control unit 216 can transmit and receive various kinds of information with the external device connected to the HDMI terminal 227 via the HDMI I/F 221.

The control unit 216 is connected to the USB terminal 228 via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) I/F 219 . As a result, the control unit 216 can transmit and receive various information with the storage device 237 including the USB HDD or the like connected to the USB terminal 228 via the USB I/F 219.

The storage device 237 is configured to include, for example, an HDD, an SSD (Solid State Drive), or the like, and records the digital signal received by the television device 2 as recording data. Here, the storage device 237 may be built in the television device 2 .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a partial configuration example of the television apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment. The television device 2 includes a storage unit 241 (a ROM 216b, a RAM 216c, a nonvolatile memory 216d, and a storage device 237 in FIG. 2 ), and includes a transmission unit 242 as a functional module generated as a result of the program stored in the storage unit 241 being executed by the CPU 216a. , an acquisition unit 243 and a display control unit 244 .

The transmission unit 242 transmits various kinds of information to external devices. The acquisition unit 243 acquires various information from an external device, or reads various information stored in the storage unit 241 .

The display control unit 244 executes display processing for displaying various kinds of information on the video display unit 233 . The display control unit 244 causes the video display unit 233 to display an image (details will be described later) in response to, for example, an image display request from the smartphone 1 .

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the TV cloud 3 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4 , the TV cloud 3 includes a communication I/F 301 , an operation unit 302 , a CPU 303 , a memory 304 , and a storage device 305 .

The communication I/F 301 is an interface for communication with an external device. The operation unit 302 includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a display device such as a monitor.

The storage device 305 includes, for example, an HDD, an SSD, or the like, and stores various kinds of information. The CPU 303 controls each component of the TV cloud 3 by executing various programs. The memory 304 includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and stores various programs, various data, and the like used for various arithmetic processing by the CPU 303 .

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a partial configuration example of the TV cloud 3 according to the first embodiment. The TV cloud 3 includes a storage unit 311 (memory 304 , storage device 305 ), and includes an acquisition unit 312 , a transmission unit 313 , and a generation unit 314 as functional modules generated as a result of the execution of the program stored in the storage unit 311 by the CPU 303 .

The storage unit 311 stores a program and DB (DataBase) executed by the CPU 303 . Here, an example of the data structure of the DB will be described using FIG. 6 . As shown in FIG. 6 , in the DB, information including TVID, authentication code, EC server ID, and token is stored. In addition, the DB may have attribute information (model of TV, etc.) of the television apparatus 2 corresponding to the TVID together with the TVID.

TVID is information for identifying the television device 2 . The authentication code is a code required to acquire the token described later. The EC server ID is information for identifying the content providing server 4 . That is, it is the ID of the EC site server or the like. The token is the information used for authentication. Returning to FIG. 5 , the acquisition unit 312 acquires various kinds of information from the external device. The transmitting unit 313 transmits various kinds of information to external devices. The generation unit 314 performs information generation operation on the DB.

Next, the flow of processing of each configuration in the information cooperation system S will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the information cooperation system S according to the first embodiment. Here, the user operates the remote control of the television device 2 or the like, and the user designates the EC site that the smartphone 1 wishes to cooperate with on the so-called portal screen (screen for cooperation with the EC site or the like). In addition, the processing of the smartphone 1 shown in FIG. 7 may be executed by an application installed in the smartphone 1 .

As described above, when the TV device 2 specifies the EC site by the user, in step S1, the transmission unit 242 of the TV device 2 transmits the information of the EC site (for example, the ID of the EC site, the URL of the EC site, etc.) to the TV device The identifier of 2, that is, the TVID, is sent to the TV cloud 3. In this way, the transmitting unit 242 transmits, to the TV cloud 3, information on the content providing server 4, which is an image providing apparatus that provides images on the EC site.

The acquisition unit 312 of the TV cloud 3 acquires the information and TVID of the EC site from the television device 2 . The generation unit 314 of the TV cloud 3 generates an authentication code, and stores in the DB of the storage unit 311 the EC server ID and the authentication code including the TVID and the information for identifying the content providing server 4 of the EC site. Further, the generation unit 314 generates a QR code (registered trademark) that is a two-dimensional code based on the authentication code and a URL that is an access target of the EC site. In addition, the QR code is an example, and other display information may be used. That is, other forms of display information that can convey the authentication code and the access target information of the EC site may be used. The above-mentioned authentication code may include a portion for identifying the manufacturer and a portion for identifying the television device 2 .

In step S2, the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the above-mentioned QR code to the television apparatus 2 of the request source. In response to a request from the television device 2, a QR code including a URL and an authentication code to be accessed to the EC site is transmitted.

The acquisition unit 243 of the television device 2 acquires the QR code from the TV cloud 3 . In this way, the acquisition unit 243 of the television apparatus 2 acquires the QR code which is the access information based on the authentication code and the URL which is the access target of the EC site. The display control unit 244 of the television apparatus 2 causes the video display unit 233 to display the QR code. In this way, the display control unit 244 displays and outputs the QR code.

In step S3, the smartphone 1 reads the QR code displayed on the video display unit 233 by the QR code reading function realized by the camera unit or the like. Thereby, the smartphone 1 acquires the URL of the EC site and the authentication code. In step S4, when the smartphone 1 acquires the URL of the EC site and the authentication code, the smartphone 1 accesses the content providing server 4 based on the URL, and transmits the authentication code.

When the content providing server 4 acquires the authentication code from the smartphone 1, in step S5, the information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code are sent to the TV cloud 3, and an authentication request is made. Further, the acquisition unit 312 of the TV cloud 3 acquires information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code. In this way, the acquisition unit 312 of the TV cloud 3 acquires the authentication code transmitted from the content providing server 4 .

The generating unit 314 of the TV cloud 3 performs authentication by referring to the DB of the storage unit 311 and judging whether there is information for identifying the content providing server 4 acquired by the acquiring unit 312 and information corresponding to the authentication code. The generation unit 314 refers to the DB of the storage unit 311, and when there is information for identifying the content providing server 4 acquired by the acquisition unit 312 and information corresponding to the authentication code, the generation unit 314 generates a token by a known technique. Further, the generating unit 314 further associates the information having the information for identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code acquired by the acquiring unit 312 in the above-mentioned DB with the above-mentioned token. The information including the information for identifying the content providing server 4 and the information of the authentication code acquired by the acquisition unit 312 and the information for further correlating with the token also includes the TVID of the television device 2 of the request source.

Therefore, the generation unit 314 generates correspondence information for associating the television apparatus 2 corresponding to the authentication code with the token based on the authentication code.

In step S6 , the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the token generated by the generating unit 314 to the content providing server 4 . In this way, the transmitting unit 313 transmits the token based on the authentication code to the content providing server 4 . The content providing server 4 holds information in which the token is associated with the user ID of the smartphone 1 that is the source of the authentication code.

In step S7, the smartphone 1 logs into the content providing server 4 and accesses the EC site. Thereby, the smartphone 1 displays the EC site screen. Here, the user of the smartphone 1 selects an instruction indicating a request for television display with respect to a predetermined link object on the EC site screen. In step S8, the smartphone 1 transmits the URL of the link target to the content providing server 4 according to the selection, thereby making a TV display request (TV display request). The content providing server 4 acquires the television display request and the URL of the image display object from the smartphone 1 .

In step S9, the content providing server 4 sends the token corresponding to the smartphone 1 of the request source and the URL of the image display object to the TV cloud 3 and makes a display request. The acquisition unit 312 of the TV cloud 3 acquires the token and the URL sent by the content providing server 4 . In this way, the acquisition unit 312 acquires the token sent from the content providing server 4 and the URL of the access object of the image of the display object based on the request from the smartphone 1 .

In step S10 , the TV cloud 3 refers to the DB of the storage unit 311 to determine the TVID corresponding to the token acquired by the acquisition unit 312 . Then, the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the URL of the access object of the image to be displayed to the television device 2 corresponding to the TVID.

The acquisition unit 243 of the television device 2 acquires the URL of the access target of the image to be displayed. Further, the transmitting unit 242 of the television apparatus 2 accesses the content providing server 4 based on the URL, and the acquiring unit 243 acquires the image of the access target based on the image of the display target from the content providing server 4 . Then, the display control unit 244 of the television device 2 displays the image acquired by the acquisition unit 243 on the video display unit 233 .

The TV cloud 3 according to the first embodiment generates correspondence information that associates the television device 2 corresponding to the authentication code with the token based on the authentication code, and acquires the token from the content providing server 4 and the token based on the token from the smartphone 1 The access object of the requested image to be displayed can cause the television device 2 to display the image corresponding to the request of the smartphone 1 by notifying the television device 2 of the access object of the image. As a result, the TV cloud 3 can display the image requested by the smartphone 1 on the television device 2 , which is displayed larger than the screen of the smartphone 1 .

In addition, the television device 2 outputs the access information including the access target and the authentication code to the content providing server 4, acquires the access target of the image of the display target based on the request from the smartphone 1 from the TV cloud 3, and displays the image on the video display Section 233. Thereby, the television apparatus 2 can display the image based on the request of the smartphone 1 on the video display unit 233 that is displayed larger than the screen of the smartphone 1 .

Second Embodiment

The information cooperation system S according to the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the TV cloud 3 is different for each manufacturer of the television apparatus 2 . That is, the information cooperation system S according to the second embodiment includes a plurality of TV clouds 3 .

Here, an example of the overall configuration of the information cooperation system S according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an outline of an example of the overall configuration of the information cooperation system S according to the second embodiment. In addition, about the same structure as 1st Embodiment, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected and description is abbreviate|omitted. As shown in FIG. 8, the information cooperation system S has a plurality of TV clouds 3 (TV cloud 3a, TV cloud 3b). The TV cloud 3b can be connected to the television device 2, which is a television (not shown) of a manufacturer related to the TV cloud 3b.

2 is the TV.

3 is the so-called push distribution server or TV cloud. The TV cloud 3 is a server that manufactures the TV device 2 and further provides the TV device 2 with viewing programs, reservation program recommendation, product recommendation based on the content of the viewing program, etc., based on the result of collecting visual information from the TV device 2 and via the network. Servers of TV manufacturers for various services.

In addition, 5 is a shared reception server, that is, a TV gateway. The TV gateway 5 is a server for a common website of a manufacturer of television apparatuses that collectively connects the TV clouds 3 of a plurality of television manufacturers with electronic commerce (EC). The information cooperation system S includes a TV gateway 5 (server management device) capable of transmitting and receiving information with the plurality of TV clouds 3 via a network. In addition, the television gateway 5 can also transmit and receive information via the network with the measurement server 6 for performing measurement processing of the results of statistical advertisement display. The TV gateway 5 is a cloud server that integrates various manufacturers. That is, the TV gateway 5 is a server for connecting the TV clouds 3 of a plurality of TV manufacturers to the content providing server 4 in a unified manner. The television gateway 5 issues client credentials (client_id, client_secret) to the content providing server 4 .

Furthermore, a random secret set as x-api-key between TV cloud 3 and TV gateway 5 is predetermined. The x-api-key handed over between the TV gateway 5 and the content providing server 4 is pass-key.

4 is a content providing server such as an EC site server. The content providing server 4 is a server of the EC platform. For a user, that is, a consumer, a server serving as a platform for purchasing goods and services is the content providing server 4 . In addition, the content providing server 4 registers the redirect_uri in the television gateway 5 in advance.

1050 is a user terminal. The user terminal 1050 is a terminal having an optical reading device such as an application for connecting the television apparatus 2 and the user terminal 1050, a camera, and the like. An example of the user terminal 1050 corresponds to the smartphone 1 . In the first embodiment, the user terminal 1050 is described as the smartphone 1, but is not limited to the smartphone. The user terminal 1050 may be a terminal that satisfies the conditions of the situation, such as a PC or a tablet terminal. In addition, these terminals can replace the smartphone shown in the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the television gateway 5 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9 , the television gateway 5 includes a communication I/F 501 , an operation unit 502 , a CPU 503 , a memory 504 , and a storage device 505 .

The communication I/F 501 is an interface for communication with an external device. The operation unit 502 includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a display device such as a monitor.

The storage device 505 includes, for example, an HDD, an SSD, or the like, and stores various kinds of information. The CPU 503 controls each component of the television gateway 5 by executing various programs. The memory 504 includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and stores various programs, various data, and the like used for various arithmetic processing by the CPU 503 .

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a partial configuration example of the television gateway 5 according to the second embodiment. The television gateway 5 includes a storage unit 511 (memory 504 and storage device 505 ), and includes an acquisition unit 512 , a transmission unit 513 , and a generation unit 514 as functional modules generated as a result of the program stored in the storage unit 511 being executed by the CPU 503 .

The storage unit 511 stores a program and DB (DataBase) executed by the CPU 503 .

The acquisition unit 512 acquires various kinds of information from an external device. The transmitting unit 513 transmits various kinds of information to external devices. The generation unit 514 performs information generation operation on the DB.

Next, the flow of processing of each configuration in the information cooperation system S of the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the information cooperation system S according to the second embodiment. The flowchart shown in FIG. 11 also begins with a scene in which the user operates a remote control of the television device 2 or the like on a so-called portal screen, and the user specifies an EC site that the smartphone 1 wishes to cooperate with. In addition, the authentication code and token generated by the TV cloud 3 contain information identifying the manufacturer. That is, the TV cloud 3 includes information for identifying the own device in the authentication code and token.

In addition, since step S21 of FIG. 11 is the same as step S1 of FIG. 7, description is abbreviate|omitted. In step S22, the URL authentication code is sent from the TV cloud 3 to the television device 2. The URL authentication code 2010 is information including URL information specifying the content providing server 4 and an authentication code for performing authentication between the content providing server 4 and the TV cloud 3 . The authentication code may include a portion for identifying the manufacturer of the television apparatus 2 and a portion for identifying the television apparatus 2 . In addition, the part for discriminating the television device 2 included in the authentication code is a random value. In addition, the TV cloud 3 may associate the time when the value is transmitted to the television device 2 as the information of the DB of the storage unit 311 .

Examples of the information of the URL authentication code 2010 are as follows.

https://XXXXXXXYYYYYYYYY

The URL of the content providing server 4 is written in the X part, and the OAuth2 authorization code (authorization code) is written in the Y part. The part of the authorization code (authorization code) writes information that can identify the manufacturer and the TV. Any information that can identify the manufacturer and the television device 2 may be used. The transmission format of the URL authentication code 2010 may be any format as long as it includes the above-mentioned information.

When the acquisition unit 243 of the television device 2 acquires the URL authentication code 2010 from the TV cloud 3 , the display control unit 244 optically displays and outputs the content of the URL authentication code 2010 through the video display unit 233 as an image or video. The display method in the display control unit 244 is QR code, barcode, text, etc., and the information contained in the URL authentication code 2010 may be optically displayed and output as an image or video. In addition, although the QR code was used for the description in the first embodiment, it is not limited to the QR code as in the present embodiment.

In addition, in step S23, the user terminal 1050 reads the URL optically displayed on the video display unit 233 by performing the URL authentication code reading function based on the image information optically captured by the imaging unit, similarly to the step S3 in FIG. 7 . Authentication code 2011 information. Thereby, the user terminal 1050 acquires the URL and the authentication code of the EC website. The authentication code part is constituted as follows by an authentication code with a time limit.

"code": <authorization code>,

"state": <string>//random number

In step S24, when the user terminal 1050 acquires the URL of the EC site and the authentication code, it accesses the content providing server 4 based on the URL, and transmits the authentication code 2020.

The authentication code 2020 is the authentication code part (<authorization code>) of the URL authentication code 2010 and the URL authentication code 2011. The authentication code 2021 is as follows.

"code": <authorization code>,

"state": <string>//random number

In addition, the authentication code 2020 may include URL information of the content providing server 4 in addition to the above.

In step S25, upon receiving the authentication code 2020, the content providing server 4 transmits the authentication code 2021 to the television gateway 5, and makes an authentication request. The content providing server 4 sends, for example, the information of the authentication request to the token endpoint (Token Endpoint) of OAuth2 of the TV gateway 5. The information of the authentication code 2021 has the following structure.

Authorization: "Basic"+Base64(<client_id>+":"+<client_secret>)

Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

· grant_type: "authorization_code"

code: <authorization code> (authentication code)

· redirect_uri: The entry when returning to the EC site of the content providing server 4 is registered in the TV gateway 5 in advance.

client_id: an identifier assigned to each EC site of the content providing server 4 . Registered to the TV gateway 5 in advance.

The client_secret is allocated based on the client_id of the TV gateway 5 for each website of the content providing server 4 . The TV Gateway 5 website looks at the manufacturer extension of the code to redirect.

In step S26, the transmitting unit 313 of the TV gateway 5 refers to the acquired authentication code 2021, and refers to the information for identifying the manufacturer included in the authentication code 2021, and specifies the TV cloud 3 to be transmitted. Specifically, the transmission unit 313 of the TV gateway 5 confirms the authorization code, that is, the authentication code, and determines which TV cloud 3 it is.

Then, in step S27, the transmission unit 313 of the TV gateway 5 makes an authentication request by transmitting the authentication request 2022 to the TV cloud 3 to be transmitted. In this way, the transmission unit 513 of the TV gateway 5 transmits the authentication request 2022 to the TV cloud 3 of the transmission target identified based on the Authorization_code (authentication code) of the authentication code 2021 . The information of the authentication request 2022 transmitted by the transmitting unit 313 of the television gateway 5 is the same as the information of the authentication code 2021 acquired from the content providing server 4 . As examples of other information of the authentication request 2022, there are the following examples.

GET https://each-maker.example.com/common/devices/id

Authorization: "Bearer" + <access_token>

The acquisition unit 312 of the TV cloud 3 acquires the information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code described in the URL authentication code 2010 .

The generating unit 314 of the TV cloud 3 refers to the DB of the storage unit 311, and performs authentication by judging whether there is information corresponding to the information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code acquired by the acquiring unit 312. The generation unit 314 generates the token 2030 when the information corresponding to the information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code acquired by the acquisition unit 312 exists by referring to the DB of the storage unit 311 . Furthermore, the generation unit 314 further associates the token 2030 with the information having the information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code acquired by the acquisition unit 312 in the above-mentioned DB.

In step S28 , the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the token 2030 generated by the generating unit 314 to the TV gateway 5 .

Specifically, the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the token response (Token Response) of OAuth2 to the TV gateway 5 as the token 2030 . The OAuth2Access Token Response of this reply is composed as follows.

{"access_token": <access token>,

"token_type": "Bearer",

"expires_in": 3600,

"refresh_token": <refresh token>}

When the TV cloud 3 accesses the TV gateway 5, an access_token is given. expires_in is the validity period (seconds) of the access_token, and is stored together with the time when the access_token becomes invalid when the access_token is accepted, and the access_token is used repeatedly until then. The refresh_token is kept secret by the content providing server 4 . This is because simply placing it in local storage is not good for security. When the access_token and refresh_token are issued by each manufacturer, the television manufacturer can be identified by attaching an identifier for identifying the television manufacturer to the front end.

The acquisition unit 512 of the television gateway 5 acquires the token 2030 . Then, in step S29, the TV gateway 5 transmits the token 2030 as the token 2031 to the content providing server 4, and the content providing server 4 acquires the token 2031. In addition, the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 may directly transmit the token to the content providing server 4 .

The content providing server 4 holds information that associates the token 2031 with the user ID of the user terminal 1050 that is the source of the authentication code.

Then, in step S30, the content providing server 4 sends the token + user ID 2040 to the television gateway 5 in response to the token 2031 and the user ID. Thereby, the content providing server 4 can transmit the user ID of the user of the user terminal 1050 to the television gateway 5 .

The configuration of the token + user ID 2040 information transmitted by the content providing server 4 is as follows.

POST https://tv-common.example.com/common/users/id

Authorization: "Basic"+Base64(<client_id>+":"+<client_secret>)

Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

{grant_type: "access_token",

access_token: <access token> (information issued as access token in step S28),

client_id: an identifier assigned to a different website of the content providing server 4 . pre-registered to the manufacturer's common site,

user_id: User ID in the website of the content providing server 4,

Preference: <current user attributes (current user attributes: user's date of birth, gender, zip code, purchase history, etc.)>}

The acquisition unit 512 of the television gateway 5 acquires the token + user ID 2040 from the content providing server 4 . In step S31 , the transmitting unit 513 of the TV gateway 5 identifies the TV cloud 3 to be transmitted based on the token + user ID 2040 , and transmits a device ID request 2041 (TVID) to the TV cloud 3 to be transmitted. In addition, the transmitting unit 513 of the television gateway 5 may transmit a token when transmitting the device ID request 2041 .

The device ID request 2041 is a request for the TV gateway 5 to inquire about the device_id (TVID) of the TV from each manufacturer (TV cloud 3 ) through the access_token of OAuth2, and is, for example, as follows.

GET https://each-maker.example.com/common/devices/id

Authorization: "Bearer" + <access_token>

· x-api-key: <random secret determined by the manufacturer's shared website and each manufacturer>

·Content-type: application/json

client_id: the identifier assigned to the website shared by different manufacturers

The TV cloud 3 refers to the DB of the storage unit 311, and acquires the TVID corresponding to the acquired token. In addition, the TV cloud 3 may also acquire information of the device corresponding to the acquired TVID (attribute information of the television apparatus 2 of the TVID). In step S32 , the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits information such as the TVID to the TV gateway 5 as the device ID response 2050 . An example of the device ID response 2050 is as follows.

"device_id": <id> (TVID assigned by TV cloud 3 to TV device 2)

"model": <model name> (the model of the TV device 2, i.e., display screen inches, pixel count information such as 2K, 4K, 8K, etc.)

In step S33, the generation unit 514 of the TV gateway 5 registers the information binding information associated with the acquired TVID (device ID), user ID, and model information (model) of the television device 2 in the storage unit 511 as the information of the DB. .

In addition, the generation unit 514 of the television gateway 5 generates a passkey 2051 . In addition, in step S34, the transmitting unit 513 transmits the master key to the content providing server 4. The master key contains the following information.

"pass_key": <pass_key>, (this pass_key is used as an ID in the operation of the operation command 2090 to the operation command 2093 after step S44)

· "expires_in": 86400, (expires_in returns with a grace period of 10 days, for example, even if the preference cannot be prepared in the first access.)

"model": <model name> (the model information of the TV device 2 in the model information in response to the device ID, i.e. display screen inches, pixel count information such as 2K, 4K, 8K, etc.)

In addition, in step S35 , the generation unit 514 of the television gateway 5 stores the generated master key in the storage unit 511 .

When the content providing server 4 acquires the master key from the television gateway 5, the information contained in the master key is stored. Specifically, the following information is stored for each user ID of the EC site.

·access_token

·refresh_token

·pass_key

Model // Collaborative TV model information

In step S36, the user terminal 1050 performs service registration for the service provided by the content providing server 4 by starting the application. Thereby, the smartphone 1 displays the EC site screen. A button for connecting to the television device 2 is also output on the EC site screen output by this application. In addition, in step S37, the content providing server 4 transmits the device information 2070 to the user terminal 1050 according to the registration in step S36. The device information 2070 here refers to any one or a combination of two or three of the device ID, user ID, and model name included in the master key 2051 .

The user of the smartphone 1 selects a button for connecting to the television device 2 with respect to the link target on the EC site screen. In step S38, the user terminal 1050 transmits the URL of the link target to the content providing server 4 according to the selection, thereby transmitting a TV display request (TV display request 2071).

When the content providing server 4 receives the TV display request 2071 from the user terminal 1050, in step S39, the content providing server 4 transmits the display request 2072 including the token, the master key, and the URL of the link object to the TV gateway 5 to display the TV device 2 ask. The structure of the information of the display request 2072 is as follows.

POST https://tv-common.example.com/common/devices/control

Authorization: "Bearer" + <access_token>

x-api-key: <pass_key>

Content-type: application/jison

{"command_type": "keycode"

"keycode": "<common key code>"}

{ "command_type": "webview",

"site": "<Website URL>",

"Template":"full"}

The acquisition unit 512 of the television gateway 5 receives the information of the display request 2072 including the token, the master key, and the URL of the link object from the content providing server 4 . Then, the acquisition unit 512 extracts pass_key from the title of x-api-key.

In step S40, the acquisition unit 512 uses the pass_key and the information stored in the storage unit 511 to discriminate the access target and the access source. In step S41, the transmitting unit 513 transmits the information including the token/URL to the TV cloud 3 based on the result of the determination, and makes a display request. In this way, the transmitting unit 513 transmits the token and the access object displaying the image of the object to the TV cloud 3 of the transmission object. In addition, the TV gateway 5 counts the number of visits according to different visit sources and manufacturers.

The display request 2073 sent by the sending unit 513 to the TV cloud 3 includes a token, a customer ID, a URL, and a message. Examples of this information are as follows.

POST https://each-maker.example.com/common/devices/control

Authorization: "Bearer" + <access_token>

x-api-key: <random secret determined by the manufacturer's shared website and each manufacturer>

Content-type: application/json

{ "command_type": "keycode",

"keycode": <common key code>,

"client_id": <client_id>,

"messageid: <message ID>}

{ "command_type": "webview",

"site": <Website URL> (Website URL for TV),

"template": "full",

"client_id": <client_id>,

"messageid": <message ID>}

The acquisition unit 312 of the TV cloud 3 receives the display request 2073 from the TV gateway 5 . The acquisition unit 312 extracts access_token from the Authorization header of the display request 2073, and discriminates the television device 2. FIG. In step S42, the transmission unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 outputs a display request 2074 to the television device 2 based on the result of the determination. In addition, this display request may be replaced with a manufacturer's own display request command. In addition, the TV cloud 3 can also count the access of each client_id and request the TV as needed.

In step S43, the television apparatus 2 starts the browser according to the display request, executes javascript (registered trademark) by onLoad, onClick Event, etc., and displays and outputs the image of the URL object of the display object. In addition, the television device 2 notifies the measurement server 6 of a display operation result notification 2080 for identifying the service provider, the user, the TV manufacturer, and the displayed advertisement. The measurement server 6 counts the results of advertisement display of the TV cloud 3 to the plurality of television apparatuses 2 . Based on this statistical result, the manufacturer or the owner of the TV gateway 5 or the metering server 6 requests an advertisement promotion fee from the platform of the electronic commerce that owns the content providing server 4 .

The application of the user terminal 1050 can operate the screen of the television apparatus 2 based on the operation command 2090 in step S44. According to the operation from the user terminal 1050 , an operation command 2090 is sent to the content providing server 4 .

In step S45, the content providing server 4 transmits an operation command 2091 including a common key code to the television gateway 5 based on the operation command 2090 sent in step S44. The common key codes are commands configured to correspond to the operation buttons of the television operation remote control. There are numbers, crosshairs, volume/channel/power, colour keys, function keys, media controls, manufacturer specific commands. The manufacturer-specific commands are commands for making each manufacturer operate independently. That is, the so-called manufacturer-specific command is a manufacturer-independent operating command set by each manufacturer. The common key code is a key code for common operations among manufacturers except for commands unique to the manufacturer.

The numeric commands are "11" "12" "0" "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" "9" ".".

The crosshair commands are "up" "down" "left" "right" "page up" "page down" "page left" "page right" "enter" "exit" "back".

The volume/channel/power commands are "power" "poweroff" "poweron" "volume up" "volume down" "channel up" "channel down".

The color keys are "blue" "red" "green" "yellow".

The function key commands are "electronic program guide" "initial configuration" "select broadcast type" "input select" "display information" "mute" "contents menu" "closed caption".

The media control commands are "Play" "stop" "pause" "rewind" "forward" "backward" "skip forward" "skip backward" "record".

After receiving the operation command 2091 in step S45, the TV gateway 5 sends the operation command 2092 to the TV cloud 3 in step S46. The operation command 2092 is the same command as the operation command 2091 .

In step S47, the television gateway 5 transmits the response message ID 2094 to the content providing server 4 as a response message. The message ID has the following structure.

{messageid: <message ID>}

When the TV cloud 3 receives the operation command 2092 from the TV gateway 5 , it transmits the operation command 2093 to the television device 2 in step S48 . The operation command 2093 is the same or equivalent information as the operation command 2092 , and is a manufacturer-specific command for operating the display screen of the television device 2 . The TV cloud 3 replaces the operation command 2092 with the operation command 2093 , which is a key code of each company used for the operation of the television apparatus 2 . When the standardization of the operation command of the television apparatus 2 is progressing, the operation command 2092 can be directly used as the operation command 2093 without being converted.

The television apparatus 2 operates the image displayed on the video display unit 233 of the television apparatus 2 based on the operation command 2093 . In addition, in step S49, the television apparatus 2 notifies the measurement server 6 of the operation result notification 2081 of the recognition operation command.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 11 is an explanation of the processing of accessing the content providing server 4 of the platform in a unified manner by a plurality of manufacturers. However, as in the TV cloud 3 of the first embodiment, it is also possible for manufacturers to individually access the content providing server 4 . In this case, the TV cloud 3 is a device that cooperates with the operation of the TV gateway 5 . At this time, the exchange of information between the TV cloud 3 and the TV gateway 5 can be omitted.

The TV gateway 5 acquires the authentication code from the content providing server 4, transmits the authentication code to the TV cloud 3 of the transmission target determined based on the authentication code, acquires the token and the access target for displaying the image of the target from the content providing server 4, and sends the authentication code to the transmission target. The TV Cloud 3 sends this token and displays an image of the object to the access object. Thereby, it is possible to perform processing without judging which of the plurality of TV clouds 3 the content providing server 4 is to transmit to.

In addition, the program executed by each device (user terminal 1050 , television device 2 , TV cloud 3 , content providing server 4 , TV gateway 5 , metering server 6 ) of the present embodiment can be a file in an installable format or an executable format , record and provide a recording medium readable by computer devices such as CD (Compact Disc)-ROM (Read Only Memory), floppy disk (FD), CD-R (Recordable), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), etc. . In addition, the program may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

3rd Embodiment

The information cooperation system S according to the third embodiment has the same overall configuration as the information cooperation system S according to the second embodiment. In the information cooperation system S according to the third embodiment, the television gateway 5 acquires tokens not only from the TV cloud 3 but also from the content providing server 4, and uses these tokens to associate the ID of the television device 2 with the user of the user terminal 1050. ID Collaboration.

In addition, the structure of the data stored in the TV cloud 3 shown in FIG. 6 is different. Specifically, the TV cloud 3 stores the HA-ID in place of the TVID shown in FIG. 6 . Also, instead of the EC site server ID shown in FIG. 6 , the PF-ID is stored. The HA-ID is identification information including the TC-ID, which is the company ID of the television manufacturer, and the TV-ID, which is the device ID of the television apparatus 2 . PF-ID is the company ID of the video platform. The TC-ID is an identifier for identifying the TV cloud 3 . Further, the PF-ID is an identifier for identifying the content providing server 4 .

Next, the flow of processing of each configuration in the information cooperation system S of the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the information cooperation system S according to the third embodiment. The flowchart shown in FIG. 12 also begins with a scene in which the user specifies an EC site (eg, a server that accepts content provision) that the user wishes to cooperate with the smartphone 1 on the so-called portal screen by operating the remote control of the television device 2 or the like. In addition, the authentication code and token generated by the TV cloud 3 contain information identifying the manufacturer. That is, the TV cloud 3 includes information for identifying the own device in the authentication code and token.

In addition, step S61 of FIG. 12 is the same as step S1 of FIG. 7 and step S12 of FIG. 11 . In addition, in step S61 , the television device 2 transmits the PF-ID corresponding to the EC website (video platform) designated by the user to the TV cloud 3 .

In step S62, the TV cloud 3 sends the QR code containing the URL of the TV gateway 5 and the URL authentication code to the TV device 2 in response. The QR code includes the URL of the TV gateway 5 and an authentication code with a time limit as described below.

{"code": <authorization code> (authentication code),

"state": HEX(JSON.stringify({"tcid"; <TC-ID>, "pfid"; <PF-ID>, "salt"; <random string>})+hash)(state information)}

The URL authentication code is information including URL information specifying the TV gateway 5 , an authentication code for performing authentication between the content providing server 4 and the TV cloud 3 , and state information. The authentication code may include a portion for identifying the manufacturer of the television apparatus 2 and a portion for identifying the television apparatus 2 . In addition, the part for discriminating the television device 2 included in the authentication code is a random value. In addition, the TV cloud 3 may associate the time when the value is transmitted to the television device 2 as the information of the DB of the storage unit 311 . The state information may also contain the encoded information of the manufacturer's TC-ID and the video platform's PF-ID.

An example of the information of the URL authentication code is as follows.

https://XXXXXXXYYYYYYYYY

The URL of the TV gateway 5 is written in the X part, and the OAuth2 authorization code (authorization code) is written in the Y part. The part of the authorization code (authorization code) writes information that can identify the manufacturer and the TV. Any information that can identify the manufacturer and the television device 2 may be used. The transmission format of the URL authentication code may be any format as long as the above-mentioned information is included. In addition, the part of Y may also contain state information.

When the acquisition unit 243 of the television device 2 acquires the URL authentication code from the TV cloud 3 , the display control unit 244 optically displays and outputs the content of the URL authentication code as an image or video by the video display unit 233 . The display method in the display control unit 244 may be a QR code, a barcode, or a text, and the information contained in the URL authentication code may be optically displayed and output as an image or video. Further, in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the QR code has been described, but the present embodiment is not limited to the QR code as in the present embodiment.

In addition, in step S63, the user terminal 1050 performs the URL authentication code reading function from the image information optically captured by the imaging unit in the same manner as in step S3 in FIG. 7 and step S23 in FIG. The information of the URL authentication code of the display unit 233 is read. Thereby, the user terminal 1050 acquires the URL, the authentication code, and the like of the television gateway 5 . The authentication code part is constituted as follows by an authentication code with a time limit.

"code": <authorization code>, "state": <string>//random number

In step S64, if the user terminal 1050 obtains the URL, authentication code, and state information of the TV gateway 5, it accesses the TV gateway 5 based on the URL, sends the authentication code and state information, and makes an authentication request. In addition, the state information includes the TC-ID and the PF-ID as described above.

The information sent at the time of authentication request is as follows.

"code": <authorization code>, "state": <string>//random number

In step S65, when the acquisition unit 512 of the television gateway 5 receives the authentication code and the state information, the transmission unit 513 of the television gateway 5 transmits to the user terminal 1050 an HTML format screen including a collaboration button indicating a collaboration instruction. The HTML may also contain the URL and parameters to access the PF-ID's OAuth2Authorization Endpoint.

The user terminal 1050 acquires the above-mentioned HTML format screen. Then, when the collaboration button is pressed by the user operation of the user terminal 1050 (step S66 ), an approval request is made to the content providing server 4 , which is the video platform. Further, the content providing server 4 receives this approval request, and transmits information to the user terminal 1050 to respond to the request (step S67).

The d information to be transmitted at the time of the above-mentioned approval request has, for example, the following structure.

Authorization: "Basic"+Base64(<client_id>+":"+<client_secret>)Request

{

"response_type": "code"

"code": <authorization code> (authentication code)

"redirect_uri": <TGW Endpoint> (the endpoint of TV gateway 5)

"client_id": <TG-ID> (ID of TV gateway 5)

"scope": <VPF-provided> (authentication scope of the token)

"state": HEX(JSON.stringify({"tcid"; <TC-ID>, "pfid"; <PF-ID>, "salt"; <random string>})+hash)(state information)

}

When the user information is not registered in the content providing server 4, user registration processing is performed between the user terminal 1050 and the content providing server 4 (step S68). Here, the user registration process is a process of registering a user ID and password, which are information for logging in to the content providing server 4, or attribute information of a registered user.

Next, the user terminal 1050 makes a log-in request to the content providing server 4, and the content providing server 4 makes a reply according to the log-in request (step S69). As an example of this reply, the following information (authorization code) is output.

Response

{"code": <authorization code>,

"state": <state>}

When the user terminal 1050 receives the above-mentioned reply, it redirects to the television gateway 5 indicating the cooperation instruction (step S70). In addition, the user terminal 1050 may transmit the above-mentioned approval code to the television gateway 5 .

When the acquisition unit 512 of the television gateway 5 accepts the redirection indicating the cooperation instruction, the television gateway 5 determines the manufacturer based on the TC-ID included in the state information acquired from the user terminal 1050 . That is, the television gateway 5 assigns the manufacturer (step S71).

Then, in step S72, the transmission unit 513 of the TV gateway 5 makes a token request by transmitting the authentication code to the TV cloud 3 to be transmitted (step S72).

The information transmitted at the time of the token request has, for example, the following structure.

Authorization: "Basic"+Base64(TG-ID+":"+<client_secret>)

Request Parameters{

grant_type: "authorization_code",

code: <authorization code> (authentication code),

state: <string> (state information),

redirect_uri: <redirect_uri>,

client_id: <TG-ID>

}

The generation unit 314 of the TV cloud 3 refers to the DB of the storage unit 311 and determines whether there is information corresponding to the information identifying the content providing server 4 acquired by the acquisition unit 312 (for example, information included in the state information) and the authentication code. Authenticate. The generation unit 314 generates a token (first token) when there is information corresponding to the information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code acquired by the acquisition unit 312 by referring to the DB of the storage unit 311 . Further, the generating unit 314 further associates the information having the information identifying the content providing server 4 and the authentication code acquired by the acquiring unit 312 in the above-mentioned DB with the first token.

In step S73 , the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the first token generated by the generating unit 314 to the TV gateway 5 .

Specifically, the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the token response (Token Response) of OAuth2 to the TV gateway 5 as a token. The OAuth2Access Token Response of this reply is composed as follows.

Response

{"access_token": <access token>,

"token_type": "Bearer",

"expires_in": 3600,

"refresh_token": <refresh token>}

When the TV cloud 3 accesses the TV gateway 5, the access_token is attached. expires_in is the validity period (seconds) of the access_token, and is stored together with the time when the access_token is invalid, and the access_token is used repeatedly until then. The refresh_token is kept secret by the content providing server 4 . This is because simply placing it in local storage is not good for security. When the access_token and refresh_token are issued by each manufacturer, the television manufacturer can be identified by attaching an identifier for identifying the television manufacturer to the front end.

When the acquiring unit 512 of the television gateway 5 acquires the first token, the transmitting unit 513 of the television gateway 5 transmits the information including the authorization code and requests the token to the content providing server 4 (step S74).

The information transmitted at the time of the token request has, for example, the following structure.

Authorization: "Basic"+Base64(TG-ID+":"+<client_secret>)

Request

{

grant_type: "authorization_code",

code: <code> (approval code),

state: <string> (state information),

redirect_uri: <TGW Endpoint>,

client_id: <TG-ID>

}

The content providing server 4 determines the user ID corresponding to the authorization code based on the authorization code acquired from the television gateway 5 . Then, the content providing server 4 generates a second token that is a token based on the user ID.

In step S75 , the content providing server 4 transmits the generated second token to the television gateway 5 . In addition, the content providing server 4 may store the second token, user ID, and user attribute information in association with each other.

Specifically, the content providing server 4 sends the OAuth2 token response (Token Response) to the TV gateway 5 as a token. The OAuth2Access Token Response of this reply is composed as follows.

{"access_token": <access token>,

"token_type": "Bearer",

"expires_in": 3600,

"refresh_token": <refresh token>}

The acquisition unit 512 of the television gateway 5 acquires the second token from the content providing server 4 . Then, the transmitting unit 513 of the television gateway 5 transmits the second token to the content providing server 4 and requests the content providing server 4 for user information (step S76).

The information to be transmitted when the user information is requested has the following structure, for example.

Authorization: "Bearer" + <access token>)

The content providing server 4 searches for the user ID corresponding to the second token acquired from the television gateway 5 and the attribute information of the user, and sends these information as a reply to the television gateway 5 (step S77 ). Thereby, the acquisition unit 512 of the television gateway 5 acquires the user ID and the attribute information of the user. The information of this reply is comprised as follows.

Response

{"user_id": <UR-ID> (user ID in the website of the content providing server 4),

"Preference": <current user attributes> (user's date of birth, gender, zip code, purchase history, etc.)}

In step S78, the content providing server 4 transmits the PF-ID, and makes a device information request. The information to be transmitted when the device information is requested has, for example, the following structure.

Authorization: "Basic"+Base64(PF-ID+":"+<client_secret>)

When the acquiring unit 512 of the TV gateway 5 receives the device information request from the content providing server 4, the transmitting unit 513 of the TV gateway 5 transmits the first token corresponding to the second token transmitted in step S74 to the TV cloud 3, and A device information request is made (step S79). The information to be transmitted when the device information is requested has, for example, the following structure.

Authorization: "Bearer" + <access token>

When acquiring the first token, the acquiring unit 312 of the TV cloud 3 acquires the HA-ID corresponding to the first token and the information of the device corresponding to the HA-ID (the HA-ID of the TV device 2 corresponding to the HA-ID). attribute information).

In step S80 , the transmitting unit 313 of the TV cloud 3 transmits the information such as the HA-ID as a reply to the TV gateway 5 . The acquisition unit 512 of the TV gateway 5 acquires the HA-ID and the information of the device corresponding to the HA-ID. As an example of this reply, there are the following examples.

Response{

"device_id": <HA-ID> (HA-ID)

"model": <model name> (the model of the TV device 2, that is, the display screen inches, the pixel count information of 2K, 4K, 8K, etc.)}

In step S81, the generation unit 514 of the television gateway 5 registers the acquired HA-ID, user ID, attribute information of the television device 2, that is, the binding information associated with the model information (model) and PF-ID, as the information of the DB, and registers to the storage unit 511. In addition, the generation unit 514 of the TV gateway 5 may further include attribute information of the user as the binding information.

In addition, the generation unit 514 of the television gateway 5 generates a master key. In addition, in step S82, the transmission unit 513 transmits the master key to the content providing server 4. The master key contains the following information.

"pass_key": <pass_key>, (use this pass_key as an ID when operating a command action)

· "expires_in": 86400, (expires_in returns with a grace period of 10 days, for example, even if a preference cannot be prepared in the first access.)

"model": <model name> (the model information of the TV device 2 in the model information in response to the device ID, that is, the display screen inches, the number of pixels of 2K, 4K, 8K, etc.)

In addition, the generation unit 514 of the television gateway 5 stores the generated master key in the storage unit 511 .

When the content providing server 4 acquires the master key from the television gateway 5, the information contained in the master key is stored. Specifically, the content providing server 4 stores the following information for each user ID of the EC site.

·access_token

·refresh_token

·pass_key

Model // Collaborative TV model information

The TV gateway 5 acquires the authentication code from the user terminal 1050 , transmits the authentication code to the TV cloud 3 to be sent based on the authentication code, acquires the first token from the TV cloud 3 , and acquires the second token from the content providing server 4 . Then, the TV gateway 5 transmits the second token to the content providing server 4 to acquire the user ID, and transmits the first token to the TV cloud 3 to acquire the ID (for example, HA-ID) of the television device 2 . In this way, the television gateway 5 acquires the user ID from the content providing server 4 and acquires the ID of the television device 2 from the TV cloud 3 , so that the user ID can be associated with the ID of the television device 2 .

In this case, since the TV gateway 5 associates and stores the user ID and the ID of the TV device 2, the TV cloud 3 does not need to manage the user ID, and the information management burden of the TV cloud 3 can be reduced. In addition, since the television gateway 5 acquires the authentication code from the user terminal 1050, the content providing server 4 does not need to transmit the authentication code to the television gateway 5, and the processing load of the content providing server 4 can be reduced. That is, the television gateway 5 can appropriately execute the process of cooperating the identifier of the receiver (the ID of the television apparatus 2 ) with the identifier of the terminal (the user ID of the user terminal 1050 ).

Fourth Embodiment

The information cooperation system S according to the fourth embodiment has the same overall configuration as the information cooperation system S according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the case where the authentication code is also included in the QR code has been described, but in the information cooperation system S according to the fourth embodiment, the authentication code is separately displayed by a PIN code.

Next, the flow of processing of each configuration in the information cooperation system S of the fourth embodiment will be described. The step S21 of FIG. 13 is the same as the step S21 of FIG. 11 and the step S1 of FIG. 7, and therefore a description thereof is omitted.

In step S91 , the TV cloud 3 transmits the QR code including the URL to the TV device 2 . In addition, the TV cloud 3 sends the PIN code corresponding to the authentication code to the TV device 2 .

Examples of URL information included in the QR code are as follows.

https://XXXXXXX

The URL of the content providing server 4 is written in the X part. The transmission form of the URL of the QR code may be any form as long as the above-mentioned information is included.

When the acquisition unit 243 of the television device 2 acquires the QR code and the PIN code from the TV cloud 3 , the display control unit 244 optically displays and outputs the QR code as an image or video by the video display unit 233 . In addition, the display control unit 244 displays and outputs the PIN code.

In step S92, the user terminal 1050 reads the information of the URL optically displayed on the video display unit 233 by performing a reading function from the image information optically captured by the imaging unit.

In step S93, the user terminal 1050 activates an application (application program), and is brought into a state capable of accepting the input of the PIN code.

In step S94, when the PIN code is input by the user operation, the user terminal 1050 acquires the PIN code as an authentication code. Steps S24 to S35 are the same as steps S24 to S35 in FIG. 11 , respectively.

The TV cloud 3 according to the fourth embodiment transmits the PIN code corresponding to the authentication code to the television apparatus 2, and the television apparatus 2 displays the PIN code. Then, the user of the user terminal 1050 performs an input operation based on the PIN code, and the user terminal 1050 transmits the PIN code to the content providing server 4 as an authentication code.

In this case, even when both the URL and the authentication code cannot be included in the two-dimensional code, the authentication code can be transmitted from the user terminal 1050 to the content providing server 4 .

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. For example, the television apparatus in the above-described embodiment may be an electronic apparatus that does not include a display unit but has a function of receiving video signals to an external display apparatus, such as a set-top box and a video recorder. In addition, these new embodiment can be implemented by other various forms, and various abbreviations, substitutions, and changes can be added in the range which does not deviate from the summary of invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and its equivalents.

For example, among the image icons displayed on the user terminal, for an image icon that can be enlarged and displayed on the television device, a button for instructing the enlarged display to the television device may be provided on or near the image icon. The image icons that can be enlarged and displayed, and the color, shape, and display method of the image icons that cannot be enlarged and displayed are changed so as to be recognizable and visually recognized. In addition, when an enlarged display from the user terminal to the television apparatus is instructed, or when displaying processing in the television apparatus, an audio notification may be made via the user terminal or the television apparatus.

Claims (5)

1. A server management device capable of transmitting and receiving with a plurality of server devices storing information in which an identifier of a broadcast receiving device, an authentication code, an identifier of a content providing device, and a first token are associated, Wherein, the server management device includes:

   an authentication request acquiring unit that acquires an authentication request including the authentication code, the identifier of the content providing device, and the identifier of the server device from the terminal device that acquired the authentication code;

   a cooperation instruction acquisition unit that acquires, from the terminal device, a notification of a cooperation instruction between the identifier of the broadcast receiving device and the user identifier of the terminal device;

   a first token acquisition unit, after acquiring the notification of the cooperation instruction, acquires the first token corresponding to the authentication code from the server device corresponding to the authentication request;

   a second token acquisition unit for acquiring a second token corresponding to the user identifier of the terminal device from the content providing device corresponding to the authentication request;

   a broadcast receiving apparatus identifier acquisition unit that acquires, from the server apparatus, the identifier of the broadcast receiving apparatus corresponding to the first token;

   a user identifier acquisition unit that acquires, from the content providing device, a user identifier of the terminal device corresponding to the second token; and

   The registration unit associates and registers the identifier of the broadcast receiving apparatus corresponding to the first token and the user identifier of the terminal apparatus corresponding to the second token.
2. The server management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

   The server management apparatus further includes an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information of the broadcast receiver from the server apparatus.
3. The server management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

   The server management device further includes:

   a key generation section that generates a master key including the attribute information; and

   A key transmitting unit transmits the master key generated by the key generating unit to the content providing apparatus.
4. A system including a plurality of server apparatuses and a server management apparatus, the plurality of server apparatuses storing information corresponding to an identifier of a broadcast receiving apparatus, an authentication code, an identifier of a content providing apparatus, and a first token, The server management apparatus can transmit and receive with the plurality of server apparatuses, wherein:

   The server device includes:

   a first token sending unit that sends a first token corresponding to the authentication code acquired from the server management device to the server management device; and

   a broadcast receiving device identifier transmitting unit that transmits the identifier of the broadcast receiving device corresponding to the first token to the server management device,

   The server management device includes:

   an authentication request acquiring unit that acquires an authentication request including the authentication code, the identifier of the content providing device, and the identifier of the server device from the terminal device that acquired the authentication code;

   a cooperation instruction acquisition unit that acquires, from the terminal device, a notification of a cooperation instruction between the identifier of the broadcast receiving device and the user identifier of the terminal device;

   a first token acquiring unit, after acquiring the notification of the cooperation instruction, acquires the first token corresponding to the authentication code from the server device corresponding to the authentication request;

   a second token acquisition unit for acquiring a second token corresponding to the user identifier of the terminal device from the content providing device corresponding to the authentication request;

   a broadcast receiving apparatus identifier acquisition unit that acquires, from the server apparatus, the identifier of the broadcast receiving apparatus corresponding to the first token;

   a user identifier acquisition unit that acquires, from the content providing device, a user identifier of the terminal device corresponding to the second token; and

   The registration unit associates and registers the identifier of the broadcast receiving apparatus corresponding to the first token and the user identifier of the terminal apparatus corresponding to the second token.
5. A non-volatile storage medium storing programs or computer instructions that are executed on a computer, wherein the programs or computer instructions are used to cause a computer as a server management device to perform the following steps, The server management apparatus is capable of transmitting and receiving with a plurality of server apparatuses that store information that associates an identifier of a broadcast receiving apparatus, an authentication code, an identifier of a content providing apparatus, and a first token, the The steps include:

   an authentication request acquiring step of acquiring an authentication request including the authentication code, the identifier of the content providing device, and the identifier of the server device from the terminal device that acquired the authentication code;

   a cooperation instruction acquisition step of acquiring, from the terminal device, a notification of a cooperation instruction between the identifier of the broadcast receiving device and the user identifier of the terminal device;

   In the first token obtaining step, after obtaining the notification of the cooperation instruction, obtain the first token corresponding to the authentication code from the server device corresponding to the authentication request;

   a second token obtaining step, obtaining a second token corresponding to the user identifier of the terminal device from the content providing device corresponding to the authentication request;

   The step of acquiring the identifier of the broadcast receiving device, acquiring the identifier of the broadcast receiving device corresponding to the first token from the server device;

   a user identifier acquisition step of acquiring the user identifier of the terminal device corresponding to the second token from the content providing device; and

   In the registration step, the identifier of the broadcast receiving apparatus corresponding to the first token and the user identifier of the terminal apparatus corresponding to the second token are associated and registered.

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