KR20060095665A - Method for providing broadcast program service by subscription - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a broadcast program service by reservation, performing a call connection from a mobile terminal to a broadcasting center / server, searching for broadcast program information, and performing a download or streaming reservation of a desired broadcast, and a set reservation time. By previously transferring the reservation notification message from the broadcasting center / server to the mobile terminal, and when the set reservation time is reached, the mobile terminal makes a call to the broadcasting center / server to download or stream the reserved broadcast. By simply making a reservation using a mobile terminal, it is possible to watch a broadcast service provided from a broadcasting center / server.

Mobile terminal, broadcasting program, reservation

Description

Method for providing broadcast program service by reservation {Method for providing broadcast program service by subscription}

1 is a system configuration for carrying out the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a broadcast program service by reservation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a broadcast program service by reservation according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: broadcasting center / server 11: search engine

12: DB 13: Reservation Notification Server

2: mobile communication service company 21: WAP server

3: mobile terminal 31: communication module

32: broadcasting module 33: storage module

4: Wireless Internet

The present invention relates to a method for providing a broadcast program service by reservation, and more particularly, transfers reservation information from a broadcast center / server in response to a reservation of a broadcast program in a mobile terminal when a mobile terminal and a broadcast center / server are connected. The present invention relates to a method for providing a broadcast program service by reservation so that a terminal automatically invokes a corresponding broadcast time to easily record or view a corresponding broadcast program.

Broadcasting service through the existing system had spatial and temporal limitations. That is, viewing through a TV or a monitor is made in a limited space, and there is a spatial and temporal restriction that broadcasting is performed at a predetermined time according to a broadcasting schedule. As a result, efforts are being made to overcome the spatial and temporal constraints described above in order to remove inconveniences of broadcast service users.

One of these efforts will be to build a system for portable broadcast services. This mobile broadcasting service is a new concept that enables users to watch broadcast programs on the mobile terminal at anytime and any place, free from the spatial and temporal constraints of broadcast reception.

In Korea, as a representative example, satellite DMB (Digital Media Broadcasting) and terrestrial DMB are introduced to prepare for 'mobile multimedia broadcasting' and move to perform 'mobile multimedia broadcasting' including mobile broadcasting service using this DMB. A broadcast service using a terminal is being built. As such, communication and broadcasting are converged into one, and eventually communication and broadcast services are converged.

On the other hand, in order to reserve and record a broadcast program to be recorded or viewed through the EPG (Electronic Program Guide), etc., in the case of a mobile terminal, the display window is small, it is difficult to actually find and set a broadcast program.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, WAP Push, PPG, EPG in the broadcast center / server corresponding to the reservation of the broadcast program in the mobile terminal when connecting between the mobile terminal and the broadcasting center / server In addition, the present invention provides a method of providing a broadcast program service by reservation so that the mobile terminal automatically invokes at a corresponding broadcast time by transmitting reservation information through a broadcast channel and the like to easily record or watch a corresponding broadcast program.

One aspect for achieving the above object of the present invention,

a. Performing a call connection from a mobile terminal to a broadcast center / server to retrieve broadcast programming information and to perform a download or streaming reservation of a desired broadcast;

b. Delivering a reservation notification message from the broadcasting center / server to the mobile terminal before the set reservation time; And

c. When the preset time is reached, the mobile terminal makes a call to the broadcasting center / server to download or stream the scheduled broadcast.

It relates to a broadcast program service providing method by reservation, characterized in that it comprises a.

At this time, the a. In the step, it is preferable to perform a search engine in the broadcast center / server to search for the broadcast programming information corresponding to the key input value transmitted from the mobile terminal during the call connection.

In addition, the a. It is more preferable to set a reservation alarm that alerts the user before the reservation time together with the reservation setting in the step.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a system configuration for carrying out the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, in order to carry out the present invention, a broadcast center / server 1 having broadcast program information, and transmitting the same to a mobile communication network, and data transmitted from the broadcast center / server 1 are transferred to a mobile terminal. Receiving the broadcast program information transmitted from the mobile communication service company (2) operating the mobile communication network to convert and transmit so that it can be implemented in (3) and the mobile communication service company (2) to set the reservation setting of the desired broadcast program A mobile terminal 3 is to be provided.

The broadcast center / server 1 is provided with a database (DB) 12 for storing information on a broadcast program, which includes both image information and text information about the broadcast program.

In order to easily perform the search for the image information and the text information, the broadcasting center / server 1 has its own search engine 11, and through this search engine 11, each broadcasting information is a corresponding search word. By classifying corresponding to, the search for broadcast information of the user of the mobile terminal 3 is facilitated.

The broadcast center / server 1 may be a DTV via terrestrial, a satellite TV via a satellite, a satellite digital media broadcasting (DMB), a terrestrial DMB, or the like.

Here, the broadcast center / server 1 has a reservation notification server 13. The reservation notification server 13 performs a function of delivering the broadcast information reserved through the mobile terminal 3 to the mobile terminal 3 in the form of a message at a corresponding time.

The mobile communication service company 2 provides a conversion module for converting the image information and the text information to the mobile terminal 3, and may use WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) as the conversion module. The above conversion process is performed because the broadcasting center / server 1 is usually connected to the Internet.

As such, the mobile communication service company 2 has a WAP Server 21 similar to the configuration of a Web Server, and it is preferable to further provide a WAP server application and a database (not shown). Do. This swap server provided by the mobile telecommunication service company 2 is specifically provided for performing Internet services to the mobile terminal 3. This WAP refers to a wireless application protocol technology that allows a mobile terminal 3 to access the Internet using a web browser. The WAP (WAP) Internet access method is a middle of the existing Internet access method. A WAP gateway is added to perform a function of transmitting the request of 3) to the Internet network and re-delivering the response of the Internet network to the mobile terminal 3. That is, the conventional Internet access method uses a URL response request transmission method between a PC terminal and a web server, whereas the wireless Internet access method using the WAP is a mobile terminal (3), a swap gateway, and the web. It uses server-to-server response request delivery method.

The mobile terminal 3 constitutes a communication module 31 and a broadcasting module 32 which perform a communication function and a broadcast function according to the selection of the communication mode and the broadcast mode. In this case, it is preferable that a storage module 33 for storing the received broadcast is further provided.

As such, the mobile terminal 3 should be a terminal capable of both a communication service and a broadcast service in order to carry out the present invention. To this end, the mobile terminal 3 should provide an application capable of performing a broadcast service as well as a communication function. The application is automatically invoked at a scheduled broadcast time so that a broadcast program can be easily recorded or viewed. Meanwhile, as another function of the broadcasting module 32, a function of receiving a broadcast signal directly from the broadcasting center / server 1 is also performed.

A broadcast program service providing method by reservation using the system configured as described above will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a broadcast program service by reservation according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a call connection to the broadcasting center / server 1 is performed using the mobile terminal 3. In other words, it performs wireless Internet access.

When a call connection is made between the mobile terminal 3 and the broadcasting center / server 1, the user of the mobile terminal 3 makes a key input for broadcast information desired by the user in a search window displayed on the display window. That is, as shown in (b), when the user enters "news" into the search box and presses the "confirmation key", the input information is transmitted to the broadcasting center / server 1 through the wireless Internet network 4.

Accordingly, the broadcasting center / server 1 operates the search engine 11 to search and read information corresponding to the input information from the database 12. The read information is displayed on the display window of the mobile terminal 3 through the wireless Internet network 4. As shown in (c), broadcast programming information for news broadcasted or scheduled to be broadcast on the date of searching is displayed.

Use the up, down, left, and right keys to scroll through the displayed program schedules and select the corresponding station. After that, if you press the “Menu key”,

1. Reservation / Alarm

2. Internet access

Is displayed.

Said “1. If you select “Schedule / Alarm”, a window for entering reservation and alarm time is displayed. Select “Schedule” and select “Alarm Time” to select “1. Reservation / Alarm ”setting is completed. "One. Upon completion of the reservation / alarm ”, a window as shown in (d) is displayed.

Then, the setting of the reservation alarm is made as shown in (d),

1. Reminder time

2. Notification cycle

3. Display notification contents

Displays a window to set the user to support the settings made.

The setting values set by the user are stored in the database 12.

Then, when the corresponding time is reached, a message about the reserved broadcast information is transmitted from the reservation notification server 13 shown in (e) to the mobile terminal 3 shown in (f).

Subsequently, as shown in (g), a window for checking whether to watch the broadcast is displayed. When the user selects "Yes", the application of the mobile terminal 3 is automatically invoked to stream the broadcast program as shown in (h).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a broadcast program service by reservation according to another embodiment of the present invention. Since the method of providing broadcast program service by reservation of FIG. 3 is almost similar to the method described with reference to FIG. 2, detailed description of the same process will be omitted.

Referring to Figure 3, as shown in (a) to download a specific broadcast program to watch offline or online in real time online (as shown in (b)) by performing an Internet connection as shown in the "menu key" If you press,

1. Record

2. Screen capture

3. Follow up

4. Send a message

5. Broadcasting Schedule

6. Screen Adjustment

Is displayed.

Where “5. As shown in (c), a list for each broadcaster is outputted, and a search window is displayed when the user selects a specific broadcaster.

Thereafter, as shown in (d) (e) (f), a specific broadcast is selected in the same manner as in (b) (c) (d) of FIG. 2, and reservation and alarm settings are made.

Thereafter, when the corresponding time is reached, the reservation notification server 13 transmits a message about the reserved broadcast information to the mobile terminal 3, and displays a window for checking whether to watch the broadcast as shown in (g). . If the user selects “Yes”, the application of the mobile terminal 3 is automatically invoked to stream the broadcast program as shown in (h).

Although the present embodiment has been described in the case of using the wireless Internet network 4, it is well known that each of the above embodiments can be implemented using a mobile communication network. That is, the reservation notification set by the user using the mobile terminal 3 can be delivered through various channels such as WAP Push, PPG, EPG, and broadcast channels. To this end, the mobile communication service company 2 has the same mobile communication network as the function of the broadcast channel to deliver the corresponding broadcast program in the same manner as in the broadcast network in response to a reservation when the mobile terminal 3 requests the broadcast information. Should be constructed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it will be apparent that many modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention.

As described above, the method of providing a broadcast program service by reservation according to the present invention can provide a convenience of viewing a broadcast to a mobile terminal user by simply watching a broadcast by setting a reservation using a mobile terminal. The company can expect an increase in revenue from using a mobile communication network, and the broadcasting center / server can expect an increase in revenue from using a broadcast service in a mobile terminal.

Claims (3)

a. Performing a call connection from a mobile terminal to a broadcast center / server to retrieve broadcast programming information and to perform a download or streaming reservation of a desired broadcast; b. Delivering a reservation notification message from the broadcasting center / server to the mobile terminal before the set reservation time; And c. When the preset time is reached, the mobile terminal makes a call to the broadcasting center / server to download or stream the scheduled broadcast. Broadcast program service providing method by reservation, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, wherein a. In the step, the broadcast program service providing method according to the reservation characterized in that the broadcast center information is retrieved corresponding to the key input value transmitted from the mobile terminal by running a search engine in the broadcast center / server during the call connection. The method of claim 1, wherein a. The method of providing a broadcast program service by reservation, characterized in that for setting a reservation alarm to alert the user prior to the reservation time together with the reservation setting.

Images