KR100479690B1 - System and Method for Providing Interactive Broadcast Information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for providing interactive broadcasting information that can participate in a broadcast in real time using a mobile communication terminal and can communicate with a desired partner during broadcast participation.

The bidirectional broadcasting information providing system generates a broadcast program related content by referring to broadcaster management means, broadcast program management means for managing broadcast program related information, broadcast program related information, and generates mutual communication information for responding to a user's request. When the transmission means and the broadcast program are transmitted, the user accesses the interactive broadcasting information providing system using the messenger program, manages and stores the user information to use the broadcast program related content in real time, and records the broadcast program registered by the user as a buddy. And user management means for management and broadcast information usage history management means for managing a user's usage history of broadcast program related contents.

According to such a bidirectional broadcast information system, various contents can be used by participating in a broadcast program in real time, and an instant message can be transmitted and received with a desired counterpart during broadcast participation.

Description

System and Method for Providing Interactive Broadcast Information

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing broadcast information in real time, and more particularly, to provide interactive broadcast information that can participate in a broadcast in real time using a mobile communication terminal and can talk with a desired party during broadcast participation. System and method.

Until recently, TVs were all based on unidirectional broadcasts, which rely only on programs from broadcasters. However, as communication technologies and broadcasts are digitized, it is required to provide two-way broadcasting services capable of various additional services in order to meet various service demands of viewers who have become familiar with PCs and the Internet. Currently, analog TV provides limited concept data broadcasting such as closed captioning and text multi-broadcasting using vertical blanking interval (VBI), but mostly receives text-oriented information that is dependent on programs transmitted by broadcasters. It is stopping. Therefore, data broadcasting in the true sense, which provides interactive services to deliver more diverse information based on one's intention, is said to be full-fledged in digital TV. Digital TV has a digital tuner and a decoder and an external digital set. This includes all TVs that implement digital signals using a set-top box. Digital TVs have dramatically improved resolution and sound quality compared to existing analog TVs, and data broadcasting and two-way broadcasting are possible, enabling home shopping and home banking through TVs. In addition, since the storage device is provided, the viewer can watch as desired by storing desired broadcast contents.

However, these digital TVs are not popular with the public because they are expensive despite the variety of functions and the excellent performance. Accordingly, various contents prepared by broadcasters to cope with interactive services cannot be provided to viewers, and viewer participation rate This has the disadvantage of not being active. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a service that can provide interactive broadcasting information to viewers without using expensive digital TV.

For example, a method of participating in an ARS quiz of a broadcast program using a mobile communication terminal has been proposed. In this method, the ARS quiz is made when the program is aired, and at this time, the viewer is notified of a specific phone number to which the short message can be transmitted. Although it suggests a way for viewers to easily participate in broadcasting by short text using a mobile communication terminal, a separate short incoming telephone number must be assigned and managed for each content that induces viewer participation. When the viewer uses the content, the user must repeatedly input the short phone number, input the message, and transmit the service, which is cumbersome to use the service, and data transmission with the broadcast program is not performed in real time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the broadcast program is registered as a buddy in the messenger program installed in the mobile communication terminal, and can participate in the broadcast in real time by requesting a conversation with the broadcast program registered as the buddy. There is a technical problem to provide a system and method for providing two-way broadcast information.

In addition, the present invention has another technical problem to be able to share the broadcast information by sending and receiving instant messages in real time with the desired party while participating in the broadcast in real time by the messenger service.

The bidirectional broadcast information providing system for achieving the technical problem of the present invention is to provide content related to a broadcast program to a mobile communication terminal or a personal computer installed with a messenger program of a user through wireless or wired Internet in connection with at least one broadcaster. Broadcast management means for storing and managing the at least one broadcaster related information in a database; Broadcast program management means for storing and managing broadcast program related information provided from the broadcaster in the database; Intercommunication information generation and delivery means for generating broadcast program related contents in a WP document or web document format for providing to the user's mobile communication terminal or a personal computer and storing them in the database with reference to the broadcast program related information; At the time when the broadcast program of the broadcaster is transmitted, a user who accesses the interactive broadcast information providing system by wireless or wired Internet using a messenger program installed in the mobile communication terminal or a personal computer, and uses contents related to the broadcast program in real time. User management means for managing and storing related information, and for storing and managing broadcast program details registered by the user as a buddy of a messenger program; And broadcast information usage history management means for storing and managing the broadcast program related content usage history in the database.

In addition, the bidirectional broadcast information providing method for achieving the technical problem of the present invention in connection with at least one broadcaster, the content associated with the broadcast information to a mobile communication terminal or a personal computer installed with a messenger program of the user through a wireless or wired Internet In order to provide, the broadcast program management means receives the broadcast program related information from the broadcaster, the intercommunication information related to the broadcast program in the form of a swap document or a web document with reference to the broadcast program related information from the means for generating and transmitting Generating content; As the mobile communication terminal or personal computer user requests the conversation with the broadcast program by executing the messenger program at the time when the broadcaster's broadcast is transmitted, the list of contents related to the broadcast program is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal or the personal computer. Transmitting the content to the user; When the mobile communication terminal or the personal computer user requests a conversation with another mobile communication terminal or another personal computer user while using the broadcast program related content, the mobile communication terminal or the personal computer user switches to the conversation mode with the other mobile communication terminal or another personal computer user. step; Continuously providing the broadcast program content as the user ends the conversation with the other mobile communication terminal or another personal computer user and returns to the broadcast program related content use mode; And when the broadcast program ends or the user terminates the connection, broadcasting information usage management means storing the broadcast program usage history of the user and transmitting the usage history to the user's mobile communication terminal or personal computer; It includes.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exemplary diagram of a communication network to which a bidirectional broadcasting information providing system according to the present invention is applied.

As shown, the bidirectional broadcast information providing system 20 of the present invention is connected to a broadcaster 10 to receive broadcast program related information including broadcast time, broadcast content, related information, and the like, of a program transmitted by the broadcaster. Save it. The stored broadcast program related information is generated as broadcast program related content, and when the user of the mobile communication terminal 40 accesses the bidirectional broadcast information providing system 20 through the mobile communication provider 30, the broadcast program related to the program broadcast at the corresponding time. The information is provided in real time according to the request of the mobile communication terminal 40, and the request input from the mobile communication terminal 40 is processed to transmit the processing result to the mobile communication terminal 40 in real time.

Here, the broadcaster 10 includes a TV broadcaster, a radio broadcaster, an internet broadcaster, and the like, and the user connects to the interactive broadcast information providing system 20 by internet access using a personal computer as well as the mobile communication terminal 40. It is also possible. The broadcast program related content may be generated by the broadcaster 10 and provided to the interactive broadcast information providing system 20, or may be generated directly by the interactive broadcast information providing system 20.

The user may participate in the broadcast by downloading and installing a messenger program in the mobile communication terminal 40 or a personal computer, registering a desired broadcast program as a buddy in a messenger program, and then requesting a conversation with a broadcast program registered as a buddy. . When a user requests a conversation through a messenger program, the interactive broadcasting information providing system provides an overview of the program, the progress of the program, information on the performer, and purchase of program-related items. For example, joining a quiz) receives an instant message transmitted from the user's terminal, stores the user's participation in broadcasting and results, and transmits the result to the user's terminal.

In addition, the user can send and receive instant messages with other terminal users registered as buddies in addition to the program while participating in the broadcast through the messenger service, and continue to participate in the broadcast when the conversation ends.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the bidirectional broadcast information providing system shown in FIG. 1.

The interactive broadcast information providing system 20 includes a broadcaster managing means 202, a broadcast program managing means 204, mutual communication information generating and transmitting means 206, a user managing means 208, and broadcast information usage management means 210. ), An authentication means 212, a charging means 214 and a database 220. Here, the database 220 includes a broadcaster DB 222, a program DB 224, a user DB 226, and a usage history DB 228, which may be configured as one table or each separate. It can also be organized into a table.

The broadcaster management means 202 may transmit at least one broadcaster related information for providing broadcast program related contents to a user's mobile communication terminal 40 or a personal computer via the Internet through the interactive broadcast information providing system 20. 222) and manage. Here, the broadcaster may include all of TV broadcasters, radio broadcasters, Internet broadcasters, and the like.

The broadcast program management means 204 stores and manages information related to a broadcast program provided by at least one broadcaster managed by the broadcaster management means 202 in the program DB 224. The broadcast program related information includes a broadcast time of the program, a program summary and contents, a program progress status, performer information, and the like.

The intercommunication information generation and delivery means 206 is based on the broadcast program related information received from the broadcaster 10 in the broadcast program management means 204 and stored in the program DB 224 or the mobile communication terminal 40 of the user. The broadcast program related contents for providing to a personal computer are generated in a WP document or a web document format, and stored and managed in the program DB 224. In addition, as the user uses the content transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 40 or the personal computer, the response or requirement transmitted from the user terminal is identified and the appropriate information programmed is transmitted to the user terminal.

For example, if the current broadcast program is a quiz program, the intercommunication information generation and delivery means 206 prepares a quiz problem or the like to be broadcast in advance in a swap or web document, and when the broadcast is started, the quiz problem to the user's terminal. Send in real time. The user solves a quiz question using the mobile communication terminal 40 or a personal computer, selects a correct answer, and transmits the selected answer to the interactive broadcasting information providing system 20. The intercommunication information generation and delivery means 206 of the bidirectional broadcast information providing system 20 identifies the correct answer by identifying the data transmitted from the user terminal and transmits the result to the user terminal.

The user management means 208 accesses the interactive broadcasting information providing system 20 by wireless or wired Internet using the mobile communication terminal 40 or a personal computer, and information related to a user who wants to participate in broadcasting, for example, human Items, IDs, passwords, a list of programs registered by the user as a buddy, etc. are stored and managed in the user DB 226.

The broadcast information usage management unit 210 accesses the interactive broadcast information providing system 20 and uses the contents such as participating in the broadcast progress, and then stores the broadcast participation details in the usage history DB 228. The broadcast participation history of the user stored in the usage DB 210 may be referred to when the user uses the corresponding broadcast program for the next meeting. The usage history is upgraded every time the broadcast program is used.

The authentication means 212 is a means for confirming whether a user who wants to use broadcast program-related content is a legitimate user. For example, the authentication means 212 checks whether the user pays the mobile communication service fee, cancels the service, or stops using the service. The broadcast program related content may be used only when it is determined to be a legitimate user.

The charging means 214 determines the service fee of the user using the paid broadcast information through the interactive broadcast information providing system 20 so that the accurate service fee can be charged. When the user is a user of the mobile communication terminal 40, the service usage history may be transmitted to the mobile communication provider 30 to be billed together with the mobile communication service fee. If the user is a personal computer user, the service usage fee may be charged using a credit card, a prepaid card, or the like, or may be charged together with the mobile communication service fee using a mobile communication terminal number.

Although not shown, the bidirectional broadcast information providing system 20 according to the present invention further includes a broadcast notice message management unit, and writes a brief message of the broadcast history before the broadcast program registered by the user as a buddy to the user terminal. Can transmit

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing bidirectional broadcast information according to the present invention, which illustrates a case where a user of a mobile communication terminal uses contents related to a bidirectional broadcast program.

In order to use the bidirectional broadcasting information service according to the present invention, the mobile communication terminal user must precede the process of downloading and installing the messenger software into the mobile communication terminal 40. The bidirectional broadcasting information providing system 20 includes at least one broadcaster. In partnership with 20, the broadcaster management means 202 manages broadcaster related information, and the broadcast program management means 204 receives program information from the broadcaster in partnership, and generates mutual communication information. And by the delivery means 206, the broadcast program related content should be generated and retained.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user of the mobile communication terminal 40 requests the messenger software to the mobile communication provider 30 (S101), and the mobile communication service provider 30 uses the messenger software to the user's mobile communication terminal 40. If downloaded and given (S102), the user installs the downloaded messenger software in the mobile communication terminal (S103). Thereafter, the user executes the messenger software installed in the mobile communication terminal 40 to access the mobile communication service provider, registers a desired broadcast program as a buddy (S104), and then requests a conversation to the broadcast program registered as a buddy (S105).

Accordingly, the mobile communication provider confirms the intention of the user of the mobile communication terminal 40 to participate in the corresponding program, and transmits the user information requesting a conversation to the broadcast program to the interactive broadcasting information providing system 20 (S106). To participate in the broadcast.

The user management means 208 of the two-way broadcast information providing system 20 receives the user information together with the authentication means 212 to check whether the user is a legitimate user, and if it is determined to be a legitimate user, the user's mobile communication terminal 40. The broadcast program related content list is transmitted (S107). As a result, the user participates in the broadcast (S108), and can use the broadcast program related content generated by the broadcaster or the interactive broadcast information providing system according to the characteristics of the corresponding broadcast program. For example, if the broadcast program requested by the user is a movie introduction program, the user can check the broadcast content on his / her terminal, and the actor related information, director related information, which are not introduced in the broadcast content but appear in the movie, Content such as movie music information and DVD / CD purchase can be used.

As such, while participating in the broadcast, the user may perform a conversation with another terminal user who is registered as a buddy in the messenger software. That is, when a conversation is requested and accepted from the person or another user who participated in the broadcast (S109), an instant message may be transmitted and received by the buddy, and the conversation may be performed (S110). (S111) It may return to the broadcast program again. For example, while participating in a movie introduction program, a personal conversation, such as a feeling about the movie and an appointment to watch a movie, may be exchanged through an instant message with another terminal user registered as a buddy.

On the other hand, when the broadcast is terminated or the user wants to terminate the broadcast participation, the broadcast information usage management unit 210 of the interactive broadcast information providing system 20 stores the user's broadcast participation results (S112), the broadcast participation details To transmit to the user's mobile communication terminal 40 (S113). In addition, when the user uses the content associated with the pay-broadcast program, the charging fee can be accurately determined by the charging means 214.

4A to 4G are diagrams for describing an example of providing bidirectional broadcasting information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and show, for example, a case where a user wants to participate in a quiz program. Of course, the messenger program is installed in the user's terminal.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the user drives a messenger program installed in the terminal, selects a quiz program as shown in FIG. 4B from a buddy list, and requests a dialogue with the selected quiz program as shown in FIG. 4C. If the desired program is not registered in the buddy list, the program can be searched by entering the program name in the buddy search function.

When participating in the program by requesting a conversation with a desired program, as shown in FIG. 4D, first, the outline information of the program can be transmitted to the user's terminal. As shown in FIG. Send to the terminal. In this embodiment, since the program selected by the user is a quiz program, the user may participate in the broadcast with a feeling of solving the quiz by confronting the performer who appears on the broadcast to solve the quiz problem.

That is, when the user sees the contents of the quiz transmitted to the terminal as shown in FIG. 4E and inputs an answer he thinks, the answer selected by the user is transmitted to the interactive broadcasting information providing system 20 as shown in FIG. Likewise, the broadcast participation result (score, etc.) according to the correct answer is transmitted to the user terminal. At this time, if the user participates in the broadcast with the user who has registered as a buddy in the messenger program, it may be possible to check the broadcasting participation result of the registered buddy.

5A to 5D are diagrams for describing an example of responding to or rejecting a conversation request when using contents related to a bidirectional broadcasting program in the embodiment of FIG. 4.

As described above with reference to FIG. 4, a user may participate in a broadcast registered as a buddy to use broadcast program related content, and may transmit and receive an instant message with another terminal user at a desired moment while using the content. For example, when receiving a conversation request message from another terminal user while participating in a broadcast (FIG. 5A) (FIG. 5B), the user may approve or reject the conversation request. If the user approves the conversation request of the other party, the environment in which the user can talk as shown in FIG. 5C is set. If the user rejects the request, the user can continue to participate in the broadcast as shown in FIG. 5D.

6A to 6D are diagrams for explaining an example of requesting a conversation when using bidirectional broadcast information in the embodiment of FIG. 4.

As described in FIG. 4, a user may request a conversation from another terminal user while participating in a broadcast registered as a buddy and using contents. For example, while participating in a broadcast (FIG. 6A), a contact is switched to send a chat request message to another terminal user (FIG. 6B), and a chat partner is selected (FIG. 6C), whereby the chat requesting party talks. If the request is approved, as shown in FIG. 6D, an instant message may be exchanged with a desired party. When the conversation is completed, the program returns to the broadcast program.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, according to the present invention, various contents can be used by participating in a broadcast program in real time without introducing equipment such as expensive digital TV. In addition, it is possible to send and receive instant messages with the desired counterpart while participating in the broadcast, by using the function to simultaneously participate in at least one or more buddy and the desired broadcast can increase the broadcast participation rate.

1 is an exemplary diagram of a communication network to which a bidirectional broadcasting information providing system according to the present invention is applied;

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a system for providing interactive broadcast information shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a bidirectional broadcast information providing method according to the present invention;

4A to 4G are diagrams for explaining an example of providing bidirectional broadcast information according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5A to 5D are diagrams for explaining an example of responding to or rejecting a conversation request when using bidirectional broadcast information in the embodiment of FIG. 4;

6A to 6D are diagrams for explaining an example of requesting a conversation when using bidirectional broadcast information in the embodiment of FIG. 4.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: broadcaster 20: interactive broadcast information providing system

30: mobile communication provider 40: mobile communication terminal

202 broadcast means management means 204 broadcast program management means

206: means for generating and transmitting intercommunication information

208: user management means 210: broadcast information usage history management means

212: authentication means 214: charging means

220: database 222: broadcaster database

224: program database 226: user database

228: history database

Claims (12)

An interactive broadcasting information providing system for providing contents related to a broadcasting program in real time to a mobile communication terminal or a personal computer on which a messenger program of a user is installed through a wireless or wired Internet in connection with at least one broadcaster. Broadcaster management means for storing and managing the at least one broadcaster related information in a database; Broadcast program management means for storing and managing broadcast program related information provided from the broadcaster in the database; By referring to the broadcast program related information, a broadcast program related content in a WP document or a web document format to be provided to the user's mobile communication terminal or a personal computer is generated and stored in the database. Intercommunication information generation and delivery means for identifying a response or requirement transmitted from the user terminal in accordance with the content transmitted to the user terminal and transmitting the appropriate programmed information to the user terminal; At the time when the broadcast program of the broadcaster is transmitted, a user who accesses the interactive broadcast information providing system by wireless or wired Internet using a messenger program installed in the mobile communication terminal or a personal computer, and uses contents related to the broadcast program in real time. User management means for managing and storing related information, and for storing and managing broadcast program details registered by the user as a buddy of a messenger program; And Broadcast information usage history management means for storing and managing the content usage history of the broadcast program related to the user in the database; Bidirectional broadcast information providing system having a. According to claim 1, The broadcaster is a two-way broadcast information providing system comprising a TV broadcaster, radio broadcaster, Internet broadcaster. According to claim 1, The broadcast program related content includes a broadcast time, a program summary, program content, program progress, performer information, and program related item sales information. According to claim 1, The bidirectional broadcast information providing system further includes authentication means for confirming whether a user who wants to use the broadcast program related content is a legitimate user. According to claim 1, The bidirectional broadcast information providing system further includes a charging means for setting a content usage fee when the user uses a paid broadcast program related content. The method of claim 5, The content usage fee is to pay using a credit card, prepaid card or the like, or two-way broadcast information providing system to pay with the mobile communication service fee. According to claim 1, The bidirectional broadcast information providing system further includes a broadcast notification message management means for providing a message to the mobile communication terminal or a personal computer by preparing a broadcast schedule content before the broadcast program registered by the user as a buddy is transmitted. Provide system. A method of providing interactive broadcasting information for providing contents related to broadcasting information in real time to a mobile communication terminal or a personal computer on which a messenger program of a user is installed through wireless or wired Internet in connection with at least one broadcaster, Receiving broadcast program related information from the broadcaster in the broadcast program management means, and generating broadcast program related content in a swap document or web document format with reference to the broadcast program related information in the mutual communication information generation and delivery means; ; As the mobile communication terminal or personal computer user requests the conversation with the broadcast program by executing the messenger program at the time when the broadcaster's broadcast is transmitted, the list of contents related to the broadcast program is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal or the personal computer. Transmitting the content to the user; When the mobile communication terminal or the personal computer user requests a conversation with another mobile communication terminal or another personal computer user while using the broadcast program related content, the mobile communication terminal or the personal computer user switches to the conversation mode with the other mobile communication terminal or another personal computer user. step; Continuously providing the broadcast program content as the user ends the conversation with the other mobile communication terminal or another personal computer user and returns to the broadcast program related content use mode; And When the broadcast program ends or the user terminates the connection, broadcasting information usage management means storing the broadcast program usage history of the user and transmitting the usage history to the user's mobile communication terminal or personal computer; Bidirectional broadcast information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 8. The broadcaster includes a TV broadcaster, a radio broadcaster, an Internet broadcaster providing a two-way broadcast information. The method of claim 8, The broadcast program related information includes a broadcast time, a program summary, program contents, program progress, performer information, and program related item sales information. The method of claim 8, After the mobile terminal or personal computer user requests the conversation with the broadcast program by executing the messenger program at the time when the broadcaster's broadcast is transmitted, the broadcast program related content list is transmitted to the mobile terminal or the personal computer. before, And authenticating whether the user is a legitimate user. The method of claim 8, Transmitting the list of contents related to the broadcast program to the mobile terminal or a personal computer to allow the user to use the contents, and setting and storing the contents use price when the user uses the paid contents. Method of providing interactive broadcast information.