KR100881374B1 - Content High Speed Transmission System and Method - Google Patents

Abstract

An ultrafast content transmission system and method for transmitting content to a wireless terminal at high speed are provided.

The content ultra-fast delivery system of the present invention collects content and related information, collects content download information as the communication terminal user wants to download the content, and is connected to a plurality of download stations to transmit content to the user according to the content download information and It is provided with a content high speed transmission device and a high speed communication module for transmitting the content download information to the download station, and receives and stores the content and content download information from the content high speed transmission device, transmits the beacon signal at a predetermined period, and receives the beacon signal As a response signal is transmitted from a wireless terminal, a download station and a high-speed communication module for checking a content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal exist and downloading the content to the wireless terminal if there is a content to be transmitted. And, when the beacon signal transmitted from the download station detects and transmits a response signal thereto, and a wireless terminal receiving and storing content downloaded from the download station via high-speed communication modules.

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Description

System and Method for Ultra High Speed Transmission of Data

1 is a block diagram of a content ultra-fast delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the content ultra-fast transmission device shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the download station shown in FIG. 1;

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the wireless terminal shown in FIG. 1;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a content ultra-fast transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

10: content ultra-fast transmission device 20-1 ~ 20-n: download station

30: wireless terminal 40: communication terminal

50: content provider (CP) server 110: control unit

120: interface 130: CP server management unit

140: download station management unit 150: download information generation unit

160: content transmission unit 170: database

200: control unit 210: interface

220: high speed communication module 230: memory

240: content management unit 250: signal transmission unit

260: terminal confirmation unit 270: content download unit

280: scheduler 290: transmission rate control unit

310: memory 320: high speed communication module

330: download station detection unit 340: transmission rate optimization unit

350: memory

The present invention relates to a content delivery system and method, and more particularly to a content ultra-fast delivery system and method that can transmit content to the wireless terminal at high speed.

Mobile communication service is evolving from voice-oriented service to data-oriented service, and various multimedia services are available through wireless terminals such as PCS, PDA, and cellular phones, and recently, a portable media player (PMP) function. The wireless terminal with this has also been released.

By using such a wireless terminal, a user can access a variety of contents by accessing a data communication network. The EV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) network, which is a synchronous data communication network, provides a transmission speed of 2.4 Mbps and a high speed downlink which is an asynchronous data communication network. The High Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA) network provides a transmission rate of 14.4 Mbps.

However, the EV-DO network or the HSDPA network does not provide a theoretical transmission rate, and the actual transmission rate is only a few hundred kbps, so it takes a very long time to download a large amount of content at this rate. In fact, it takes several days to download a movie having a capacity of 6 to 7 GBytes.

As described above, although various contents are available through a wireless data communication network, there is a problem that is not suitable for downloading large contents.

In addition, since the user must access the wireless data communication network to download the content, the user is required to pay a separate data communication fee in addition to the content usage fee.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and there is a technical problem to provide a system and method for transmitting a content, which is capable of downloading content on the Internet at a high speed through a high-speed communication module.

Another technical problem of the present invention is to avoid downloading a content through a data communication network so that the desired content can be downloaded at a low cost.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an ultra-high speed content transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a communication network to collect content and related information from a content provider server, and is connected to a communication terminal through a communication network to provide a communication terminal user. A content ultra-fast transmission device that collects content download information as the user wants to download specific content, and is connected to a plurality of download stations through a communication network to transmit content and content download information to a download station according to the content download information; The wireless terminal includes a high speed communication module, receives and stores content and content download information from the content high speed transmission device, transmits a beacon signal at a predetermined cycle, and transmits a beacon signal to the wireless terminal as a response signal is transmitted. A download station which checks whether there is content to be transmitted to and downloads the content to the wireless terminal through the ultra-high speed communication module if there is content to be transmitted; And a wireless terminal having an ultra high speed communication module, transmitting a response signal when a beacon signal transmitted from the download station is detected, and downloading and storing contents from the download station through the ultra high speed communication module.

In addition, the ultra-fast content transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention ultra-fast content transmission device, a content ultra-high speed including a plurality of download stations connected via the communication network and the content ultra-fast transmission device and a wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the download station A method of ultra-high speed content transmission in a transmission system, wherein a user of a communication terminal accesses the content high speed transmission device to view a content list, select content to download, and transmit the wireless terminal identification number to download the selected content. Accordingly, the first step of the content ultra-fast transmission device to transmit a download station list to the communication terminal to select a download station to use for content download; As the communication terminal user selects a download station, the content high speed transmission device generates download information including the identification number of the selected download station and the wireless terminal number, and downloads the selected content and the download information to the selected download. Transmitting to the station; As the wireless terminal receiving the beacon signal transmitted by the download station at a predetermined cycle transmits a response signal including the wireless terminal identification number to the download station, the download station refers to the wireless terminal identification number and the download information. A third step of confirming whether there is content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal; And a fourth step of extracting the content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal and transmitting the content to the wireless terminal when there is content to be transmitted as a result of the checking in the third step.

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

1 is a block diagram of a content ultra-fast delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the content ultra-fast delivery system of the present invention includes a content ultra-fast delivery device 10, a plurality of download stations (20-1 ~ 20-n; 20) and a wireless terminal (30).

First, the content high speed transmission apparatus 10 is connected to a wired or communication network to collect various contents and related information from a content provider (CP) server 50, and is connected to a wired or wireless communication terminal 40 through a communication network to communicate. The terminal 40 collects content download information as the user wants to download specific content, and is connected to the plurality of download stations 20 through a communication network to transmit content and content download information to the user according to the content download information. To transmit. Here, the content download information may include an identification number of the wireless terminal 30 to download the content, an identification number of the download station to transmit the content, time information to download the content, and the like.

Meanwhile, the download station 20 includes an ultra high speed communication module, receives and stores content and content download information from the content ultra high speed transmission device 10, transmits a beacon signal at a predetermined period, and receives a beacon signal. When a response signal is transmitted from one wireless terminal 30, the mobile terminal 30 checks whether there is content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal 30 that has transmitted the response signal, and if there is content to be transmitted, transmits the content to the wireless terminal through the high speed communication module. Download.

In addition, the wireless terminal 30 includes a high speed communication module, and when a beacon signal transmitted from the download station is detected, transmits a response signal thereto, and downloads and stores the content from the download station through the high speed communication module.

As described above, the content ultra-fast delivery system of the present invention transmits the selected content to the download station 20 by accessing the content ultra-fast delivery device 10 through the communication terminal 40, and the download station 20 and the download station 20. By downloading the contents to be transmitted to the wireless terminal 30 in synchronism with the wireless terminal 30 through the high speed communication module, the wireless terminal 30 can download the desired content without going through an expensive data communication network. As a result, the download speed of a large amount of content can be improved.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the content ultra-fast transmission device shown in FIG. 1.

The ultra-fast content transmission apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs a protocol conversion for transmitting and receiving data and control signals with an external device through a control unit 110 and a communication network controlling the operation of the ultra-high speed content transmission apparatus 10. And an interface 120, a CP server manager 130, a download station manager 140, a download information generator 150, a content transmitter 160, and a database 170. The database 170 includes a CP server DB 1710, a download station DB 1720, and a download information DB 1730, and each database may be configured as one table or as an independent table. .

First, the CP server manager 130 collects information on each of the plurality of CP servers 50 connected through a communication network and a list of contents provided by each CP server, and stores them in the CP server DB 1710.

The download station manager 140 stores the identification numbers and the installation positions of the plurality of download stations 20 in the download station DB 1720, and when the download station 20 is newly established or reduced, the download station DB 1720. Update the.

The download information generation unit 150 collects the identification number of the wireless terminal 30 to download the content as the user of the communication terminal 40 connected to the content ultra-fast transmission device 10 to download the specific content, The list of download stations is provided to the user's communication terminal 40, and as the user selects a specific download station, the download information including the wireless terminal identification number and the download station identification number is generated and stored in the download information DB 1730. do.

The content transmitter 160 transmits the content and the download information that the user wants to download to the corresponding download station with reference to the download information generated by the download information generator 150.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the download station shown in FIG. 1.

As shown, the download station 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a control unit 200 for controlling the operation of the download station 20, a protocol for transmitting and receiving data and control signals with an external device connected through a communication network It includes an interface 210 for performing the conversion, a high speed communication module 220, a memory 230, a content management unit 240, a signal transmitter 250, a terminal checker 260 and a content downloader 270 In addition, the scheduler 280 and the transmission rate adjusting unit 280 may be further included.

First, the content manager 240 stores the content and download information in the memory 230 as the content and the download information are transmitted from the content ultra-fast transmission device 10.

In addition, the signal transmitter 250 transmits a beacon signal at a predetermined cycle, and the transmission radius of the beacon signal is controlled according to the installation position of the download station 20 and the distance from the adjacent download station.

The terminal identifying unit 260 identifies the wireless terminal 30 included in the response signal as the wireless terminal 30 receiving the beacon signal transmitted from the signal transmitting unit 250 transmits a response signal to the beacon signal. The number is extracted, and the download information stored in the memory 230 is checked to determine whether there is content to be transmitted to the corresponding wireless terminal 30.

If there is content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal 30 as a result of the check by the terminal confirming unit 260, the content download unit 270 synchronizes with the wireless terminal 30 through the high speed communication module 220. The content is transmitted to the wireless terminal 30.

The scheduler 280 downloads content when a plurality of wireless terminals 30 transmits a response signal to a beacon signal to one download station 20, and there is content to be transmitted to each of the plurality of wireless terminals 30. Determine the rank to do. Here, the content download rank may be determined according to the time when the user requests the content download, the size of the content, and the like.

Next, the transmission rate adjusting unit 280 optimizes the content transmission rate according to the transmission rate as the wireless terminal 30 to download the content transmits the maximum data transmission rate that the mobile terminal 30 can support.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ultra-high speed communication module 220 may be any one of an ultra wideband communication module, a wireless universal serial bus (USB) communication module, and a wireless high definition (HD) communication module. Of course, at least one of the communication modules capable of wireless communication at high speed can be selectively installed.

4 is a detailed block diagram of the wireless terminal shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the wireless terminal 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a control unit 310, an ultra-high speed communication module 320, and a download station detector 330 for controlling the operation of the wireless terminal 30. And a memory 350, and may further include a transmission rate optimizer 340.

First, the download station detector 330 receives a beacon signal transmitted from the download station 20, transmits a response signal thereto, and transmits the response signal including the identification number of the wireless terminal 30.

When the wireless terminal 30 and the download station 20 detect each other by the download station detector 330, the content transmitted through the high speed communication module 220 of the download station 20 may be transmitted through the high speed communication of the wireless terminal 30. Received by module 320, the received content is stored in memory 350.

In addition, the transmission rate optimization unit 340 transmits the maximum data transmission rate that can be supported by the download station 20, so that the download station 20 downloads the content according to the transmission rate.

In the present invention, the wireless terminal 30 may be configured by mounting a high-speed communication module in a terminal that can be carried by a user, such as a cellular phone, PCS, PDA, PMP, etc., wherein the high-speed communication module 320 is ultra It can be any one of a wideband communication module, a wireless universal serial bus (USB) communication module, and a wireless high definition (HD) communication module, and selectively selects at least one of a communication module capable of wireless high speed communication. Of course it can be mounted.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a content ultra-fast transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user of the communication terminal 40 accesses the ultra-fast content transmission device 10 through a wired or wireless communication network (S101), reads a list of downloadable contents, selects a desired content, and requests a download (S103). At this time, the user of the communication terminal 40 should of course transmit the identification number of the wireless terminal 30 to download the content.

Next, the download information generation unit 150 of the content ultra-fast transmission apparatus 10 transmits a download station list to the communication terminal 40 to select a download station to be used for content download (S105). At this time, the download station list provides the installation location of each download station, so that the user can check the physical location of the download station to be used for downloading the content.

Accordingly, as the user of the communication terminal 40 selects a specific download station (S107), the content transmission unit 160 of the content high speed transmission device 10 may identify the identification number of the download station selected by the user and the wireless terminal input by the user. Generate download information including the number (S109), and transmits the download information and the content selected by the user to the corresponding download station (20) (S111).

On the other hand, the signal transmitting unit 250 of the download station 20 transmits a beacon signal at a predetermined period (S113), the installation position of the download station 20 selected by the user in possession of the wireless terminal 30 As approaching, the download station detection unit 330 of the wireless terminal 30 receives the beacon signal transmitted from the download station 20 (S115), and transmits a response signal thereto with its identification number (S117). ).

Upon receiving the response signal for the beacon signal from the wireless terminal 30, the terminal identification unit 260 of the download station 20 extracts the wireless terminal identification number included in the response signal, and refers to the memory 230 to refer to the corresponding wireless signal. Check whether there is content to be transmitted to the terminal (S119).

As a result, if the content exists, after the high speed communication module 220 of the download station 20 and the high speed communication module 320 of the wireless terminal 30 perform synchronization (S121, S123), the content download unit 270 ) Transmits the corresponding content to the wireless terminal 30 (S125), and the wireless terminal 30 stores the received content in the memory 350.

Although not shown, after the synchronization is performed, the transmission speed optimization unit 340 of the wireless terminal 30 may transmit information about the maximum transmission speed that the mobile station 30 can support to the download station 20 before the content is downloaded. Accordingly, the transmission speed adjusting unit 280 of the download station 20 may optimize the download speed according to the maximum transmission speed supported by the wireless terminal 30.

According to the ultra-fast content transmission method, contents of several GBytes can be downloaded within a few tens of seconds, and a desired content can be used at a low cost only by the content download cost since it does not have to go through a paid data communication network.

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.

According to the present invention, a large amount of content can be downloaded in a short time, thereby reducing the time required for downloading the content.

In addition, after transmitting the content to the download station, and by transmitting the content to the wireless terminal through the ultra-high speed communication module, it is not necessary to pass through the data communication network to pay a fee can reduce the service usage fee.

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delete Connected to a communication network to collect contents and related information from a content provider server, connected to a communication terminal through a communication network to collect content download information as the user of the communication terminal wants to download specific content, and to download a plurality of download stations through the communication network. A content ultra-fast transmission device connected to and transmitted to the download station to transmit the content and the content download information to a user according to the content download information; And a high speed communication module, receiving and storing the content and the content download information from the content high speed transmission device, transmitting a beacon signal at a predetermined cycle, and transmitting a response signal from the wireless terminal receiving the beacon signal. A download station which checks whether there is content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal and downloads the content to the wireless terminal through the ultra-high speed communication module when the content to be transmitted exists; And A wireless terminal having an ultra high speed communication module, transmitting a response signal when a beacon signal transmitted from the download station is detected, and downloading and storing contents from the download station through the ultra high speed communication module; Including; The apparatus for transmitting high speed content includes a CP server manager configured to collect information about each of a plurality of CP servers connected through the communication network and a list of contents provided by each CP server, and store them in a database; A download station manager which stores identification numbers and installation locations of each of the plurality of download stations in a database; As the user of the communication terminal accessing the content high-speed transmission device wants to download specific content, the identification number of the wireless terminal to download the content is collected, and a download station list is provided to the communication terminal, and the user downloads the specific content. A download information generation unit which generates content download information and stores the content download information in a database according to selecting a station; And A content transmitter for transmitting the content selected by the user of the communication terminal and the content download information to the download station selected by the user; Content ultra-fast transmission system comprising a. Connected to a communication network to collect contents and related information from a content provider server, connected to a communication terminal through a communication network to collect content download information as the user of the communication terminal wants to download specific content, and to download a plurality of download stations through the communication network. A content ultra-fast transmission device connected to and transmitted to the download station to transmit the content and the content download information to a user according to the content download information; Ultra high speed communication module, Content management unit for receiving and storing the content and the content download information from the content ultra-fast transmission device, Signal transmission unit for transmitting a beacon signal at a predetermined period, Wireless receiving the beacon signal transmitted from the signal transmission unit A terminal identification unit for extracting an identification number of the wireless terminal included in the response signal and confirming whether there is content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal with reference to the download information as the terminal transmits a response signal to the beacon signal; A download station including a content download unit which transmits the content to the wireless terminal after performing synchronization through the wireless terminal and the ultra-high speed communication module when there is content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal as a result of confirming the terminal identification unit; And A wireless terminal having an ultra high speed communication module, transmitting a response signal when a beacon signal transmitted from the download station is detected, and downloading and storing contents from the download station through the ultra high speed communication module; Including; The content high speed transmission device collects an identification number of a wireless terminal to which the content is to be downloaded as the communication terminal user connected to the content high speed transmission device wants to download a specific content, and transmits a download station list to the communication terminal. And a download information generator configured to generate content download information and store the content download information in a database as the user selects a specific download station. The method of claim 3, wherein When the plurality of wireless terminals transmit a response signal to the beacon signal to the download station, the download station may determine a scheduler that determines the order of downloading the contents when there is content to be transmitted to each of the plurality of wireless terminals. Content ultra-fast transmission system, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 3, wherein The download station further includes a transmission rate adjusting unit for optimizing the content transmission rate according to the maximum transmission rate as the wireless terminal to download the content transmits the maximum data transmission rate that can be supported. system. delete delete The method of claim 2 or 3, And the download information includes an identification number of a wireless terminal to download the content, an identification number of the download station to transmit the content, and a content download request time. The method of claim 3, wherein The ultra high speed communication module is one of an ultra wideband (Ultra Wideband) communication module, a wireless USB (Universal Serial Bus) communication module, a wireless high definition (HD) communication module, characterized in that the content high-speed transmission system. delete A high speed content transmission method in a high speed content transmission system comprising a content high speed transmission device, a plurality of download stations connected to the content high speed transmission device through a communication network, and a wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the download station. Each wireless terminal has a high speed communication module, As the user of the communication terminal accesses the content high speed transmission device, browses a content list, selects the content to be downloaded, and transmits the wireless terminal identification number to download the selected content. Transmitting a download station list to select a download station to use for downloading content; As the communication terminal user selects a download station, the content high speed transmission device generates download information including the identification number of the selected download station and the wireless terminal number, and downloads the selected content and the download information to the selected download. Transmitting to the station; As the wireless terminal receiving the beacon signal transmitted by the download station at a predetermined cycle transmits a response signal including the wireless terminal identification number to the download station, the download station refers to the wireless terminal identification number and the download information. A third step of confirming whether there is content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal; And A fourth step of extracting the content to be transmitted to the wireless terminal and transmitting the content to the wireless terminal when there is content to be transmitted as a result of the checking in the third step; Including, The fourth step may include a step 4-1 of performing synchronization between the download station and the wireless terminal through the high speed communication module; And Step 4-2, wherein the download station transmits content to the wireless terminal; Ultra-fast content transmission method comprising a. The method of claim 11, After performing step 4-1, before performing step 4-2, as the wireless terminal transmits information on the maximum transfer rate that can be supported by the download station, the download station refers to the maximum transfer rate. And optimizing the download speed. delete delete

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