TWI551135B - Digital set top box (stb) having a multiple identification system applied to heterogeneous networks - Google Patents

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Digital video converter with multiple identification system for heterogeneous networks

The invention relates to a digital video converter with multiple identification system applied to a heterogeneous network, in particular to a digital video identification device using a radio frequency identification (RFID) identification unit and a two-dimensional [2D] barcode data identification unit. The converter is applied to a heterogeneous network.

In general, Video On Demand (VOD) service has become the most important audio and video transmission service. The video and audio signals transmitted in the heterogeneous network can be arbitrarily selected via the on-demand video service, and then converted by the digital video converter [Digital Set Top Box, Digital STB] for display on the display. For example, heterogeneous networks include Wireless LAN, 3G/WiMAX, and the like.

The various related on-demand video services described above have also been disclosed in many U.S. patents. For example, U.S. Patent No. 6, 126, 069; U.S. Patent No. 5, 852, 290; U.S. Patent No. 5, 590, 038; U.S. Patent No. 5, 574, 269; U.S. Patent No. 5,563, 948; U.S. Patent No. 5,509, 073; U.S. Patent No. 5,325, 431; U.S. Patent No. 5,282,249; U.S. Patent No. 5, 237, 157; U.S. Patent No. 5, 144, 663; U.S. Patent No. 5,101,098; U.S. Patent No. 4,864,109; U.S. Patent No. 4,804,825; U.S. Patent No. 4,755,660; U.S. Patent No. 4,751,732; U.S. Patent No. 4,354,201 No. 4, 323, 921, etc. The foregoing U.S. patents are merely for the purpose of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In addition, the inventor previously proposed the Republic of China Patent Publication No. 200701084 [Application No. 094120122] "Radio Frequency Identification Authentication Integrated Video Application System for On-Demand Video", which discloses the audio and video transmitted by the on-demand video on the Internet. Signal, then number The bit video converter converts the signal to be displayed on the display, and is characterized in that the digital video converter is provided with radio frequency identification authentication, and the radio frequency identification authentication is composed of a sensor and a tag; thus, the radio frequency identification through the digital video converter Certification, the use of radio frequency to generate induction for identity authentication.

However, the digital video converter of No. 200701084 only has radio frequency identification authentication; in other words, the digital video converter has only a single identity authentication mechanism. In short, if the digital video converter can provide multiple identity authentication mechanisms, it will be able to further enhance its security mechanism. Therefore, it is inevitable that there is a need to provide multiple identity authentication.

In view of this, in order to meet the demand for the aforementioned digital video converter, it is necessary to replace the single identity authentication mechanism with an appropriate technical means to provide another digital video converter for the heterogeneous network.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a digital video converter with multiple identification systems for heterogeneous networks, which utilizes an RFID identification authentication unit and a 2D barcode data recognition unit digital video converter to achieve the purpose of providing multiple identification systems. .

In order to achieve the above object, the digital video converter with multiple identification system of the present invention is applied to a heterogeneous network including a digital video converter and a multiple identification system, and the multiple identification system is connected to the digital video converter. The digital video converter receives a heterogeneous network video signal via an optional video device, and converts the heterogeneous network video signal to display the heterogeneous network video signal on a display. The multiple identification system is used to perform a multiple identification process.

The multiple identification system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes at least two identification authentication units.

The multiple identification system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an RFID identification and authentication unit .

The multiple identification system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a 2D barcode data identification unit.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the multiple identification system is integrally disposed in the digital video converter.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below and are not intended to limit the invention.

The digital video converter with multiple identification system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied to a heterogeneous network for related technologies of an on-demand video system, a distance education service system, an e-commerce system, a game entertainment system or a network telephone system. The field, but it is not intended to limit the invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the application of a digital video converter with a multiple identification system to a heterogeneous network in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a digital video converter with a multiple identification system according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a digital video converter 3 and a multiple identification system 30. The multiple identification system 30 is connected to the digital The video converter 3 is such that the digital video converter 3 has an identity recognition function.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, the digital video converter 3 is connected to a heterogeneous network 2 via an optional video device 1 and receives a heterogeneous network video signal, such as digital audio and video data. The on-demand video device 1 can be connected to a computer or a digital television to pre-store audio and video data. When the transmission is needed, the video data can be read by the computer or the digital television only by inputting an instruction, and the automatic transmission function is provided. The heterogeneous network 2 includes Wireless LAN, 3G/WiMAX, etc., but it is not intended to limit the present invention. The digital video converter 3 is further connected with a plurality of displays 4 for appropriately selecting the heterogeneous network video signal Output to the display 4.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, the digital video converter 3 is located between the heterogeneous network 2 and the display 4 for converting the heterogeneous network video signal and utilizing the heterogeneous network video signal. The display 4 and other peripheral devices receive and play. In addition, the user can transmit an email [email], browse the Internet, or shop online via the heterogeneous network 2. The display 4 can be selected from a computer screen or a television screen and other peripheral devices, but it is not intended to limit the invention.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the multiple identification system 30 is located between the heterogeneous network 2 and the display 4 for performing a multiple identification process. The multiple identification system 30 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes at least two identification authentication units, which can optionally employ various identification authentication techniques to perform multiple identification procedures using the two identification authentication units.

2 is a block diagram showing the application of a digital video converter with a multiple identification system to a heterogeneous network in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the multiple identification system 30 of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an RFID identification authentication unit 301 and a 2D barcode data identification unit 302, but is not intended to limit other embodiments of the present invention. . The multiple identification system 30 of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention is integrally disposed in the digital video converter 3, but it is not intended to limit other embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, for example, the RFID identification and authentication unit 301 can be composed of an RFID sensor [RFID Reader] and an RFID tag [RFID Tag], and the RFID sensor generates the sensing by using a radio frequency. The RFID tag is tagged with a coded secret to enhance the security of the data transfer. During the data transmission, the digitized information is divided into packets [Packet], and the digital data is transmitted through the heterogeneous network 2, and the transmitted digital data includes the on-demand video and audio signals, and the distance teaching Digital audio and video signals, e-commerce video and audio signals, game entertainment video signals, Internet telephony video signals, etc.; the digital video converter 3 converts the digital audio and video signals into analog signals and plays them on the display 4, but it is not limited this invention.

The hardware, the operating system software and the application software for the audio and video signal processing to which the present invention is applied are disclosed in the inventor's prior Japanese Patent Publication No. 200701084, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, in addition to the RFID identification authentication, the 2D barcode data identification unit 302 of the multiple identification system 30 can provide another authentication operation for identity recognition to further improve the security of data transmission. Another preferred embodiment of the present invention may also select other identity authentication technologies.

The foregoing preferred embodiments are merely illustrative of the invention and the technical features thereof, and the techniques of the embodiments can be carried out with various substantial equivalent modifications and/or alternatives; therefore, the scope of the invention is subject to the appended claims. The scope defined by the scope shall prevail.

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302‧‧‧2D barcode data identification unit

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Figure 1 is a block diagram of a digital video converter with a multiple identification system applied to a heterogeneous network in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a digital video converter with multiple identification systems applied to a heterogeneous network in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1‧‧‧On-demand video

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3‧‧‧Digital Video Converter

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Claims (10)

A digital video converter with multiple identification systems for heterogeneous networks, comprising: a digital video converter: and a multiple identification system connected to the digital video converter, the multiple identification system is more than one a re-identification system for performing a multiple identification procedure for performing a multi-identification authentication operation, the multi-identification procedure comprising: 1. first using a first identification authentication unit for RFID identity authentication, 2 After the RFID identification authentication of the first identification authentication unit, the second identification authentication unit performs barcode identification authentication; wherein the digital video converter receives a heterogeneous network video signal via an optional video camera, and the digital video converter uses Converting the heterogeneous network video signal and displaying the heterogeneous network video signal on a display. A digital video converter having a multiple identification system according to claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the multiple identification system comprises at least two identification authentication units. The digital video converter with multiple identification systems according to claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the multiple identification system comprises a combination of an RFID identification authentication unit and a 2D barcode data identification unit. The digital video converter with multiple identification system according to claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the multiple identification system comprises a 2D barcode data identification unit. The digital video converter with multiple identification systems according to claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the multiple identification system is integrally disposed in the digital video converter. A digital video converter having a multiple identification system according to claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the heterogeneous network comprises Wireless LAN and WiMAX. Digital video converter executive with multiple identification systems for heterogeneous networks The method includes: connecting, by a digital video converter, a heterogeneous network via a video-on-demand device to receive a heterogeneous network video signal: connecting to the digital video converter by using a multiple identification system, the multiple The identification system is a multiple identification system for performing a multiple identification procedure for performing multiple identification identification operations. The multiple identification procedure comprises: 1. Firstly using a first identification authentication unit for RFID identification authentication After the RFID identification authentication of the first identification and authentication unit, the second identification and authentication unit is used for barcode identification and authentication; after the multiple identification procedure, the heterogeneous network video and audio signal is allowed to be displayed in one monitor. The digital video converter implementation method with multiple identification systems according to claim 7 of the patent application, wherein the combination of the first identification authentication unit and the second identification authentication unit of the multiple identification system is selected from an RFID identification authentication unit and a A combination of 2D barcode data identification units. The digital video converter implementation method with multiple identification systems according to claim 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the multiple identification system is integrally disposed in the digital video converter. The digital video converter implementation method with multiple identification systems according to claim 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the heterogeneous network comprises Wireless LAN and WiMAX.