KR101613315B1 - IPTV community system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an IPTV community system and method. When a community participation request is received from a user terminal, the IPTV community system recognizes first user identification information included in the community participation request, After obtaining the identification information of the broadcast program being reproduced from the first set-top box, transmits the input article-comment or comment of the user included in the community participation request to the activity of the first community corresponding to the broadcast program being reproduced To be shared by users and others.

Community, short message, IPTV, set-top box

Description

[0001] IPTV COMMUNITY SYSTEM AND METHOD [0002]

The present invention relates to an online community system and method for providing a community in which viewers using IPTV can participate. More particularly, the present invention relates to a community based on IPTV that provides a community for posting, System and method.

In general, the online community refers to the Internet-mediated social group. About the online community Rheingold defines a social aggregate that is created when people engage in public discussions of sufficient length with human emotions to form a web of human relationships in cyberspace. Hagel and Armstrong defined the group of people with common interests and needs to come together online.

These online communities are used to link unspecified numbers together and amplify interest in particular sites or specific objects, and to be used as an element that enables individuals to share their bonds and exchange information. .

As part of the online community, each broadcasting program (eg, drama, news, entertainment pro, etc.) has recently produced its own homepage, promoted the program, and provided viewer bulletin boards.

The viewer bulletin board plays a role as a community to exchange opinions among viewers and to form a consensus, thereby raising audience ratings.

The community using the bulletin board of some drama homepages is energizing enough to change the end of the drama by inducing participation of high viewers and reflecting opinions of active drama contents, and even making up the new word "drama kokin".

However, the use of the viewer's bulletin board requires the user to use a terminal separate from the TV, such as a computer or a mobile phone, and it is troublesome to select a user authentication process and a viewer's bulletin board to participate.

This hassle is the same problem in providing broadcasting programs and providing communities through IPTV.

An object of the present invention is to provide an IPTV community system and a method for allowing a user to participate in a program by watching a program through an IPTV, .

It is another object of the present invention to provide an IPTV community system and method for allowing users to participate in a community provided through IPTV with various types of Internet terminals.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an STB IF processing unit for interfacing with a set-top box, an interface unit for interfacing with a user terminal, A terminal IF processing unit for extracting identification information, a cafe information DB storing activity details of a community for each broadcasting program, a set-top box matched with identification information of a user terminal registered by a request of each user and identification information of the user terminal A user authentication DB storing identification information and a first user requesting community participation in association with the terminal IF processing unit, identifying the set-top box of the first user through the user authentication DB, Acquiring identification information of a broadcast program being reproduced from the set-top box, And registers the input article-post or comment of the first user in the café information DB in the first broadcast program community being reproduced in response to the community participation request, And an IPTV community system including a main processing unit for providing details of the contents - including posts or comments uploaded by each user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an IPTV communication system, comprising: (a) receiving a community participation request from a user terminal in an IPTV community system; (b) (C) identifying, in the IPTV system, a first set-top box matched with the first user identification information, (d) identifying, in the IPTV system, (E) acquiring identification information of a broadcast program being reproduced from a box, and (e) in the IPTV system, inputting a user's input article - a comment or a comment included in the community participation request, And registering the IPTV community in the activity history of the community.

According to the present invention, there is no need to modify an IPTV head end system such as an IPTV real-time broadcast server or a VOD (Voice on Demand) server, and an effect that a service can be easily provided by implementing it as an application other than firmware in a set- have.

In addition, according to the present invention, when a user watches an IPTV and immediately watches a community post on an IPTV screen or posts a post to a community in real time, the user can share the content with other users who are watching, It also has the effect of allowing community posts to be viewed, as well as real-time broadcasts.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to participate in a community by various methods such as SMS message, writing on a bulletin board, and messenger.

Also, according to the present invention, it is possible to participate in a community even if the user does not select a community of the broadcast program being watched.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Now, a community system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an online community system and method based on IPTV according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an IPTV broadcasting system in which an arbitrary broadcast program P1 is broadcasted through a set top box 200 of an IPTV and a user watches the broadcast program P1 while the user 10 is watching (S2) to participate in a community (hereinafter referred to as a café) P2 of the program P1. Of course, the present invention is also coped with when an arbitrary broadcast program P1 is broadcast through the settop box 200 of IPTV, but requests participation in the café P2 while the user is not watching.

At this time, the participation of the café (P2) is to check the information such as the post or comment posted on the café (P2) or the café (P2). Posts or comments can also contain emoticons or simple images.

In the following, the posts and comments are collectively referred to as cafe articles, and all the posts and comments posted in the cafe are called cafe activities.

The present invention enables the user to participate in the café P2 in response to the café participation request of the user 10 without any extra effort such as selecting the café or entering the café name to participate.

The present invention grasps the IPTV set-top box 200 of a user requesting participation of a cafe so that the user does not need any extra effort, and exchange of information between the IPTV community system 100 and the IPTV set- And the café P2 of the program in question.

Accordingly, the present invention registers the cafe article provided by the user in the cafe P2 when the user requests cafe participation (S3), and provides the real time activity details of the cafe designated by the user (S4).

Hereinafter, an online community system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.

Hereinafter, an online community system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be referred to as an " IPTV community system ". The community provided by the IPTV community system is called a "cafe".

2 is a configuration diagram of a network to which an IPTV community system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. 2, the network to which the embodiment of the present invention is applied includes a user terminal 10a, an IPTV community system 100, a set-top box 200, and a head-end system 300 do.

The user terminal 10a accesses the Internet N1 through an access network (e.g., a wireless LAN, a wired LAN, a mobile communication network, a WiBro network, etc.) and performs data communication with an Internet server (e.g., an IPTV community system) Terminal. For example, the user terminal 10a includes a computer (e.g., a desktop computer, a notebook computer) 11, a mobile phone 12, an Internet telephone (e.g., IP phone,

The user terminal 10a accesses the IPTV community system 100 via the Internet N1 and a service network (e.g., IPTV network) and receives a community service (hereinafter referred to as "cafe service " .

Here, the IPTV community system 100 registers and registers a cafe for each broadcast program for a cafe service, and registers a cafe article (a post or a comment) received from a user requesting the upload in a cafe of a broadcast program requested by the user . The IPTV community system 100 allows the cafe articles registered in the cafe to be confirmed on the screen of the IPTV when the user requests the cafe articles. Of course, the IPTV community system 100 allows the user to check the cafe activity history (i.e., information on all posts and comments registered in the cafe) through the screen of the user terminal 10a or IPTV. At this time, the IPTV community system 100 provides the real-time café activity information to the IPTV whenever a new café article is registered.

On the other hand, the user terminal 10a includes a messenger program that enables chat services provided by the IPTV community system 100 when chatting services are supported. Hereinafter, the messenger provided by the messenger program is referred to as a cafe messenger (i.e., a community messenger).

3, the IPTV community system 100 is connected to the user terminal 10a via the service network N2 and the Internet, and is connected to the set-top box 200 and the head end system 200 via the service network N2, (300). The IPTV community system 100 provides a cafe service to each user terminal 10a in response to various types of user terminals 10a. That is, when the IPTV community system 100 provides the café of the broadcast program requested by the user terminal 10a through the set-top box 200 or receives a request for registration of a comment or a comment from the user terminal 10a, The user is allowed to register a broadcast program currently being watched by himself or herself in a café of the broadcast program or to be exposed on the screen of the IPTV. Meanwhile, the IPTV community system 100 may provide a chat function using a messenger program and a messenger program that enable chatting to the user terminal 10a using a cafe messenger.

The set-top box 200 is mounted on an IPTV and is assigned an IP address and unique identification information. The set-top box 200 acquires a broadcast program requested by the user 10 in cooperation with the headend system 300 through the service network N2 and acquires and reproduces the requested broadcast program from the headend system 300, Lt; / RTI > In particular, the set-top box 200 exposes the café of the broadcast program requested by the user 10 in cooperation with the IPTV community system 100 together with the broadcast program on the screen.

The head-end system 300 is a component of an IPTV broadcasting system and provides various contents (for example, a broadcasting program, an advertisement program, a VOD file, etc.) for IPTV broadcasting. Hereinafter, a broadcast program, an advertisement program, and a VOD file are collectively referred to as a broadcast program.

The service network N2 is a network established by a corresponding provider for the IPTV service, and enables communication based on the IP. Of course, the service network N2 may be replaced with the Internet N1 when the IPTV service is an open service.

Hereinafter, the IPTV community system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an IPTV community system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the IPTV community system 100 includes an STB (Set top Box) IF (interface) processing unit 110, a terminal IF processing unit 120, a main processing unit 130, and a database 140 do.

The STB IF processing unit 110 interfaces with the cafe agent 210 of the set-top box 200 and causes data communication between the set-top box 200 and the main processing unit 130 to be performed.

The terminal IF processing unit 120 grasps information transmitted from an SMS message (short message), a cafe messenger, a web page, and the like using a user terminal such as a mobile phone, a computer, 130, and converts the information provided through the main processing unit 130 into an interface method conforming to the type of the user terminal 10a, and transmits the interface method.

Specifically, the terminal IF processing unit 120 includes an Internet IF processing unit 121, an SMS IF processing unit 122, and a messenger IF processing unit 123.

The Internet IF processing unit 121 processes a cafe participation request received via the Internet from a cellular phone, a computer, or the like. That is, the Internet IF processing unit 121 is in charge of interfacing with the user terminal 10a via the Internet.

The Internet IF processing unit 121 separates the user identification information (e.g., ID / Password, IP address or telephone number) included in the information received via the Internet from the request command and provides it to the main processing unit 130. [ The Internet IF processing unit 121 provides the cafe article registered in the cafe in the form of a bulletin board of the IP address web page to the user terminal 10a at the request of the user. At this time, the Internet IF processing unit 121 provides the content reproduction timing time information together with the café text, thereby allowing the users to view the registered text while viewing the contents in real time as the time information.

The SMS IF processing unit 122 processes a cafe participation request received via an SMS message transmitted from a mobile phone, a computer, or an Internet telephone. That is, the SMS IF processing unit 122 interfaces with the user terminal 10a via the SMS message.

At this time, the SMS IF processing unit 122 separates the transmission phone number and the input character from the received SMS, grasps the transmission phone number as the user ID, grasps the input character as the processing request character, and provides the character to the main processing unit 130.

The messenger IF processing unit 123 processes a cafe participation request (in this case, a cafe participation through a chat room) transmitted from the mobile phone or the computer to the cafe messenger. That is, the messenger IF processing unit 123 interfaces with the user terminal 10a via the cafe messenger.

At this time, the messenger IF processing unit 123 separates the user identification information (e.g., ID / Password, IP address or telephone number) included in the information received through the cafe messenger and the request command or input text (e.g., And provides it to the main processing unit 130. Then, the messenger IF processing unit 123 allows the various users input in the chat room of the content name requested by the user to sequentially provide the input to the user terminal 10a to search for the cafe activity details.

The main processing unit 130 provides an information providing function, a cafe participation providing function, a cafe chat providing function and a screen output function in cooperation with each of the configurations 110, 121 to 123, 150 and 160.

The information providing function is a function for receiving an external request from a user terminal 10a of a mobile phone, an Internet telephone, a computer, or the IF processing units 110, 121, and 122, (One of IF processing units 110, 121, and 122).

The participation function of the cafe is the function of registering the article written by the user as the cafe article of the corresponding cafe. The main processing unit 130 obtains user identification information (e.g., telephone number, user ID / password, IP address, etc.) from the cafe article received from the user terminal 10a, Information to the user authentication DB 142 to determine whether the user is authenticated and the identification information of the user's set-top box 200 (i.e., unique number, unique code, etc.). Then, the main processing unit 130 inquires the identified set-top box 200 about the identification information of the broadcast program currently being watched by the user, and registers the cafe article of the received user in the cafe of the detected broadcast program.

Here, as a method of locating a broadcast program in the cafe participation providing function, it is possible to inquire and search for a broadcast program currently being broadcasted to the set-top box as described above, but it is also possible to search for a café using the time information (timing information) The user can inquire about the broadcast program broadcasted at the time of uploading.

When the user terminal 10a is connected to the messenger IF processing unit 123, the cafe chat providing function is provided to the cafe messenger installed in the user terminal 10a. The cafeteria of the broadcast program matched to the chat room is identified and the activity details of the café of the identified broadcast program are provided to the cafe messenger of the user terminal 10a through the messenger IF processing unit 123. [ Of course, the cafe chat providing function registers a post entered by a user through a chat room in a cafe of the corresponding program.

The screen output function is a function for interlocking with the set-top box 200, and allows the user to confirm the posted articles and comments via the information provided through the information providing function, the cafe article registration providing function and the cafe chat providing function I will.

The database 140 stores various information for each function of the IPTV community system 100. Specifically, the database 140 includes a cafe information DB 141, a user authentication DB 142, and a chat room DB 143.

The cafe information DB 141 stores a cafe for each broadcast program and stores timing information (i.e., time information) in which cafe articles, creators of cafe articles, and cafe articles are registered in correspondence with the identification information of the registered cafe . Of course, the cafe information DB 141 may further store session information for the user terminal 10a in correspondence with each cafe article.

The user authentication DB 142 stores the user identification information for identifying the user terminal 10a and the set-top box identification information and the IP address of the user matching the user identification information. Here, the user identification information may be a telephone number, an ID registered by a user, a messenger ID, or an IP address. The user identification information is registered after confirming the user through transmission of the authentication number.

The chat room DB 143 stores the identification information of the chat rooms opened for each of the broadcast programs.

On the other hand, the set-top box 200 is equipped with the cafe agent 210 for the embodiment of the present invention.

The cafe agent 210 operates as an application separate from the firmware of the set-top box. The cafe agent 210 receives content information (broadcast program information, advertisement program information, etc.) currently being played or used in the set- , Timing information, and the like. When the user desires to view the cafe article at the time of watching the IPTV, the user periodically communicates with the STB IF processing unit 110 to execute the cafe article import so that the cafe article can be displayed on the user's IPTV.

The method of displaying on the IPTV displays, for example, in a manner such that bidirectional communication such as clear skin technology can be performed at a desired position such as the side or bottom of the IPTV screen. According to this method, when a user selects a specific cafe post through the remote controller while watching the IPTV, the cafe agent 210 can know the specific cafe post selected by the user, The IPTV cafe system can notify the unique number of a specific cafe article. Providing the unique information of the specific cafe article selected by the user to the IPTV cafe system allows the IPTV cafe system to know that the cafe article provided after the user selects a specific cafe article (i.e., cafe article) is a comment of a specific cafe article.

Hereinafter, an online community (i.e., an IPTV community) method based on IPTV according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a data flow chart illustrating an online community method based on IPTV according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and shows an example in which a user participates in an IPTV community using an SMS message of a mobile phone. Hereinafter, a reference numeral 10a for a user terminal is assigned to a cell phone.

The set-top box 200 of the IPTV receives the broadcast program requested by the user from the head-end system 300 and outputs the broadcast program on the screen (S401).

In this state, the user watches the broadcast program through the IPTV (S402), creates a post through the SMS function of the mobile phone 10a (S403) to leave a comment on a specific scene of the broadcast program, that is, The created message is transmitted as an SMS message to the IPTV community system 100 (S404).

Here, the transmission to the IPTV community system 100 is transmitted to the IPTV community system by a special function or to the IPTV community system provided in the mobile phone.

The IPTV community system 100 receives the SMS message of the posting via the SMS IF processing unit 122 (S405), separates the telephone number and the posting of the mobile phone from the SMS message, and provides the message to the main processing unit 130. [

Then, the main processing unit 130 identifies the mobile phone number (S406), determines whether or not to authenticate the user based on whether the mobile phone number is registered in the user authentication DB 142, and if the authentication is successful, The identification information and the IP address of the box are grasped (S407).

The main processing unit 130 establishes a session with the user's set-top box 200 through the STB IF processing unit 110 using the identification information and the IP address of the set-top box (S408) (I.e., identification information) of the broadcast program (S409).

The set top box 200 provides identification information of a currently playing broadcast program to the main processing unit 130 through the cafe agent 210 in operation S410 and the main processing unit 130 transmits the identification information From the cafe information DB 141 (S411).

The main processing unit 130 may provide the settop box 200 with the transmission time information included in the received SMS message so as to allow the settop box 200 to transmit the broadcast program Identification information can be provided.

Then, the main processing unit 130 registers the post of the user received in the SMS message in the café of the identified broadcast program (S412).

If it is determined that the IPTV broadcast program and the café text of the broadcast program are being displayed on the screen at the same time, the main processing unit 130 transmits the user's post to the settop box 200 To be displayed on the screen of the IPTV.

Here, IPTV provides a café list of each broadcasting program when a user requests a café of a broadcasting program, and when the user selects one of them, the café activity details of the broadcasting program selected by the user is transmitted to the main And requests the processing unit 130 to display the cafe activity details of the corresponding program stored in the cafe information DB 141 from the main processing unit 130 and displays the cafe activity details on the screen.

Those skilled in the art can access the IPTV community system 100 through the Internet through a computer or a mobile phone through the embodiment of the present invention corresponding to a case where the user participates in the IPTV community using the SMS message, It is possible to easily predict another embodiment of the present invention in which a cafe is requested to register for posting or comment.

FIG. 5 is a data flow diagram illustrating an online community method based on IPTV according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a user participates in an IPTV community using a cafe messenger installed in a computer.

Hereinafter, a reference numeral 10a for a user terminal will be assigned to the computer.

When the user activates the cafe messenger installed in the computer 10a (S501), the cafe messenger provides a chat room list of each broadcasting program, and the user selects one chat room (S502).

Here, when the cafe messenger is executed, the user logs in to the cafe messenger and inputs the user ID and password for login. The input user ID and password are provided to the main processing unit 130 through the messenger IF processing unit 123 and the main processing unit 130 applies the user ID and password to the user authentication DB 142 to perform user authentication .

 In response to the user's chat room selection, the computer 10a requests the IPTV community system 100 to enter a chat room including identification information on the chat room selected by the user in operation S503.

The IPTV community system 100 recognizes the identification information of the chat room included in the chat room entrance request through the messenger IF processing unit 123 in step S504 and applies the identification information of the chat room to the chat room DB 143, And provides the activity details (that is, the details of the postings) of the cafe thus identified to the user's computer 10a through the messenger IF processing unit 123 (S505).

Accordingly, the user confirms the details of the postings in the chat room selected by the user on the screen of the computer 10a in chronological order, and writes a message to be posted on the chat room by himself / herself (S506) ).

When the IPTV community system 100 receives the posting via the IM IF processing unit 123, the IPTV community system 100 checks the cafe of the corresponding program by checking the user identification information (i.e., the messenger ID) or the chatting room identification information included in the posting, In the corresponding chat room of the cafe information DB 141 (S508).

The IPTV community system 100 provides the user's posts stored in the corresponding chat room to the cafe messenger of the user's computer 10a as the activity details of the chat room.

FIG. 6 is a data flow chart illustrating an online community method based on IPTV according to a third embodiment of the present invention, in which a user registers a comment on a post of a specific cafe.

The set-top box 200 of the IPTV receives the broadcast program requested by the user from the head-end system 300 and outputs it to the screen (S601).

In this state, the user views the broadcast program through the IPTV (S602), and requests viewing of the cafe article using the function provided by the IPTV during the viewing.

Then, in response to the user's request to view the cafe article, the set-top box 200 grasps the currently playing broadcast program and informs the main processing unit 130 of the identification information of the broadcast program through the cafe agent 210, (S603).

When the IPTV community system 100 receives the request for the cafe activity history through the STB IF processing unit 110, the IPTV community system 100 grasps the identification information of the broadcast program included in the cafe activity history request, From the information DB 141. Then, the main processing unit 130 obtains the activity details of the cafes of the identified broadcast programs from the café information DB 141, and then provides them to the set-top box 200.

Then, the set-top box 200 simultaneously exposes the activity details of the cafes of the corresponding broadcast program received on the same screen together with the broadcast program currently being played (S604).

As a result, the user confirms the activity (i.e., cafe article) of the broadcast program and the cafe of the broadcast program currently being viewed through the screen of the IPTV.

If the user operates the IPTV to select one of the cafe articles (S605), the set-top box 200 identifies the cafe article selected by the user (S606).

After selecting a specific cafe article, the main processor 130 creates a comment on the cafe article selected by the user through the mobile phone 10a in step S607 and transmits the comment in the SMS message in step S608. The SMS message of the comment is received (S609).

The main processing unit 130 determines the phone number and the comment of the mobile phone in the received SMS message (S610), determines whether or not to authenticate the user according to whether the mobile phone number registered in the user authentication DB 142 is registered, The identification information and the IP address of the set-top box matched with the mobile phone number are obtained (S611).

The main processing unit 130 establishes a session with the user's set-top box 200 through the STB IF processing unit 110 using the identified set-top box identification information and the IP address (S612) (I.e., identification information) of the broadcast program in question (S613).

The set top box 200 provides identification information of a broadcast program currently being played and identification information of a user selected by the cafe agent 210 to the main processor 130 in step S614, From the cafe information DB 141, the cafe corresponding to the identification information of the broadcast program and the corresponding post (S615).

The main processing unit 130 registers the user's post received in the SMS message with a comment on the posting registered in the café of the identified broadcast program (S616).

Next, the main processing unit 130 provides the user's comment to the set-top box 200 (S617), and causes the IPTV to display the comment of the selected user (S618).

Meanwhile, in step S614, the IPTV may provide a function for the user to select a post for registering a comment, or may be provided with a function to allow the user to select a post, And an identifier indicating that the included cafe article is a comment is included and transmitted.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an online community system and method based on IPTV according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a configuration diagram of a network to which an online community system (IPTV community system) according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

3 is a block diagram of an IPTV community system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a data flow chart illustrating an online community method based on IPTV according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a data flow diagram illustrating an online community method based on IPTV according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a data flow chart illustrating an online community method based on IPTV according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (10)

An STB IF processing unit for interfacing with the set-top box, A terminal IF processing unit for performing an interface with a user terminal and extracting user identification information included in a community participation request received from the user terminal, A cafe information DB storing activity details of each of the broadcast programs, A user authentication DB storing the identification information of the user terminal registered at the request of each user and the identification information of the set top box matched with the identification information of the user terminal, In response to a request for participation in a broadcast program community through the user terminal in association with the terminal IF processing unit and inputting an article or a comment or a comment to the broadcast program community, The user's set-top box corresponding to the set-top box, the telephone number, and the identification information of the broadcast program being reproduced from the identified set-top box, The user can register an input text input through the user terminal in the broadcast program community, or the activity history of the broadcast program community, including a post or comment uploaded by each user, To the user terminal or the IPTV Community IPTV system comprising a main processor provided by. The method according to claim 1, And a chat room DB storing identification information of chat rooms opened for each of the broadcast programs, In this case, the main processing unit provides a list of chat rooms opened for each broadcasting program to the cafe messenger of the user terminal, and transmits the activity details of the broadcasting program community corresponding to the chat room requested by the cafe messenger to the cafe messenger And registers the input text input through the cafe messenger in a corresponding broadcast program community of the cafe information DB. 3. The method of claim 2, The terminal IF processing unit includes an Internet IF processing unit for interfacing with the user terminal through the Internet, an SMS IF processing unit for interfacing with the user terminal through an SMS message, And a messenger IF processing unit which is in charge of an interface. The method of claim 3, The main processing unit provides the activity details of the broadcasting program community being reproduced to the set-top box of the user so as to be displayed on the screen of the IPTV. As soon as a new input article for the broadcasting program community is registered, And the IPTV community system. 5. The method of claim 4, Wherein the user identification information stored in the user authentication DB is stored after being authenticated for the user identification information. (a) receiving, in an IPTV community system, a request for participation from a user terminal to a broadcast program community corresponding to a broadcast program being viewed through an IPTV connected to a set-top box, (b) identifying, in the IPTV community system, identification information of a user terminal included in a request to participate in the broadcast program community, (c) identifying, in the IPTV community system, the settop box matched with the identification information of the user terminal; (d) acquiring identification information of a broadcast program being played back from the set-top box in the IPTV community system, and identifying a broadcast program community corresponding to the broadcast program being watched by the user through the IPTV connected to the set- And (e) registering, in the IPTV community system, an input text input through the user terminal to the broadcast program community identified in the IPTV community system or providing an activity of the broadcast program community through the user terminal or the IPTV Including the IPTV community method. The method according to claim 6, (f) providing, in the IPTV community system, the input text of the user registered in the broadcasting program community to the settop box. 8. The method of claim 7,  Wherein the community participation request of the user terminal uses an SMS message or the Internet. 9. The method of claim 8, Wherein the community participation request of the user terminal further comprises using a cafe messenger installed in the user terminal, In this case, (g) providing, in the IPTV community system, a list of chat rooms opened for each broadcasting program to the cafe messenger, (h) providing, in the IPTV community system, activity details of a broadcasting program community corresponding to a chat room requested by the cafe messenger to the cafe messenger; (i) registering, in the IPTV community system, the input text input through the cafe messenger to a corresponding program community of the cafe information DB. 10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, In the step (d), when the user selects one of the activities of the broadcast program community through the IPTV, the identification information of the broadcast program being played back from the set- Lt; / RTI > Wherein the step (e) includes registering a user's input text included in the participation request to the community as a comment of the first forum in a community corresponding to the broadcasting program being played back.

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