KR20120047579A - System and method for generating personalized epg based on keyword information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for generating a personalized EPG(Electronic Program Guide) based on key word information and a method thereof are provided to selectively store a keyword of content and generate a personalized EPG in real time based on the stored keyword. CONSTITUTION: An EPG screen display unit(4010) displays the keyword information of the content received from a server on a screen. A keyword information storing unit(4030) separately stores a selected keyword from the displayed keywords. A keyword information providing unit(4040) offers the stored keyword to a mobile communication terminal. The offered keyword information is used to generate a personalized EPG of the mobile communication terminal.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED EPG BASED ON KEYWORD INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a system and method for generating personalized EPI paper based on keyword information, and more particularly, to selectively store keywords for each content displayed on a screen, and to effectively utilize a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) using a mobile communication terminal. A system and method for creating and using personalized skin is used.

With the spread of the Internet and the development of digital broadcasting technology, the use of two-way broadcasting services provided by high-speed Internet networks is increasing.

Two-way broadcasting service is a service that provides information service, video content, and broadcasting to a two-way broadcasting receiver (for example, an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), a DMB receiver, a set-top box, etc.) by using high speed internet. You can receive various contents and additional services provided by the Internet such as watching movies, home shopping, home banking, online games, and MP3.

In particular, in the IPTV broadcasting service, since there are many types of broadcasting contents, there is a problem that a user cannot easily select contents to watch.

In order to solve this problem, various types of electronic program guides (EPGs) are provided to users in the IPTV broadcasting service. However, since the broadcast service provider directly generates the EPG screen, the user has no choice but to receive the EPG screen having the same contents despite the fact that the preferred channel is different for each user.

In addition, even when the user receives personalized EPG information in order to provide personalized EPGs, the user can enjoy personalized contents regardless of time or place since the personalized EPG is stored in the set-top box (STB). There was a hard problem.

Meanwhile, as a prior art, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0069474 discloses an invention entitled “Method and System for Providing an IPTV Personalization Service Associated with a Mobile Terminal,” in which an IPTV is linked with a mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a technology for providing EPG information to a mobile terminal linked thereto and searching for various IPTV program information without interrupting a program being viewed by IPTV.

However, since the above-described first prior art cannot directly generate and update a personalized EPG using the keyword stored in the mobile terminal by providing keyword information to the mobile terminal, the updated personalized EPG can be used regardless of time and place. There was no problem.

Accordingly, there is a strong demand for a personalized EPG generation technology capable of variously generating and updating personalized EPGs using keyword information about contents and providing personalized contents to users without restriction of time or place.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for generating a personalized EPG based on keyword information that can selectively store keywords related to content and generate a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) in real time based on the stored keywords. do.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for personalizing EPG generation based on keyword information, which provides a selected keyword to a mobile communication terminal and can effectively edit the keyword or generate a personalized EPG in the mobile communication terminal. .

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention provides a personalized EPG generation system and method based on keyword information, which enables a mobile communication terminal to provide a personalized EPG generated based on a keyword to an STB to play content.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, the first aspect of the present invention, the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) screen display unit for displaying the keyword information about the content received from the server on the screen, the user of the displayed keywords A keyword information storage unit for storing a keyword selected by the terminal; and a keyword information provider for providing the stored keyword to the mobile communication terminal, wherein the keyword information provided to the mobile communication terminal is used to generate a personalized EPG in the mobile communication terminal. That is, it is possible to provide a user terminal to receive and play the content from the server.

In addition, a second aspect of the present invention is a keyword information receiver for receiving keyword information related to content from a user terminal, an EPG information receiver for receiving EPG information from a server, based on the received keyword information and the received EPG information. Providing a personalized EPG generating unit for generating a personalized EPG, and a personalized EPG providing unit for providing the generated personalized EPG to the user terminal, provides a mobile communication terminal for generating a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) for the interactive broadcast content can do.

In addition, the third aspect of the present invention, the step of displaying the keyword information on the content received from the server on the screen, the step of displaying the keyword providing target area on the screen, a portion of the displayed keywords based on the user input signal Moving to the keyword providing target region, providing the moved keyword to a terminal corresponding to the keyword information providing target region, wherein the terminal corresponding to the keyword information providing target region includes a mobile communication terminal; The keyword provided to the mobile communication terminal may provide a method of generating a personalized electronic program guide (EPG) based on keyword information, which is used to generate a personalized page in the mobile communication terminal.

Further, a fourth aspect of the present invention provides a personalized EPG based on a function of receiving keyword information related to content from a user terminal, a function of receiving EPG information from a server, the received keyword information, and the received EPG information. A computer-readable recording medium for generating a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) based on keyword information for executing the function of generating and providing the generated personalized EPG to another user terminal can be provided. .

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, it is possible to selectively store a keyword related to the content, and generate a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) in real time based on the stored keyword.

According to the problem solving means of the present invention, the selected keyword is provided to the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal can edit the keyword and generate or update the personalized EPG.

Further, according to one of the other problem solving means of the present invention, since the mobile communication terminal can provide the personalized EPG generated and updated based on the keyword to other user terminals to play the content, the user can be connected regardless of time or place. Effectively watch personalized content.

FIG. 1 is a general schematic diagram of a general IPTV service system to which a personalized IPG generation system based on keyword information according to an embodiment of the present invention may be applied.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system for generating and using personalized easy pages based on keyword information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a detailed configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which some keywords are selected and stored for each STB or mobile communication terminal among keywords related to content displayed by an EPG screen display according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a personalized EPG screen generated in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a detailed flowchart of a method in which a keyword is selected and provided to a mobile communication terminal 5000 in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a detailed flowchart of a method for generating and providing a personalized EPG in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement 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 the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

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

FIG. 1 is a general schematic diagram of a general IPTV service system to which a personalized IPG generation system based on keyword information according to an embodiment of the present invention may be applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the IPTV service system includes a broadcaster 1000, a headend system 2000, a network 3000, and a user terminal 4000.

In addition, the headend system 2000 includes a baseband system 2010, a compression multiplexing system 2020, a conditional access system (CAS) 2030, a back office system 2040, a monitoring system 2050, A media management core (MOC) 2060, a subscriber management system 2070, a data broadcasting system 2080, an electronic program guide (EPG) system 2090, and a return path server system 2100.

The broadcaster 1000 serves to produce, edit, and change broadcast content to provide to the headend system 2000. The broadcaster 1000 may include a program provider (PP), a terrestrial wave, or a content provider (CP). In addition, the broadcast content provided by the broadcaster 1000 may include existing broadcast content and rich content on the Internet.

The headend system 2000 receives and manages broadcast content from the broadcaster 1000 and distributes content to the user terminal 4000 to provide broadcast / recording / playback services. The received broadcast content may include related additional information and an EPG for this additional information.

The head-end system 2000 includes EPG information (PSIP / PSI /) including a subscriber concentrator, a broadcast video and audio signal, data broadcasting data, and a program recommendation service menu through a router supporting a multicast routing protocol. SI information) can be transmitted to IP set-top boxes of multiple subscribers by multicasting.

The baseband system 2010 receives an MPEG2 broadcast signal from an external program provider (PP) or an analog broadcast signal from terrestrial waves, converts the received source broadcast signal into a SDI (Serial Digital Interface) signal, and converts a frame ( Frames, and broadcast video and audio signals from multiple broadcast channels (e.g. 100 channels) through Routine Switch, subtitle generator (CG) and Automatic Program Controller (APC) At least one of an advertisement, a logo, or a subtitle is inserted into the broadcast video and audio signal (signal editing and processing) and transmitted to the compression multiplexing system 2020.

The baseband system 2010 is basically a tuner for receiving analog broadcast signals through a receiving device (eg, a DS-3 station, a Yagi antenna, and an IRD) for receiving broadcast signals such as a program provider (PP) and terrestrial waves, respectively. (Tuner)), a frame synchronizer for converting and correcting a source signal received from a receiving device into an SDI signal, synchronizing frames, and A connecting / centralizing all broadcast signal channels for operation management. A signal splitter such as a / V router, and a subtitle generator for inserting an advertisement, a logo, and a subtitle into the SDI signal to edit and process the signal.

The compression multiplexing system 2020 uses an A / V encoder (A / V Encoder) for broadcasting video and audio signals (Video, Audio) received from the baseband system 2010 for each broadcasting channel (eg, 100 channels). ) To compress the SDI (Serial Digital Interface) video signal to H.264, and to compress the audio signal to MPEG-2 AAC to generate MPEG-2 TS (Transport Stream), and to compress compressed broadcast video and audio -2 after multiplexing data broadcasting data and EPG information (PSIP / PSI / SI information) generated by a data encoder and a PSI / SI generator together with the TS signal When the received MPEG-2 TS signal is used in the reception restriction technique, the TS-2 may be inputted to a scrambler, encrypted, and finally IP packetized to transmit an IP packetized TS (Transport Stream) broadcast signal.

Also, optionally, the reception restriction system 2030 may be used to prevent illegal viewing and illegal copying of program recommendation content.

The reception restriction system 2030 performs encryption on the real-time channel and pre-encryption of the VOD content, and controls viewing authority so that only the authenticated user can use the channel and the content. In order to prevent illegal copying of IPTV contents, a digital rights management (DRM) scheme may be used instead of the reception restriction system 2030.

The back office system 2040 is a provisioning system and provides a billing processing function for the use of the IPTV program service for each subscriber.

The monitoring system 2050 is a control system. The monitoring system 2050 may monitor a transmission failure of an A / V broadcast signal for IPTV broadcasting, a reception failure by monitoring a downlink of an IPTV headend system, and confirm subtitles.

The media management system 2060 is a system that manages various business process information (program organization information, location information, contract information, product information, etc.) for operating a broadcasting business. The media management system 2060 integrates and manages the information flow through organic coupling with each system in the center of the broadcasting center.

The media management system 2060 manages broadcast program organization information, content and media management information, contract information of a program provider (PP) and a content provider (CP), and product information, and manages each system in the center of a broadcasting center. Through organic integration, it can act as a coordinator to manage and manage the flow of information.

The subscriber management system 2070 provides membership registration and termination and member information management for IPTV services.

The data broadcasting system 2080 authors, verifies, organizes, and transmits the data broadcasting data. The data broadcasting system 2080 includes a data agent manager (PSI) for managing data encoding, a PSI / SI generator (PSI) for generating program specific information / service information (SI). / SI Generator), Data Server / Data Encoder for encoding data broadcasting data into broadcast video and audio signals, and Multiplexer Manager for managing multiplexing functions of data into the broadcast video and audio signals Manager) and a scheduler user interface (Scheduler UI).

The EPG system 2090 includes an EPG server and provides an electronic program guide (EPG) service to the user terminal 4000.

The return path server system 2100 processes bidirectional data by a data provider (DP), provides online bill transfer from the user terminal 4000, usage history / billing interworking processing of bidirectional data, and personalization authentication processing. , And receive bidirectional data for the program recommendation service and transmit the corresponding response data to the user terminal 4000 in unicasting.

The network 3000 receives the broadcast content from the headend system 2000 and delivers the received broadcast content to the user terminal 4000. The network network 3000 includes a backbone network and an access network, and the access network includes Ethernet, xDSL (ADSL, VDSL), Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Ca (HFC), and Fiber To The Curb), and may be configured in any one topology of a fiber to the home (FTTH) structure.

The user terminal 4000 is an apparatus for using an Internet broadcasting service, and generally includes an IPTV, a set top box (STB), and a remote controller. The IPTV outputs the broadcast content received from the headend system 2000 and transmits the user response signal received through the remote controller to the headend system 2000 through the return channel of the set top box. The user terminal may use any one of a TV with an IP STB or an IP set-top box (IP STB), a computer, a notebook, or a personal portable terminal connected to the user's TV.

Hereinafter, an example of a system for generating and using personalized easy pages based on keyword information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system for generating and using personalized easy pages based on keyword information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, when various keyword information related to content is provided from the user terminal 4100 to the user's mobile communication terminal 5000, the received keyword is received from the mobile communication terminal 5000. The personalized Electronic Program Guide (EPG) can be generated and updated based on. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 5000 receives the EPG information from the server, for example, the headend system 2000, and based on the received EPG information and the received keyword information, the mobile communication terminal 5000 uses various criteria and algorithms. Can be created and updated.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 5000 may provide the generated and updated personalized EPG to another user terminal 4200, and the user terminal 4200 may receive and play content from a server based on the received personalized EPG. .

Here, the mobile communication terminal 5000 refers to a communication terminal having mobility, such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) phone, a laptop, and the like, and includes all kinds of mobile terminals that can be connected to each other in an ad hoc network environment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to effectively select a keyword related to the content and provide it to the mobile communication terminal, and generate and update a personalized EPG in real time using the keyword received at the mobile communication terminal. In addition, since the personalized EPG generated in the mobile communication terminal can be provided to the user terminal of another user to play the content, the user can be efficiently provided with the content suitable for him / her anywhere.

Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of the user terminal 4000 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a user terminal 4000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 4000 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an EPG screen display 4010, a user input receiver 4020, a keyword information storage 4030, and a keyword information provider 4040. ), A personalized EPG generator 4050, a controller 4060, and a transceiver 4070.

The EPG screen display 4010 displays broadcast content and keyword information about the content on the screen. The EPG screen display 4010 may display a list of contents and information about related keywords for each content on the screen. In addition, the content list and the keyword information related to the content may be displayed on the 3D piece, respectively, for example, on the screen in a carousel format. In addition, the keyword information about the content may include, for example, a title of the content, actor information, director information, a related VOD name, a related channel name, and the like.

In addition, the EPG screen display 4010 may display a keyword providing target area on the screen. The keyword providing target area is an area indicating a target to which a keyword is to be provided. When a specific keyword is selected from the keywords displayed on the screen and moved to the keyword providing target area, the specific keyword corresponds to a target corresponding to the keyword providing target area. It may be stored in a separate space to provide to.

In addition, the EPG screen display unit 4010 may display, for example, the local area and the mobile communication terminal area as a keyword providing target area, and based on an input signal provided by the user input receiving unit 4020 described later, The keyword may be moved to at least one of the local area and the mobile communication terminal area.

The user input receiver 4020 receives an input signal input from a user through a remote controller or the like. The user input receiver 4020 may receive at least one of a key input signal or a motion sensing signal generated from a remote controller.

The keyword information storage unit 4030 receives an input signal from the user input receiver 4020 and selectively stores a specific keyword among the keywords displayed on the screen. In addition, the user may select a specific keyword among the keywords displayed on the screen and move the selected keyword to a keyword providing region by a drag and drop method by using a remote controller. The keyword information storage unit 4030 The selected keyword can be stored for each keyword providing target area.

The keyword information storage unit 4030, for example, when the local area and the mobile communication terminal area are displayed as the keyword providing target area, the user terminal 4100 when the user selects a specific keyword and moves it to the local area. The selected keyword may be stored as a keyword to be used to generate an EPG in. In addition, the keyword information storage unit 4030 may store the selected keyword as a keyword to be provided to the mobile communication terminal when the user selects a specific keyword and moves it to the mobile communication terminal area.

The keyword information provider 4040 provides the mobile communication terminal 5000 with the keyword moved to the mobile communication terminal area by the user. The keyword information providing unit 4040 may be directly connected to the mobile communication terminal 5000 such as Bluetooth, infrared communication, etc. to provide keyword information to the mobile communication terminal 5000, but is not limited thereto. Keyword information may be provided to the communication terminal 5000 via the network 3000.

In addition, when a specific keyword is selected, the selected keyword is stored in the keyword information storage unit 4030, after which the keyword information provider 4040 may provide the stored keyword to the mobile communication terminal 5000, but is not limited thereto. If the keyword selected by the user is moved to the area of the mobile communication terminal 5000, the selected keyword may be directly provided to the mobile communication terminal 5000.

In addition, the keywords provided to the mobile communication terminal 5000 may be used to generate and update a personalized EPG in the mobile communication terminal 5000.

The personalized EPG generator 4050 generates a personalized EPG based on the keyword moved to the local area. The personalization EPG generation unit 4050 may generate a personalization EPG according to various settings and algorithms based on various information about content included in the EPG information received from the headend system 2000 and keyword information moved to a local area. Can be. The personalized EPG generation unit 4050 may include, for example, content in which the actor appeared in the personalized EPG based on the actor name included in the keyword information, or produced by the director based on the director name included in the keyword information. One content can be included in a personalized EPG.

The controller 4060 displays the content and the content-related keyword on the screen by the user terminal 4000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, moves the keyword selected from the user to the local area or the mobile communication terminal area, and moves the keyword to mobile communication. The EPG screen display unit 4010, the user input receiver 4020, the keyword information storage unit 4030, and keyword information so that the personalized EPG can be generated by using the keyword in the terminal 5000 or in the user terminal 4000. The provider 4040, the personalized EPG generator 4050, and a transmitter / receiver 4070 to be described below are controlled.

The transmitter / receiver 4070 may transmit various pieces of information to the headend system 2000 or the mobile communication terminal 5000 so as to generate a personalized EPG in the user terminal 4000 or the mobile communication terminal 5000 based on the keyword information about the content. Send and receive with

Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of a mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a keyword information receiver 5010, an EPG information receiver 5020, a personalized EPG generator 5030, and a personalized EPG provider ( 5040, a controller 5050, and a transceiver 5060.

The keyword information receiver 5010 receives keyword information related to content from the user terminal 4100. The keyword information receiver 5010 may receive information about the moved keyword from the user terminal 4100 when a specific keyword is selected in the user terminal 4100 and moved to the mobile communication terminal area. In addition, the keyword information receiver 5010 may receive the keyword information at a predetermined period of time.

In this case, the keyword information receiver 5010 may be directly connected to the user terminal 4100 through a communication method such as Bluetooth or infrared communication to receive keyword information from the user terminal 4100, but is not limited thereto. Keyword information may be received from the network 4100 via the network 3000.

The EPG information receiver 5020 receives EPG information from the server. The EPG information receiver 5020 may receive EPG information about the organized content from the headend system 2000. In addition, the EPG information receiver 5020 may receive the EPG information in a cycle of a predetermined time unit.

The personalized EPG generator 5030 generates a personalized EPG based on the keyword information received from the user terminal 4100 and the EPG information received from the server.

The personalized EPG generator 5030 may generate a personalized EPG according to various settings and algorithms based on the EPG information received from the headend system 2000 and the keyword information received from the user terminal 4100. The personalized EPG generator 5030 may search for or extract appropriate content from among the contents in the received EPG using the received keyword. The personalized EPG generation unit 5030 may include, for example, the content in which the actor appears in the personalized EPG based on the actor name included in the keyword information, or the director based on the director name included in the keyword information. You can include the created content in your personalized EPG.

In addition, when the EPG information received from the headend system 2000 and the keyword information received from the user terminal 4100 are updated, the personalized EPG generator 5030 may update the personalized EPG information by reflecting this. . Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 5000 may update and generate a personalized EPG in real time using keyword information.

The personalization EPG provider 5040 provides the generated or updated personalized EPG to another user terminal 4200, and the other user terminal 4200 may play content based on the received personalized EPG.

Therefore, in the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the personalized EPG may be updated and generated in real time using information about a keyword selected by the user, and the user may generate the personalized EPG in real time. The personalized EPG can be played using the surrounding user terminal 4000 regardless of time and place.

The controller 5050 may receive the keyword information and the EPG information, generate or update personalized EPG information, and provide the same to the other user terminal 4200. The keyword information receiver 5010 and the EPG information receiver 5020, the personalized EPG generator 5030, the personalized EPG provider 5040, and a transceiver 5060 to be described below are controlled.

The transceiver 5060 transmits and receives various information necessary for the mobile communication terminal 5000 to generate and provide a personalized EPG with the headend system 3000 and the user terminal 4000.

In an embodiment of the present invention, since the user terminal 4000 provides a specific keyword to the mobile communication terminal 5000 so that the user can personally store desired information 'personally', the user's privacy can be protected without logging in. In addition, there is no fear that the keywords stored by other family members may be deleted, thereby enabling a more customized content providing service. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 5000 may generate and update a personalized EPG in real time using keyword information, and allow the user to enjoy personalized content more effectively by allowing content based on the personalized EPG to be played back anytime and anywhere. It becomes possible.

Meanwhile, a keyword information receiver 5010 and an EPG information receiver for receiving a specific keyword, generating and updating a personalized EPG, and providing it to another user terminal 4000 in the mobile communication terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each function of the 5020, the personalized EPG generator 5030, the personalized EPG provider 5040, the controller 5050, and the transceiver 5060 may be performed by an application program installed in the mobile communication terminal 100. .

Hereinafter, an example in which some keywords are selected and stored for each STB or mobile communication terminal among the keywords related to the content displayed by the EPG screen display 4010 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which some keywords are selected and stored for each STB or mobile communication terminal among keywords related to content displayed by the EPG screen display 4010 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, an EPG screen according to an embodiment of the present invention may include content and keyword information related to the content in a 3D block, and each 3D block is displayed in a carousel format. Can be displayed on. The keyword information may include content name, keyword information about casting, keyword information about related VOD, keyword information about related channel, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, on both sides of the EPG screen, the local area and the mobile communication terminal area are displayed as keyword providing target areas, respectively, and the user selects a desired keyword and moves to the local area or the mobile communication terminal area by a drag and drop method. By doing so, the selected keyword may be stored or provided to the user terminal 4000 or the mobile communication terminal 5000. For example, when the name of the cast actor (keyword) is selected and moved to the mobile communication terminal area, the selected actor name may be provided as a keyword to the mobile communication terminal 5000.

Hereinafter, an example of a personalized EPG screen generated by the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a personalized EPG screen generated by the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the personalized EPG generated by the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a list corresponding to the VOD list is displayed among the contents list generated based on a keyword. In the case where the entire VOD list or a specific VOD in the list is selected and moved to the local viewing area, EPG information about the corresponding content may be provided to the user terminal 4200. Therefore, the user can watch the personalized content regardless of time and place by using the personalized EPG generated by the mobile communication terminal 5000.

In addition, in the personalized EPG generated by the mobile communication terminal 5000, for example, information about a keyword stored in the mobile communication terminal 5000 may be displayed, and the user may edit the corresponding keyword.

Hereinafter, a method in which a keyword is selected in the user terminal 4000 and provided to the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

7 is a detailed flowchart of a method in which a keyword is selected in the user terminal 4000 and provided to the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In operation S700, various keywords corresponding to content names and contents are displayed on the screen. In operation S700, the keyword list of the content list and the content may be displayed on the 3D piece, for example, and displayed on the screen in a carousel format. In addition, the keyword information about the content may include, for example, a title of the content, actor information, director information, a related VOD name, a related channel name, and the like.

In operation S700, the keyword providing target area may be displayed on the screen. For example, the local area and the mobile communication terminal area may be displayed as the keyword providing target area.

Step S702 is a step of receiving a user's keyword selection input. In operation S702, an input signal input from a user may be received through a remote controller or the like. In operation S702, for example, at least one of a key input signal or a motion sensing signal generated from a remote controller may be received. In operation S702, a user input signal for moving a specific keyword to a keyword providing target region, for example, a local region or a mobile communication terminal region, may be received.

Step S704 is a step of storing keywords to be provided to the mobile communication terminal. In operation S704, in response to the user input signal for moving the keyword to the mobile communication terminal area, the moved keyword may be stored to provide the mobile communication terminal 5000.

Step S706 is a step of providing a keyword to the mobile communication terminal. In step S706, a keyword moved to the mobile communication terminal area by the user may be provided to the mobile communication terminal 5000, and may be directly connected to the mobile communication terminal 5000 such as Bluetooth, infrared communication, or the like so as to perform mobile communication. Keyword information may be provided to the terminal 5000. In operation S706, keyword information may be provided to the mobile communication terminal 5000 via the network 3000.

Hereinafter, a method of generating and providing a personalized EPG in the mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

8 is a detailed flowchart of a method for generating and providing a personalized EPG in a mobile communication terminal 5000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Step S800 is a step of receiving keyword information from the user terminal 4000. In operation S800, when a specific keyword is selected in the user terminal 4100 and moved to the mobile communication terminal area, information about the moved keyword may be received from the user terminal 4100. In operation S800, the keyword information may be received at a predetermined time interval. In this case, the keyword information may be received from the user terminal 4100 by being directly connected to the user terminal 4100 through a communication method such as Bluetooth or infrared communication, but is not limited thereto. Keyword information may be received via 3000.

Step S802 is a step of receiving EPG information from the server. In operation S802, the EPG information about the organized content may be received from the headend system 2000, and the EPG information may be received at a predetermined period of time.

Step S804 is a step of generating a personalized EPG. In operation S804, the personalized EPG may be generated according to various settings and algorithms based on the keyword information received from the user terminal 4100 and the EPG information received from the server. In operation S804, a personalized EPG may be generated by searching for or extracting an appropriate content from among contents in the received EPG using the received keyword. In step S804, for example, the content in which the actor appears based on the actor name included in the keyword information is included in the personalized EPG, or the content produced by the director based on the director name included in the keyword information. Can be extracted and included in the personalized EPG.

Step S806 is to update the generated personalized EPG. In operation S806, when the EPG information received from the headend system 2000 and the keyword information received from the user terminal 4100 are updated or changed, the personalized EPG information may be updated to reflect this change. In operation S806, when the keyword information or the EPG information from the server is changed, the personalized EPG may be updated by effectively reflecting the change, and the user may use the EPG information updated in real time in the mobile communication terminal 5000 to update the time or place. You will be able to watch your personalized content regardless.

Step S808 is a step of providing a personalized EPG to the user terminal. In operation S808, the generated or updated personalized EPG may be provided to the other user terminal 4200, and the other user terminal 4200 may play the content based on the received personalized EPG.

One embodiment of the present invention may also be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above 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.

4000: user terminal 4010: EPG screen display unit
4020: user input receiving unit 4030: keyword information storage unit
4040: Keyword information provider 4050: Personalized EPG generator
5000: mobile communication terminal 5010: keyword information receiving unit
5020: EPG information receiving unit 5030: Personalized EPG generating unit
5040: Personalized EPG Provider

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In the user terminal receiving the content from the server to play,
EPG (Electronic Program Guide) screen display unit for displaying keyword information on the content received from the server on the screen,
A keyword information storage unit for separately storing a keyword selected by the user among the displayed keywords,
Keyword information providing unit for providing the stored keyword to the mobile communication terminal
Including;
The keyword information provided to the mobile communication terminal is used to generate a personalized EPG in the mobile communication terminal.
The method of claim 1,
The personalized EPG generated in the mobile communication terminal is provided to another user terminal, and the other user terminal reproduces the content based on the provided personalized EPG.
The method of claim 1,
The EPG screen display unit displays a keyword providing target area on a screen, and displays the selected keyword among the displayed keywords to be moved to the keyword providing target area on the screen based on a user input signal.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The EPG screen display unit displays a local area and a mobile communication terminal area on the screen as the keyword providing target area,
The keyword information storage unit distinguishes and stores selected keywords for each of the keyword providing target regions.
The keyword information providing unit provides a keyword corresponding to the mobile communication terminal area to the mobile communication terminal.
The method of claim 4, wherein
EPG generation unit for generating a personalized EPG in real time based on the keyword corresponding to the local area and the EPG information provided from the server
Further comprising, the user terminal.
The method of claim 4, wherein
Wherein the keyword is selected and moved to the local area or the mobile communication terminal area in a drag and drop manner.
A mobile communication terminal for generating a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) relating to two-way broadcasting content,
A keyword information receiver for receiving keyword information related to content from a user terminal;
EPG information receiving unit for receiving the EPG information from the server,
A personalized EPG generator that generates a personalized EPG based on the received keyword information and the received EPG information, and
Personalization EPG providing unit for providing the generated personalized EPG to the user terminal
Including, a mobile communication terminal.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The personalized EPG generator,
If at least one of the keyword information received from the user terminal or the EPG information received from the server is updated, based on the received keyword information and the received EPG information, to update and generate a personalized EPG, Mobile communication terminal.
The method of claim 7, wherein
In the user terminal, a related keyword is displayed for each content, and the keyword information is information on a keyword selected to be provided to the mobile communication terminal among the keywords displayed for each content in the user terminal.
The method of claim 9,
In the user terminal, a local area and a mobile communication terminal area are displayed on a screen as a keyword providing target area, and a keyword selected to be provided to a mobile communication terminal is selected by the drag and drop method among the related keywords for each content. And a keyword moved to the terminal area.
In the method for generating a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) based on the keyword information,
Displaying keyword information on content received from a server on a screen;
Displaying the keyword providing target area on the screen;
Moving some of the displayed keywords from the screen to the keyword providing region based on a user input signal;
Providing the moved keyword to a terminal corresponding to the keyword information providing target region
Including;
The terminal corresponding to the keyword information providing target area includes a mobile communication terminal, and the keyword provided to the mobile communication terminal is used to generate a personalized EPG in the mobile communication terminal.
In a computer-readable recording medium for generating a personalized EPG (Electronic Program Guide) based on keyword information,
Receiving keyword information related to the content from the user terminal;
Receiving EPG information from a server,
Generating a personalized EPG based on the received keyword information and the received EPG information, and
A function of providing the generated personalized EPG to another user terminal
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the program.

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