KR100699100B1 - Internet broadcasting system and method that can exchange opinions between users while watching internet broadcasting - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an internet broadcasting system and method for allowing a user to exchange opinions about internet broadcasting contents while watching an internet broadcasting through a wired / wireless internet. That is, in the present invention, the user watching the Internet broadcast by using an Internet-enabled terminal such as a PC, a PDA, a mobile phone, etc., uploads an opinion on the Internet broadcast being watched, and exchanges the opinion on the Internet broadcast with other users. In addition, by storing the user's opinions in association with the Internet broadcast scene and allowing the user to view them later on the website, not only simply watching the broadcast but also through mutual exchange of opinions between users, It can be used more widely.

Internet broadcasting, broadcasting server, opinion, exchange

Description

INTERNET BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING OPINIONS BETWEEN USERS AND METHOD THEREOF}

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an internet broadcasting system capable of exchanging opinions according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an operation control flowchart for exchanging opinions between users in an internet broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary message format for exchanging opinions between users in an internet broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary view of storing a web page in which a user opinion and an Internet broadcasting scene are linked according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: user terminal 102: content storage

104: broadcast server 106: response collection server

108: web server

The present invention relates to an internet broadcasting system, and more particularly, to an internet broadcasting system and a method for allowing a user to exchange opinions about internet broadcasting contents while watching an internet broadcasting through a wired / wireless internet.

The development of hardware technology has greatly improved computer performance, and the expansion of broadband has made multimedia services popular on the Internet. Internet broadcasting, which is one of the multimedia services, enables the conventional terrestrial broadcasting service including video and audio, as well as two-way interactive communication, and allows the individual to use the service at any time without limitation of time and space.

It is not easy to predict latency or quality on the Internet, and video and audio require a lot of bandwidth. As a protocol for efficient multimedia services in this environment, UDP with low connection overhead and not connection-based Based on this, a Realtime Transport Protocol (RTP), a Realtime Streaming Protocol (RTSP), and the like are used.

RTP provides end-to-end transport for applications that transmit multimedia data in real time, such as video and audio. RTSP provides an application-level protocol that allows real-time control over data transfer and VOD transfer. to be.

On the other hand, Internet broadcasters not only transmit terrestrial broadcasts themselves in real time in the form of broadcasting stations owning existing terrestrial broadcast channels in the Internet, but also provide past broadcasts in VOD form. The service of transmitting to the communication terminal has also been in the spotlight recently.

However, in the conventional Internet broadcasting as described above, only one-sided service in which the user simply listens to the broadcast is possible, and it is impossible to exchange opinions among a plurality of users who watch the Internet broadcasting.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an internet broadcasting system and method for allowing a user to exchange opinions on internet broadcasting contents while watching an internet broadcasting through a wired / wireless internet.

The present invention for achieving the above object is an Internet broadcasting system that allows users to exchange opinions while watching Internet broadcasts, which is connected to the Internet through a wired / wireless communication network, and views opinions about the corresponding Internet broadcast scenes between users while watching Internet broadcasts. Receives the user's opinion about the user terminal to be displayed together with the Internet broadcast screen, a content storage for storing various Internet broadcast streams and VOD data broadcasted to the user terminal, and Internet broadcasts uploaded to the user terminal. A broadcast server for constructing Internet broadcast screen data together with opinion information among users and transmitting them to the terminal to enable mutual exchange of users for Internet broadcasting, and a user for Internet broadcasting received from the broadcast server or the user terminal. A response server for collecting opinion information and a web server storing and managing opinion information collected from the response collection server in a web page format in association with a corresponding scene of an Internet broadcast, and allowing a user to view a website later. Characterized in that it comprises a.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for exchanging opinions between users while viewing an Internet broadcast in an Internet broadcast system, comprising the steps of: (a) inputting user feedback on an Internet broadcast being viewed through a text input window of a terminal on which the Internet broadcast is displayed; (b) receiving a plurality of user opinions about Internet broadcasting input through a terminal through the broadcasting server, and (c) constructing and transmitting the Internet broadcasting screen together with opinion information between the received users. (D) combining the user-specific opinion message through the response collection server into a predetermined format for management in a web server, and (e) the user's opinion information collected from the response collection server in a corresponding Internet broadcast. And storing and managing the web page in association with the scene.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the operation of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

1 illustrates a schematic configuration of an internet broadcasting system that enables exchange of opinions among Internet broadcasting viewers according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user terminal 100 is a user interface device that can be connected to the Internet through a wired / wireless communication network, such as a PC, a PDA, a mobile phone, and is connected to the Internet through a wired / wireless communication network to watch an Internet broadcast. The user's opinion on the corresponding Internet broadcast scene is displayed together with the Internet broadcast screen.

The content store 102 stores various Internet broadcast contents and VOD data broadcasted to the user terminal 100. In this case, in real time broadcasting, digital data encoded in real time may be viewed as a kind of VOD data.

The broadcast server 104 receives the opinions of the users about the Internet broadcasts uploaded from the user terminal, configures the corresponding Internet broadcast screen data together with the opinion information between the users, and transmits them to the terminal 100 to broadcast the Internet. Enable users to exchange opinions about At this time, the broadcast server 104 may manage whether or not to deliver the opinion of the other person according to the user's real time or preset. That is, for example, multicasting is performed in a separate session only to the terminal 100 to be received.

The response collection server 106 collects user opinion information on Internet broadcasting received from the plurality of broadcasting servers 104 or the user terminal 100. The web server 108 stores and manages the opinion information of the user collected from the response collection server 106 in the form of a web page in association with the corresponding scene of the Internet broadcast, and the user's future website. Allow reading.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control flow that enables exchange of opinions among Internet broadcast viewers in an Internet broadcasting system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the user watches the Internet broadcast provided from the broadcast server 104 of the Internet broadcasting system by using an electronic device capable of viewing the Internet broadcast through a wired / wireless communication network such as a PC, a PDA, a mobile phone, and the like (S200). In the above, the Internet broadcast may be a real-time broadcast or VOD streaming, and the transmission is transmitted to the user terminal using RTP or HTTP.

Then, when the user wants to upload his or her opinion for exchange of opinions with other Internet broadcast viewers while watching the Internet broadcast through the terminal, the user inputs his or her opinion through a text input window of the terminal displaying the Internet broadcast server (104). ) Or to the response collection server 106 (S202). According to an embodiment of the present invention, the text input window may be implemented in a separate screen space on a screen on which an Internet broadcast is displayed or a separate screen space of an Internet broadcast screen for uploading opinions of users while viewing an Internet broadcast. When inputting an opinion through an input window, the terminal 100 transmits it to the broadcast server 104 or the response collection server 106. When the session is managed using the RTSP and the data is transmitted using the RTP, the user's input is transmitted to the response collection server 106 via the broadcast server 104. On the other hand, when it is difficult to interact with the server, such as watching downloaded content, or when watching a broadcast other than Internet broadcasting such as over-the-air broadcasting and collecting user's opinion, SMS (for wireless terminal) or A method of transmitting directly to the response collection server 106 using a separate internet connection is suitable. In the embodiment of the present invention will be described centering on the service using the former RTSP / RTP.

At this time, the broadcasting server 104 transmits the SET_Parameter of the RTSP to the terminal to display a specific sentence for collecting the opinions of the terminal users who are watching the Internet broadcast, and also transmits the URL information to move to a specific site during the broadcasting. In addition, after moving in the same manner as above, a comment or response may be input. In addition, the broadcast server 104 may transmit and receive the GET_Parameter of the RTSP in parallel and recognize and receive the user's key input or character input at a specific time point (S204).

When there is an upload of an opinion on the Internet broadcast from the terminal user who is watching the Internet broadcast as described above, the broadcast server 104 sends the message sent by the user in real time to another user through the SET_Parameter method or the like through a separate session. By doing so, the Internet broadcast viewers can exchange opinions during the broadcast (S206).

On the other hand, the response collection server 106 receives the response contents from the broadcast server 104 or the user terminal 100, and as shown in FIG. 3, user's opinion information on the Internet broadcast is broadcast ID, time information, time type separator ( NTP, RTP Timestamp, etc.), subscriber ID, response contents, and the like are combined and transmitted to the web server 108 (S208). In the above, the visual information is based on the time of the content, not the time at the PC, PDA, mobile phone, etc., which are received and viewed by the users. That is, in case of VOD, it is preferable to match the time between users by the time from the content start time, and in the case of real time broadcasting by NTP Time. This time coincidence may use a method of transmitting time information of the content itself, such as a timestamp of an RTP packet or, in the case of MPEG-4, the information in the Sample Table Atom, to the web server 108 so that the server converts it. Can be.

Then, the web server 108 receives the opinion information of the terminal users transmitted from the response collection server 106 and associates with the scene of the Internet broadcast (S210) as shown in FIG. After storing the input user opinion message 402 in the form of a web page (S212) and managing it as a database (Data base), the user can later be viewed on the website.

That is, the web server 108 detects a scene change by referring to the original image of the content storage 102 and extracts one frame of the scene to be t0 and t1 of FIG. 4. Alternatively, the service producer may manually specify t0 and t1. In this case, in the case of real time broadcasting, the encoded file is stored in the content storage 102 to use the same method, or extracted from the output of the real time encoder.

As described above, the web server 108 extracts the user opinion information collected in FIG. 3 and arranges each of the user opinion information after the corresponding time t0 and t1 as shown in FIG. 4 so that users can later browse the website.

Therefore, in the present invention, a user who is watching an Internet broadcast by using an Internet-enabled terminal such as a PC, a PDA, a mobile phone, or the like, uploads an opinion about an Internet broadcast that is being viewed, and exchanges opinions about the Internet broadcast with other users. In addition, by storing the user's opinions in association with the relevant Internet broadcast scene and allowing the user to view them later on the website, not only simply watching the broadcast but also through the exchange of mutual opinions between users, It can be wider than.

Meanwhile, in the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the claims rather than by the described embodiments.

As described above, in the present invention, the user who is watching the Internet broadcast by using an Internet-enabled terminal such as a PC, a PDA, a mobile phone, uploads an opinion about the Internet broadcast that is being watched, and comments to other users and the corresponding Internet broadcast. It also enables users to exchange their opinions and saves their opinions in connection with the Internet broadcast scene and allows them to be viewed later on the website. Through this, there is an advantage in that the utilization of Internet broadcasting can be further expanded.

Claims (28)

An internet broadcasting system that enables users to exchange opinions while watching internet broadcasting. A user terminal connected to the Internet through a wired / wireless communication network, and displaying an opinion of a corresponding Internet broadcast scene between users while viewing an Internet broadcast together with an Internet broadcast screen; A content repository storing various internet broadcast streams and VOD data broadcasted to the user terminal; Receives the opinions of the users about the Internet broadcast uploaded to the user terminal, and broadcasts the Internet broadcast screen data together with the mutual opinion information between the users to transmit to the terminal to exchange opinions between the users for the Internet broadcast Server, A response collecting server for collecting user opinion information on Internet broadcasting received from the broadcasting server or the user terminal; A web server that stores and manages user's opinion information collected from the response collection server in the form of a web page in association with a corresponding scene of an Internet broadcast, and enables a user to view a website later. Internet broadcast system capable of mutual exchange of ideas, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, The terminal may be implemented by a character input window on the Internet broadcast screen Internet broadcasting system capable of mutual exchange of opinions, characterized in that for transmitting the user's input to the broadcast server. The method of claim 2, In the case of the RTSP, the terminal transmits user opinions to the broadcast server in an RTSP SET_Paramete message. The method of claim 2, The terminal, the Internet broadcast system capable of mutual exchange of opinions, characterized in that for converting the user opinions on the Internet broadcast to be sent to the response server by SMS conversion. The method of claim 1, And the broadcast server transmits the SET_Parameter of the RTSP to the terminal to display a specific sentence, and transmits URL information to enable movement to a specific site during the broadcast. The method of claim 5, The broadcasting server may multi-cast or broadcast the opinion message sent by the user in real time through the terminal to another user through the SET_Parameter method or a separate channel to exchange opinions between users during broadcasting. Internet broadcasting system that can exchange opinions. The method of claim 6, And the broadcast server transmits a GET_Parameter of the RTSP to the terminal to recognize the user's key input or character input at a specific time point and receive the user's opinion. The method of claim 1, The response collection server is configured to combine user opinion information from the terminal or the broadcast server into a data format of broadcast ID, time information, time information separator, user ID, and response contents for storage in a web server. Internet broadcasting system that can exchange opinions. The method of claim 8, The visual information is an Internet broadcasting system that can exchange opinions, characterized in that the visual information of the user terminal is set based on the time of the content. The method of claim 9, And the time information is set to a time from a content start time point in the case of VOD. The method of claim 9, When the time information is a real time broadcast, NTP Time is set to match the time between users, Internet broadcasting system capable of mutual exchange. The method of claim 11, The time coincidence is such that the time stamp of the RTP packet or the time information of the content itself is transmitted to the web server so that the time can be converted by the web server. The method of claim 12, The content self time information is set to information in a Sample Table Atom in case of MPEG-4. The method of claim 1, The Internet broadcast system received by the user terminal is a real-time Internet broadcast, it characterized in that the mutual broadcast exchange system. The method of claim 1, The Internet broadcast system received from the user terminal is a VOD streaming, characterized in that the mutual broadcast exchange system. The method according to claim 14 or 15, The Internet broadcast system is capable of mutually communicating with each other, wherein the user terminal and the broadcast server are transmitted using RTP or HTTP. In the Internet broadcasting system including a user terminal, a broadcast server, a response collection server, a web server, a method for exchanging opinions between users while viewing an Internet broadcast, (a) inputting a user's opinion on an internet broadcast being viewed through a text input window of the terminal on which the internet broadcast is displayed; (b) receiving a plurality of user opinions about Internet broadcasting input through a terminal through the broadcasting server; (c) constructing and transmitting the Internet broadcast screen together with opinion information between the received users; (d) combining user-specific opinion messages through the response collection server into a predetermined format for management in a web server; (e) storing and managing user's opinion information collected from the response collection server in a web page format in association with a corresponding scene of an Internet broadcast; User opinion exchange method in the Internet broadcasting system comprising a. The method of claim 17, In the step (a), in the case of the RTSP, the user opinion exchange method in the Internet broadcasting system, characterized in that transmitted to the broadcast server in the RTSP SET_Parameter message. The method of claim 17, In the step (a), the user opinion, the user opinion exchange method in the Internet broadcasting system, characterized in that transmitted to the SMS when received by the response collection server. The method of claim 17, In step (b), the broadcast server transmits the SET_Parameter of the RTSP to the terminal to display a specific sentence, and transmits URL information to enable the user to move to a specific site during the broadcast. How to communicate with users on The method of claim 17, In the step (b), the broadcasting server multicasts or broadcasts the opinion message sent by the user in real time through the terminal to the other user through the SET_Parameter method or a separate channel to exchange opinions between the users during broadcasting. A method for exchanging user opinions in an internet broadcasting system, characterized in that performed. The method of claim 17, In step (b), the broadcast server exchanges user opinions in the Internet broadcasting system by transmitting a GET_Parameter of the RTSP to the terminal, recognizing the user's key input or character input at a specific time point and receiving the user's opinion. Way. The method of claim 17, In the step (d), the response collection server is configured to store user opinion information from the terminal or the broadcast server in a data format of broadcast ID, time information, time information separator, user ID, and response contents for storage in a web server. A method for exchanging user opinions in an internet broadcasting system, characterized in that for combining. The method of claim 23, wherein The time information is a user information exchange method in the Internet broadcasting system, characterized in that the time information of the user terminal is set based on the time of the content. The method of claim 24, In the case of VOD, the time information is set to a time from a content start time point. The method of claim 24, When the time information is a real time broadcast, the user's opinion exchange method in the Internet broadcasting system, characterized in that the time is set to match the time between the users. The method of claim 26, The time coincidence is a time stamp of the RTP packet or the time information of the content itself is transmitted to the web server to convert the time by the web server, the user opinion exchange method in the Internet broadcasting system. The method of claim 27, In the case of MPEG-4, the content self time information is set to information in a Sample Table Atom.

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