KR101286430B1 - Remotely controlled broadcasting receiver, Contents controlling method thereof and remotely diagnosing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a broadcast receiver that provides a predetermined menu for controlling information stored in a broadcast receiver in a remote communication terminal, wherein the broadcast receiver receives content information when a remote communication terminal requests content information. A predetermined menu that can be controlled is provided to the communication terminal so that the content can be controlled by the communication terminal. In addition, when a broadcast receiver requests log file information, the broadcast receiver provides a log file to a communication terminal so that the communication terminal at a remote location can identify the error and diagnose whether repair is necessary.

Therefore, the user can control the broadcast receiver anytime and anywhere.

Remote control, content, log file

Description

Remotely controllable broadcast receiver and its content control method, remote diagnostic method {Remotely controlled broadcasting receiver, Contents controlling method according to example and remotely diagnosing method

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a remote controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a content control method of a remote controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart showing a remote diagnosis method of a remote controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention.

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating an example of a content control menu provided by a broadcast receiver in a content control method of a remotely controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

110: network module 120: menu providing unit

130: information processing unit 140: microprocessor

The present invention relates to a remotely controllable broadcast receiver, a content control method thereof, and a remote diagnosis method.

By providing a PVR (Personal Video Recording Device) in the function of playing and displaying only a broadcast, the broadcast receiver is capable of storing a multimedia content such as an audio file and a video file and displaying the stored content. In addition, broadcasts to be watched can be reserved and recorded in a desired time zone. In addition, in a broadcast receiver having a network function, various things including surfing the web such as a PC are possible by accessing the Internet.

Therefore, the user uses a lot of external storage media in order to enjoy the content in his or her broadcast receiver, which requires that the user have a separate external storage media, and the storage capacity of the provided external storage media is smaller than the capacity of the content to be stored. The capacity of the content must be divided and stored repeatedly in the broadcast receiver, or a new external storage medium with sufficient storage capacity must be provided.

In addition, if the broadcast time of the broadcast to be watched is a time zone that cannot be watched, the user can set the reservation recording to view in a desired time zone, but this must be set by manipulating the broadcast receiver so that the broadcast must be suddenly important from the outside. In this case, scheduled recording cannot be set.

 In addition, as various functions are added to the broadcast receiver, errors occurring during the operation are increasing.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a remotely controllable broadcast receiver that provides a predetermined menu for controlling information and information requested from a remote communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a content control method for controlling contents of a broadcast receiver using a communication terminal of a remote location.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a remote diagnosis method for diagnosing a broadcast receiver using a remote communication terminal.

The remote controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a network module for transmitting and receiving data with a communication terminal connected through a network; A menu providing unit for providing a predetermined menu to the communication terminal through the network module, the predetermined menu capable of remotely controlling information stored in the PVR of a broadcast receiver when information request command data is received through the network module; An information processing unit processing information stored in the PVR according to the control command when a control command selected from a menu provided by the menu providing unit is received from the communication terminal through the network module; And a microprocessor for controlling each unit.

Information stored in the PVR; And at least one of item-specific log file information and content information on an operation error occurring in the broadcast receiver.

The content information; And at least one of broadcast content recording material information, broadcast content reservation recording setting information, and multimedia content information.

Menu provided by the menu providing unit; It characterized in that it comprises at least one menu of the "add" menu, "save" menu, "delete" menu and "edit" menu.

Content control method of a remote controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention, when receiving a content information request command from a communication terminal connected through a network through the content management menu to receive a control command for the content stored in the broadcast receiver the communication Transmitting to a terminal; And processing content according to a control command received through the content management menu from the communication terminal.

The content management menu is; It characterized in that it comprises at least one menu of the "add" menu, "save" menu, "delete" menu and "edit" menu.

Processing content according to a control command received through the content management menu; When the "additional" control command is received through the content management menu, the content received from the communication terminal is stored.

Processing content according to a control command received through the content management menu; When a "save" control command is received through the content management menu, the corresponding content is copied and transmitted to the communication terminal.

Processing content according to a control command received through the content management menu; When a "delete" control command is received through the content management menu, the corresponding content is deleted according to the content information received from the communication terminal.

Processing content according to a control command received through the content management menu; When the "edit" control command is received through the content management menu, the edit information is received from the communication terminal, and the content information is changed and stored according to the received edit information.

The remote diagnosis method of the remotely controllable broadcast receiver includes transmitting log file information stored by a broadcast receiver to the communication terminal when a log file request command is received from a communication terminal connected through a network; And diagnosing whether the repair is necessary by receiving the log file information at the communication terminal and identifying operation error information generated by the broadcast receiver through the received log file information.

The log file; The broadcast receiver may include operation error information generated when the recording function of the broadcast content is not performed according to the reservation recording setting of the broadcast content.

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

However, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a broadcast controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a broadcast receiver separates a tuner unit 101 that receives a broadcast signal of a predetermined channel through an antenna, and a broadcast signal that separates image data and audio data from the broadcast signal received by the tuner unit 101. A unit 102, a PVR unit 103 for storing and outputting video data and audio data or multimedia data separated by the broadcast signal separating unit 102, and a video / audio processing unit 104 for processing a video / audio signal. ), A video / audio output unit 105 for outputting the video / audio processed by the video / audio processor 104, a network module 110 for performing data transmission / reception with a communication terminal connected to a network, and a broadcast receiver. A menu providing unit 120 for providing a predetermined menu for remotely controlling information stored in the PVR unit 103 and a control command selected through the predetermined menu provided by the menu providing unit 120. Through the module In case of updating, the information processing unit 130 for processing information stored in the PVR unit 103 according to the control command, the external storage device is connected to the external storage device connection unit 106 for transmitting and receiving data and the microcontroller for controlling each unit. Processor 140.

The tuner unit 101 tunes from a plurality of signals input through an antenna and receives a broadcast signal of a predetermined channel transmitted by a predetermined broadcast station.

The broadcast signal separator 102 separates the video / audio stream from the broadcast signal received by the tuner 101 and transmits the video / audio stream to the video / audio processor 108 and the PVR unit 103.

The PVR unit 103 stores and outputs a video / audio stream, that is, broadcast content, input according to a control command.

The video / audio processor 104 decodes and processes the video / audio stream separated by the broadcast signal separator 102 into a video / audio signal and processes the video / audio signal. 110). Also, the video / audio processor 104 decodes and processes the video / audio stream output from the PVR unit 103 into a video / audio signal, and processes the processed video / audio signal to the video / audio output unit 110. send.

The video / audio output unit 105 displays the video signal processed by the video / audio processing unit 108 on the screen and outputs the audio signal through the speaker.

The external storage device connection unit 150 is connected to the external storage device, the data is transmitted and received when the external storage device is connected. That is, data stored in an external storage device, that is, multimedia content is stored in the PVR unit 103 or data stored in the PVR unit 103, that is, multimedia content or broadcast content, is stored in the external storage device.

The network module 110 may include communication equipment such as a modem, an Ethernet card, a wireless LAN card, and the like, and transmit and receive data with a communication terminal connected to a network by the communication equipment. Here, in order for the communication terminal to be connected to the broadcast receiver, an IP address corresponding to the broadcast receiver or through the broadcast receiver access server must be known. In addition, the communication terminal is preferably connected to the broadcast receiver through the authentication process for security.

The menu providing unit 120 provides a predetermined menu for remotely controlling the information stored in the PVR unit 103. The menu providing unit 120 preferably provides a menu in a form that the remote communication terminal can read. For example, it may be transmitted in various forms such as XML (Extensible Markup Language), HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), and ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) Text displayed on a screen of a communication terminal of a remote site. In addition, the information stored in the PVR unit 103 corresponds to item-specific log file information and content information for an operation error generated in the broadcast receiver. The content information corresponds to audio file list information such as MP3 and WMA, image file list information such as JPG and BMP, and video file list information such as AVI and WMV. In addition, the content information corresponds to the broadcast recording information recorded by the broadcast receiver and the reservation recording list information which preset the broadcast list to be recorded. The log file information is a file generated by including error information and an error cause when the function set in the broadcast receiver is not normally performed. For example, the log file information is not normally recorded according to the broadcast content reservation recording setting. If not, the error information is created and stored in a log file.

The menu providing unit 120 manages a predetermined content that can remotely control information stored in the PVR unit 103 when a content information request command is received through the network module 110 from a communication terminal connected through a network. A menu is transmitted to the communication terminal through the network module 110.

The menu providing unit 120 may store log file information stored in the PVR unit 103 when a log file information request command is received from the communication terminal connected through a network through the network module 110. A menu is transmitted to the communication terminal through the network module 110.

The information processing unit 130 operates according to a control command corresponding to a case where a control command selected from a predetermined menu provided by the menu providing unit 120 is received through the network module 110 from a communication terminal connected through a network. Do this.

The information processing unit 130 processes the content according to the control command when a control command selected from the content management menu provided by the menu providing unit 120 is received through the network module 110 from a communication terminal connected through a network. do. Content processing is performed according to a control command received from the communication terminal. For example, the content received from the communication terminal is stored, the content stored in the broadcast receiver is copied and transmitted to the communication terminal, or the content information received from the communication terminal. Accordingly, the content stored in the broadcast receiver may be deleted or the content information stored in the broadcast receiver may be changed and stored according to the edit information received from the communication terminal.

The microprocessor 140 controls the video / audio stream stored in the PVR unit 103 or the video / audio stream separated by the broadcast signal separation unit 102 to be transmitted to the video / audio processing unit 104 and output.

The microprocessor 140 checks whether the external storage device is connected through the external storage device connecting unit 106 and controls data transmission and reception.

The microprocessor 140 transmits a control command to the PVR 103 to store the input video / audio stream or output the stored video / audio stream.

The broadcast receiver as described above, when the user connects to the broadcast receiver using a remote communication terminal and receives a command for requesting content information through the network module 110 of the broadcast receiver, the menu providing unit 120 receives a menu. A content management menu capable of remotely controlling content information is transmitted to the communication terminal through the network module 110. In this case, the user connects to the broadcast receiver access server through the communication terminal, and connects to the corresponding broadcast receiver by the broadcast receiver access server, or when the IP address of the broadcast receiver is known, the IP address of the broadcast receiver corresponding to the communication terminal. You can connect by typing.

When the communication terminal receives the content management menu transmitted by the broadcast receiver and displays the received content management menu in the form of a web browser on the screen, the user controls the content of the broadcast receiver using the content management menu displayed on the screen. do. For example, referring to the drawing shown in FIG. 4A, the content management menu received by the communication terminal includes content information such as "ABC.jpg", "BCD.jpb", and "EFG.bmp" on the screen of the communication terminal. Photo file list information, "ABC.mp3", "BCD.mp3", "EFG.wma" music file list information and "ABC.avi", "BCD.avi", "EFG.wmv" video file list The information is displayed. In addition, the "delete" menu to select to delete the content stored in the broadcast receiver, the "addition" menu to select if you want to save the content stored in the communication terminal to the broadcast receiver, the content stored in the broadcast receiver A content management menu including a "save" menu that is selected when the user wants to save the communication terminal is displayed. If the user selects the desired content by operating the communication terminal and selects the "Delete" menu, the broadcast receiver deletes the corresponding content and updates and stores the content information. In addition, when the user selects "addition" by operating the communication terminal, the content stored in the communication terminal is transmitted to the broadcast receiver, and the broadcast receiver stores the received content and updates and stores the content information. In addition, when the user selects the desired content and selects the "save" menu, the broadcast receiver transmits the selected content to the communication terminal for copying.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, the broadcast receiver may check broadcast content recording information recording the broadcast and control the recorded broadcast content.

In addition, the broadcast content reservation recording setting information that sets the broadcast content to be recorded can be checked, and the broadcast content reservation recording setting can be controlled. For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, the "Reservation 1-06" is set on the screen of the communication terminal of the remote location, and the scheduled recording is set for the broadcast content broadcasted from 11:40 AM to 12:00 AM on June 7, 2006. / 06/07 11:40-12:00 ", June 8, 2006" Reservation 2-06/06/08 11:40- 12:00 ", reservation for broadcast content of" Reservation 3-06/06/09 11:40-12:00 ", which is reserved for broadcast content broadcasted from 11:40 am to 12:00 pm on June 9, 2006 The recording setting information is displayed, and the menus of "Save" menu, "Delete" menu, "Add" menu, and "Edit" menu are displayed together. When the "addition" menu is selected when the scheduled broadcast content is selected, the broadcast content is set to reserve recording, the reserved recording information is transmitted to the broadcast receiver, and the broadcast receiver stores the corresponding reserved recording setting information. The broadcast content can be recorded. In addition, when the "Edit" menu is selected when the reservation recording setting is to be selected, the broadcast receiver stores the changed setting and allows the broadcast content to be recorded at the changed time. For example, the above information "Reservation 1-06/06/07 11:40-12:00" set as a reservation recording of the broadcast content broadcasted from 11:40 AM to 12:00 AM on June 7, 2006 If you want to change to broadcast contents broadcast from 9:00 am to 9:50 am on July 7, select "Reservation 1-06/06/07 11:40-12:00" and select the "Edit" menu. Then change it to "Reservation 1-06/06/07 9:00-9:50" and save it by selecting the "Save" menu. Then, the stored information is transmitted to the broadcast receiver so that the broadcast receiver changes and stores the corresponding reserved recording setting information, so that the corresponding broadcast content can be recorded.

In addition, the remote diagnostic broadcast receiver of the present invention is a menu system when a user connects to a broadcast receiver through a network using a remote communication terminal and a command for requesting a log file is received through the network module 110. Study 120 transmits a predetermined menu for storing a log file to a communication terminal through the network module 110 to the communication terminal. The information processing unit 130 transmits the stored log file information to the communication terminal according to a transmission command received from the communication terminal through the network module 110.

The user checks the operation error information generated by the broadcast receiver through the log file information received from the communication terminal to diagnose whether repair is necessary. This is applicable when a service person diagnoses a broadcast receiver by looking at log file information, which is an operation error information of a broadcast receiver, at a remote location when an operation error occurs in the broadcast receiver. In addition, it is natural that the software related to the update can be transmitted to the broadcast receiver at a remote location and executed.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a content control method of a remote controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention.

The broadcast receiver is connected through a network with a communication terminal of a remote location (S200), and when a content information request command is received from the communication terminal (S202), a content management menu for remotely controlling content information is transmitted to the communication terminal. (S204). The content information corresponds to audio file list information such as MP3 and WMA, image file list information such as JPG and BMP, and video file list information such as AVI and WMV. In addition, the content information corresponds to the broadcast content recording information recorded by the broadcast receiver and the reservation recording list information which sets the broadcast list to be recorded in advance.

The broadcast receiver transmits a content management menu to the communication terminal, and determines the received control command when there is a content control command received through the content management menu (S206).

If the result of the determination of the received control command is content transmission, the corresponding content is copied and transmitted to the communication terminal (S208).

When the result of determining the received control command is content reception, the corresponding content is received from the communication terminal and stored, and the content information is updated (S210).

When the result of determining the received control command is the broadcast content reservation recording setting, the reservation recording setting information corresponding to the broadcast data is stored and the corresponding content is reserved recording (S212).

If the result of determining the received control command is content editing, the editing information is received from the communication terminal, the corresponding content is changed and stored, and the content information is updated (S214).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a remote diagnosis method of a remote controllable broadcast receiver of the present invention.

The broadcast receiver is connected to a remote communication terminal (S300), and when a log file request command is received from the communication terminal (S302), it transmits the stored item-specific log file information to the communication terminal (S304).

Receives log file information transmitted by the broadcast receiver from the communication terminal (S306), grasps operation error information generated by the broadcast receiver through the received log file (S308), identifies the error information, and diagnoses whether repair is required. (S310). The log file corresponds to, for example, a log file generated by including a reason, an occurrence time, and the like, when the broadcast content is not recorded according to the scheduled recording setting of the broadcast content.

On the other hand, while the invention has been shown and described with respect to specific preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the scope of the present invention with respect to the above-described embodiment It can be easily seen that it can be modified and changed. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, even when the user is external, there is an effect of controlling the contents of the broadcast receiver using a communication terminal anytime and anywhere.

Accordingly, it is very useful when transmitting content to or receiving content from a broadcast receiver. In addition, when it is necessary to change the setting of the reserved broadcast content or to set the reservation of the broadcast content, it becomes possible from the outside.

In addition, there is an effect that the remote service personnel can diagnose the broadcast receiver with a log file which is operation error information generated in the broadcast receiver.

Claims (12)

A network module for transmitting and receiving data with a communication terminal connected through a network; A menu providing unit for providing a predetermined menu to the communication terminal through the network module, the predetermined menu capable of remotely controlling information stored in the PVR of a broadcast receiver when information request command data is received through the network module; And An information processor configured to process information stored in the PVR according to the control command when a control command selected from a menu provided by the menu provider is received from the communication terminal through the network module; The menu provided by the menu providing unit includes at least one or more of adding, storing, deleting, and editing, and when an additional control command is received from the communication terminal, the information processing unit stores the content received from the communication terminal. Remotely controllable broadcast receiver. The method of claim 1, wherein the information stored in the PVR; Remotely controllable broadcast receiver comprising at least one of item-specific log file information and content information on an operation error occurring in the broadcast receiver The method of claim 2, wherein the content information comprises; A remote controllable broadcast receiver comprising at least one of broadcast content recording information, broadcast content reservation recording setting information, and multimedia content information. delete When a content information request command is received from a communication terminal connected through a network, transmitting a content management menu to the communication terminal to receive a control command for stored content; And Processing content according to a control command received through the content management menu from the communication terminal; The content management menu includes at least one of adding, storing, deleting, and editing, and when an additional control command is received through the content management menu, processing the content comprises: receiving the content received from the communication terminal. Content control method of a remote controllable broadcast receiver to store. delete delete The method of claim 5, wherein when the storage control command is received through the content management menu, the processing of the content comprises copying and transmitting the content to the communication terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein when the deletion control command is received through the content management menu, the processing of the content comprises: a remote controllable broadcast receiver for deleting the corresponding content according to the content information received from the communication terminal. Content control method. The method of claim 5, wherein when the editing control command is received through the content management menu, the processing of the content comprises: receiving the editing information from the communication terminal and changing and storing the content information according to the received editing information. Content control method of a remote controllable broadcast receiver. delete delete

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