KR20110007670A - Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program Download PDF

Info

Publication number
KR20110007670A
KR20110007670A KR1020090065221A KR20090065221A KR20110007670A KR 20110007670 A KR20110007670 A KR 20110007670A KR 1020090065221 A KR1020090065221 A KR 1020090065221A KR 20090065221 A KR20090065221 A KR 20090065221A KR 20110007670 A KR20110007670 A KR 20110007670A
Authority
KR
South Korea
Prior art keywords
content
providing server
user
program
recording
Prior art date
Application number
KR1020090065221A
Other languages
Korean (ko)
Inventor
곽정훈
Original Assignee
엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by 엘지전자 주식회사 filed Critical 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority to KR1020090065221A priority Critical patent/KR20110007670A/en
Publication of KR20110007670A publication Critical patent/KR20110007670A/en

Links

Images

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/47211—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting pay-per-view content
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/47214—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/488—Data services, e.g. news ticker
    • H04N21/4882—Data services, e.g. news ticker for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for reserving content program reservations. For example, various types of network terminals such as a BD-Player equipped with a PVR function and a network module are provided. In the search for the user reservation recording information or the user viewing history information, select a content program to be scheduled recording from the content providing server, and performs a scheduled recording operation automatically, if the content program to be scheduled recording is paid, After downloading and storing only the preview data of a content program, and after reproducing the preview data, the content data thereafter is downloaded and reproduced from the content providing server according to a user's request, so that the user can Genre content, or newly provided by the content providing server Leeds (Sires) is able to automatically record the selected content, such as water, and also, so that the user can be prevented from being unnecessarily expensive due to the automatic scheduled recording of paid content, you do not want.

Network terminal, content providing server, reservation recording information, viewing history information, paid content, preview data

Description

Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program}

The present invention relates to various types of network terminals such as a BD-Player equipped with a network module, for example, to connect and connect to a contents provide server through a network. will be.

Recently, various types of network terminals equipped with a network module have been developed and released and commercialized. For example, a BD-Player equipped with a network module is used in connection with a television.

In addition, the video player is connected to a content providing server that provides various network services such as a Video On Demand (VOD) service through a network such as the Internet.

In the video player, a content program desired by a user is downloaded and played from the content providing server. For example, in the content providing server, a pay movie or a free movie of various genres is provided. It will provide a content program of the movie.

In addition, the content program may be played after all data is downloaded, for example, or after some data is downloaded, while some of the data is downloaded, while some of the data is sequentially downloaded, the streaming is performed. ) May be provided in a data transmission scheme.

On the other hand, the video player, for example, after recording a variety of content data in the storage, such as a hard disk (HDD), the user can play and watch at a desired time, the video recording function (PVR: Personal Video) Recording) function may be provided.

In the video player equipped with the PVR function, for example, content such as a movie provided by an arbitrary content providing server is searched for by referring to the reserved recording information set by the user. A series of scheduled recording operations for automatically downloading and storing a program at a scheduled recording time can be performed.

However, in order to set the reserved recording information as described above, there is a problem that a user must go through a series of processes to select and designate a desired content program after searching a lot of content program information provided by the content providing server.

In addition, when the content program desired by the user is a content such as a series (Sires) that is not yet provided in the content providing server, reservation recording setting becomes impossible, and there is no effective solution for this.

The present invention, for example, in the various types of network terminals, such as BD-Player (PVR) function and the network module is provided, the user's favorite genre of content, or content providing server In addition to automatically selecting and recording content such as newly provided series (Sires), paid content only records preview data, which is unnecessary due to automatic scheduled recording of paid content that the user does not want. It is to provide a content program reservation recording apparatus and method for preventing the cost to be generated.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content program reservation recording method, comprising: selecting a content program to be reserved and recorded from a content providing server based on user reservation recording information or user viewing history information; If the content program to be reserved and recorded is paid, step 2 of downloading and storing only preview data of the content program; And after reproducing the stored preview data, three steps of downloading and reproducing the content data thereafter from the content providing server.

In addition, in the first step, when the predetermined time is reached in the system off state or when the predetermined time elapses, the first step is automatically connected and connected to any one content providing server based on user reserved recording information or user viewing history information. Selecting a content program to be scheduled recording,

In addition, if the content program to be scheduled recording is free, characterized in that it further comprises the step of downloading and storing all the content program, and playing according to the user's request,

In addition, in step 3, after the stored preview data is played, a guide message for inquiring whether to continuously play the data is displayed, and at the request of the user, content data thereafter is downloaded from the content providing server. Receiving and reproducing,

The preview data may be stored in nonvolatile storage together with URL information for connection to the content providing server.

In addition, the content program reservation recording apparatus according to the present invention, the communication unit for communicating with the content providing server connected via a network; A storage unit for storing content provided by the content providing server; A reproduction unit for reproducing the content provided to the content providing server or the content stored in the storage unit; And selecting the content program to be reserved and recorded from the content providing server based on the user reservation recording information or the user viewing history information. If the content program to be reserved is paid, only the preview data of the content program is downloaded and stored. And, after reproducing the stored preview data, comprising a controller for downloading and reproducing content data thereafter from the content providing server.

In addition, when a predetermined time or a predetermined time elapses in the system off state, the controller automatically connects and connects to any one content providing server based on user reservation recording information or user viewing history information, and then reserves the reservation. Selecting the content program to be recorded,

The controller may be configured to download and store all of the content programs if the content program to be reserved and recorded is free, and to play them back according to a user's request.

The apparatus may further include a generation unit for generating a guide message. The controller may control the generation unit to display a guide message for inquiring continuous playback after reproducing the stored preview data. At the user's request, the content data thereafter is downloaded from the content providing server and played back;

The storage unit may store the preview data together with URL information for connection to the content providing server.

The apparatus and method for recording a reserved content program according to the present invention is, for example, in various types of network terminals such as a BD-Player equipped with a PVR function and a network module, After searching the user schedule recording information or the user viewing history information, the content program to schedule recording is selected from the content providing server, and then the scheduled recording operation is automatically performed. If the content program to be reserved recording is paid, the content program After downloading and storing only the preview data, and reproducing the preview data thereafter, the content data thereafter is downloaded and reproduced from the content providing server according to a user's request, so that the user can select the genre of the preferred genre. Content, or a series newly provided by the content delivery server (Sir es) It is possible to select and automatically record content such as water, and also to prevent unnecessary costs due to automatic scheduled recording of paid content that the user does not want.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a content program reservation recording apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention is applied to various types of network terminals such as, for example, a BD-Player equipped with a PVR function and a network module, as shown in FIG. The applied video player 200 is used in connection with the television 100 and is connected to the content providing server 400 through the network 300.

On the other hand, the video player 200, for example, as shown in Figure 2, the optical disk 20, optical pickup 21, digital signal processing unit 22, decoder 23, controller 24, The buffer memory 25, the OSD generating unit 26, the timer 27, the storage 28, and the network module 29 are included.

In addition, the controller 24 controls the network module 29 to be connected to a content providing server 400 that provides various contents through a network 300 such as the Internet.

In addition, the controller 24 stores the reserved recording information that the user arbitrarily sets in the storage 28 and also displays information on various contents downloaded and viewed by the user from the content providing server. As information, it is stored in the storage 28.

The controller 24 checks the current time counted by the timer 27, and when the recording start time included in the reserved recording information is reached, operates the network module 29 to perform scheduled recording. After connecting to a content providing server that provides a content program set as, the content program is downloaded, and a series of scheduled recording operations are stored in the storage 28.

In the controller 24, for example, in a system off state, when a predetermined time (for example, AM 00:00) is set in advance or when a predetermined time elapses, the controller 24 searches for the user viewing history information. Thus, the content program of the genre preferred by the user is determined.

For example, when the user watches one and two films of the movie 'A', which is a series of action genres, the controller 24 operates the network module 29 to control the network module 29. It connects with a content providing server that provides one and two pieces of A movie.

After checking whether three pieces of the A movie are provided by the content providing server, when the three pieces of the A movie are provided, a series of scheduled recording operations are automatically performed and stored in the storage 28. Will be performed.

The controller 24 records and manages management information about the content program after the scheduled recording operation is performed as described above. For example, if the content program to be downloaded is free content, the content is downloaded. All the programs are downloaded and stored, but if the content program to be downloaded is paid content, only preview data of the corresponding content program is downloaded and stored.

The controller 24 records and manages corresponding management information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a reservation contents program list stored in the storage 28 is stored. ) Records and manages entries that have the content program information (Information) and the content program data (Data) into one group.

For example, the content program information included in the first entry (Entry 1) includes information indicating that a VOD title name, a play time, a genre, and free content is included. In addition, the full download flag value is recorded as '1' to indicate that all of the contents program data has been downloaded.

Meanwhile, in the content program information included in the second entry (Entry 2), the preview data of the content program data, together with information indicating the V-audio title name, playing time, genre, and pay content, is displayed. To indicate that only the download was made, the Full Download Flag value is recorded as '0'.

Further, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information of a content providing server that provided the preview data is cooperatively recorded in the second entry. For example, the controller 24 stores the preview data. After the playback, according to the user's request, after connecting to the content providing server with reference to the URL information, the content data from thereafter is downloaded and played. Same as

4 and 5 show an operation flowchart of an embodiment of the content program reservation recording method according to the present invention. For example, in the controller 24, a reservation set by a user in the storage 28 is shown. The recording information or the user viewing history information about the content programs previously watched by the user is stored and managed (S10).

In addition, the controller 24 checks the time counted by the timer 27 in a state in which the system is turned off (S11), so that a predetermined time (eg, AM 00:00) is set in advance, or When a predetermined time has elapsed (S12), the reserved recording information or viewing history information is searched (S13).

In the controller 24, for example, when the viewing history information is searched, when the user watches one or two films of 'A', which is a series of action genres, The operation of the network module 29 is controlled to connect and connect with a content providing server providing one and two pieces of the A movie (S14).

In addition, the content providing server selects and searches for content to be reserved for recording among various content programs provided. For example, when three pieces of A movie are provided in the content providing server, the content program is paid content. It is checked whether or not (S16).

In addition, if the content program is free content, the controller 24 downloads all the content programs, stores them in the storage (S17), and the content program is paid content. In this case, only preview data of the corresponding content program is downloaded and stored in the storage (S18).

Then, the management information for the downloaded content data is recorded and managed (S19). For example, as described above with reference to FIG. 3, when all the content programs are downloaded and stored, a Full Download Flag value Will be set to '1'.

On the other hand, when only the preview data is downloaded and stored in the content program, the Full Download Flag value is set to '0' and the UAL (URL) information of the content providing server is linked.

On the other hand, in the controller 24, for example, when switching from the system off state to the system on state (S20), after the operation control the OSD generating unit 26, after generating a scheduled recording guide message, The output is displayed on the television screen (S21).

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, names of content programs downloaded in a system off state are displayed in a reservation contents program list displayed on a television screen.

In addition, the genre information of the content programs, and information indicating full data download or preview data download, etc., are displayed, and as a user selection menu item, play, detailed view, and missing information are displayed. Exit may be displayed.

On the other hand, the controller 24 displays the reserved recording guide message as described above, and when the user selects and designates an arbitrary content program, the corresponding content program is read out and reproduced in the storage 28. It is made (S22).

For example, when the content program read and reproduced in the storage is preview data (S23), the controller 24 controls the OSD generating unit 26 to inquire whether or not to continuously play back. The message to be output is displayed on the television screen (S24).

For example, after the preview data stored in the storage is completed, the controller 24 controls the OSD generating unit 26 to inquire whether or not continuous playback is performed as shown in FIG. 7. Since a message (for example, Play Continue?) Is displayed, the user can watch the preview data for free and then decide whether to watch the corresponding content program for a fee.

On the other hand, in the controller 24, when continuous playback is requested by the user (S25), after retrieving the URL information of the content providing server recorded in association with the preview data in the storage 28, the The operation of the network module 29 is controlled to connect with the corresponding content providing server (S26).

In addition, the controller 24 performs an interface with the content providing server to perform a series of operations for downloading and reproducing data after the preview of the content program (S27), and then completing the reproducing operation. If (S28), the user performs any operation requested (S29).

As a result, the user can select and automatically record content such as a genre of a user's favorite genre or a new content provided by a content providing server, and also automatically schedule recording of paid content that the user does not want. This can prevent unnecessary costs.

As described above, preferred embodiments of the present invention are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art can further various other embodiments within the spirit and technical scope of the present invention disclosed in the appended claims. Improvements, changes, substitutions or additions will be possible.

1 illustrates an embodiment of a video player equipped with a network module to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment for a video player equipped with a network module to which the present invention is applied,

3 illustrates an embodiment of a reserved content program stored and managed according to the present invention.

4 and 5 illustrate an operation flowchart of an embodiment of a content program reservation recording method according to the present invention;

6 illustrates an embodiment of a list of reserved content programs displayed on the screen according to the present invention;

7 illustrates an embodiment of a query message displayed on the screen according to the present invention.

[Description of Drawings]

100: television 200: video player

300: network 400: content providing server

20: optical disc 21: optical pickup

22: digital signal processor 23: decoder

24 controller 25 buffer memory

26: OSD generator 27: timer

28: storage 28: network module

Claims (10)

Selecting a content program to be reserved and recorded from the content providing server based on the user reservation recording information or the user viewing history information; If the content program to be reserved and recorded is paid, step 2 of downloading and storing only preview data of the content program; And And after the stored preview data has been reproduced, three steps of downloading and playing the contents data thereafter from the contents providing server. The method of claim 1, In the first step, when a predetermined time or a predetermined time elapses in the system off state, the scheduled recording is automatically performed after connecting with any one content providing server based on user reserved recording information or user viewing history information. And a content program scheduled recording method comprising selecting a content program to be performed. The method of claim 1, And if the content program to be reserved for recording is free, downloading and storing all of the content program, and reproducing the content program according to a user's request. The method of claim 1, In step 3, after the stored preview data is played, a guide message for inquiring whether to continuously play the data is displayed, and at the request of the user, content data thereafter is downloaded from the content providing server for playback. Content recording program recording method characterized in that. The method of claim 1, And the preview data is stored in non-volatile storage along with URL information for connection to the content providing server. A communication unit for communicating with a content providing server connected and connected through a network; A storage unit for storing content provided by the content providing server; A reproduction unit for reproducing the content provided to the content providing server or the content stored in the storage unit; After selecting a content program to be reserved for recording from the content providing server based on user reservation recording information or user viewing history information, if the content program to be reserved recording is paid, only the preview data of the content program is downloaded and stored, And after the stored preview data is reproduced, the content program reservation recording apparatus comprising a control unit for downloading and reproducing content data thereafter from the content providing server. The method of claim 6, When the predetermined time is reached or the predetermined time elapses in the system off state, the controller automatically connects and connects to any one content providing server based on the user reservation recording information or the user viewing history information, and then performs reservation recording. And a content program reservation recording apparatus, wherein the content program is selected. The method of claim 6, If the content program to be reserved and recorded is free, the controller downloads and stores all of the content programs and plays the content program according to a user's request. The method of claim 6, In addition to the configuration further comprises a generation unit for generating a guide message, After the stored preview data is reproduced, the control unit controls the generation unit to display a guide message for inquiring whether to continuously play the content data, and according to a user's request, the content data thereafter is displayed. A content program reservation recording apparatus, characterized in that being downloaded from a provision server and played back. The method of claim 6, And the storage unit stores the preview data together with URL information for connection to the content providing server.
KR1020090065221A 2009-07-17 2009-07-17 Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program KR20110007670A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1020090065221A KR20110007670A (en) 2009-07-17 2009-07-17 Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1020090065221A KR20110007670A (en) 2009-07-17 2009-07-17 Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
KR20110007670A true KR20110007670A (en) 2011-01-25

Family

ID=43614051

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
KR1020090065221A KR20110007670A (en) 2009-07-17 2009-07-17 Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program

Country Status (1)

Country Link
KR (1) KR20110007670A (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR101512586B1 (en) * 2011-01-27 2015-04-15 넷플릭스, 인크. Insertion points for streaming video autoplay
US20160253677A1 (en) * 2011-11-09 2016-09-01 Hooman Azmi Fractional ownership using digital assets

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR101512586B1 (en) * 2011-01-27 2015-04-15 넷플릭스, 인크. Insertion points for streaming video autoplay
US20160253677A1 (en) * 2011-11-09 2016-09-01 Hooman Azmi Fractional ownership using digital assets

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JP7005559B2 (en) Interactive television system with digital video recording and adjustable reminders
JP5099879B2 (en) Interactive television system with automatic switching from broadcast media to streaming media
CA2738430C (en) Delete viewed portions of recorded programs
US9338513B2 (en) Apparatus, systems and methods for automatically presenting stored media content at its beginning
US20070154169A1 (en) Systems and methods for accessing media program options based on program segment interest
EP2323388A1 (en) Systems and methods for creating aggregations of episodes of series programming in order
US8561108B2 (en) Video episode order adherence
JP3747884B2 (en) Content recording / reproducing apparatus, content recording / reproducing method, and computer program
JP4586343B2 (en) Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
JP2005159579A (en) Television providing not-yet-televiewed program
KR101114056B1 (en) An apparatus and method for processing contents navigation information and recording medium
KR20110007670A (en) Apparatus and method for reservation recording contents program
KR20110129087A (en) Method and apparatus for replaying video contents
JP2004259313A (en) Recording and reproducing apparatus
JP2006295420A (en) Recording/reproducing device and program for recording/reproducing processing
KR20100058034A (en) Media integration scheme and system for dmb and vod
JP2007194729A (en) Recording and reproducing device
JP2002278867A (en) Method/system for distributing broadcasting contents index
KR20100115988A (en) Apparatus and method for controlling contents playback
KR20060062075A (en) Apparatus and method for setting a broadcasting program reservation automatically
JP2011182462A (en) Recording and reproducing apparatus, and program for the same
KR20060059127A (en) Method for controlling skip advertizement of broadcasting program
KR20100124950A (en) Apparatus and method for controling contents trick play

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
WITN Withdrawal due to no request for examination