Internet broadcasting system and method thereof for personal telecommunication terminal

• US 20050014463A1
• Filed: 01/04/2003
• Published: 01/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ok-Gyun Shin
• Original Assignee: Ok-Gyun Shin
• Inventors: Shin, Ok-Gyun
• Application Number:
  US10/502,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20050014463A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23109 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

Disclosed is an Internet broadcasting system and method for a personal telecommunication terminal. which provides various broadcasting contents produced and broadcast by Internet broadcasting stations to the personal telecommunication terminal through a broadcasting relay server, to allow even the personal telecommunication terminal to be provided with excellent broadcasting contents. The broadcasting relay server receives broadcasting stream packets of broadcasting contents from an Internet broadcasting station, depacketizes and buffers them, processes the buffered broadcasting streams in order to transmit them to a personal telecommunication terminal, and packetizes them again in an appropriate data size. The broadcasting relay server makes a list of information about broadcasting contents that can be provided to the personal telecommunication terminal among the received broadcasting contents, and offers the list to a mobile communication service provider server to provide it as an additional information item of the personal telecommunication terminal. A personal telecommunication terminal user searches the list provided as the additional information item of the personal telecommunication terminal to select broadcasting contents he/she wants to watch. The broadcasting relay server transmits broadcasting stream packets of the broadcasting contents selected by the personal telecommunication terminal user to the mobile communication service provider server. The mobile communication service provider server transmits the received broadcasting stream packets to the personal telecommunication terminal. The personal telecommunication terminal buffers, converts and reproduces the received broadcasting stream packets to watch them.

Claims

1. An Internet broadcasting system for a personal telecommunication terminal, comprising:

an Internet broadcasting station server that broadcasts broadcasting contents through the Internet;

a broadcasting relay server that receives the broadcasting contents from the Internet broadcasting station server, buffers the received broadcasting contents, processes the buffered broadcasting contents to packetize them again, and transmits the packetized contents to a mobile communication service provider;

a personal telecommunication terminal that receives the packetized broadcasting contents, depacketizes and buffers them, and decodes the broadcasting contents to transform them into a visible band; and

a mobile communication service provider server that receives the packetized broadcasting contents from the broadcasting relay server to transmit the broadcasting contents to the personal telecommunication terminal.

2. The Internet broadcasting system for a personal telecommunication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the broadcasting relay server comprises:

an Internet broadcasting station management module for preparing connection of the Internet broadcasting station and managing the Internet broadcasting station while being connected with the Internet;

a broadcasting contents management module for receiving the broadcasting contents from the Internet broadcasting station, making a list of the broadcasting contents, buffering the broadcasting contents, and packetizing the broadcasting such that the personal telecommunication terminal can watch the broadcasting contents;

a relay module for offering the list made by the broadcasting contents management module to the mobile communication service provider server to provide the list as an additional information item of the personal telecommunication terminal, and requesting the mobile communication service provider server to transmit broadcasting contents selected by the personal telecommunication terminal, to allow the personal telecommunication terminal to receive the selected broadcasting contents in real time;

a terminal management module for storing information about the personal telecommunication terminal, which is connected with the broadcasting relay server to request the server to transmit broadcasting contents, in a terminal information DB to manage it, and storing information about broadcasting contents the personal telecommunication terminal user has used; and

a control module for controlling data flow among the modules.

3. The Internet broadcasting system for a personal telecommunication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Internet broadcasting station server comprises:

a broadcasting content production module for producing digitalized broadcasting contents, such as audio files and video files by itself;

an Internet broadcasting module for broadcasting the produced broadcasting contents through the Internet; and

a broadcasting contents transmission module for converting the broadcasting contents into broadcasting stream packets in real time to transmit the broadcasting stream packets to the broadcasting relay server.

4. An Internet broadcasting method for a personal telecommunication terminal, comprising the steps of:

a step in which a broadcasting relay server receives broadcasting stream packets of broadcasting contents from an Internet broadcasting station, depacketizes and buffers them, processes the buffered broadcasting streams in order to transmit them to a personal telecommunication terminal, and packetizes them again in an appropriate data size;

a step in which the broadcasting relay server makes a list of information about broadcasting contents that can be provided to the personal telecommunication terminal among the received broadcasting contents, and offers the list to a mobile communication service provider server to provide it as an additional information item of the personal telecommunication terminal;

a step in which a personal telecommunication terminal user searches the list provided as the additional information item of the personal telecommunication terminal to select broadcasting contents he/she wants to watch;

a step in which the broadcasting relay server transmits broadcasting stream packets of the broadcasting contents selected by the personal telecommunication terminal user to the mobile communication service provider server;

a step in which the mobile communication service provider server transmits the received broadcasting stream packets to the personal telecommunication terminal; and

a step in which the personal telecommunication terminal buffers, converts and reproduces the received broadcasting stream packets to watch them.

5. The Internet broadcasting method for a personal telecommunication terminal as claimed in claim 4, further comprising the step of analyzing the broadcasting contents used by the personal telecommunication terminal user, to transmit update information about broadcasting contents the user frequently watches.