System for interfacing external data to IPTV and method of the same

摘要

A system for interfacing external data to IPTV and a method of the same are provided, which register unique numbers of mobile phones, other data communication devices and IPTVs in conjunction with an external data transmission server in advance and have an SMS server, a mobile communication company's server and a mail server and external data transmission server linked with one another, and which transmits at least one of text, moving image data, and still image data to a desired mobile phone or IPTV according to user's setting for its output. This present invention can interface external data received by various data communication devices such as a mobile phone, an email server, and a mobile communication company's server to IPTV for its output onto the screen according user's setting, and establishes an output time of the external data in advance by a user to output it at a time of high concentration.

主权项

1. A system for interfacing external data to an IPTV, the system comprising:
a broadcast data transmission server for transmitting broadcast data to a STB (Set-Top Box) provided at each home over a broadcast access network, wherein the STB is configured to register a STB's unique number and a receiver's mobile phone number in a remote external data transmission server, and to store external data transmitted from the remote external data transmission server and to switch automatically a screen to output the external data onto the screen during the output of broadcast data transmitted from the broadcast data transmission server and being outputted onto the screen; an authentication processor which receives and registers the unique number and sender's authentication information transmitted from the STB; an authentication information DB for storing authentication information of the receiver that receives the external data established in conjunction with the unique number of the STB; a sender registration information DB for registering and storing allowable sender's unique number by the receiver in advance so that the external data can be sent to the particular STB; and a screen control information DB for storing screen control data for switching a PVR to the recording mode that records the broadcast data being outputted onto the screen of the PVR connected to the STB, turning on the PVR, and switching the screen to the external data for its output, wherein the external data transmission server configured for receiving the receiver's mobile phone number information and the STB's unique number information from the STB and for registering the received information in advance in conjunction with each other is configured to register the received information in a mobile communication company's server including a SMS server and a sender's PC, and to receive the external data containing at least one of text data, moving image and still image data through the receiver's mobile phone or the STB's unique number, and to transmit the external data to the STB, wherein the external data transmission server is configured to receive particular sender's phone number information and prevent data transmitted from the sender's phone number from being transmitted to the STB, and wherein, when the external data from the external data transmission server is to be outputted, the STB is configured to judge whether the broadcast data is being outputted and, if the broadcast data is being outputted through the IPTV, automatically record the broadcast data on the PVR and output the received external data onto the screen after screen switching.