Scheduling system and method for remotely controlling display device

Abstract

A system and a method for remotely controlling a plurality of display devices connected through a network are provided. The system includes: a remote control scheduling server transmitting a predetermined remote control command to a predetermined display device at a predetermined time; and one or more display devices for executing the remote control command when receiving the remote control command from the remote control scheduling server.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of a network including a remote control scheduling server and display devices according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the construction of a scheduling system for remotely controlling display devices according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the construction of a scheduling system for remotely controlling display devices according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a scheduling method for remotely controlling display devices according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A remote control scheduling system comprising: a remote control scheduling server which transmits a predetermined remote control command to a predetermined display device at a predetermined time with reference to scheduling information on one or more display devices connected through a network; andone or more display devices which executes the remote control command when receiving the remote control command from the remote control scheduling server.

2. A remote control scheduling server which transmits a predetermined remote control command to a predetermined display device at a predetermined time with reference to scheduling information on one or more display devices connected through a network.

3. The remote control scheduling server of claim 2, comprising: a scheduling database which stores scheduling information including remote control commands and control times for controlling the display devices;a user interface which receives the scheduling information and stores the received scheduling information in the scheduling database; anda scheduler which transmits the predetermined remote control command to the predetermined display device with reference to the scheduling database.

4. The remote control scheduling server of claim 3, wherein the user interface includes an interface displaying existing scheduling information and allowing a user to edit the scheduling information or input new scheduling information.

5. The remote control scheduling server of claim 4, wherein the scheduling information includes a remote control command for changing an input source of the display devices.

6. The remote control scheduling server of claim 5, further comprising a status information analyzer analyzing status information of the display devices transmitted from the display devices and outputting the analyzed status information to the user interface.

7. A display device comprising: a remote control command manager which receives a scheduled remote control command from a remote server; anda MICOM controller which controls the display device by executing the remote control command received by the remote control command manager.

8. The display device of claim 7, further comprising a status information collector which acquires status information on the display device from the MICOM controller and transmitting the acquired status information to the server.

9. The display device of claim 8, further comprising a MICOM control interface for which transmits information between the remote control command manager, the status information collector, and the MICOM controller.

10. A remote control scheduling method for controlling one or more display devices connected through a network, the remote control scheduling method comprising: reading scheduling information from a scheduling database storing remote control commands and control time information for controlling the display devices; andtransmitting a predetermined remote control command to a predetermined display device at a predetermined time with reference to the scheduling information.

11. The remote control scheduling method of claim 10, further comprising receiving the scheduling information and storing the input scheduling information in the scheduling database.

12. The remote control scheduling method of claim 11, further comprising receiving and outputting the execution result of the transmitted remote control command and status information on the display devices.

13. A remote control scheduling method for controlling one or more display devices connected through a network, the remote control scheduling method comprising: receiving a scheduled remote control command from a remote server;controlling the display devices by executing the remote control command; andtransmitting the execution result of the remote control command to the remote server.

14. The remote control scheduling method of claim 13, further comprising collecting status information on the display devices and transmitting the collected status information to the remote server.

15. The remote control scheduling method of claim 14, further comprising: analyzing the collected status information transmitted to the remote server; andtransmitting the analyzed status information to a user interface to display the current status of the display devices.