KR100426099B1 - A method for providing Peer To Peer/Peer To Peer Group services and a system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a P2P / P2G service providing method and a system therefor. The present invention can be billed for each individual using a P2P service, and the information on the subscriber is confirmed through a server managing a part of the information of the individual in the center and made into a DB through the DB server. And this DB-related information can be connected with the billing equipment for billing, so that billing for the subscriber can be carried out. In the present invention, the service is configured in such a way that the subscriber's information can be known through any path, and conveniently obtains the desired information and provides the service. In addition, the present invention is connected to the personal web server of all P2P and P2G subscribers who want to provide services by connecting the part about the P2P and P2G services with the wireless and also to provide the service wirelessly using a wireless terminal. It is possible. In addition, the present invention is configured to enable the P2G service, so that existing P2P subscribers can make a specific group and implement a service such as a group of a specific group group.

Description

A method for providing Peer To Peer / Peer To Peer Group services and a system therefor}

The present invention relates to a P2P / P2G (Peer To Peer / Peer To Peer Group) service providing method and a charging method therefor. In particular, the present invention is to create a structure that can be billed for each individual using the P2P and P2G services, and also to P2P subscribers who want to provide a service wirelessly using a wireless terminal by connecting the part about P2P and P2G services with wireless Discuss technology that enables service configuration between individuals and individuals or between individuals and groups by enabling connection with personal web servers of all P2P and P2G subscribers who wish to provide services in connection.

Until now, users who want to receive information on the Internet have searched or received information through a server that provides information connected to the Internet. However, P2P and P2G, on the other hand, do not need such a server, and those connected by a given related program can directly share information with each other. It was designed to create and use peer groups.

The concept of peer to peer (P2P), which is a concept of a friend or a colleague, refers to a service that enables users to easily access other users' computers through the Internet and share various information and files. Peer-to-peer (P2P) service is a service that can receive information directly from all personal computers connected to the Internet, search as well as download information, unlike the existing method that the server must find information on the Internet through a search engine. This can extend the information extraction paths that were limited to websites to databases operated by individuals or companies. In other words, it is possible to manage and operate their information actively or systematically, and to form a community among members who want to share the same information as well as sharing various information among members.

Until now, Internet search has been obtained by Internet users accessing a specialized search company called a search engine and inputting a keyword. From millions of registered websites, search engines found the most relevant information. Although this method is a service that can find information quickly and conveniently, the extracted information has a disadvantage that it is limited to the contents posted on the website. In contrast, P2P allows you to browse the computers of individual users with Internet access and share the files you want.

The problem with P2P services, however, is that the tariff system is not well established. P2P companies such as Napster and Glutella, which are currently in service, do not have a billing system, but are only generating revenue from advertising. Therefore, in order to create a new revenue source, it is a challenge for all companies to have a reasonable billing system and develop a service that can generate a revenue source under the foundation to create a P2P type of service. There was a problem that they had to download the connection program of these companies and install it on the PC, and even if they used the existing browser, they could not provide a basis for charging.

As a result, companies are pursuing services that allow them to sell their products directly through their computers in a new P2P format. The reason P2P is so popular with regard to P2P e-commerce is its massive "store" and "publicity." This is because P2P technology has serverized all computers connected to the Internet, effectively changing the existing framework for the Web and providing a more efficient way of distributing content. So, ultimately, this builds up a huge amount of content storage.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention, which was devised to solve the problems of the prior arts, is to provide a P2P / P2P service providing method for billing by individual subscribers using P2P and P2G services. Another purpose is to configure the service so that the subscriber knows the subscriber's information no matter which way the subscriber accesses, so that the subscriber can conveniently obtain the information he / she wants and provide the expensive information even for the subscriber who provides the service. Another object of the present invention is to personalize all the P2P and P2G subscribers who want to provide services by connecting to the subscriber to provide the service wirelessly using a wireless terminal by connecting the part of the P2P and P2G service with the wireless The present invention provides a method for enabling a connection with a Web server. Other objects and advantages will become more apparent with reference to the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

1 is a system configuration diagram for providing a P2P and P2G service according to the present invention,

2 is a configuration diagram of an X-Web server and an X-Broker server system for managing a P2P service according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a P2P and P2G service providing method according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing P2P and P2G services through a wireless network in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a service providing method of a user performing P2P or P2G communication using an existing web browser without installing a connection program in FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a P2G service providing method of FIG. 3.

<Description of the codes for the main parts of the drawings> 101: Subscriber to use P2P or P2G 102: Internet network 103: Wireless gateway device 104: Wireless network 105: Wireless gateway device 106: X-Web server / X-Broker server

107: database 108, 208: billing server 203: X-Web server 204: Database 207: X-Broker server 209: Client personal PC 210: Server personal PC

1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration for servicing a P2P and P2G service through an internet network in connection with a wireless network.

Subscriber 101 for using P2P or P2G is connected to the Internet network 102 to communicate between the personal PC and the PC connected to the X-Web server and X-Broker server 106 for P2P or P2G use The new subscriber is registered and information related to user authentication is registered in the database 107. Here, the data for billing is extracted and transmitted to the billing server 108 for billing processing.

In addition, the wireless subscriber 103 is also connected to the Internet network 102 via the wireless gateway device 105 via the wireless network 104 to the X-Web server and the X-Broker server 106 for P2P use. After the connection, new subscriber registration is performed, and information related to user authentication is registered in the database 107. The wireless subscriber 103 configures a PC as a personal web server, accesses a personal web server that serves, and registers necessary information in the database 107 so as to provide or receive necessary services over the air. Extract the data for billing and transfer to billing server 108 and the billing process.

2 is a system configuration diagram of an X-Web server 203 and an X-Broker server 207 for managing a P2P service according to the present invention.

Users who wish to implement a P2P type of service are newly registered in the X-Web server 203 (S201) or when a registered subscriber wants to operate a personal web server for P2P, the individual through the X-Web server 203 Check the web server list (S202) and provide a service. Information on subscribers registered at the time of new subscription is transmitted to the database 204 to manage.

At the time of the new subscription, the X-Web server 203 receives registration according to a form created by the subscriber, checks information of a certain format (ID, Password, IP Address, account number), and transmits it to the database 204 for management.

The X-Broker server 207 performs user authentication of the connected subscriber (s205), checks whether the user is subscribed to the service, and executes the service, and also checks the IP address management and user Web server status (S206). Check the use of and pass the information to the Database (204). When the personal web server 210 is accessed from the personal PC 209 designated as a client and the billing related information is used, the billing data is immediately sent to the X-Broker server 207, which is then sent back to the database 204. Manage information about billing The database 204 also implements statistics management, which operates data to statistics all aspects of subscriber-server communication. In the case of the database 204 configured as described above, only the data related to the billing is sent to the billing server 208 so that billing can be performed.

3 shows a flow of a P2P and P2G service providing method according to the present invention. In other words, Fig. 3 shows that the wired or wireless terminal holder attempts to access the present invention and communicates through the X-Web server 203 and the X-Broker server 207, which are driven in the center at the time of connection, and the DB 204. It shows the flow of billing and operation through billing equipment that filters the billing part of the collected data. The charging method of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, a connection is attempted using a PC or a wireless terminal owned by the subscriber (S301), and whether the method is connected by wire or wirelessly (S302), and the overall connection procedure is different according to the connection method. The subscriber checks whether the subscriber is a new subscriber (S303). That is, the access method is different from the case of a new subscriber and a connection program installed in the subscriber's PC. In the case of a new subscriber, the user accesses the Internet (S401), accesses the X-Web server 203 operating for the present invention (S402), registers a member according to the procedure (S403), and registers the registered data with the DB (204). And register (S404), and the subscriber downloads a file for using a P2P server after registration (S405). The subscriber installs the downloaded file on the PC (S406) and restarts the PC (S407).

On the other hand, the existing subscriber checks whether the connection method is a web connection or a connection using an access program. In other words, the existing subscriber is divided into a user who uses only a P2P client and a user who connects after installing an access program. In the case of the subscriber with the access program installed, the access program is started when the subscriber powers on the PC (S305), accesses the Internet (S306), and centers his / her username, password, and IP-Address data. The server transmits to the X-Broker server 207 (S307). Check whether the normal authentication is performed with the received data (S308) If the authentication is normal, and transmits the data about this to the DB (S309) Meanwhile, the X-Broker server 207 is a member authentication permission message to the subscriber's PC By transmitting the main screen (S310), the personal PC is driven by the personal Web server by the program installed in the subscriber's PC (S311), and accesses the X-Web server 203 (S312). Thereafter, this subscriber checks whether to use P2G or P2P (S313), and when the subscriber wants to use the service of P2G, he / she can receive the service of the type shown in FIG. If desired, the user accesses the X-Web server 203 and displays a list of Web servers for each individual provided by X-Web (S314). P2P communication is enabled (S315). At this time, the personal Web server transmits the data for billing to the DB (S204) (S316), and transmits the data for billing to the billing server (208) (S317) to enable the billing process to the subscriber (S318).

In addition, in step S315, the subscriber checks whether the subscriber wants to use the service continuously (S319), and if the subscriber wants to continue using the service, the step S313 is performed again. That is, the X-Web server 203 again outputs a list of personal Web servers to enable P2P communication between PCs continuously. FIG. 4 shows a flow of a method of providing P2P and P2G services through a wireless network in FIG. . When the subscriber accesses the wireless network by the predetermined phone number with the wireless terminal (S501), the wireless conversion program is driven to convert the text and related protocols written in HTML into text and protocols suitable for the wireless terminal (S502), X -Connect to the Web server 203 (S503), apply for authentication with the user ID and password (S504) and confirm whether or not the normal subscriber as a result of the authentication (S505). If the authenticated subscriber checks whether P2P or P2G will use the service (S506), and as a result, if the user wants to use the service of P2G, he / she can receive the service shown in FIG. 6 and only wants the service of the P2P. If the subscriber is a normal subscriber, the X-Web server outputs and displays a list of personal Web servers (S507), and the wireless subscriber is connected to a service providing subscriber in which the personal Web server is running (S508). At this time, the personal web server transmits data on the billing to the DB 204 (S509), transmits the billing data to the billing server 208 (S510), and bills the data so that the subscriber can process the billing. Create and notify (S511).

In addition, the subscriber checks whether or not the subscriber wants to use the service continuously (S512), and if the subscriber wants to use the service continuously, the above step (S506) is performed again. The flow of a service providing method of a user performing P2P or P2G communication using a web browser is shown.

The method using P2P disclosed in the present invention is divided into two forms. First, after the subscriber accesses the Internet (S601) and directly connects to the X-Web server 203 (S602), as in the case of FIG. Apply for authentication by entering the user ID and password (S603). Check whether the normal authentication is made by the application (S604), if normal authentication is transmitted to the user ID, Password, IP-Address of the subscriber to the X-Broker server (207) (S605), X-Broker server 207 transmits the received data to the DB 204 to update the data (S606). After checking whether the subscriber will use P2P or P2G (S607), the user who wants to use the service of P2G can receive the service shown in FIG. 6 and the subscriber wants only the service of P2P. The X-Web server 203 outputs a list of personal web servers on the screen of the subscriber (S608), and the personal client subscriber selects a personal web server necessary for the user and is connected to the server to enable P2P communication. (S609). At this time, the personal web server transmits data about the billing to the DB 204 (S610) and transmits the data for billing to the billing server 208 (S611) to create and notify the billing data so that the subscriber can process the billing. (S612).

In addition, the subscriber checks whether or not the user wants to use the service continuously (S613), and if the use continues to perform the step (S607) again. That is, the X-Web server 203 outputs a personal Web server list to enable P2P communication between PCs continuously. FIG. 6 shows a flow of a method of providing P2G service in FIG. This flowchart makes it possible to operate a P2P service for a specific user group, such as a group, for which communication was possible only with the existing P2P.

A subscriber who wants to use a P2G type of service is a member of the group after checking whether the user is applied to a specific group group in the process of authenticating data by the X-Broker server 203 provided in the present invention. The web server list is displayed and displayed (S701), and the individual client subscriber selects a P2G group to which he / she subscribes, and is connected to the server to enable P2G communication (S702). At this time, the personal web server transmits data on billing to the DB 204 (S704), transmits data for billing to the billing server 208 (S705), and creates billing data to enable billing to the subscriber. Notify (S706).

In addition, the subscriber checks whether the subscriber wants to use the service continuously (S703), and if the subscriber wants to continue using the service, the step (S701) is performed again. That is, the X-Web server 203 outputs a list of personal Web servers to enable P2P communication between PCs continuously. As described above, the present invention can be variously modified and can take various forms. Has only described specific examples accordingly. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the specific forms mentioned in the detailed description of the invention, but rather includes all modifications, equivalents, and substitutions within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood to do.

Since the present invention is configured in the form of a service capable of providing a portion of billing while performing P2P and P2G services, anyone can act as an information provider when the access program provided by the present invention is installed, and information about individual billing It can be provided. Therefore, all subscribers on the Internet can serve as information providers. In addition, since the present invention can access a P2P personal web server subscriber via wireless, individuals can also provide their own services using wired or wireless. It can be provided and can be provided so that it can perform the same role as the existing information provider sufficiently without having its own network or introducing a large system for the information service. In addition, the present invention can also be a P2G service, the existing P2P subscriber to create a specific group Services such as clubs of a specific group group can also be implemented.

Here, the access program makes it easier to input the desired Hangul key word value by separately developing a function such as a bookmark provided on a browser deployed in a specific URL to go to a specific site implemented on the existing Internet. It is possible to install and use the connector to enable P2P communication and Internet service, and anyone can use the P2P service and check the personal information without going through the installation program.

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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete Subscribers who are members of P2P and P2G service providers can access any subscriber server through wired / wireless method on the Internet and perform P2P or P2G communication with each other to get the information they need or the information other subscribers need In the method of providing P2P / P2G services, Accessing using a PC or a wireless terminal held by the subscriber (s1); Checking whether the connection is a wired connection or a wireless connection (s2); If it is determined that the wireless connection is a service according to a predetermined first algorithm, and if the wired connection is confirmed whether the subscriber is a new subscriber (s3); (S4) accessing the Internet and accessing an X-Web server operated by a service provider and registering a member according to a predetermined procedure if the new subscriber is a result of the checking; Transmitting the registered member data to a database to update the corresponding data (s5); After the subscriber registers to download a file for using the P2P server (s6); The subscriber installs the downloaded file on his PC and restarts the PC (s7); If the PC is restarted, or if the accessor is an existing subscriber, the access method is a web connection, and whether the accessor is a user using only a P2P client or a connection using the access program after installing a predetermined access program provided by an operator. Checking and providing a service according to a second predetermined algorithm if the access method is a web connection (s8); (S9) driving the access program to access the internet when the access result is the access program; Transmitting a user name, password, and IP-Address data of the accessor PC to the service provider's X-Broker server (s10); Checking whether or not normal authentication is performed with the received data according to the request, and if the normal authentication is not performed, performing the step (s10) again (s11); Transmitting the user name, password, and IP-Address data to a database when the authentication is normally performed (s12); Transmitting, by the X-Broker server, a member authentication permission message to the subscriber's PC (s13); Step (s14) of driving the personal PC to the personal Web server by a predetermined program installed in the subscriber's PC; Accessing an X-Web server (s15); Confirming whether the subscriber will use P2G or P2P (s16); As a result of the check, if the subscriber wants to use the service of P2G, the service is provided according to a predetermined third algorithm. If only the P2P service is desired, the subscriber accesses the X-Web server and provides the web server for the individual provided by the X-Web. Outputting and displaying a list of s17; (S18) when the personal client subscriber selects the personal web server necessary for the user by looking at the output list, it is connected to the server to perform P2P communication; The personal web server on which the P2P communication is performed transmits data on billing to a database (s19); Creating and notifying the billing data so that the billing server can process the billing data by transmitting the billing data to the billing server (s20); And After the P2P communication is performed, if the subscriber wants to continue to use the service, if the user wants to continue using the service, the process is performed again (s16), and if the user does not want to continue using the service, the process ends (s21). It is equipped with The database server conducts statistics management to operate the data necessary to statistics all parts related to subscriber-server communication. By using the P2P method, the access program provided by the operator is transmitted and installed, and the personal computer is configured by the access program every time the user uses the PC. A method of providing P2P and P2G services, characterized in that it transmits to the broker server and makes it possible to use information about the customer as the data needed for charging. The method of claim 9, wherein the first algorithm provides a P2P and P2G service through a wireless network. The subscriber accessing the wireless network by a predetermined telephone number with the wireless terminal (s22); Driving a wireless conversion program to convert the text and related protocols written in HTML into text and protocols suitable for a wireless terminal (s23); Accessing the operator-side X-Web server (s24); Requesting authentication with a user ID and a password (s25); Checking whether the authentication result is a normal subscriber or not (s26) if the normal subscriber is not a normal subscriber; Confirming whether the authenticated subscriber will use P2P or P2G, if the subscriber selects the P2G service, if the subscriber selects the P2G service if the subscriber is a normal subscriber (s27); If only the P2P service is desired as a result of the checking, the X-Web server outputs and displays a list of personal Web servers (s28); Step (s29) of the wireless subscriber connecting with the service providing subscriber in which the personal Web server is running; Transmitting, by the personal web server, data about the charging to the database (s30); Transmitting and charging the billing data to the billing server to create a billing data for the billing process to the subscriber (s31); And If it is connected to the service providing subscriber in step s29, check whether the subscriber continuously wants to use the service, and if the subscriber wants to continue using the service, performing step s27 again, otherwise ending step s32. P2P and P2G service providing method comprising. The method of claim 9, wherein the second algorithm is a service providing method of a user performing P2P or P2G communication using an existing web browser without installing a connection program. A subscriber accessing the Internet (s33); Directly connecting to the X-Web server 203 and requesting authentication by inputting a user ID and a password (s34); Checking whether normal authentication is performed by the request, and if the normal authentication is not performed, performing step s34 again (s35); Transmitting the user ID, the password, and the IP address of the subscriber to the X-Broker server when the authentication is normal (s36); Updating data by transmitting the data received from the X-Broker server to a database (s37); Confirming whether the subscriber will use the P2P or P2G service and confirming that the user wants to use the P2G service, the service is provided according to the third algorithm (s38); In the case of the subscriber who wants the service of the P2P only as a result of the checking, the step of displaying the personal Web server list on the screen of the subscriber in the X-Web server (s39); In step S40, the personal client subscriber selects a personal web server necessary for the user from the output list and is connected to the corresponding server to perform P2P communication; Creating and notifying billing data so that the personal web server transmits data on billing to a database and transmits billing data to billing server for billing processing to the subscriber (s41); And After performing the P2P communication in the step (s40) and confirms whether the subscriber wants to continue to use the service, if the use continues to perform the step (s38) again and otherwise ends (s42) To provide P2P and P2G services. The method of claim 9, wherein the third algorithm is a method of providing a P2G service, and enables the P2P service to be operated for a specific user group including a group. In the process of authenticating data by the X-Broker server, the subscriber who wants to use the P2G type service checks whether the subscriber is applied to a specific group group, and then displays the P2G web server list when the subscriber is a member of the group. Step s43; Selecting, by the individual client subscriber, the P2G group to which the subscriber subscribes to the corresponding server to perform P2G communication (s44); A step in which the personal web server transmits data on billing to a database, sends billing data to a billing server to create and notify billing data for billing processing to the subscriber (s45); And And after performing step s44, if the subscriber wants to continue using the service, if the user wants to continue using the service, the step s43 is performed again; And P2G service provision method. The method for providing P2P and P2G services according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the service is provided for a fee between individuals and individuals or between individuals and companies. The method of claim 13, wherein the access program installed in each P2P server has a bookmark function for storing a frequently-used web URL. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the X-Broker server performs login authentication for a user ID, password, and IP address from the access program, records whether a service of a corresponding personal P2P web server is recorded in a database, and between P2P / P2G. Method for providing a P2P and P2G service, characterized in that for storing the billing information. In a P2P / P2G system that accesses an arbitrary subscriber server on a wired or wireless basis to obtain necessary information or provides necessary information, An X-Web server managing services through the P2P / P2G system, responsible for subscriber registration, and outputting a list of individual web servers; An X-Broker server that manages P2P / P2G services, performs connected subscriber authentication, checks IP address management, user Web server status, and manages billing information; A database storing subscriber information and billing related information; A billing server configured to perform billing processing according to service use based on the information stored in the database; A database server managing the database; And A P2P / P2G system comprising a plurality of personal PCs acting as clients and / or servers including access programs and personal Web servers.