KR101921277B1 - Video chatting method and system between readers on contents of electronic book - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for video chatting between readers on content of an electronic book. The system for video chatting between readers on content of an electronic book comprises: a creator terminal to use an approval code of specific digital content to request to create a chatting room related to the specific digital content to create a chatting room; a plurality of connector terminals to use the approval code of the specific digital content to receive a chatting room list of the specific digital content, and select the chatting room created by the creator terminal from the received chatting room list to participate in the chatting room created by the creator terminal; and an electronic book service providing device to perform authentication on the approval code received from the creator terminal and the plurality of connector terminal, then assign a right to use a video chatting service for the specific digital content to the creator terminal and the plurality of connector terminals, create a chatting room in accordance with a chatting room creation request of the creator terminal, and provide the plurality of connector terminals with the chatting room list of the specific digital content to allow participation in the chatting room created by the creator terminal if the plurality of connector terminals select the chatting room created by the creator terminal from the chatting room list.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for video chatting between readers on contents on an e-book,

The present invention relates to a video chatting system, and more particularly, to a method and system for video chatting between readers on content on an electronic book.

An e-book is a digital book that can be used as a book by recording information such as text and images on an electronic medium, which is also referred to as an e-book. Instead of using existing paper books, it is possible to acquire a digitized book by applying HTML and XML, which is the standard language of the Internet, by using a viewer on a PC or a dedicated terminal, and by using a digital content service . From the standpoint of the reader, it is convenient that the price is lower than that of paper books and that only necessary parts can be purchased separately. It is also advantageous that the publishing company can save the production cost and the distribution cost and can easily update the book contents.

However, conventionally, there has been an inconvenience in using a separate system such as a wiki in order to allow users to communicate with such digital contents. In addition, the existing dialogue system provided only a fragmentary dialogue using text.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for video chatting between readers on contents on an electronic book that enables readers to conduct video chat in real- The purpose is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for enabling readers to restrict the time and place of content on an electronic book through a web browser based on Web RTC technology without installing a separate plug-in or Active-X The present invention provides a method and system for video chatting between readers on content on an e-book that allows a user to conduct a video chat with the other party.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a first embodiment of the present invention, a video chat system between readers for content on an electronic book according to the present invention is characterized in that, when a specific digital content is purchased, An originator terminal for receiving a permission to use a video chat service for the specific digital content by using the received approval code and opening a chat room by requesting opening of a chat room associated with the specific digital content; The terminal device receives the approval code of the specific digital content by purchasing the specific digital content and is authorized to use the video chat service for the specific digital content by using the received approval code, A plurality of visitor terminals for receiving chat room lists of digital contents and attending chat rooms opened by said establisher terminal by selecting chat rooms opened by said establisher terminal in the received chat list; And an e-book service for selling digital contents to the initiator terminal and the plurality of visitor terminals. The electronic book service is made up of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) 5 standard through a wired / When the establisher terminal and the plurality of visitor terminals access the web site to which the technology is applied by using the approval code of the specific digital content, after authentication of the approval code is performed, the initiator terminal and the plurality of visitor terminals A chat room is opened in response to a request for opening a chat room of the establisher terminal, a chat room list of the specific digital content is provided to the plurality of visitor terminals, The visitor terminal of the originating terminal And an electronic book service providing apparatus for allowing the establisher terminal to attend a chat room opened when the opened chat room is selected.

Preferably, the establisher terminal is configured to provide the electronic book service providing apparatus with chat room opening information including at least one of a category name, a title, a number of users, a time limit for use, a password, a representative picture of a chat room, a left and right margin, To request the establishment of a chat room.

Preferably, the establisher terminal includes a media type for setting a media type of a chat room to be opened when the chat room is opened, a user configuration for setting a type of users, and a viewing setting for setting whether to allow viewing of a chat room outside Is set.

Preferably, the media type includes an image attribute for outputting only images without voice, a voice attribute for outputting only voice, a character attribute for enabling only text chatting, and a file attribute for setting a file upload function, A single channel attribute allowing only one device to connect to the host, a multi-channel attribute allowing simultaneous access on multiple devices, a single user attribute allowing only one user access to the guest, And the viewing setting includes a viewing permission attribute, a viewer non-permission attribute, and a viewer chat permission attribute, and the viewing permission attribute includes a property for each member class that permits viewing by member class And specific group allow attributes that allow viewing of a particular group, To allow members to chat with member properties and grades to allow certain groups to chat grades characterized by comprising a specific group of allowed attributes.

Preferably, the visitor terminal sets a personal setting for setting a privilege of a terminal to access when using the video chat service provided by the electronic book service providing apparatus, An image use attribute for setting an image not to be displayed even when permitted, a voice use attribute for setting the display of voice so that the guest can not use the guest even if the chat room creator allows the guest to use the voice, And a character use attribute that is set so as not to be displayed.

Preferably, the information processing apparatus further includes an administrator terminal that connects to the electronic book service providing apparatus, receives administrator authentication, sets a chat room classification, and sets an opening authority of a chat room. The administrator terminal establishes a chat room only , Only the group manager opens a chat room, or sets an opening authority so that only a member having a specific grade or higher can open a chat room.

Preferably, when the establisher terminal permits the viewing of the chat room from the outside, the viewer terminal connected to the electronic book service providing apparatus through the URL of the chat room set by the establisher terminal and viewing the chat room opened by the establisher terminal Further comprising:

According to a second embodiment of the present invention, an electronic book service providing apparatus according to the present invention stores and manages personal information including profile information and authentication information of a user in association with an electronic book service, And transmits the approval code for the specific digital content to a plurality of user terminals, and transmits the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) 5 through the wired / wireless communication network when the user determines that the user has purchased the specific digital content based on the authentication information. When the plurality of user terminals access the web site using the approval code and the Web RTC (Web Real-Time Communication) technology is applied, authentication is performed on the approval code, To the digital content server 20, .; A content management unit for storing and managing e-book-based digital content in a content database and providing the specific digital content to the plurality of user terminals at the request of the plurality of user terminals; And a chat room opened or attended according to a request of the plurality of user terminals authorized to use a video chat service for the specific digital content by the authentication management unit, thereby allowing a plurality of users And a video chat management unit for providing a video chat service that can share opinions with each other over an image.

Preferably, the content management unit interacts with a search server that provides a search engine for all information on the Internet, as well as the content database, to search for information on the Internet.

Preferably, the content management unit receives a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal, and then searches for information on the Internet using the selection area as a keyword, and provides a search function for providing the search result .

Preferably, the digital content additionally includes an annotation management unit that provides an annotation function that additionally applies an application function including at least one of a bookmark function, an underline, an important indication, and a memo to the digital content .

Preferably, the annotation management unit receives the selection region according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal, and provides the annunciation function related to the selection region according to a user's request.

Preferably, the video chat managing unit includes a letter effect for displaying only letters on the screen during a video chat, a lightning effect for instantly filling the screen with two white frames, a lightning effect on the background of the letters, And a heart effect that flows in the background of the heart.

Preferably, when the spectator terminal accesses via the chat room URL, the audio and video related to the chat room in use are captured in real time, the captured audio and video are encoded, and the encoded chat room related content is streamed to the spectator terminal And a video chat streaming unit.

The apparatus may further include a statistic measuring unit for counting the number of connections of the viewer terminal through the video chat streaming unit to determine the popularity ranking of the digital contents and utilizing the popularity ranking of the digital contents as statistical information .

According to a third embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of video chatting between readers on contents on an electronic book according to the present invention, comprising: providing a video chat service sharing a mutual opinion among a plurality of users via digital contents; The method comprising the steps of: receiving an approval code for a specific digital content from an originator terminal and a plurality of visitor terminals by purchasing the digital content, Providing to a plurality of visitor terminals; When the establisher terminal is connected to a web site which is manufactured in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) 5 standard through a wired / wireless communication network and web RTC (Web Real-Time Communication) technology is applied using the approval code, Providing an authority to use a video chat service for the specific digital content to the establisher terminal after authentication; Opening a chat room in response to a request for opening a chat room of the establisher terminal; Wherein when the plurality of visitor terminals access the web site through the wired / wireless communication network using the approval code, the plurality of visitor terminals are authenticated with the approval code, Granting authority to use the application; Providing a chat room list of the specific digital content to the plurality of visitor terminals according to a chat room attendance request of the plurality of visitor terminals; And allowing the visiting terminal to attend a chat room established by the establisher terminal when the visitor terminal selects a chat room opened by the establisher terminal in the chat room list.

Preferably, in the step of opening the chat room, the establisher terminal sends the electronic book service providing device to the electronic book service providing device with the category name, the title, the number of users, the use time limit, the password, the representative picture of the chat room, And transmits the chatting room opening information including at least one chatting room to request the opening of the chatting room.

Preferably, in the step of opening the chat room, the establisher terminal has a media type for setting a media type of a chat room opened when the chat room is opened, a user configuration for setting a type of users, And setting whether or not to permit the viewing setting.

Preferably, the media type includes an image attribute for outputting only images without voice, a voice attribute for outputting only voice, a character attribute for enabling only text chatting, and a file attribute for setting a file upload function, A single channel attribute allowing only one device to connect to the host, a multi-channel attribute allowing simultaneous access on multiple devices, a single user attribute allowing only one user access to the guest, And the viewing setting includes a viewing permission attribute, a viewer non-permission attribute, and a viewer chat permission attribute, and the viewing permission attribute includes a property for each member class that permits viewing by member class And specific group allow attributes that allow viewing of a particular group, To allow members to chat with member properties and grades to allow certain groups to chat grades characterized by comprising a specific group of allowed attributes.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user accesses a web site via the Internet from various terminals such as a smart phone, a notebook computer, a tablet PC, and a desktop, By providing a chat service, a separate program or application is not required, and a video chat can be easily performed with the other party without restriction of time and place.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a video chat system between readers for content on an electronic book according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration inside an electronic book service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an electronic book service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a method of opening and attending a chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen for chat room classification management of an administrator terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of chatting room management of an administrator terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
7 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of chatting room information of an administrator terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a view illustrating an example screen for creating a chat room of an establisher terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
9 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of a chat window of a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
10 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of a video chat of a user terminal when the user terminal is a desktop computer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a video chat of a user terminal when the user terminal is a smart phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

It is noted that the technical terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention. It is also to be understood that the technical terms used herein are to be interpreted in a sense generally understood by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs, Should not be construed to mean, or be interpreted in an excessively reduced sense. Further, when a technical term used herein is an erroneous technical term that does not accurately express the spirit of the present invention, it should be understood that technical terms that can be understood by a person skilled in the art are replaced. In addition, the general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted according to a predefined or prior context, and should not be construed as being excessively reduced.

Also, the singular forms "as used herein include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term " comprising " or " comprising " or the like should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the specification, Or may be further comprised of additional components or steps.

Further, the suffix " module " and " part " for components used in the present specification are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

Furthermore, terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. used in this specification can be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or similar elements throughout the several views, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. It is to be noted that the accompanying drawings are only for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of a server system providing a video chatting function for digital contents, user terminals such as an initiator terminal, an access terminal, and an administrator terminal will be described.

In the present invention, digital contents can be collectively referred to as digitized documents created by applying HTML and XML, which are standard languages of the Internet. In particular, digital content can mean e-book based content.

The server system may implement an e-book based service model for providing digital contents to a user terminal and provide a video chat function for the digital contents to the user terminal. For example, the server system may provide digital content to a user terminal in the form of an online service while maintaining connection with a user terminal through a network such as Internet communication, mobile communication, etc., and provide a video chat function for the digital content can do. The server system can provide e-book services of the same function to various platforms such as an electronic book terminal, a PC, a tablet, and a portable terminal (smart phone). As another example, the server system may include an e-book application (hereinafter referred to as an e-book application) including a viewer function for digital contents and a video chat function for digital contents for a local environment of a user terminal Quot;). ≪ / RTI > The e-book app can basically provide a service environment such as storing, managing and consuming digital contents in a local state of a user terminal, and video chatting on digital contents. Furthermore, the e-book app can provide a service environment such as managing, consuming, sharing with other people, and video chatting through the interoperability between the user terminal and the server system.

The user terminal may provide a viewer function, a video chat function, and the like for digital contents, and may be implemented as an electronic book terminal, a PC, a tablet, a portable terminal (smart phone, etc.), and / or a combination thereof. The user terminal may refer to any communication terminal capable of installing an e-book app and capable of communicating with a server system.

The user terminal may include a touch sensitive display as an example of a display means. The point of contact between the touch-sensitive display and the user may correspond to one or more fingers or a stylus pen of the user. The touch-sensitive display may utilize LCD (liquid crystal display) technology or LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, but other display technologies may be used in other embodiments. The touch-sensitive display may further include proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining at least one point of contact with the touch-sensitive display.

A UI screen such as a GUI (Graphic User Interface) including at least one window may be displayed on the touch-sensitive display. At least one window can be used to display digital content or display video chat content via an ebook viewer. The GUI includes a recognition code that recognizes control according to the user's point of contact. The recognition code may be defined in advance according to the motion information related to the shape or the shape of the gesture motion, and different functions may be defined in advance for each gesture motion. That is, the user terminal can recognize the gesture motion input from the user through the recognition code, and execute the function set in the gesture motion in response to the recognized gesture motion.

In the present embodiment, a function of selecting one paragraph or image from the digital contents displayed on the screen of the touch-sensitive display (hereinafter referred to as a " paragraph selection function ") through a GUI recognition code, A video chat function may be provided.

Hereinafter, a method of video chatting on digital contents based on an e-book will be described. The GUI of the touch-sensitive display may have different screen configurations or functions depending on the service type of the digital contents, the operating system of the system, or the UI environment. Although the GUI described below describes a general viewer screen such as a smart phone or a tablet as an example, it is not limited to the embodiments of the drawings and the detailed description, and the configuration and functions of the GUI may be changed according to the needs of those skilled in the art .

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a video chat system between readers for contents on an electronic book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a video chat system according to the present invention includes an installer terminal 110, a plurality of visitor terminals 120, an administrator terminal 130, a spectator terminal 140, an electronic book service provider 150, Wired / wireless communication network 160, and the like.

The user terminal including the establisher terminal 110 and the plurality of visitor terminals 120 can access the Internet through the wired / wireless communication network 160, has a camera, and has a built-in web browser.

The user terminal accesses the electronic book service providing device 150 through the wired / wireless communication network 160 to download the digital content, receives the user authentication, downloads the digital content from the list of digital contents provided by the electronic book service providing device 150 Selects the digital contents to be received, settles the purchase price of the selected digital contents, and then downloads the selected digital contents from the electronic book service providing device 150 and stores them.

When the execution command of the stored specific digital content is inputted, the user terminal transmits information on the digital contents to be executed to the electronic book service providing apparatus 150, and transmits the digital contents to be executed by the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 When it is determined that the user is a purchaser, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 receives an approval code for digital contents to be executed and executes the digital contents using the received approval code.

Meanwhile, the establisher terminal 110 according to the present invention can open a chat room where the user can share opinions about specific digital contents. Specifically, the issuer terminal 110 is authorized to use a video chat service for specific digital contents from the electronic book service providing device 150 using an approval code for specific digital contents, The chat room can be opened by requesting the device 150 to open the chat room. At this time, the establisher terminal 110 can receive the category name, the title, the number of users, the use time limit, the password, the representative picture of the chat room, the left and right margins, the URL of the chat room,

The establisher terminal 110 includes a media type for setting a media type of a chat room opened when a chat room is opened, a user configuration for setting a type of users, and a viewing setting for setting whether to allow viewing of a chat room outside Can be set. Here, the media type may include an image attribute for outputting only images without voice, a voice attribute for outputting only voice, a character attribute for enabling only character chatting, and a file attribute for setting a file upload function. The user configuration includes a single-channel property that allows a single-device connection to the host, a multi-channel property that allows simultaneous access to multiple devices, a single-user property that allows only one user access to the guest, And multi-user attributes that allow connection of multiple users. The viewing setting includes a viewing permission attribute, a viewer non-permission attribute, and a viewer chat permission attribute. The viewing permission attribute includes a property by a member class allowing viewing by member class, and a specific group permission attribute allowing a specific group to be viewed , And the spectator chat allowance attribute may include an attribute per member class that allows chatting by member class and a specific group allow attribute that allows chatting of a specific group.

In addition, the establisher terminal 110 may directly create a chat room using the telephone number through the dial function.

The access terminal 120 is authorized to use the video chat service for specific digital contents from the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 by using the approval code for the specific digital contents, The user can participate in the chat room by selecting one chat room from the chat room list of the specific digital contents provided by the user.

The visitor terminal 120 can set personal settings for setting the authority of the terminal to access when using the video chat service provided by the electronic book service providing apparatus 150. [ Here, the personal setting includes an image use attribute for setting the image so that the image can not be displayed even if the chat room creator allows the guest to use the image, a voice use attribute for setting the voice not to be displayed even if the chat room creator allows the guest to use the voice, And a character use attribute for setting a character not to be displayed even if the chat room establisher allows the use of the character of the guest.

In addition, the visitor terminal 120 can directly attend the chat room opened by the establisher terminal 110 using the telephone number through the dial function as in the case of the establisher terminal 110.

The administrator terminal 130 accesses the electronic book service providing device 150 through the wired / wireless communication network 160 and receives manager authentication, sets the chat room classification, and sets the opening authority of the chat room. Here, the administrator terminal 130 can set an opening authority so that only a site administrator can open a chat room, only a group administrator opens a chat room, or only members having a certain level or higher can open a chat room.

The spectator terminal 140 can access the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 through the wired / wireless communication network 160 to view the chat room when the establisher terminal 110 permits viewing of the chat room from the outside. Concretely, the spectator terminal 140 can access the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 via the URL of the chat room set by the establisher terminal 110, and can view the chat room established by the establisher terminal 110.

The electronic book service providing apparatus 150 is a device for simultaneously providing an electronic book service and a video chatting service to a user terminal including an installer terminal 110 and a plurality of visitor terminals 120. [ Specifically, when the user terminal accesses the electronic book service providing device 150 through the wired / wireless communication network 160 in order to download digital contents, the electronic book service providing device 150 performs user authentication, Requests the terminal to settle the digital content selected by the user terminal, and transmits the digital content to the user terminal when payment is completed by the user terminal.

When receiving information on the digital contents to be executed from the user terminal, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 determines whether or not the user has purchased the digital contents to be executed based on the profile information and authentication information of the user, If the digital content is determined to be the user who purchased the digital content, the approval code for the digital content to be executed is transmitted to the user terminal.

When the issuer terminal 110 accesses the issuer terminal 110 using an approval code for specific digital contents, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 authenticates the approval code, and then sends the issuer terminal 110 a video And gives a right to use the chat service and opens a chat room according to a request to open a chat room of the establisher terminal 110. [ In addition, when the visitor terminal 120 accesses the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 using an approval code for specific digital contents as in the issuer terminal 110, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 authenticates the approval code, 120 to use the video chat service for specific digital content, and to allow the visitor terminal 120 to attend a selected chat room when the user selects one chat room from a list of chat rooms of a particular digital content.

Here, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 fetches media information and audio information of the terminal using Javascript embedded in the web browser, and shares the imported information with the terminals through the web browser. Provide chat service. At this time, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 can be programmed and implemented in the Node.js language. In the present invention, the web site can be produced in the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) 5 standard. At this time, it is possible to implement the video chatting function by applying the Web RTC (Web Real-Time Communication) technology to a web site created in the HTML5 standard.

When the administrator terminal 130 accesses the electronic book service providing apparatus 150, the manager terminal 130 may set the chat room classification or set the opening authority of the chat room after performing the administrator authentication.

In addition, when the spectator terminal 140 accesses through the URL of the chat room, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 may allow the spectator terminal 140 to view the chat room in a streaming form. The detailed configuration of the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The wired / wireless communication network 160 may include a wired / wireless Internet network or a mobile communication network. The wired / wireless communication network 160 can be implemented as a single integrated network, for example, a wired / wireless Internet network and a mobile communication network according to future technological developments. The wired and wireless communication network 160 is responsible for data communication between the establisher terminal 110, a plurality of visitor terminals 120, the administrator terminal 130, the viewer terminal 140, and the electronic book service providing apparatus 150. The mobile communication network can be implemented as a next generation mobile communication network such as CDMA network, 3G LTE network, and 4G network.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic book service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, an electronic book service providing apparatus 150 according to the present invention includes an authentication management unit 210, a user profile database 212, a content management unit 220, a content database 222, an annotation management unit 230, An annotation information database 232, a video chat management unit 240, a chat information database 242, a statistics measurement unit 250, a statistical information database 252, and a video chat streaming unit 260. The authentication management unit 210, the content management unit 220, the annotation management unit 230, the video chat management unit 240, the statistics measurement unit 250, and the video chat streaming unit 260 may be configured individually or as an integrated module . Also, each module may perform its own functions, or may operate in a manner dependent upon one another or with other modules. The user profile database 212, the content database 222, the annotation information database 232, the chat information database 242 and the statistical information database 252 may be constructed as separate databases, .

The authentication management unit 210 can store and manage the entire personal information related to the user in the user profile database 212. [ The personal information may include profile information and authentication information of the user registered in the system with respect to the e-book service. The authentication management unit 210 can confirm the identity of the user based on the authentication information when user authentication is required, and can store and edit the profile information at the request of the user. In addition, when it is determined that the user has purchased the digital content to be executed by the user based on the profile information and the authentication information of the user, the authentication management unit 210 may issue an approval code for the digital content to be executed and transmit it to the user terminal .

In addition, the authentication management unit 210 can store and manage the overall personal information including the profile information of the administrator registered in the system related to the administrator and the authentication information in the administrator profile database (not shown). Accordingly, when the administrator authentication is required, the authentication management unit 210 can identify the administrator based on the authentication information, and can store and edit the profile information at the request of the administrator.

The content management unit 220 can store and manage digital contents based on the electronic book in the content database 222. [ The content management unit 220 may maintain the digital content stored in the content database 222 and take charge of continuous management such as updating. The content management unit 220 may support a search function so that a user can search digital content through the content database 222. [ The content management unit 220 may provide the digital content desired by the user to the user terminal according to the user's request through the user terminal. The content management unit 220 can search information on the Internet in cooperation with a search server that provides a search engine for all information on the Internet as well as the content database 222. [ For example, the content management unit 220 may provide a search function to search for information on the Internet using the selection area as a keyword and to provide the search result after receiving the selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal .

The annotation management unit 230 provides an annotation function for digital contents and can maintain and manage annotation information related to digital contents through the annotation information database 232. [ The annotation function can be collectively referred to as all the ways in which the user presents additional information to the digital content. For example, when various additional application functions such as a bookmark function, an underline, an important mark, and a memo are additionally applied to original contents, all of the data can be annotation data. Accordingly, the annotation management unit 230 may receive the selection region according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal, and then provide the annotation function related to the selection region according to the request of the user. For example, a user can select a paragraph through the paragraph selection function in the digital content that the user is using, and then apply the bookmark, underline, important mark, and memo adding function to the paragraph.

The video chat management unit 240 provides a video chat function with respect to digital contents and can maintain and manage chat contents related to digital contents through a chat information database 242. [ The video chat function can be collectively referred to as all the community methods for sharing opinions among a plurality of users over an image via digital contents. For example, a plurality of users can share their opinions or inquiries about digital contents in use through a video chat function using images, voice, and characters. In addition, the video chat managing unit 240 may include a letter effect for displaying only letters on the screen during a video chat, a lightning effect for filling the screen instantaneously for two frames in white, a lightning effect on the background of letters, And a heart-effecting effect in the background of the background.

The statistical measurement unit 250 may perform statistical measurement on all digital contents and may maintain and manage statistical information related to the digital contents through the statistical information database 252. [ For example, the statistic measuring unit 250 can examine the digital content provided through the electronic book service, such as the scale of use, usage behavior, and the like, and can utilize it as various statistical information such as the popularity rank of the digital contents, have. In particular, the statistical measurement unit 250 according to the present invention may determine the popularity ranking of the digital contents by counting the number of connections of the spectator terminal 140 through the video chat streaming unit 260, which will be described later.

The video chat streaming unit 260 may stream the chat room in use to the spectator terminal 140 when the spectator terminal 140 accesses via the chat room URL. Here, the video chat streaming unit 260 may capture the audio and video related to the chatting room in use in real time, and may encode the captured audio and video to stream the encoded chatting related broadcast content to the viewer terminal 140.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an electronic book service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user terminal determines whether a command for downloading digital content from the electronic book service providing device 150 is input (S310).

As a result of the determination in step S310, when a command for downloading digital content is input, the user terminal accesses the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 through the wired / wireless communication network 160 (S320).

When accessing the electronic book service providing apparatus 150, the user authentication is received from the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 (S330). At this time, if the user is not subscribed to the electronic book service, the user terminal receives authentication information including the user's profile information including the name, the address, and the telephone number, the user identification code and the password, And transmits the profile information and the authentication information of the received user to the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 to join the member.

The user terminal receives the user identification code and the password from the user when the user is registered as a member of the electronic book service, receives the unique identification code of the terminal along with the received user identification code and password, 150 to receive user authentication.

After receiving the user authentication in step S330, the user terminal requests a list of digital contents that can be downloaded to the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 (S340), and a list of digital contents is received from the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 (S350), and displays a list of the received digital contents on the screen.

The user terminal senses the key input from the user in the list of displayed digital contents, and determines whether the user has completed the selection of digital contents to be downloaded (S360). Here, the user can select at least one digital content from the list of digital contents.

When the user completes the selection of the digital contents, the user terminal performs a payment process with the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 to settle the purchase price of the selected digital contents (S370), and transmits the selected digital contents to the electronic book service providing apparatus (Step S380). Here, since the downloaded digital contents are encrypted with an approval code to be described later, the user terminal can not execute the digital contents without the approval code.

Meanwhile, if the user does not request download of the digital content in step S310, the user terminal determines whether an execution command for the specific digital content is input from the user (S311).

As a result of the determination in step S311, when a command for executing a specific digital content is input, the user terminal accesses the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 through the wired / wireless communication network 160 (S312).

Then, the user terminal receives user authentication from the electronic book service providing device 150 (S313). At this time, since the user terminal receives the user authentication in the same manner as in step S330, the description thereof will be omitted.

After receiving the user authentication in step S313, the user terminal transmits information on the digital contents to be executed to the electronic book service providing device 150 (S314), and executes the information from the electronic book service providing device 150 in this state It is determined whether an approval code for digital contents is received (S315). At this time, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 determines whether the user has purchased the digital contents to be executed by the user based on the unique identification code of the terminal together with the authentication information received in the authentication process of step S313, If it is determined that the user is the user who purchased the digital content, an approval code is provided to the user terminal. If it is determined that the user does not purchase the digital content to be executed, the approval code is not provided to the user terminal.

As a result of the determination in step S315, if the approval code is not received from the electronic book service providing device 150, the user terminal ends without executing the digital content that the user has instructed to execute.

As a result of the determination in step S315, when the user terminal receives the approval code from the electronic book service providing device 150, the user terminal executes the digital content that the user has instructed to execute using the approval code (S316) Whether an execution termination command of the digital content is inputted is determined (S317).

As a result of the determination in step S317, if the user terminal does not input the execution end command of the digital content, the user terminal repeatedly performs the operation of determining whether or not the execution end command is input while continuing to execute the digital contents. The execution of the digital content is terminated.

4 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a method of opening and attending a chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the establisher terminal 110 requests the use of a video chat service for a specific digital content to the electronic book service providing device 150 using an approval code for specific digital content (S410). Here, the approval code for the specific digital content represents a code issued from the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 through payment for specific digital contents in step S370 of FIG. The author can use this authorization code to open only chat rooms associated with certain digital content. For example, the installer may open a chat room for a "little prince" if the particular digital content is a "little prince", and a chat room for "a day" if the particular digital content is "damian" .

The electronic book service providing apparatus 150 determines whether a video chat service for a specific digital content is available by using an approval code for the specific digital content received from the establisher terminal 110 in operation S412, If the video chatting service is determined to be available, the installer terminal 110 is authorized to use the video chatting service for the specific digital content (S414).

Then, the establisher terminal 110 requests the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 to open a chat room (S416). At this time, the establisher terminal 110 can receive the category name, the title, the number of users, the use time limit, the password, the representative picture of the chat room, the left and right margins, the URL of the chat room, The establisher terminal 110 includes a media type for setting a media type of a chat room opened when a chat room is opened, a user configuration for setting a type of users, and a viewing setting for setting whether to allow viewing of a chat room outside Can be set. Here, the media type may include an image attribute for outputting only images without voice, a voice attribute for outputting only voice, a character attribute for enabling only character chatting, and a file attribute for setting a file upload function. The user configuration includes a single-channel property that allows a single-device connection to the host, a multi-channel property that allows simultaneous access to multiple devices, a single-user property that allows only one user access to the guest, And multi-user attributes that allow connection of multiple users. The viewing setting includes a viewing permission attribute, a viewer non-permission attribute, and a viewer chat permission attribute. The viewing permission attribute includes a property by a member class allowing viewing by member class, and a specific group permission attribute allowing a specific group to be viewed , And the spectator chat allowance attribute may include an attribute per member class that allows chatting by member class and a specific group allow attribute that allows chatting of a specific group.

Then, the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 opens a chat room in response to a request to open the chat room of the establisher terminal 110 (S418), and reflects the chat rooms opened in the chat room list.

Similar to the issuer terminal 110, the visitor terminal 120 requests the electronic book service providing device 150 to use the video chat service for the specific digital content using the approval code for the specific digital content (S420). The access code may be used by a person to attend a chat room associated with a particular digital content. That is, a visitor can attend a chat room for a "little prince" if the particular digital content is a "little prince", and a chat room for "a day" if the particular digital content is "Damian".

The electronic book service providing apparatus 150 determines whether or not a video chat service for a specific digital content is available by using an approval code for the specific digital content received from the visitor terminal 120 (S422) And provides the access terminal 120 with the authority to use the video chat service for the specific digital contents and provides the chat room list related to the specific digital contents to the visitor terminal 120 S424).

Next, the visitor terminal 120 can attend a chat room established by the establisher terminal 120 by selecting one chat room from the chat room list provided by the electronic book service providing apparatus 150 (S426).

The above-described method can be implemented by various means. For example, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.

In the case of hardware implementation, the method according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) , FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, and microprocessors.

In the case of an implementation by firmware or software, the method according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a module, a procedure or a function for performing the functions or operations described above. The software code can be stored in a memory unit and driven by the processor. The memory unit may be located inside or outside the processor, and may exchange data with the processor by various well-known means.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of chat room classification management of an administrator terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the administrator can add a category of the chat room through the add button 500. For example, in the drawing, " classical novel " is designated as a higher classification and " Hong Gil-Dong Exhibition " is designated as a lower classification.

5 (b), the administrator can select a category name, a host right to set a management right for a chat room, a guest right to set a participation management right of a chat room, a video, voice communication, You can set the communicator function to set the functions to be used in the chat room, such as files, the number of users who set the total capacity of the users of the chat room, and the usage time limit in which unlimited time for inputting / have.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of chatting room management of an administrator terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

6, the chat room management screen includes a code indicating a unique serial number (access number) of a chat room, a classification name indicating a given label, an opening time indicating a conversation start time, an elapsed time indicating an elapsed time after a conversation, The number of users indicating the available number of users, a status indicating busy / busy, and a link to attempt to connect to the chat room. The administrator can click on the code to enter the detailed view of the chat room, or choose to quit from the state to leave all users and remove the chat room.

7 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of chatting room information of an administrator terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described in FIG. 6, the administrator can click the code to enter the detailed view and view the chat room information.

7, the chatting room information includes a user code indicating a unique serial number (access number) of the user, a nickname indicating a nickname of the user, an ID indicating an email address of the user, a usage time indicating a connection time of the user's chat room, And a function including a message sending function and the like.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example screen for creating a chat room of an establisher terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the installer can select to agree / disagree through the chat room management terms view. Of course, the establisher must agree to the Terms of Service in order to create a chat room.

The setter can open a chat room by setting a title, a password, and a representative image of a chat room. When setting a representative image of a chat room, a representative image can be selected from the images provided by default or a representative image can be set by uploading a file stored in the terminal have. At this time, if the installer does not select the representative image, it is preferable that one of the images provided as a basic image is randomly selected and set as the representative image.

9 is a view illustrating an exemplary screen of a chat window of a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, users A, B, C, and D are arranged in the clockwise direction in the order in which they are connected. User D, whose border is shown in bold color, represents himself.

The function button icon 910 includes an icon 911, a video on / off icon 912, a microphone on / off icon 913, a sound on / off icon 914, A chat room exit icon 915, and the like.

The chat function icon 920 may include only the image blocking icon 921 / voice blocking icon 922 and the voice blocking icon 923 of the A user only to the A user.

The chat input window 930 represents a window through which a user can input a character.

The transfer button 940 includes a general transfer button 941 for transferring characters of the user entered in the chat input window 930 without effect, a screen for filling the screen instantaneously for about two frames in white, And a second effect transmission button 943 for allowing the heart to flow in the background of the character and the like. The general transmission button 941, the first effect transmission button 942 ), And the second effect transmission button 943, respectively. For example, the general transfer button 941 is assigned the Enter key, the first effect transfer button 942 is assigned the CTRL + Enter key, and the second effect transfer button 943 is assigned the SHIFT + Enter key .

10 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen of a video chat of a user terminal when the user terminal is a desktop computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, as the user presses the second effect transmission button 943, the second effect effect is applied to the first divided screen 1010. In the second effect effect, the character is displayed larger than when the general transfer button 941 is pressed, and the heart flows in the background of the character.

As the user presses the first effect transmission button 942, the first effect effect is applied to the second divided screen 1020. In the first effect effect, the character is set to be somewhat larger with the feeling of entertainment, and the displayed character remains up to 3 lines until the next sentence is input, and the effect of the lightning and the like is maintained for a certain time and disappears.

11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a video chat of a user terminal when the user terminal is a smart phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11, the video chat screen when the user terminal is a smart phone is similar to the video chat screen in the case where the user terminal of FIG. 10 is a desktop computer, a chat function icon 920, a chat input window 930, (940).

11 (a), when a user inputs a character into the chat input window 930, the character input keyboard 1100 slides and pops up on the screen, and as shown in FIG. 11 (b) As described above, when the user does not input a character in the chat input window 930, his or her chat screen is displayed. Therefore, even if the user uses the smartphone, the space of the chat window can be efficiently used.

The embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention do not limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all the techniques within the scope of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

110: Establisher terminal 120:
130: Manager terminal 140: Spectator terminal
150: electronic book service providing device 160: wired / wireless communication network
210: authentication management unit 212: user profile DB
220: content management unit 222: content DB
230: annotation management unit 232: annotation information DB
240: video chat management unit 242: chat information DB
250: Statistical measurement section 252: Statistical information DB
260: video chat streaming unit

Claims (19)

Receiving the approval code of the specific digital content as the specific digital content is purchased and being authorized to use the video chat service for the specific digital content by using the received approval code, An originator terminal requesting establishment of a chat room and opening a chat room;
The terminal device receives the approval code of the specific digital content by purchasing the specific digital content and is authorized to use the video chat service for the specific digital content by using the received approval code, A plurality of visitor terminals for receiving chat room lists of digital contents and attending chat rooms opened by said establisher terminal by selecting chat rooms opened by said establisher terminal in the received chat list; And
(Hyper Text Markup Language) 5 standard through a wired / wireless communication network, and a Web RTC (Web Real-Time Communication) technology When the establisher terminal and the plurality of visitor terminals access the web site using the approval code of the specific digital content, the authentication of the approval code is performed, and then the establisher terminal and the plurality of visitor terminals A chat room is opened according to a request for opening a chat room of the establisher terminal, a chat room list of the specific digital content is provided to the plurality of visitor terminals, If the visitor terminal has the opening party terminal in the chat room list When selecting a chat rooms, e-book service provider apparatus to participate in a chat room, said establishment terminal opening;
The system of claim 1, further comprising:
The method according to claim 1,
The establisher terminal transmits chatting room opening information including at least one of a category name, a title, a number of users, a use time limit, a password, a chatting room representative image, left and right margins, Of the contents on the electronic book.
The method according to claim 1,
The establisher terminal may set a media type for setting a media type of a chat room opened when the chat room is opened, a user configuration for setting a type of users, and a viewing setting for setting whether or not to allow viewing of the chat room to the outside A video chat system between readers on contents of e-book features.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the media type includes an image attribute in which only an image is output without a voice, a voice attribute in which only a voice is output, a character attribute in which only a text chat is activated, and a file attribute in which a file upload function is set,
The user configuration may include a single channel attribute for allowing only one device to connect to the host, a multi-channel attribute for allowing simultaneous access to multiple devices, a single user attribute for allowing only one user access to the guest And a multi-user attribute that allows connection of multiple users,
The viewing setting includes a viewing permission attribute, a viewer non-permission attribute, and a viewer chat permission attribute. The viewing permission attribute includes a property by a member class that permits viewing by member class and a specific group permission attribute that permits viewing of a specific group Wherein the audience chatting permission attribute includes an attribute for each member class that allows chatting for each member class and a specific group permission attribute for allowing chatting of a specific group. .
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the access terminal establishes a personal setting for setting a privilege of a terminal to access when using the video chat service provided by the electronic book service providing apparatus,
The personal setting includes an image use attribute for setting the image so that the image is not displayed even if the chat room establisher allows the guest to use the image, a voice use attribute for setting the voice not to be displayed even if the chat room establisher allows the guest to use the voice, And a character use attribute for setting a character not to be displayed even if the installer allows the guest to use the character.
The method according to claim 1,
An administrator terminal that connects to the electronic book service providing apparatus, receives an administrator's authentication, sets a chat room classification, and sets an opening authority of a chat room;
Further comprising:
Wherein the administrator terminal establishes a right to open a chat room only by a site administrator, open a chat room only by a group manager, or open a chat room only by members having a certain rating or higher. Chat system.
The method according to claim 1,
A viewer terminal connected to the electronic book service providing apparatus via a URL of a chat room set by the establisher terminal and viewing a chat room opened by the establisher terminal when the establisher terminal permits viewing of the chat room from the outside;
Further comprising the steps of: (a) reading the content of the electronic book;
delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A method of video chatting between readers on contents on an electronic book of an electronic book service providing apparatus that provides a video chat service in which a plurality of users share a mutual opinion with an image via digital contents,
Providing an approval code of the specific digital content to the initiator terminal and the plurality of visitor terminals as the establisher terminal and the plurality of visitor terminals purchase the specific digital contents;
When the establisher terminal is connected to a web site which is manufactured in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) 5 standard through a wired / wireless communication network and web RTC (Web Real-Time Communication) technology is applied using the approval code, Providing an authority to use a video chat service for the specific digital content to the establisher terminal after authentication;
Opening a chat room in response to a request for opening a chat room of the establisher terminal;
Wherein when the plurality of visitor terminals access the web site through the wired / wireless communication network using the approval code, the plurality of visitor terminals are authenticated with the approval code, Granting authority to use the application;
Providing a chat room list of the specific digital content to the plurality of visitor terminals according to a chat room attendance request of the plurality of visitor terminals; And
If the plurality of visitor terminals select a chat room opened by the establisher terminal in the chat room list, attend the chat room established by the establisher terminal;
The method comprising the steps of:
17. The method of claim 16, wherein, in the step of opening the chat room,
The establisher terminal transmits chatting room opening information including at least one of a category name, a title, a number of users, a use time limit, a password, a chatting room representative image, left and right margins, And a request for opening of the electronic book is requested.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein, in the step of opening the chat room,
The establisher terminal may set a media type for setting a media type of a chat room opened when the chat room is opened, a user configuration for setting a type of users, and a viewing setting for setting whether or not to allow viewing of the chat room to the outside A method of video chatting among readers about content on an e-book.
19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the media type includes an image attribute in which only an image is output without a voice, a voice attribute in which only a voice is output, a character attribute in which only a text chat is activated, and a file attribute in which a file upload function is set,
The user configuration may include a single channel attribute for allowing only one device to connect to the host, a multi-channel attribute for allowing simultaneous access to multiple devices, a single user attribute for allowing only one user access to the guest And a multi-user attribute that allows connection of multiple users,
The viewing setting includes a viewing permission attribute, a viewer non-permission attribute, and a viewer chat permission attribute. The viewing permission attribute includes a property by a member class that permits viewing by member class and a specific group permission attribute that permits viewing of a specific group Wherein the viewer chatting permission attribute includes an attribute for each member class that allows chatting by member class and a specific group permission attribute for allowing chatting of a specific group. .

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