KR102187053B1 - Sever and method for providing book information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a book information providing server and a book information providing method using the server for arousing interest in books. The method includes: a) a step of collecting a book-specific cover image, setting book identification information on each book based on the collected cover image, and storing the information in a database; b) a step of matching the book identification information with at least one of augmented reality content, a promotion video, recommendation information, review information, and e-book information on the content of each book and storing the book information and the book identification information in the database; c) a step of providing an application for providing the book information by interworking with a user terminal equipped with a camera; d) a step of extracting the book identification information based on the book cover image information when the book cover image information is acquired by the application being executed by the user terminal; and e) a step of extracting the book information matching the extracted book identification information from the database and providing it for the user terminal.

Description

Book information providing server and method of providing book information by it {SEVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BOOK INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a book information providing server for providing book information, such as augmented reality content including a part of the book, to a user by using cover image information of a book, and a method of providing book information therethrough.

In general, users who want to use the Internet bookstore directly enter the URL, which is the website address of the Internet bookstore, into the address search box to access the corresponding Internet bookstore. When you access the website of an internet bookstore, you search for the book you are looking for. The search for books can be done either by using the search box or by sequentially selecting items classified by category.

On the other hand, offline bookstores and libraries, not Internet bookstores, provide computers for searching books, and use these computers to search for books stored in the library. However, these computers only provide a search function such as whether there is a book that the user wants to search for and the location of the book.

In the case of newly published books, they are wrapped and placed on shelves or shelves to prevent damage to the book, and most of them are in text form with recommendations from celebrities, review information, and promotional articles provided by publishers. have.

Likewise in Internet bookstores, new published books can be provided with exposure information such as recommendations, review information, and promotional articles that can be obtained offline, and reviews of people who have subscribed to the book as book information. Therefore, when a user wants to check the contents of a newly published book, there is no way to check the contents or table of contents of the book in more detail other than exposure information such as recommendation text, review information, and promotional text, and the book must be purchased. You can check the contents of the book. In particular, when the book user is a child, there is a problem that there is a problem that there is no way to check the contents of the book other than exposure information such as pictures or titles, etc., although they are very interested in the pictures or stories included in the contents of the book. have.

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1678521 (Name of invention: Book recommendation service providing device and method)

In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention can confirm book information including some contents of the book by using the display image of the book according to an embodiment of the present invention as an augmented reality content, a promotional video, etc. It aims to create interest in books by providing book exploration projects to or library users.

However, the technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problem as described above, and other technical problems may exist.

In the method for providing book information performed by a server for providing a book-related service according to an embodiment of the present invention as a technical means for achieving the above technical problem, a) collecting cover images for each book, and the collection Setting book identification information of each book based on the created cover image and storing it in a database; b) matching the book information of at least one of augmented reality content, promotional video, recommendation information, review information, and e-book information for the contents of each book with the book identification information and storing it in the database; c) providing an application for providing book information in connection with a user terminal equipped with a camera; d) when the cover image information of the book is obtained as the application is executed by the user terminal, extracting book identification information based on the cover image information of the book; And e) extracting book information matching the extracted book identification information from the database and providing it to the user terminal.

In addition, in the book information providing server for providing book information according to another embodiment of the present invention, a memory in which a program for performing a method of providing book information is recorded; And a processor for executing the program, wherein the processor collects cover images for each book by execution of the program, sets book identification information of each book based on the collected cover images, and stores them in a database. Saves, and stores the information of any one or more of the augmented reality content, promotional video, recommendation information, review information, and e-book information for the contents of each book in the database by matching the book identification information, and the camera Provides an application for providing book information in connection with a user terminal equipped with, and when the cover image information of the book is obtained as the application is executed by the user terminal, the book is identified based on the cover image information of the book. It may be a server that extracts information, extracts book information matching the extracted book identification information from the database, and provides it to the user terminal.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, the user can check some of the contents of the book as book information such as augmented reality contents or promotional video only by recognizing the cover image of the book, so that in the case of the wrapped book, the packaging is not damaged without permission. It can be prevented, and some contents of the book can be searched as augmented reality contents exposed on the user terminal, so that user interest and purchase can be induced.

In addition, the present invention provides a book exploration project to a user who uses a bookstore or library, and provides various contents according to various missions such as games, quizzes, and video viewing set in the book exploration project, while providing points, prizes, and winning. Compensation can be provided, which can inspire reading motivation by improving intimacy with the book. In particular, bookstore managers or librarians can easily build book exploration projects online, and users can easily access them through smart terminals, allowing users to experience book exploration projects in a more convenient environment.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a book information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a book exploration program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing book information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a process of applying and executing a method for providing book information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating book information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flow chart illustrating an execution process of an application for managing a book according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary view illustrating an exploration setting page provided to a user terminal by executing an application for managing a book according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen provided to a user terminal in which an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided.
9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating content matching time information among mission limit conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is an exemplary view illustrating content matching location information among mission limit conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is an exemplary diagram illustrating content matching weather information among mission limit conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is an exemplary diagram illustrating content matching user information among mission limit conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a flow chart illustrating an execution process of a book exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and similar reference numerals are assigned to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, and one or more other features, not excluding other components, unless specifically stated to the contrary. It is to be understood that it does not preclude the presence or addition of any number, step, action, component, part, or combination thereof.

In the present specification, the'terminal' may be a wireless communication device with guaranteed portability and mobility, and may be any kind of handheld-based wireless communication device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, or a notebook. In addition, the'terminal' may be a wired communication device such as a PC that can access other terminals or servers through a network. In addition, a network refers to a connection structure in which information exchange is possible between nodes such as terminals and servers, and includes a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the Internet (WWW). : World Wide Web), wired and wireless data networks, telephone networks, wired and wireless television networks, etc.

Examples of wireless data networks include 3G, 4G, 5G, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth communication, infrared communication, and ultrasound. Communication, Visible Light Communication (VLC), LiFi, etc. are included, but are not limited thereto.

The following examples are detailed descriptions to aid understanding of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention of the same scope performing the same function as the present invention will also belong to the scope of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a server for providing book information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a book exploration program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the book information providing server 100 includes a communication module 110, a memory 120, a processor 130, and a database 140.

In detail, the communication module 110 provides a communication interface necessary to provide a transmission/reception signal between the book information providing server 100 and the user terminal 200 in the form of packet data in connection with a communication network. Furthermore, the communication module 110 may perform a role of receiving a data request from the user terminal 200 and transmitting data as a response thereto.

Here, the communication module 110 may be a device including hardware and software necessary for transmitting and receiving a signal such as a control signal or a data signal through a wired or wireless connection with another network device.

In the memory 120, a program for performing a method of providing book information is recorded. In addition, it performs a function of temporarily or permanently storing data processed by the processor 130. Here, the memory 120 may include a volatile storage medium or a non-volatile storage medium, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The processor 130 controls the entire process of providing the method of providing book information, and controls the camera and display in conjunction with the application installed in the user terminal 200 to obtain cover image information of the book, extract book identification information, and identify the book. It is possible to extract book information matching the information and provide augmented reality contents for book information. Each operation performed by the processor 130 will be described in more detail later.

The processor 130 provides an application to the user terminal 200 through the communication module 110, and a book search application that provides book information related to the contents of the book using the cover image of the book, and book management It is provided by dividing it into a book management application that runs a program and a book exploration program. That is, the application for book search is provided to the general user terminal 200 to use services for book purchase, book search, and book exploration project, and the book management application is given administrator authority to manage books in a bookstore or library. It is provided to the user terminal 200.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the book management application 300 includes a data collection module 310, a meta management module 320, a promotion management module 330, and a compensation management module 340.

The data collection module 310 automatically fetches book-related data using data scraping technology from a website for providing web services in an online bookstore, and books provided by publishers such as general publishers, independent publishers, and daily publishers. After collecting related data, metadata including book name, author information, publisher information, and book information for each book is stored in the database 140 by using the collected data.

The meta management module 320 performs standard data management, product image management, and data asset management. In this case, the data asset includes at least one content such as augmented reality (AR) content, video content, image content, eBook content, and game content for each book. Data assets are generated by collecting text, video, image, e-book, grade, level, subject, theme, author and additional information, and related data.

The promotion management module 330 performs mission setting, product image setting, mission restriction condition setting, and augmented reality content setting for an exploration book.

The reward management module 340 manages log data on the purchase amount of the book, Golden Circle Award Points according to the mission success of the exploration book, and the payment or expenditure of prizes. The reward management module 340 may separately manage a GC point log, a prize log (used/unused), and a winner log.

That is, the reward management module 340 stores mission completion data, exploration completion data, point payment data, prize winning data, mission performance log, exploration performance log, and point/gift log in the database 140, and book promotion of the publisher. According to the result inquiry request, the book exploration result of the relevant publisher is provided, and information of the points/gifts used for the point/gift inquiry request of the user terminal 200, and the unused points/gifts is provided.

The above-described modules are only one embodiment for describing the present invention, but are not limited thereto and may be implemented in various modifications. In addition, the above-described modules are stored in the memory 120 as a computer-readable recording medium that can be controlled by the processor 130. In addition, at least a part of the program 130 may be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of at least two or more thereof, and may include a module, program, routine, instruction set, or process for performing one or more functions. .

Meanwhile, the processor 130 may include all types of devices capable of processing data, such as a processor. Here, the'processor' may refer to a data processing device embedded in hardware having a circuit physically structured to perform a function represented by a code or instruction included in a program. As an example of a data processing device built into the hardware as described above, a microprocessor, a central processing unit (CPU), a processor core, a multiprocessor, and an application-specific integrated (ASIC) circuit) and processing devices such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The database 140 stores data accumulated while performing a method of providing book information. For example, the database 140 may store user information, administrator information, book identification information for each book, book information matched with book identification information, mission information for exploration books, and point/prize/win information.

3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing book information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of applying and executing the method for providing book information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 Is an exemplary diagram illustrating book information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 to 5, the book information providing server 100 collects cover images for each book from online bookstores or publishers through a network, and sets the book identification information of each book based on the collected cover images to provide a database It is stored in (140) (S1). In addition, the book information providing server 100 identifies one or more book information among augmented reality content, promotional video (book trailer, etc.), recommendation information, review information, and e-book information for the contents of each book. The information is matched and stored in the database 140 (S2).

In this case, the book information may use contents provided by a publisher or the like, or a publisher or a third party may generate augmented reality contents by using a character or image of the book according to the contents of the book. In addition, a promotional video is a video that explains the plot of the book, captures the table of contents of the book, or some pages of the book, and displays the contents of the wrapping book even when the wrapping state of the wrapping book is maintained. It is provided in a form that can be used.

The book information providing server 100 provides an application for providing book information in connection with the user terminal 200 (S3). At this time, the book information providing server 100 is an application for book search that provides book information related to the contents of the book using the cover image of the book, and a book management application that conducts a library management program and a book exploration program. It is divided into and provided to the user terminal 200.

Accordingly, the user installs a book search application on the user terminal 200 and executes the book search application as shown in FIG. 4 to recognize the cover image of the book through the camera. At this time, the application extracts feature information from the cover image of the book and transmits it to the book information providing server 100, and the book information providing server 100 may check the book identification information using the feature information. Alternatively, the application may extract feature information from the cover image of the book, check the book identification information based on the extracted feature information, and transmit the confirmed book identification information to the book information providing server 100.

In this way, the book information providing server 100 obtains the cover image information of the book by interlocking with the application of the user terminal 200 (S4), and then extracts the book identification information based on the cover image information of the book (S5). ).

The book information providing server 100 extracts book information matching the book identification information extracted from the database 140 and provides it to the user terminal 200 (S6, S7). In this case, the user terminal 200 may output book information such as augmented reality content and promotional video on the screen, and may output link information of the book information.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the book information is e-book content, the cover information, author (author, picture, etc.) information, and introduction information of the book may be output to the user terminal in the form of sound or animation.

6 is a flow chart illustrating an execution process of an application for book management according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an exploration setting provided to a user terminal by execution of the application for book management according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an exemplary diagram illustrating a page, and FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen in which an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided to a user terminal.

The book information providing server 100 provides a book management application only to a user terminal to which administrator rights are granted, and provides a book exploration program and a book management program as the application for book management is executed in the user terminal 200.

When the book exploration program is executed by the user terminal 200 (S61), an exploration setting page for setting exploration condition information including exploration book information, exploration period information, expedition mission information, and reward information is provided to the user terminal 200 Do (S62).

As shown in Figure 7, the user through the exploration setting page, the publishing company setting, exploration book setting, exploration name setting, exploration period setting, single line summary, reward setting, cover image, slide image, exploration description, mission, mission restriction condition Enter exploration condition information such as. When setting an exploration book, AR content is matched with the expedition book, and exploration instruction information is set in a single line summary. For example, the user may designate and input the name of a specific publisher through the publishing company setting, and input a period during which the exploration project is in progress through the exploration period setting. In addition, the user may input an exploration name that may arouse curiosity of participants in an exploration project, such as "exploration of an exciting and comfortable book". In addition, the user may input the title of the book to be explored in the exploration project. In addition, the user can set the rewards each participant will receive after completion of the exploration project. In addition, the user can conveniently set the cover image displayed on the smart terminal of the participant in the exploration project, and can additionally set a plurality of slide images that are switched and displayed through a touch or drag input on the smart terminal following the cover image. In addition, the user may input contents such as background, purpose, and introduction of each exploration project through the exploration description input window of the exploration setting page. In addition, the user can set the mission to be performed by each participant in the exploration project, and can set various mission modules such as quizzes, games, augmented reality content viewing, and video viewing. In this way, various conditions inputted by the user through the exploration setting page may be displayed on the interface of FIG. 8 through the smart terminal of the exploration project participant. In other words, each participant can easily check the expedition name, expedition period, description of the expedition project, details of reward settings, cover images, slide images, and details of various missions on the interface displayed on the smart terminal. The exploration project can be carried out without difficulty.

At this time, in the case of setting N missions, the user sets any one of a sequential mission for sequentially performing N missions and a non-sequential mission for performing N missions out of sequence.

When a user sets a mission, an exploration module including one or more contents such as quizzes, games, augmented reality content viewing, and video viewing may be selected. If the representative exploration module is a quiz, one or more quizzes may be generated using a part of the contents of the exploration book, and a question questionnaire form of the quiz may be generated in the form of augmented reality content. Although it will be described further with reference to FIG. 13 afterwards, the user may watch videos for a certain amount of time, provide a quiz for the watched video, share the number of social media sharing for an exploration project or book, provide an appropriate quiz according to the age or gender of the participant, a specific location or Various types of missions can be set, such as acquiring AR content that appears at a specific time.

The book information providing server 100 provides an exploration project that provides one or more of augmented reality content, game content, quiz content, and exploration video content to the general user terminal 200 according to exploration condition information input on the exploration setting page. Generate (S63, S64).

In addition, the book information providing server 100 aggregates the progress of the exploration mission execution state within the exploration project and provides exploration progress information to the administrator user terminal 200 (S65).

On the other hand, when the administrator user terminal 200 executes the book management program, book identification information based on the cover image information of the book or graphic codes such as barcodes and QR codes attached to the book are recognized to extract book identification information, Information such as book location information or book carrying status is provided to the user terminal 200 through a database that matches book identification information and stores the book location information (S66).

When the book management program or the book exploration program is terminated by the user terminal 200, the book information providing server 100 terminates functions provided in connection with the book management and book exploration. However, the server 100 continuously monitors the exploration mission execution state of the exploration project and ensures that the exploration mission is properly executed according to the set mission limit conditions.

At this time, the cover image of each book includes an augmented reality (AR) marker, and the book information providing server 100 recognizes the augmented reality marker through the book search application, and the content within the exploration project Can provide. At this time, if the exploration project is composed of augmented reality content, video content, image content, e-book content, and data assets of game content, the administrator and user terminal 200 is a mission according to time information, location information, weather information, and user information. A restriction condition may be set, and content according to a mission restriction condition may be matched and provided to the general user terminal 200.

9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating content matched with time information among mission limit conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a location among mission limit conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an exemplary diagram illustrating content matching information, and FIG. 11 is an exemplary diagram illustrating content matching weather information among mission restriction conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram of the present invention. It is an exemplary diagram for explaining content that matches user information among mission restriction conditions of an exploration project according to an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9, the time information among the mission restriction conditions allows the matched content to be exposed to the general user terminal 200 only for a time set by the administrator. For example, when an exploration project with the expedition name of'Diego' guardian angel search is in progress, the general user terminal 200 recognizes the cover image of a specific book within a set time period and displays the character of'Diego' guardian angel search in augmented reality. You can check it with the content, but if it is not the set time, a mission failure message saying "The Guardian Celestial has been away. Please come back after a while" is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 10, the location information of the mission restriction condition detects the user location information using any one or more of GPS information, location information using a Wi-Fi network, and beacon information of a user terminal participating in the exploration project, Contents matched with the detected user location information are provided. For example, when an exploration project is set to an exploration mission to visit the Seoul library on the October culture day (30th), user location information is detected through an application installed in the user terminal 200, and user location information Provides a reward or benefit to the user terminal 200 in the case of a Seoul library.

As shown in FIG. 11, the weather information among the mission limitation conditions collects weather information at the time of exploration execution of the user terminal 200 participating in the exploration project, and provides content matching the collected weather information. The server 100, if an exploration project for searching for books made of rain on a rainy day through an application installed in the user terminal 200 is in progress, an umbrella exchange ticket, etc. to the user terminal 200 that performed the exploration mission. Can provide prizes of.

As shown in FIG. 12, the user information among the mission restriction conditions collects user information including gender and age for the user terminal 200 participating in the exploration project, and provides content matched to the collected user information. If an exploration project to search for recommended books related to women in their 20s to 30s is ongoing, women-related products (eg, pouch, etc.) may be provided as a prize to the user terminal 200 that has performed the expedition mission.

13 is a flow chart illustrating an execution process of a book exploration project according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 13, when an application for book search is executed in the user terminal 200, information on various exploration projects for promoting books and providing book information is output. Based on the database in which information on the exploration project is stored, an exploration list that the user can explore through the interface described with reference to FIG. 8 is output on the user terminal 200 (S101), and a specific expedition among the exploration list is When selected, detailed information about the expedition is displayed along with the promotion of the expedition book.

The user selects any one of a sequential mission for sequentially performing N missions and a non-sequential mission for performing N missions out of sequence through the user terminal 200 (S102).

Thereafter, the user checks the mission restriction condition and then authenticates the AR marker to perform the exploration mission (S103, S104). After performing the exploration mission, the user may select the next mission (S105).

In this case, the mission restriction condition may be set as whether or not it is satisfied to watch the video for a certain period of time or whether or not there are three or more correct answers to the quiz question in the video after watching the video. According to this, after the user recognizes the book cover, the book trailer is played back and the mission can be completed if it is played back for more than 60 seconds, which is a mission limit condition. Alternatively, after the user recognizes the book cover, the book trailer is played, and the mission may be completed if three or more correct answers to the quiz composed of the contents of the book trailer are answered.

In addition, it is possible to set the user's gender or age information as a mission restriction condition. For example, if a limit condition is set to be 19 years of age or older, the book trailer image can be provided only when a user who satisfies the AR marker authenticates the mission as being satisfied. In addition, the exploration may be provided in a form that provides a quiz suitable for a corresponding user with respect to a mission restriction condition such as a boy, and provides an appropriate reward to the corresponding user when the quiz is answered correctly.

In addition, the mission limit condition may be 2 times shared by SNS, or the number of shares may be set by adjusting time or weather. In this case, the participant's expedition mission is a secondary mission that encourages users to promote the expedition to acquaintances or unspecified people.If the SNS sharing is performed more than two times, the mission is completed, and the reward is adjusted according to the mission completion time or weather. Can be set.

One or more conditions may be set in various ways, such as when the mission restriction condition is to authenticate the QR code in a restricted place (such as a school library), when content appearance time information and appearance location information are set.

For example, in the form of a small authentication mission, a teacher hides a QR image inside the library to conduct a library event for school students. QR code authentication recognizes and hides the cover of a book, or prints and hides it, and the mission is completed when all the QR codes are collected as students are hunting for treasure. In addition, place authentication allows user data and school information to be matched to authenticate a place. The QR authentication mission can be a secondary mission that re-recognizes the QR image acquired by AR marker authentication, obtains a hint with QR code information, and completes the mission.

By applying the QR authentication mission, a user visits a designated bookstore or library to recognize books that meet the mission command, and when AR content or general content is acquired, the mission is completed. At this time, the location information is collected and verified through communication information such as GPS and WiFi, and then the content appearance time is exposed according to a specific period and time set under conditions. For example, when an OO book is recognized in Gwanghwamun bookstore, AR contents can be exposed every 5 minutes.

When the user completes all the exploration missions, the exploration mission complete content or the book trailer of the exploration book is output on the user terminal. Then, when the user completes the exploration for the exploration project (S108), reward processing for points, items, vouchers, and goods is performed to the user terminal through the compensation module, and the content processed for compensation is stored in the database ( S109).

The method for providing book information according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by a computer. Such recording media include computer-readable media, and computer-readable media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer, and include both volatile and nonvolatile media, and removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer-readable media includes computer storage media, which are volatile and nonvolatile embodied in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. , Both removable and non-removable media.

The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not limiting. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: book information providing server
110: communication module 120: memory
130: processor 140: database

Claims (14)

In the method of providing book information performed by a server for providing book-related services,
a) collecting cover images for each book, setting book identification information for each book based on the collected cover images, and storing them in a database;
b) Book information including augmented reality content, promotional video, recommendation information, review information, and link information for accessing e-book information for the contents of each book is matched with the book identification information to the database. Storing;
c) Provides book information by interlocking with a general user terminal equipped with a camera, provides a book search application to the general user terminal to perform an exploration project when performing a book exploration program, and executes a book management program and a book exploration program. Providing an application for managing a book to a user terminal for an administrator to whom administrator rights are granted;
d) when the cover image information of the book is obtained as the book search application is executed by the general user terminal, extracting book identification information based on the cover image information of the book;
e) extracting book information matching the extracted book identification information from the database and providing it to the general user terminal;
f) As the book management program is executed by the book management application, the book identification information is extracted by recognizing the cover image information of the book or the graphic code attached to the book, and the position of the book matching the extracted book identification information Retrieving information and information about carrying in/out of books and providing them to the administrator user terminal;
g) As the book exploration program is executed by the book management application, an exploration setting page for setting exploration condition information including exploration book information, exploration period information, exploration mission information, and reward information is provided to the administrator user terminal. step;
h) generating an exploration project for providing one or more of augmented reality content, game content, quiz content, and exploration video content to the general user terminal according to exploration condition information input to the exploration setting page; And
i) Comprising the step of providing exploration progress information to the general user terminal or the administrator user terminal by aggregating the progress of the exploration mission execution state in the exploration project based on the data collected through the book search application,
In the step h), when the exploration project includes a plurality of contents, a mission limitation condition is set according to time information, location information, weather information, and user information through the exploration mission information, and the mission limitation condition Matching the corresponding content and providing it to the user terminal,
Content in which time information is set as a mission limit condition is set so that the character to be explored is output as augmented reality content only when the cover image of a specific book is recognized within a preset time,
Contents with location information set as a mission limit condition are set to pay compensation only when user location information is detected in a preset library,
The content in which the weather information is set as the mission limit condition is set to search for books matching the preset weather information,
The content in which user information is set as a mission restriction condition is set to search for books matching the user's gender and age. delete The method of claim 1,
The step a),
To extract feature information from the cover image of the book and set book identification information based on the extracted feature information. delete delete delete The method of claim 1,
The step h),
When the augmented reality marker is recognized from the cover image of each book, the content set for the exploration project is provided to the user terminal. The method of claim 1,
The step h),
When N missions are set in the exploration mission information, one of a sequential mission for sequentially performing the N missions and a non-sequential mission for performing the N missions out of sequence is set, How to provide book information. delete delete In the book information providing server for providing book information,
A memory in which a program for performing a method of providing book information is recorded; And
And a processor for executing the program,
The processor, by executing the program,
Collect cover images for each book, set book identification information for each book based on the collected cover images, and store them in a database, and augmented reality content, promotional video, recommendation information, review information, and e-books for the contents of each book Book information including link information for accessing (e-Book) information is matched with the book identification information and stored in the database,
A book that provides book information by interlocking with a general user terminal equipped with a camera, provides a book search application to a general user terminal to perform an exploration project when performing a book exploration program, and runs a book management program and a book exploration program When a management application is provided to an administrator user terminal to which administrator rights are granted, and the book cover image information is obtained as the book search application is executed by the general user terminal, based on the cover image information of the book Book identification information is extracted, book information matching the extracted book identification information is extracted from the database and provided to the general user terminal, and as the book management program is executed by the book management application, the cover of the book Recognize image information or graphic code attached to the book to extract book identification information, search for book location information matching the extracted book identification information, and carry-in/out information of the book, and provide it to the administrator user terminal, and the book As the book exploration program is executed by the management application, an exploration setting page for setting exploration condition information including exploration book information, exploration period information, exploration mission information, and reward information is provided to the administrator user terminal, and the exploration setting Depending on the exploration condition information entered on the page, an exploration project for providing any one or more of augmented reality content, game content, quiz content, and exploration video content to the general user terminal is created, and collected through the book search application Based on the obtained data, the progress of the exploration mission in the exploration project is aggregated and exploration progress information is provided to the general user terminal or the administrator user terminal,
When the exploration project includes a plurality of contents, a mission limitation condition is set according to time information, location information, weather information, and user information in the exploration mission information through the administrator user terminal, and the mission limitation condition Matching the corresponding content and providing it to the user terminal,
Content in which time information is set as a mission limit condition is set so that the character to be explored is output as augmented reality content only when the cover image of a specific book is recognized within a preset time,
Contents with location information set as a mission limit condition are set to pay compensation only when user location information is detected in a preset library,
The content in which the weather information is set as the mission limit condition is set to search for books matching the preset weather information,
The content in which user information is set as a mission restriction condition is set to search for books matching the user's gender and age. delete The method of claim 11,
The book management application,
A data collection module that collects book-related data through a network and generates and stores metadata for each book;
A meta management module that divides and manages the metadata for each book into standard data, product image data, and data assets;
A promotion management module that performs mission setting, product image setting, mission restriction condition setting, and augmented reality content setting for exploration books; And
Book information providing server comprising a reward management module for managing log data on the payment or expenditure of reward points or prizes according to the success of the mission for the exploration book. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the method for providing book information according to claim 1 is recorded.

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