KR20030003412A - Method of multimedia content service in internet content service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for servicing multimedia contents in an Internet contents service system is provided to construct dedicated contents network and system managing functions so as to effectively supply multimedia contents service which requests a long time watching, a large-sized capacity, and band width for a wire/wireless subscriber. CONSTITUTION: A contents provider is selected and a contract profile is created for supplying a multimedia service(201). If the contents provider supplies a commercialized document and contents adapted to a standard of a communication network provider(202), and the commercialized document and contents are up-loaded(206). It is checked whether contents to be serviced to a service subscriber is secured(214), and a service provider is selected(215), a site which satisfies a business element is constructed(216), and service subscribers are collected(217). Contents are transmitted through a wire/wireless contents transmitting network for enabling the collected service subscriber to use the contents. The contents are decoded and communication network provider collects service usage details according to subscribers. Contents usage details of the collected service subscribers are managed and calculated according to periods.

Description

Method of multimedia content service in Internet content service system {Method of multimedia content service in internet content service system}

The present invention relates to a high quality user-friendly and interactive wired / wireless multimedia contents business model with guaranteed mobility and intellectual property rights. In particular, the present invention enables a network operator to activate all such services by building all business elements necessary for multimedia services. The present invention relates to a multimedia content service method in an Internet content service system for providing commerce between a company and a company and a consumer, and to a computer readable recording medium storing a program for realizing the method.

Recently, due to the development of Internet and wireless technology, the number of high-speed Internet subscribers and wireless subscribers has exploded. Current high-speed Internet subscribers can receive various and improved services than those received through modems using conventional telephone lines due to the increase in the bandwidth of the multimedia signal processing technology such as audio, image, video, and communication networks. High-speed Internet subscribers, for example, are not as perfect as watching offline MP3 music or video over a telecommunication network, but are able to receive multimedia content services to some degree. In addition, wireless service subscribers of 2.5 generations or more can receive voice and text-oriented second generation services, as well as multimedia content services requiring large bandwidths due to improved wireless bandwidth.

The current multimedia service providing method collects the content from the content provider and converts it into a form suitable for service without compressing the content so that it can be a user-friendly and interactive service. In the server-client method, a plurality of subscribers share the multimedia content stored in the multimedia content through a streaming server.

However, if the number of network users increases, a number of subscribers share the backbone network, and thus, the service may be stopped or delayed without providing a content service requiring a long time from the beginning to the end, and a meaningful segment ( Segmentation) does not provide user-friendly and interactive services so that users can watch the scenes they want, so network operators or content providers cannot generate as much profit as they want even if they secure or provide high-quality content. In addition, in order to provide the subscribers with a multimedia service requiring a large capacity as described above, the network operator is expanding the bandwidth of the existing communication network such as access network, backbone network, etc. It is difficult for a network operator or a content provider who wants to provide the required multimedia contents service to generate revenue because there is no model to generate revenue. Problems of the multimedia service using the current communication network can be summarized as follows.

No matter how advanced the network operator, the network service may delay traffic due to the sharing of traffic between subscribers who want to receive multimedia services and general subscribers. May not be provided.

In general, multimedia content such as video requires a long time service and can not know the content to watch the content from the beginning to the end, so it does not provide a function that can not see and skip the boring and unwanted scenes.

In addition, since the network provider does not provide the content provider with a framework that can guarantee the intellectual property and the content protection function of the content, the content provider is reluctant to service the multimedia content online through the communication network. It is difficult to secure private or corporate content providers.

The current multimedia service is provided by establishing a separate and independent system for wired high-speed Internet subscribers or wireless subscribers, and most wired high-speed Internet subscribers are simultaneously subscribed to the wireless service to provide the same content to wired / wireless subscribers. Despite the established environment, mobile services cannot be provided by integrating wired / wireless joint subscribers. In addition, the content providers and service providers are diverse in terms of individuals, SOHOs, associations, companies (including network operators), but they can comprehensively apply business scenarios suitable for the financial capabilities or other environments of the content providers or service providers. This situation is absent.

Therefore, in order to provide a multimedia content service, a method for realizing a business model of high quality multimedia contents, which is user friendly, is required for wired / wireless integrated companies and enterprises and consumers, which have secured mobility and guaranteed intellectual property rights.

The present invention has been proposed to meet the above-described needs, and has been proposed to establish a dedicated content delivery network, to authenticate and register content, to secure intellectual property rights, to analyze and summarize content, and to integrate wired and wireless subscribers. Multimedia content service in Internet content service system to efficiently provide wired / wireless subscribers with multimedia content service requiring long viewing time, large storage capacity and large bandwidth by using business and system management functions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer-readable recording medium storing a method and a program for realizing the method.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of an Internet content service system to which the present invention is applied.

2a and 2b is a flow chart of an embodiment of a multimedia content service method in an Internet content service system according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: Content collection and conversion unit

2: Content storage device

3: wired and wireless content service business processor management unit

4: Network operator

5: Content registration, processing, supplement and commercialization document generation unit

300: content management unit

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a multimedia content service method in an Internet content service system, the method for generating a content provider selection and a contract profile to provide a multimedia service capable of user-friendly and interactive services. Stage 1; A second step of uploading the merchandise document and the content by confirming whether the content provider will provide the merchandising document and the content conforming to the content service standard of the communication network operator; A third step of confirming whether the content to be serviced is secured to the service subscriber, selecting a service provider to build a site that satisfies the business factor, and then recruiting service subscribers; Fourth to deliver the content through the wired and wireless content delivery network so that the recruited service subscribers can play the content to decrypt the content in connection with the subscriber management function and the clearing house, and the network operator to collect the service usage history for each subscriber step; And a fifth step of managing and collecting the contents usage history of the collected service subscribers on a periodic basis and then integrating billing to wired, wireless or wired and wireless common subscribers.

In addition, the present invention, the Internet content service system having a processor, a first function for generating a content provider selection and a contract profile to provide a multimedia service capable of user-friendly and interactive services; A second function of confirming whether the content provider will provide a commercialization document and contents conforming to a content service standard of a communication network operator and uploading the commercialization document and contents; A third function of checking whether content to be serviced is secured to a service subscriber, selecting a service provider, building a site that satisfies a business element, and then recruiting service subscribers; Fourth to deliver the content through the wired and wireless content delivery network so that the recruited service subscribers can play the content to decrypt the content in connection with the subscriber management function and the clearing house, and the network operator to collect the service usage history for each subscriber function; And a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing a fifth function of managing and collecting the contents usage history of the collected service subscribers on a periodic basis and then charging the wired, wireless or wired and wireless common subscribers. .

The present invention seeks to develop a high quality multimedia content service and a business model that can activate the related electronic commerce.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication network operator establishes a dedicated content delivery network that can handle a large amount of traffic exclusively, develops a high-quality multimedia signal processing and analysis technology, and uses it for free or at a low price. To be able. At the same time, by securing a system that can secure contents protection and intellectual property rights, contents providers who do not have the financial ability and multimedia signal processing and analysis technology can utilize these systems and technologies so that network operators can easily obtain diverse and vast contents. Do it. Subsequently, the secured content is stored in the content storage device of the network operator to secure a vast amount of content, which is directly serviced by the network operator to the subscriber or relayed to the service provider. In addition, communication network operators have developed a business element that can handle wired and wireless simultaneous subscribers to provide mobile services to multimedia content service subscribers, and content providers can provide a single content to wired and wireless subscribers. It is characterized by making a lot of profits.

In addition, the present invention generates a commercialized document through a technology for converting various types of content received from a content provider such as individual, SOHO, company, etc. to be suitable for the service, authentication and registration of the content, security, analysis, indexing and summary process Technology, content management technology, dedicated content delivery network construction and operation technology, wired and wireless gateway technology, and wire / wireless content service business process management technology and system integration technology to handle all possible business scenarios and processes This is a technical problem of the present invention, and it is characterized by providing a business model for various multimedia content services using the same.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of an Internet content service system to which the present invention is applied, and provides a business model of consumer-friendly multimedia contents provided by a communication network provider for wired / wireless integrated companies and enterprises and consumers, which have secured mobility and guaranteed intellectual property rights. It is shown.

In the figure, "1" is a content collecting and converting unit, "2" is a content storage device, "3" is a wired / wireless content service business process management unit, "4" is a wired / wireless content delivery network 4 dedicated to a network operator, and "5". Indicates a content registration, processing, security and merchandising document generation unit, and "300" indicates a content management unit, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet content service system includes live content 20, a video tape recorder, and an audio tape for real-time broadcasting of content delivered through a content provider 10 such as an individual, SOHO, or company. Collect and process all types of content such as analog content 30, video CD (Compact Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or compressed digital content 40 directly provided online. .

The digitally converted content is authenticated through the digital content authentication registration authority 110, so that a unique identifier unique to the content can be given. Content that has undergone the content security process 120 to add encryption and intellectual property protection, etc. is stored in the content storage device 2 connected to a dedicated content network through an uploading process 160. At the same time, in order to provide friendly and interactive services to the service subscribers, the security process content is further analyzed and summarized to index the content into meaningful details (130) and summary information indicating the plot and characteristics of the content ( 140 to generate a content merchandising document (150). In this case, the content merchandising document describes all contents related to one content (authentication contents, content registration number, intellectual property rights, information that is meaningfully divided and indexed in detail, and summary information of contents). The digitally converted and compressed content may be restored through a decoding process for content analysis. The generated content merchandising document is stored in the merchandising document storage device 200. One compressed digital multimedia content has one commercialization document corresponding thereto, and provides the user with a friendly and interactive service using the contents described in the commercialization document.

Meanwhile, the content management unit 300 manages the merchandising document storage device 200 and the compressed digital multimedia content storage device 210, and packages and accesses only the contents described in the merchandise document updating function and the profile of the service provider. Control function, scheduling of content to be delivered through the content delivery network, transcoding function to convert stored content to fit the wireless environment, search that enables user-friendly and interactive interface by combining merchandising document and stored content It provides functions, templates for basic user interface of service providing site, manages basic data about traffic data and event reporting collected in delivery network, and provides statistics function by content usage.

The wired / wireless content service business process management unit 3 is a system that satisfies the functions required for all the business processes of FIGS. 2A and 2B described later. The common business element 310 that performs functions irrelevant even though the business process is different due to various content providers and service providers is connected to the financial center 340 and the wired / wireless content service providing sites 500 and 520 to provide network service providers and wired and wireless subscribers. Payment function for (510, 530), content intellectual property processing function that solves this for users to use encrypted and intellectual property protected content in connection with clearinghouse (350), link security of service provider site Function, service subscriber management function including wired / wireless integrated subscriber management function, event reporting function that can occur when providing service to subscriber, and traffic processing function of content delivery network are received from content management module and managed by content and service provider Provide traffic reporting.

In addition, the content provider management function 320 manages a content genre and format, history management, content usage, and a profile including a software tool to be rented from a network operator to commercialize the content for each content provider.

In addition, the service provider management function 330 selects only the vast contents contained in the storage device of the communication network through the commercialization process, and the company, school, organization, etc. that wants to service through a dedicated content delivery network constructed by the communication network provider. Handle business elements required for service agreements with service providers and network operators.

In order to manage a profile for each service provider, a software tool to be rented from a network operator in order to provide a service subscriber of the site with services related to the service provider site (500, 520), service content list and format, content service contract period, etc. Record and manage elements such as communication facilities.

On the other hand, the gateway 420 between the wired content delivery network 400 and the wireless network 410 is required to service the transcoded content to the wireless subscribers or wired and wireless simultaneous subscribers to meet the transmission characteristics of the wireless network. It has the function of controlling the service quality of contents according to the transfer protocol conversion function between wired and wireless network, traffic and event reporting function in service in wireless network, and traffic of wireless network and network environment of service subscriber.

2A and 2B are flowcharts illustrating an embodiment of a multimedia content service method in an Internet content service system according to the present invention.

2A and 2B, in order to service multimedia content in the Internet content service system, first, a content provider selection and a contract profile are generated (201).

Subsequently, it is checked whether the content provider will provide the commercialization document and the content using the facilities of the communication network provider in accordance with the standards of the network operator (202).

If the verification result (202), the commercialized document and the content does not provide to meet the standards of the network operator receives the content from the content provider (203) to determine whether it is compressed digital content (204) if the compressed digital content content authentication, After creating a merchandise document with registration, supplementation, decoding, analysis, indexing, and summarization (205), uploading the merchandise and content (206), and converting and compressing it if it is not compressed digital content. Thereafter (207) generates a merchandising document including content authentication, registration, supplementation, decoding, analysis, indexing and summary function (205), and uploads the merchandising document and content (206).

On the other hand, if the confirmation result 202, the commercialization document and the content provided to meet the network operator's standard, the network provider provides the standard (208), if the software loans to the content provider if necessary for content conversion and commercialization (209) The content provider generates the content merchandising document and the digital content to be serviced (210), and uploads the merchandising document and the digital content to the storage device of the carrier (211). Then, the network operator checks whether the uploaded document and the content meet the standard (212), and if it does not meet the standard repeats the process of generating the content commercialization document and the digital content to service (210).

Then, after confirming enough contents to serve the subscribers (214), if it is secured (215), the service provider is selected (215), and in the case of a network operator, a plurality of service sites that satisfy the content management function and common business elements are constructed. Later (216), in connection with the existing subscriber management device to recruit the wired and wireless service subscribers (217), if the other service provider using the network operator's equipment, the network operator to create a profile using the service provider management function Then (218), the content is provided according to the service provider's profile to provide the service provider with common business elements required for packaging, access control, search function, user interface and e-commerce, so that the service provider's site can be built (219). ), In connection with the subscriber management device of the network operator The recruitment of a wired and wireless subscriber service providers (220).

Subsequently, the wireline service subscriber delivers the high quality content selected by the subscriber using a dedicated wireline content delivery network, and the wireless service subscriber delivers the transcoded content according to the characteristics of the wireless network through the gateway (221).

Subsequently, the service subscriber decrypts the content in connection with the clearing house so that the subscriber can play the content containing the intellectual property and encryption function (222), and then the delivery network collects the event and traffic generated during the content play. Report to the management module and the network operator to manage this data for each subscriber (223).

Then, the network operator manages the contents usage history of the service subscriber on a periodic basis and calculates it, and requests the integrated billing to the wired, wireless or wired / wireless subscribers (224) and finances the content provider and the service provider according to the payment method of the profile. In connection with the center, payment is made (225).

On the other hand, if it is not secured (214) by checking whether enough content to be serviced to the subscriber is secured (214), the process is repeated from step 201 of selecting a content provider and generating a contract profile.

The operation of the multimedia content service method in the Internet content service system of the present invention having the above structure will be described in detail as follows.

2A and 2B illustrate a business process for ensuring intellectual property rights using the Internet content service system of FIG. 1 and encompassing various business processes of a multimedia service capable of high quality and user friendly and interactive services. It is explained.

Accordingly, a communication network operator having a wired content delivery network 400, a wireless network 410, and a gateway 420 selects a content provider 10 and generates a profile using the content provider management function 320. When a content provider wants to create a content merchandising document storage device 200 and digital content that conforms to a communication service provider's content service standard using his facilities, the network provider provides a standard and the content provider provides the merchandising document and content of the content. Upload the 160 to the commercialized document storage device 200 and the digital multimedia content storage device 210 of the network operator (160). If the uploaded merchandising document or content does not meet the specification and checks whether it meets the specification, the network operator deletes the uploaded merchandising document or content and requests the content provider to create and upload the merchandising document or content again.

The content provider provides only raw content such as live content 20, analog content 30, or compressed digital content 40, so that a network operator generates content merchandise and digital content that meets its service standards, and uploads it to a storage device. If you want to service by using a network operator, the network operator does this. In this case, when the live content or the analog content is provided, the network operator converts the content to digital by using his facility and compresses the content (50). The digital content converted into a service form is provided with a unique content identifier in connection with the digital content certification registrar 110 (100), and then the content intellectual property rights and supplementation for performing intellectual property description (description) and encryption process ( The process decodes the content if necessary and divides the content into meaningful segments based on the decoded content, thereby indexing the content. The summary of the content divided into segments is briefly 140 and then used to provide a preview function of the content for the wired or wireless subscribers 510 or 530.

Content merchandising document generation 150 is a document that describes in detail the results from the process (100) to the process (140), which is searched by the content management unit 300 to enable a user-friendly and interactive service Used to configure functionality and user interface templates. The network operator selects a service provider when sufficient content is secured to serve a service subscriber.

The selected service provider enables not only the network provider but also other wired content providers using the facilities and contents of the network provider. Accordingly, the communication network operator establishes a plurality of service sites using the function and system of FIG. 1 and recruits subscribers to wired, wireless or wired / wireless common service subscribers. For service providers other than the network operator, the network operator creates a profile for each service provider using the service provider management function 330 and packs the content selected by the service provider and controls access using the content manager 300. If necessary, it provides the service provider with the management function and business process management function possessed by the network operator. Wired and wireless service providers open service sites 500 and 520 to recruit subscribers on their own.

The wired service subscriber delivers the high quality content selected by the service subscriber using the dedicated wired content delivery network 400, and the wireless service subscriber delivers the transcoded content according to the characteristics of the wireless network through the gateway. Since the contents selected by the service subscriber to play are guaranteed intellectual property rights and encrypted, the network operator solves this problem. To this end, the service provider decrypts the content in connection with the subscriber management module and the clearing house 350 and collects and records the service usage history for each subscriber. do. The network operator collects events and traffic generated during the content play from the delivery network, reports them to the content management module, and manages the data for each subscriber. The communication network operator manages the contents usage history of the service subscribers on a periodic basis by linking with the existing subscriber management function, and then integrates it with the existing wired, wireless or wired / wireless common subscribers. Network operators pay content providers and service providers in connection with financial centers according to the payment method of profiles.

Accordingly, the present invention establishes a dedicated content delivery network, and establishes business elements and system management functions that enable content authentication, registration, intellectual property rights secured, content analysis and summary functions, and wired / wireless subscriber integration services. Therefore, by using the present invention, it is possible to generate revenue to content providers, network operators, and service providers by activating wired, wireless or wired and wireless multimedia e-commerce and services, and the subscribers can watch high-quality contents. And can efficiently provide interactive multimedia services.

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.).

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary knowledge.

As described above, the present invention can activate a multimedia content business through a communication network using various business models, so that a content provider can secure intellectual property rights for the content he owns and can use wired, wireless or Revenue can be generated by online and wired service, and network operators can build high-quality dedicated content delivery networks and business elements that comprehensively cover all possible business scenarios to provide network equipment or service-related tools that require high investment costs. It is effective in activating related industries by renting to operators or service providers at low cost or free of charge if necessary.

In addition, the present invention, by enabling a wired, wireless or wired and wireless multimedia e-commerce and services to generate revenue to content providers, network operators, service providers, service subscribers can watch high-quality content, It is effective to receive interactive multimedia services efficiently.

Claims (8)

In the multimedia content service method in the Internet content service system, A first step of generating a content provider selection and a contract profile to provide a multimedia service capable of user-friendly and interactive services; A second step of uploading the merchandise document and the content by confirming whether the content provider will provide the merchandising document and the content conforming to the content service standard of the communication network operator; A third step of confirming whether the content to be serviced is secured to the service subscriber, selecting a service provider to build a site that satisfies the business factor, and then recruiting service subscribers; Fourth to deliver the content through the wired and wireless content delivery network so that the recruited service subscribers can play the content to decrypt the content in connection with the subscriber management function and the clearing house, and the network operator to collect the service usage history for each subscriber step; And A fifth step of managing and collecting the contents usage history of the collected service subscribers on a periodic basis and billing them to wired, wireless or wired / wireless common subscribers Multimedia content service method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The second step, A sixth step of confirming whether the contents provider provides the commercialization document and the contents using the facilities of the telecommunication network operator; If the check result of the sixth step does not provide the commercialized document and the content to meet the standards of the network operator, it is confirmed whether the content is received from the content provider is compressed digital content, and the converted digital content according to the check result A seventh step of compressing and generating a merchandising document including authentication, registration, supplementation, decoding, analysis, indexing, and summary function, and then uploading the merchandising document and contents; As a result of the sixth step, when the commercialization document and the content are provided in accordance with the network operator's standard, the network provider provides the standard and lends the software to the content provider if necessary for the content conversion and commercialization, and the content. An eighth step of the provider generating the content merchandising document and the digital content to be serviced and uploading the merchandising document and the digital content to the storage device of the network operator; And The uploaded communication network operator performs a ninth step of checking whether the uploaded document and content conform to the standard. Multimedia content service method comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The third step, If the selected service provider is a telecommunication network operator, a plurality of service sites satisfying a content provider management function and a common business element may be established in connection with the subscriber management device according to whether the selected service provider is secured to the service subscriber. A tenth step of recruiting wireless or wired / wireless common service subscribers; An eleventh step of creating, by the network operator, a profile using a service provider management function if the selected service provider is another service provider other than a network operator according to whether content to be serviced is secured to the service subscriber; And According to the profile of the created service provider, the service provider provides a common business element necessary for packaging, access control, search function, user interface, and electronic commerce to build a service provider's site, and manages the subscriber of the network operator. 12th step to recruit wired, wireless or wired common service subscribers of service provider in connection with Multimedia content service method comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein The common business element, And a payment function, a content intellectual property processing function, a link security function of a service provider site, a service subscriber management function, an event reporting function, and a traffic reporting function. The method of claim 3, wherein The content provider management function, And managing a profile including a software tool to be rented from a network operator in order to commercialize a content genre and format, history management, content usage, and content for each content provider. The method of claim 3, wherein The service provider management function, The service provider and the network provider such as a company, a school, a group, etc., who want to service only through a dedicated content delivery network established by the network operator by selecting only the vast contents contained in the storage device of the network operator through a commercialization process. A multimedia content service method comprising processing a business element necessary for a service agreement with a service. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The fourth step, If the recruited subscriber is a wired service subscriber, the subscriber delivers the high quality content selected by the subscriber using a dedicated wired content delivery network. If the recruited subscriber is a wireless service subscriber, the content is transcoded according to the characteristics of the wireless network through a gateway. A thirteenth step of delivering; And The service subscriber decrypts the content in connection with the clearing house so that the subscriber can play the content including the intellectual property and encryption function, and then plays the content, and the delivery network collects the event and traffic generated during the content play and reports it to the management module. And the network operator manages this data for each subscriber. Multimedia content service method comprising a. In an Internet content service system having a processor, A first function of generating a content provider selection and a contract profile to provide a multimedia service capable of user-friendly and interactive services; A second function of confirming whether the content provider will provide a commercialization document and contents conforming to a content service standard of a communication network operator and uploading the commercialization document and contents; A third function of checking whether content to be serviced is secured to a service subscriber, selecting a service provider, building a site that satisfies a business element, and then recruiting service subscribers; Fourth to deliver the content through the wired and wireless content delivery network so that the recruited service subscribers can play the content to decrypt the content in connection with the subscriber management function and the clearing house, and the network operator to collect the service usage history for each subscriber function; And A fifth function of managing and collecting the contents usage history of the collected service subscribers on a periodic basis and then integrating billing to wired, wireless or wired and wireless common subscribers; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.