KR20050027345A - Unit billing system of content in the on-line - Google Patents

Abstract

A unit billing system of online contents for restraining copyright-related conflicts and a method thereof are provided to fairly distribute gains of copyright holders by correctly collecting audio/video multimedia sales and basically block piracy of contents owing to settlement burden by preventing duplicated settlement for download of the same file from the same user. A contents database(115) stores multimedia contents. A contents management server(113) provides the multimedia contents stored in the contents database through the online. A main server(109) sells the multimedia contents received from the contents management server to terminals(103,105,121) with a charge, generates a sold charged contents list, provides the multiple contents corresponding to the sold charged contents list to the member terminal, generates a playback contents list of each copyright holder according to multimedia contents sale, and offers it to a copyright holder terminal(107). A user database(117) stores personal information of a member and stores a purchase contents list. A copyright holder database(119) stores the playback contents list.

Description

UNIQUE BILLING SYSTEM OF CONTENT IN THE ON-LINE}

The present invention relates to a billing method for Internet works, and more specifically, to list-up the purchase history of the work originally purchased online (List-Up) incurred in the cost of the repurchase of the previously purchased works and works of The present invention relates to a system and method for billing unit of works online, which can prevent illegal copying and distribute the profits of distribution of works to the copyright holders accurately.

In recent years, the increasing speed of the Internet has made it possible to view and listen to multimedia data combined with audio or video on the Internet. A representative example is the multimedia streaming service. Streaming means not to download and execute a single file in a batch in order to execute large audio or video data, but to transmit it in real time in a series of files. , Live broadcasting services such as news and live concerts, and video on demand (VOD) services.

The sale of digital content is based on the way that users log on to the commerce server online, search for and determine the required content, and pay the price using an online payment system. It is coming true.

In this trend, when looking at the billing system of a provider that provides content using the Internet, for example, a video service, after clicking on a material to download the content and performing a prepayment according to a predetermined procedure, the corresponding video data is provided. do. However, there is no checking procedure to confirm that the downloading of the file to the user's computer is completed, which causes an unreasonable cost to pay even if the user cannot watch the video.

In addition, in paying the copyright fee to the rightful right holder according to the use of the content, a certain amount proportional to the profit of the content provider is paid as the copyright fee, so that accurate counting of the content sale is not made. This may cause a form of payment that is unfavorable to copyright holders or practitioners who are not well-known. In particular, since audio content is sold in large quantities, the distribution of copyrights by the copyright holders does not exist in the absence of accurate sound sales sales. It remains a task of the times.

In addition, the current multimedia content payment system has an unreasonable point that consumers who use a plurality of contents and a large amount of content must perform another payment even when downloading the same file. This is because when a single file is downloaded to different applications (MP3, mobile communication terminal, personal PC), each payment must be performed. This causes delays in monetization of the contents and material damage of the copyright holder due to illegal copying of the contents. There is a problem that causes.

The present invention has been created to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to ensure that the distribution of the multimedia sales of audio and video is accurate, the unit of work billing system on the online that can be carried out in a fair distribution In providing a method.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for copyrighted work unit billing online that can fundamentally block illegal copying of contents due to payment burden by preventing unreasonable duplication of payment when downloading the same file from a user.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an online asset unit billing system, comprising: a content management server for streaming or digital rights management (DRM) processing of multimedia content in an online sales system of paid multimedia content; An asset database linked with the content management server to store the multimedia content; Receive multimedia contents pre-stored in the copyright database through the content management server and sell them to the registered member's terminal, generate a list of purchased works according to the paid sale of the multimedia contents, and generate multimedia contents corresponding to the purchased work list. A main server for providing the registered member to the terminal of the registered member free of charge and generating a reproduction work list for each copyright holder according to the paid sale of the multimedia contents and providing the same to the terminal of the copyright holder; A user database for storing the personal information of the registered member and the list of purchased works according to the instructions of the main server; And a copyright holder database for storing the reproduction work list according to the instructions of the main server.

In addition, the unit of work billing method online in order to achieve the object of the present invention, a method for online sales of paid multimedia content, the method comprising the steps of: a) performing the authentication and registration of the buyer or copyright holder of the paid multimedia content; b) generating asset list information for selling the multimedia contents and providing the same to a terminal of a registered member; c) when one or more multimedia contents disclosed in the asset list information are selected through a terminal of the registered member, request a payment amount corresponding to the one or more multimedia contents, and after confirming payment according to the payment amount request, Providing the one or more multimedia contents to a terminal of the registered member; d) generating respective unique asset information corresponding to the one or more multimedia contents provided to the terminal of the registered member, and collecting the unique asset information for each registered member to generate a purchased asset list; e) providing the purchased asset list to the terminal of the registered member, and providing one or more multimedia contents disclosed in the purchased asset list to the terminal of the registered member when the registered member requests free streaming or DRM. ; f) classifying and collecting each unique copyright information by copyright holder, and generating a reproduction asset list for incentive processing on the unique copyright information collected by the copyright holders; And g) providing the reproduction asset list to the terminal of the copyright holder at the request of the copyright holder.

Specifically, the multimedia content is characterized in that the audio file.

The purchased asset list may include a list number, a singer's name, a song title, and download date / time information, and the reproduced asset list may include a title of the content, a copyright holder's name, a sales amount, and copyright payment information.

The terminal may be any one of a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, a personal computer, an MP3 player, and a dedicated player.

The present invention having such features will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing a network system for implementing an asset unit charging method online in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, a wired / wireless communication network 101, a wireless terminal 103 and a wired terminal 105 which can be connected to the wired / wireless communication network 101 and download predetermined contents, and are connected to the wired / wireless communication network 101 The copyright holder terminal 107 and the wireless terminal 103, the wired terminal 105, or the dedicated player 121 through the wired / wireless communication network 101 to check the copyright information of the copyright. It is composed of a main server 109 for requesting payment corresponding to the contents, calculating a copyright fee according to the contents provision, and a content management server 113 for linking with the main server 109 to stream predetermined contents. do.

In addition, the main server 109 includes a management database 111 that holds user information for use of content and copyright holder information of the corresponding content, wherein the management database 111 includes a user database 117 and a copyright holder database 119. In order to make it easy to understand the gist of the present invention. The content management server 113 also includes an asset database 115 that stores a plurality of assets corresponding to the content.

The user database 117 stores a list of purchase works according to the historical information of the content purchased by the user, including the user's personal information, and the management database 111 should be provided as the copyright holder including the personal information of the copyright holder. Stores a list of reproduced works according to copyright information.

2 is a configuration diagram for explaining the main functions of the main server 109 according to the present invention. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the main operation of the present invention.

As shown, the main server 109 calculates the payment details according to the authentication module 201 for the user authentication, the sale of the content supplied to the user, and the details of the copyright fees corresponding to the sale of the content. Performs data generation management of the calculation module 205, the payment module 203 for performing the user's payment according to the calculation details of the calculation module 205, and the management database 111 and the asset database 115. Providing contents to be provided in the management module 207, the user database 117 or the asset database 115 to the wireless terminal 103, wired terminal 105 or dedicated player 121 Module 209, a purchase creation list generation module for generating the purchase creation list, and a reproduction creation list generation module for generating the reproduction creation list. It consists of a module 215.

The dashed-dotted line in the drawing shows the asset database 115 linked to the content management server 113 and includes a asset output module 213 for selectively outputting a plurality of assets stored in the asset database 115. .

Here, the main server 109 is a natural to implement a network with a system control module (not shown), a web service module (not shown), an application module (not shown) for system management.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.

First, the user accesses the web page provided by the main server 109 through the wireless terminal 103, the wired terminal 105 or the dedicated player 121 in step S301. The main server 109 enters the step S303 to drive the authentication module 201 to induce an authentication procedure from the user. The authentication module 201 performs user authentication through information such as ID, password, and the like including personal information of the user. In addition, the main server 109 stores the personal information, ID, and password in the user database 117 of the management database 111 for user registration. Here, if the accessor to be registered as a copyright holder, the member registration is performed through a predetermined web page, wherein the input information of the copyright holder is stored in the copyright holder database 119.

On the other hand, the user registration is completed, the user can be provided with a plurality of content, the web page performs a time series deduction for this, and asks whether to purchase the work through the step S305. In this case, the copyrighted work is multimedia content including a plurality of audio content and video content, and in order to make the operation description of the present invention easier to understand, the copyrighted work will be described as being limited to audio content.

After the user performs the authentication procedure, when the user wants to purchase a new work, for example, an Internet sound source, the main server 109 provides the information of the work database 115 through the web page in step S307. The asset database 115 includes a large amount of sound source data, that is, sound information, and in addition to the sound source data, the artist name, song / composer name, song title, play time, compression rate, file size, and payment amount corresponding to the sound source Sound source information with information is stored. Therefore, in step S309, the user searches for sound source information to be downloaded based on the sound source information, that is, a singer name, a songwriter / composer name, a song title, and the like, using a predetermined terminal or a dedicated player 121.

The user may select at least one sound source information, and as the selection of the sound source information from the user is recognized by the main server 109, the main server 109 operates the operation module 205 to select the sound source selected by the user. The payment history information corresponding to the information is calculated. The payment history information calculates the total amount of payment for at least one or more sound source information based on the payment amount information included in the sound source information. That is, the calculation module 205 generates the sum payment amount information for the sound source information selected by the user, and the main server 109 transmits the sum payment amount information to the user's wireless terminal 103 and the wired terminal. 105 or a dedicated player 121 to perform a user payment request.

Thereafter, when the main server 109 detects user payment approval information on the sound source information through step S311, the main server 109 operates the payment module 203 to connect to a financial server of a financial institution or a payment server of a proxy payment institution. To perform the user payment.

The main server 109 receives the confirmation information according to the user payment completion from the payment module 203, and at the same time, the respective coded information corresponding to at least one or more sound source data selected by the user to the content management server 113 to provide. At this time, step S313 is entered, where the content management server 113 receives the respective encoded asset information from the asset database 115. The content management server 113 receives the corresponding asset information through the asset output module 213 and streams it to the main server 109, and the main server 109 transmits the user's wireless terminal through the content providing module 209. 103, download to the wired terminal 105 or the dedicated player 121 (S315).

Here, the main server 109, based on the sound source information downloaded to the user terminal or the dedicated player 121, to the user database of the management database 111, such as list number, artist name, song title, download date / time, etc. Create a list of purchased assets to have. The purchase work list may store only the sound source information by allocating a predetermined memory of the user database 117, and may store the sound source information and the sound source data as necessary.

In addition, the main server 109 generates a reproduction asset list in the copyright holder database 119 of the management database 111 based on the sound source information corresponding to the sound source data provided from the asset database 115. This is for calculating sales volume by artist name, composer name, and writer name for the sound source data fetched from the copyright database 115, and has information such as sound source information, copyright holder name, number of sales, and the like. In other words, it represents the sales volume of works sold through unspecified user terminals.

On the other hand, if the user wants to download the work already purchased through the web page in step S305, go to step S323 to go to the web page and access. In step S317, the main server 109 connects to the management database 111 in response to the request, and fetches the purchase creation list from the user database 117 corresponding to the user's ID and password PW. . The main server 109 transmits the purchase work list to the user's wireless terminal 103, the wired terminal 105, or the dedicated player 121.

In step S319, the user checks the purchase asset list received through the terminal, based on this, the user selects the sound source information to download, and downloads the sound source data corresponding to the sound source information (S321). The user can download the player differently. That is, it can be downloaded to a mobile communication terminal, PDA, personal computer, MP3 or dedicated player 121, and the like. At this time, the main server 109 does not make a payment request to the user, the download of the sound source data through the content providing module 209 to the corresponding sound data through the content management server 113 in the same manner described above. Is done.

In addition, if the new work is not purchased or the purchased work is not downloaded through the steps S305 and S323, that is, if the copyright holder wants to search the sales volume of his or her content sold so far, the authentication of the step S303 is performed. Enter the step S325. The copyright holder stores ID (ID) and password (PW) information including personal information in the copyright holder database 119, and may perform an authentication process through the authentication module 201. Of course, the copyright holder will also be able to purchase multimedia content through the above process.

In steps S327 and S329, the copyright holder accesses the copyright holder database 121 and downloads the reproduction work list generated from the main server 109. The copyright holder checks the sales volume list for his work through the reproduction works list, and checks the settlement amount details corresponding to the royalty fee through the calculation module 205 or settles the payment through the payment module 203 as necessary. You will be able to transfer the amount corresponding to the amount.

As described above, the online unit of work billing method according to the present invention is only one embodiment, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and as claimed in the following claims, the gist of the present invention. Without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that any person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications can be made.

As described above, in the online unit of work billing method according to the present invention in the purchase of multimedia content through the Internet from an unspecified number of users, the multimedia content that is initially purchased generates a purchase asset list for each buyer, the multimedia By creating a list of reproduction works of each copyright holder of the contents, the user can purchase the same content without any payment, thereby reducing the burden of payment due to the use of the contents, and the copyright holder can divide the revenue related to the exact sales volume of the contents to suppress the dispute related to copyright. Provide the effect.

In addition, since the user does not make an individual copy according to the application for storing the corresponding content, the convenience of using the content is increased, and the purchased asset information is stored in the user database by using log information to prevent duplication of purchase of the work. The effect is to suppress piracy of multimedia.

1 is a block diagram showing a network system for implementing the asset unit billing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the main functions of the main server of FIG. 1.

3 is a flow chart for explaining the asset unit billing method according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Drawings>

101: wired and wireless communication network 103: wireless terminal

109: main server 111: management database

113: content management server 115: asset database

201: authentication module 203: payment module

205: operation module 207: management module

209: Content providing module 211: Purchased work list creation module

213: asset output module 215: reproduction asset list generation module

Claims (8)

In the online sales system of paid multimedia content, An asset database for storing the multimedia content; A content management server for providing the multimedia content online in the copyright database; Receives multimedia contents pre-stored in the copyright database from the content management server and sells them to a terminal of a registered member, generates a list of purchased works according to the paid sale of the multimedia contents, and generates multimedia contents corresponding to the purchased works list. A main server for providing the registered member to the terminal of the registered member free of charge and generating a reproduction work list for each copyright holder according to the paid sale of the multimedia contents and providing the same to the terminal of the copyright holder; A user database for storing the personal information of the registered member and the list of purchased works according to the instructions of the main server; And And a copyright holder database for storing the reproduction works list according to the instructions of the main server. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is audio content. The unit of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content provision of the content management server is downloaded to the terminal of the registered member according to any one of streaming or digital right management (DRM). Billing system. The method of claim 1, wherein the main server comprises: an authentication module for user authentication, a calculation module for calculating payment details according to the sale of the multimedia content supplied to the registered member, and registration according to the calculation details of the calculation module A payment module for performing a payment of a member, a content providing module for providing the multimedia content stored in a user database or the copyright database to a terminal of the registered member, and a purchase asset list generation for generating the purchase asset list And a reproduction asset list generation module for generating the reproduction asset list. The system of claim 1, wherein the terminal is any one of a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, a personal computer, and an MP3. In the online selling method of paid multimedia content, a) performing the authentication and membership registration process of the purchaser or the copyright holder of the paid multimedia contents; b) generating asset list information for selling the multimedia contents and providing the same to a terminal of a registered member; c) when one or more multimedia contents disclosed in the asset list information are selected through a terminal of the registered member, request a payment amount corresponding to the one or more multimedia contents, and after confirming payment according to the payment amount request, Providing the one or more multimedia contents to a terminal of the registered member; d) generating respective unique asset information corresponding to the one or more multimedia contents provided to the terminal of the registered member, and collecting the unique asset information for each registered member to generate a purchased asset list; e) providing the purchased asset list to the terminal of the registered member, and providing one or more multimedia contents disclosed in the purchased asset list to the terminal of the registered member when the registered member requests a free download; f) classifying and collecting each unique copyright information by copyright holder, and generating a reproduction asset list for incentive processing on the unique copyright information collected by the copyright holders; And and g) providing the reproduced asset list to the terminal of the copyright holder at the request of the copyright holder. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the multimedia content is an audio file. The method of claim 6, wherein the purchase asset list includes a list number, a singer's name, a song title, and download date / time information, and the reproduced asset list includes a title of the content, a copyright holder's name, a sale amount, and copyright payment information. Online unit of work billing method.