KR20130082732A - Method, terminal, and recording medium for providing user interface for contents service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A user interface method for servicing the content of an active area first and a terminal thereof are provided to, even before the whole display of a screen is completed, activate a part of the screen where the display is completed while not deactivating the whole area of the screen, thereby enabling the instant display of user interface and the instant running of content. CONSTITUTION: When content selection information about one or more pieces of runnable content is input, according to the input content selection information, content information including images corresponding to the content is displayed in multiple content areas in a screen (S500). For each content area of the screen where the display of content images is completed, content area selection information is input (S504). When the content area selection information for some of the content areas of the screen is input, according to the input content area selection information, the content corresponding to the selected content are is run in real (S506). After (S500), a content list generating step (S502) for generating a content list according to the content selection information can be further included. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S500) Step of controlling a screen; (S502) Step of generating a contents list; (S504) Step of receiving content area selection information; (S506) Streaming playing step

Description

Method of providing user interface for contents service, terminal and recording medium {METHOD, TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR CONTENTS SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a technique for providing a user interface for a content service.

Recently, a number of devices capable of playing and displaying various content files including media files have been developed. Among them, smart phones, tablet PCs, etc., which use a touch pad method, are in the spotlight.

Users who play or output content files using such devices demand more aesthetic effects on the user interface of the device and also require more intuitive operation. In addition, a client such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, etc. are becoming more common with the development of the Internet, and these clients widely use a streaming method, which is a technology for reproducing content in real time, not a method of playing after downloading content from a content server. In addition, while providing the reproduction content, image information (eg, album cover image, movie poster image) of the content is provided together as an aesthetic effect.

With this streaming playback method, since the client can play back in real time even before all the contents are received from the server, the playback time is shortened and the capacity of the disk is not significantly affected.

 However, in a general mobile environment, in order to play a plurality of contents utilizing such a streaming, after the screen display is completed (for example, the loading of image information of the content is completed), the content to be displayed on the screen can be selected and played back. Although the user interface is provided, there is a problem in that the user cannot receive the selection and playback service for the content to be displayed on the screen until the screen display is completed, although immediate content playback should be prioritized from the user's point of view.

In this background, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a user interface for a content service, a terminal, and a recording medium to display a screen for providing content, the screen being displayed even before all of the display of the screen is completed. It is to provide the user with an immediate user interface and instant content playback by activating the screen area where some display is done without deactivating all the areas within.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention provides a method for providing a user interface for a content service, when the terminal receives the content selection information for one or more content that can be played, the content selection received A screen control step of controlling to display content information including an image corresponding to the one or more contents in a plurality of content areas on the screen according to the information; A content area selection information reception control step of controlling to receive content area selection information for each content area in the screen where the display is completed; And a streaming playback step of receiving content corresponding to the content area selection information in real time, according to the input of the content area selection information, for streaming in real time.

In another aspect, the present invention, a display device for displaying a screen containing one or more content images; An input device configured to receive content selection information on at least one playable content and content area selection information on some content areas on the screen; A screen controller which controls to display content information including an image corresponding to the one or more contents in a plurality of content areas in the screen according to the input content selection information; A content area selection information receiving control unit controlling to receive content area selection information for each content area in the screen where the display is completed; And a streaming reproducing unit for reproducing the content corresponding to the selected content area in real time according to the input of the content area selection information when the content area selection information is input.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a recording medium in which a terminal records a program for executing a method for providing a user interface for a content service, the content selection information for one or more of the reproducible contents and a partial content area of the screen. A screen control for controlling to display selection information receiving function for receiving selection of content area selection information and content information including an image corresponding to the one or more contents in a plurality of content areas in the screen according to the received content selection information; A function, a content area selection information reception control function for controlling to receive content area selection information for each content area in the display on which the display is completed, and, if the content area selection information is received, according to the input of the content area selection information. Selected cones There is provided a recording medium readable content corresponding to the recreational area with a computer recording a program that implements the functions of real-time streaming playback.

As described above, according to the present invention, in providing a method for providing a user interface for a content service, a terminal, and a recording medium to display a screen for providing content, the screen may be displayed even before all display of the screen is completed. By activating some displayed screen areas without deactivating all areas within the screen, the user can be provided with an immediate user interface and instant content playback.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a terminal providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram of a terminal screen to which a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
4 is an exemplary diagram of a terminal screen to which a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which a terminal provides a user interface for a content service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

Contents to be mentioned below refer to contents, points, etc., and in an electronic calculator such as a computer, characters, codes, sounds, images, images and the like are digitally processed for use in wired and wireless telecommunication networks It is a collection of information that is produced, processed, circulated, or its contents. For example, music, video, TV broadcasts, radio broadcasts, photographs, and newspapers are typical examples of contents.

In addition, the content described herein is a playable content, and may be multimedia data such as a sound source (music file) or a video.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system 100 for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system 100 for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a content service by storing content for a content service and transmitting one or more contents to the terminal 120. It includes a content server 110 for providing a terminal 120 for receiving and playing one or more content from the server 110.

The user terminal 120 may include a general PC such as a general desktop or a notebook computer, and may include a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a mobile communication terminal .

The content server 110 has the same hardware configuration as that of a typical web server or a web application server. However, in software, it includes program modules implemented through various languages such as C, C ++, Java, PHP, .Net, Python, Ruby, and so on.

In addition, content server 110 is typically connected to an unspecified number of clients (including terminal 120) and / or other servers via network 130, such as an open computer network, such as the Internet, A computer system for receiving a request to perform a task and deriving a result of the task, and computer software (server program) installed for the computer system.

In addition to the above-described server program, the content server 110 also has a broad concept including a series of application programs running on the content server 110 and, in some cases, various databases built in or outside .

Accordingly, the content server 110 can store and manage contents, various information, and data in a database. Here, the database may be implemented inside or outside the content server 110.

In addition, the content server 110 may use a server program that is variously provided according to an operating system such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, Typical examples include a Web site used in a Windows environment, an Internet Information Server (IIS), Apache, Nginx, and Light HTTP used in a UNIX environment.

The network 130 may be a closed network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network) as a network for connecting the content server 110 and the terminal 120, And the like. The Internet can be divided into several services, such as HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Domain Name System (DNS), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Simple Network Management Protocol (NFS), Network File Service (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS). Also, when the terminal 120 is a mobile communication terminal or a smart phone, the network 130 may further include a mobile communication network or a Wi-Fi network.

2 is a block diagram of a terminal 120 that provides a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a terminal 120 providing a user interface for a content service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display device 210 displaying a screen including one or more content images, and one or more playable content. A plurality of contents on the screen including content input information including content selection information on content and region selection information on a portion of the screen, and content information including images corresponding to one or more contents according to the input content selection information; A screen control unit 240 for controlling to display each area, a content area selection information receiving control unit 250 for controlling input of content area selection information for each content area where display of content information on the screen is completed, and a content area selection When the information is input, the content selected according to the input of the content area selection information. The content corresponding to the reverse stream reproducing unit 280 for real-time playback, and the like.

The terminal 120 presents the list of contents to the user and plays the selected contents according to the user's selection or a predetermined selection method. In this process, the terminal 120 displays the contents list screen and input device 220. ) May receive content selection information about the content.

The content list presented to the user is, for example, a plurality of contents classified according to a preset category, and the preset category is user content taste information as personalization information analyzed based on service usage history information of the user of the terminal 120. And content recommendation information set by at least one of popularity ranking information, new work information, and theme information.

Referring to FIG. 2, the screen controller 240 included in the terminal 120 providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an embodiment of the present invention. Send a request for content information corresponding to one or more contents to the 110, and control to download content information corresponding to one or more contents from the content server 110 and display the contents information on the plurality of content areas in the screen, respectively. have.

Here, the content information downloaded from the content server 110 may be, for example, an image (for example, an album cover image), but may also include streaming information about the content server. Streaming information for a content server refers to information that can be connected to a content server to stream the corresponding content.

According to another embodiment, the screen controller 240 may control to sequentially display content information corresponding to one or more contents in a plurality of content areas on the screen according to the content selection information. In this case, the content area selection information receiving control unit 250 may control to receive the content area selection information for the content area where the content information display is completed when one or more content areas where the content information display is completed are present in the screen. have.

 In addition, the terminal 120 providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a content list generator 230 generating a content list according to the input content selection information.

In this case, when the content list is generated, the streaming reproducing unit 280 may control to stream or reproduce the content in the content list randomly or sequentially.

That is, when the content list is generated by the content list generator 230, the streaming player 280 transmits a streaming request for the content to the content server 110 in order to stream and play the content in the content list. The content can be received from the user 110 and played back in real time. The streaming request order for the content may be made randomly or sequentially with reference to the content list.

However, even during such streaming playback, if the content list generation unit 230 receives the content area selection information, the content list generation unit 230 transmits a streaming request for the content corresponding to the selected content area to the content server 110 and is selected from the content server 110. By receiving new content corresponding to the content area, the received new content may be reproduced in real time instead of the previously played content.

In this case, the streaming reproducing unit 280 transmits a plurality of contents in the content list through the streaming protocol for allowing the terminal 120 to transmit the contents irrespective of the playing state of each of the plurality of contents. May be controlled to be played at random or sequentially, and may be controlled to transmit the plurality of contents to the terminal 120 regardless of the playing state of each of the plurality of contents. The streaming protocol is a protocol defined in common between the content server 110 and the terminal 120.

The streaming reproducing unit 280 described above may control the reproduction of the next content with reference to the content list after the reproduction of the previous content is completed in the terminal 120 through the streaming protocol.

In addition, the screen including one or more content images displayed on the terminal 120 for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of content areas, each of which may include a plurality of content areas. A content image may be displayed in the content area.

For example, a screen displaying a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be divided into a predetermined number of content areas or may include a predetermined number of content areas. It may vary, but may include a rectangular content area.

Also, for example, image information of one content may be displayed in each content area. The image information may be, for example, a content image of a main scene of a movie or a movie poster if the corresponding content is movie content, or a content image of an album cover if the corresponding content is music content.

When displaying the content image corresponding to the content selection information in the content area, the number of content images to be displayed is usually equal to or less than the number of content areas, but the number of content images to be displayed may be larger than the number of content areas. . If the number of content images to be displayed is less than the number of content areas, the content images previously displayed may remain in some content areas. However, if there are no content images to be retained, the content images may be filled with white, black, or inactive. And the like may be substituted.

In addition, when the number of content images to be displayed is larger than the number of content areas, not all content images may be displayed on the screen. Therefore, only as many content images as the number of content areas may be displayed in the content area on the screen.

When the screen displayed on the terminal includes a plurality of content areas displaying content images, content selection information for one or more contents (for example, a multimedia file such as a music file or a video file) that the input device 220 can play. When the input is received, the screen controller 240 transmits a content information request for one or more selected contents to the content server 110, and downloads one or more content information from the content server 110. The above content area can be displayed.

Also, in this case, the content area selection information receiving control unit 250 according to an embodiment may include one or more contents whose content image display is completed on the screen even if the display of the content information for all the content areas in the screen including the plurality of content areas is not completed. If there is an area, it may be controlled to receive content area selection information for any one or more content areas in which content information is displayed.

As the content information, the screen controller 240 may download not only an image of the content but also streaming information about the content server from the content server 110, and the download of the streaming information may be omitted. In addition, even if the streaming information is downloaded, the display of the streaming information other than the display of the image may be omitted in the display in the content area.

For example, the screen controller 240 transmits a content information request for a plurality of contents to the content server 110 and includes a plurality of content information (content image as well as streaming information of each content) from the content server 110. Download the content image and display the content image in the plurality of content areas, and even if the download of all the requested content information and the display of the content image are completed, the download of the content information and the display of the content image are completed. If any one content area exists, it can be controlled to allow selection of the corresponding content area.

In addition, when the streaming reproducing unit 280 receives area selection information for any one content area in the screen, the streaming reproducing unit 280 may stream content corresponding to any one content area selected according to the area selection information in real time. Can play.

3 and 4, even if all of the content image selection control unit 250 included in the terminal 120 providing the content is displayed before all of the content images are displayed on the screen of the terminal, the content image display on the screen is partially completed. A process of controlling to receive content area selection information about the content area will be described.

3 is an exemplary diagram of a terminal screen 300 to which a user interface for a content service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the input device 220 receives content selection information about one or more contents that can be played, the screen controller 240 displays the screen 300 displayed on the terminal 120 according to the received content selection information. Can be switched (loaded). In detail, the content image corresponding to the one or more contents selected according to the input content selection information may be displayed on the content area of the screen 300.

For example, if the screen 300 includes 32 content areas capable of displaying up to 32 content images, and the input device 220 receives selection information about specific 16 music contents by the user, the screen is displayed. The controller 240 transmits a request for information on the selected 16 pieces of music contents to the content server 110 with reference to the content selection information. Thereafter, 16 content areas 310 are selected from a total of 32 content areas in the screen 300, and the 16 content areas 310 selected by downloading an album cover image of 16 music contents requested from the content server 110 are downloaded. The screen of the terminal 300 is switched (loaded) through the process of displaying on the screen.

The album cover images downloaded from the content server 110 may be sequentially displayed in each content area of the selected 16 content areas 310, and the displayed order may be displayed randomly or in order according to a predetermined rule. For example, the album cover image may be displayed in each of the sixteen selected content areas 310 in the order in which they are downloaded. Referring to FIG. 3, the album cover images may be displayed in the order of the numbers displayed in each selected content area (1-2-). 3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16) An image may be displayed. In this case, the numbers 1 to 16 displayed in the content area are provided to assist in understanding the order of the content area in which the album cover image is to be displayed, and are not displayed on the actual screen.

The screen may be configured such that image information previously displayed is displayed in the remaining content areas except the content areas 310 in which album cover images are to be displayed among the total of 32 content areas in the screen 300. If the information is not displayed, the screen may be configured to be filled with white, black, or replaced with an inactive shape.

However, the content area selection information receiving control unit 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform partial content loading (display) on the screen 300 even before the display of the content image of all the content areas on the screen 300 is completed. It is possible to control to select the content area for the area. This will be described with reference to FIG.

4 is an exemplary diagram of a terminal screen 300 to which a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

If the selection information on the 16 music contents is received as described above, the screen controller 240 transmits a content request for the 16 music contents selected to the content server 110 and from the content server 110. 16 album cover images downloaded and displayed are displayed on each of the 16 content areas 310.

In this case, referring to FIG. 4, on the screen 300 of the terminal 120, display of the content areas 320 and 330 where the downloaded album cover images A and B are completed and the album cover image are not completed. There may be a region (a content region, eg 340, marked “loading”).

In an embodiment, the content area selection information receiving controller 250 may include one or more content areas 320 and 330 in which content image display is completed on the screen even if the display of all content areas in the entire screen 300 is not completed. In response to the input of the selection information, the streaming playback unit 280 may control the selection information on any one of the content areas 320 and 330 in which the content image display is completed (eg, 320). Music content corresponding to the content area 320 may be reproduced in real time. This real-time playback, the streaming playback unit 280 transmits the streaming playback request for the music content corresponding to the specific content area 320 received the selection information to the content server 110 and the music content from the content server 110 It can be done in a way to receive the live streaming playback. Selection information for a specific content area (eg, 320) in which display on the screen 300 is completed may be generated by a user's touch input to the display device of the terminal 120.

In other words, even though the configuration and display of the screen 300 according to the input of the content selection information for the at least one playable content are in progress, a touch input to the at least one content area 320 or 330 in which the display of the content image on the screen is completed. Streaming playback of music content corresponding to the received content area may be performed.

With the streaming playback of the music content, the image display of the content area in which the content image display is not completed (the content area indicated as 'loading', for example, 340) may be simultaneously performed. In addition, even when the music content corresponding to any one specific content area 320 for which the display of the content image is being played, selection information is generated by receiving a touch input to the other specific content area 330 for which the display of the content image is completed. In addition, the music content corresponding to the selected content area 330 may be played instead of the music content being played.

In the above, the terminal 120 for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, the terminal 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A method of providing a user interface for a content service will be described. The method for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described later, may be performed by the terminal 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which the terminal 120 provides a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the terminal 120 receives a content selection information regarding at least one playable content, an image corresponding to the one or more contents according to the received content selection information is provided. A screen control step (S500) for controlling display of content information including a plurality of content areas on the screen, respectively; The information reception control step (S504), and the streaming playback step (S506) for real-time playback of the content corresponding to the selected content area according to the input of the content area selection information when the content area selection information for the partial content area in the screen is inputted. It may include.

In addition, after the screen control step (S500), it may further include a content list generation step (S502) for generating a content list according to the input content selection information.

In this case, the streaming reproducing step (S506), it is possible to control to stream or reproduce the content in the generated content list randomly or sequentially.

Here, the screen displayed on the terminal may be divided into content areas having a predetermined size or may include such content areas. That is, the screen displayed on the terminal may include a plurality of content areas displaying content information.

If the screen displayed on the terminal includes a plurality of content areas displaying content information, content selection information for one or more contents (for example, a multimedia file such as a music file or a video file) that the input device 220 can play. In response to receiving the input, the screen control step (S500) transmits a content information request corresponding to one or more contents selected according to the selection information to the content server 110 according to an embodiment, and corresponds to one or more contents from the content server 110. The content information to be downloaded can be downloaded and displayed in each of the plurality of content areas on the screen.

In the screen control step S500, as the content information, not only an image of the content but also streaming information about the content server may be downloaded from the content server 110, and the download of the streaming information may be omitted. In addition, even if the streaming information is downloaded, the display of the streaming information other than the display of the image may be omitted in the display in the content area.

Also, in this case, the screen control step (S500), to control to display the content information corresponding to the one or more content sequentially in the plurality of content areas in the screen in accordance with the content selection information, the content area selection information reception control In operation S504, when at least one content area in which content information has been displayed is present in a screen including a plurality of content areas, control to receive area selection information for the content area in which content information is completed is input. can do.

For example, the screen controller 240 may transmit a plurality of content information requests to the content server 110, download a plurality of content images from the content server 110, and display the plurality of content images in the plurality of content areas. Even if the download and display of the content image of the before is completed, if there is any one content area that has been downloaded and displayed for the content image in the screen can be controlled to select the corresponding content area.

In addition, the streaming playback step (S506) is an embodiment, when receiving the region selection information for any one content area in the screen, in real time streaming content corresponding to any one content area selected in accordance with the input of the region selection information Can play.

In the above description, a method of providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described as being performed in the same procedure as in FIG. 5, but this is for convenience of description and does not depart from the essential concept of the present invention. Within the scope, the implementation procedure of each step may be changed, two or more steps may be integrated, or one step may be separated into two or more steps according to an implementation manner.

In addition, the method for providing a user interface for a content service according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention includes an application basically installed in the terminal 120 (which is included in a platform basically mounted in the terminal or an operating system or the like). May be compatible with the operating system of the terminal 120 through an application providing server, such as an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with the service. It can also be executed by an application (ie, a program) installed directly on the server. The operating system of the terminal 120 may be an operating system such as a window or a Macintosh installed in a general PC such as a desktop or iOS and Android installed in a mobile terminal such as a smart phone and a tablet PC It may be a mobile-only operating system.

In this sense, the method for providing a user interface for a content service according to another embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (that is, a program) that is basically installed in the terminal 120 or directly installed by a user, and the terminal ( 120) may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

A program that implements a method for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a function of receiving selection information for receiving content selection information on at least one playable content and region selection information on a portion of a screen; And a screen control function for controlling to display content information including an image corresponding to one or more contents in a plurality of content areas on the screen according to the input content selection information, and to each content area in the screen where content information is displayed. A content area selection information reception control function for controlling input of content area selection information, and a streaming playback function for real-time playback of content corresponding to the selected content area according to the input of the content area selection information when the content area selection information is inputted. Content to include It executes a function that provides a user interface for the service.

Such a program may be recorded on a recording medium that can be read by a computer and executed by a computer so that the above-described functions can be executed.

As described above, in order to execute a method for a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium and to provide a content according to an embodiment of the present invention implemented by the program, the above-described program is read by a processor (CPU) And may include code that is coded in a computer language such as C, C ++, JAVA, or machine language.

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, such code may further include memory reference related code as to what additional information or media needed to cause the processor of the computer to execute the aforementioned functions should be referenced at any location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer .

In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server, etc., to perform the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a computer's communication module (e.g., a wired and / ) May be used to further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

The functional program for implementing the present invention and the related code and code segment may be implemented by programmers of the technical field of the present invention in consideration of the system environment of the computer that reads the recording medium and executes the program, Or may be easily modified or modified by the user.

Examples of recording media that can be read by a computer recording a program as described above include, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical media storage device, and the like.

Also, the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded may be distributed to a computer system connected via a network so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above and send the results of the execution to one or more of the other distributed computers, The computer may also perform some of the functions described above and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

A computer-readable recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention, may be an application store server, an application, or a corresponding application. It may be a storage medium (for example, a hard disk) included in an application provider server such as a web server related to a service, or the application providing server itself.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for providing a user interface for a content service according to an embodiment of the present invention, is not only a general PC such as a general desktop or a laptop, It may include mobile terminals such as smart phones, tablet PCs, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile communication terminals, as well as to be interpreted as all computing devices.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application which is a program for executing a method for providing a user interface for a content service according to another embodiment of the present invention is a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and mobile communication. In the case of a mobile terminal such as a terminal, the application may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and installed on the mobile terminal 120 through a synchronization program.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

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A method for providing a user interface for a content service by a terminal,
A screen control step of controlling content information including an image corresponding to the one or more contents to be displayed on a plurality of content areas in the screen, when content selection information regarding one or more contents that can be played back is received; ;
A content area selection information reception control step of controlling to receive content area selection information for each content area in the screen where the display is completed; And
If the content area selection information is received, the method for providing a user interface for a content service comprising a streaming playback step of playing the content corresponding to the selected content area in real time according to the input of the content area selection information. The method of claim 1,
The screen control step,
In response to the content selection information, a content information request corresponding to the one or more contents is transmitted to a content server, the content information corresponding to the one or more contents is downloaded from the content server, and displayed on a plurality of content areas in the screen. To provide a user interface for a content service. The method of claim 2,
And wherein the content information includes streaming information about the content server. The method of claim 1,
The screen control step,
Control content information corresponding to the one or more contents to be sequentially displayed in a plurality of content areas in the screen according to the content selection information,
The content area selection information reception control step,
If there is at least one content area in which the content information display is completed in the screen, the method for providing a user interface for a content service, characterized in that the control to receive the content area selection information for the content area display is completed. . The method of claim 1,
The streaming playback step,
When the content area selection information is received, a streaming request for a content corresponding to the content area selected according to the input of the content area selection information is transmitted to a content server, and the content is received from the content server and reproduced in real time. Providing a user interface for a content service. A display device configured to display a screen including one or more content images;
An input device configured to receive content selection information on at least one playable content and content area selection information on some content areas on the screen;
A screen controller which controls to display content information including an image corresponding to the one or more contents in a plurality of content areas in the screen according to the input content selection information;
A content area selection information receiving control unit controlling to receive content area selection information for each content area in the screen where the display is completed; And
And a streaming playback unit configured to play content corresponding to the selected content area in real time according to the input of the content area selection information when the content area selection information is input. A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for providing a user interface for a content service by a terminal,
A function of receiving selection information for receiving content selection information for at least one playable content and content area selection information for some content areas on the screen;
A screen control function for controlling to display content information including an image corresponding to the one or more contents in a plurality of content areas in the screen according to the content selection information received;
A content area selection information reception control function for controlling to receive content area selection information for each content area in the screen where the display is completed;
The computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a streaming playback function for real-time playback of content corresponding to the selected content area in response to the input of the content area selection information.

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